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Bryn Mawr;1396243 wrote: Look at the picture of the monkey with its arse in the air competing with a puppy for dog food and tell me that it is natural or good for the chimp.

Wrong diet, wrong behaviour, just wrong.


It's cute picture.

The dog pups should be in a den, dug by the mother in the side of a hill, feeding off small game, ripping them apart, blood soaked muzzles and snarling at each other over the poor servings.

The chimp should be dead.

It's just a cute picture.

Why am I still in this bleeding thread anyway?
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Because it's a freaking' train wreck and it's hard to look away.
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SnoozeAgain;1396274 wrote: Because it's a freaking' train wreck and it's hard to look away.


That should have a question mark................yes probably.
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Bruv;1396272 wrote: You are winding me up aren't you....

Aren't you ?
Don't even consider the possibility, it's non-existent.
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spot;1396228 wrote: I blame Snooze.


Bruv;1396231 wrote: And Archduke Ferdinand for the first world war ?


spot;1396239 wrote: You seem to imply that Serbia declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire. That's not the way I remember it though the suggestion fits in with modern US notions. The actions of a few die-hard nationalists are not the acts of a State. The First World War started when the Emperor Franz Joseph declared war, in the name of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, on Serbia. The parallel with US relations toward Afghanistan in 2001 is uncanny and even the end result is comparable.


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Bruv;1396322 wrote: I can recognise a wind up when I see one....................


Nothing of the sort. It's a history lesson with modern applicability.

Nation loses the plot and invades small fry for no good reason other than that it's big enough and tough enough and thinks it's invulnerable and claims provocation by a foreign power, nation faces universal opprobrium and ends up broke having completely failed with all its foreign policy objectives, world cheers, nation never regains sufficient strength to piss off world again, happy ending for all concerned.

When did you last see the Austro-Hungarian Empire being listened to at a world event. The lesson: treat outrages by criminals as criminal outrages, not as acts of war by foreign powers.
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spot;1396324 wrote: Nothing of the sort. It's a history lesson with modern applicability.

Nation loses the plot and invades small fry for no good reason other than that it's big enough and tough enough and thinks it's invulnerable and claims provocation by a foreign power, nation faces universal opprobrium and ends up broke having completely failed with all its foreign policy objectives, world cheers, nation never regains sufficient strength to piss off world again, happy ending for all concerned.

When did you last see the Austro-Hungarian Empire being listened to at a world event. The lesson: treat outrages by criminals as criminal outrages, not as acts of war by foreign powers.


Yada ya ya ya da......Im not listening.

My post that prompted this history lesson was a 'throw away' line......much like your 'I blame Snooze'

I don't need or want to know the history of the Austro-Hungarian Empire......it was simply a joke.
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I think we should give the thread back to the aww-sayers. Looking at Snooze's opening post I still don't believe that was her own reaction to the photos, I think she opened the thread as a provocative act to bring people into opposing camps. Maybe the aww-sayers need a bit of space to balance things up.
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spot;1396328 wrote: I think we should give the thread back to the aww-sayers. Looking at Snooze's opening post I still don't believe that was her own reaction to the photos, I think she opened the thread as a provocative act to bring people into opposing camps. Maybe the aww-sayers need a bit of space to balance things up.


Can't believe this thread has gone round in this ridiculous circle :rolleyes: it's a waste of time and it puts people off posting.
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Betty Boop;1396329 wrote: Can't believe this thread has gone round in this ridiculous circle :rolleyes: it's a waste of time and it puts people off posting.


I can remember the days when an "awww" thread was left to those who wanted an "awww." Those days are long gone, sadly.
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awwwww

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awww
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That bear looks petrified.
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theia;1396330 wrote: I can remember the days when an "awww" thread was left to those who wanted an "awww." Those days are long gone, sadly.


If I had to stand about waiting for an aww thread to come along that I could legitimately bring myself to aww into, I'd not post from one month to the next.

Whatever you were about to say, don't.
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spot;1396339 wrote: If I had to stand about waiting for an aww thread to come along that I could legitimately bring myself to aww into, I'd not post from one month to the next.

Whatever you were about to say, don't.


I consider your Felicity painting thread an aww thread, and I enjoy it.
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Accountable;1396336 wrote: That bear looks petrified.


I'm pretty sure someone drugged that dog then draped it around the petrified bear leg just to take that pic. Or not.
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Accountable;1396336 wrote: That bear looks petrified.


He does, that's why I picked it, rigid with fear, the poor fellow, but the pup is really cute.
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spot;1396339 wrote: If I had to stand about waiting for an aww thread to come along that I could legitimately bring myself to aww into, I'd not post from one month to the next.

Whatever you were about to say, don't.


one month to the next? you do mean one decade to the next really.
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Sorry gotta do it.......

Does anyone consider that teddy bear's depiction of a wild animal is helpful to mankind in the scheme of things?

ya de da de ........ad infinitum, ad nauseam
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Bruv;1396366 wrote: Sorry gotta do it.......

Does anyone consider that teddy bear's depiction of a wild animal is helpful to mankind in the scheme of things?

ya de da de ........ad infinitum, ad nauseam


Anthropomorphism of grizzly bears is what got Timothy Treadwell killed. And it all started with a teddy bear just like that. Stuffed toys kill. Betty's got a lot of nerve trying to push killer toys on the rest of this forum.
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I'm accepting nothing until the Teddy gives a press conference.
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oscar;1396384 wrote: I'm accepting nothing until the Teddy gives a press conference.


Couldn't you have thrown in some Yank hate, an example of excessive police force and some obscure history from 1486?
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SnoozeAgain;1396379 wrote: Anthropomorphism of grizzly bears is what got Timothy Treadwell killed. And it all started with a teddy bear just like that. Stuffed toys kill. Betty's got a lot of nerve trying to push killer toys on the rest of this forum.


Killer teddy ? oooooh oh dear, I've got this all wrong.

(Hover over the photo and see the name I gave it :wah:)

I think it's more killer puppy!
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SnoozeAgain;1396395 wrote: and some obscure history from 1486?
Obscure? The first year of Tudor rule in Britain?? How on earth could 1486 have been obscure!
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Betty Boop;1396397 wrote: Killer teddy ? oooooh oh dear, I've got this all wrong.

(Hover over the photo and see the name I gave it :wah:)

I think it's more killer puppy!


So that photo is doubly evil. You should be ashamed.
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spot;1396399 wrote: Obscure? The first year of Tudor rule in Britain?? How on earth could 1486 have been obscure!


That made me laugh and then I wanted to pop you one.
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SnoozeAgain;1396401 wrote: That made me laugh and then I wanted to pop you one.


Nothing new there, then.
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SnoozeAgain;1396401 wrote: That made me laugh and then I wanted to pop you one.
See.................he has got a sense of humour.
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It would be an ignorant creature who couldn't bring to mind that the Tudors came to power on Bosworth Field in 1485, it's one of the key moments of all time. The year has been branded into the mind of every British schoolboy since.
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spot;1396466 wrote: It would be an ignorant creature who couldn't bring to mind that the Tudors came to power on Bosworth Field in 1485, it's one of the key moments of all time. The year has been branded into the mind of every British schoolboy since.


Nothing of any significance happened before July 4th 1776.
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1486 is that not 26 minutes past 3 ?
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YZGI;1396475 wrote: Nothing of any significance happened before July 4th 1776.


heheheh
I expressly forbid the use of any of my posts anywhere outside of FG (with the exception of the incredibly witty 'get a room already' )posted recently.

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YZGI;1396475 wrote: Nothing of any significance happened before July 4th 1776.


Shouldn't that be 878 when Alfred the great defeated the Danes and became the first King of England?
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Bryn Mawr;1396780 wrote: Shouldn't that be 878 when Alfred the great defeated the Danes and became the first King of England?


Or maybe somewhere in between.:-6:wah:
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YZGI;1396828 wrote: Or maybe somewhere in between.:-6:wah:


1442 maybe, when the Chinese explored America?
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Bryn Mawr;1396835 wrote: 1442 maybe, when the Chinese explored America?


Everyone knows that Columbus was the first human to step on American soil.We have a holiday that proves it.:sneaky: Blasphemer!!
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YZGI;1396839 wrote: Everyone knows that Columbus was the first human to step on American soil.We have a holiday that proves it.:sneaky: Blasphemer!!


Nah, Leif Erikson beat the both of 'em by a good way :p
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