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Post by DarkAnima on Mar 9, 2004 15:54:29 GMT -5
It's a funny old world, ain't it? When I was growing up in London the first nursery rhyme I was taught was Oranges and Lemons... and American exchange student came to school today and complained that the British were all morbid and savage... of course I didn't take this too well, but only when i thought on it I realised that it was true...Well, Victorian, Tudor and Medieval (sp?) Britons were anyway. Take Oranges and Lemons for example.... "Oranges and Lemons" said the bells of St. Clements, "I owe you five farthings" said the bells of St. Martins, "When will you pay me?" said the bells of Old Bailey, "When I grow rich" said the bells of Shoreditch, "When will that be?" said the bells of Stepney, "I do not know..." said the bells of Old Bow... Here comes a candle to light you to bed, here comes the chopper to chop off your head.. 1, 2, 3, ... chop. Nasty, innit? I never thought on it until now... It was just pure English charm. ;D I am proud of being British, but I never noticed how morbid we were until now. Of course, that's no problem with me.  'Oranges and Lemons' was the last thing my mom said to me every night before I went to bed when I was 6... Another nursery rhyme I was taught at 6 was this... Nobody loves me, nobody cares.. I'll think I'll eat some worms. Big fat juicy ones, long thin skinny ones, Nevermind the germs! Rip their heads off, tear their guts out, throw the skins away! Nobody knows how I survive on worms three times a day! Man, I love my country... ;D |
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Post by requiem on Mar 9, 2004 16:06:08 GMT -5
*hugs MTV, hot dogs, and McDonald's*
british people scare me...
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Post by Kingleby on Mar 10, 2004 3:56:09 GMT -5
we scare you *grins evily* muhahaha! don;t be scared my pretty, the worms are quite tasty when you get used to them  anyway somthing exciting might actually be happening where i live! In our boring city of York (oops, someones going to kill me now!) the johnny depp may be coming. yeah, thats right THE JOHNNY DEPP NEAR ME! WOOT! as they said in the newspaper 'Johnny Depp could be coming to York to the Nestle Rowntree's factory for the filming of Charlie and the chocolate factury' man i hope he does ;D |
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Post by DarkAnima on Mar 10, 2004 7:26:24 GMT -5
I want johnny depp..  So, why do british scare americans? A US woman came into my mom's work place white as a sheet. She's just been on the motorway and been scared to death cause people drive over 60mph! (the speed limit in US, apparently.) Well, my mom drives 90mph everywhere... so watch out! But really, why do british scare americans? |
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Post by Marty on Mar 10, 2004 11:02:13 GMT -5
British people don't scare me ^^ I wish I was british. Aaaaahhh! Johnny Depp!!! |
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Post by Deathblane on Mar 10, 2004 11:47:46 GMT -5
American people scared of British people?  ? Hell we didn't put Bush in charge of the worlds largest nuclear arsenal, or vote Conan the Barbarian into office..... BTW: There's a new series of 2DTV on if anybody cares |
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Post by Marty on Mar 10, 2004 12:06:57 GMT -5
Ok, now I'm offended. I voted for Bush and I'll vote for him again. I love the British, but I am loyal to my country and will stand strong against any who insult it. *glares*
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Post by requiem on Mar 10, 2004 14:14:26 GMT -5
On Bush:
yeah...I have to go with Marty on this one, only because it could be SO much worse if Bush hadn't been elected. I mean, what would it be like if Gore had won? I doubt he could have gotten us through the aftermath of 9/11...
And as for the upcoming election:
I'll vote for Bush. John Kerry, who's pretty much won the democratic elect, is a slimy, dumbass fucker. I'd sure hate for our country to be run by someone who has an ENTIRE political party covering for him, just waiting to spin the republican's remarks into something that will favor Kerry.
And as far as our government compares to others:
We are fucked up, ya'll (but all you Brits, our motherland made us that way. we can't help it ^^...). There is no help for us. We can't reform, we can't change anything. There is NO utopian government. Ever. Self-government turns to mass anarchy. Giving more power to the government turns us into a socialist nation. Short of France, I believe the United States of America is the most fucked up nation ever. Except maybe Colombia. ^^
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Post by Kingleby on Mar 10, 2004 15:16:06 GMT -5
politics aren't my thing so no comment here.
as for johnny depp ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D man he probably won;t end up coming so don't get too jealous.
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Post by requiem on Mar 10, 2004 15:48:21 GMT -5
oddly enough, I'm not usually politically driven. Guess you hit a vein...^^
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Post by Marty on Mar 10, 2004 16:43:17 GMT -5
I hate the fact that everyone blames everything that has happened the past four years on Bush. Most of Kerry's supporters don't 'really' support him anyway. They just want someone who isn't Bush. Yeah, well, whatever.
I think America is doing fine. Every country has their problems, but ours is doing fine, dispite all the issues we've had to face.
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Post by Kingleby on Mar 10, 2004 16:53:03 GMT -5
very true. its awful what they did to the two towers and started thios whole thing! damn terroists  |
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Post by Marty on Mar 10, 2004 16:58:54 GMT -5
^^ yeah. and now that I think about it, what deathblane said proly wasn't ment to be offensive. oops. shouldn't have gone on defensive so fast. just a little touchy on the international level ^^
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Post by Kingleby on Mar 11, 2004 3:54:14 GMT -5
hey we would have done it if was the other way round so don't worry about it ;D
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Post by Deathblane on Mar 11, 2004 6:32:24 GMT -5
My goodness, I almost started a flame war with only nine members (yeah it was meant to be in jest). I tell you what though, if I was in america right now I would be looking for a president who could sort out the economy. I mean I really doubt it's safe to be reliant on trillions of dollars of foreign money, that may one day start to flood into europe. (BTW, if you are interested then look up the petrodollar on google). |
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'Oranges and Lemons' was the last thing my mom said to me every night before I went to bed when I was 6...
? Hell we didn't put Bush in charge of the worlds largest nuclear arsenal, or vote Conan the Barbarian into office.....