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From: JNugent on 19 Aug 2006 13:43 davek wrote: > JNugent wrote: > >> And even if the following driver wants to exceed the 70 limit, it's >> not the business of the driver in front to prevent it. > > > Nor is the driver in front obliged to modify their driving just because > some twunt in a BMW thinks they own the road. If "modify their driving" means "drive lawfully", they are obliged to do that no matter who may be behind them and whatever the driver behind thinks.
From: Ivor Jones on 19 Aug 2006 13:43 "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:Xns9824A9C857692adrianachapmanfreeis(a)204.153.244.170 > Ivor Jones (ivor(a)despammed.invalid) gurgled happily, > sounding much like they were saying : > > > > Which is wrong? > > > > > > That there isn't a continent called "Europe"? > > > That you don't reside in a country that's part of > > > Europe? That Ethiopians aren't Africans? > > > That I'm a European. I'm not. > > So which one of the three statements is inaccurate? > > Because if they're all accurate, then you're a European. Wrong. Ivor
From: Ivor Jones on 19 Aug 2006 13:44 "Tony Raven" <junk(a)raven-family.com> wrote in message news:4kotfuFd142pU1(a)individual.net > Ivor Jones wrote on 19/08/2006 16:17 +0100: > > > > Did I say that..? All I said was I am not a European. > > You can be one if you like, but don't include me in > > your decision. > > It's not a matter of choice - you are whether you like it > or not just the same as you are a man and Welsh. Wishing > any of those not to be true doesn't make it so. How am I Welsh, when I was born in Essex..? I'm still not a European either. Ivor
From: Brimstone on 19 Aug 2006 13:46 "Ivor Jones" <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote in message news:4kp0udFd3n8lU1(a)individual.net... > "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:Xns9824A9C857692adrianachapmanfreeis(a)204.153.244.170 >> Ivor Jones (ivor(a)despammed.invalid) gurgled happily, >> sounding much like they were saying : >> >> > > Which is wrong? >> > > >> > > That there isn't a continent called "Europe"? >> > > That you don't reside in a country that's part of >> > > Europe? That Ethiopians aren't Africans? >> >> > That I'm a European. I'm not. >> >> So which one of the three statements is inaccurate? >> >> Because if they're all accurate, then you're a European. > > Wrong. What's wrong?
From: Ivor Jones on 19 Aug 2006 13:46
"Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:cK6dnTgzcauTs3rZRVnygg(a)bt.com > Ivor Jones wrote: > > "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > > news:CeWdnSWvU9LHI3vZRVnyuQ(a)bt.com > > > > [snip] > > > > > So you're an immigrant? > > > > No, my father was..! I was born in Essex. > > You're still an immigrant in that you're not English. Now you're really talking cobblers. How can I not be English if I was born in England..? I said I wasn't a European, which I'm not, and nothing you say will make it otherwise, so give up now, I never will. Ivor |