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[omg]

eek. thats a tougthie though, we invaded and colonized, some people dont like it and want us out. some people like it and want us to stay, luckily its chilling out a bit these days. dam cromwell!

[A. J. Raffles]

No need to damn him for that. I have it on good authority that the Irish Question was already an issue long before Cromwell. I quote:

Originally posted by 1066 And All That
John: An Awful King
When John came to the throne he lost his temper and flung himself to the floor, foaming at the mouth and biting the rushes. He was thus a Bad King. Indeed, he had begun badly as a Bad Prince, having attempted to answer the Irish Question* by pulling the beards of the aged Irish chiefs, which was a Bad Thing and the wrong answer.
*N.B. - The Irish Question at this time consisted of:
(1) Some Norman Barons, who lived in a Pail (near Dublin),
(2) The natives and Irish Chieftains, who were beyond the Pail, living in bogs, beards, etc.

[PrejudiceSucks]

North 'Irland' is a total mess at the mo. Always will be.

I say - get our troops back on the double and get our wonderous empire back in Africa! Actually, we could do ourselves a favour and get back most of France too...

Huzzagh! To the boats!

[A. J. Raffles]

Originally posted by PrejudiceSucks@Jun 2 2005, 07:40 AM
I say - get our troops back on the double and get our wonderous empire back in Africa! Actually, we could do ourselves a favour and get back most of France too...

Get back? Did I miss something? :blink:

Erm, I mean, capital thought!

[Havell]

Yep "get back", large parts of France are rightfully english but due to French treachery and all sorts of malarky with people getting married and things it no longer is ours. Damned Frogos.

[Flop]

Originally posted by R Havell@Jun 2 2005, 08:56 AM
Yep "get back", large parts of France are rightfully english but due to French treachery and all sorts of malarky with people getting married and things it no longer is ours. Damned Frogos.

In much the same way large parts of England are rightfully Danish (well, rightfully is used liberally here).

Also, since you're all English, wouldn't it make more sense if you actually met somewhere secret to plot your world domination, instead of discussing it on a public message board.

[Doc Adrian]

(Directs everyone in the secret room in the back of pub to formulate secret world domination plans...and maybe to play darts)

[A. J. Raffles]

Originally posted by Flop@Jun 2 2005, 08:15 AM
In much the same way large parts of England are rightfully Danish (well, rightfully is used liberally here).

Well, thank God there was Alfred the Great who beat back the Danish by... erm, burning cakes, I suppose.

Although, come to think of it, didn't the Romans invade Britain first? So it would have to be Italian, right?

*withdraws to the Secret Pub to ponder over this issue and play darts (and lose)*

[Havell]

Here's the crux of our invasion of France plan; There are only about 6 of us and about 60 million frenchmen but as anyone on the streets of Chelsea will tell you, one Englishman is worth 10 million dirty foreigners. So we are not outnumbered, as logic would suggest.

[Flop]

I might be willing to help out, in exchange for an estate in Normandy once the fighting's done. You may not know this but a Dane is actually worth 20 million dirty foreigners (15 million clean ones). That would give you the advantage of numbers (in an abstract kind of way).