What makes Britain Great?
Oct 18th 2013, 1:28 pm
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Re: What makes Britain Great?
Furthermore, I don't see how Britian can be considered great anyway. I mean, I don't live there anymore ...
Oct 18th 2013, 1:32 pm
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Oct 18th 2013, 1:34 pm
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Oct 18th 2013, 1:37 pm
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Re: What makes Britain Great?
I think I must be getting old.
Oct 18th 2013, 1:38 pm
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Re: What makes Britain Great?
That was deliberate. I'm such a knob 
What makes The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland great is it's obvious disdain for brevity ...
Oh and just to be a contrarian and piss everyone off, I've never liked Bruce Forsyth
What makes The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland great is it's obvious disdain for brevity ...
Oh and just to be a contrarian and piss everyone off, I've never liked Bruce Forsyth
Oct 18th 2013, 1:38 pm
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Re: What makes Britain Great?
This makes interesting reading.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/c...ain-Great.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/c...ain-Great.html
Oct 18th 2013, 1:39 pm
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Re: What makes Britain Great?
You really should check before posting.
Oct 18th 2013, 1:39 pm
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Oct 18th 2013, 1:40 pm
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Re: What makes Britain Great?
This makes interesting reading.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/c...ain-Great.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/c...ain-Great.html
Oct 18th 2013, 1:44 pm
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Re: What makes Britain Great?
Seriously, it'll take me weeks to get over that
Oct 18th 2013, 1:48 pm
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Re: What makes Britain Great?
Cross your fingers that upon he popping his clogs that there will be no dirt on him to emulate a J.S conundrum
Oct 18th 2013, 1:48 pm
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Re: What makes Britain Great?
I think this is OT. I've noticed that Americans get very exercised about misplaced apostrophes, so you can't claim that misplaced apostrophe pedantry is something that makes Great Britain uniquely great.
Oct 18th 2013, 1:51 pm
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Re: What makes Britain Great?
Also, other things that make the UK great are snooker, chocolate hob nobs, Fox's Classics, BBC2 comedies and cider.