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[caja-dglh]

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WOM wrote: There's nothing like a hot 1%'er in a bikini on a yacht to make you think about the big stuff. She wants gun control and a 'real' President. I wonder which candidate she thinks that is.

Given her history, it will be Gary Johnson.

[Guy Profumo]

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http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/residents-horrified-by-nazi-flag-raised-at-cheltenham-home/story-29555293-detail/story.html

(What's the logo in the "confederate" flag btw?

Is that another "perfectly harmless political grouping" by any chance?)

Edit: and the local Dibble will be in touch to tell him to "take it down"

http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/police-say-nazi-flag-in-cheltenham-is-extremely-offensive-and-will-not-be-tolerated/story-29557120-detail/story.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitt er

[Nocturnal Submission]

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Guy Profumo wrote: http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/residents-horrified-by-nazi-flag-raised-at-cheltenham-home/story-29555293-detail/story.html

(What's the logo in the "confederate" flag btw?

Is that another "perfectly harmless political grouping" by any chance?)

Edit: and the local Dibble will be in touch to tell him to "take it down"

http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/police-say-nazi-flag-in-cheltenham-is-extremely-offensive-and-will-not-be-tolerated/story-29557120-detail/story.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitt er

I presume that the "logo" is based on this:

[Guy Profumo]

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It's "The South Will Rise Again."

Based on the nonsense that "states rights" was the primary motor for the American Civil War, rather than the backers of the Confederacy were to a man and woman worthless pieces of sub-human racist shit.

[ursus arctos]

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Yeah, it's a redneck thing.

I'm not sure there is any connection at all to Iron Maiden, as there a number of other versions featuring skulls or skeletons that aren't as close a match to The Trooper

[caja-dglh]

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If I was a terrorist, I could have killed them all

[Guy Profumo]

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caja-dglh wrote: If I was a terrorist, I could have killed them all

Rhyming slang?

[MsD]

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Very Brass Eye.

[Reed John]

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Is it "if I were" a terrorist or "if I was?" Was seems grammatically correct but were feels better somehow.

[Guy Profumo]

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Reed John wrote: Is it "if I were" a terrorist or "if I was?" Was seems grammatically correct but were feels better somehow.

Which is why I'd of used "if I had been"...

[Guest]

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Both 'was' and 'were' are acceptable these days; 'were' would be preferred by old-fashionedergrammarers.

[Guest]

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This is a nice story.

[San Bernardhinault]

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And some different news from Norway, too. Not such a nice story, unless you're ill disposed to golf

[Guy Profumo]

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Lodzubelieveit wrote: Both 'was' and 'were' are acceptable these days; 'were' would be preferred by old-fashionedergrammarers.

"Qhere" is (future subjunctive?) - something that could happen as as result of this, whereas "was" is something that could have happened as a result of this?

This is not definitive btw.

This is how I would read the nuance and difference between the two.

[Guy Profumo]

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San Bernardhinault wrote: And some different news from Norway, too. Not such a nice story, unless you're ill disposed to golf

Surely this deserves a thread of its own?

[San Bernardhinault]

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I see your sarcasm, but I posted before Patrick started his thread.

[Guest]

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Guy Profumo wrote:

Both 'was' and 'were' are acceptable these days; 'were' would be preferred by old-fashionedergrammarers.

"Qhere" is (future subjunctive?) - something that could happen as as result of this, whereas "was" is something that could have happened as a result of this?

This is not definitive btw.

This is how I would read the nuance and difference between the two.

As an EFL teacher, I'm always going to be interested in quick and simple explanations to students. In this case, that "If I was a terrorist, I'd have killed them all" and "If I were a terrorist, I'd have killed them all" are both acceptable, with the latter being a slightly more formal style, and the first clause indicating that you are not a terrorist in both cases.

Is "Qhere" a word?

[ursus arctos]

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[Patrick Thistle]

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Guy Profumo wrote:

And some different news from Norway, too. Not such a nice story, unless you're ill disposed to golf

Surely this deserves a thread of its own?

You mean like this one?

EDIT

Ah just seen this

San Bernardhinault wrote: I see your sarcasm, but I posted before Patrick started his thread.

[Patrick Thistle]

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ursus arctos wrote:

What's wrong with that?

[Gerontophile]

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Minister to tackle airport alcohol consumption.

Couple of things: did anyone know that the UK has an aviation minister?

And: what a wonderful idea from the conservatives. Get a muslim to look into alcohol consumption.

[Guy Profumo]

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San Bernardhinault wrote: I see your sarcasm, but I posted before Patrick started his thread.

Aye.

I know.

It's usually me that starts a brand new thread when something has already been put on here.

[Central Rain]

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Daily Star journalist gets confused about gun calibres.

[ursus arctos]

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That was excellent.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

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That's glorious. I like the idea that the sixty foot barrels on the deck of a battleship were entirely for show, given that the real guns were only 15 inches long.

I'm now dying to the ultimate in portable infantry firepower, a six pounder field gun.