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  • #16
    Originally posted by Kitschum View Post
    Those Trillians, what do they convert to in more common currency such as ICQs and AIMs?
    3 Trillians equal a Zaphod
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    • #17
      you bastard ogie, i was going to post that!
      "The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.

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      • #18
        [Nelson]

        Ha Ha

        [/Nelson]
        "Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson

        “In a democracy, I realize you don’t need to talk to the top leader to know how the country feels. When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that’s the dictator, because he speaks for all the people.” - Jimmy Carter

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Tupac Shakur View Post
          The banking crisis is why you lag behind Ireland?
          It's why our GDP is currently so low.

          Did I mention Ireland? The Celtic Tiger rise and their current difficulties have been so well documented. I guess you know all about them? Making out like they are doing well makes you look foolish.
          Jon Miller: MikeH speaks the truth
          Jon Miller: MikeH is a shockingly revolting dolt and a masturbatory urine-reeking sideshow freak whose word is as valuable as an aging cow paddy.
          We've got both kinds

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          • #20
            Originally posted by MikeH View Post
            It's why our GDP is currently so low.

            Did I mention Ireland? The Celtic Tiger rise and their current difficulties have been so well documented. I guess you know all about them? Making out like they are doing well makes you look foolish.
            Even with all their difficulties, the average Irishman is still better off than the average Brit. Pretty amazing.

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            • #21
              Why?

              We're subsidising them through the EU.
              Jon Miller: MikeH speaks the truth
              Jon Miller: MikeH is a shockingly revolting dolt and a masturbatory urine-reeking sideshow freak whose word is as valuable as an aging cow paddy.
              We've got both kinds

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              • #22
                I was going to compare relative apparent levels of testosterone to per capita GDP, but New Zealand is anomolously at the bottom. Might be that sheep testosterone doesn't count.
                "Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson

                “In a democracy, I realize you don’t need to talk to the top leader to know how the country feels. When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that’s the dictator, because he speaks for all the people.” - Jimmy Carter

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by MikeH View Post
                  Why?

                  We're subsidising them through the EU.
                  Don't claim credit for the work of the Germans...

                  Originally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe View Post
                  I was going to compare relative apparent levels of testosterone to per capita GDP, but New Zealand is anomolously at the bottom.
                  You've obviously never met a Kiwi. The Maori are the only thing keeping NZ's average testosterone level at a respectable level, much like the Scots and Irish in the UK.

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                  • #24
                    DanS'd you.
                    "Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson

                    “In a democracy, I realize you don’t need to talk to the top leader to know how the country feels. When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that’s the dictator, because he speaks for all the people.” - Jimmy Carter

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                    • #25
                      They get $197 net per capita out of the EU, we pay in $1331 net per capita. That's half the difference.

                      Our debt per capita is $144,000 which is enormous... theirs is over $500,000 per capita!

                      When you take into account how much of their GDP is going on debt interest it's a different picture.

                      I love Ireland, my Grandad was Irish, but when you go there you see that it's still a very poor country.
                      Jon Miller: MikeH speaks the truth
                      Jon Miller: MikeH is a shockingly revolting dolt and a masturbatory urine-reeking sideshow freak whose word is as valuable as an aging cow paddy.
                      We've got both kinds

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe View Post
                        DanS'd you.
                        It's not a true DanS if I quoted you before you made the change.

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by MikeH View Post
                          I love Ireland, my Grandad was Irish, but when you go there you see that it's still a very poor country.
                          I'm not saying it isn't. My point is that the UK is even poorer.

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                          • #28
                            You said the average Irish man is better off than the average Brit, which is a different thing entirely.
                            Jon Miller: MikeH speaks the truth
                            Jon Miller: MikeH is a shockingly revolting dolt and a masturbatory urine-reeking sideshow freak whose word is as valuable as an aging cow paddy.
                            We've got both kinds

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                            • #29
                              The UK is much richer than Ireland.
                              Jon Miller: MikeH speaks the truth
                              Jon Miller: MikeH is a shockingly revolting dolt and a masturbatory urine-reeking sideshow freak whose word is as valuable as an aging cow paddy.
                              We've got both kinds

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by MikeH View Post
                                You said the average Irish man is better off than the average Brit, which is a different thing entirely.
                                That's also true.

                                Originally posted by MikeH View Post
                                The UK is much richer than Ireland.
                                You can believe that if you really want to, but the data says otherwise.

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