And now, time for something completely....the same.
Would people please check the news items before posting their stories.
gigs
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 12:35 pm
"Anyone who is even moderately good at what they do -- in literature, the theatre, skiing or whatever -- tends to become a national figure. And anyone who stands out at all from the crowd tends to be praised to the skies and given the Order of Canada at once," Moran wrote in his letter, according to files released to the BBC.
I would agree with that statement.
sandorski
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Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 12:42 pm
hehe
EyeBrock
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Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:21 am
This is ancient history plus I bet this snot nose diplomat says worse things about the feral thuggish society that the UK has become.
Akhenaten
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Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:32 am
from the article: ""They have no literature, no painting and only a very odd kind of music; their sculpture, ceramics and dancing are borrowed from others, and their architecture is monotonous and interior decoration hideous," "
Oh really? No painting? No literature? Must've spent his entire time drunk to the point of blindness on gin.
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Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:58 am
"Similarly, Sir Anthony Rumbold writes from Thailand in 1967 that the people of that country have "no literature, no painting and only a very odd kind of music" and that "their sculpture, their ceramics and their dancing [are] borrowed from others." Furthermore, the country's "architecture is monotonous and their interior decoration hideous."
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Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:55 pm
Who cares? Too many Brits are insufferably arrogant and still think the sun rises and sets on their dreary little island. That annoying poster Great Briton (who used to post here all the time) is an excellent example of the type (EB gets a pass).
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Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:56 pm
Akhenaten Akhenaten:
Oh really? No painting? No literature? Must've spent his entire time drunk to the point of blindness on gin.
Well, at least he didn't get malaria.
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Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:01 pm
The old joke used to be that the sun never set on the British Empire because God didn't trust the Brits with the lights off.
Akhenaten
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Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:06 pm
Eyebrock - yeah I got the quotes mixed up. My bad.
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Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:09 pm
BartSimpson BartSimpson:
The old joke used to be that the sun never set on the British Empire because God didn't trust the Brits with the lights off.
Hmmm...which Empire do you think they might say that about in the 21st century?
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