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  • N Nagy Vilmos

    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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    Dalek Dave
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    It wasn't an invasion, and the blockade was only to stop the Argies.:)

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    • R Rage

      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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      Dalek Dave
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      When Henry II married Eleanor of Aquitaine France was British. His sons cocked it up though.

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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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        Nagy Vilmos
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        viaducting wrote:

        Cymru, Cumbria, Cumberland, all inhabited by the same group of people

        So they'd be a bunch of cumts or something.


        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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        • K Keith Barrow

          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.

          Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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          Dalek Dave
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          I saw 'Highlander'. Connor McLeod of the Clan McLeod fought the Kyrgan.

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          • N Nagy Vilmos

            viaducting wrote:

            Cymru, Cumbria, Cumberland, all inhabited by the same group of people

            So they'd be a bunch of cumts or something.


            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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            That's just Woolly thinking.

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            • D Dalek Dave

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

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              J4amieC
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              Dalek Dave wrote:

              Although they changed it to something that didn't sound at all German, "Vinsor".

              You love trampling that little bit of humour/trivia out don't you? Must've seen you post that about 100 times. Almost as boring as Crap Caption Competition.

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              • N Nagy Vilmos

                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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                Sentenryu
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                Quote:

                This estrangement also occurred in part, due to the German-Italian powers becoming frustrated in regards to what they believed the Estado Novo should represent. The policy of forced assimilation and nationalization imposed by Vargas and the military over every immigrant community, including the German, Italian and Japanese ones; as well as the prohibition of any political activities that were not directly endorsed by the central power in Rio de Janeiro (then the capital of Brazil), which included the Nazi party in Brazil and its allies, the Brazilian integralists; motivated Italian-German support of the Integralist's coup d'état attempt in May 1938. The failure of that action and the British naval blockade on Germany and Italy's trade on the Atlantic, especially from 1940 onwards, led to a sharp deterioration of relations between Brazil and the Axis powers.[6]

                that was on Germany, not Brazil. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_of_Germany_(1939%E2%80%931945)[^]

                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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                • 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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                  SoMad
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                  And you are not limiting yourself to countries. You guys seem to be marching all over The Lounge :-O Soren Madsen

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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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                    Jorgen Andersson
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                    The author, Stuart Laycock, counts the smallest skirmishes. Here's a map[^].

                    People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.

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                    • K Keith Barrow

                      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.

                      Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
                      -Or-
                      A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]

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                      Jorgen Andersson
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                      You haven't even tried yet. There's a reason. Start with France instead, you need to train on something easy first.

                      People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.

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                      • J Jorgen Andersson

                        You haven't even tried yet. There's a reason. Start with France instead, you need to train on something easy first.

                        People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.

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                        Nagy Vilmos
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                        We've done France so many times, it's too easy.


                        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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                          TPFKAPB
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                          Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                          We have invaded

                          You can't call that an Invasion, more of we just 'turned up' and threatened to slap someone.

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                          • S SoMad

                            And you are not limiting yourself to countries. You guys seem to be marching all over The Lounge :-O Soren Madsen

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                            TPFKAPB
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                            With 9 1/2 million members it has a population bigger than a lot of Countries.

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                            • J Jorgen Andersson

                              The author, Stuart Laycock, counts the smallest skirmishes. Here's a map[^].

                              People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.

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                              Sentenryu
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                              surprisingly, i'm still searching for the "british invasion on brasil" to no success, what small battle did he pick?

                              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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                              • 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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                                Markus 811
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                                It may be that England has conquered Germany in the past (I don't know), but with our abysmal English, we will never stop destroying your language. :laugh:

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                                • S Sentenryu

                                  surprisingly, i'm still searching for the "british invasion on brasil" to no success, what small battle did he pick?

                                  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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                                  Lost User
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                                  Invaded is not exactly the correct term. He included anytime when a British force spent time in a country, even if they had asked or paid to be there.

                                  Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends. Shed Petition[^]

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                                    Invaded is not exactly the correct term. He included anytime when a British force spent time in a country, even if they had asked or paid to be there.

                                    Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends. Shed Petition[^]

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                                    Sentenryu
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                                    so he was just making a fuss :doh: sometimes i forget how the marketing works. if we take this in account then brazilians have invaded every country out there. find a country without a single brazilian, i dare you. we are a plague worse than bieber. (yes, i'm really pissed off with my country, if you want to know why, search for "Gustavo Lima" or "Michel Teló". DISCLAIMER: I am not responsible for the damage that this search can cause your ears or brain.)

                                    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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                                      so he was just making a fuss :doh: sometimes i forget how the marketing works. if we take this in account then brazilians have invaded every country out there. find a country without a single brazilian, i dare you. we are a plague worse than bieber. (yes, i'm really pissed off with my country, if you want to know why, search for "Gustavo Lima" or "Michel Teló". DISCLAIMER: I am not responsible for the damage that this search can cause your ears or brain.)

                                      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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                                      Jorgen Andersson
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                                      Hey, whenever you feel down, remember Pelé.

                                      People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.

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                                      • T TPFKAPB

                                        With 9 1/2 million members it has a population bigger than a lot of Countries.

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                                        lewax00
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                                        And yet smaller than some cities. Such terrible distribution of people :doh:

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                                        • M Markus 811

                                          It may be that England has conquered Germany in the past (I don't know), but with our abysmal English, we will never stop destroying your language. :laugh:

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                                          lewax00
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                                          I thought that's what the Americans were doing (according to them anyways)? ;P

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