Something vaguely interesting in the wake of recent terrorist attacks.

[Burney]

Foreigners call the English Channel the "Sleeve", Der Ärmelkanal

Yes, but that's just envy. They know deep down it's the English Channel. God knows we've proved it to enough of them down the years*.


*Yes, yes, the Dutch. I know.

[Sir C]

Yep, that's dads for you.

The Severn Bore though. The Severn Bore! :wipeseye:

[Burney]

You seem to tick all the right boxes except one
You are highly intelligent

That is both very kind and slightly racist at the same time.

But hey, a compliment's a compliment.

[Burney]

The Severn Bore though. The Severn Bore! :wipeseye:

Quite a niche geographical reference, too. Impressive - particularly for a non-native speaker.

[SWv2]

Ireland is not British.

[Peter]

36 virgins up front? Don't really see how that'd work. By the time you'd finished with them a/ they wouldn't be virgins b/ the job would be delayed and c/ you wouldn't be able to take them with you, so you'd have to make do with just 36 for all eternity.

Frankly, I'm beginning to see the flaws in this virgin-based currency system you propose.

Ok, just one up front. Its not my system, r suggested it.

[Peter]

Ireland is not British.

Its all same though, isn't it.

I mean, who really cares? At the end of the day its just a good bunch of lads who like a drink.

[Burney]

Ireland is not British.

No, no. Of course not.

It just happens to be part of the British Isles, speaks English, ties itself to British law and custom, drinks pints and is economically, militarily and culturally dependent on Britain. Oh, and six counties of it are definitely British.

Not British at all.

[Viva Prat Vegas]

Ok, just one up front. Its not my system, r suggested it.

You must have clean hands

[Sir C]

Its all same though, isn't it.

I mean, who really cares? At the end of the day its just a good bunch of lads who like a drink.

I fúcking care. They ponced off our generosity for hundreds of years and now, drunk on EU handouts, all of a sudden they're too good for the likes of us.

Let 'em stew in their own juice, I say. They'll come crawling back soon enough.