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kag (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:23 PM Original message |
Hey England, want us back? |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. Speak for yourself... |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. No shit, I'd be ready to join a revolution against that, at least this time |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. if we default, does that mean we'll have to move back home with the Brits? |
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kag (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Good point. n/t |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. They can't afford us |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. To be fair, they also gave us Oasis. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. And also to be fair... |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. Since my great-grandfather was from there, |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. UK - is possible with grandfather link. Beyond that - nope. |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Unfortunately, my grandfather was CONCEIVED in the UK |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. Can't be any earlier than a grandparent for Ireland. n/t |
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Pool Hall Ace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
7. I'm still willing to curtsey to the Queen for decent healthcare. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. As an American with an Irish background, I'm not. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. typical meathead Irish reasoning. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. It's not reasoning, it's called "pride"....You ought to try it sometime. |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. There's pride, and then there's "cutting off your nose to spite your face". |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #29 |
40. There's "cutting off my your nose to spite your face" and there's honest choices. |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Uh, since this whole thread is hypothetical and never going to happen. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Uh, since you "spoke" to me first |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. There have been negotiations but the British insisted that Idaho |
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sfpcjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. Vielen dank :) |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
11. You would also have to say "lorry", "fag" and "pecker" |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Don't forget "The Loo". |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Properly pronouncing 'schedule' will be my downfall |
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Starboard Tack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. Wishful thinking, but I doubt they'd go for it. |
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kag (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. Wow. I must have touched a nerve. |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. It's a GD thing. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:13 PM Original message |
American exceptionalism is not limited the right nor the left. |
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cainandtoddbenson (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
34. my image of "American Exceptionalism" |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
19. She's appealing to patriotism now |
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kag (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Umm.. |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
20. I'm willing to say God Save the Queen. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. If you have grandparents from Ireland |
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kag (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
22. I omitted this one: |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
27. Now Tories?.. what else is going to appear on DU today |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
30. Nope. No way. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
31. You're free to emigrate. |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
32. No, thank you. nt |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
33. dont do with clintched fist, do it with open hand. ... connery slappin women, along as meritted |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
35. With fondness for our British friends... |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
36. I read an Arthur C. Clarke story where England joined the US as a state |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
37. Tom Cruise and Two and a Half man......please.... |
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Baby Bear (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
39. I Live In Texas |
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