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As I said early on, kind of, cheese-eating surrender monkey is a characterisation that may or may not have elements of truth. But it's got enough truth (the French are famed for their cheese; the French as a nation do not by and large go to war; but could someone explain the monkey thing to me?), and enough pithy somethingorother to make it really catchy. So I suppose I'm looking for something that represents the US on the grand scale (something that many people do, something they are famed for producing), plus something that represents the nation/government angle. And perhaps some kind of animal ;-) All rolled into one.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > candj Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > thank the Good Lord. > > You were doing such a convincing job up until this > bit! Yup, it's when the prayer mats come out that the cat is out of the bag.

Oh the Bad Seeds, they were so baaaaaaad B)

They have a website. Not on there?

People in the US invariably assume everyone is in the US, and probably around the corner from themselves. Just take a look at most websites. I get so many invitations, every week, to events in downtown nowheresville, which fail to mention which state they are in, let alone which country or continent.

Brendan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How long before we get onto the right to arm > bears? Now *that* I would be in favour of.

Sandperson Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I can't believe > > a) someone was stupid enough to start this thread > > and > > b) she has got to the point, three posts in, where > she is correcting people's spelling. > > 0/10 Sandperson That's an arithmetic epic FAIL. I notice you don't hang out in the Drawing Room. If you did, you might welcome some light relief in the Lounge from time to time. The cheese-eating surrender monkey meme was massive; why not want to promote equal inventiveness around another target? Had a sense of humour bypass recently?

bigbadwolf Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It is actually bare Lou. I could get out the Oxford Shorter. But I can't be bothered. So here's the Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_keep_and_bear_arms > > Pinhead. ! > > However... > > I appreciate that it could be seen as a one way > street and I'm mainly highlighting the general > feeling of mutual respect given to Brits since we > share such a common history and to an extent, > culture. The history was one of domination and rebellion, in case that passed you by. > > I agree that the 'special relationship' is, a > mainly one way street concerning U.S interests, > but it can be beneficial when we're leaning away > from Europe. A luxury that most E.U members don't > enjoy. Oh, I don't know. Spain has the whole of South America to call on. > > Apart from America, Russia has got to be without a > doubt, the most pikey nation on earth. Russian pikeys? I like the idea. We actually have a lot of Polish peeps round these parts. Who are all very lovely. It's far to > big for it's own good and is run by some of the > shadiest characters imaginable. The place is a > mess! I think the empire will die. Just wondering about what to call them, in the meantime. To raise a laugh, like. BBW, I expected you to be more on the case here.

bigbadwolf Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The Mexican and Canadian borders, as well as the > Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Unfortunately not. It now extends to certain parts of the UK.

Anyway, what I'm looking for is nice succinct names.

bigbadwolf Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm generally pro-American and am a great > supporter of the 'special relationship'. BBW, if you believe that the special relationship exists, other than as a one way street for the US of A to get what it wants, you are more stupid than I thought. B) I also > think that Barack Obama is going to prove himself > as a great force for change in the future. I was > particularly impressed by his decision to > introduce legislation capping the pay of many of > Wall Streets players. That took a lot of guts to > essentially say to an incredibly powerful > institution that "you got us into this mess, now > you're going to pay for your mistakes". > > I personally don't think that any administration > will successfully disarm it's citizens as there is > a genuine feeling that they need the right to bare bear > arms entrenched in their mind set. This is most > probably encouraged by the countries pioneer, wild > west history and Americans are a very proud and > patriotic people who wont give in to the > connection they have with their past and > forefathers. > > My issue with the current gun laws and politics > isn't the fact they're constitutionally entitled > to a firearms certificate but it's the type of > hardware they have access to. In several states > (mainly New England) people are allowed to > purchase and hold several automatic weapons. Yes, their murder licenses are very attractive. To > get hold of the particular rubber stamp on your > license all you have to do is pay a $300 tax to > the ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) for each > weapon you wish to purchase. In the state of > California it's perfectly legal to own a grenade > launcher and many do. My point is that this sort > of kit should only be reserved for the Military > and Police, not for citizens. Basically, you don't > need an anti tank weapon to hunt dear deer or protect > your home. > > My one word to sum up the Yanks. > > Transparent. That's good BBF. Those people do what they say on the tin. EXCEPT, when it comes to public funding. Because while the good ol' US of A protests so much the virtues of private everything, their private firms receive huge public funding, and have huge lobbies to ensure it stays that way. They shout 'anti public' and then claim huge public subsidies. Under Bush this was rampant. For me, the big enemy in the US of A is corporate lobbyists with multi-million pound budgets, who buy senators and congresspeople. Someone tell me I'm wrong.

Sandperson Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I like America and Americans. The East and West > coast anyway. Yeah. Jesusland is that huge, huge area in the middle.

As America outdoes itself, insulting the intelligence of the rest of the world (including the Scots!), let us turn the tables. What you call things matters greatly. The French may well be cheese-eating surrender monkeys, and whether you agree with it or not, the term has probably influenced the way you see the French. Let us therefore turn our sights on the US of A. We know that the South is known as Jesusland. But we lack at present the language to succinctly describe this nation in such crystal-clear terms as we have for the French and Germans. Let your imaginations run riot, why don't you.

Yeah, they emigrated. Mr Louisiana is a Scot, from Bathgate. :)

Perhaps Jammy just wants a number - a la 1.4 users currently online. Otherwise I'd question his motives. B)

Yeah, shouting is not a good look. :-S

The trailer for the current reissue of Hardcore Uproar by Together. Suddi, one half of Together, features large, with his crazy vocal. Bits of Daily Mirror cuttings (they misspelt his name, poor love), Anthea Turner on TOTP giving a shout out for the Blackburn ravers, Tony Wilson, Mike Pickering... All 19 years ago. Doesn't time fly. You can find the current remixes themselves on Youtube: Lee Mortimer remix One Man & His Dog remix And a recent in Blackburn. (And you can buy them on Beatport in full 320 MP3...) Sorry for the plug ;-)

Not a remix (except of bits of Leg), but a great video:

I haven't had one delivered for some time...

HMG. No, come to think of this is a huge thing that cause me perfectly rational rage. :X Right, off for some archery practice on Mandy.

Never went inside. I tolerated Puerto Banus for about 15 mins then had to bail out.

mockney piers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I quote like the place. I say that as someone > about as scottish as FnB. > > This thing is so ridiculous, reminds me of the > freedom fries thing. > Especially as a)the sort of American who buys > scotch is unlikely to give ashit about calls for a > boycott (same ones who have doubtless been > enjoying their scotch with an illegal cuban cigar) > and > b)he probably didn't do it anyway, any longterm > reader of Private Eye knows there are a lot of > unanswered questions that compassionate release > rather than an appeal was designed to avoid. I'm with MP. Americans are hysterical. As in disordered. Their crazy take on a Cuban booking at a Scottish hotel not so long ago? An attempted boycott of Scottish firms. More Islay malt and Talisker for us. Bring it on.

sanity girl, you have returned some sanity to my weekend. (How did I screw that up?) I reckon I'll go to the garden party (Saturday), dip into climate camp (Friday) and do one day on the investigations (Sunday). Bless. BBW, there's no hair in my armpits, I can assure you. But I've joined the no hairdresser/long hair club :)

Sorry, guys, I missed one out: 5. Climate Camp.

This coming long weekend, I'm torn between 1. Going to some all-day garden party in very nice place, awash with alcohol; and supporting an organising friend as well as having fun. 2. Spending serious time on a mid-term investigative project, on a loathsome but important subject (events mean it would have to happen over the long weekend) 3. Having fun at Pestival 4. Doing boring/serious/important things at home/office to make progress on them. I don't think I can do all. Too many choices.