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Only 22 countries in the world have never been invaded by Britain, according to new research.
I heard this on the Home Service yesterday, bloody brilliant! Does anyone here actually come from a country that Britain has not invaded?
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Geordiland was an independent inebripality before the Norman Conquest, so you have been invaded.
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Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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We weren't invaded, we sold out for 40 bottles of Dog and a lifetimes subscription to Viz.
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Wales has never been invaded by Britain.
England yes, but never Britain.
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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Wales have been the whipping boys of Britain since for ever.
Get over it, you where invaded and LOST. 
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Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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The Romans sailed to Magna Britannia and invaded Wales.
So, yes, Britain did invade Wales.
I believe William's housemaster at Eton invaded Wales a few times as well.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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I never went to Eton!
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Your surname isn't Wales either.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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They only use the name Wales in the army. The rest of the time he was plain old HRHPWSC 
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg?
Although they changed it to something that didn't sound at all German, "Vinsor".
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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Dalek Dave wrote: Although they changed it to something that didn't sound at all German, "Vinsor".
You love trampling that little bit of humour/trivia out don't you? Must've seen you post that about 100 times. Almost as boring as Crap Caption Competition.
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It's his forum, after all. He can do what he wants.
Software Zen: delete this;
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What we now call "Wales" did not exist as a recognised geographic or political unit at the time of the Roman invasion, so Wales could not have been invaded.
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It was called Cambria and it was a discrete part of Albion.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
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Cymru, Cumbria, Cumberland, all inhabited by the same group of people. Wales did not exist until later.
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viaducting wrote: Cymru, Cumbria, Cumberland, all inhabited by the same group of people
So they'd be a bunch of cumts or something.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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That's just Woolly thinking.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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I reckon we could complete the collection with the minimum effort.
Perhaps launch a new Expeditionary Force made up of the young unemployed, the feckless and the criminal classes.
If nothing else it would help reduce unemployment, create a culture of Can Do within the lower orders and, with a bit of luck, take a few of the criminally minded out of the gene pool.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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I come from Brazil, we still owe our pants Britain, but they never invaded us (i think)
I'm brazilian and english (well, human languages in general) aren't my best skill, so, sorry by my english. (if you want we can speak in C# or VB.Net =p)
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That is because Portugal was Britain's oldest ally, and indeed the only European country with which we have NEVER fought a war with.
(Excepting Empire Territories).
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
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yeah, that's why I expect them to send a squadron to stop this bullshit that those drunks started.
Seriously, the independence of Brazil was one of the worst things that happened to us. Our people are too stupid to have voting rights.
even today some people still dream of a British invasion to put order in this country.
I'm brazilian and english (well, human languages in general) aren't my best skill, so, sorry by my english. (if you want we can speak in C# or VB.Net =p)
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1938 British naval blockade, that'll do for me.
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Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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It wasn't an invasion, and the blockade was only to stop the Argies.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
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Quote: This estrangement also occurred in part, due to the German-Italian powers becoming frustrated in regards to what they believed the Estado Novo should represent. The policy of forced assimilation and nationalization imposed by Vargas and the military over every immigrant community, including the German, Italian and Japanese ones; as well as the prohibition of any political activities that were not directly endorsed by the central power in Rio de Janeiro (then the capital of Brazil), which included the Nazi party in Brazil and its allies, the Brazilian integralists; motivated Italian-German support of the Integralist's coup d'état attempt in May 1938. The failure of that action and the British naval blockade on Germany and Italy's trade on the Atlantic, especially from 1940 onwards, led to a sharp deterioration of relations between Brazil and the Axis powers.[6]
that was on Germany, not Brazil.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_of_Germany_(1939%E2%80%931945)[^]
I'm brazilian and english (well, human languages in general) aren't my best skill, so, sorry by my english. (if you want we can speak in C# or VB.Net =p)
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