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  • L Lost User

    Never heard of it... is it like haggis? :)

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    Wash your mouth out..........with IRN-BRU to get rid of the taste of haggis X|

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    • I Ian Shlasko

      See, we do a better job here... United States = Everything Continental United States = Everything except Alaska and Hawaii, cause they're out in the middle of nowhere (And Sarah Palin can see Russia from her house, dontchaknow!) North America = US, Canada, Mexico, and Greenland America = Just the US again, cause we kinda stole that term... The Canadians and Mexicans may never forgive us :)

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      Yusuf
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      Ian Shlasko wrote:

      America = Just the US again, cause we kinda stole that term... The Canadians and Mexicans, may never forgive us Who?

      ftfy ;P

      Yusuf May I help you?

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      • L Lost User

        Never heard of it... is it like haggis? :)

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        I refer you to a previous discussion, just in case you missed it last time; IRN-Bru[^]

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          Ian Shlasko wrote:

          America = Just the US again, cause we kinda stole that term... The Canadians and Mexicans, may never forgive us Who?

          ftfy ;P

          Yusuf May I help you?

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          Yusuf wrote:

          America

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          America! F*** yeah!

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            Yusuf wrote:

            America

            Yusuf wrote:

            fy

            America! F*** yeah!

            [WikiLeaks Cablegate Cables]

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            Yusuf
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            :laugh:

            Yusuf May I help you?

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            • I Ian Shlasko

              See, we do a better job here... United States = Everything Continental United States = Everything except Alaska and Hawaii, cause they're out in the middle of nowhere (And Sarah Palin can see Russia from her house, dontchaknow!) North America = US, Canada, Mexico, and Greenland America = Just the US again, cause we kinda stole that term... The Canadians and Mexicans may never forgive us :)

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              Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)

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              PIEBALDconsult
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              Ian Shlasko wrote:

              America = Just the US

              No, all of the New World -- North, Central, and South America and various nearby islands, but most certainly not Hawaii and Guam.

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                Yusuf wrote:

                America

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                fy

                America! F*** yeah!

                [WikiLeaks Cablegate Cables]

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                Ian Shlasko
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                Hilarious movie... Have it on DVD... Some of the songs are just awesome "I miss you more than Michael Bay missed the mark When he made Pearl Harbor. I miss you more than that movie missed the point. And that's an awful lot, girl. ... I need you more than Ben Affleck needs acting school. He was terrible in that film. I need you like Cuba Gooding Jr. needed a bigger part. He's way better than Ben Affleck, yeah... All I can think about is you And that ****ty movie too. Pearl Harbor sucked And I miss you."

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                • P PIEBALDconsult

                  Ian Shlasko wrote:

                  America = Just the US

                  No, all of the New World -- North, Central, and South America and various nearby islands, but most certainly not Hawaii and Guam.

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                  Ian Shlasko
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                  Wait, there's a SOUTH America? I thought everyone was just talking about Texas! :-D

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                  • R R Giskard Reventlov

                    Most of the people that live in London believe that London is the UK and everything outside of the M25 is a strange, inhospitable land inhabited by Morlocks, dwarves, poor people and criminals. :)

                    "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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                    Vikram A Punathambekar
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                    I had to google Morlock.

                    digital man wrote:

                    everything outside of the M25 is a strange, inhospitable land inhabited by Morlocks, dwarves, poor people and criminals.

                    You forgot immigrants! :-D Jokes aside, I suppose immigrants form a greater proportion of London than any other British city? Leicester or Birmingham perhaps?

                    Cheers, विक्रम (Have gone past my troika - 4 CCCs!) "We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread :doh:

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                    • A AspDotNetDev

                      A friend said he and I should visit England and I wanted to see if that includes Ireland (it does not)... surprising how confusing the British Isles are. Thanks to this page, I think I'm finally starting to understand it:

                      • Great Britain includes Scotland, Wales, and England.
                      • The UK includes Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
                      • The British Isles includes the UK, the Republic of Ireland, and a few smaller islands.

                      Now, some questions for you, er, British Isles folk. When somebody says "Britain", do they mean Great Britain or the British Isles? And when somebody says "Ireland", do they mean both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, or do they mean just one of those two? As a bonus question, what are each of these things categorized as (e.g., country, state)? :doh: And before you ask, no, geography was not my strongest subject in school.

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                      The Great British Venn Diagram http://qntm.org/uk[^]

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                      • D DaveAuld

                        Wash your mouth out..........with IRN-BRU to get rid of the taste of haggis X|

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                        And replace it with the taste of dirty socks and mold. Went to Embra a few years ago and everyone says ohh you must try the Irn Bru blah blah blah. Well I mostly drank beer and whisky the whole weekend. So I'm in the airport waiting for my flight back to Boston and I look in one of the shops and I see Irn-Bru 32! X|

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                        • V Vikram A Punathambekar

                          I had to google Morlock.

                          digital man wrote:

                          everything outside of the M25 is a strange, inhospitable land inhabited by Morlocks, dwarves, poor people and criminals.

                          You forgot immigrants! :-D Jokes aside, I suppose immigrants form a greater proportion of London than any other British city? Leicester or Birmingham perhaps?

                          Cheers, विक्रम (Have gone past my troika - 4 CCCs!) "We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread :doh:

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                          Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:

                          I had to google Morlock.

                          :wtf: And you call yourself an Eloi!? Shameful!

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                            The Great British Venn Diagram http://qntm.org/uk[^]

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                            That's awesome! :thumbsup:

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                            • J Joe Simes

                              And replace it with the taste of dirty socks and mold. Went to Embra a few years ago and everyone says ohh you must try the Irn Bru blah blah blah. Well I mostly drank beer and whisky the whole weekend. So I'm in the airport waiting for my flight back to Boston and I look in one of the shops and I see Irn-Bru 32! X|

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                              Joe Simes wrote:

                              the taste of dirty socks and mold

                              How do you know what that tastes like?! No, seriously...

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                                And replace it with the taste of dirty socks and mold. Went to Embra a few years ago and everyone says ohh you must try the Irn Bru blah blah blah. Well I mostly drank beer and whisky the whole weekend. So I'm in the airport waiting for my flight back to Boston and I look in one of the shops and I see Irn-Bru 32! X|

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                                Joe Simes wrote:

                                Irn-Bru 32

                                Well there is your mistake. the 32 makes a difference. What you had was an Energy Drink. Not real sweet nectar of Irn-Bru (without a number on the end), oh and don't take the diet Irn-Bru either X|

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                                  Joe Simes wrote:

                                  the taste of dirty socks and mold

                                  How do you know what that tastes like?! No, seriously...

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                                  I think he's talking about the haggis!

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                                    Joe Simes wrote:

                                    Irn-Bru 32

                                    Well there is your mistake. the 32 makes a difference. What you had was an Energy Drink. Not real sweet nectar of Irn-Bru (without a number on the end), oh and don't take the diet Irn-Bru either X|

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                                    modified on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 2:52 PM

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                                    Joe Simes
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                                    DaveAuld wrote:

                                    sweat nectar of Irn-Bru

                                    Yeah dirty socks ... sweat ... it's all X| :-D

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                                    • C ChandraRam

                                      Joe Simes wrote:

                                      the taste of dirty socks and mold

                                      How do you know what that tastes like?! No, seriously...

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                                      Reminds me of this:

                                      Happy Gilmore asked:

                                      You eat pieces of s**t for breakfast!?

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                                      • D DaveAuld

                                        I think he's talking about the haggis!

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                                        DaveAuld wrote:

                                        I think he's talking about the haggis!

                                        :laugh: But I wasn't ;P

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                                        • J Joe Simes

                                          DaveAuld wrote:

                                          sweat nectar of Irn-Bru

                                          Yeah dirty socks ... sweat ... it's all X| :-D

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                                          :doh: That was your fault!

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