Blimey, Blimey is being used a lot.

[Witharby 2-3 weeks]

and no quick editing by Fash will change that

[Luis Anaconda]

[Witharby 2-3 weeks]

[Pat Vegas]

than Canada.

[Berni]

[Berni]

[Pat Vegas]

Though she despises Canada and Canadians.

Apart from marrying one and moving there for 3 years of course. Though that might what did it.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

massive great places. Full of people, energy, endeavour, huge economies, scientific discoveries, you know, stuff.

Then there's Canada and Australia. Enormous. Population of about 26 people, none of whom ever do anything worth mentioning in the international press.

It's odd.

(Not to say Canada isn't very nice. No offence to our Canadian viewers.)

[Berni]

OK, I'll give you the space thing, but that's about it imo.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Big army. Space programme.

Sort of big in general.

[Pat Vegas]

I suppose the main contribution are 'celebs' who sneak in and people just assume they are americans and Maple syrup.

[redgunamo]

[Pat Vegas]

[Berni]

Savages, really, the Russians. Besides, their important artists and thinkers all came from a tiny social group that spoke and thought in French.

[redgunamo]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Just... nothing.

[Berni]

Great in one sense (everyone gets fed and not many people get shot), but it doesn't tend to make you very creative or innovative, does it? You need conflict, competition and strife for that. It's one of the reasons western Europe is thought to have become militarily dominant - that it was so crowded that it forced technological innovation (usually in the form of new ways of killing each other).