# Refuge for Brits

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refuge-for-brits/182898>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 19, 2003, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refuge-for-brits/182898 "2003-06-19T11:38:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refuge-for-brits/182898/61 "2003-06-20T12:08:21Z")

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Heavens forbid that people of likeminded interests might want to find a communal area where they can discuss said interests.

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**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refuge-for-brits/182898/62 "2003-06-20T12:17:59Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Tir Tinuviel \*  
> \*\*So does the Non-American thing mean that American-born Dopers living in Europe are not allowed to join? \*\*

Nope, everyone is allowed join.  
Exgineer, I know you may have been joking, but I just thought I’d head off comments like that at the pass, so to speak.

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**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refuge-for-brits/182898/63 "2003-06-20T12:31:18Z")

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Of course I was joking.

I really didn’t think that there was any danger that my posts here might be taken seriously, but I’ll try to be more careful in the future.

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refuge-for-brits/182898/64 "2003-06-20T12:33:52Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Exgineer \*  
> \*\*Of course I was joking.
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> I really didn’t think that there was any danger that my posts here might be taken seriously, but I’ll try to be more careful in the future. \*\*

He’s Irish, so he doesn’t get irony. 😉

(To be honest, I had to be told you were joking too… d’oh!) 😃

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**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refuge-for-brits/182898/65 "2003-06-20T12:42:19Z")

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> \*Originally posted by jjimm \*  
> **he doesn’t get irony…**

Is that like goldie or bronzie?

What? 😉

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