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Old 09-09-2011, 03:39 PM #1
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Oi....don't go blaming me for your lack of prowess. If you ain't got it, you ain't got it.

I agree in huge amounts: and back to all the Inventors -past and present - there is a lot we should (need?) to be reminded of - look past the downside of the UK and be proud of what we have achieved, and still do.
What lack of prowess? Please read my posts right till the end not just to the comma.

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What lack of prowess? Please read my posts right till the end not just to the comma.

Difficult concept for a plum but stick with it, you will eventually manage it.

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Harsh.
Not at all.
Firm but fair

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If you have to ask what is great about Great Britian, then you have no pride in your country, maybe that's what's lacking
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If you have to ask what is great about Great Britian, then you have no pride in your country, maybe that's what's lacking
That makes no sense, and you misspelled 'Britain'.
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All things considered, we've got it good here. There might be problems with our country but they're nowhere near as damaging as things like famine, cruel dictatorship, out of control disease problems... We take it for granted, I think, so I guess the things that make this country great are the things we take for granted.
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And the rightful God of the World is British












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Tattooed ********wits playing soldiers?

nah...I'd rather give my respect to the young lads who sign up and put their lives on the line, rather than idiots who think they look good pretending to do it.

Call me fickle, but there it is.

It's this type of very thing that actually embarasses me.
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Tattooed ********wits playing soldiers?

nah...I'd rather give my respect to the young lads who sign up and put their lives on the line, rather than idiots who think they look good pretending to do it.

Call me fickle, but there it is.

It's this type of very thing that actually embarasses me.
Becks puts his life on the line when he plays football you haven't been watching the MLS league he gets fouled every 5 minutes because he is so good he just gets back up again straight away though as you would expect a Immortal God to do and i will also have you know Becks was in very dangerous lands there one of Bin Laden's henchmen could have shot him anytime but Becks would have saw it coming 10 minutes before it happened so it's okay.
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Becks puts his life on the line when he plays football you haven't been watching the MLS league he gets fouled every 5 minutes because he is so good he just gets back up again straight away though as you would expect a Immortal God to do and i will also have you know Becks was in very dangerous lands there one of Bin Laden's henchmen could have shot him anytime but Becks would have saw it coming 10 minutes before it happened so it's okay.
There is a slight disparity between Becks getting his shorts a bit dirty and his boots scuffed for the money he gets per week, against your average squaddie actually getting slotted or worse still for most losing limbs etc for the pittance they get.

As for old Bin Laden's henchmen taking a pop, yeah right, those are drill rounds on the 0.5 and also on the gimpy on the table. They were in a nice safe compund, in the middle of a very large British base, within an even larger Combined International Forces base.

Lots of people around him with real guns and real bullets to stop anything happening to him. Tis the way of the Regi
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Becks puts his life on the line when he plays football you haven't been watching the MLS league he gets fouled every 5 minutes because he is so good he just gets back up again straight away though as you would expect a Immortal God to do and i will also have you know Becks was in very dangerous lands there one of Bin Laden's henchmen could have shot him anytime but Becks would have saw it coming 10 minutes before it happened so it's okay.

if he was that good, he'd be able to 'see' the foul coming and avoid it

but this thread isn't about Beckham. I believe there's a football forum around here somewhere.
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Great Britain has everything really. It does have a lot of fantasic places. People say to me.. a sunny day in Cornwall is a better beach holiday than Spain!! I have been to Cornwall and it's nice down there. Love the beaches!

We have London. Which is like a mini New York. Ok New York is in a league of it's own but if you want plenty of shopping, shows to see and sightseeing architectual buildings then there is your place!!

However go to York. Better than overated London

There is plenty of countryside. Pubs. Rivers. Boats. Etc. National parks, mountains!!

I think most people say they don't like Great Britain anymore because it is getting too densley populated. There is quite a few rough areas. I mean.. I am lucky to live where I live. However 10 minutes down the road it's a rough area. lol

So yeah when I can afford to I will get a house/flat in a decent area.

I don't think many people care about Great Britain anymore. This is why it's turning more into a ****hole. We are becoming quite weak as a nation with lack of boundaries so any riff raff is let into our community when they havn't paid the price of their mistakes. Or people taking handouts and there you go!

I don't mind it in Great Britain at the moment. I can see where Ben is coming from. I think the UK is gradually getting worse but there is still plenty of great qualities to it!

Not sure if I will be here 10, 20, 30 years time. I might have to emigrate to Australia/New Zealand or something which I wouldn't mind.

You get rude people everywhere. I think people are better all round in other countries. Is the UK the worst place for the type of people we have? I am not sure.

Home is where the heart is. I will always have a soft spot for where I have been brought up and will probably always want to come back to the place.

I think what Great Britain is missing out on is culture. For England we don't have a strong English culture anymore apart from your local Fish and Chips. Or the Royal Family. Which I don't mind but I wish it could expand it's horizons.

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Great Britain has everything really. It does have a lot of fantasic places. People say to me.. a sunny day in Cornwall is a better beach holiday than Spain!! I have been to Cornwall and it's nice down there. Love the beaches!

We have London. Which is like a mini New York. Ok New York is in a league of it's own but if you want plenty of shopping, shows to see and sightseeing architectual buildings then there is your place!!

However go to York. Better than overated London

There is plenty of countryside. Pubs. Rivers. Boats. Etc. National parks, mountains!!

I think most people say they don't like Great Britain anymore because it is getting too densley populated. There is quite a few rough areas. I mean.. I am lucky to live where I live. However 10 minutes down the road it's a rough area. lol

So yeah when I can afford to I will get a house/flat in a decent area.

I don't think many people care about Great Britain anymore. This is why it's turning more into a ****hole. We are becoming quite weak as a nation with lack of boundaries so any riff raff is let into our community when they havn't paid the price of their mistakes. Or people taking handouts and there you go!

I don't mind it in Great Britain at the moment. I can see where Ben is coming from. I think the UK is gradually getting worse but there is still plenty of great qualities to it!

Not sure if I will be here 10, 20, 30 years time. I might have to emigrate to Australia/New Zealand or something which I wouldn't mind.

You get rude people everywhere. I think people are better all round in other countries. Is the UK the worst place for the type of people we have? I am not sure.

Home is where the heart is. I will always have a soft spot for where I have been brought up and will probably always want to come back to the place.

I think what Great Britain is missing out on is culture. For England we don't have a strong English culture anymore apart from your local Fish and Chips. Or the Royal Family. Which I don't mind but I wish it could expand it's horizons.
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Best comedy in the world bar none, too. Do we all have these friends like I do who watch Comedy Central all day and grimace when I suggest switching to Dave or G.O.L.D because they don't find that comedy funny? I have a few of these friends.

These people are retarded.
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I have to agree!!

British humour is fab. The dry, deadpan delivery, especially of one liners that hit the mark - nothing quite like it.
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The British population just love to moan. As others have said we are very lucky and well off to have everything we do and we probably take it for granted. And although this country can be very **** at least overall the country is great
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But we do it so succinctly.

Plus, we are very good at queuing up everso politely.

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This thread should be What puts the Great in Great Britian.....The problem isn't in the country it's with people not appreciating what's great about it, which is sad for Great Britian...
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This thread should be What puts the Great in Great Britian.....The problem isn't in the country it's with people not appreciating what's great about it, which is sad for Great Britian...
Indeed. Even I have lost the appreciation for what is great about this country along with what seems the majority of the nation.
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This thread should be What puts the Great in Great Britian.....The problem isn't in the country it's with people not appreciating what's great about it, which is sad for Great Britian...
You're quacking about a place you can't even spell. You want blind love? Geez, are you a Fascist?
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Who said Morris Dancing? Tis innevatable that the wee wee be taken Sir.






The humble origin of a global phenomi-nomi-nom



The Revolution spreads to every Hamlet and Village of thy Green and Pleasant lands as yee olde Church Bell chimbs to the hypnotic pulsating rhythms that is a Morrymans foot stomp.



Morris Dancing is infused with a new force of creativity to fight off the challenge coming from American Breakers, Pop & Lockers, and the Irish Jig



Pride in local community leads Morryman to offer services as mobile sleeping Policeman



International anger rages as Morryman is moad down in the middle of the street by a Humvee. Body popper held for questioning.



Who said Cornish Pasty then?

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Who said Morris Dancing? Tis innevatable that the wee wee be taken Sir.






The humble origin of a global phenomi-nomi-nom



The Revolution spreads to every Hamlet and Village of thy Green and Pleasant lands as yee olde Church Bell chimbs to the hypnotic pulsating rhythms that is a Morrymans foot stomp.



Morris Dancing is infused with a new force of creativity to fight off the challenge coming from American Breakers, Pop & Lockers, and the Irish Jig



Pride in local community leads Morryman to offer services as mobile sleeping Policeman



International anger rages as Morryman is moad down in the middle of the street by a Humvee. Body popper held for questioning.



Who said Cornish Pasty then?
T'was that Shasown.... the man isn't well. You leave him alone!!!!



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