# But we already threw off the Admiralty!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-we-already-threw-off-the-admiralty/627591>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 8, 2012, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-we-already-threw-off-the-admiralty/627591 "2012-07-08T09:07:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-we-already-threw-off-the-admiralty/627591/41 "2012-07-12T23:05:57Z")

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You only have to do those if the eagle on top of the flagpole is looking left.

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**Author:** ![Full\_Tilt\_Boogie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/2acd7d/32.png) [@Full\_Tilt\_Boogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Tilt_Boogie)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-we-already-threw-off-the-admiralty/627591/42 "2012-07-16T16:11:14Z")

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> [@PrettyVacant](#):
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> I’m just grateful for the American colonies invention of democracy in 1776.

Err… that would be the _Greeks_, roughly 2,000 years previously.

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**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-we-already-threw-off-the-admiralty/627591/43 "2012-07-16T21:18:13Z")

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> [@Full\_Tilt\_Boogie](#):
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> Err… that would be the _Greeks_, roughly 2,000 years previously.

Whoosh.

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