^ Yeah, patriotism is a sentiment that you have to monitor so that it doesn't fester into xenophobia. With that in mind, MLM is absolutely right:-
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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey
& There'll be Bluebirds Over the White Cliffs of Dover is such a good song. I just remembered it.
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Released in 1942, this song must've ripped the hearts out of the thousands of homesick British troops fighting overseas. If you are of an emotional disposition, even today you may want to get the tissues out before you click on this:-
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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey
I only found this out within the past year or so.
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Originally Posted by The Batlord
I knew about this for years so you're an ignorant cunt.
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Good to see someone so openly acknowledge that regardless of how sophisiticated and fair-minded we try to sound, the rivalry of the school playground is never far behind !
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Originally Posted by Frownland
I bet MLM would feel threatened if he could see the cliffs and they weren't white.
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^ Oh, they pretty much stay white, as they have for thousands of years. They are regulary washed by rain, as if Mother Nature were blessing them with tears of innocent joy every time she contemplates the blissful vista of the British Isles, etc, etc...