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    A motto for Britain

    This is quite good.

    They are about 10% serious, the rest are attempts at humour to varrying degres of sucess.

    BBC - Magazine Monitor: 1,000 mottos for the UK
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2007/09/the_friday_challenge.shtml
    The French have theirs, as do the Americans, the Swedes, the Samoans and dozens of other nationalities. National mottos have been around almost as long as nation states, yet the...



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  • #2
    No 39 :

    With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

    Steven Weinberg

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    • #3
      We came, we saw, we conquered, then we gave it back. Frightfully sorry.


      "Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master" - Commissioner Pravin Lal.

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      • #4
        That one is awesome.

        -Arrian
        grog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!

        The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.

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        • #5
          Keep Britain Tidy.

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          • #6
            "Would a rational man send all the criminals to Australia, or leave the criminals in Britain and move to Australia?"
            Only feebs vote.

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            • #7
              "Keeley Hazell for Archbishop of Canterbury! Norks, not nuns!!".
              Only feebs vote.

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              • #8
                "Dentistry is teh good "
                "The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.

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                • #9
                  How about my new motto for Memphisia at NationStates,

                  "An island that looks to the sea looks to the future."
                  USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!
                  The video may avatar is from

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                  • #10
                    I personnally liked:

                    "May contain nuts"

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Eli
                      We came, we saw, we conquered, then we gave it back. Frightfully sorry.


                      That is frightfully awesome!

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                      • #12
                        Veni, Vidi, Visa
                        I Came, I Saw, I Shopped
                        Captain of Team Apolyton - ISDG 2012

                        When I was younger I thought curfews were silly, but now as the daughter of a young woman, I appreciate them. - Rah

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                        • #13
                          It's "dieu et mon droit" according to Wikipedia
                          United Kingdom - Wikipedia
                          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uk


                          but that sucks

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                          • #14
                            No one's been beheaded since 1747!
                            (\__/) Save a bunny, eat more Smurf!
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                            (")_(") Smurf, the original blue meat! © 1999, patent pending, ® and ™ (except that "Smurf" bit)

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