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Post by HURLOCK on Nov 28, 2007 13:11:43 GMT -1
Plus that thing where Wales was left off the EU map. These things are annoying. You said the otherday ' I'm Welsh, why should I care about the EU!
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Post by jh1980 on Nov 28, 2007 13:13:07 GMT -1
Wants to tell a sheep joke, but thinks better of it Well exactly, where's the f**king respect?! If you make an Irish joke, that's now considered racist, but the Welsh, oh no, they don't matter, it's further back in history that they were viciously oppressed!
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Post by jh1980 on Nov 28, 2007 13:15:03 GMT -1
You said the otherday ' I'm Welsh, why should I care about the EU! Defence mechanism! Well it is a slur, I mean I don't know exactly where Liechtenstein is but I don't forget that it exists!
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Post by HURLOCK on Nov 28, 2007 13:16:14 GMT -1
You said the otherday ' I'm Welsh, why should I care about the EU! Defence mechanism! Well it is a slur, I mean I don't know exactly where Liechtenstein is but I don't forget that it exists! Its Britain!
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Post by jh1980 on Nov 28, 2007 13:19:37 GMT -1
Yes, and?
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Post by Neko Bazu on Nov 28, 2007 13:21:04 GMT -1
But if someone suggests that we're irrelevant (as Neko narrowly avoids doing above) then it gets us worked up a bit. Plus that thing where Wales was left off the EU map. These things are annoying. Whoa whoa whoa! Backing up a second thank you please! When the hell did I come close to that?! I said there are more pressing issues - and I personally consider rising gun and knife crime, national employment, missing immigrants etc to be bigger issues than whether our 200 year-old flag needs to be updated to appease what I suspect would be a minority of the Welsh population, never mind the nation as a whole! I'd have no problem with it if there were genuinely strong views on the subject in Wales, but frankly I've not seen any evidence of that at all! So stopping with the putting of the words in my mouth, please to be thanking you
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Post by HURLOCK on Nov 28, 2007 13:21:13 GMT -1
Yes, and? well thank you that's on the EU Map ;D
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Post by jh1980 on Nov 28, 2007 13:23:19 GMT -1
Whoa whoa whoa! Backing up a second thank you please! When the hell did I come close to that?! I said there are more pressing issues - and I personally consider rising gun and knife crime, national employment, missing immigrants etc to be bigger issues than whether our 200 year-old flag needs to be updated to appease what I suspect would be a minority of the Welsh population, never mind the nation as a whole! I'd have no problem with it if there were genuinely strong views on the subject in Wales, but frankly I've not seen any evidence of that at all! So stopping with the putting of the words in my mouth, please to be thanking you I think I interpreted "non-issue" as relating to Wales, as opposed to the flag generally... Yes No Hehe, don't lose control of the lingo there Neko
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Post by Neko Bazu on Nov 28, 2007 13:25:43 GMT -1
I think I interpreted "non-issue" as relating to Wales, as opposed to the flag generally... Yes No Hehe, don't lose control of the lingo there Neko Oh no, rest assured, if I felt Wales were completely irrelevant, I would come straight out and say so. Like I have previously with Birmingham
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Post by jh1980 on Nov 28, 2007 13:27:04 GMT -1
Yes, and? well thank you that's on the EU Map ;D No, I mean that time there was some EU publication with a map of Europe on the front, and some bureaucrat had screwed up and left the land mass of Wales off. Can forgive the mistake, but not the fact that nobody spotted it before publication!
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Post by jh1980 on Nov 28, 2007 13:29:55 GMT -1
Oh no, rest assured, if I felt Wales were completely irrelevant, I would come straight out and say so. Like I have previously with Birmingham Good good! Ah, so you won't mind if the Welsh annex it then?! ;D
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Post by Neko Bazu on Nov 28, 2007 13:30:07 GMT -1
well thank you that's on the EU Map ;D No, I mean that time there was some EU publication with a map of Europe on the front, and some bureaucrat had screwed up and left the land mass of Wales off. Can forgive the mistake, but not the fact that nobody spotted it before publication! You think anyone in Europe actually bothered checking if the UK was there at all? IIRC, didn't England and Scotland end up being rather funny shapes too? Or was that a different incident?
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Post by Neko Bazu on Nov 28, 2007 13:30:47 GMT -1
Oh no, rest assured, if I felt Wales were completely irrelevant, I would come straight out and say so. Like I have previously with Birmingham Good good! Ah, so you won't mind if the Welsh annex it then?! ;D Provided you rip it up and dump it off your own coast, no, I won't mind!
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Post by jh1980 on Nov 28, 2007 13:33:43 GMT -1
You think anyone in Europe actually bothered checking if the UK was there at all? IIRC, didn't England and Scotland end up being rather funny shapes too? Or was that a different incident? The rest of it looks fine to me, apart from the UK ending with a straight line from Flint down to Gloucester!
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Post by officergroyman on Nov 28, 2007 13:38:03 GMT -1
take the st patricks flag out How's this EOIN? Finally, a British flag to be proud of! Wow, that's as bad as if the stars & bars replaced old glory........
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Post by Neko Bazu on Nov 28, 2007 13:39:46 GMT -1
You think anyone in Europe actually bothered checking if the UK was there at all? IIRC, didn't England and Scotland end up being rather funny shapes too? Or was that a different incident? The rest of it looks fine to me, apart from the UK ending with a straight line from Flint down to Gloucester! Ah, different incident then - I recall one map that was produced by the EU where you could be forgiven for thinking they'd based our coastline on a 16th century naval chart!
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Post by jh1980 on Nov 28, 2007 13:45:37 GMT -1
Wow, that's as bad as if the stars & bars replaced old glory........ a) that's not a remotely appropriate comparison b) if it weren't for that slavery business, the S&B is a much cooler flag
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Post by jh1980 on Nov 28, 2007 13:46:23 GMT -1
Ah, different incident then - I recall one map that was produced by the EU where you could be forgiven for thinking they'd based our coastline on a 16th century naval chart! Heh, useless b'stards all of them then! ;D
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Post by thales on Nov 28, 2007 13:47:27 GMT -1
take the st patricks flag out How's this EOIN? Finally, a British flag to be proud of! nice one ;D
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Post by officergroyman on Nov 28, 2007 13:48:42 GMT -1
Wow, that's as bad as if the stars & bars replaced old glory........ a) that's not a remotely appropriate comparison b) if it weren't for that slavery business, the S&B is a much cooler flag - your probably right about that. ;D
- it was prominently featured on the Dukes of Hazard & that where I fell in love with Daisy Duke.
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