Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 5]
Discussion
Nethybridge said:
popeyewhite said:
Getting boring you two having a pop at Nethybridge. He's quite correct BTW, we did save Europe.
Some posters [that I had down as intelligent] seem to take statements on this thread awfie seriously, they don't recognise obvious attempts at satire, sarcasm or irony, so they are real easy to wind up
HTP99 said:
I always finish a meal out with a double espresso, I've never had an issue with sleep.
It is weird how coffee affects some but not others when it comes to sleep, my youngest won't touch coffee in any form from about 17:00 as it just messes her sleep up.
I’m with you. If I can’t get a good strong digestif then a double espresso does the job. I have ADD which explains why caffeine doesn’t affect me, I can go to sleep just fine on it whereas I can’t on a full stomach. It is weird how coffee affects some but not others when it comes to sleep, my youngest won't touch coffee in any form from about 17:00 as it just messes her sleep up.
popeyewhite said:
captain_cynic said:
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Nethybridge said:
Why would that be ? didn't we save Europe's fat spotty,
arse in the two disagrements, counts for nothing.
Strange case of 20th century amnesia among the world community,
How come war mongering Germans, invading Italians and Russians,
War criminal Japanese, genocidal Serbians are ranked more popular than
Ol Blighty.
[ sorry it disnae rime]
Did you wrap yourself in a St. George's flag and wipe the spittle from your chin with a Union Flag handkerchief as you wrote that, as "Jerusalem" played in the background on your gramophone? arse in the two disagrements, counts for nothing.
Strange case of 20th century amnesia among the world community,
How come war mongering Germans, invading Italians and Russians,
War criminal Japanese, genocidal Serbians are ranked more popular than
Ol Blighty.
[ sorry it disnae rime]
Also there is a huge world outside of Europe.
Apart from the Americans, there was a significant number men and women from the Dominions. To say that the UK saved Europe is just wrong.
Jordie Barretts sock said:
popeyewhite said:
captain_cynic said:
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Nethybridge said:
Why would that be ? didn't we save Europe's fat spotty,
arse in the two disagrements, counts for nothing.
Strange case of 20th century amnesia among the world community,
How come war mongering Germans, invading Italians and Russians,
War criminal Japanese, genocidal Serbians are ranked more popular than
Ol Blighty.
[ sorry it disnae rime]
Did you wrap yourself in a St. George's flag and wipe the spittle from your chin with a Union Flag handkerchief as you wrote that, as "Jerusalem" played in the background on your gramophone? arse in the two disagrements, counts for nothing.
Strange case of 20th century amnesia among the world community,
How come war mongering Germans, invading Italians and Russians,
War criminal Japanese, genocidal Serbians are ranked more popular than
Ol Blighty.
[ sorry it disnae rime]
Also there is a huge world outside of Europe.
Apart from the Americans, there was a significant number men and women from the Dominions. To say that the UK saved Europe is just wrong.
Doofus said:
If Head And Shoulders shampoo removed up to 100% of dandruff, why have they felt it necessary to double the dandruff-removing element in their latest verision?
Presumably the key point being "up to", so it could be removing 1% of dandruff and doubling the dandruff removing element leads to it removing 1.5%.Nethybridge said:
Why would that be ? didn't we save Europe's fat spotty,
arse in the two disagrements, counts for nothing.
Strange case of 20th century amnesia among the world community,
How come war mongering Germans, invading Italians and Russians,
War criminal Japanese, genocidal Serbians are ranked more popular than
Ol Blighty.
[ sorry it disnae rime]
The media.arse in the two disagrements, counts for nothing.
Strange case of 20th century amnesia among the world community,
How come war mongering Germans, invading Italians and Russians,
War criminal Japanese, genocidal Serbians are ranked more popular than
Ol Blighty.
[ sorry it disnae rime]
If they can convince so mang British people that we're a horrible, evil country, imagine how easy it would be to convince everyone else.
audi321 said:
How do the schools prevent the teachers who have children doing exams from tipping off their child of the content of the exam? When do they see the paper for the first time?
Don't know about the rest of the UK but for official SQA (Scottish Qualifications Authority) exams, the teachers don't see the exam papers prior to the exams. They're delivered in sealed packets and only the exam invigilators are allowed to open them.RizzoTheRat said:
Doofus said:
If Head And Shoulders shampoo removed up to 100% of dandruff, why have they felt it necessary to double the dandruff-removing element in their latest verision?
Presumably the key point being "up to", so it could be removing 1% of dandruff and doubling the dandruff removing element leads to it removing 1.5%.Jordie Barretts sock said:
Not without a lot of help, you didn't.
Apart from the Americans, there was a significant number men and women from the Dominions. To say that the UK saved Europe is just wrong.
This... Apart from the Americans, there was a significant number men and women from the Dominions. To say that the UK saved Europe is just wrong.
And even then it's World War.. the clue is in the name, over half of it occured over is Asia/Pacific and that started 3 years before the war in Europe.
The Mad Monk said:
There is also a body of opinion that the Russians tied up the Germans for so long that they won the war for us.
Quite true, the Russians did keep the bulk of the German forces occupied, same as the Chinese and Indians kept the bulk of the Japanese forces occupied. However the biggest advantages we had were how bad the Axis leadership was and ultimately that is why the Allies won the war.
Both the Japanese and Nazi leaders underestimated their opponents. The Germans believed that the British would sue for peace and the Japanese thought that the Americans would turn insular.
The rigid nature of both governments didn't allow orders from the leaders to be questioned no matter how daft they got (and they got pretty daft by the end).
Hitler in particular couldn't stop interfering. On the morning of the D-Day landings Hitler refused to allow reinforcements to be released because he was convinced the real invasion would be at the Pas De Calais. Hitler insisted that the ME262 had to be designed as a bomber, limiting its top speed and manoeuvrability enough that modern propeller driven fighters could engage it. His insistence that he had to have overwhelming numbers of tanks at Kursk gave the Russians time to dig in and bring their own massive numbers of tanks and artillery.
Hitler's absolute refusal to give up ground or retreat. Hitler issued a general order that no forces could retreat and if ground was lost there had to be an immediate counter attack. Even the Russians learned that they could decimate German forces by digging in and waiting for the inevitable counter attack. Although as many Russians died from Stalin's incompetence and pig headedness as did from German guns.
To claim that Britain saved Europe is asinine, especially that they did it alone.
Fun fact, post war the single largest recipient of funds from the Marshall Plan was the United Kingdom.
captain_cynic said:
To claim that Britain saved Europe is asinine, especially that they did it alone.
Fun fact, post war the single largest recipient of funds from the Marshall Plan was the United Kingdom.
Britain was one of the countries that saved Europe.Fun fact, post war the single largest recipient of funds from the Marshall Plan was the United Kingdom.
It is also true that the French threw down their rifles pretty quickly in both world wars.
And it is also true that the Marshall Plan payments made to Britain were all repaid with interest.
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