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Quote: nuked your taste buds with sugar and Jalapenos
That's why the Mercans think British food is tasteless - it doesn't have enough Jalapenos and sugar!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Clearly we are accolites of the same church doing missionary work in the Americas my friend!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Quote: the Americas
Yes, the Mercans forget that there are other "American" countries on the American continent.
By the way, on your food list you forgot Pork Pies; specifically, "Melton Mowbray Pork Pies" - food of the gods! Yum! I really miss those over here.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Quote: Melton Mowbray Pork Pies
are a favourite of my wife's (you've got to have the jelly in the top!)
There are simply too many too list. Why is it that Fish and Chips here is often some nameless white lake fish, maybe halibut if you're lucky (or a stale piece of cod!)? Back home, especially in London, you might get cod, haddock, halibut, skate (my favourite), plaice and rock salmon.
I still splash out for Marmite and get Marks and Spark's tea shipped over. I also make my own Christmas puds (who would have thought you'd have to hunt so hard for suet?!!!)
How about Cornish Pasties, custard slices, or coconut "cheesecakes" (why they were called cheesecakes is beyond me - I think I'm going to do a web search!)
I feel a trip coming on (if not to England, maybe one of our local British food stores!)
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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There is a place here in the States called William's Pork [^] that does regular pork pies, decent sausages and good bacon - it is run by some ex-pats. They do mail order which is pretty good - I have used them twice. There is another place in Florida that does the same thing although they exchange orders so probably a relative. No Melton Mowbray's though, obviously.
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I used to have a guy in the local Farmer's market that did both good bacon and sausages. I did make my own sausages once, but it's a lot of work without commercial equipment (our Kitchen Aid attachments struggled!)
One of our supermarkets up here does not bad naturally smoked bacon (The Loblaw group), so I can still have my bacon sarnies!
Mail order across the border is always risky and often expensive (the taxman and sometimes import agents!)
Happy eating!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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PhilLenoir wrote: Maybe you're right and we should Americanize everything by adding a few pounds of sugar litres of that Godawful, disgusting corn syrup and Jalapenos to everything!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Why did the Americans revolt again?
So they could drive on the right side of the road like all reasonable people?
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Quote: So they could drive on the right wrong side of the road
FTFY - Remember, the Nazis drove on the right in their slave-built VWs!
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Forogar wrote: FTFY - Remember, the Nazis drove on the right
So even the Nazis got which is the right side of the road - only the Brits can't.
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These countries all drive on the correct side of the road (IE. the left):
Australia
Channel Islands
Japan
Hong Kong
India
Isle of Man
Ireland
Jamaica
Kenya
Malta
Malaysia
New Zealand
South Africa
Singapore
Thailand
UK
[edit] Oops, forgot Guyana and several African countries - mostly the southern(ish) ones.
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In other words, 16 out of 193 United Nations member states (mostly former British colonies) are too stubborn to admit they are wrong and move to the right side of the road 
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Are you aware that everyone originally drove on the left it was the French of Napoleon who moved to the wrong side, and as he didn't beat the British we were never forced to change
so driving on the right is to admit that you are a French poodle
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Again?
They never stopped being revolting.
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Because they were revolting?
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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Even if they vote "yes", they won't be independent as they will still be ruled by Europe. This is just a vote to cut out the middle man.
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Yep you see , all Americans ever had to do was ask . But no , lets start a war ....
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DISCLAIMER: I'm not going to say I agree with everything I'm about to type, or even most of it. This is my understanding of the debate.
Munchies_Matt wrote: What is it all about and can they be serious?
Yep. Many hate the English. I actually had bother in Glasgow one time for being English, it's never happened before as evrything down to about Teeside has always been seen as a sort of buffer zone in the past, like the Scots but wi' tha brains kicked oot. Something has changed, my guess this is resentment left to fester since the 80s, a disappointing/illegal war starting labour government in the 90s and the current lot apparently using austerity as a smokescreen for to privatisation lots of public sector functions.
Munchies_Matt wrote: One result is a Labour govt will never be elected again to London; Scotland is a big labour voter.
From what I saw, this is a big driver. The mantra is repeated "we've got a government nobody voted for"*. There is a feeling that Scotland is disconnected from the political process and the UK is run in London for London, so nothing has been done to fix the . Finally, the whole of Westminster politics has shifted right, leaving Scotland as a sort of socialist rump that wants to be more akin to the successful and more left wing Scandewegian countries and the thing that is preventing this is successive conservative gov'ts elected largely in the south & English countryside.** What it will mean is that Scotland will end up with successive left wing governments - Labour or SNP (who are broadly left wing).
It's similar to UKIP success in England - a reaction to an increasing professional political class that seems divorced from the constituency it is supposed to represent.
* There is a name for this: democracy.
** everything I've said also applies to large parts of northern England, but no-one is batting for that.
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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Keith Barrow wrote: There is a feeling that Scotland is disconnected from the political process and the UK
I had an interesting conversation with a Glaswegian about this very topic today. His opinion is that this is a load of hooey because Scotland has had devolution for quite a period of time, so they are being run from Edinburgh - he really doesn't get the whole London issue. As far as he's concerned, the problem is Wee Eck and SNP and not LibLabCon.
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Quite, it has its own govt, its own law, it can be as independent as it likes. What more do they want?
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The independence is being presented as breaking away from the ruling English, which is of course bollocks as you say.
Also the referendum isn't legally binding and a yes vote does not mean independence happens.
At the commonwealth games the other month England flags were outselling Scottish ones, and when Derby played Rangers at the start of August the Rangers fans all had union flags and sang songs about keeping the union.
A lot of Scots are happy with the union, more than want independence, with plenty not giving a sh*t either way.
Problem is it is a lot easier to get people to vote for change than to vote for nothing to happen.
Also it is a lot easier to market the oppressive English Tory overlords, even if not true.
It'll be a lot closer but I still just about expect a no result.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I think it will be an overwhelming no vote. Scots people are that stupid after all.
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I asked myself, "From whom is Scotland seeking independence?" Turns out, even learned people in the UK have a hard time answering that question since, for one, Scotland has seats in the UK parliament.
The second question is, what do England, Wales and Northern Ireland feel about this?
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To me it is like a torso seeking independence from its legs. A cripplingly stupid idea. Scotland and England are so much part of one body, that one cant function without the other.
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