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  • N Nagy Vilmos

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    Only 22 countries in the world have never been invaded by Britain, according to new research.

    I heard this on the Home Service yesterday, bloody brilliant! Does anyone here actually come from a country that Britain has not invaded?


    Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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    Dalek Dave
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    I reckon we could complete the collection with the minimum effort. Perhaps launch a new Expeditionary Force made up of the young unemployed, the feckless and the criminal classes. If nothing else it would help reduce unemployment, create a culture of Can Do within the lower orders and, with a bit of luck, take a few of the criminally minded out of the gene pool.

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    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

      Wales has never been invaded by Britain. England yes, but never Britain.

      If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.

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      Nagy Vilmos
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      Wales have been the whipping boys of Britain since for ever. Get over it, you where invaded and LOST. :laugh: -- NEXT! --


      Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

        Wales has never been invaded by Britain. England yes, but never Britain.

        If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.

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        Is that you with the bumper sticker on your car thaat says "My other brain is in the jar”? :-D

        It was broke, so I fixed it.

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        • N Nagy Vilmos

          Geordiland was an independent inebripality before the Norman Conquest, so you have been invaded. -- NEXT! --


          Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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          Pete OHanlon
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          We weren't invaded, we sold out for 40 bottles of Dog and a lifetimes subscription to Viz.

          *pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington

          "Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos

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          • N Nagy Vilmos

            Wales have been the whipping boys of Britain since for ever. Get over it, you where invaded and LOST. :laugh: -- NEXT! --


            Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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            Dalek Dave
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            The Romans sailed to Magna Britannia and invaded Wales. So, yes, Britain did invade Wales. I believe William's housemaster at Eton invaded Wales a few times as well.

            --------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]

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            • D Dalek Dave

              The Romans sailed to Magna Britannia and invaded Wales. So, yes, Britain did invade Wales. I believe William's housemaster at Eton invaded Wales a few times as well.

              --------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]

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              Nagy Vilmos
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              I never went to Eton!


              Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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              • N Nagy Vilmos

                I never went to Eton!


                Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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                Dalek Dave
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                Your surname isn't Wales either.

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                • D Dalek Dave

                  Your surname isn't Wales either.

                  --------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]

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                  Nagy Vilmos
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                  They only use the name Wales in the army. The rest of the time he was plain old HRHPWSC :-D


                  Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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                  • N Nagy Vilmos

                    msn.com[^]:

                    Only 22 countries in the world have never been invaded by Britain, according to new research.

                    I heard this on the Home Service yesterday, bloody brilliant! Does anyone here actually come from a country that Britain has not invaded?


                    Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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                    Sentenryu
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                    I come from Brazil, we still owe our pants Britain, but they never invaded us (i think)

                    I'm brazilian and english (well, human languages in general) aren't my best skill, so, sorry by my english. (if you want we can speak in C# or VB.Net =p)

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                    • D Dalek Dave

                      The Romans sailed to Magna Britannia and invaded Wales. So, yes, Britain did invade Wales. I believe William's housemaster at Eton invaded Wales a few times as well.

                      --------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]

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                      hairy_hats
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                      What we now call "Wales" did not exist as a recognised geographic or political unit at the time of the Roman invasion, so Wales could not have been invaded.

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                      • N Nagy Vilmos

                        They only use the name Wales in the army. The rest of the time he was plain old HRHPWSC :-D


                        Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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                        Dalek Dave
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                        Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg? Although they changed it to something that didn't sound at all German, "Vinsor".

                        --------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]

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                        • H hairy_hats

                          What we now call "Wales" did not exist as a recognised geographic or political unit at the time of the Roman invasion, so Wales could not have been invaded.

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                          Dalek Dave
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                          It was called Cambria and it was a discrete part of Albion.

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                          • N Nagy Vilmos

                            msn.com[^]:

                            Only 22 countries in the world have never been invaded by Britain, according to new research.

                            I heard this on the Home Service yesterday, bloody brilliant! Does anyone here actually come from a country that Britain has not invaded?


                            Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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                            Rage
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                            Me. France. and so the fight begun.

                            ~RaGE();

                            I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb

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                            • S Sentenryu

                              I come from Brazil, we still owe our pants Britain, but they never invaded us (i think)

                              I'm brazilian and english (well, human languages in general) aren't my best skill, so, sorry by my english. (if you want we can speak in C# or VB.Net =p)

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                              Dalek Dave
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                              That is because Portugal was Britain's oldest ally, and indeed the only European country with which we have NEVER fought a war with. (Excepting Empire Territories).

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                                Me. France. and so the fight begun.

                                ~RaGE();

                                I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb

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                                Nagy Vilmos
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                                Rage wrote:

                                France

                                We have invaded [and won] many times.

                                Rage wrote:

                                and so the fight surrender begun

                                ftfy


                                Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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                                • N Nagy Vilmos

                                  Rage wrote:

                                  France

                                  We have invaded [and won] many times.

                                  Rage wrote:

                                  and so the fight surrender begun

                                  ftfy


                                  Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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                                  Rage
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                                  Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                                  We have invaded [and won] many times.

                                  Now seriously: while this is true, I am not sure that France has ever been completely "Britsh" once. Parts of it (Britain!) for sure, but the whole country/kingdom ?

                                  ~RaGE();

                                  I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb

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                                  • D Dalek Dave

                                    It was called Cambria and it was a discrete part of Albion.

                                    --------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]

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                                    hairy_hats
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                                    Cymru, Cumbria, Cumberland, all inhabited by the same group of people. Wales did not exist until later.

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                                    • D Dalek Dave

                                      That is because Portugal was Britain's oldest ally, and indeed the only European country with which we have NEVER fought a war with. (Excepting Empire Territories).

                                      --------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]

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                                      Sentenryu
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                                      yeah, that's why I expect them to send a squadron to stop this bullshit that those drunks started. Seriously, the independence of Brazil was one of the worst things that happened to us. Our people are too stupid to have voting rights. even today some people still dream of a British invasion to put order in this country.

                                      I'm brazilian and english (well, human languages in general) aren't my best skill, so, sorry by my english. (if you want we can speak in C# or VB.Net =p)

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                                      • S Sentenryu

                                        I come from Brazil, we still owe our pants Britain, but they never invaded us (i think)

                                        I'm brazilian and english (well, human languages in general) aren't my best skill, so, sorry by my english. (if you want we can speak in C# or VB.Net =p)

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                                        Nagy Vilmos
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                                        1938 British naval blockade, that'll do for me. -- NEXT! --


                                        Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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                                        • N Nagy Vilmos

                                          msn.com[^]:

                                          Only 22 countries in the world have never been invaded by Britain, according to new research.

                                          I heard this on the Home Service yesterday, bloody brilliant! Does anyone here actually come from a country that Britain has not invaded?


                                          Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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                                          Keith Barrow
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                                          That's a decent todo list: I think we should go for Kyrgyzstan first. If only to rename it something more pronounceable like Anitdistinctlymintymonatarismonia. [Edit] And Sweden too, they're a bit too smug for my liking and need taking down a peg or two.

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