[QUOTE=yojimbo]
Aye, genetic mixing is always a good thing. I’d say that place has it’s fair share of people with one short limp and the odd wandering eye
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Jeezus you guys are killing me tonight and I’m on the other side of the pond! I guess after looking at that link, seeing the folks carrying on reminded me of my time out there, Drunk as a skunk on some Belgian Fruity Beer - it was something like 18% alcohol. I swear I know where my stamina came from when trying to keep up with those guys! Thanks Grandpa Joseph!
[QUOTE=Phlosphr]
So do you guys always rank on the Irish?
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Just the ones who - objectively - fell out of the Ugly Tree and hit every branch on the way down.
[QUOTE=mswas]
I would’ve thought you people in the colonies would be interested in who their next President will be.
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Hell yes! If the US gets a Dem in the WH we have fair less cause to worry that they might invade us if we look at them funny.
Yes, I know this is an American board, and whilst I have some interest in who wins the next election, I don’t like seeing half the potential topics in GD filled with shit about forks and presidential candidates. Yes, I can not click on them (I don’t click on them), but it’s kind of like discovering that your local video library has stopped carrying “Normal” films and has switched exclusively to Wildlife Documentaries.
Sure, I can not watch them, but I can also be irritated that most of what’s on offer is the same thing and of no interest to me.
The trouble with the American political system is that it takes you guys For Fucking Ever to actually pick your president. We’ve already had months of primaries and the actual election’s not till November. Fatigue does tend to set in…
Mind you, there are obvious problems with the Australian/British system too (Prime Minister gets up in Parliament once in a while and says “hey, we’re having an election in a couple of months - get campaigning guys”) - notably that it gives a big advantage to the incumbent party (not as big as you’d think though). But at least it means the whole shemozzle is over within a few months.
It’s like the difference between soccer, and real football Most of the world wants to see a game where you go out and play for about 45 minutes twice, and go home with a conclusion.
We want a game that is a precissly measured 60 minutes, but takes about 3 hours to finish. We want to stop all motion and appeal to an omniscient authority because we would rather have check-and-balances and oversight and accountability, rather than progress. We also like hundreds of stop points so we can get an in-depth analysis of the events of the last tiny bit of action. We like to measure and cheer over hundreds of seemingly irrelevant statistics. It also gives us a chance to develop a good healthy outrage, which takes time, we wouldn’t want to have to overlook an outrage opportunity just because other things have started to happen. We like to pretend that it’s an equitable and exact process, but constantly complain about unfairness, and swear that we will fix things next time. And we love the fact that each and every person involved can do dozens of different things technically wrong, which allows us to direct that outrage we love so much.
And since we couldn’t manage to force Football down the worlds throat, We just translated it into our political process and and shove it in your face that way
[QUOTE=Apollyon]
Hell yes! If the US gets a Dem in the WH we have fair less cause to worry that they might invade us if we look at them funny.
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Why on Earth would we invade the colonies? You aren’t seeking independence are you?
[QUOTE=wolfman]
It’s like the difference between soccer, and real football Most of the world wants to see a game where you go out and play for about 45 minutes twice, and go home with a conclusion.
We want a game that is a precissly measured 60 minutes, but takes about 3 hours to finish. We want to stop all motion and appeal to an omniscient authority because we would rather have check-and-balances and oversight and accountability, rather than progress. We also like hundreds of stop points so we can get an in-depth analysis of the events of the last tiny bit of action. We like to measure and cheer over hundreds of seemingly irrelevant statistics. It also gives us a chance to develop a good healthy outrage, which takes time, we wouldn’t want to have to overlook an outrage opportunity just because other things have started to happen. We like to pretend that it’s an equitable and exact process, but constantly complain about unfairness, and swear that we will fix things next time. And we love the fact that each and every person involved can do dozens of different things technically wrong, which allows us to direct that outrage we love so much.
And since we couldn’t manage to force Football down the worlds throat, We just translated it into our political process and and shove it in your face that way
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[QUOTE=mswas]
Why on Earth would we invade the colonies? You aren’t seeking independence are you?
[/QUOTE] glancing around furtively No, no… friendly English-speaking consumer of US sitcoms here… no reason invade…
(We won’t mention the: practically commie social system by US political standards, political opposition to US nuclear arms, strong secularism, lack of support for US imperial endeavours in the Middle East…)
[QUOTE=Don’t Call Me Shirley]
Ya know what really pisses me off? The way the Dope sends their minions to my house and forces me to read all of the threads I don’t like. Fuckers.
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Well you see I haven’t read a single one of the threads. I see them, groan, and just skate past 'em with a resigned shrug
And lay off my shorts, they have a velcro fly 
And lay off my shorts, they have a velcro fly 
