Louis XIV

"emilia" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > All the songs lyrics very similar to those......
    > Magda wrote:
    >> On Sun, 22 May 2005 10:14:52 GMT, in rec.travel.europe,
    >> [email protected] (Patrick Wallace) arranged some
    >> electrons, so they
    >> looked like this :
    >> ... Is that what they were? I was reminded of a song my mother used to
    >> ... sing: "Chase me Charlie, Chase me Charlie, Lost the leg of me
    >> ... drawers.."
    >> Discutable lyrics, though.
    >> You're my lover Undercover You're my secret passion and I have no other
    >> You're delicious So capricious If I find out you don't want me, I'll be
    >> vicious Say you love me And you'll have me In your arms forever and I
    >> won't forget it Say you miss me Come and kiss me Take me up to heaven and
    >> you won't regret it You are the one You're my number one The only
    >> treasure I'll ever have You are the one You're my number one Anything for
    >> you 'cause you're the one I love You're my lover Undercover You're my
    >> secret passion and I have no other You're a fire And desire When I kiss
    >> your lips, you know, you take me higher You're addiction My conviction
    >> You're my passion, my relief, my crucifixion Never leave me And believe
    >> me You will be the sun into my raining season Never leave me And believe
    >> me In my empty life you'll be the only reason You are the one You're my
    >> number one The only treasure I'll ever have You are the one You're my
    >> number one Anything for you 'cause you're the one I love You're my lover
    >> Undercover You're my secret passion and I have no other You are the one
    >> You're my number one The only treasure I'll ever have You are the one
    >> You're my number one Anything for you 'cause you're the one I love You're
    >> my lover Undercover You're my secret passion and I have no other

I favoured the Macedonian backing singers myself

Frank F. Matthews

Luigi Donatello Asero wrote:

    > "Magda" <[email protected]> skrev i meddelandet
    > news:[email protected]...
    >
    >>On Sun, 22 May 2005 00:52:06 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Tom Peel
    >><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like
    >
    > this :
    >
    >> ... Because so many votes are cross-border. It is fascinating to see who
    >> ... votes for whom. Ok, so the Bosnians all vote for Croatia, and the
    >
    > Greeks
    >
    >> ... all vote for Cyprus, but the Turkish vote for Greece is when it gets
    >> ... interesting.
    >>The political vote of the day...
    >
    >
    > Which country did Greece vote for?
    >
    >


Greece & Malta appeared to like Cyprus. Gee!

Nitram

On Mon, 23 May 2005 14:20:29 GMT, "louis xiv"
<[email protected]> wrote:


    >I favoured the Macedonian backing singers myself

ESC is being blamed for a potential NO vote of greater than 60% in
the NL referendum on the EU constitution.

Nitram

On Mon, 23 May 2005 14:41:45 GMT, "Frank F. Matthews"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >Luigi Donatello Asero wrote:
    >> "Magda" <[email protected]> skrev i meddelandet
    >> news:[email protected]...
    >>
    >>>On Sun, 22 May 2005 00:52:06 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Tom Peel
    >>><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like
    >>
    >> this :
    >>
    >>> ... Because so many votes are cross-border. It is fascinating to see who
    >>> ... votes for whom. Ok, so the Bosnians all vote for Croatia, and the
    >>
    >> Greeks
    >>
    >>> ... all vote for Cyprus, but the Turkish vote for Greece is when it gets
    >>> ... interesting.
    >>>The political vote of the day...
    >>
    >>
    >> Which country did Greece vote for?
    >>
    >>
    >Greece & Malta appeared to like Cyprus. Gee!

Turkey gave Greece 12 points AFAIR. Part of the deal to be allowed
into the EU or what?

Emilia

louis xiv wrote:
    > "emilia" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    >
    >>All the songs lyrics very similar to those......
    >
    > I favoured the Macedonian backing singers myself
    >

My favorites (so far, I haven't finished watching it) are Moldova.
(Granny rocks!) and Ukraine, that lead singer is the sexiest chubby bald
rappin' man I've seen in a long, long time!

My least favorite is that silly "glam rock" thing....

A.Spencer3

"nitram" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > On Mon, 23 May 2005 14:41:45 GMT, "Frank F. Matthews"
    > <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >
    > >
    > >Luigi Donatello Asero wrote:
    > >
    > >> "Magda" <[email protected]> skrev i meddelandet
    > >> news:[email protected]...
    > >>
    > >>>On Sun, 22 May 2005 00:52:06 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Tom Peel
    > >>><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked
like
    > >>
    > >> this :
    > >>
    > >>>
    > >>> ... Because so many votes are cross-border. It is fascinating to see
who
    > >>> ... votes for whom. Ok, so the Bosnians all vote for Croatia, and the
    > >>
    > >> Greeks
    > >>
    > >>> ... all vote for Cyprus, but the Turkish vote for Greece is when it
gets
    > >>> ... interesting.
    > >>>
    > >>>The political vote of the day...
    > >>
    > >>
    > >> Which country did Greece vote for?
    > >>
    > >>
    > >
    > >
    > >Greece & Malta appeared to like Cyprus. Gee!
    > Turkey gave Greece 12 points AFAIR. Part of the deal to be allowed
    > into the EU or what?
Let's admit it - Balkan power now reigns supreme. With the 10 dozen new
2-acre nations each having the the same voting power as the UK - bring back
PR fast! This is getting serious.
Shades of the EU to come!!!!!!!!!

Surreyman

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Nitram

On Mon, 23 May 2005 15:35:30 GMT, "a.spencer3"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >"nitram" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >news:[email protected].. .
    >> On Mon, 23 May 2005 14:41:45 GMT, "Frank F. Matthews"
    >> <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> >
    >> >
    >> >Luigi Donatello Asero wrote:
    >> >
    >> >> "Magda" <[email protected]> skrev i meddelandet
    >> >> news:[email protected]...
    >> >>
    >> >>>On Sun, 22 May 2005 00:52:06 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Tom Peel
    >> >>><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked
    >like
    >> >>
    >> >> this :
    >> >>
    >> >>>
    >> >>> ... Because so many votes are cross-border. It is fascinating to see
    >who
    >> >>> ... votes for whom. Ok, so the Bosnians all vote for Croatia, and the
    >> >>
    >> >> Greeks
    >> >>
    >> >>> ... all vote for Cyprus, but the Turkish vote for Greece is when it
    >gets
    >> >>> ... interesting.
    >> >>>
    >> >>>The political vote of the day...
    >> >>
    >> >>
    >> >> Which country did Greece vote for?
    >> >>
    >> >>
    >> >
    >> >
    >> >Greece & Malta appeared to like Cyprus. Gee!
    >> Turkey gave Greece 12 points AFAIR. Part of the deal to be allowed
    >> into the EU or what?
    >Let's admit it - Balkan power now reigns supreme. With the 10 dozen new
    >2-acre nations each having the the same voting power as the UK - bring back
    >PR fast! This is getting serious.
    >Shades of the EU to come!!!!!!!!!

I so hope the attempt to get UK to abandon the rebate will get UK out
of the EU and back into a customs union.

This would leave Germany and NL paying for the other 22 impoverished
nations.

Killing the goose that laid the golden eggs is imminent.

A.Spencer3

"nitram" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > On Mon, 23 May 2005 15:35:30 GMT, "a.spencer3"
    > <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >
    > >"nitram" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > >news:[email protected].. .
    > >> On Mon, 23 May 2005 14:41:45 GMT, "Frank F. Matthews"
    > >> <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >>
    > >> >
    > >> >
    > >> >Luigi Donatello Asero wrote:
    > >> >
    > >> >> "Magda" <[email protected]> skrev i meddelandet
    > >> >> news:[email protected]...
    > >> >>
    > >> >>>On Sun, 22 May 2005 00:52:06 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Tom Peel
    > >> >>><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked
    > >like
    > >> >>
    > >> >> this :
    > >> >>
    > >> >>>
    > >> >>> ... Because so many votes are cross-border. It is fascinating to
see
    > >who
    > >> >>> ... votes for whom. Ok, so the Bosnians all vote for Croatia, and
the
    > >> >>
    > >> >> Greeks
    > >> >>
    > >> >>> ... all vote for Cyprus, but the Turkish vote for Greece is when it
    > >gets
    > >> >>> ... interesting.
    > >> >>>
    > >> >>>The political vote of the day...
    > >> >>
    > >> >>
    > >> >> Which country did Greece vote for?
    > >> >>
    > >> >>
    > >> >
    > >> >
    > >> >Greece & Malta appeared to like Cyprus. Gee!
    > >>
    > >> Turkey gave Greece 12 points AFAIR. Part of the deal to be allowed
    > >> into the EU or what?
    > >>
    > >Let's admit it - Balkan power now reigns supreme. With the 10 dozen new
    > >2-acre nations each having the the same voting power as the UK - bring
back
    > >PR fast! This is getting serious.
    > >Shades of the EU to come!!!!!!!!!
    > I so hope the attempt to get UK to abandon the rebate will get UK out
    > of the EU and back into a customs union.
    > This would leave Germany and NL paying for the other 22 impoverished
    > nations.
    > Killing the goose that laid the golden eggs is imminent.

No chance under Blair - just watch. Sumpink will be fiddled. We'll still be
in there.

Surreyman

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Tim

"Jesper Lauridsen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > On Sun, 22 May 2005 01:46:11 +0100, "nightjar" <nightjar@<insert my
    > surname here>.uk.com> wrote:
    >>A recent analysis of the votes over several years show that Britain is the
    >>most likely to actually vote on the merit of the song. Probably Terry
    >>Wogan's influence, as the others seem to take the contest seriously.
    > Interesting how in Wogan's world, Moldova voting for top-5 Latvia is a
    > dodgy neighbour vote, while Ireland giving loads of points to bottom-
    > of-the-table-with-zero-points UK is absolutely ok.

But it isn't the Irish giving Britian 8 points.
It's Brits living in Ireland giving Britian 8 points.

This is the inevitable result of tele-voting and short of completely
anonymous singers (which would make the initial selection difficult)
is completely impossible to stop.

Back to the Jury voting, is what I say (that's how Sweden got
their useless song)

tim

Padraig Breathnach

"tim \(moved to sweden\)" <[email protected]> wrote:
    >"Jesper Lauridsen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >news:[email protected].. .
    >> On Sun, 22 May 2005 01:46:11 +0100, "nightjar" <nightjar@<insert my
    >> surname here>.uk.com> wrote:
    >>>A recent analysis of the votes over several years show that Britain is the
    >>>most likely to actually vote on the merit of the song. Probably Terry
    >>>Wogan's influence, as the others seem to take the contest seriously.
    >> Interesting how in Wogan's world, Moldova voting for top-5 Latvia is a
    >> dodgy neighbour vote, while Ireland giving loads of points to bottom-
    >> of-the-table-with-zero-points UK is absolutely ok.
    >But it isn't the Irish giving Britian 8 points.
    >It's Brits living in Ireland giving Britian 8 points.
I don't think there are enough Brits living here to swing the vote.

    >This is the inevitable result of tele-voting and short of completely
    >anonymous singers (which would make the initial selection difficult)
    >is completely impossible to stop.
    >Back to the Jury voting, is what I say (that's how Sweden got
    >their useless song)
I am overwhelmed by a "who cares?" sentiment.

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Tim

"Padraig Breathnach" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > "tim \(moved to sweden\)" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >>This is the inevitable result of tele-voting and short of completely
    >>anonymous singers (which would make the initial selection difficult)
    >>is completely impossible to stop.
    >>Back to the Jury voting, is what I say (that's how Sweden got
    >>their useless song)
    > I am overwhelmed by a "who cares?" sentiment.

As in:

"who cares about the Swedish entry"? (neither do I, it's just
that I happened to see the voting for it and can use it as an
example)

Or

"who cares about Eurovision"?

tim

Chancellor Of The Duchy Of Besses O' Th' Barn And

nitram <[email protected]> wrote:

[]
    > Turkey gave Greece 12 points AFAIR. Part of the deal to be allowed
    > into the EU or what?

That's what I thought- then kicked myself (proverbially!) for being so
cynical.

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Chancellor Of The Duchy Of Besses O' Th' Barn And

nitram <[email protected]> wrote:

[]
    > I so hope the attempt to get UK to abandon the rebate will get UK out
    > of the EU and back into a customs union.
    >
    > This would leave Germany and NL paying for the other 22 impoverished
    > nations.

Of course, some parts of Germany (pretty large parts too) are quite
impoverished.

I'm fast deciding that the EU as a political union is a load of
bollocks. Let's have a (relatively) free trade/immigration union- much
like the relationship Norway has with the rest of Europe. I remind every
reader _again_ that the "new" EU is bollocks anyway. The UK has extended
full working rights to the new countries- I don't believe any other
country has. (Ireland? considering the open border...) Let's get rid of
the notion that the EU has any sense of common purpose now!

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Jim Ley

On Tue, 24 May 2005 00:25:28 +0100, [email protected]
(chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco)
wrote:

    >nitram <[email protected]> wrote:
    >[]
    >> I so hope the attempt to get UK to abandon the rebate will get UK out
    >> of the EU and back into a customs union.
    >>
    >> This would leave Germany and NL paying for the other 22 impoverished
    >> nations.
    >Of course, some parts of Germany (pretty large parts too) are quite
    >impoverished.
    >I'm fast deciding that the EU as a political union is a load of
    >bollocks. Let's have a (relatively) free trade/immigration union- much
    >like the relationship Norway has with the rest of Europe.

I thought I showed last time this was discussed that Norway does not
have a free trade relationship with the rest of the EU, see for
example, live chickens:

<URL:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/taxation_c...h=05&Year=2005

(and yes I know about tinyurl, but no I see no reason to use it)

Not that a free trade area wouldn't be a great idea, better if it also
included an awful lot more countries - all maybe - and wasn't in
itself protectionist.

Jim.

Chancellor Of The Duchy Of Besses O' Th' Barn And

Jim Ley <[email protected]> wrote:

    > On Tue, 24 May 2005 00:25:28 +0100, [email protected]
    > (chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco)
    > wrote:
    >
    > >nitram <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >
    > >[]
    > >> I so hope the attempt to get UK to abandon the rebate will get UK out
    > >> of the EU and back into a customs union.
    > >>
    > >> This would leave Germany and NL paying for the other 22 impoverished
    > >> nations.
    > >
    > >Of course, some parts of Germany (pretty large parts too) are quite
    > >impoverished.
    > >
    > >I'm fast deciding that the EU as a political union is a load of
    > >bollocks. Let's have a (relatively) free trade/immigration union- much
    > >like the relationship Norway has with the rest of Europe.
    >
    > I thought I showed last time this was discussed that Norway does not
    > have a free trade relationship with the rest of the EU,

I'm sure you did. Did you get the (relatively) part?

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