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General Discussion => The Flea Trap => Topic started by: Bricktop on July 03, 2015, 09:23:04 PM

Title: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: Bricktop on July 03, 2015, 09:23:04 PM
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Be good. Be safe. Be humble.
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: RW on July 03, 2015, 09:27:02 PM
You're a day early.
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: Bricktop on July 03, 2015, 09:31:44 PM
I beg to differ.
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: kiebers on July 03, 2015, 10:17:41 PM
Thank you sir.
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: Bricktop on July 04, 2015, 12:59:47 AM
But I'm not American!!!
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: RW on July 04, 2015, 01:00:31 AM
Can't a guy just wish you a good day?
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: Bricktop on July 04, 2015, 01:01:41 AM
Sure...
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: RW on July 04, 2015, 01:02:11 AM
Haha
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: RW on July 04, 2015, 04:13:02 AM
Happy 4th Yankee Doodles!



Don't light anything on fire that you can't put out yourself. :D
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: Frood on July 04, 2015, 04:43:13 AM
Quote from: "RW"Happy 4th Yankee Doodles!



Don't light anything on fire that you can't put out yourself. :D


Bladders.



Lots of fiery bladders burning to relieve themselves every 20 minutes, I suspect.
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: RW on July 04, 2015, 04:57:57 AM
Oh I bet you're right.



Eh kiebs? :3og2y8p:
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: Anonymous on July 04, 2015, 05:21:10 AM
I work tonight. So no fireworks with the kids for me :/
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: keeper on July 04, 2015, 06:10:04 AM
Happy 4th of July Americans
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: keeper on July 04, 2015, 06:10:49 AM
Quote from: "SPECTRE"But I'm not American!!!


i deleted it
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: kiebers on July 04, 2015, 08:42:26 AM
Quote from: "RW"Oh I bet you're right.



Eh kiebs? :3og2y8p:

That is probably a good call. I would imagine a lot of beer consumed today around the BBQ.





Thanks all for the wishes.
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Post by: @realAzhyaAryola on July 04, 2015, 03:24:44 PM
Thank you!

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Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: Anonymous on July 04, 2015, 03:52:38 PM
I wish Azhya, kiebers, Dove and Renee a safe and happy Independence Day weekend.

 ac_smile
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Post by: @realAzhyaAryola on July 04, 2015, 03:55:47 PM
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Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: cc on July 04, 2015, 04:03:30 PM
Best wishes to all you yanks



BTW - I live looking down upon Blaine WA - Will have a view of  your fireworks on Blaine beach tonight
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: @realAzhyaAryola on July 04, 2015, 09:03:08 PM
A Capitol Fourth is a concert each 4th of July at the steps of the Capitol. Today's performers are... http://www.pbs.org/a-capitol-fourth/concert/performers/
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: @realAzhyaAryola on July 04, 2015, 09:15:45 PM
Woohoo! Barry Manilow is singing while the fireworks are shooting up...
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: J0E on July 04, 2015, 09:25:29 PM
I have nothing against individual Americans.

They are just people, like everyone else.

However, I'm losing faith in the ability of their leaders & ruling elite to run the world.

Ie - the latest ruling on gay marriage and the way the issue was handled fell short. It seems like a society where everything is solved, but never resolved. The moderates are losing ground/disappearing , just the extremists are taking over now.



They are imho no longer the leaders of a social moral standard I want to follow anymore.

Somethings wrong with the people who run America now, and it's only a matter of time before spokes fall off the wheel and everything goes amiss. The America I see now isn't the one I once knew. It has transmogrified into something unwholesome, unholy.



... it was nice knowin' ya when ya had it Yanks. But yer losin' it I'm. Afraid.



.....oh well!
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: @realAzhyaAryola on July 04, 2015, 09:30:00 PM
Shut the fuck up, Joe, or you won't like a replica of the Washington Monument up your cake hole!
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: @realAzhyaAryola on July 04, 2015, 09:31:50 PM
Woohoo! Happy Birthday, USA-OK!



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Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: @realAzhyaAryola on July 04, 2015, 09:37:46 PM
Woohoo! No threats from Islamic extremists will ever keep Americans away from celebrating the 4th of July! Millions of proud Americans are at the Washington DC Mall to celebrate our nation's birthday!



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Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: @realAzhyaAryola on July 04, 2015, 09:43:03 PM
If you get the PBS channel, watch The Capitol Fourth. The concert is quite delightful. KC and the Sunshine Band will be playing too. Woohoo!
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: @realAzhyaAryola on July 04, 2015, 09:44:25 PM
Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls sang the national anthem. She's part Filipino as well. Just saying.
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: Bricktop on July 05, 2015, 04:54:29 AM
Quote from: "Azhya Aryola"Woohoo! Happy Birthday, USA-OK!


That's not the reason for July 4th.
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: @realAzhyaAryola on July 05, 2015, 09:50:24 AM
Yes, it is.
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: Anonymous on July 05, 2015, 10:00:43 AM
Quote from: "Frank"I have nothing against individual Americans.

They are just people, like everyone else.

However, I'm losing faith in the ability of their leaders & ruling elite to run the world.

Ie - the latest ruling on gay marriage and the way the issue was handled fell short. It seems like a society where everything is solved, but never resolved. The moderates are losing ground/disappearing , just the extremists are taking over now.



They are imho no longer the leaders of a social moral standard I want to follow anymore.

Somethings wrong with the people who run America now, and it's only a matter of time before spokes fall off the wheel and everything goes amiss. The America I see now isn't the one I once knew. It has transmogrified into something unwholesome, unholy.



... it was nice knowin' ya when ya had it Yanks. But yer losin' it I'm. Afraid.



.....oh well!
 As an American, I completely agree with everything you just said.
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: @realAzhyaAryola on July 05, 2015, 11:17:46 AM
While I have breath, I will voice and show my opposition to the extremists. I won't give up too easily on the US of A. It is not hopeless. Conservative American has very deep roots.
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: @realAzhyaAryola on July 05, 2015, 12:05:46 PM
Another born on the 4th of July...Happy Birthday, Malia Obama!



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Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: Bricktop on July 05, 2015, 07:42:52 PM
Quote from: "Azhya Aryola"Yes, it is.


No, its Independence Day. The day America declared independence from Britain. Despite the fact that British taxpayer funds built most of it to that point.
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: @realAzhyaAryola on July 05, 2015, 07:44:24 PM
It's the birth of our independence and that's what we celebrate on the 4th of July so we say, Happy Birthday, America!
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: Bricktop on July 05, 2015, 07:52:20 PM
OK. Its your birthday...
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: asal on July 06, 2015, 01:24:25 AM
I am very grateful the United States is to our south.  Excellent neighbours/neighbors.



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Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: Anonymous on July 08, 2015, 02:02:40 AM
Quote from: "SPECTRE"
Quote from: "Azhya Aryola"Yes, it is.


No, its Independence Day. The day America declared independence from Britain. Despite the fact that British taxpayer funds built most of it to that point.

Would that be true of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and India too?
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: Bricktop on July 08, 2015, 06:38:44 AM
Not Australia.



Our Australia Day represents the day the First Fleet arrived from the UK.



For obvious reasons, our aborigines are less enthusiastic.
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: Anonymous on July 08, 2015, 09:09:04 AM
Quote from: "SPECTRE"Not Australia.



Our Australia Day represents the day the First Fleet arrived from the UK.



For obvious reasons, our aborigines are less enthusiastic.

But wouldn't British taxes helped to pay for a lot of what was built in Australia before it became an independent nation?
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: Wulf on July 08, 2015, 11:26:46 AM
Quote from: "Fashionista"
Quote from: "SPECTRE"Not Australia.



Our Australia Day represents the day the First Fleet arrived from the UK.



For obvious reasons, our aborigines are less enthusiastic.

But wouldn't British taxes helped to pay for a lot of what was built in Australia before it became an independent nation?


First of all what our esteemed Aussie colleague has stated was not entirely true. The American colonies may have been originally financed by British government and more so British corporate entities but the majority of Colonial America was financed by the colonial economy. By the 1750s the American colonies were almost entirely self sufficient. In fact trade with the mother country was rather lopsided in favor of the Americans. By the time of the 7 Years War the British economy was very much dependent on colonial trade.



With the French defeated, the British government could turn its attention to tightening control over the colonies. It needed revenues to pay for the war, and looked to the American colonies for that. Also, the colonial trade had become more and more important to the British economy. Trade with the colonies that amounted to about 500,000 pounds in 1700 was worth several million pounds by 1770. It can be argued that the US war for independence wasn't as much a military victory over the English as it was a financial victory. The fact remains that the British were forced to sue for peace because without the ability to suck money out of the colonies they could not continue the war. By the mid 1700s any so called British taxpayer revenues used to build the colonies was far offset by the economic benefit that Britain received from trade with the colonies. The loss of the American colonies was a huge financial blow to the British treasury and economy.



Also just as a fuel for thought, it can be said that the social and economic hardships placed on the British economy by the loss of the American colonies was one of the catalysts for the forced influx of the bottom of British society into Botany Bay. Social and economic changes in Britain that had been brewing since the 7 Years War with France came to a head shortly after the American Revolution. England no longer had the southern American colonies to dump the criminal element and poor so they were forced to look elsewhere in the empire in which to offload their growing mass of undesirables. Australia made the perfect dumping ground.
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: Bricktop on July 08, 2015, 08:12:03 PM
Yeah.



Thanks for that.



Nonetheless, we are avenged.



We gave you Mel Gibson.
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: @realAzhyaAryola on July 08, 2015, 08:43:41 PM
But remember what he said about the Jews?! :laugh3:
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: Wulf on July 08, 2015, 10:30:19 PM
Quote from: "SPECTRE"Yeah.



Thanks for that.



Nonetheless, we are avenged.



We gave you Mel Gibson.


Oh no you can't claim that. We gave Mel to you first and you had the less than stellar manners to regift him back to us. Thanks much.  :negative:



Tell you what, we will call it even if you take Rebel Wilson back ASAP.
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: Frood on July 09, 2015, 02:47:00 AM
Quote from: "Wulf"
Quote from: "SPECTRE"Yeah.



Thanks for that.



Nonetheless, we are avenged.



We gave you Mel Gibson.


Oh no you can't claim that. We gave Mel to you first and you had the less than stellar manners to regift him back to us. Thanks much.  :negative:



Tell you what, we will call it even if you take Rebel Wilson back ASAP.


Rebel is yours for eternity now. We don't offer refunds or exchanges on that one.
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: Anonymous on July 09, 2015, 09:24:19 AM
Quote from: "SPECTRE"Yeah.



Thanks for that.



Nonetheless, we are avenged.



We gave you Mel Gibson.

For a minute, I thought you meant Mel Gibson who used to post here when he was drunk.

 :laugh3:
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: Bricktop on July 09, 2015, 08:23:20 PM
Quote from: "Wulf"
Quote from: "SPECTRE"Yeah.



Thanks for that.



Nonetheless, we are avenged.



We gave you Mel Gibson.


Oh no you can't claim that. We gave Mel to you first and you had the less than stellar manners to regift him back to us. Thanks much.  :negative:



Tell you what, we will call it even if you take Rebel Wilson back ASAP.


Will you pay the freight?
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: Frood on July 10, 2015, 06:46:48 AM
Quote from: "SPECTRE"
Quote from: "Wulf"
Quote from: "SPECTRE"Yeah.



Thanks for that.



Nonetheless, we are avenged.



We gave you Mel Gibson.


Oh no you can't claim that. We gave Mel to you first and you had the less than stellar manners to regift him back to us. Thanks much.  :negative:



Tell you what, we will call it even if you take Rebel Wilson back ASAP.


Will you pay the freight?


Never mind the freight, can you imagine the Doritos and Tim Tams bill?
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: Bricktop on July 10, 2015, 08:36:08 AM
They can keep her. They can afford her. We'll send a container of Tim Tams once a month. That should keep her off our case.
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: Frood on July 11, 2015, 02:29:35 AM
Quote from: "SPECTRE"They can keep her. They can afford her. We'll send a container of Tim Tams once a month. That should keep her off our case.


We should also include some Gravox. A nation can never be too safe.
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: Bricktop on July 11, 2015, 04:38:18 AM
Point taken.
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: Frood on July 11, 2015, 05:32:56 AM
ac_smile



At least we can agree on Rebel.
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: Bricktop on July 12, 2015, 02:39:03 AM
Yeah, well don't go expecting love notes in your PM box, snotling.
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: Frood on July 12, 2015, 06:21:51 AM
No thank you, Spectre. I like my men functional below the belt if you know what I mean.
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: Bricktop on July 13, 2015, 03:21:06 AM
Oh, ffs...please...you embarrass us both with your infantile attempts to flame.



However, in your case, I'm assuming you mean you like them to fart.



Nothing else down there would interest you.
Title: Re: To My Dear American Colleagues...
Post by: Frood on July 13, 2015, 10:15:21 AM
Quote from: "SPECTRE"Oh, ffs...please...you embarrass us both with your infantile attempts to flame.



However, in your case, I'm assuming you mean you like them to fart.



Nothing else down there would interest you.


I definitely wasn't referring to your colostomy bag. Get your hand off it.
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