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From: Brimstone on 18 Aug 2006 13:22 Adrian wrote: > Brimstone (brimstone(a)hotmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like > they were saying : > >>> I'm a UK resident not a European resident. There is no such country >>> as Europe. > >> Where's this country called "UK"? > > That'll be the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - > which comprises of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. > > Here, in other words. > > Why? Where did YOU think here <waves> was? By definition the UK is not "a" country. It's four countries under a single monarch and government (mostly).
From: Conor on 18 Aug 2006 13:24 In article <4km2n8Fcrg76U1(a)individual.net>, Ivor Jones says... > > > "Conor" <conor.turton(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:MPG.1f4fdd207874540c98d414(a)news.individual.net > > In article <4klonsFcm9ocU1(a)individual.net>, Ivor Jones > > says... > > > > > Would you mouth off in front of young children, for > > > example..? Women..? > > > > ROFL..you've never been in a teenage chatroom. > > That makes it ok then, > > Right..... > You're certainly not going to be protecting them from something they don't see or use many times daily themselves. -- Conor "No trilogy should have more than four books" - Arthur C. Clarke
From: Morris Finsbury on 18 Aug 2006 13:25 "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >> Where's this country called "UK"? > > That'll be the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - > which > comprises of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. > > Here, in other words. > > Why? Where did YOU think here <waves> was? Different planet from where I'm sitting. (There is no 'country' called UK.)
From: Conor on 18 Aug 2006 13:26 In article <4km2s4Fcm9mqU1(a)individual.net>, Ivor Jones says... > > > "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:Xns982397087BE39adrianachapmanfreeis(a)204.153.244.170 > > Paul {Hamilton Rooney} (craig(a)oil.com) gurgled happily, > > sounding much like they were saying : > > > > > > > Resist winding a fuckwit up? It is hard, but then > > > > > you Europeans get so upset about swearing... > > > > > > Who said I'm a European..? > > > > > Wales is in Europe, innit. With a name like Ivor you > > > must be Welsh or Russian. > > > > Are many Russians called "Jones"? > > > > B'sides - every group on the x-post list is > > UK.<something>, so there's a reasonable implication that > > we're all European residents at the very least. > > I'm a UK resident not a European resident. There is no such country as > Europe. > However there is a geographical area called Europe which you are in and a political and administrative area called Europe which again, you are in. -- Conor "No trilogy should have more than four books" - Arthur C. Clarke
From: Conor on 18 Aug 2006 13:27
In article <4km2s4Fcm9mqU1(a)individual.net>, Ivor Jones says... > I'm a UK resident not a European resident. There is no such country as > Europe. > Good. Does that mean you'll be sending a cheque to Brussels to repay all the money you've got out of them in both direct and indirect subsidies? -- Conor "No trilogy should have more than four books" - Arthur C. Clarke |