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 Post subject: See, the British can't even count from 1 to 10!
PostPosted: Mon May 21, 2012 3:24 pm 
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Track officials’ counting error costs British hurdler Jessica Ennis personal best (they only put up 9 hurdles instead of 10).


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 Post subject: Re: See, the British can't even count from 1 to 10!
PostPosted: Mon May 21, 2012 9:19 pm 
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Yes, all 60 million of us set those 9 hurdles up, Bob.

:roll:


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 Post subject: Re: See, the British can't even count from 1 to 10!
PostPosted: Mon May 21, 2012 10:01 pm 
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mickthinks wrote:
Yes, all 60 million of us set those 9 hurdles up, Bob.

:roll:

But don't forget, the guys who set up the hurdles are the cream of the British officiating crop, they're professionals.


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 Post subject: Re: See, the British can't even count from 1 to 10!
PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2012 10:31 am 
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mickthinks wrote:
Yes, all 60 million of us set those 9 hurdles up, Bob.

:roll:


don't you mean 59,999,999?

:wink:

-Imp


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 Post subject: Re: See, the British can't even count from 1 to 10!
PostPosted: Fri May 25, 2012 11:18 pm 
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You probably mean the English as we're only British to Johnny Foreigner.


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 Post subject: Re: See, the British can't even count from 1 to 10!
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Arising_uk wrote:
You probably mean the English as we're only British to Johnny Foreigner.

English, British, what difference does it make, they're all a bunch of imbeciles!


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 Post subject: Re: See, the British can't even count from 1 to 10!
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bobevenson wrote:
English, British, what difference does it make, they're all a bunch of imbeciles!
Don't tell the Scots, Welsh and Irish this.


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 Post subject: Re: See, the British can't even count from 1 to 10!
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Arising_uk wrote:
bobevenson wrote:
English, British, what difference does it make, they're all a bunch of imbeciles!
Don't tell the Scots, Welsh and Irish this.

Why, what are they going to do, kick my ass? As far as I'm concerned, they can kiss my ass!


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 Post subject: Re: See, the British can't even count from 1 to 10!
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bobevenson wrote:
Why, what are they going to do, kick my ass? As far as I'm concerned, they can kiss my ass!
You own a donkey?

Tell you what, do me a favour and find a travelling Scotsman, Welshman or Irishman and tell him he's an imbecilic Englishman. :lol:

Then again since I guess you never leave your troll cave it'd be hard for you to do so.


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 Post subject: Re: See, the British can't even count from 1 to 10!
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Arising_uk wrote:
bobevenson wrote:
Why, what are they going to do, kick my ass? As far as I'm concerned, they can kiss my ass!
You own a donkey?

Tell you what, do me a favour and find a travelling Scotsman, Welshman or Irishman and tell him he's an imbecilic Englishman. :lol:

Then again since I guess you never leave your troll cave it'd be hard for you to do so.

Anybody in Europe who doesn't leave is an imbecile.


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 Post subject: Re: See, the British can't even count from 1 to 10!
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bobevenson wrote:
Anybody in Europe who doesn't leave is an imbecile.
Unlike your pathetic ancestors we love our respective countries. But where would we leave to boozo? The States is hardly the land that welcomes the huddled masses any more.


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 Post subject: Re: See, the British can't even count from 1 to 10!
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Arising_uk wrote:
bobevenson wrote:
Anybody in Europe who doesn't leave is an imbecile.
Unlike your pathetic ancestors we love our respective countries. But where would we leave to boozo? The States is hardly the land that welcomes the huddled masses any more.

In your case it would be the befuddled masses!


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bobevenson wrote:
In your case it would be the befuddled masses!
In either case the result is the same no more yearning for a Land of the Free.


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 Post subject: Re: See, the British can't even count from 1 to 10!
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Arising_uk wrote:
bobevenson wrote:
In your case it would be the befuddled masses!
In either case the result is the same no more yearning for a Land of the Free.

You wouldn't know freedom if it bit you in the ass, oh, I'm sorry, ARSE, you half-wit European!


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 Post subject: Re: See, the British can't even count from 1 to 10!
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bobevenson wrote:
You wouldn't know freedom if it bit you in the ass, oh, I'm sorry, ARSE, you half-wit European!
Nice to see you're learning English at last.

Tell us what 'freedom' is then boozo?


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