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Why can't the UK be No.1 for once?

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    Why can't the UK be No.1 for once?

    http://www.cnbc.com/id/30308959?slide=1

    Damn, just like the Eurovision, we never get the top place.


    #2
    http://www.spiegel.de/international/...471912,00.html
    "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
    - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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      #3
      although maybe not as much as the Finns...
      "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
      - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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        #4
        From a link on that page I see Denmark still has a Home Guard. Has anyone told them the war's over?

        OH in "Don't tell them your name, Pike!" mode.
        Last edited by OwlHoot; 22 May 2009, 14:39.
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          #5
          So has Switzerland.

          They keep their guns under the beds...
          "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
          - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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            #6
            Surely the recent scandal would have moved the UK up the corruption rankings?
            McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
            Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."

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              #7
              Ireland and UK seems to be doomed.

              There was a BBC documentary (made by an Irish guy) about Irish economy and their credit oriented lifestyle. He mentioned that since they joied EU, German savers money has been used to lend Irish since they joined EU. Any collapse will have a huge impact.

              http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...ren_Episode_1/

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                #8
                Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
                http://www.cnbc.com/id/30308959?slide=1

                Damn, just like the Eurovision, we never get the top place.

                Also being beaten by Ireland. That is unprecedent in any professional sport...
                I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Francko View Post
                  Also being beaten by Ireland. That is unprecedent in any professional sport...
                  Ireland's rugby team won the grand slam this year.
                  And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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                    #10
                    "This number not only includes government debt, but also debt owed by the private sector and individuals"

                    So you might argue that people in Sierra Leone are better off than people in CH or Netherlands or UK because they have no debts.
                    I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.

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