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Old Jul 15th 2013, 3:44 pm
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
Just be thankful you're not from this town, or you'd think twice about using that rhyme
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Old Jul 15th 2013, 3:51 pm
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
Then you have the Brits who have become US citizens as well, if that counts ...
I have an entry to the UK stamp from Manchester Airport in my US passport, does that count.
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Old Jul 15th 2013, 3:53 pm
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Originally Posted by lansbury
I have an entry to the UK stamp from Manchester Airport in my US passport, does that count.
I don't know.
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Old Jul 15th 2013, 6:54 pm
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I would love to stick around, I am not going anywhere. We can all have fun here
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Old Jul 15th 2013, 7:47 pm
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Originally Posted by MarylandNed
Yeah, but the passport you carry doesn't define you. .
It does if you're on a cruise ship in shark infested waters and its taken over my radical (insert religion of choice) terrorists who want to start executing foreigners because their ransom hasn't been paid and their best friend on the rescue helicopter has been killed when it was shot down my a surface to air missile launched form a gunboat over the horizon even though they specifically said no gunboats in their demands. If you're in that one, your US passport gets you straight to the font of the line for the stroll to the shark tank. The only thing that can save you then is Fin and his chainsaw....
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Old Jul 15th 2013, 7:54 pm
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Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad
The only thing that can save you then is Fin and his chainsaw....
Holy thread-crossover batman
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Originally Posted by civilservant
Holy thread-crossover batman
It was inevitable, really.
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Old Jul 15th 2013, 7:57 pm
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Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad
It does if you're on a cruise ship in shark infested waters and its taken over my radical (insert religion of choice) terrorists who want to start executing foreigners because their ransom hasn't been paid and their best friend on the rescue helicopter has been killed when it was shot down my a surface to air missile launched form a gunboat over the horizon even though they specifically said no gunboats in their demands. If you're in that one, your US passport gets you straight to the font of the line for the stroll to the shark tank. The only thing that can save you then is Fin and his chainsaw....
What others think of you is just your reputation. But your reputation isn't you. Your character is you.
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Old Jul 15th 2013, 8:14 pm
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Originally Posted by Tammy1629
Please don't hold this against me that I am American here on your page, I love the British I always have and hope to make some new friends here. I am in Olathe which is a part of the Greater kansas City area
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If I said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?
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Old Jul 15th 2013, 8:26 pm
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Originally Posted by Sally Redux
If I said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?
I expected a picture of something foul when I read the thread title.
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Originally Posted by paddingtongreen
I expected a picture of something foul when I read the thread title.
My hopes were dashed, too
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Old Jul 15th 2013, 10:11 pm
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Default Re: Please don't hold this against me

Originally Posted by Tammy1629
Please don't hold this against me that I am American here on your page, I love the British I always have and hope to make some new friends here. I am in Olathe which is a part of the Greater kansas City area
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
There are loads of Americans already on here, so you're not alone. Then you have the Brits who have become US citzens as well, if that counts ...
And the Brits who have become US citizens and left the US but can't quite give up BE

Originally Posted by Sally Redux
My hopes were dashed, too
I was expecting another "Desperate to move to the US" thread. Quite relieved the OP is already there
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