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Dystopian nightmare! Luckily we have an escape route by voting Yes.
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Aren’t we. I’ve got a mate thinking of coming to live in Scotland to escape.
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Do I detect a degree of impatience?
If so, I share it with you.
And, perhaps a burning anger?
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Plenty of that.
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Sociis ardent Cantabrigia.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/04/cambridge-homes-covered-with-latin-graffiti-in-protest-of-rising-prices
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Yay… praestabilis
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Touches of the “Life of Brian”, but where the guard correcting the graffiti?
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LOL
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Mary Beard…
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Your hero.
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As it looks increasingly likely that the fragrant Ms. May’s regime is going to have to destroy Gibraltar in order to save it from the Spanish [Shurely shome mishtake?-Ed.], obviously the Tories are going to need somewhere offshore to park their money and their many friends currently holed up on the neighbouring Costa del Crime, and I think I have just the place for them. It should also provide another suitable casus belli for the war Ms. May is going to need to bolster her flagging popularity, as is the habit of right-wing authoritarian regimes in such circumstances, with Ms. Thatcher and the Argentine Junta being a case in point. Or maybe it was the other way round.
Anyway, it’s in the Southern Hemisphere about as far south of the Equator as Jersey is to the north, so it sounds ideal. The only inhabitants are a few French scientists who would need to be kicked out, but of course modern-day Britain is sick of experts and foreigners, so that’s OK, and if the French protest, I have one word for them – Remember Agincourt!
Perhaps we could persuade the whole British Establishment to up sticks and emigrate there, to put themselves where their money is, and prove their unshakable loyalty to dear old Blighty? Here it is – though they might want to consider renaming it Queen Theresa’s Land, as the name looks a bit foreign, like Kerry, Curaçao or Albuquerque. http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kerguelen-islands
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Looks lovely. Sort of place I’d like. Not too many people; the ones that are there are intelligent, speak French, and can probably cook.
Love the reminder about Agincourt!
I think you are right about the Malvinas. Galtierri (??) wanted to take the locals’ minds off the worsening economic situation, and Thatcher wanted exactly the same.
It worked for her. No so much for him though!
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Agincourt Ha!
Remember the follow up.
The battle of Bauge 1421.
Just a warm up for #ScotRef.
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Britain shall prevail, erm, I think, erm, if the French lend us ships, and America says it OK.
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TOOOOO much…..Anger Overload!
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Deep breaths, matey!
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Irony alert. English Defence League demonstrator with Chinese tattoo. Anyone a translator?
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I translated it on google. It’s just a reminder that the cigarettes are stored in her bra.
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Aw, it’s just not fair when you start applying logic, Junky!
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Oh, is that a pack of cigarettes, Terry? I thought she was just a strange shape!
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I draw your attention to the last picture:
“Don’t tell me Liz passed on, the monarchy was abolished they we elected that eejit?”
It could happen. Something very similar happened in the USA. Right down to the hair style!
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OMG, it’s his twin. The Trumpets are taking over the world!
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Conan is speaking Latin again. Is there a MR translation app? 😉
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The People’s Front of Cambridge…
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No, surely it’s the Cambridge People’s Front.
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LOL
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Thing is, Danny, when Conana was a little lad, everyone spoke Latin.
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Conan is Munguin’s translation app.
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There is a land border between Spain and Gibraltar. Do you suppose the armchair warriors who wrote the crap about Armadas can work Google maps?
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There people go, ya see, applying logic and geography to the situation.
I loved the Sun headline yesterday.
Up Yours Senors.
What’s this word “senors”?
I thought the plural of “Señor” was “Señores”.
Still, could have been worse. They could have put an apostrophe in “yours”.
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You know, it’s funny but despite being an avid politics avoider, I actually agree with most of those Random Thoughts. Not sure about the ‘Throw More Stones’ one, though. 🙂
Have a great day.
Robert.
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Hi Robert. I think the “throw more stones” wasn’t meant to be taken literally.
Well we wouldn’t advocate it anyway.
🙂
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I guessed that it was a tongue-in-cheek thang. 🙂
Good to connect with you. How’s your day going?
Kindness – Robert.
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Goodness, yes. I don;t want people throwing stones and blaming it on Munguin. 🙂
My day went well… I hope yours did too
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Hahaha – true that! By the way, who is Munguin? 🙂 My day went well, thaks. Hope tomorrow is good for you. 😉
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Funny riposte to the slavering Daily Mail headline.
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LOL. Brilliant.
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I was wondering if Stephen Daisley had a wee brother. He had a toy gun on a train. Vile frankly.
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Now, there’s a thing!!!
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Thought I’d let you know that that skiving Yodling Sound of Music blokey from Switzerland is back after an extended period of leave, just when he was needed to deal with Tess’s letter.
https://terryentoure.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/all-or-nothing.html?showComment=1491383562594#c3127692406559389752
More complexities that poor wee David Davis never imagined.
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