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  • S sasha winston

    Wishing the greatest African country in the world and the most populous black nation, My country Nigeria a wonderful 50th birthday.

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    Mladen Jankovic
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    sasha winston wrote:

    greatest African country in the world

    Geez, I wonder what's the greatest African country in Europe*? * - I bet someone is going to say France.

    [Genetic Algorithm Library] [Wowd]

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      sasha winston wrote:

      greatest African country in the world

      Geez, I wonder what's the greatest African country in Europe*? * - I bet someone is going to say France.

      [Genetic Algorithm Library] [Wowd]

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      Lost User
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      France ;P

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      • S sasha winston

        Wishing the greatest African country in the world and the most populous black nation, My country Nigeria a wonderful 50th birthday.

        I am a Microsoft fanboy. That's all you need to know.

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        Corporal Agarn
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        Thought this was going to be for the Flintstones. (Google yesterday)

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          Thought this was going to be for the Flintstones. (Google yesterday)

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          OriginalGriff
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          I did - but it was mostly about The Beatles... :laugh:

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          • M Mladen Jankovic

            sasha winston wrote:

            greatest African country in the world

            Geez, I wonder what's the greatest African country in Europe*? * - I bet someone is going to say France.

            [Genetic Algorithm Library] [Wowd]

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            Richard A Dalton
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            Mladen Jankovic wrote:

            Geez, I wonder what's the greatest African country in Europe*?

            Ireland, judging by the performance of our government. -Rd

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              Dalek Dave wrote:

              Also, define Great.

              Same question. Why is Britain "Great"? Don't be picky and let people feel their country is a great one. It doesn't hurt any one.

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              Bassam Abdul Baki
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              Actually, the word "Great" is usually followed by a comma. :)

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                Britain is 'Great' because it is the largest of the British Isles. In this case the term great is not an attribute of how one appraises an island, merely a reflection of it's geographical and cartogrphical anomolies.

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                Mark_Wallace
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                Dalek Dave wrote:

                Britain is 'Great' because it is the largest of the British Isles.

                Actually, it's because "Grande Bretagne" was bigger than the other Bretagne on the French mainland. It has nothing to do with the countries of the UK.

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                  Dalek Dave wrote:

                  Britain is 'Great' because it is the largest of the British Isles.

                  Actually, it's because "Grande Bretagne" was bigger than the other Bretagne on the French mainland. It has nothing to do with the countries of the UK.

                  I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                  Dalek Dave
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                  How odd then that the Romans called it Magnus Britannia. (Admittedly it was around 80 AD that this started, previously it was just Britannia.) At this time there was no France, Germany, Belgium or Netherlands, so it seems quite fortunate that we were called into existance by the Romans and the name stuck.

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                    How odd then that the Romans called it Magnus Britannia. (Admittedly it was around 80 AD that this started, previously it was just Britannia.) At this time there was no France, Germany, Belgium or Netherlands, so it seems quite fortunate that we were called into existance by the Romans and the name stuck.

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                    Um, no. Was it not a certain Julius Cesar who simply defined that everything on the not yet conquered side of the Rhine was Germania before moving on to Britannia?

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                    • D Dalek Dave

                      sasha winston wrote:

                      greatest African country in the world

                      Really? Surely Greatest African Country in Africa? Also, define Great. If you mean size, it is not the biggest, if you mean wealth, it is not the richest if you mean culturally it is not even close. All you have is oil and ethnic troubles between christians and muslims, and as for the most populous, that just goes to show the inability to have family planning, and with large families comes poverty and ill-education. So, Carry on, and happy birthday.

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                      sasha winston
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                      But inspite of all these social vices/menaces such as poverty, lack of employment, corruption, nepotism, sentiments, looting, bad governance, rigging of elections, political killings and instability rocking my dear nation at the moment, i see a better Nigeria and the true giant of the black race coming in the next few decades that will be a marvel to the world. So please DD let me enjoy this moment :)

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                      • D Dalek Dave

                        sasha winston wrote:

                        greatest African country in the world

                        Really? Surely Greatest African Country in Africa? Also, define Great. If you mean size, it is not the biggest, if you mean wealth, it is not the richest if you mean culturally it is not even close. All you have is oil and ethnic troubles between christians and muslims, and as for the most populous, that just goes to show the inability to have family planning, and with large families comes poverty and ill-education. So, Carry on, and happy birthday.

                        ------------------------------------ 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 League Table Link CCC Link[^]

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                        Rutvik Dave
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                        Well DD, It should be like that. Every citizen of the country should believe that their country is The Greatest Country. There is nothing wrong in it. If you listen to any country's national anthem, this will be stated at some point. Al-least spare him today... :)

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                        • S sasha winston

                          Wishing the greatest African country in the world and the most populous black nation, My country Nigeria a wonderful 50th birthday.

                          I am a Microsoft fanboy. That's all you need to know.

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                          Rutvik Dave
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                          Cheers... :)

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                          • D Dalek Dave

                            sasha winston wrote:

                            greatest African country in the world

                            Really? Surely Greatest African Country in Africa? Also, define Great. If you mean size, it is not the biggest, if you mean wealth, it is not the richest if you mean culturally it is not even close. All you have is oil and ethnic troubles between christians and muslims, and as for the most populous, that just goes to show the inability to have family planning, and with large families comes poverty and ill-education. So, Carry on, and happy birthday.

                            ------------------------------------ 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 League Table Link CCC Link[^]

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                            By coincidence it is also the 50th birthday of the Nigerian 419 Scam.

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                              How odd then that the Romans called it Magnus Britannia. (Admittedly it was around 80 AD that this started, previously it was just Britannia.) At this time there was no France, Germany, Belgium or Netherlands, so it seems quite fortunate that we were called into existance by the Romans and the name stuck.

                              ------------------------------------ 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 League Table Link CCC Link[^]

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                              Mark_Wallace
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                              I dunno who this Magnus Britannia chappie is. Are you getting confused with the Magna Britannia (which was a book/scroll/suchlike)?

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                                sasha winston wrote:

                                greatest African country in the world

                                Really? Surely Greatest African Country in Africa? Also, define Great. If you mean size, it is not the biggest, if you mean wealth, it is not the richest if you mean culturally it is not even close. All you have is oil and ethnic troubles between christians and muslims, and as for the most populous, that just goes to show the inability to have family planning, and with large families comes poverty and ill-education. So, Carry on, and happy birthday.

                                ------------------------------------ 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 League Table Link CCC Link[^]

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                                Vikram A Punathambekar
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                                Sometimes you can be a dickhead, DD. I gave you a 1. You simply can't resist pissing on other people's parades, can you?

                                Cheers, विक्रम (Got my troika of CCCs!) After all is said and done, much is said and little is done.

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                                • S sasha winston

                                  Wishing the greatest African country in the world and the most populous black nation, My country Nigeria a wonderful 50th birthday.

                                  I am a Microsoft fanboy. That's all you need to know.

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                                  Blake Miller
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                                  I thinkt The Flintstones also turned 50.

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                                  • S sasha winston

                                    But inspite of all these social vices/menaces such as poverty, lack of employment, corruption, nepotism, sentiments, looting, bad governance, rigging of elections, political killings and instability rocking my dear nation at the moment, i see a better Nigeria and the true giant of the black race coming in the next few decades that will be a marvel to the world. So please DD let me enjoy this moment :)

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                                    Vikram A Punathambekar
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                                    Dave can be an absolute jerk, ignore him. Congrats on 50 years of independence!

                                    Cheers, विक्रम (Got my troika of CCCs!) After all is said and done, much is said and little is done.

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                                      Dalek Dave wrote:

                                      Britain is 'Great' because it is the largest of the British Isles. In this case the term great is not an attribute of how one appraises an island, merely a reflection of it's geographical and cartogrphical anomolies.

                                      Exactly. Different people have different perception and interpretation of "great". EDIT: I didn't down vote you.

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                                      bleedingfingers wrote:

                                      EDIT: I didn't down vote you.

                                      I did. [EDIT] Not you, him :) Cheers, Drew.

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                                        Dalek Dave wrote:

                                        Also, define Great.

                                        Same question. Why is Britain "Great"? Don't be picky and let people feel their country is a great one. It doesn't hurt any one.

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                                        Keith Barrow
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                                        Being British, it doesn't do to blow one's own trumpet: Great [as in Large] Britain as opposed to [Little] Britain[ny] in France. The name wasn't even coined by the British, and the names Britain and Brittany have changed separately in the centuries since it first came into use.

                                        bleedingfingers wrote:

                                        let people feel their country is a great one.

                                        Agreed tho'!

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                                        • S sasha winston

                                          Wishing the greatest African country in the world and the most populous black nation, My country Nigeria a wonderful 50th birthday.

                                          I am a Microsoft fanboy. That's all you need to know.

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                                          Pete OHanlon
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                                          I'm delighted to see that you are so enthusiastic about your country. It's always good to see somebody who's patriotic and happy to blow their nations trumpet. I know that others have pointed out that Nigeria has problems - so what, all countries do. You be proud of your heritage, and stand up and be counted when it comes to making your country great - when, at the end, they ask you how you stood for your country; say that you were always there for your people, and you have done your best to make things better for everybody. Good for you:thumbsup:

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