Obama's first official act
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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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I keep hoping the England will become the 51st...
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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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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.
Paul Watson wrote:
if (country == 'Ehtiopia') {year = rest_of_world.year - 7;}
Bad Paul, bad.
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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. ;)
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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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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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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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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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I keep hoping the England will become the 51st...
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Can UK have Hawaii back too?
------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop
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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73Zeppelin wrote:
Where's that? I'm in...
Gave your notice, did you?
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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.
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
Gets my 5!
------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop
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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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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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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.
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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Dalek Dave wrote:
I would take back Kenya and Rhodesia.
Why do you call it Rhodesia rather than Zimbabwe?
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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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!
------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop
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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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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Oakman wrote:
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.
I know. It's ugly.
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Oakman wrote:
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.
I know. It's ugly.
73Zeppelin wrote:
I know. It's ugly.
I guess we can say that the LIBOR is fixed, but it doesn't seem to have encouraged anyone to start offering credit again. Pretty soon, it won't matter because the US government will have put so much new fiat in circulation that it'll be worth more as toilet paper.
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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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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
I, for one, don't!
But that means India gets Pakistan back. Wouldn't that be wonderful?
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Oakman wrote:
Wouldn't that be wonderful?
Which part of my post did you not understand? :| Let me put it this way for you: we don't want those lunatics. After all, I doubt you do either. :suss:
Cheers, Vıkram.
"You idiot British surprise me that your generators which grew up after Mid 50s had no brain at all." - Adnan Siddiqi.