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UK/R.O.I GAF - Thread of geopolitical confusion
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or... make your own. i already have a sandwich recipe in this thread and it tastes a thousand times better than anything i have ever bought from a store.
we don't, because having a writ-in-stone set of values isn't very british.
however, that means anyone trying to bring stone-clad laws into the country aren't keeping "british values"
it's a very nebulous thing, you either understand it or you don't. no-one can explain it to you.
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secular living is absolutely one of them, even if you're a devout religious person.
Aye they're not bad, I was in the one near City Hospital once.
If it involves mustard I'm in.
Do you expect me to wipe my own ass as well?
phisheep
NeoGAF's Chief Barrister
Not quite. Strictly speaking we are still not including the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands of (IIRC) Guernsey, Jersey, Sark and Alderney - all of which are self-governing crown dependencies that are not part of the UK (or of the Republic of Ireland).
The Channel Islands are the last remnants of the Duchy of Normandy that came over here in 1066, but goodness knows how Man managed to maintain its separateness.
That much isn't disputed so far as I know. If you want to get into disputed bits then maybe Orkney is a doubtful (and possibly even Shetland, but not Wight or Ynys Mon).
EDIT: and that bit about the Channel Islands is why the Queen is still the Duke of Normandy in succession to William the Conqueror - because maybe otherwise she would have no power over those islands (which are bloody close to France).
in theory, duty of service to the queen
but yeah, in reality we don't have anything like France or the USA
Don't doubt me Yenrot. Don't do it. I'll get Agent Gibson on yo ass
Why don't we have a 32 county Football team?
Jeff Albertson
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Why did I always junk suairyu was a woman?
have you been there? best leave them to themselves.
also a lot of the schools are military schools there, so they provide canon fodder for us.
it's all good.
"junk"? think?
and I'm a woman on sundays and tuesdays.
Wrong sport!Don't doubt me Yenrot. Don't do it. I'll get Agent Gibson on yo ass
And there's me a geography student fucking up. I'll keep quiet
Why don't we have a 32 county Football team?
Few ones from here would get in, but I'd probably be in favour of it overall.
And there's me a geography student fucking up. I'll keep quiet
All I know is that those islands screw me over in customs fees. lol
killer_clank
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And there's me a geography student fucking up. I'll keep quiet
Few ones from here would get in, but I'd probably be in favour of it overall.
When we played in that cup last year, that young lad Carson played well. I assume Evans would get in a team too
EDIT: GET IN RORY MCILROY
Yeah I forgot about Jonny, Steve Davis might make the squad.
Who else, Aaron Hughes maybe? Chris Brunt probably would.
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Boss.
Jeff Albertson
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Stupid iPhone
i feel like we share a set of values with european/western culture in general but nothing particularly distinctive
Admittedly, none of the comparisons are apt. Peter Canavan and Colm "the Gooch" Cooper played similar positions but had different qualities. Mickey Harte (Tyrone) is like a Mourinho type, Joe Kernan, formerly Armagh manager quit in 2006~, so the rivalry is no longer there. Hub Hughes is GAA's answer to Gibson. A fat Darron Gibson.
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NinjaFridge
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Yeah I forgot about Jonny, Steve Davis might make the squad.
Who else, Aaron Hughes maybe? Chris Brunt probably would.
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Boss.
Lough Erne represent!
You literally could have said penis repeatedly in Swahili and I would have had the same amount of knowledge.
I'm fairly apathetic too. But Tyrone is a big GAA place so it's inescapable. I get excited for All-Ireland, but NFL or Ulster? Nah.
I canoed up to the top of it once, started somewhere below Belturbet.
Lightning + middle of Lough Erne = scary.
Just like the gym at Queen's. GAA tops everywhere! Only ones I know are Tyrone and Armagh.
ROI eh?
The new thread title now makes it a requirement for every poster to convert to Catholocism. I won't be taking any of this Athiest nonsense either. Mass is on Sunday 12 pm sharp.
All Brits are now allowed to drink Jameson and or Guinness. Brits are not allowed to have the craic though. Thats our thing. We'll let the Nordies have it because we're just just a great bunch of lads altogether.
The new thread title now makes it a requirement for every poster to convert to Catholocism. I won't be taking any of this Athiest nonsense either. Mass is on Sunday 12 pm sharp.
All Brits are now allowed to drink Jameson and or Guinness. Brits are not allowed to have the craic though. Thats our thing. We'll let the Nordies have it because we're just just a great bunch of lads altogether.
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phisheep
NeoGAF's Chief Barrister
I need to put on my old-fashioned lawyerly face here and look serious. And then say some guff along the lines of:
Of course we include "Sealand". Not because Sealand is recognised as a separate terrritory under the control of the Crown, but precisely because it is not so recognised. The area that you call "Sealand" falls with in the territory and jurisdiction of the United Kingdom by being de facto a protruding execresence above the surface of the ocean surrounding the first-named territory, and indeed having been constructed solely upon the basis of not only territorially-dominated seas at the time of construction, but wholly at the expense cost and taxation of the subjects of the Crown, and for those persons now there resident to now claim an independence from such would be to lay themselves open to recovery of the materials so provided by the Crown by if necessary diplomatic or explosive measures regardless of the occupancy of the claimed nation at the time.
I await your prompt reply.
p.s. I probably won't be happy with it.
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Of course, in practice I would use the response preferred in Arkell v Pressdram.
FreeMufasa
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Let's get Austrailia gaf in here too.
phisheep
NeoGAF's Chief Barrister
Oh dearie me, let's not do that. We have enough problems in the cricket threads.
You want to build a rest of the world versus America thread you are on your own. And for a very short time probably.
tumblr-quality gifs, I like it.
phisheep
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There's enough that we notice, to be sure, to be sure.
J Tourettes
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What the fuck has return on investment got to do with the UK?
Yeah there are more of us (both north and south of the border) than you'd think on here!
If you want to edit yours I'll go back and change my post if you want?
Okay. I thought I was making a quip about an obscure political party and not a flippin terrorist organisation. I shall edit (even though I'm sure no one was offended but better be safe than sorry).
Edited mine too just in case it annoyed someone, as you said, better safe than sorry!
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NinjaFridge
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If another political party came about that was the same as Sinn Fein but without the ties to the IRA, do you think they'd be more popular?
Hard to say, part of me thinks yes and no. This is just pure speculating off the bat, but could maybe SF's ties to the IRA be part of their appeal to some?
Don't get me wrong I'm not saying SF supporters = IRA supporters, but for a few it could hold true.
The SDLP has made decent strides forward here in my view as a moderate nationalist party.
killer_clank
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How strong are the links between Sinn Fein and the IRA these days? I thought they themselves had tried to shake off that image and act more like a proper party.
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