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[nomorehype]

and yet the UK has a leader voted in by the "average Joe" for three consecutive terms who follows the exact same foreign policies as the authority that you berate.

Yup. BLiar has gotten over the line despite everyone thinking that he was dead in the water. Some things are just inexplicable. If the 7/7 mob had targetted Gleneagles rather than London there would have been streetparties

 

[ColinEssex]

I can't think of a single person on these board who could force themselves to abbreviate "policy" as "plc".

I think you'll find that he was referring to "plc" as "Private Limited Company" which is how we in the UK do it.

McDonalds plc

Tesco plc

etc

I didn't read it as a shortening of "policy"

Col

 

[KenHigg]

... If the 7/7 mob had targetted Gleneagles rather than London there would have been streetparties

Encouraging to think we may have inherited that type behavior...

 

[nomorehype]

'The average Joe is the US has the stars'n'stripes through the middle of him like a stick of rock and thinks anyone going against the flow is either a communist or a "raghead"'

That's a bit harsh isn't it? Would it be a slight bit more accurate to do a 'It's my opinion that... blah, blah, blah...' as a preface to your comment?

Well yes of course. Please prefix "In my opinion" before the phrase you quoted.

Perhaps ... but that would mean taking some personal responsibility for one's own remarks

See above. Happy now? Actually, that comment was in no way /meant/ to cause offence - what I was attempting to get across was that Joe Public US generally is happy to take his governments word that he doesn't need to know, while the average Joe Public UK is an inquisitive bastard and wants you to /prove/ he doesn't need to know

 

[KenHigg]

I think you'll find that he was referring to "plc" as "Private Limited Company" which is how we in the UK do it.

McDonalds plc

Tesco plc

etc

I didn't read it as a shortening of "policy"

Col

That doesn't make much sense: UK Gov Private Limited Company, does it?
(What'd I miss? )

 

[Matt Greatorex]

I think , that part of the UK's lack of patriotism is due in part because of the royal thing. Having been considered a second class person all our life, etc, etc... Just a thought - please don't anyone take it the wrong way...

May be something to that. I definitely remember being in awe of the royal family when I was very young, rather than viewing them as emabarrasing relations you have to put up with.

Hang on, with a bit of work, that could have been taken as an insult couldn't it? Okay, let's try my response again...

Okay, that's it! That. Is. It.

Bl**dy Americans, every single one of you without exception makes sweeping generalisations and you all stand there - three feet tall and bald, every one of you - coming out with statements that have no basis in fact.

It almost makes me wish that the British hadn't invented the concepts of language, money, electricity and ...erm.... hamburgers. Where would you be then, eh? I'll tell you, you'd quietly penniless, sitting in the dark, wishing you had some way to make your TVs work and something to go with your fries.

 

[KenHigg]

Well yes of course. Please prefix "In my opinion" before the phrase you quoted.

I thought that'd be the case - sorry, didn't mean to be a pain...

And I too would guess that you all second guess the gov more than we do...

 

[KenHigg]

May be something to that. I definitely remember being in awe of the royal family when I was very young, rather than viewing them as emabarrasing relations you have to put up with.

Hang on, with a bit of work, that could have been taken as an insult couldn't it? Okay, let's try my response again...

Okay, that's it! That. Is. It.

Bl**dy Americans, every single one of you without exception makes sweeping generalisations and you all stand there - three feet tall and bald, every one of you - coming out with statements that have no basis in fact.

It almost makes me wish that the British hadn't invented the concepts of language, money, electricity and ...erm.... hamburgers. Where would you be then, eh? I'll tell you, you'd quietly penniless, sitting in the dark, wishing you had some way to make your TVs work and something to go with your fries.

That's pretty good - You're getting the hang of it quite well ole chap

 

[nomorehype]

Well, I'm sure we're all glad you've joined the conversation. I mean, there's nothing like being branded a braindead hick before ever saying a word to really establish a sense of open dialogue and honest communication. You obviously have a superior perspective of the American populace; I, for one, can't wait for you to pour your wisdom into my puny, pathetic excuse for an intellect. Three cheers for nomorehype!

Jesus wept, there's no /need/ for anyone to rip into Americans, they're happy to assume it first! I didn't call you a hick, I merely intoned that Yanks trust their governments, Brits don't. Depending on whether you work in politics, you could argue either view is 'better', so it wasn't an attempt at a slur

 

[Bodisathva]

Bl**dy Americans, every single one of you without exception makes sweeping generalisations and you all stand there - three feet tall and bald, every one of you - coming out with statements that have no basis in fact.

It almost makes me wish that the British hadn't invented the concepts of language, money, electricity and ...erm.... hamburgers. Where would you be then, eh? I'll tell you, you'd quietly penniless, sitting in the dark, wishing you had some way to make your TVs work and something to go with your fries.

Nice one...

 

[nomorehype]

That doesn't make much sense: UK Gov Private Limited Company, does it?
(What'd I miss? )

He was right - it is an abbreviation of Private Limited Company. There's a whole heap of reasons why the media started playing with the phrase HMGovPlc, but I'll not bore you with them save to say that I'm as anti-BLiar as I am anti-Bush

 

[KenHigg]

He was right - it is an abbreviation of Private Limited Company. There's a whole heap of reasons why the media started playing with the phrase HMGovPlc, but I'll not bore you with them save to say that I'm as anti-BLiar as I am anti-Bush

Whoa hoss... Bore me, bore me

 

[dan-cat]

I think you'll find that he was referring to "plc" as "Private Limited Company" which is how we in the UK do it.

McDonalds plc

Tesco plc

etc

I didn't read it as a shortening of "policy"

Col

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_limited_company

 

[Matt Greatorex]

Nice one...

Thanks (if I don't come out with so many per year, they'll say i've gone native and rescind my passport).

Sorry Americans, means they'll take it back from me.

 

[ColinEssex]

I think , that part of the UK's lack of patriotism is due in part because of the royal thing. Having been considered a second class person all our life, etc, etc... Just a thought - please don't anyone take it the wrong way...

I don't think so. Despite what was mentioned, we are patriotic in the UK especially when we are defending ourselves or a colony of ours, like the Falklands when the Argies invaded.

We just only show it in special circumstances, unlike in the USA where it seems to be inbred from birth to have a flag somewhere. If someone in the UK had a Union Jack flag flying in their garden from a pole, they would be classed as a nutter

Col

 

[KenHigg]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_limited_company

Stop the press!

If it is 'public' and not 'private', does that mean Col was only half correct?

 

[dan-cat]

He was right - it is an abbreviation of Private Limited Company.

Didn't you mean to spell that L-T-D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_limited_company

 

[dan-cat]

Stop the press!

If it is 'public' and not 'private', does that mean Col was only half correct?

What would I know, I'm uninformed remember...

 

[nomorehype]

I think , that part of the UK's lack of patriotism is due in part because of the royal thing. Having been considered a second class person all our life, etc, etc... Just a thought - please don't anyone take it the wrong way...

I dunno as Brits are /un/patriotic, per se. Just perhaps we're a bit more 'reserved' about patriotism? Just an example, in the US everyone and his brother flies a star spangled from a pole in his lawn, whereas his equivalent in the UK wouldn't recognise if a union jack was upside down or not. Maybe that's because the UK version can't fly a flagpole from the herb garden on the windowsill in his 15th floor flat, I dunno.
Brits /are/ patriotic, you've only to look at the support for England playing cricket, rugby, or God forbid football. We cheer our athletes on at the Olympics, but until darts is taken up as an Olympic sport we're not destined to win too much. I remember reading somewhere that in some states you still swear allegiance to the flag at school in the morning - perhaps that accounts for the fervour surrounding the flag?

 

[dan-cat]

If someone in the UK had a Union Jack flag flying in their garden from a pole, they would be classed as a nutter

It starts at the top and works its way down