For Spot

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:12 pm

I've never uploaded a picture or started a thread. Just wanted to show Spot I'm an American after his own heart who gets the drift. Now let's see if this works!

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AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:13 pm

Yay I did it. I'm dangerous now!

theia · Post by **theia** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:18 pm

spot will be delighted, I'm sure

theia · Post by **theia** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:19 pm

AnneBoleyn;1392553 wrote: Yay I did it. I'm dangerous now!

The problem is...will you be able to stop? It could become addictive.

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:21 pm

theia;1392555 wrote: The problem is...will you be able to stop? It could become addictive.
Is there an AA meeting for that?

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:23 pm

Watch out, another thread coming! :-2

Saint_ · Post by **Saint_** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:25 pm

Hahaha. Good for you, Anne. Your picture made me laugh...:wah:

then I thought it over, and I started crying.:yh_cry

theia · Post by **theia** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:25 pm

AnneBoleyn;1392556 wrote: Is there an AA meeting for that?

You mean SCTA?

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:39 pm

What does SCTA stand for? AA is Alcoholics Anonymous, but they welcome any addiction!

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:40 pm

Saint_;1392559 wrote: Hahaha. Good for you, Anne. Your picture made me laugh...:wah:

then I thought it over, and I started crying.:yh_cry

I know! :-5

theia · Post by **theia** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:40 pm

AnneBoleyn;1392565 wrote: What does SCTA stand for? AA is Alcoholics Anonymous, but they welcome any addiction!

Starting Controversial Threads Anonymous

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:42 pm

theia;1392568 wrote: Starting Controversial Threads Anonymous
Maybe when I'm here a bit longer! Still on my "best" behavior!

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 2:26 pm

Spot is conspicuous by his absence, so adopting a Spot like stance I must question some of those 'claims'

Are they merely American type boasts ? (Remember I am in Spot mode)

Highest poverty rate ?

Worst gender equality ?

Shortest life expectancy at birth ?

Unless of course you have better stats.

Highest infant mortality rate ?

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 2:34 pm

Sometimes a picture is only a picture? Damn! Are you sure you're not Spot?

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 2:37 pm

AnneBoleyn;1392580 wrote: Sometimes a picture is only a picture? Damn! Are you sure you're not Spot?

Sorry couldn't maintain the Spot talk......is it supposed to be humorous, biting satire ?

theia · Post by **theia** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 2:45 pm

Bruv;1392581 wrote: Sorry couldn't maintain the Spot talk......is it supposed to be humorous, biting satire ?

You don't fool me, Bruv...you could be spotish, quite easily. In fact I might even say that you have an inner spot just dying to get out.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 2:52 pm

Don't know whether to be insulted, amused or flattered.

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 2:59 pm

Bruv;1392581 wrote: Sorry couldn't maintain the Spot talk......is it supposed to be humorous, biting satire ?
No, sorry, I was merely trying to be competent in attaching things in order to gain confidence in originating threads. I Used you! For educational purposes, of course.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:03 pm

AnneBoleyn;1392584 wrote: I Used you! For educational purposes, of course.

Not the first time...........................think that is what turned me gay

theia · Post by **theia** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:04 pm

Bruv;1392583 wrote: Don't know whether to be insulted, amused or flattered.

Go for the middle one...I was trying to be funny...but my sense of humour just isn't funny any more (to quote a line from a Kate Bush song). I used to find the same with my Dad as he was getting older...bless him, he really thought he was being amusing and he just wasn't.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:07 pm

No....it was me being funny, funny ha ha.......maybe I should have put a:wah:

theia · Post by **theia** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:11 pm

Bruv;1392588 wrote: No....it was me being funny, funny ha ha.......maybe I should have put a:wah:

Hello, Dad :wah:

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:13 pm

Bruv;1392586 wrote: Not the first time...........................think that is what turned me gay
Astonishing! :yh_think

I never thought that was possible!

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:20 pm

theia;1392590 wrote: Hello, Dad :wah:
Maybe it was you.......poor Dad..............all those wasted jokes.....where's those smilies now:-3

theia · Post by **theia** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:21 pm

I'm off to bed. All the very best for tomorrow, Anne. And if you start to panic just think of how your thread to spot on America evolved (somehow) into me calling Bruv "Dad." You really couldn't make it up!

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:23 pm

AnneBoleyn;1392591 wrote: Astonishing! :yh_think

I never thought that was possible!

Constantly being used and abused by dominant women can grind a bloke down you know

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:38 pm

theia;1392582 wrote: You don't fool me, Bruv...you could be spotish, quite easily. In fact I might even say that you have an inner spot just dying to get out.

Sounds like he needs a good laxative.

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:51 pm

theia;1392594 wrote: I'm off to bed. All the very best for tomorrow, Anne. And if you start to panic just think of how your thread to spot on America evolved (somehow) into me calling Bruv "Dad." You really couldn't make it up!
Thank You theia. I shall be leaving for tonight. See you all when I get back.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:11 pm

Bruv;1392579 wrote: Spot is conspicuous by his absence, so adopting a Spot like stance I must question some of those 'claims'

Are they merely American type boasts ? (Remember I am in Spot mode)Come on. Spot would never question a statement that casts the US in a negative light ... unless it doesn't go far enough, that is. :sneaky:

theia;1392582 wrote: You don't fool me, Bruv...you could be spotish, quite easily. In fact I might even say that you have an inner spot just dying to get out.
That must be a tumor. :yh_glasse

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Tue May 01, 2012 3:53 am

Accountable;1392611 wrote:

That must be a tumor. :yh_glasse

Humour ?

No......you were right first time

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Tue May 01, 2012 4:07 am

Bruv;1392623 wrote: Humour ?Yes, but you missed your line. :wah:

Post by **spot** » Wed May 02, 2012 3:20 pm

I was going to tear some of the claims apart until I saw the small print along the flagpole - "Among OECD countries". Even so I suspect the murder rate in, for example, Mexico, is higher than that of the US - quite a few of those "worst" may well apply to Mexico rather than the US. But then, given the rules the US has set for Mexico to follow, perhaps that's not surprising.

A major step toward social justice in North America might be the union of the 31 states of Mexico into the USA. I wonder how that might be achieved.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Wed May 02, 2012 3:25 pm

spot;1392777 wrote: I was going to tear some of the claims apart until I saw the small print along the flagpole - "Among OECD countries". Even so I suspect the murder rate in, for example, Mexico, is higher than that of the US - quite a few of those "worst" may well apply to Mexico rather than the US. But then, given the rules the US has set for Mexico to follow, perhaps that's not surprising.

You couldn't make it up.....could you ?

Post by **spot** » Wed May 02, 2012 3:29 pm

Bruv;1392780 wrote: You couldn't make it up.....could you ?

I'm joining in!!

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Wed May 02, 2012 3:39 pm

spot;1392781 wrote: I'm joining in!!

How can say that now, after reading the thread ?

Somebodies got you taped.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Wed May 02, 2012 3:39 pm

spot;1392777 wrote: I was going to tear some of the claims apart until I saw the small print along the flagpole - "Among OECD countries". Even so I suspect the murder rate in, for example, Mexico, is higher than that of the US - quite a few of those "worst" may well apply to Mexico rather than the US. But then, given the rules the US has set for Mexico to follow, perhaps that's not surprising.

A major step toward social justice in North America might be the union of the 31 states of Mexico into the USA. I wonder how that might be achieved.

By including Canada in the mix and calling it the United States of North America?

Post by **spot** » Wed May 02, 2012 3:44 pm

Bryn Mawr;1392790 wrote: By including Canada in the mix and calling it the United States of North America?

No, that would be an example of Anschluss. Incorporating Mexico would be an act of union.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Wed May 02, 2012 3:48 pm

spot;1392793 wrote: No, that would be an example of Anschluss.

No.....that's the EU

Post by **spot** » Wed May 02, 2012 3:50 pm

Bruv;1392788 wrote: How can say that now, after reading the thread ?

Somebodies got you taped.

I'd stand by what I wrote though. I wrote "quite a few of those "worst" may well apply to Mexico rather than the US. But then, given the rules the US has set for Mexico to follow, perhaps that's not surprising". One of the main debilitating rules set at the instigation of the US is the war on drugs, for example.

Take a pretend notional society in which all drugs can be traded legally and then put a proposition forward that trading drugs will henceforth be a crime. Can you imagine any crime syndicate not licking its collective lips and voting yes, do it, bring it on, we'll be ten times stronger and wealthier as a result?

That's what happened to Mexico and all those other Central American drug cartel countries. They didn't do it to themselves. The entire pressure to criminalize has always been from the USA.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Wed May 02, 2012 3:52 pm

spot;1392793 wrote: No, that would be an example of Anschluss. Incorporating Mexico would be an act of union.

OK, so you've finally made me go and look a word up :p

What makes you think the Canadians would be any less willing to unite that the Mexicans - I'm sure just as many cross the border each day

Post by **spot** » Wed May 02, 2012 3:53 pm

Bruv;1392794 wrote: No.....that's the EU
I use the term Anschluss as an annexation without the consent of the population at large, implemented by the government of the day through fear of refusing. Every country joining the EU did so by asking to join. Begging to join. Desperately wanting to join. The EU never marched in carrying weaponry.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Wed May 02, 2012 3:57 pm

spot;1392798 wrote: I use the term Anschluss as an annexation without the consent of the population at large, implemented by the government of the day through fear of refusing. Every country joining the EU did so by asking to join. Begging to join. Desperately wanting to join. The EU never marched in carrying weaponry.

I'm not convinced that the UK ever begged to join but there is a definite difference.

BTW, where can I get some more foam for Lian - she's been sulking ever since the last lot disintegrated.

Post by **spot** » Wed May 02, 2012 4:07 pm

Technically I suppose Quiet PC up in Yorkshire but they'd charge an arm and a thingie. I bet there's as much benefit in gluing expanded polystyrene sheets to the insides and it's simpler to cut.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Wed May 02, 2012 4:14 pm

spot;1392804 wrote: Technically I suppose Quiet PC up in Yorkshire but they'd charge an arm and a thingie. I bet there's as much benefit in gluing expanded polystyrene sheets to the insides and it's simpler to cut.

The cells are closed!

Post by **spot** » Wed May 02, 2012 4:20 pm

I think I need a photo.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Wed May 02, 2012 4:24 pm

spot;1392807 wrote: I think I need a photo.

She'd get embarrassed, poor thing, exposing herself like that :yh_ooooo

Post by **spot** » Wed May 02, 2012 4:26 pm

You could take it in the dark...

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Thu May 03, 2012 3:46 am

spot;1392798 wrote: I use the term Anschluss as an annexation without the consent of the population at large, implemented by the government of the day through fear of refusing. Every country joining the EU did so by asking to join. Begging to join. Desperately wanting to join. The EU never marched in carrying weaponry.

It was a pun.............. using the German word ?

Post by **spot** » Thu May 03, 2012 3:50 am

Bruv;1392826 wrote: It was a pun.............. using the German word ?

No, it's the only word I know which means what I intended - an annexation without the consent of the population at large, implemented by the government of the day through fear of refusing. What word means that other than Anschluss? There's lots of technical terms used in English which are taken directly from other languages, quite often German. Zeitgeist is difficult to paraphrase, for example. Joie de vivre is another.

I've no doubt the US will annexe Canada in just that way during my lifetime. I bet there's some nervous Canadians with similar forebodings too.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Thu May 03, 2012 4:06 am

spot;1392828 wrote: No, it's the only word I know which means what I intended - an annexation without the consent of the population at large, implemented by the government of the day through fear of refusing. What word means that other than Anschluss? There's lots of technical terms used in English which are taken directly from other languages, quite often German. Zeitgeist is difficult to paraphrase, for example. Joie de vivre is another.

I've no doubt the US will annexe Canada in just that way during my lifetime. I bet there's some nervous Canadians with similar forebodings too.

*Deep breath*

It was a pun, concerning the use of a German word and Germany subsequently becoming the dominant power within the EU, following it's earlier unsuccessful foray. (Foray= Middle English forrayen, from Anglo-French forreyer, foreer, probably back-formation from *forrier, *forreour forager, raider, from fuerre, foer provender)