Subject: The United States of England You Go Cleese!

[maillotpois]

Nooooo. The lumberjack is Michael Palin!!!
John Cleese has the dead parrot.

Bron

I know - it just came into my head.

[tulip]

OMG that's hysterical!

OK I disagree that it would be the Big Dweeb, aka Shrub. Blair was over here in CA recently promoting pro-environmental stuff. I kinda think he'd be glad to dump the shrub.

So, we would get AHnold? Well, I suppose I'd give that a try.

[Trek420]

Shrub could be the Minister of Silly Walks.

Everyone can have fun! Those of us in Blue States or state of mind use your mouse to bash Bush against the bubbles.

Red State or state of mind lovingly and gently guide him through the bubbles like a limp ragdoll.

If he gets stuck click on him and throw him around a little.

Enjoy!

http://www.planetdan.net/pics/misc/georgie.htm

[Bron]

i'm all about the metric system. so much easier to understand.

can we still have chocolate? its great stuff over there in england. maybe shipping wouldn't be as bad.

You like British chocolate? I personally think that's something the Swiss and Belgians do better, although I do occasionally get cravings for Cadbury's.

As for metric, I don't know many British women who weight themselves in kilos - it sounds so much better in stone and pounds!

Bron

[tattiefritter]

We don't have the metric system here fully yet (but they are trying) just a big mish mash of everything to make things interesting.

All road signs/car speedos are in miles not kilometres, but maps are generally scaled in kilometeres (how far do we have to go? - No idea).

I learned metric at school but everything in the shops was generally sold in pounds and ounces (and has only recently changed with lots of protest), confused the hell out of me when i was a kid. My kitchen scales are pounds and ounces but most newer recipes are in metric and not all provide a conversion - cue lots of mental arithmetic and a hybrid of measurements, imperial for dry weights and metric for liquids (things still seem to work).

And u's definitely belong in lots of words (colour etc, looks daft to me without it) and ize instead of ise really winds me up for some reason (daft - yes I am). The latter is only cos that's what I'm used to.

[Quillfred]

But 'ou will protect us from Hell's Grannies!

Wait a minute...I want to join 'em.

[Trekhawk]

Beetroot on hamburgers...(The kiwi girls will think of the ASB commercials -Beetroot on hamburgers, steering wheel on the right...)


c

I miss Beetroot on my hamburgers. I do wear shoes though.

[chickwhorips]

You like British chocolate? I personally think that's something the Swiss and Belgians do better, although I do occasionally get cravings for Cadbury's.

its those cadbury's that i get once a year thats really good.

german chocolate is good too, had an exbf that would always get that.

haven't had swiss or belgian chocolate yet.

all around, if its chocolate i'm happy.

though i'm trying to be good this week. so hard! trying to convince myself i don't need a candy bar a day. the cravings almost killed me last night , so i just went to bed early.

[tulip]

Depends on your point of view

But this is about the UK taking back it's colonies, formerly known as the United States of America. So, we're not talking about all y'all (I have to retain my right to say "all y'all") who normally drive on the other side of the road. For cyclists and drivers who are not accustomed to the driving habits of those in the British Empire, we have a problem.

On another note, what are we to be called? Virginia (it was really, really big back in the day)? Do only the former colonies revert back to the Queen, or all the territory that became states after 1776? And what about those pesky French, won't they want Louisiana back? And won't that PO the Spanish--they'll definitely fight for Louisiana again as they retake Florida (the old skool BIG Florida that exetended to the old skool BIG Virginia)...

I like "The Colonies." or the Queen's Western Lands...no, no, silly me...that's Canada (minus Quebec and Nunuvut)!

This is getting complicated. I need a drink!

[kelownagirl]

Oh dear...I seem to be not the only one who can't get enough of the Lumberjack song...

KG, KM-the right way to go...I don't understand miles, farenheight etc....I used to watch Willard Scott on NBC and wonder about the conversion...

Come on you Amuricans...follow us Canucks! Remember we have many lumberjacks and they're ok..they work all night and sleep all day.

C

I use km and cm and m as well as temps in celcius easily but can't seem to switch my height and weight so I still use lbs and feet/inches for that. But when I buy stuff at the grocery store, I'm thinking in grams/kg.

Love the lumberjack song. I sing it all the time...

[Bron]

It´s not driving on the wrong side of the road that gets to me here in Germany. What I really can´t do is get on my bike from the right; it just seems to be programmed in that my body will only get on from the left of the bike. Did any of you other women find this or am I just strange?
Bron

[chickwhorips]

thankfully here i don't have to worry about what side of the road i'm driving. usually its in the middle depending on holes.

i get on my bike from the left and also on the quad, though breaking the habit now. i figured it was from riding horses, always mounted from the left, unless there was brush and stuff on the left, then went on the right side.

[crazycanuck]

err...mmmm..I mount my bike on the left side..I don't know if i'd reverse it if i was back home..

c

[Trekhawk]

err...mmmm..I mount my bike on the left side..I don't know if i'd reverse it if i was back home..

c

Like CC I get on my bike from the left and I dont intend on changing that when I go home to Aust. I guess its an old dog new tricks thing for me.

[Lise]

I'd probably fall over and break something if I tried to mount my bike from the right!