Dr. Gonzo Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Just now, Spike said: ITT English people throwing a tantrum that the UK is a country and England is just a state of that country. 'Country status' Either it is a sovereign state or it is not. This is up there with “Egypt is not in Africa” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 1 minute ago, Dr. Gonzo said: This is up there with “Egypt is not in Africa” So England is a sovereign state!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 1 minute ago, Stan said: 'throwing a tantrum'? You brought it up The truth apparently hurts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadLinesman Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 So when did England lose its status as a country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted May 16, 2020 Administrator Share Posted May 16, 2020 1 minute ago, Spike said: The truth apparently hurts. You seem to forget the concept of the game - there is no right or wrong answer so you can literally answer with any word(s) you want. Doesn't even have to be a country or a flag that even had 2 colours on. Yet you seem very hung up and stressed that people (and more than one) went for England. And you say we're 'throwing a tantrum'. You sure ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, Spike said: So England is a sovereign state!? England is very clearly a country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 2 hours ago, Azeem said: Yeah Saleem Malik was a batsman Tbf cricket isn’t something I give a shit about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Just now, Stan said: You seem to forget the concept of the game - there is no right or wrong answer so you can literally answer with any word(s) you want. Doesn't even have to be a country or a flag that even had 2 colours on. Yet you seem very hung up and stressed that people (and more than one) went for England. And you say we're 'throwing a tantrum'. You sure ?! Who said anything about stress? I thought the English people would know their own nation better. Maybe that is why the Tories always get elected in. Just now, Dr. Gonzo said: England is very clearly a country Then so is New York and Novia Scotia. https://www.thoughtco.com/england-is-not-an-independent-country-1435413 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18027954 https://www.britannica.com/place/England You belong to a 'constituent unit' haha unit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, Spike said: Who said anything about stress? I thought the English people would know their own nation better. Maybe that is why the Tories always get elected in. Then so is New York and Novia Scotia. https://www.thoughtco.com/england-is-not-an-independent-country-1435413 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18027954 https://www.britannica.com/place/England You belong to a 'constituent unit' haha unit Cool, tell me when New York has a national team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Just now, Dr. Gonzo said: Cool, tell me when New York has a national team lol you don't even know the history as to why England, Wales, N.Ireland, and Scotland have NTs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted May 16, 2020 Administrator Share Posted May 16, 2020 4 minutes ago, Spike said: Who said anything about stress? I thought the English people would know their own nation better. Maybe that is why the Tories always get elected in. The fact you bring it up means it clearly irks you . England is a country so maybe we do know our nation well enough That last statement is bizarre considering it's a constant cycle of Tories then Labour then Tories etc so it makes no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Just now, Stan said: The fact you bring it up means it clearly irks you . England is a country so maybe we do know our nation well enough That last statement is bizarre considering it's a constant cycle of Tories then Labour then Tories etc so it makes no sense. Encyclopaedia Britannica says it isn't. Tsk, tsk, Stan. A little light reading would brighten your dark miserable lives on the cloudy isles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Yes ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadLinesman Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 The article continually repeats ‘England isn’t an independent country’. We know that. It’s a country in a political union with 3 other countries. That doesn’t make it a state. Here’s your updated BBC article...... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18023389 Your source, not mine...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted May 16, 2020 Administrator Share Posted May 16, 2020 6 minutes ago, Spike said: Encyclopaedia Britannica says it isn't. Tsk, tsk, Stan. A little light reading would brighten your dark miserable lives on the cloudy isles. Your own source recognises it as a country later in the article, on more than one occasion... Quote In the early 19th century, England became the epicentre of a worldwide Industrial Revolution and soon the world’s most industrialized country. Drawing resources from every settled continent, cities such as Manchester, Birmingham, and Liverpool converted raw materials into manufactured goods for a global market, while London, the country’s capital, emerged as one of the world’s preeminent cities and the hub of a political, economic, and cultural network that extended far beyond England’s shores Quote With the loss of Britain’s vast overseas empire in the mid 20th century, England suffered an identity crisis, and much energy has been devoted to discussions of “Englishness”—that is, not only of just what it means to be English in a country that now has large immigrant populations from many former colonies and that is much more cosmopolitan than insular but also of what it means to be English as opposed to British Quote The country’s island location has been of critical importance to the development of the English character, https://www.britannica.com/place/England Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 4 minutes ago, Spike said: lol you don't even know the history as to why England, Wales, N.Ireland, and Scotland have NTs Because the literal first international sides came from those countries? Also well done on the Britannica thing, but you also have to ignore how almost everyone says that England is a country. This is like the “decade” thing tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Works everytime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadLinesman Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 I wAs fIsHiNg. Always love a good backdown when someone gets tucked in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted May 16, 2020 Administrator Share Posted May 16, 2020 Just now, DeadLinesman said: I wAs fIsHiNg. Always love a good backdown when someone gets tucked in. 'it was just banter' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Just now, DeadLinesman said: I wAs fIsHiNg. Always love a good backdown when someone gets tucked in. oh come on, I thought you'd know me by now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Don’t worry @Spike, I still love ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Just now, Dr. Gonzo said: Don’t worry @Spike, I still love ya The only thing that has upset me is that after what five or six years of knowing you guys, you'd think I was the type to just go 'hurr durr I was only pretending to be Phil's bald head'. Give a bloke some credit here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 That's it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadLinesman Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Never fucking know with you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 8 hours ago, Spike said: The only thing that has upset me is that after what five or six years of knowing you guys, you'd think I was the type to just go 'hurr durr I was only pretending to be Phil's bald head'. Give a bloke some credit here Nah I know you’re the WUM king, I fell for it despite knowing. That’s like a feather in your cap I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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