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EternalOptimist replied

19 May 2009, 13:33
Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post

You peelers will never take me alive, be sure you won't!

we'll take you to the clink, which is next to the slammer, which is next to the jail
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Doggy Styles replied

19 May 2009, 13:32
Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post

whoop whooop whhhhoopp

You peelers will never take me alive, be sure you won't!
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EternalOptimist replied

19 May 2009, 13:19
Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post

Ceylon, which is next to Sri Lanka.

whoop whooop whhhhoopp
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Troll replied

19 May 2009, 13:18
Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post

Ceylon, which is next to Sri Lanka.

wtf??
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Doggy Styles replied

19 May 2009, 13:16
Originally posted by Troll View Post

Where were they bought in from?

Ceylon, which is next to Sri Lanka.
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EternalOptimist replied

19 May 2009, 13:14
Originally posted by NickNick View Post

IIRC the UK govt brought the Tamils in as cheap labour to build in SL. When the work was finished, the Tamils then didn't get what they were promised and were left to rot.

I'm paraphrasing here of course.

I dont think so. My dad was based in a place known as Trincomalee in the NE of Ceylon in WWII. It was a Tamil area and always had been for thousands of years. They loved the Brits because we protected them (from the Hindu IIRC)
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Troll replied

19 May 2009, 13:07
Originally posted by NickNick View Post

IIRC the UK govt brought the Tamils in as cheap labour to build in SL. When the work was finished, the Tamils then didn't get what they were promised and were left to rot.

I'm paraphrasing here of course.

Where were they bought in from?
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NickNick replied

19 May 2009, 13:04
Originally posted by Cheshire Cat View Post

Maybe i've not been paying enough attention to the papers, but what have the UK govt got to do with this business in Sri Lanka?

IIRC the UK govt brought the Tamils in as cheap labour to build in SL. When the work was finished, the Tamils then didn't get what they were promised and were left to rot.

I'm paraphrasing here of course.
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xoggoth replied

19 May 2009, 12:01
I strongly disagree with burning effigies of Milliband, the real thing would be much more fun. Those ears would really flare up.
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Doggy Styles replied

19 May 2009, 10:42
Didn't Milliband tell the Sri Lankans to lay off attacking the Tamil Tigers? Or it might have been the other way round, who knows. Anyway, he stuck his oar in and upset one lot.
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Troll replied

19 May 2009, 10:40
Originally posted by Cheshire Cat View Post

Maybe i've not been paying enough attention to the papers, but what have the UK govt got to do with this business in Sri Lanka?

£5 million in aid so far... Sri Lanka is also expecting the UN i.e. the West to pick up the tab for fixing the result of the war
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Cheshire Cat replied

19 May 2009, 10:02
Maybe i've not been paying enough attention to the papers, but what have the UK govt got to do with this business in Sri Lanka?
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Doggy Styles replied

19 May 2009, 09:48
Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post

Tamil Tigers, I love that. It's really good alliteration for a resistance group, If I was going to be a terrorist I would rather be a Tamil Tiger than in boring Al Quaeda.
I would like to join the 'Contractors Contras' or the 'Freelance Frenzy'

Good work EO. We'll make a freedom fighter of you yet.
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Churchill replied

19 May 2009, 09:17
Originally posted by NickNick View Post

(Shameless plug)

All this can only help plan B http://www.tropicalbeachhouse.com/

Which, if anyone is interested, is up for sale. ;o)

is about to get torched!

Shirley?
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Mich the Tester replied

19 May 2009, 09:16
Originally posted by NickNick View Post

(Shameless plug)

All this can only help plan B http://www.tropicalbeachhouse.com/

Which, if anyone is interested, is up for sale. ;o)

If I owned that place I wouldn't be here.
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