Top Briton of 2004
Jan 28th 2005, 4:19 pm
#16
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Re: Top Briton of 2004
Originally Posted by wombat42
Tell that to Stephen lawrence the black kid stabbed to death by 5 white British racists because of the colour of his skin or the Pakistanis and asylum
seekers who are bashed by BNP members or the thousands of homeless freezing on the streets of london because of unaffordable housing.
What about the great civic duty shown by your drunken soccer hooligans that
riot in Europe stabbing people to death.
Mike when will you realise Britain is not the great Empire it was 100 years ago, but a small, overcrowded, polluted, race and class divided island that is now part of Europe
seekers who are bashed by BNP members or the thousands of homeless freezing on the streets of london because of unaffordable housing.
What about the great civic duty shown by your drunken soccer hooligans that
riot in Europe stabbing people to death.
Mike when will you realise Britain is not the great Empire it was 100 years ago, but a small, overcrowded, polluted, race and class divided island that is now part of Europe
Jan 28th 2005, 8:43 pm
#17
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Re: Top Briton of 2004
Originally Posted by bondipom
What Mike must love about your posts is you make him look reasonable and balanced.
Jan 28th 2005, 10:50 pm
#18
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Re: Top Briton of 2004
Originally Posted by anya4oz
And the world's FIRST programmer was a woman (Ada Lovelace) - even better! OK, so she was a Brit, but you can't have it all....
None of her programs ever worked of course.
And she had to wait for a man to invent the debugger
Jan 28th 2005, 11:10 pm
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Re: Top Briton of 2004
OK. Time-saving technique for Stanton, Wombat, Superior and co ....
Just cut and paste the following line into the reply box guys, it'll save you all so much time and heartache:
"My cock is bigger than your cock."
Just cut and paste the following line into the reply box guys, it'll save you all so much time and heartache:
"My cock is bigger than your cock."
Jan 28th 2005, 11:39 pm
#20
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Re: Top Briton of 2004
Originally Posted by Hutch
OK. Time-saving technique for Stanton, Wombat, Superior and co ....
Just cut and paste the following line into the reply box guys, it'll save you all so much time and heartache:
"My cock is bigger than your cock."
Just cut and paste the following line into the reply box guys, it'll save you all so much time and heartache:
"My cock is bigger than your cock."
I dont give a shit how big it is, its about how many times it gets used.
Jan 29th 2005, 12:07 am
#21
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Re: Top Briton of 2004
Fred Hollows, he was a medical scientist, wasnt he??
Re: Top Briton of 2004
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Originally Posted by OzTennis
Tim Berners-Lee. Apologies if it has been mentioned before. Thanks again Tim for the www. Try asking Brits who Tim Berners-Lee was (sorry is) and see what reaction you get. [/url]
OzTennis
The arrogance of the typically ill-informed Aussie.
Try asking Aussies to name one world-famous, born-and-bred Aussie scientist. The silence will be deafening.
Re: Top Briton of 2004
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Originally Posted by OzTennis
Tim Berners-Lee. Apologies if it has been mentioned before. Thanks again Tim for the www. Try asking Brits who Tim Berners-Lee was (sorry is) and see what reaction you get. [/url]
OzTennis
The arrogance of the typically ill-informed Aussie.
Try asking Aussies to name one world-famous, born-and-bred Aussie scientist. The silence will be deafening.
Jan 29th 2005, 5:59 am
#22
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Re: Top Briton of 2004
Originally Posted by wombat42
Tell that to Stephen lawrence the black kid stabbed to death by 5 white British racists because of the colour of his skin or the Pakistanis and asylum
seekers who are bashed by BNP members or the thousands of homeless freezing on the streets of london because of unaffordable housing.
What about the great civic duty shown by your drunken soccer hooligans that
riot in Europe stabbing people to death.
Mike when will you realise Britain is not the great Empire it was 100 years ago, but a small, overcrowded, polluted, race and class divided island that is now part of Europe
seekers who are bashed by BNP members or the thousands of homeless freezing on the streets of london because of unaffordable housing.
What about the great civic duty shown by your drunken soccer hooligans that
riot in Europe stabbing people to death.
Mike when will you realise Britain is not the great Empire it was 100 years ago, but a small, overcrowded, polluted, race and class divided island that is now part of Europe
Jan 29th 2005, 6:03 am
#23
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Re: Top Briton of 2004
Originally Posted by jodesmc
Fred Hollows, he was a medical scientist, wasnt he??
Errr...a slight problem; he was a Kiwi.
It seems you've proved my point.
Jan 29th 2005, 7:13 am
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Re: Top Briton of 2004
Originally Posted by MikeStanton
It is with great civic pride that we Brits tested our nukes in your backyard; literally.
Anyway did'nt we make you pay a fortune in compensation to the Aboriginies
because it was their land you nuked. We also gave you a massive bill to clean up the radiated land. Who has the last
now.
Last edited by wombat42; Jan 29th 2005 at 7:17 am.
Jan 29th 2005, 7:28 am
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Re: Top Briton of 2004
Originally Posted by Hutch
OK. Time-saving technique for Stanton, Wombat, Superior and co ....
Just cut and paste the following line into the reply box guys, it'll save you all so much time and heartache:
"My cock is bigger than your cock."
Just cut and paste the following line into the reply box guys, it'll save you all so much time and heartache:
"My cock is bigger than your cock."
Jan 29th 2005, 9:19 am
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Re: Top Briton of 2004
Originally Posted by wombat42
Who cares, it was in the middle of the outback, no one lives there or ever goes anywhere near there. The land that was destroyed was useless ugly desert wasteland, nuking the place made it look better.
Anyway did'nt we make you pay a fortune in compensation to the Aboriginies
because it was their land you nuked. We also gave you a massive bill to clean up the radiated land. Who has the last now.
Anyway did'nt we make you pay a fortune in compensation to the Aboriginies
because it was their land you nuked. We also gave you a massive bill to clean up the radiated land. Who has the last
now.
Jan 29th 2005, 10:40 am
#27
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Re: Top Briton of 2004
Originally Posted by bondipom
You were hoping for nuclear technology but because any info that went to Canberra also went to Moscow the technology was never given to Australia.
The February 9, 1944 cable: Klaus Fuchs and Harry Gold
Doubt that Britain ever intended to "give" nuclear technology to Australia - just the ashes. About the only "secrets" that Australia could have relayed to the Soviets would have been the size of the explosions - which would be readily observable anyway.
Jan 30th 2005, 12:19 am
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Re: Top Briton of 2004
Originally Posted by renth
Quite a lot, she was always on the TV just after the Bali bomb.
Anyway Mike you will be delighted to know she was originally from Yorkshire and came to Australia 18 years ago.
Anyway Mike you will be delighted to know she was originally from Yorkshire and came to Australia 18 years ago.
