taiwan said:What are the benefits of putting caffiene up your a$$?
I've heard rumours that doing the same with MDMA helps you reach your destination quicker. Can anyone confirm?
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taiwan said:What are the benefits of putting caffiene up your a$$?
Wallace and Gromit said:To the OP, other than your fellow Brit-bashers in the Clinic, do you think anyone cares?
richtea said:I've heard rumours that doing the same with MDMA helps you reach your destination quicker. Can anyone confirm?
Dr. Maserati said:Well, you appear to.
To the OP - your title begs the question, did you ever cheer for a British Team?
Markyboyzx6r said:You pop into Dublin and ask the locals if you're in "West Britain". I'm sure they'll say yes and maybe even buy you a pint.
Crack on, it'll be worth a go.
Hawkwood said:According to Wikipedia (sorry), the term `Great Britain' was first used in 1474, however Geofrey of Monmouth used the term Britannia Major (Great Britain) to differentiate it from Britannia Minor which was Brittany. I'm mainly Celtic, a mixture of Welsh, Irish, Cornish, with smaller amounts of English and Scottish in me, I prefer to be British, and not English, but that's just my romantic notions.
taiwan said:You'd have to take a look at yourself once you started incorporating suppositories in your Saturday nights IMHO.
Waterloo Sunrise said:I saw the thread title and thought it was going to be Daryl doing his little self-hating jew impression, but no, it was just a yank.
Yawn.
BroDeal said:Great. It's not just a American conspiracy to hate on the British. The Jews are in on it too. I bet it is only a matter of time before the French and Aussies join the effort.
Hawkwood said:Sort of, I saw a map of early (may have been 5th c) population movements around the British Isles, it was like looking at clothes in a washing machine. Celtic people moved from the West Country to Brittany and founded many of its churches. Native British/Celtic peoples were pushed to western and northern margins first by the Romans and then by the Anglo-Saxons. DNA tests have shown there is still an east/west split in the UK with those living in the East having more Anglo-Saxon genes. Then of course we have our Royal family....The lions of England flag that is flown for many sporting events, was originally the standard of the French House of Anjou!
Dalakhani said:They compete for a team that represents the UK, but happens to be mis-named "Team GB".
I do sometimes wonder how the N Irish feel about that: that they've simply been left out of the name for no logical reason. (Why can't the team be called "Team UK"?)
What's next? Just call it "Team England"?
(Didn't a couple of BBC reporters do that already this year?)
Darryl Webster said:My ancestry , apparently, has Irish, Spanish, Scot and Romany..but ultimately if we go back far enough anthropology and mitochondrial DNA suggests were all from Africa, my passport sais GB
Mellow Velo said:Have to laugh at the Aussie spin on this. Female reporter talking about the UK's one eyed fans.
Clearly, she wasn't present at the Melbourne World Championships, where the home fans raised the roof for the Oz team pursuit but you could hear a pin drop in the Velodrome for GB's run.
Fact is, although they would like to think they are different, GB amd Oz share exactly the same mentality.
The mother and step-father of Australian Olympic debutant Kaarle McCulloch were subjected to a barrage of verbal abuse and taunts that led to police and security intervention at London's velodrome on the drama-filled opening day of track competition.
JimmyFingers said:Appalling, appalling thread and very insulting to the British
But then that was the point, wasn't it
autologous said:Yeah, EXACTLY the same mentality.
JimmyFingers said:Well then its a shame we share the same passport
autologous said:Yeah, EXACTLY the same mentality.
I hope this is something we can all agree upon.piemonster said:That's pretty appalling, quite ashamed of them to be honest.
mastersracer said:...because the true Olympic spirit is captured much better by USA basketball going Harlem Globetrotter on Nigeria...