19-06-2005 07:48									#1
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We all speak the same language pretty much. Have lots in common...

We have more in common than the Brits have with most other europeans. Most of our French live in a swamp and don't get out much so that's not a problem. We have enough royal wackos over here these days that I don't think accepting the monarchy, in its current configuration, would be a problem. I'd even go for a parlament as it's more entertaining than what we have now.

The Brits could buy California wines instead of French...you know those smelly continentals piss in the export stuff right? No proof but you gotta assume...

The United States of America and Great Britain.

It would be great!

	19-06-2005 07:50									#2
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They hate you more than they hate the French.

This thread can be closed now.

	19-06-2005 07:54									#3
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There is already a union -- the UK is our 51st state.



How many times do I have to correct you guys on this?

	19-06-2005 07:54									#4
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The Brits hate George Bush, not me.

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quote: Originally posted by MrFun There is already a union -- the UK is our 51st state. How many times do I have to correct you guys on this?

You're thinking about Canada...

	19-06-2005 07:59									#6
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We fought a war to kick them out. That means we burned that bridge.

	19-06-2005 08:01									#7
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I thought John Cleese had already revoked our independence?

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We fought a war to get rid of the evil monarchy. Now they're just window dressing so it's ok.

We did kick their butts though, didn't we? The great English navy...

End troll.

	19-06-2005 08:03									#9
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"I thought John Cleese had already revoked our independence?"

I wasn't aware, when did he do this?

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I'm sure the Brits would beat a path to the sign up table to become three or four new States out of 50 some-odd, or not.

Now, if the US would agree to split themselves up into 4 or 5 good sized provinces, I am sure the Empire would have room to accomodate some errant colonials.

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quote: Originally posted by Lancer We fought a war to get rid of the evil monarchy. Now they're just window dressing so it's ok. We did kick their butts though, didn't we? The great English navy... End troll.

The Monarchy was already window dressing in 1776. Parliment already had nearly complete control of governemnt. The "Evil King George" stuff was propaganda.

	19-06-2005 08:13									#12
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quote: Originally posted by notyoueither Now, if the US would agree to split themselves up into 4 or 5 good sized provinces, I am sure the Empire would have room to accomodate some errant colonials.

Too late. They had thier shot to give us representation in Parliment. They blew it.

	19-06-2005 08:14									#13
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John Cleese: Notice of Revocation of Independence

John Cleese 2005-02-13

To the citizens of the United States of America, in the light of your failure to elect a competent President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective today. Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories. Except Utah, which she does not fancy.

Your new Prime Minister (The Right Honourable Tony Blair, MP for the 97.85% of you who have until now been unaware that there is a world outside your borders) will appoint a Minister for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire will be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed. To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:

-You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary. Then look up "aluminium." Check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'favour' and 'neighbour'; skipping the letter 'U' is nothing more than laziness on your part. Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half the letters. You will end your love affair with the letter 'Z' (pronounced 'zed' not 'zee') and the suffix "ize" will be replaced by the suffix "ise." You will learn that the suffix 'burgh' is pronounced 'burra' e.g. Edinburgh. You are! welcome to re-spell Pittsburgh as 'Pittsberg' if you can't cope with correct pronunciation. Generally, you should raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. Look up "vocabulary." Using the same thirty seven words interspersed with filler noises such as "uhh", "like", and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. Look up "interspersed." There will be no more 'bleeps' in the Jerry Springer show. If you're not old enough to cope with bad language then you shouldn't have chat shows. When you learn to develop your vocabulary, then you won't have to use bad language as often.

-There is no such thing as "US English." We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take account of the reinstated letter 'u' and the elimination of "-ize."

-You should learn to distinguish the English and Australian accents. It really isn't that hard. English accents are not limited to cockney, upper-class twit or Mancunian (Daphne in Frasier). You will also have to learn how to understand regional accents --- Scottish dramas such as "Taggart" will no longer be broadcast with subtitles. While we're talking about regions, you must learn that there is no such place as Devonshire in England. The name of the county is "Devon." If you persist in calling it Devonshire, all American States will become "shires" e.g. Texasshire, Floridashire, Louisianashire.

-Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as the _good_ guys. Hollywood will be required to cast English actors to play English characters. British sit-coms such as "Men Behaving Badly" or "Red Dwarf" will not be re-cast and watered down for a wishy-washy American audience who can't cope with the humour of occasional political incorrectness.

-You should relearn your original national anthem, "God Save The Queen", but only after fully carrying out task 1. We would not want you to get confused and give up half way through.

-You should stop playing American "football." There is only one kind of football. What you refer to as American "football" is not a very good game. The 2.15% of you who are aware that there is a world outside your borders may have noticed that no one else plays "American" football. You will no longer be allowed to play it, and should instead play proper football. Initially, it would be best if you played with the girls. It is a difficult game. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which is similar to American "football", but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like nancies). We are hoping to get together at least a US Rugby sevens side by 2005.

-You should stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the 'World Series' for a game which is not played outside of America. Since only 2.15% of you are aware that there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. Instead of baseball, you will be allowed to play a girls' game called "rounders," which is baseball without fancy team strip, oversized gloves, collector cards or hotdogs.
You will no longer be allowed to own or carry guns. You will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous in public than a vegetable peeler. Because we don't believe you are sensible enough to handle potentially dangerous items, you will require a permit if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.

-July 4th is no longer a public holiday. November 2nd will be a new national holiday, but only in England. It will be called "Indecisive Day."

-All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap, and it is for your own good. When we show you German cars, you will understand what we mean. All road intersections will be replaced with roundabouts.

-You will start driving on the left with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion tables. Roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour.

-You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call 'French fries' are not real chips. Fries aren't even French, they are Belgian though 97.85% of you (including the guy who discovered fries while in Europe) are not aware of a country called Belgium. Those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called "crisps." Real chips are thick cut and fried in animal fat. The traditional accompaniment to chips is beer which should be served warm and flat.

-Waitresses will be trained to be more aggressive with customers.

-As a sign of penance 5 grams of sea salt per cup will be added to all tea made within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, this quantity to be doubled for tea made within the city of Boston itself.

-The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling "beer" is not actually beer at all, it is lager. From November 1st only proper British Bitter will be referred to as "beer," and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as "Lager." The substances formerly known as "American Beer" will henceforth be referred to as "Near-Frozen Gnat's Urine," with the exception of the product of the American Budweiser company whose product will be referred to as "Weak Near-Frozen Gnat's Urine." This will allow true Budweiser (as manufactured for the last 1000 years in the Czech Republic) to be sold without risk of confusion.

-From November 10th the UK will harmonise petrol (or "gasoline," as you will be permitted to keep calling it until April 1st 2005) prices with the former USA. The UK will harmonise its prices to those of the former USA and the Former USA will, in return, adopt UK petrol prices (roughly $6/US gallon -- get used to it).

-You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not adult enough to be independent. Guns should only be handled by adults. If you're not adult enough to sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist, then you're not grown up enough to handle a gun.

-Please tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us crazy.
Tax collectors from Her Majesty's Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all revenues due (backdated to 1776).

Thank you for your co-operation

	19-06-2005 08:26									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Odin Too late. They had thier shot to give us representation in Parliment. They blew it.

Yes, but there seems to be a movement to come begging back.

	19-06-2005 08:27									#15
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quote: Originally posted by Odin Too late. They had thier shot to give us representation in Parliment. They blew it.

That's true, if they just gave us what we wanted they would be better off. Only now do they realize the power of the darkside.

	19-06-2005 08:32									#16
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Boris:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/revocation.asp

I could tell immediately that it wasn't by John Cleese because it wasn't funny.

	19-06-2005 08:33									#17
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You can find many of America's political policies taken from Star Wars.
For negotiation with a new country we look to the diplomacy skills of Leia, such as...
"I don't know who you are or where you've come from, but from now on you'll do as I say, okay?"

	19-06-2005 09:22									#18
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Ban all handguns, nationalise healthcare and stop going to church. Then we can talk.

	20-06-2005 08:32									#19
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Why all this talk about the US rejoining the UK? WHy not the other way around?

Let's be realistic; once Charles takes the Crown, the British will be aching for a republic... and they'll figure, "why spend all this money trying to make our own, when we can join one that already exists?"

I believe it was Adam Smith who advocated incorporating the 13 colonies into the UK... he envisaged that, once their population outgrew the UK's... the Parliament would simply move there.

Oh and the 51st state is Australia. Jeez....

	20-06-2005 08:47									#20
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Australia? You mean that country next to Germany?



Boris, thanks for posting that.

	20-06-2005 09:58									#21
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See I tried to explain that to John Howard. No matter how many favours we do for the USA and how many acts of goodwill and solidarity we perform for the USA... we'll still be confused with Austria

	20-06-2005 10:19									#22
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Or rather, Austria is confused with you guys . Ar-Nold is not enough to counter the effects of Paul Hogan and the Croc Hunter.

	20-06-2005 11:49									#23
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Say, if that were to happen, would GB enter as a single state, or as England, Wales, Scotland, and NI?

in any case, wouldn't England be by far the biggest state in the union, and dominate american politics? I think that it would actually be worth their while.

	20-06-2005 11:57									#24
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I would suggest dividing it into

England
Wales
Scotland
Ireland

Would Ireland have to be divided in two? Northern Ireland...

We could just take all the people in Northern Island and move em to New York state or something.

	20-06-2005 12:04									#25
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England - with 50+ million people, largest state in the union, pwns american politics.

	20-06-2005 12:37									#26
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Isn't there than 50 mil in California?

	20-06-2005 12:51									#27
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Just another Blue State.

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Not counting illegals there is around 35 million people in the state offically though estimates for illegals run any where between 5-12 million. That's a lot of Mexicans who are here but not officially in the system. Do you understand why people are so pissed off with Bush and the other's who let this go on but won't legalize the people either.

Either way the state would get more resources per person. Either you legalize the illegals and the Fed now has to give us money to support all these people's social services or they deport these people and enforce the laws Congress passes and we no longer have to pay for the social services for illegals which are bankrupting us. The current system of passing laws in order to keep the red necks happy then ignoring the laws and not enforcing them to keep business owners happy doesn't work. It lets businesses abuse illegals, it keeps illegals from paying their proper taxes, and it lets the Feds not pay for social services which their policies are effectively dumping on to the state.

Yes, we want some form of positive action from the feds on this to eith legalize or enforce.

	20-06-2005 14:53									#29
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quote: Originally posted by notyoueither Just another Blue State.

Well, adding another blue state with similar number of electoral votes to California is going to tip the political landscape completely in favour of the Democrats.

Which, of course, doesn't mean much.

	20-06-2005 15:06									#30
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quote: Originally posted by Lancer We fought a war to get rid of the evil monarchy. Now they're just window dressing so it's ok. We did kick their butts though, didn't we? The great English navy... End troll.

We did get to burn down your White House, though!