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Karel Čapek wrote: big, fat fries
Or "chips", as they're known in the civilized world. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Yes, but I'm not in the civilized world... 
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So, if french fries are called chips, in the UK, then what are chips called? 
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The misinformed fools call fries 'chips' and chips 'crisps'.
They have trouble spelling, too.
It's a good thing we took away stewardship of the English Language from them.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Where's that "abuse" button gone again?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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W∴ Balboos wrote: It's a good thing we took away stewardship of the English Language from them.
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How dare you, sir?
Leaving local variants and idiom aside, the dialect of English spoken and written in the United States is known as "U.S. English". This is opposed to the "International English" used elsewhere, which is derived from the Queen's English used in the U.K.
Claiming stewardship of the noble English tongue on the strength of the existence of a dialect is as arrogant as calling a sports contest that contains teams only from the U.S. and Canada a "World Series".
</rant>
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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<Lecture subject="facts of life">
"U.S. English"? "International English"?
Well - with all those fan-boys in what is the self-describe Eurozone (although it doesn't encompass all of Europe) - it's easy to slap one another on the back and feel better about living in "The Old World".
I prefer this fine "New World" - and what we term as "Correct English"
</Lecture>
:![Badger | [badger,badger,badger,badger...]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/badger.gif) : This was such fun - I couldn't help myself. : :
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I think you will find that the British spelling is more common worldwide than the American spelling. The commonwealth countries (including India) mostly use the British spelling, for example.
Until there is a clear leader (if ever), I suggest that we agree that - as George Bernard Shaw said - America and Great Britain are divided by a common language.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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OMG! Back in the long past days when I was in South Africa, we got English style fish & chips - heaven! The chips were thick and fried soft - not crisp and they were seasoned with vinegar and salt - not (horrors) ketchup!
Now my mouth is watering! What I would give right now for a serving of fried cod & chips! Served in a large white paper cone rolled from unused newspaper stock. OMG! OMG! 
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Cornelius Henning wrote: not (horrors) ketchup!
Can't stand the stuff on my fries...I mean chips...I mean, potato things.
Salt, pepper, and rosemary is nice too!
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Cornelius Henning wrote: The chips were thick and fried soft - not crisp and they were seasoned with vinegar and salt
IMAO, the only way to eat chips!
(Preferably with good malt vinegar; none of this petrochemical industries cr@p).
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Tommy's Burgers is a great place. I used to eat there all the time, when I was younger. They are not on the East coast, that I am aware of. 
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Is a local area network in Australia a LAN down under?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: Is a local area network in Australia a LAN down under?
Yes. And in a token ring network the token goes counter clockwise too.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Is the network admin called the Lord of the Rings?
/ravi
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The great eye will be watching your non-standard equipment VERY closely.
Once he sees some he'll send his wITch kings over to confiscate it 
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That's what the Men at Work said.
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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Yes
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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I've just received a leaflet from the local Green Party Candidate promising to work with other countries to ensure ...
"global temperatures do not rise beyond 2 degrees"
Can't see a new Ice Age being a vote winner myself!
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That is a pretty safe bet, it hasn't risen more than 1 degree C (average) in a hundred years.
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Think you kinda missed the point there. Read it literally!
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Perhaps they have access to the global thermostat?
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Just seen this comment on a local story about the election;
Quote: By May 8 there will be more pandas in the world than there are Lib Dem politicians.
For my part I've spent most of the morning using Gimp to make mashups of the local UKIP party members and Last Of The Summer Wine. The Kippers are a bit older than the cast so it doesn't quite work.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Pictures or it didn't happen!
And as for UKIP, a vote for them is not wasted. Bloody stupid, but not wasted.
veni bibi saltavi
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