Sunderland

[Cowboy Bob]

One of the top seven most intelligent cities in the world? Yeah right...

http://www.networkworld.com/news/200...7-icf-ptc.html

[Billy Pilgrim]

Don't know about that....but they've by far the greatest (football) team the world has ever seen

[kramer]

oi i'm from sunderland!!!!

We are reet clever an all!

Just look at the way we let Maggie close the shipyards and the mines leaving the place with 10 years of economic wilderness...

Place seems to be finally enjoying the northern prosperity that Newcastle has been wallowing in for the last 5 years!

[SallyAnne]

Me moving here has finally tipped the scales then
(cue a scales related joke from Churchill).

[Churchill]

Me moving here has finally tipped the scales then
(cue a scales related joke from Churchill).

Surely you're measured by displacement...

Just where is your plimsoll line?

[SallyAnne]

Surely you're measured by displacement...

Just where is your plimsoll line?

I didn't get that

[Churchill]

I didn't get that

Somehow, I didn't think you would!

[MrsGoof]

Somehow, I didn't think you would!

[Troll]

Just look at the way we let Maggie close the shipyards and the mines leaving the place with 10 years of economic wilderness...

Germany is currently spending $6bn annually to keep open unprofitable pits, and German coal now costs four times more to produce than the world average

This is a similar situation to British coal mining in the 70's - would you advocate spending £6bn to keep the mines open?

[Troll]

I didn't get that

Cowboy Bob's point is proven....