Now Now Chucky, what freedoms have you lost? The only ones I can see that are gone have been taken away from us by pointy headed liberals restricting property rights by limiting where people can smoke and what they can do with their land.
Regards Mike -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Kelsey Sent: 02/15/2006 9:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CARC] Brits to take over USA..again. The way things are going, pretty soon Russia will have more freedoms than we have. Chuck WB2EDV Peter Albright wrote: >It really doesn't sound so bad, does it? Must be the Brits have mellowed >over the last 3 centuries. > >Peter > >-----Original Message----- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: [CARC] Brits to take over USA..again. > To: > [email protected] > > To: > [email protected] > > >I'm just about ready ;-) > >Chuck >WB2EDV > > > > >Andrew O'Brien wrote: > > > >>---------------------------------------- >>To the Citizens of the States of America: >> >>We hereby give notice of the Revocation of Your >>Independence, effective immediately. Her Sovereign Majesty Queen >>Elizabeth >>II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and >>territories excepting Kansas, which she does not fancy. Your new prime >>minister, Tony Blair, will appoint a governor for America without the >>need >>for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A >>questionnaire may 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.) >> >>1. Look up aluminium, and check the pronunciation guide. You will be >>amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it. >> >>2. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'favour' and >>'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping >>half the letters and the suffix "ize" will be replaced by the suffix >>"ise". >>Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable >>levels. (look up "vocabulary"). >> >>3. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such >>as "like" and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of >>communication. 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. >> >>4. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday. >> >>5. 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. >> >>6. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more >>dangerous than a vegetable peeler. A permit will be required if you wish >>to carry a vegetable peeler in public. >> >>7. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and 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. >>Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British >>sense of humour. >> >>8. The former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been >>calling gasoline) -roughly $6/US gallon. Get used to it. >> >>9. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French Fries >>are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips >>are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal >>fat, >>and dressed not with catsup but with vinegar. >> >>10. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually >>beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as >>beer, and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be >>referred >>to as Lager. American brands will be referred to as Near-Frozen Gnat's >>Urine, so that all can be sold without risk of further confusion. >> >>11. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as >>good >>guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play >>English characters. Watching Andie MacDowell attempt English dialogue in >>Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having one's ears >>removed with a cheese grater. >> >>12. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of >>proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough will, in >>time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American >>football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or >>wearing full Kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancies). >> >>13. Further, you will 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 21% of you are aware that there is a world beyond your >>borders, your error is understandable. >> >>14. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad. >> >>15. An Inland Revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from Her Majesty's >>Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all >>monies due (backdated to 1776). >> >>16. 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