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Offline Scootter

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« Reply #45 on: May 12, 2003, 12:46:19 PM »
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Are you building an SST?

And is there anything major any nation has built in recent years with zero outside assistance?  I mean totally zero.

Oh and you do know the Statue of Liberty was a French gift, right?  You often in the habit of accepting gifts from the French?  You gonna give it back now cos it's French?

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Ya come git it, damn think turned green  :D :rolleyes:

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« Reply #46 on: May 12, 2003, 01:55:14 PM »
So your government wasted billions building an impractical and hideously expensive passenger jet and you are proud of that???

Look in the mirror and think of the dental care you could have bought with the money you spent on taxes instead.

Man maybe you guys will be kind enough to buy NASA from us (actually you can have it for FREE as far as I am concerned, what a bargain!!!!) and be proud of that.  In fact we have a whole host of "cool" government agencies you are welcome to:  The DOE, EPA, Dept of Education, Peace Corps and about a billion others too numerous to mention here come to mind.

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« Reply #48 on: May 12, 2003, 02:25:23 PM »
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A possible explanation for this thread:   British doctors removed at least 20,000 brains for research from 1970 to 1999 without obtaining families' consent, according a government report published Monday.


Where the Brits who had their brains removed Blair backers?

(I COLD say that Beetle is one of the 20,000, but that would be mean) ;)

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« Reply #49 on: May 12, 2003, 03:03:10 PM »
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Originally posted by Swoop
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Oh and you do know the Statue of Liberty was a French gift, right?  You often in the habit of accepting gifts from the French?  You gonna give it back now cos it's French?



Yes, Swoop, there is a movement here in the States to return the Statue of Liberty to France- only we're modifying it first by having BOTH hands raised.

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« Reply #50 on: May 12, 2003, 03:09:56 PM »
Yeah that's a funny topic you've found there, Funked. People who commit suicide having their brain's removed without any form of consent from relatives is always a good laugh.

Hooligan - what's this about dental care? I've never heard that one before! Jesus, you are originality incarnate!

And now I'm going to a Rude special (edited for brevity):

"You're all just jealous."
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« Reply #51 on: May 12, 2003, 03:21:35 PM »
Posted by Swoop.

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Oh and for the record it's "an" SST....


     Sorry, but "an" is only used when preceding a word that starts with a vowel.

;)

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« Reply #52 on: May 12, 2003, 03:30:00 PM »
aww, come on my fellow Americans!  Swallow your pride and admit that Dowding and Swoopy actually have a point.  So the UK and the French worked together and have an SST to show for it while the USA doesn't.  It's not like they get to be on top very often, so let them have their pride.  ;)
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« Reply #53 on: May 12, 2003, 03:45:03 PM »
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Yes, Swoop, there is a movement here in the States to return the Statue of Liberty to France- only we're modifying it first by having BOTH hands raised.


ROFL

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« Reply #54 on: May 12, 2003, 03:50:45 PM »
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Posted by Swoop.

 

     Sorry, but "an" is only used when preceding a word that starts with a vowel.

;)


http://www.grammartips.homestead.com/acronyms.html
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« Reply #55 on: May 12, 2003, 04:15:02 PM »
lol Nifty

I'd like to mention a little matter called football. But seeing as you fluked...err... played your way to the quarter finals, I'm not on firm ground anymore. Darn! :D
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« Reply #56 on: May 12, 2003, 04:17:52 PM »
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Oh and for the record it's "an" SST....

or it would be if you built one, which you wont.



Yeah because its a dinosaur. its impractical and way too expensive.
Or are you saying we CANT build a sst?

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« Reply #57 on: May 12, 2003, 04:19:00 PM »
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     Sorry, but "an" is only used when preceding a word that starts with a vowel.

;)


Ya know that sound on quiz shows when someone gives a wrong answer?  insert here.



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« Reply #58 on: May 12, 2003, 04:20:34 PM »
so it's:     A hour ?      ooookaaaay,....

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« Reply #59 on: May 12, 2003, 04:21:32 PM »
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aww, come on my fellow Americans!  Swallow your pride and admit that Dowding and Swoopy actually have a point.  So the UK and the French worked together and have an SST to show for it while the USA doesn't.  It's not like they get to be on top very often, so let them have their pride.  ;)



heheh its quite a plane the concorde, but its no great engineering feat. big deal.....

now that tunnel under the channel, thats bragging rights.