I agree!
Can't ever rule out the Germans! :laughing:

Is that the android replica clones said to have fought on the side of Mexico? Surely you don't believe that? Are you MERIT?

But... the war was already over...

Actually, it was. England wanted her colonies back and America wanted a piece of Canada. Neither got what they wanted.

But we did kick butt in Baltimore.

Oh, yeah, and we did steal a lot of land from a lot of poorer countries. Happy Fourth :)

Are you British or Canadian? Cause I see a lot of Canadians who seem to think they get to take credit for British accomplishments. Canadians can have being badasses in WW1 but don't push it.

Yeah but ... doesn't everyone hate Maryland anyway?

Dude even Americans don't know anything about Maryland. I know Ori hates it but I couldn't tell you the first thing about it and its my neighbor.

Hey, Hillary Clinton likes Maryland and... no, wait, that's not a good thing.

How come Ori hates it? Is he from Washington? As for Virginia, well, they did lose the Civil War. Maryland 1 Virginia 0 :D

Apparently Maryland is just depressing trash and the people are awful. And Virginia basically is America tbh.

In all seriousness teachers who just teach the book version of the War of 1812 tend to miss how impactful it was. That’s why we still use the craziest oxymoron we ever came up with: Jacksonian Democracy. I wish I had a video of some of my lectures about it. I ranted and raved like a madman in front of some profoundly disinterested kids. I did create little brigades of smart kids who ****ing hate Andrew Jackson to this day though. I bet I was the most vitriolic anti Jackson junior high history teacher in the entire state. If they learned one thing for those four weeks it was that I hated that mother****ers guts.

Yeah, I'm not a big Andrew Jackson fan either. He's the primary reason I will never be a Populist.

How did a thread about soccer (football) turn into a discussion about Andrew Jackson? :D

As American history classes tend to gloss over everything bad that America did they never really go over Jackson and I've always found a lot of American history pre-WW1 to be dry and dull (probably because all the interesting, non-Revolutionary and Civil War stuff is ignored and left boring as a result) so I really never learned much about him beyond the most basic stuff about the Battle of New Orleans and the Trail of Tears. So please rant about him for a bit. He's always sounded like a right ****.

Basically been the banter thread for a while now.

Frown will be in in a bit.

There’s no games today so wtf

I'm not suggesting anything but the bookies have the most likely final as Brazil vs England.

Did you know... that you can almost spell "Godzilla" with "Brazil" and "England"? You just need an "o". Coincidence?

bruh

Baseball is the worst. And if you can't figure that out yourself I don't know what to say.

He's so hungry he doesn't even know what he's saying.

So you're delirious to boot.

I just ate a giant bowl of spaghetti made with tap water so I'm absolutely ecstatic to **** down your throat.

The footy is on a break till Friday. Monkey and our UK lads are still dizzy about England getting through, so we need something to fill in the gaps till it all gets crazy again at the weekend.

I agree. The symmetry of baseball is really nice, too. No clock. The defense handles the ball. And the game actually changes really fast. The difference between 1 strike and 2 changes things really quickly. Same with 1 out to 2 outs.

I’m not athletic at all but baseball to me is by far the most difficult. It’s a team sport but you’re always exposed as an individual. You’re at bat. The pop fly is heading to you. You have to throw the ball to second.

I also think it’s the most graceful of the American sports. Form is so crucial.

The best is arriving at the game super stoned and leaving super drunk. It’s also a great time to chill and enjoy the company of your friends. I totally agree.

I do not like stadiums that play too much music or use the announcers too much.

I’d rant on about Jackson but I forgot.

OK. A few things.

Watching and participating are completely different things.

Please stop using (pimp)

Same here, really grinds me gears.

I hope the police were Russian to the scene.

Yeah I'd imagine so given that a lot of people were injured.

why would the police not be Russian? you know that’s where the world cup is right?

Why do you always have to be Sochiky?

Is it wrong that I first thought the "t" word, and then when it wasn't terrorism, said "oh that's ok"? Then I checked myself, of course. Horrible accident. But at least it was an accident.

Why are you Putin me on the spot?

I just hope Frown won't chime in with another Karamazov type joke.
Now that would be a real ****ing tragedy.

Many lives would be lost. Well, many lunches, anyway.

Not to mention breakfast and dinner

And the will to live.

You force my hand. If you don't like my jokes then Soviet.

I sell Ukraine and Ukraine accessories.

Sounds like Chernobyl in some shape or form.

@Fluff who's playing today? Anyone make a Gogol yet?