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Yellow Fang
Legendary Member
The birds you call robins. They are not robins. They are like a very poor excuse for a robin. Also passenger pigeons, how did you manage to kill the whole lot?
Yellow Fang
Legendary Member
Westerns: when did people stop speaking in old timey accents and start speaking in generic American accents?
Yellow Fang
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What's it like living in North Nebraska?
Yellow Fang
Legendary Member
Are you annoyed or relieved that Puerto Rico voted against becoming the 51st state? You don't have to answer that.
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
That’s the wrong question, see? You should be asking why there is no aluminum in the UK.
In the beginning it was aluminum in BE, following the style of elements like platinum. For some reason it later changed in BE to follow the style of potassium whereas AE retained the original BE spelling.
I can answer that one. As soon as there ceased to be go-ooo-ould in tham thar hills
Yellow Fang
Legendary Member
Sherman Fireflies, do you think:
1) That was a really cool modification the British made
2) The Easy Eight was a much better tank
1) That was a really cool modification the British made
2) The Easy Eight was a much better tank
He has the best clothes, just fabulous. Everyone always says so. Made from, let me tell you, I know a lot of people in the silk business, and they tell me, they say to me, you know the finest silk? Not a lot of people know but I do. This is the finest silk. And it's invisible. Just beautiful.
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
There is the notable exception of Jacinda Ardern in New Zealand.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
Why do your fellow citizens have to wrap brown paper round their grog when out in public? Does it keep their beer cool?
