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Elgin marbles gone for good?

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    #11
    Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post
    Why should you pay for what's already yours?
    It would piss the Germans off, they think they own Greece now and are the only ones allowed to give them money.
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      #12
      Originally posted by GlenW View Post
      If we want them that much why don't we offer to buy them from the Greeks properly?
      They are so skint they'd probably let us have them at a knock down price.
      How about we force all their tax dodging residents from Belgravia to Athens?

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        #13
        Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post
        Why should you pay for what's already yours?
        You still pay for Mrs Faqqer.

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          #14
          Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
          You still pay for Mrs Faqqer.
          Better than paying for something that was once yours but now absolutely isn't.
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