Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Amities ? This most sad article echoes , or rather, reflects, many sentiments of mine own regarding those genocidal, rogue empire builders, called the USA . Most empires, as u all will know, go through 3 starkly different distinct stages ...( i ) War -a period in which savagery ,barbarism, and sheer naked cruelty prevail in subjugating the peoples of the soon to be empire ( II ) Civilization - an epoch period in which Trade and commerce flourish thearby releasing monies to promote both the sciences and the arts. During this time all the great works of literature,Philosopy, art, music,architecture,are written /painted /composed/ built thearby enriching the mind Likewise the Sciences,--Physics,chemistry,biology and engineering make giant strides. Technology and medicine makes equally massive strides thearby enriching life itself. ,,,( III ) Finally decadence- an age of rapid decline in which the state drowns in an orgy of luxury seeking ,bestial ,self forfillment,and and in doing so rips itself to shreds. The USA is the ONLY empire builder not to pass through those 3 stages .lt passed straight from barbarism where the gun made the law, to decadence ,and missed out the period of civilization. For the most part the USA is an utterly corrupt , $sick, decadent, hedonistic, self obcessed,self serving, arrogant police state where the money bags run the show by proxy while the congress and Senate dance all over what few rights one has remaining. ,..lt is a warmonger state. The worlds current policeman . A country utterly bereft of freedom {try and be different and you will pay dearly} , justice {witness the draconian 3 strike ruling, the death penalty and those langyuishing for many years on death row coupled with the crazy % of its citizens in clink.l pro the population } or EVEN simple common decency{ Healthcare - Most Americans reg.it as perfectly reasonable to allow 40 million of their fellow citizens to remain without access to health care- How can this be !!!!!! HOW ??? } .Now democracy, of course, is a hoary fable. A myth. Mere dogma that allows terrible attrocities to be commited in YOUR name.The stupid leading the even more stupid We must be stupid to put up with it all. ,lt is a mere word.Nothing more ;and nothing less .Ambigous at best; and at worst quite irrelavent and meaningless. A political abhoration to the proffesional bearocracy such as top civil servants such as Pernament secretaries ,, Privy cousellors, and their ilk , . Be it in Athens or Rome, London or Paris ,democracy has never existed .All exploited slavery you know .The only reason slavery in Britain, and later in the USA , was abolished was bcus all concerned saw the advantages of the slaves being free in that they could now be turned into consumers with both their paid labour and newly earnt capital being ruthlesly exploited- a double whammey , l believe..millions more wage slaves paying taxes and no longer housed, fed and watered by former owners .......Aww - The Americas . . But in the USA the word democracy has been taken to new lows - Richard Nixon was right .What man isnt corrupt? What man hasnt got his price.? Thats the American way ,,To win at all costs , The American dream The right to do juste what you want; and no matter how illegal or vile or both if you have the money you get away with it.........l detest the place . l dont understand the peoples way of thinking ,,,,,,,corruption,,guns,booze, drugs coupled with the dollar make for a heady brew ..,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,sssshheeeesh if i dont stop now ill get quite annoyed so ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,but i juste HAD to get that out of my system !!!!!!!!! ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,The article reg. the habits of Brits changing bed linen a mere twice a year made my skin crawl /. the very thought is quite disgusting. My g/f not only changes the linen and quilt tackle every day but then hoovers -on both wash and hoover mode - the matress itself. But one thing about you brits that really makes me feel sick is your use of lavatory paper-and not having a bidet to wash your bum after emptying your guts ...The real irony being that u quite rightly wash your hands after the fact but not your arses !!!! .....thas bizzarre to me !!. Admittedly the bidet is more apparent in Brit households nowadays but 20 years ago that was not the case. i even caught someone washing their feet in one. ...................

Sounds like your mouth is actually your arse, Frenchy.

Are you washing the correct item here in that bidet of yours?

:-)

FrenchDisconnection - I take it you are not on a crusade to win friends and influence people here? Nothing wrong with France, i'ts the French that's the problem springs to mind, however were 'British' and wouldn't dream of being so offensive. I heard twenty years ago that French females had hairy armpits is this still true?

French ,,i live in the USA and although i dont agree with
all their policies they are no worse than the UK ,, at least
they now have Obama ,,think Blair think Sarkosi ,,anyway
i live in SW Florida in tropical heat so i couldnt give a monkeys...

enchante de faire votre connaissance . moi c'est J...........Offensive ? Surely not. What do you mean ? When ? Was'nt intended. As reg your question . l have never met one personally but laws of averages suggest there must be one or two ( they must be hiding from me ) .l am in London so must ask ..ls it true that the only reason english girls have periods is to give other girls a chance ...hehe..?........

Frenchy :o)

What are you doing in London?

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This could get into a heated debateso I will give my view of the Frenchand leave you all to fight it out
Parisians asidewho even the French dont likethe people of France are friendlyinterestinggeneroushelpfulintelligentand a pleasure to be around their children are well behaved and polite French do not perceive they would receive a warm welcome if they visited the UKwhich is true! I spend a lot of time in Southern France where I have many French friendswe have spoken on this very subject frequently over the years and laughed many timesI regularly see the Brits filling up their trolleys with cheap wine and Lager in the Supermarche.usually wearing a union jack football/tee-shirtthey talk extra loud.. big fat bas*ards that never say please or thank youin any language.they think it extremely clever to take the pissthen go on to blame the French for being ignorantoh dear!if us Brits tried that little bit harder to successfully master French livingyou would find a welcome with open armsand a kiss both sides of the cheek in the SudI adore their family valueseven the Scruffy charm and aroma of a French Bar-Tabac has a wonderful
Atmospheretheir sophistication is apparent at all times.the problem iswe are the ones that need educating!!!!!

BTWI am not The French Connection.that is either Euro Tunnel or another posteronce again you are wrong about me Peterask him yourself?

I have just recd this from an accountant,headed,'' another sleazy imposition temporary levy on fuel duty''.

Stealth Tax VAT on petrol

Please pass this to as many people as you think might care! ... It is just one more example of a government that appears to operate by the devious working of the convenient before ethical principle.

You may recall that when VAT was temporarily reduced to 15%, the Chancellor temporarily added a 2% duty levy to fuel to offset the reduction in tax collected on fuel sales to motorists.

Now that VAT has been returned to 17.5% this [so-called] temporary levy on fuel duty has not been removed - Surely another stealth tax, hence the recent rise in the cost of fuel at the pumps. .

Please sign the petition at the link below requesting that this stealth tax be removed without delay!

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/DutyReduction/

Please pass this message on to your friends - the more signatures the better. Incidentally, let us look enviously across the Atlantic where the cost of fuel for motoring has recently been reduced across the United States. This must seem strange when recalling that Gordie B said that the U.K. was "better placed to stand the world economic downturn than any other G20 country". A pledge that, like dry ice, vanished with a whiff of gas and no other trace.

You may wish to make a note for your diary: There will be a televised broadcast of a formal fly past of flying pigs over Whitehall immediately following Alistair Darling's Budget Day fairytales, timed to draw attention away from his tales of the improbable, the impossible and the down-right untrue.

Happy motoring!

Tabby, I'll take your word for it, can't say fairer than that :-)

Can't see a problem re the temporary fuel tax staying. How else are the fiddling gits going to fund their pensions and expenses?

Tabby - I wasn't being serious, bit of banter that's all, to be honest quoting Frenchy being a wee bit blunt with his arse washing phobia for me anyway to much information. Frenchy - When was the bidet invented? Was it available to the French troops in the trenches in World War 1 and 2, if so probaly explains a lot :o)) Please take that last remark with the above in mind :o)

Chrisit would not have mattered either wayI am the worlds worst myself with tongue in cheek wind up humourand usually laugh my way through life I just get a bit pi**ed with the constant British tauntsat French peopleif we would try just a littlemany of us would be pleasantly surprised by their responsethey are truly fantastic peopleBTWI have never ever used my bidetits a Womans thingI find the shower is more than adequate to reach the parts quintessentially necessary to maintain correct hygieneit takes five minutesI have to say my wife is a cleaning fanaticbut we only change our bedding once a week until ExecLine came along.now its twice.

Tabby - Touche, must admit that bed bug scenario freaked me out to, ditto we change our bed linen once a week, seriously under review now though :o)

We used to change our bed sheets at least twice a year, until we started watching CSI, where at every scene they find enough body fluids to supply a horror film.
Since then we change said bedding after every night of passionate sex.
And before you mucky lot get hold of this, yes it is now more often, at least 3 times a year.

Now waiting for the string of jokes.

Greek - Trust me Toooo much information:o)))

l concur with Tobasco ; the French are the very best at everything : o))) oh -indeedy . Yes . Definately. ,,l had a reallly good laugh at all your witty bidet and bottom hygiene joking with accompanying cartoons. !!! Fab . . .. Didnt laugh very much after reading article reg bed linen ect ect i must admit to being slightly alarmed. Everyone who had the misfortune of my company today must think i am dangerously obcessed about bedbugs, dust mites,bukets of dead skin and heavy pillows . The power of the mind is so terrifying; so much so i dare not go to bed last night lest i be molested by legions of these so cleverly disguised creatures they are invisible to humans.. Not fair really.....C.C, et al - of course i take your banter in good humour . lf you cant laugh at y/self you would be someone to avoid. Laughter is the best tonic known. Not at funerals or when police officers stop you for speeding,,you understand , but generally speaking. ......Talking of WW 1+ 2.l think we never recovored from the carnage 1914-18 war.What with most of the bloodletting/ lust and sheer slaughter occuring on French soil and what with so many MILLIONS dying, we lost the stomach for war -perhaps fotrrever..By the time of the 2nd world war France diplomatically cut a deal with old uncle addy... l think the biggest battle in the ensuing 1939-45 war in France was not with the Germans but between between de la rocques rabid private 500,000 strong army --Croix de feu --and Jean Renauds- Solidarite' ,,,,,,,,How we avoided a civil war l find hard to believe,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Got a bit serious there sorry everyone..... A quick trivia Q before my meds hit home hehe. Name the only ENGLISH manager to guide his side to the prem title ? ( Took me days to work it out ,,:-))

Was it the Blackburn manager ?...can't remember now...

Fraid not RF ----a weeie clue 4 u all - Blackburn is not far away from said side. Strange tho that only ONE eng.manager has won p/ship.