LIVING IN THE UK..

I'm adding that to the list of Random things I like about Britain:

Our dry sense of humour (mind you, we'd better hope our island doesn't get flooded or our humour won't be quite so dry!)

And as this is a British thread, I might even write humoUr one more time: HumoUr! Very Happy

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Steve (as 41oo) wrote:

Anyway we're not an island anymore.

I guess I should really watch the news more often...

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Nice one, Tarah. Did you know that the US re-make of The Office has canned laughter? Some people just don't get it, do they?

A belated welcome to A2K btw.

I'd also like to add:

Snooker
Match Of The Day
Top Of The Pops

to the 'Good' list and:

Coronation Street
Debenhams
Townies in tracksuits

to the 'Bad' list.

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Anyway we're not an island anymore. Sad

Yes the sea boiled dry in last summer's heat wave.

Actually I don't know if we are geographically and legally an island.

We have a land border with France. You can walk to France.

Are we an island? I really want to know

Walter....your opinion please.

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Walk to France? Breathing all that London smog must be getting to you, Steve..!

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Dear Grand Duke

After such a charming welcome, how can I be so churlish as to threaten Civil War ..... but please can we put Coronation Street on the good list?

You're welcome to East Enders, Big Brother and anything else you can think of for the baddies, but pretty please, can I keep my Corrie?

Be magnanimous .... and I'll let you keep Top of the Pops! Very Happy

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Alright then, you've twisted my arm. I'll swap Corrie for Eastenders, but only while Jack & Vera and Les Battersby are still living in the Street. They are characters of pure comic genius.

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Tarah wrote:

You're welcome to East Enders, Big Brother and anything else you can think of for the baddies...

Big Brother is Dutch. And yes, we are ashamed.

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Steve

I'm not that sure: you can walk from France to to England, which would make Britain a peninsula (in French: 'bic-insula'). :wink:

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Ha ha! It's good to see that the US doesn't hold the world monopoly on really really bad TV programmes.

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[light bulb appears above Grand Duke's head]

Through the Chunnel perhaps, Steve? I think it should be opened to bicycles and horse-drawn carriages. Think green!

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I didn't say you may walk to France. I said you can (in the sense it is physically possible) walk THROUGH THE CHUNNEL to France.

So if you can walk from Britain to France is Britain an island in the strict sense of the word?

Yes and welcome Tarah, just stay a few feet away with the cat o nine tails please

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Oh my God! All this time I've been thinking we were safe, when in reality, any old foreigner could just stroll over! Does the government know about this?

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Don't worry Steve, you have to be very very bad (or very very good!) to get a taste of my whip!

G.Duke, I fear it might be a little too late for putting up the battlements!

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gd

so are we an island or not? I'm only asking, not formulating immigration policy

Tarah.....thinking about

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here is what i like about england : beer that is NOT ice-cold but is temperate. (i guess it's really stout and porter that i like, can't really be drunk ice-cold IMO). hbg

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you can get ice cold beer in England you know

technique. open fridge

The first known artificial refrigeration was demonstrated by William Cullen at the University of Glasgow in 1748.

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blrefrigerator.htm

put beer in fridge.
wait
open fridge
open beer
open mouth
pour in beer (remember to swallow)

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Tarah, Have I welcomed you to A2K yet? I'm a yank living on the west coast of the US, but managed to attend the very first A2K London Gathering in March of last year. As a frequent visitor to the UK, I must have some "blue" card honorarium.

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Thanks for the lovely welcome, CI.

If there's another London meeting I hope you'll be able to come.

By the way, guys, when is the next London meeting? I'll bring the whip!

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I'm not sure about the next London meet, but we're meeting at Walter's home town next year in April or October. I promise to show up!

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