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Old Jul 9th 2005, 3:48 pm
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Originally Posted by krizzy
Well they think that the Falkland islands are off the coast of Scotland.......
Isn't it?
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Old Jul 9th 2005, 3:49 pm
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Originally Posted by elfman
I can't actually find anything on the net to support this claim.
Me neither. Also I've never heard of the site that the OP's link refers to.


Edit: Never mind, Ray found the story on another site.
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Old Jul 9th 2005, 3:49 pm
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Originally Posted by elfman
I can't actually find anything on the net to support this claim.
http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/View...icleID=1080863

Not quite the firebomb story ..
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Old Jul 9th 2005, 3:54 pm
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Originally Posted by gruffbrown
Isn't it?
Its not if you live outside the USA.....in the real world.....

You know I moaned at my sons USA English teacher because his spelling was so bad.. but he was still getting A's.......she told me spelling was not important.....so maybe they think the same about where a place is......if its not the capital of some US State.......who cares where it is or how you spell it..........
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Old Jul 9th 2005, 4:00 pm
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Originally Posted by krizzy
Well they think that the Falkland islands are off the coast of Scotland.......
As did everyone in the UK until the Argentine invasion
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Old Jul 9th 2005, 4:06 pm
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Originally Posted by Thydney
As did everyone in the UK until the Argentine invasion

Really.....I remember learning about them in school many moons ago......maybe a lot of the Brits took that day off of school.........
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Old Jul 9th 2005, 4:12 pm
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Originally Posted by Thydney
As did everyone in the UK until the Argentine invasion
I knew where they were because at one point in the mid 70s when I was a kid my dad considered accepting a teaching job there - he took me along to the Commonwealth Institute in London when he went to do some research on the islands.
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Another view of Fox 'News'

http://www.newshounds.us/
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Old Jul 9th 2005, 4:16 pm
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Originally Posted by elfman
this is a joke, right?
You have to remember that for the Busheviks*, "liberal bias" is defined as an absence of far-right bias. CNN has moved to the right in recent years, though it has a long way to go before the Busheviks would consider it fair and balanced.

*= © Molly Ivins
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Originally Posted by Thydney
As did everyone in the UK until the Argentine invasion
It's like someone towed a part of Wales that nobody wanted and dropped it in the corner of the Atlantic...........
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Originally Posted by Dimsie
I know I've seen mention of this several times ...it makes me soooo mad I love PBS!

Bush and his conservatives are truely absurd ...I was watching were they wouldn't air a kids show that showed a cartoon charater joining a family to make breakfast....it was a two mom family...apparently airring the show would make all of America's innocent children gay....these people are unbelievable! and most of them are in positions of power


and watch your insults about Wales gruff or I'll string you up by your short and curlies
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Old Jul 9th 2005, 4:50 pm
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Originally Posted by gruffbrown
... a part of Wales that nobody wanted...
You mean the whole of Wales, right?
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Old Jul 9th 2005, 4:52 pm
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Originally Posted by Wintersong
You mean the whole of Wales, right?
et tu Wintersong?
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Originally Posted by Wintersong
You mean the whole of Wales, right?
It would have been ohhh so easy to do a Wales/Falklands joke, I thought better of it........ (thats a first)
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Old Jul 9th 2005, 5:08 pm
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Originally Posted by Celtic_Angel
et tu Wintersong?


FTR, I love Wales and all things Welsh. Except Anne Robinson who is a pure, unadulterated bitch.

I especially like Betws-y-Coed. And...erm..... errrrr...... that's all I can think of for now, but I'm sure more will come to me
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