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Oh I so agree with you. Apart from the opening which clearly identified all countries not just through children singing but sporting clips of rugby, apart from the Industrial Revolution which happened all over the land and Brunel who was born in Portsmouth, apart from World Wars which involved soldiers from all over the country, apart from the Arctic Monkeys from Sheffield, and Macca from Liverpool, apart from the NHS which was the brainchild of Welshman Aneurin Bevin it was all about London. As for mentioning Londoner Tim Berners Lee, what a disgrace. What has the world wide web ever done for those outside London?
Your closing sentence is the most stupid I have ever seen or read!
Posted on a site using the world wide web! irony, irony!
C'mon, tell me you meant to be ironic!
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Words, words, they're all we have to go by!.
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Why a disgrace? Yu wouldnt be able to post this now if it werent for him? The whole ide of it was the progression and that part was of the digital age, which IMHO he was integral in. How many times a day do you use the web? As for what it has doen for others utside f London, the list is endless.
Therein I think you will find your answer
I'm guessing he was being sarcastic
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I laughed out loud with Mr Bean and the Queen and Mr Bond! I thoroughly enjoyed last night, except for Macca messing up right at the end! Oh well, if it was just one mistake made, then at least it was something small like that!
I thought the Macca mess-up at the end was a deliberate homage to Live Aid0 -
pollypenny wrote: »Your closing sentence is the most stupid I have ever seen or read!
Posted on a site using the world wide web! irony, irony!
C'mon, tell me you meant to be ironic!
It was a joke.
As someone mentions above, it's a nod to Monty Python's Life of Brian when someone asks 'What have the Romans ever done for us"
Reg: They've bled us white, the !!!!!!!s. They've taken everything we had, not just from us, from our fathers and from our fathers' fathers.
Stan: And from our fathers' fathers' fathers.
Reg: Yes.
Stan: And from our fathers' fathers' fathers' fathers.
Reg: All right, Stan. Don't labour the point. And what have they ever given us in return?
Xerxes: The aqueduct.
Reg: Oh yeah, yeah they gave us that. Yeah. That's true.
Masked Activist:
And the sanitation!
Stan: Oh yes... sanitation, Reg, you remember what the city used to be like.
Reg: All right, I'll grant you that the aqueduct and the sanitation are two things that the Romans have done...
Matthias: And the roads...
Reg: (sharply) Well yes obviously the roads... the roads go without saying. But apart from the aqueduct, the sanitation and the roads...
Another Masked Activist: Irrigation...
Other Masked Voices: Medicine... Education... Health...
Reg: Yes... all right, fair enough...
Activist Near Front: And the wine...
Omnes: Oh yes! True!
Francis: Yeah. That's something we'd really miss if the Romans left, Reg.
Masked Activist at Back: Public baths!
Stan: And it's safe to walk in the streets at night now.
Francis: Yes, they certainly know how to keep order... (general nodding)... let's face it, they're the only ones who could in a place like this.
(more general murmurs of agreement)
Reg: All right... all right... but apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and irrigation and public health and roads and a freshwater system and baths and public order... what have the Romans done for us?
Xerxes: Brought peace!
Brilliant sketch.There are two types of people in the world: Those that can extrapolate information.0 -
I'm worried about my parrot, he hasn't moved for a while.That gum you like is coming back in style.0
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I'm worried about Macca, apparently he is still wandering the arena yelling 'nanananananananana!'Hi, we’ve had to remove your signature. If you’re not sure why please read the forum rules or email the forum team if you’re still unsure - MSE ForumTeam0
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More like croaking by now, BTW he could have sung.............
Win or lose, sink or swim
One thing is certain well never give in
Side by side, hand in hand
We all stand together
Play the game, fight the fight
But what's the point on a beautiful night?
Arm in arm, hand in hand
We all stand together!
Would have fitted in well . http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&v=qR4yOx264GQ&NR=1That gum you like is coming back in style.0
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