Illuminati-R-Us

We gave these things up in 1707 in exchange for economic security, we just didn't get them back.

You can be charitable, you aren't paying for a layer of unnecessary government. The saga of the building is in another thread which I'll try and find.

You're a big man, but you're in bad shape.

Go Morenci! What position do you play St J?

Spartacus?

He wouldn't have made much commission on the sale of the survivors.

What, you mean it covers all the important things and leaves our self determination a hollow sham?

That would depend on how the football goes. :D

There are a number of reserved matters which we aren't trusted with.

What do you call a blind odocoileus virginianus?
No idea.

I'll get me coat.

Khrushchev's Other Shoe wrote:

Heid the Ba' wrote:They need another couple of stages on the Taepodong before we have to worry about him threatening us.

How does it work these days? Does the Scottish parliament have the power to declare war? :P

No, that is reserved to the UK parliament. Which may or may not be a good thing.

May we have another one please?

It's an offence to be horny?

Actually, according to him, it is the U.S. he's trying to bully. South Korea is just a means to an end. I get the impression Kim Jong Il is willing to bully anyone who will pay him to stop bullying them. . . So it isn't co-incidence he is threatening the US and the two strong economies in the regio...

[pedant mode] Are we not still at war with North Korea? Is the present state not just a ceasefire? Or am I out of date? [/pedant mode]

Please do. We admit defeat.

I have seen the film, but don't recall the proclamation. I'll look out for it next time.

I think we need another clue, or an easier quote.

Give a llamaas a Xmas present, you know it makes sense.

Ok, it is an alpaca, and it makes sense if you are a liberal treehugger like me.

Ok, how is this for a solution: The US replaces "French" with "Freedom" in ALL circumstances, including Freedom's Mustard. They return the Statue of Liberty. They formally readopt imperial measurments. The French remove all Franglais expressions from the language. They return all...

It makes it difficult finding your way home after a few beers, all those worn out castles look the same.

surely by definition they aren't secrets if they are in a book?

No it was quick, it's a four stroke.

I googled this as I was never going to get it. I had completely forgotten this film.

Are you familiar with the Lost Consonants cartoons?

Enzo wrote:Make sure to use an air bag.


(Y'know, that seemed a whole lot funnier before I wrote it down...)

I know that feeling.

Were you thinking of this?

No idea; another clue?

No ma'am, this show is "Ride my pimp".

I really should do something useful.

I'm just glad the intenet wasn't around 25 years ago when I was your age, FSM knows how I would have behaved. Looking a fool and being a fool are two very different things, I still occasionally post stupid things, but I reduce the number by never posting when tired, angry or frustrated. I generally ...