National Mottos
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Great Britain (historic): "The sun never sets in the British empire" Actually this is still true! Although our Empire now consists of a couple of Islands in the South Pacific, The Falklands, Gibralter and a whack of Antarctica, merely by geographical accident, it is always daytime somewhere!
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Actually this is still true!
I admit. With much warm love and respect. :rose:
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I just read a piece about giving Britain a National Motto, akin to the US with In God We Trust. I thought of a few (tongue in cheek, of course). We apologise for the inconvenience. Non Bibendi Sufficium. (There is not enough Drink). With Pride, With History, With Chips. At Least We aint France/Germany/US(delete as appropriate). Any other Suggestion? Or Suggestions for Other Countries?
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How about: Come on in, the benefit system is lovely.
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I actually quite liked the phrase London commuters wore after the 7/7 attacks: We are not afraid! Which could also be expressed as: Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough I think the Scottish motto sums up perfectly the reaction to the Glasgow Airport attacks: Nemo me impune lacessit / No one provokes me with impunity Also can be expressed as: If you attack us, expect to be kicked in the balls by a passer by.
Upcoming FREE developer events: * Glasgow: db4o: An Embeddable Database Engine for Object-Oriented Environments, Mock Objects, SQL Server CLR Integration, Reporting Services ... My website
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I just read a piece about giving Britain a National Motto, akin to the US with In God We Trust. I thought of a few (tongue in cheek, of course). We apologise for the inconvenience. Non Bibendi Sufficium. (There is not enough Drink). With Pride, With History, With Chips. At Least We aint France/Germany/US(delete as appropriate). Any other Suggestion? Or Suggestions for Other Countries?
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Thats where I read it, but none of mine are on there! (although the with chips is close!) I did state that I had read the Piece, however, I agree, do we actually need one, or is it just Spin to stop us thinking about how crap the country has become?
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Great Britain - Elton John Lives Here.
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Well, since Freddie died, you'll just have to settle for Elton.
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Thats where I read it, but none of mine are on there! (although the with chips is close!) I did state that I had read the Piece, however, I agree, do we actually need one, or is it just Spin to stop us thinking about how crap the country has become?
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Why on earth does the UK need a motto? Will it make the slightest difference? They'll be redesigning the flag next to make it more 'appealing' but for what its worth here's mine anyway:- 'Britain, the country formerly known as Great'
Apathy Rules - I suppose...
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I just read a piece about giving Britain a National Motto, akin to the US with In God We Trust. I thought of a few (tongue in cheek, of course). We apologise for the inconvenience. Non Bibendi Sufficium. (There is not enough Drink). With Pride, With History, With Chips. At Least We aint France/Germany/US(delete as appropriate). Any other Suggestion? Or Suggestions for Other Countries?
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"Mostly Harmless" "We have powerful friends" "You speak our language, why not come for a visit?"
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I actually quite liked the phrase London commuters wore after the 7/7 attacks: We are not afraid! Which could also be expressed as: Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough I think the Scottish motto sums up perfectly the reaction to the Glasgow Airport attacks: Nemo me impune lacessit / No one provokes me with impunity Also can be expressed as: If you attack us, expect to be kicked in the balls by a passer by.
Upcoming FREE developer events: * Glasgow: db4o: An Embeddable Database Engine for Object-Oriented Environments, Mock Objects, SQL Server CLR Integration, Reporting Services ... My website
Only in GlasgowL your burning alive you still get a kick in the balls. Oh that must hurt.
Grady Booch: I told Google to their face...what you need is some serious adult supervision. (2007 Turing lecture) http://www.frankkerrigan.com/[^]
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I just read a piece about giving Britain a National Motto, akin to the US with In God We Trust. I thought of a few (tongue in cheek, of course). We apologise for the inconvenience. Non Bibendi Sufficium. (There is not enough Drink). With Pride, With History, With Chips. At Least We aint France/Germany/US(delete as appropriate). Any other Suggestion? Or Suggestions for Other Countries?
------------------------------------ Happy Primes Lead to Happy Memories. Don't Google FGI
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Great Britain - Elton John Lives Here.
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:laugh::laugh::laugh:
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
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I just read a piece about giving Britain a National Motto, akin to the US with In God We Trust. I thought of a few (tongue in cheek, of course). We apologise for the inconvenience. Non Bibendi Sufficium. (There is not enough Drink). With Pride, With History, With Chips. At Least We aint France/Germany/US(delete as appropriate). Any other Suggestion? Or Suggestions for Other Countries?
------------------------------------ Happy Primes Lead to Happy Memories. Don't Google FGI
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I just read a piece about giving Britain a National Motto, akin to the US with In God We Trust. I thought of a few (tongue in cheek, of course). We apologise for the inconvenience. Non Bibendi Sufficium. (There is not enough Drink). With Pride, With History, With Chips. At Least We aint France/Germany/US(delete as appropriate). Any other Suggestion? Or Suggestions for Other Countries?
------------------------------------ Happy Primes Lead to Happy Memories. Don't Google FGI
- Bloody weather 2) Home of Big Brother - but visit us anyway 3) Going to win the next World Cup (football/cricket/rugby) 4) It wasn't our fault - it was the ref/umpire/wrong sort of grass/cheating opponents 5) 24 hour drinking - not enough time says Freddie (Flintoff) - courtesy of Mock the Week 6) Britain - an expert in every pub 7) Leading the world in production of disaffected teenage yobs who are simply a waste of a good skin 8) The criminals' favourite (as there's no room to put you in prison) 9) Tax cuts always coming soon! What? You wanted that illness treated? Sorry, costs money. 10) Britain, where prisoners can sue the government for denying them heroin while breast cancer and Altzheimers sufferers are told their drugs are too expensive to be provided. Yes, makes you proud doesn't it. Rich