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17 Nov 05
Originally posted by c99uxwasn't that the plot of "the mouse that roared" ...
Story time...
When I was teaching English at the University of Warsaw (Poland) in the late 80's, we had some mock presidential elections.
The winning candidate had only one point in his manifesto i.e. to declare war on the United States of America. The reasoning behind this, supported by the majority of the students at that time, was that if there was a w ...[text shortened]... e US would invade and occupy Poland, and thus Poland would become the 51st State in the union...
Originally posted by chancremechanicDo you remember that song by GreenDay? American something; it reminds me of you.π
America is NOT the equivalent to 50 separate countries, Mr. Get your facts straight. We were considered a nation of states until we had a bloody Civil War that took 600,000 lives. Afterward, we became known as a single entity of 50 states, and that is what we are today. Phuk with one of us, and you phuk with the other 49 states...and don't start ...[text shortened]... itedimon), because WE are YOUR only friend too....so move over, you're hogging the sheets....π
Edit;England, for what it's worth has quite a lot of foreign friends. [countries]
Explanation;
one US state is the equivalent size, population etc as most other smallish countries like the UK. California, for example, has the same or higher sized economy than England. [iirc]
Originally posted by Dr StrangelovePhuk Green Day....they are Michael Moore's ball lickers......you remind me of Mary Poppins.....don't explain anything to me because your explanation is not the same as what you described the US as being earlier...you weren't talking economies....my description stands!
Do you remember that song by GreenDay? American something; it reminds me of you.π
Edit;England, for what it's worth has quite a lot of foreign friends. [countries]
Explanation;
one US state is the equivalent size, population etc as most other smallish countries like the UK. California, for example, has the same or higher sized economy than England. [iirc]
Originally posted by Dr Strangeloveerm... How many of the United States have a polulation of more than 50,000,000? Or more than 65,000,000 if you include the whole of Great Britain? Or 69,200,006 if you include the whole of the UK?
Explanation;
one US state is the equivalent size, population etc as most other smallish countries like the UK. California, for example, has the same or higher sized economy than England. [iirc][/b]