Oh Brother!

[mankie]

Originally posted by ggw:
   

Originally posted by mankie:
 Not bad for an ignorant wetback eh?

You're Hispanic? [/b]

Why do you ask...need some yardwork done?

[Bags]

Originally posted by ggw:
   

Originally posted by mankie:
 Not bad for an ignorant wetback eh?

You're Hispanic? [/b]

Hey, all this time I thought Mankie was a Limey?!?

[mankie]

Originally posted by bags:
   

Originally posted by ggw:
   

Originally posted by mankie:
 Not bad for an ignorant wetback eh?

You're Hispanic? [/b]

Hey, all this time I thought Mankie was a Limey?!? [/b]

Actually I'm a pommie, and don't our backs get wet when we're swimming across the Atlantic?

[ggw]

Originally posted by mankie:
   

Originally posted by bags:
   

Originally posted by ggw:
     

Originally posted by mankie:
 Not bad for an ignorant wetback eh?

You're Hispanic? [/b]

Hey, all this time I thought Mankie was a Limey?!? [/b]

Actually I'm a pommie, and don't our backs get wet when we're swimming across the Atlantic? [/b]

What's a pommie?  Markie told me you were a ponce.

[thirsty moore]

Are you sure it wasn't nancy boy?
 
 

Originally posted by ggw:
  What's a pommie?  Markie told me you were a ponce.

[mankie]

For those that don't know "Pommie" is what Australians call the British. It comes from POHM, which means "Prisoner Of Her Majesty". When we shipped out all the rapists, theives and vagabonds to Australia, some escaped by jumping overboard and settled in America, but the ones that ended up there called us POHM's because they said they were the free ones while we were the real prisoners of the monarchy. In reality, Australia is nothing more than Britains largest open prison.

[markie]

Well all the nice boys love a sailor....
 
 thats why I learnt the sailor dance shimmy.

[thirsty moore]

So that makes us your largest church retreat?
 
 

Originally posted by mankie:
 In reality, Australia is nothing more than Britains largest open prison.

[Bags]

A pommy, eh?  Well, they may call you that down under, but I think Limey is the slur of choice on this continent....
 
 Do you know where pommy comes from?  My Ozzie friends said it's short for Prisoner of Her Majesty.....  Actually, since it's about prisoners, isn't it more appropriate for Ozzies??
 
   :p

[Bags]

Oops, inevitably Mankie gave a better explanation than I while I was typing.  Damn you're a fast limey/pommy!

[mankie]

Originally posted by bags:
  A pommy, eh?  Well, they may call you that down under, but I think Limey is the slur of choice on this continent....
 
 Do you know where pommy comes from?  My Ozzie friends said it's short for Prisoner of Her Majesty.....  Actually, since it's about prisoners, isn't it more appropriate for Ozzies??
 
    :p  

I already answered the pommie thing...do you know were "limey" comes from? Again, for those who don't....Limey comes from the Royal Navy many year ago. Scurvy was a terrible skin condition that sailors got on a regular basis. The Royal Navy made their sailors eat a lime every day to fight off the scurvy. So Navy's of other countries would call the Brits "Limeys"

[ggw]

Ozzie means Australian, but Ozzy is is a Brummie, which is English....
 
 This is all so confusing....

[Jaguär]

Back to the quiz, I got all the number ones wrong except the date and the average income questions. I did, however, get the hamburger question right. I knew it was German but that's about all I knew about it. Got the 'who founded America' right too.

[jadetree]

only got 5, I have always hated studying American history

[Yank]

Originally posted by mankie:
  You live in Europe and still drink that rats piss they call Bud....no wonder we hate Americans!

I was being sarcastic!  I should have went for cheeseburgers and not the pizza.  
 
 The show was as expected.  Of the countries taking part in the polls, Jordan hates America the most, with France and Brazil not too far behind.  Canada had some opinions but I didn't take any notice of them.  Fifty six percent of the people in the UK have a favorable opinion of the US, except for Manchester, where 98% of the people have no opinions at all.