So the German, er, European Union has been good for the UK? <G> Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 4:04 AM, Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: > He's a Kermit the Frog impersonator who leads a comical little-Englander > political party that attracts swivel-eyed loonies from the brain-dead wing of > the Tories. They want the UK to leave the EU. They all read the Daily Mail > and want England to return to their imaginary 1950s when everyone was white, > the shops were closed on Sundays, Britannia ruled the waves, and the little > woman cooked the Sunday roast while Nigel and his bigoted chums had a round > of golf and a couple of pints at the Dog and Duck. > > B > > > >> On 20 Sep 2014, at 00:54, Michael Beacom <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Who is Nigel Farage? >> >> Cheers >> Mike >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Sep 19, 2014, at 2:23 PM, Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> The pint was redefined as the volume of 7 straight bananas in a vacuum >>> exactly 144 furlongs north-east of Brussels. >>> >>> The mile per hour was redefined as the average rate at which Nigel Farage >>> can snort olives from his nose while standing atop a minaret. >>> >>> B >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 19 Sep 2014, at 18:23, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> P.J. Alling wrote: >>>> >>>>> Then they made an exception. I remember when Britain went Metric there >>>>> was worry that the traditional pint would no longer be available. The >>>>> regulations seemed to require it's demise. >>>> >>>> I'm pretty sure that was an urban legend (or as best, an unwarranted >>>> fear voiced at the time). There were a lot of similar myths in >>>> circulation when the EU started to campaign for more conformity >>>> between member nations. There was one totally false rumour that >>>> computer keyboards in Spain would no longer be allowed to have a tilde >>>> key. CE standards do apply to how accurate you are about selling a >>>> "pint", but don't affect what unit of measure you use. British road >>>> signs are still in miles and miles per hour. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
