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Post by Golden_Boy™ on Oct 18, 2008 15:49:40 GMT -1
;D ;D ;D
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Post by Golden_Boy™ on Oct 18, 2008 15:54:43 GMT -1
John Cleese On Barack Obama & George W. Bush ClickJohn Cleese on Sarah Palin Click
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Post by El Morto La Hoja! on Oct 18, 2008 15:59:46 GMT -1
makes you proud to be british .... though having said that our political system and politicans are worse, so how can we pass comment, i mean theres no left wing anymore and the tories and labour have almost the same policy out look
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Post by Golden_Boy™ on Oct 18, 2008 16:03:11 GMT -1
To go back to one of Mort's posts on the last page for a moment; Bush only won his election do to his financial connections, Obama is only in the position to stand because he's black (a white candidate of similar experience or rather lack of it, wouldn't be able to stand) .... is there really a vast difference? - you could argue that neither were/are the right person for the job. its a rather sad demostration of democracy! if i was an iraqi, watching the american elections i'd be thinking "why the fuck would we want that system here!" E-voting has been a huge problem for a long time aswell, 'Hacking Democracy' is a good documentary on it if anyone is interested.
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Post by Golden_Boy™ on Oct 24, 2008 12:37:12 GMT -1
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Post by El Morto La Hoja! on Oct 24, 2008 12:39:18 GMT -1
Bradley effect....
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Post by DTR on Oct 24, 2008 12:39:20 GMT -1
I was sent this today and i think it may work ;D ;D
To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately. (You should look up 'revocation' in the Oxford English Dictionary.) Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas, which she does not fancy). Your new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a Governor for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed. To aid in the transition to a British Crown dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect: 1. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'colour,' 'favour,' 'labour' and 'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half the letters, and the suffix '-ize' will be replaced by the suffix '-ise.' Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. (look up 'vocabulary'). 2. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as ''like' and 'you know' is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. There is no such thing as U.S. English. We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take into account the reinstated letter 'u'' and the elimination of '-ize.' 3. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday. 4. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers, or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not quite ready to be independent. Guns should only be used for shooting grouse. If you can't sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist, then you're not ready to shoot grouse.
5. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. Although a permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.
6. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left side with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour.
7. The former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling gasoline) of roughly $10/US gallon. Get used to it.
8. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed not with catsup but with vinegar.
9. The cold, tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as beer, and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as Lager. Australian beer is also acceptable, as they are pound for pound the greatest sporting nation on earth and it can only be due to the beer. They are also part of the British Commonwealth - see what it did for them. American brands will be referred to as Near-Frozen Gnat's Urine, so that all can be sold without risk of further confusion.
10. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play English characters. Watching Andie Macdowell attempt English dialogue in Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a cheese grater.
11. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancies).
12. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will let you face the Australians first to take the sting out of their deliveries.
13. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad.
14. An internal revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from Her Majesty's Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all monies due (backdated to 1776).
15. Daily Tea Time begins promptly at 4 p.m. with proper cups, with saucers, and never mugs, with high quality biscuits (cookies) and cakes; plus strawberries (with cream) when in season.
God Save the Queen!
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Post by Golden_Boy™ on Oct 24, 2008 12:46:06 GMT -1
Yup, could indeed be a factor, that! ...Love it Dan! ;D ;D
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Post by El Morto La Hoja! on Oct 24, 2008 13:18:31 GMT -1
why is it that in England people won't admit voting for the posh guy (the tories), yet in America people won't admit they didn't vote for the Black guy?
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Post by Golden_Boy™ on Oct 29, 2008 18:25:37 GMT -1
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Post by MagicalUnited on Oct 29, 2008 18:30:50 GMT -1
the soldier talking on the phone looks liek ashley cole
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Post by El Morto La Hoja! on Oct 29, 2008 20:16:44 GMT -1
LOL @ the top video ;D
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Post by officergroyman on Oct 31, 2008 16:03:52 GMT -1
saw this bumper sticker yesterday............
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Post by Pete the Wolf on Oct 31, 2008 20:35:02 GMT -1
One of the bars on campus is open all of Tuesday night so people can stay in there and watch the results come through if they want.
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Post by MagicalUnited on Oct 31, 2008 20:36:06 GMT -1
Obama
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Post by Neko Bazu on Oct 31, 2008 20:39:19 GMT -1
I wonder, is there any other election in the world that generates as much global interest as the US one? I don't think even Pakistan's recent problematic one, or Zimbabwe's sham, garnered quite as much coverage...
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Post by MagicalUnited on Oct 31, 2008 20:41:45 GMT -1
maybe because being president of the U.S is arguebly "the biggest role in the world"
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Post by Neko Bazu on Oct 31, 2008 20:45:59 GMT -1
It just amazes me how many people take an interest though - there are people over here who'd not even dream of voting for our government elections who've formed an opinion for the US one (usually according to whichever tabloid they read, granted, but they're interested enough to have an opinion at all...)
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Post by MagicalUnited on Oct 31, 2008 20:58:06 GMT -1
the main reason i am into the election si because of Obama
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Post by officergroyman on Oct 31, 2008 21:57:24 GMT -1
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