# Make the UK the 51st state! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 29, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-the-uk-the-51st-state/758737 "2016-06-29T21:52:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-the-uk-the-51st-state/758737/41 "2016-07-01T00:00:35Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. > > To qualify as the 51st state they’ll have to agree to put ice in cold drinks. And take the “f” out of “lieutenant”. And the offer specifically excludes Nigel Farage and Jeremy Clarkson. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-the-uk-the-51st-state/758737/42 "2016-07-01T00:07:51Z")
Winston Churchill pushed for this idea. I think it is a fine notion, & Scotland should join, too. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-the-uk-the-51st-state/758737/43 "2016-07-01T11:53:55Z")
What do we do with “u”? We need _some_ of them. Example: Painter: I laboured to get the colour right; if you don’t like it, then fuck you! ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-the-uk-the-51st-state/758737/44 "2016-07-01T12:32:08Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > The Scots invented the Deep Fried Mars Bar. That’s halfway to being American already. In that case, England/Wales/NI gets to be the 51st state, and Scotland gets appended to Wisconsin, for vital State Fair unification purposes. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-the-uk-the-51st-state/758737/45 "2016-07-01T15:22:17Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Isn’t there an amendment somewhere that says any individuals in the new State, each receive a pie? Yes indeed! A haggis pie, to be precise. Welcome! ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-the-uk-the-51st-state/758737/46 "2016-07-02T13:21:27Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > In all seriousness it would be by far the largest State and so would be too powerful in the House and not powerful enough in the Senate and so politically would be acceptable by nobody. And splitting into 3 states would be a non starter obviously. > \ Area-wise, The UK wouldn’t even make the [State’s top-10](https://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090121033224AAtsGUA). [GDP-wise](https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/08/26/if-the-uk-was-a-u-s-state-it-would-be-the-second-poorest-behind-alabama-and-before-mississippi/), it’s near bottom. They do have a classy accent, so if we do move England over (using reverse plate tectonic technology), I suggest we stick it between New Jersey and New York and hope some of their accent rubs off on those two grating-accented states. It would also be cool to have Old England next to New England. I agree they’d have to push Piers Morgan into the English Channel before making the trip over. And be sure to sever the Chunnel—we definitely don’t want France to be inadvertently towed over. :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-the-uk-the-51st-state/758737.md?page=2)