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"Would you like to see Britannia rule again, my friend?
All you have to do is follow the worms.
Would you like to send our coloured cousins home again, my friend?
All you need to do is follow the worms."
Roger Waters
__________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018
^ 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.
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.
^ 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.
^ 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...
__________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953
^ 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...
Aren't they made of chalk or something like that?
__________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018
^ Absolutely, Trollheart ! And your question gives me just the excuse I need to post:-
They run for miles, and are glaring, iceberg-white except where they go off the vertical and a bit of grass gets a chance to grow. Coming by boat from France, they are a welcome sign that you're back in Blighty!
__________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953
^ yeah! It needs a sunny day to really get the white colour, but I love the way they show the ups and downs of the grassland behind, as if someone had just cut through the hills with a knife.
What's the coast like near where you are, MLM ?
__________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953
^ yeah! It needs a sunny day to really get the white colour, but I love the way they show the ups and downs of the grassland behind, as if someone had just cut through the hills with a knife.
Even so, you live on a small island, so the sea can't be that far away.
Fun Fact: the place on planet earth that is furthest from the sea is Urumqi, capital of the Uighur region of China. It's 1, 400 miles to the nearest coastline. My guess is that even the middlest bit of the Midlands is only about 100 miles from the sea.
__________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953
^ yeah! It needs a sunny day to really get the white colour, but I love the way they show the ups and downs of the grassland behind, as if someone had just cut through the hills with a knife.
What's the coast like near where you are, MLM ?
Clear, I would imagine.
__________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018
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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