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samjjones
12-22-2005, 05:28 PM
The idea of this thread is to show in one specific example why your country is better than some other country. For example,
U.S. vs. U.K.
Your "Pirate of the Caribbean":
http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/walt_disney/pirates_of_the_caribbean__the_curse_of_the_black_p earl/orlando_bloom/pirates2.jpg
My "Pirate of the Caribbean":
http://theboxset.com/images/reviewcaptures/1974PIRATES_OF_THE_CARRIBEAN-0.jpg
Similar to "Picture Wars", but with a patriotic bent. U.K.'s turn.
Luv2DriveTT
12-22-2005, 05:29 PM
[ QUOTE ]
The idea of this thread is to show in one specific example why your country is better than some other country. For example,
U.S. vs. U.K.
Your "Pirate of the Caribbean":
http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/walt_disney/pirates_of_the_caribbean__the_curse_of_the_black_p earl/orlando_bloom/pirates2.jpg
My "Pirate of the Caribbean":
http://theboxset.com/images/reviewcaptures/1974PIRATES_OF_THE_CARRIBEAN-0.jpg
Similar to "Picture Wars", but with a patriotic bent. U.K.'s turn.
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Isn't Johny Depp now a French citizen? He ain't your pirate anymore.
TT /images/graemlins/club.gif
Alobar
12-22-2005, 05:30 PM
mmmmm....imaginary lines on a map
MrWookie47
12-22-2005, 05:32 PM
I don't even get which one of them is supposed to be better. They're both fruitballs, and they're both lusted after by throngs of 12 year old girls. What's the difference?
Luv2DriveTT
12-22-2005, 05:33 PM
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I don't even get which one of them is supposed to be better. They're both fruitballs, and they're both lusted after by throngs of 12 year old girls. What's the difference?
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Yeah. This thread sucks. Lets kill it.
Gunny Highway
12-22-2005, 05:33 PM
I don't get it. You want to say why onee country is better than another and the way to do that is compare two gay pirates (are they even from different countries?) from the same movie?
samjjones
12-22-2005, 05:34 PM
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I don't even get which one of them is supposed to be better. They're both fruitballs, and they're both lusted after by throngs of 12 year old girls. What's the difference?
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Johnny Depp a "fruitball"? Wha-wha-what?
Gunny Highway
12-22-2005, 05:35 PM
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I don't even get which one of them is supposed to be better. They're both fruitballs, and they're both lusted after by throngs of 12 year old girls. What's the difference?
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Johnny Depp a "fruitball"? Wha-wha-what?
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Are you comparing the actors or the pirates? Either way, I can't say either is actually gay, but they're both pretty damn effeminate.
samjjones
12-22-2005, 05:36 PM
For example, a U.K. reply could be:
http://markleonard.net/fsblob/19.jpg
vs.
http://www.dailyraider.com/tv/americanoffice/03.jpg
The first is obviously better than the second.
4_2_it
12-22-2005, 05:36 PM
THIS:
http://img289.imageshack.us/img289/7357/lewis1zh.png
VS.
http://img289.imageshack.us/img289/3869/rowan8bu.png
is a much better debate, though I think it may be close to a draw..........
samjjones
12-22-2005, 05:38 PM
Yes, this is a good example of what I am getting at.
Gunny Highway
12-22-2005, 05:38 PM
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Yes, this is a good example of what I am getting at.
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This would be much better with NSFW pics.
samjjones
12-22-2005, 05:40 PM
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Yes, this is a good example of what I am getting at.
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This would be much better with NSFW pics.
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Edited the subject title. Do it.
mason55
12-22-2005, 05:41 PM
I'm trying to come up with things but all I can think is things that make the UK better. /images/graemlins/frown.gif
diebitter
12-22-2005, 05:51 PM
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I'm trying to come up with things but all I can think is things that make the UK better. /images/graemlins/frown.gif
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Me too /images/graemlins/smile.gif
http://www.threemoviebuffs.com/miscimages/connery1.jpg
http://xapz.com/movies/xxx_diesel.jpg
4_2_it
12-22-2005, 05:54 PM
How is a red x superior to Vin Diesel? Or is that just some British humor that I fail to understand?????
Gunny Highway
12-22-2005, 05:55 PM
Yours:
http://www.rdfunding.org.uk/images/WebImages/Image1153.gif
Ours:
http://www.qualitydentistry.com/snapshots/adaseal.gif
samjjones
12-22-2005, 05:58 PM
Yours:
http://images.contactmusic.com/images/artist/jasonstathamap.jpg
Ours:
http://aces.tabulas.com/tarebear/thumbs/grand-master-chuck-norris-bn.jpg
dcasper70
12-22-2005, 06:01 PM
US
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a40/dcasper70/bush.jpg
UK
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a40/dcasper70/twititp.jpg
Gunny Highway
12-22-2005, 06:02 PM
Whose side are you on? /images/graemlins/grin.gif
samjjones
12-22-2005, 06:07 PM
Yours:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/mid/sites/aberystwyth/images/anne_robinson_400x300.jpg
Ours:
http://img174.exs.cx/img174/5300/wink3xj.jpg
US vs Poland
Polish chicks are the hottest.
US
http://xs36.xs.to/pics/05276/obese-hitthis.jpg
Poland
http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/5776/img12356jm.th.jpg
asofel
12-22-2005, 06:12 PM
UK
http://www.page3.com/wallpaper2/img/200105_b_keeley.jpg
US
...sry, distracted...um....brb....
SossMan
12-22-2005, 06:13 PM
ours:
http://www.umgoblue.com/images/Immortals4/cwdsn-18.jpg
yours:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38077000/jpg/_38077683_rio_beck_afp_200.jpg
thread over.
mason55
12-22-2005, 06:15 PM
UK:
http://img.epinions.com/images/opti/76/56/0312288220-books-resized200.jpg
US:
http://www.rikksrevues.com/ramones-cover-art-skew.jpg
I don't know who wins though
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ours:
http://www.umgoblue.com/images/Immortals4/cwdsn-18.jpg
yours:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38077000/jpg/_38077683_rio_beck_afp_200.jpg
thread over.
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you mean USA vs. The Rest of the World ?
come on, the real football is played with a foot, not with a hand...
samjjones
12-22-2005, 06:18 PM
U.S. vs. Australia
Theirs:
http://newsfeed.tcm.ie/images/people/russellcrowegladiator.jpg
Ours:
http://www.movie-winners.com/posters/pix/jphoenix.jpg
ours:
http://www.yarga.net/archive/images/1996-97/HH_yellow.gif
yours:
http://www.joyofbaking.com/images/TEAPARTY.JPG
diebitter
12-22-2005, 06:25 PM
UK:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/25/Mckellen_gandalf_ttt_poster.jpg
US:
http://www.vegasretro.com/entertainers/photos/roy_white_tiger_r.jpg
HopeydaFish
12-22-2005, 06:28 PM
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US
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a40/dcasper70/bush.jpg
UK
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a40/dcasper70/twititp.jpg
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This one made me laugh hard. /images/graemlins/smile.gif
B Dids
12-22-2005, 06:30 PM
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US
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a40/dcasper70/bush.jpg
UK
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a40/dcasper70/twititp.jpg
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THREAD SAVED
samjjones
12-22-2005, 06:30 PM
diebitter...you are oh-for-two with red x's. What's up?
MonkeeMan
12-22-2005, 06:32 PM
Asia
http://www.organicgourmet.ca/images/bowl-of-rice.jpg
US
http://www.chriskula.com/la/carlsjr.jpg
diebitter
12-22-2005, 06:33 PM
UK:
http://www.mfiles.co.uk/reviews/roy-budd-get-carter-cover.jpg
US:
http://www.pressunic.com/video/images/small/get_carter_small.jpg
Game, set and match, old beans.
diebitter
12-22-2005, 06:35 PM
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diebitter...you are oh-for-two with red x's. What's up?
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Dunno. I can see em here. The first one was Sean Connery/James Bond, the second was Gandalf/Ian McKellen
The one I just did was get carter vs us version...
I can see em - must be a UK/US pipeline cache thing or sommat.
Blows my game...
ahhh, frak it, I'm off!
Cumulonimbus
12-22-2005, 06:42 PM
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Asia
http://www.organicgourmet.ca/images/bowl-of-rice.jpg
US
http://www.chriskula.com/la/carlsjr.jpg
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Hah. KKF pwned.
You guys
http://www.larp.com/orcs/ltbob.jpg
US
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/SPIRIT.GIF
tonypaladino
12-22-2005, 06:53 PM
US vs Mexico
http://www.spacefame.org/vela.jpg
http://i.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/shuttle/astronauts.jpg
This was freakin half-assed. I wanted to find a shot of the mexican space program from south park
Noo Yawk
12-22-2005, 07:03 PM
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http://xs36.xs.to/pics/05276/obese-hitthis.jpg
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This wrong on so many levels. I need to wash my eyes with acid.
diebitter
12-22-2005, 07:05 PM
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http://xs36.xs.to/pics/05276/obese-hitthis.jpg
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This wrong on so many levels. I need to wash my eyes with acid.
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You got wood, didn't you.
Voltron87
12-22-2005, 07:07 PM
this is a good one, NASA astronauts are badass. maybe a pic of the dog the soviets sent into space would have been good.
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UK
http://www.page3.com/wallpaper2/img/200105_b_keeley.jpg
US
...sry, distracted...um....brb....
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US, biatch!!
http://photoscelebrites.online.fr/jessica-alba/01/jessica-alba-001.jpg
Peter666
12-22-2005, 07:10 PM
The only wood I got was jabbing the stick into my eye sockets.
Noo Yawk
12-22-2005, 07:12 PM
[ QUOTE ]
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http://xs36.xs.to/pics/05276/obese-hitthis.jpg
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This wrong on so many levels. I need to wash my eyes with acid.
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You got wood, didn't you.
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It depends. Does wood mean violently ill in the UK?
Cumulonimbus
12-22-2005, 07:14 PM
Why Canada is better than the US...
Canada:
http://www.hightimes.com/420images/24_issuegal_7.jpg
US:
http://www.mcccj.com/news2003/1028.JPG
Meh, shittty example.
diebitter
12-22-2005, 07:15 PM
UK: SAS Action Man - Double-hard bastard
http://toychestandcollectables.com/shop/media/sas-bbi300.jpg
US: GI Joe Marine - gay chic
http://img.epinions.com/images/opti/41/5e/Hasbro_GI_Joe_26th_Marine_Division-resized200.jpg
RunDownHouse
12-22-2005, 07:16 PM
Can we impose a penalty for those too stupid to rehost their pics, instead choosing to make a thread about 8 monitors wide?
Voltron87
12-22-2005, 07:18 PM
uh, i REALLY dont think the UK wants to go down the road of military conflict...
diebitter
12-22-2005, 07:21 PM
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uh, i REALLY dont think the UK wants to go down the road of military conflict...
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Eh? Ok, Holmes, tell me why the UK should be ashamed of its history in recent military conflict? I gotta hear this.
RunDownHouse
12-22-2005, 07:24 PM
diebitter,
I believe Voltron will come back with a comment about the Revolutionary War. You guys did really well in the Battle of Britain, though, and Monty made a cute sidekick for Patton.
diebitter
12-22-2005, 07:31 PM
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diebitter,
I believe Voltron will come back with a comment about the Revolutionary War. You guys did really well in the Battle of Britain, though, and Monty made a cute sidekick for Patton.
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OK, I thought it might be that or the 1812 ding-dong (which was a stalemate anyway). Yeah, I'll concede that one.
JimHammer
12-22-2005, 07:38 PM
UK
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d98/gymcone/guard.jpg
US
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d98/gymcone/secret_service.jpg
Voltron87
12-22-2005, 07:40 PM
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diebitter,
I believe Voltron will come back with a comment about the Revolutionary War. You guys did really well in the Battle of Britain, though, and Monty made a cute sidekick for Patton.
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OK, I thought it might be that or the 1812 ding-dong (which was a stalemate anyway). Yeah, I'll concede that one.
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http://www.highrock.com/JohnGBurkhalter/beachlanding_b.jpg
you'd all be speaking german right now if not for...
RunDownHouse
12-22-2005, 07:44 PM
How were the Germans going to cross the channel, exactly? That's a criticism much more appropriate for the continent, not GB.
EDIT: PS diebitter, I can't believe you let me get away with calling Monty a "cute sidekick."
diebitter
12-22-2005, 07:49 PM
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you'd all be speaking german right now if not for...
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And we shouldn't bring up our military history because???
What, we were pussies for fighting the nazis mostly alone since 1939? For being bombed the [censored] out of and keep fighting?
hahaha!
You don't get the British do you, bud?
And you forgot the Russians and the British in with your little history lesson. Americans didn't win it, we all did, and we all should be proud we worked together to do it. FYKnowledge. /images/graemlins/grin.gif
-RundownHouse
But he was a cute sidekick /images/graemlins/grin.gif
manpower
12-22-2005, 08:08 PM
The US has it on food.
http://www.cobritishfarming.org.uk/hamper.jpg
http://americangourmet.net/ProductImages/16315.jpg
diebitter
12-22-2005, 08:15 PM
UK speeches
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004WIB8.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
US Speeches
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/images/independenceday.JPG
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UK speeches
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004WIB8.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
US Speeches
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/images/independenceday.JPG
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Wait, you are making a case for the US here right? I dont care if god himself delivers a speech tonight, there will never be a better one than in Independence Day.
diebitter
12-22-2005, 08:20 PM
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Wait, you are making a case for the US here right? I dont care if god himself delivers a speech tonight, there will never be a better one than in Independence Day.
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Awww, that's so charming /images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Actually, I know a lot of people take the piss out of the speech in ID4, but I think it works really well, so let's call this an honourable draw?
'St Crispins day' is awesomely good too, check it out.
coffeecrazy1
12-22-2005, 08:29 PM
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UK speeches
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004WIB8.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
US Speeches
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/images/independenceday.JPG
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Wait a minute...
Shouldn't it be:
UK speeches
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004WIB8.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
US speeches
http://www.movieprop.com/tvandmovie/reviews/patton.jpg
?
Allinlife
12-22-2005, 08:30 PM
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Whose side are you on? /images/graemlins/grin.gif
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vnh lol..had a good laugh.
Hamish McBagpipe
12-22-2005, 08:33 PM
Typical church from my country:
http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/3917/20050830016inverness3sk.jpg
Typical church from your country:
http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/9718/badchurch2nq.jpg
Action Scott
12-22-2005, 11:42 PM
US:
http://www.bleachingteeth.com/girl.jpg
UK:
http://www.thegrid.org.uk/learning/science/ks1-2/resources/examples/livingthings/teeth/badteeth.jpg
TheNoodleMan
12-23-2005, 12:31 AM
that took way too long.
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so let's call this an honourable draw?
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...and start giving equal time to Hollywood summer blockbusters in our English classes. Shakespeare's had his run.
/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
TheNoodleMan
12-23-2005, 12:33 AM
You can have your architecture, I'll take the beer church, thank you very much.
bwana devil
12-23-2005, 12:36 AM
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The idea of this thread is to show in one specific example why your country is better than some other country. For example,
U.S. vs. U.K.
Your "Pirate of the Caribbean":
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dude, you suck at your own game.
bwana
emonrad87
12-23-2005, 12:42 AM
1. Revolutionary War
2. War of 1812
3. World War I
4. World War II
5. http://www.fabuloussavers.com/wallpapers/221s.jpg
7ontheline
12-23-2005, 01:18 AM
Didn't the British burn Washington in the War of 1812?
Hardly seems like a resounding U.S. victory. I don't remember London burning.
diebitter
12-23-2005, 02:19 AM
OK, if you're gonna pull that US great in the war stuff....
typical poster in the UK in the early 1940s:
http://www.townfield.doncaster.sch.uk/images/world%20war%202/world%20war%202%20Hitler%20will%20send%20no%20warn ing.jpg
And in the US at the same time:
http://ww2homefront.com/Neutral%20Square.jpg
Now lets leave the fkn wars outta this, okay. (Unless anyone French turns up /images/graemlins/smile.gif )
PoBoy321
12-23-2005, 02:34 AM
Wait, I don't get it. The British were getting their asses kicked and people didn't wanna gonna go save them, so all of a sudden, that's our fault?
lastchance
12-23-2005, 02:36 AM
Your book:
http://www.ageforcehgh.com/images/atkins1.jpg
Our Book:
http://www.golfinglyyours.com/products/book-art-of-war.jpg
diebitter
12-23-2005, 02:41 AM
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Wait, I don't get it. The British were getting their asses kicked and people didn't wanna gonna go save them, so all of a sudden, that's our fault?
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I was responding to the previous poster, who suggested the US pwned the UK in the 2 world wars. I was pointing out how very, very late you came to these wars. So quit boasting about it, is all.
But you did need the help eh?
PoBoy321
12-23-2005, 02:42 AM
How you get around:
http://www.offoffoff.com/film/1999/images/port-rickshaw.jpg
How we get around:
http://www.edmunds.com/media/news/column/carmudgeon/300c.chyslers.escalade/02.cadillac.escalade.f34.500.jpg
PoBoy321
12-23-2005, 02:43 AM
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Wait, I don't get it. The British were getting their asses kicked and people didn't wanna gonna go save them, so all of a sudden, that's our fault?
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I was responding to the previous poster, who suggested the US pwned the UK in the 2 world wars. I was pointing out how very, very late you came to these wars. So quit boasting about it, is all.
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Right, we came late, and until we came, you didn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning it. I think that we have every right in the world to boast about it.
diebitter
12-23-2005, 02:45 AM
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Wait, I don't get it. The British were getting their asses kicked and people didn't wanna gonna go save them, so all of a sudden, that's our fault?
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I was responding to the previous poster, who suggested the US pwned the UK in the 2 world wars. I was pointing out how very, very late you came to these wars. So quit boasting about it, is all.
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Right, we came late, and until we came, you didn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning it. I think that we have every right in the world to boast about it.
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sheesh. And without UK and Russian involvement, you didn't have a snowball's chance of winning either. So YOU didn't win, WE (the Allies) won.
Is that fair enough, can we let this go now?
diebitter
12-23-2005, 02:56 AM
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But you did need the help eh?
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Yes. And very grateful for it, thank you. We also got a lot of help from the Russians, and appreciate their sacrifice too.
lastchance
12-23-2005, 03:01 AM
Your food:
http://www.jainworld.org/general/prem/Clip%20Art%20for%20Education/images/Meat%20-%20Hamburger.jpg
Our food:
http://www.regenttour.com/china/food/food1.jpg
riverboatking
12-23-2005, 03:03 AM
i'll take the latter over the former any day of the week and twice on thursday.
emonrad87
12-23-2005, 06:58 AM
You're hilarious. First you want to hear it, then woops, you're proven wrong and it becomes "let's leave this out!"
Vavavoom
12-23-2005, 07:08 AM
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You're hilarious. First you want to hear it, then woops, you're proven wrong and it becomes "let's leave this out!"
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And you're a tad bit late...
With regards to WWII, the real reason the US came to war IIRC, is to do with not helping Allies but because they were attacked by the Japanese...
Anyways, as it stands in current affairs...the only friends the US has is the UK and vice versa....
Merry Christmas !
Il_Mostro
12-23-2005, 07:16 AM
Norway:
http://www.myphotographs.net/norway/norway0141.jpg
USA:
http://www.uni-koblenz.de/~tomato/bilder/usa/burn_in_hell.jpg
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Anyways, as it stands in current affairs...the only friends the US has is the UK and vice versa....
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Hey, don't forget the Aussies! /images/graemlins/smile.gif
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1. Revolutionary War
2. War of 1812
3. World War I
4. World War II
5. Bay of Pigs
6. Vietnam
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I'll skip a few. /images/graemlins/smile.gif
Reminds me of the roman empire.
diebitter
12-23-2005, 08:03 AM
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You're hilarious. First you want to hear it, then woops, you're proven wrong and it becomes "let's leave this out!"
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Nope. I was asking why we'd want to not bring up our military history. Nothing here has proved any of it shameful or an embarrassment in any way. I was very amused on the insistence that the US somehow won WW1 and WW2 pretty much single-handedly.
It's like george foreman and Ali going 12 rounds, both falling over, Ali staggering to his feet, and some little guy from the crowd coming in, knocking him down, and then the little guy insisting he won. Sheesh.
diebitter
12-23-2005, 08:05 AM
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Anyways, as it stands in current affairs...the only friends the US has is the UK and vice versa....
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Hey, don't forget the Aussies! /images/graemlins/smile.gif
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Heere's a big up for ANZACs from me. You boys should be proud of your tradition too!
ChipWrecked
12-23-2005, 08:08 AM
The American way:
http://www.thememoryhole.org/war/iraqis_tortured/iraqis_tortured_60min2-g.jpg
The British way:
http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/WORLD/europe/01/19/uk.iraq.abuse/story.court1ap.jpg
I salute the British effort in Iraq, keep up the good work boys!
diebitter
12-23-2005, 08:11 AM
Yeah, a merry Christmas to all! We gotta stick together!
Heya Diebitter,
We, like the US citizens, are overall proud and supporting of our troops and their work.
However, I think most ozzies were misled into this latest episode by the "superior" US intelligence. We went to war, according to our PM, because there was clear and imminent danger. I feel we have been misled, either by both our PM and the US government or by the US government only (which does not say much about ours). Fortunately we are living in a democracy here, where disagreeing with, and criticizing the govenrment is allowed.
I am simply sorry we got into this mess, for what, to me, were obviously false pretenses. We didn't go to war to topple Hussein..
Sorry mate, and I hope we are mates, but, in this instance, I think we were very wrong.. and so were we in vietnam, imo, by the way.
All that being said, I, personally, make a point to stop everything I am doing, during the repeat of Jim Lehrer's hour here, when they are, in silence, showing the pictures of those fine young, and not so young, men and women (they only show the US ones by the way), that offered the ultimate sacrifice they could for an idealism. And I think about it very much on a daily basis.
diebitter
12-23-2005, 08:27 AM
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Heya Diebitter,
We, like the US citizens, are overall proud and supporting of our troops and their work.
However, I think most ozzies were misled into this latest episode by the "superior" US intelligence. We went to war, according to our PM, because there was clear and imminent danger. I feel we have been misled, either by both our PM and the US government or by the US government only (which does not say much about ours). Fortunately we are living in a democracy here, where disagreeing with, and criticizing the govenrment is allowed.
I am simply sorry we got into this mess, for what, to me, were obviously false pretenses. We didn't go to war to topple Hussein..
Sorry mate, and I hope we are mates, but, in this instance, I think we were very wrong..
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I agree with you completely. Well said.
Let's quit before we get shipped to politics.
Ok mate /images/graemlins/smile.gif
Alright... from an American, you Americans who are talking trash to the Brits about military history are f***ing morons. Yeah, we helped win WWII. We all did. We couldn't have done it without them, and they probably couldn't have done it without us. So let's just cut the bulls**t.
And while we're on the topic, the Brits were kicking ass, taking names, and running the world 100-odd years before we got around to it.
Gunny Highway
12-23-2005, 11:06 AM
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Alright... from an American, you Americans who are talking trash to the Brits about military history are f***ing morons. Yeah, we helped win WWII. We all did. We couldn't have done it without them, and they probably couldn't have done it without us. So let's just cut the bulls**t.
And while we're on the topic, the Brits were kicking ass, taking names, and running the world 100-odd years before we got around to it.
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Loc: Japan
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I guess the exchange rate makes a sense of humor prohibitively expensive in Japan. /images/graemlins/grin.gif
US > France
http://www.hometown.aol.ca/jeffmepp/images/vince%20carter%20olympic%20dunk.jpg
Good one. Olympic basketball has been a real avenue for American pride lately. My goodness.
spamuell
12-23-2005, 12:06 PM
UK:
http://www.devon-cornwall.police.uk/v3/youth/columbus/images/pub.gif
+
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/5350/drunksex2gt.jpg
US:
http://www.acclaimimages.com/_gallery/_SM/0037-0504-2919-2029_SM.jpg
The poms have lost their fair share of wars too /images/graemlins/wink.gif
krimson
12-23-2005, 01:17 PM
Us:
http://www.thebeerstore.ca/images/brand/0697_l.jpg
http://www.goharpos.com/images/menuitems/beer_bottled_moosehead.jpg
You:
http://images.saleshound.com/broadreach/dyn_li/200.0.75.0/Retailers/CVS/918565x01_millerlite24pk.jpg
http://www.steinville.com/bud_light4.jpg
The once and future king
12-23-2005, 01:39 PM
British Empire:
http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/1008/britishempire22ao.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
V
American Empire:
http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/1986/worldexpansionmap26rx.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
CollinEstes
12-23-2005, 01:46 PM
YOU:
http://www.thebeerstore.ca/images/brand/0697_l.jpg
http://www.goharpos.com/images/menuitems/beer_bottled_moosehead.jpg
US:
http://static.flickr.com/7/7173226_72efe2e68c.jpg
http://www.liquidsolutions.biz/product/images/stone-imp-stout.gif
Canada can't come close to us in beer.
fyodor
12-23-2005, 01:58 PM
Please replace that Moosehead label with a Keith's label. They actually had to stop selling Moosehead in Nova Scotia at one point (that's where it's made) because no one would drink it. It only sells elsewhere because of the 'cool' label.
Keith's is the East Coast beer of choice. Even my mom buys it.
MonkeeMan
12-23-2005, 02:02 PM
Ever see the Seinfeld episode on "shrinkage"?
bwana devil
12-23-2005, 02:04 PM
http://photobucket.com/albums/b295/wrwalsh/USA.jpg
MonkeeMan
12-23-2005, 02:21 PM
English fish and chips
http://www.hobotraveler.com/128_02bristol/MVC-019F.JPG
US fish and chips
http://www.medinapokerleague.com/images/week1/finaltable.jpg
diebitter
12-23-2005, 03:25 PM
US/UK
http://www.thebrownhaze.com/seperated.jpg
err, maybe a draw...
TheMainEvent
12-23-2005, 03:31 PM
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http://photobucket.com/albums/b295/wrwalsh/USA.jpg
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What is "don't go here" on that map? It looks like part of China but why only a tiny spot?
ccrazy88
12-23-2005, 03:41 PM
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http://photobucket.com/albums/b295/wrwalsh/USA.jpg
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What is "don't go here" on that map? It looks like part of China but why only a tiny spot?
[/ QUOTE ]coughVietnamcough.
TheMainEvent
12-23-2005, 03:45 PM
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What is "don't go here" on that map? It looks like part of China but why only a tiny spot?
[/ QUOTE ]coughVietnamcough.
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Ah, thanks, I figured I was just an idiot
bdmcgraw
12-23-2005, 03:50 PM
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British Empire:
http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/1008/britishempire22ao.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
V
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American Empire:
http://www.ebibleteacher.com/imagehtml/images/800x600/World%20From%20Space%20800.jpg
The once and future king
12-23-2005, 04:00 PM
So American empire = Africa and Saudi Arabia? /images/graemlins/confused.gif
TheMainEvent
12-23-2005, 04:05 PM
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So American empire = Africa and Saudi Arabia? /images/graemlins/confused.gif
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Don't forget about Antarctica, baby. $$$$$$
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