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  • O Oakman

    Dalek Dave wrote:

    59th State Surely

    When do we get Nova Scotia?

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    Dalek Dave
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    Hey Man, it's just sitting waiting for you to go get it! Good luck, there is only a few Cheese Eating Surrender Monkies in the way.

    ------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop

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    • D Dalek Dave

      I miss The Empire.

      ------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop

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      R Giskard Reventlov
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      But does it miss you?

      me, me, me

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      • D Dalek Dave

        53rd? OK 51st is Groom Lake, 52nd is IONA, 53rd The Moon, 54th Disneyland Paris, 55th Disneyland Tokyo, 56th Disneyland Hong Kong, 57th is Puerto Rico, 58th WILL BE Cuba in a couple of years. 59th State Surely?

        ------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop

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        R Giskard Reventlov
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        I keep hoping the England will become the 51st...

        me, me, me

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        • D Dalek Dave

          I miss The Empire.

          ------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop

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          Lost User
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          So do I. First it became a 10 pin bowling alley. Then a Kwik Save. Next a carpet warehouse. Now it's a Wetherspoon's.

          Bob Emmett

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          • D Dalek Dave

            My First Act as Viceroy of India would be to teach them to type "Please Help Urgently" Failure to spell correctly would result in debroadbandization (a horrible Dubyaism).

            ------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop

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            Dalek Dave wrote:

            Failure to spell correctly would result in debroadbandization (a horrible Dubyaism).

            And a fate worse than death.

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            • R R Giskard Reventlov

              I keep hoping the England will become the 51st...

              me, me, me

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              Oakman
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              digital man wrote:

              I keep hoping the England will become the 51st

              Then we'd get the Queen, right? 'Course they aren't much of a band without Freddie.

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              • P Paul Watson

                Dalek Dave wrote:

                It is a sad state of affairs, but maybe a benevolent dictatorship would improve the lot of the average man?

                Who amongst us is truly benevolent? I wouldn't even want Nelson Mandela the benevolent dictator.

                cheers, Paul M. Watson.

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                Paul Watson wrote:

                I wouldn't even want Nelson Mandela the benevolent dictator

                even? Especially.

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                • M Matthew Faithfull

                  Round about the same time someone faked his birth cetificate. From what I've seen the only people who'll swear to remembering Barrack being born where in Kenya where he has a valid birth certificate. ;)

                  "The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)

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                  Matthew Faithfull wrote:

                  From what I've seen the only people who'll swear to remembering Barrack being born where in Kenya where he has a valid birth certificate.

                  And they got two beers and a bolt of cloth as soon as they swore?

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                  • P Paul Watson

                    Dalek Dave wrote:

                    Incidentally, did you know that Ethiopia is the only African country never to have been colonised?

                    Might exlain why it is only 2001[^] there. That must be head wrecking to programme for. if (country == 'Ehtiopia') {year = rest_of_world.year - 7;} BTW you sound like my dad. He was born in Rhodesia. Seems to think colonialism did Africa a favour...

                    cheers, Paul M. Watson.

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                    Paul Watson wrote:

                    if (country == 'Ehtiopia') {year = rest_of_world.year - 7;}

                    Bad Paul, bad.


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                    • O Oakman

                      Matthew Faithfull wrote:

                      From what I've seen the only people who'll swear to remembering Barrack being born where in Kenya where he has a valid birth certificate.

                      And they got two beers and a bolt of cloth as soon as they swore?

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                      73Zeppelin
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                      Oakman wrote:

                      And they got two beers and a bolt of cloth as soon as they swore?

                      Where's that? I'm in...

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                      • 7 73Zeppelin

                        Oakman wrote:

                        And they got two beers and a bolt of cloth as soon as they swore?

                        Where's that? I'm in...

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                        73Zeppelin wrote:

                        Where's that? I'm in...

                        Gave your notice, did you?

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                        • R R Giskard Reventlov

                          I keep hoping the England will become the 51st...

                          me, me, me

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                          Harold Wilson did consider that.

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                          • D Dalek Dave

                            Can UK have Hawaii back too?

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                            Pierre Leclercq
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                            Hawaii freely joined the union back in 1959. That's a major difference between the way of thinking in the ol'Europe and the US. (Sic Semper Tyrannis!)

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                            • O Oakman

                              73Zeppelin wrote:

                              Where's that? I'm in...

                              Gave your notice, did you?

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                              73Zeppelin
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                              Not yet. Still looking...there's a few options coming up that could be interesting.

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                                Not yet. Still looking...there's a few options coming up that could be interesting.

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                                73Zeppelin wrote:

                                there's a few options coming up that could be interesting

                                Truly glad to hear it, though I was just joking about your willingness to hire on for 2 beers and a bolt. Have you narrowed it down by country or are you still open to anywhere?

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                                  So do I. First it became a 10 pin bowling alley. Then a Kwik Save. Next a carpet warehouse. Now it's a Wetherspoon's.

                                  Bob Emmett

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                                  Dalek Dave
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                                  Gets my 5!

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                                  • O Oakman

                                    73Zeppelin wrote:

                                    there's a few options coming up that could be interesting

                                    Truly glad to hear it, though I was just joking about your willingness to hire on for 2 beers and a bolt. Have you narrowed it down by country or are you still open to anywhere?

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                                    Oakman wrote:

                                    Truly glad to hear it, though I was just joking about your willingness to hire on for 2 beers and a bolt. Have you narrowed it down by country or are you still open to anywhere?

                                    I think I didn't start soon enough. Some of the replies I've received are like: "we've received an unusual number of submissions for the position...". So, uh, yeeeeaaaah...150,000+ finance sector unemployed = not good. Guess I'm not the only one with my idea. I'm pretty much open to anywhere (within reason). The U.S. is out - too difficult to get a work permit, etc... I'm open to anywhere Europe and Asia basically. Luxembourg could be interesting.

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                                    • 7 73Zeppelin

                                      Oakman wrote:

                                      Truly glad to hear it, though I was just joking about your willingness to hire on for 2 beers and a bolt. Have you narrowed it down by country or are you still open to anywhere?

                                      I think I didn't start soon enough. Some of the replies I've received are like: "we've received an unusual number of submissions for the position...". So, uh, yeeeeaaaah...150,000+ finance sector unemployed = not good. Guess I'm not the only one with my idea. I'm pretty much open to anywhere (within reason). The U.S. is out - too difficult to get a work permit, etc... I'm open to anywhere Europe and Asia basically. Luxembourg could be interesting.

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                                      73Zeppelin wrote:

                                      150,000+ finance sector unemployed

                                      Yeowks! Although if General Ford & Chrysler, inc go belly up, we'll have 3 mil hit the unemployments roles in one feel swoop. That'll take Michigan down and out, which'll lower the boom of the other 49, I suspect. At that point work permits will become non-existant, I'm afraid.

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                                        Paul Watson wrote:

                                        The blood soaked bits are the profitable bits...

                                        That is the way of Empires! I would take back Kenya and Rhodesia. Incidentally, did you know that Ethiopia is the only African country never to have been colonised?

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                                        Vikram A Punathambekar
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                                        Dalek Dave wrote:

                                        I would take back Kenya and Rhodesia.

                                        Why do you call it Rhodesia rather than Zimbabwe?

                                        Cheers, Vıkram.


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                                        • D Dalek Dave

                                          We never had Pakistan, it was never part of the Empire! We had the area when it was part of India, but after it went independant, it was merely Commonwealth, not Empire. India can have it back if they like!

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                                          Vikram A Punathambekar
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                                          Dalek Dave wrote:

                                          India can have it back if they like!

                                          I, for one, don't!

                                          Cheers, Vıkram.


                                          "You idiot British surprise me that your generators which grew up after Mid 50s had no brain at all." - Adnan Siddiqi.

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