Bastards

In message , Rob Kemp writes

I hope you did not intend this double negative.

"Luckily" for me, I am currently sitting at home, off work sick.

Of course not, bit shocked.

"Rob Kemp" wrote

Stiff upper lip mate, but seething underneath! :-)

John.

From the far side of the world, my hearfelt condolences to all affected by this frightful attack, a very sad day, especially after the day of rejoicing about the 2012 Olympics. Regards, Bill, in Melbourne.

"William Pearce"

Your condolences are appreciated I'm sure, but you didn't have to let us thrash you at cricket again! ;-)

John.

One-day games have no significance in the real world! They only exist on TV. Regards, Bill.

"William Pearce" wrote

Lol - we'll not regard you as world champs in that case! ;-)

John.

The UK thanks all for your kind words at this deadly time. Do any of our mates in the US have any good ideas who we should invade next in retalliation? Personally I've run right out,the Irish proved to be quite a handful ,and the Zulus too; though I think the Esqiumaux might be a good next safe bet. We could blame them for smokin seals and the subsequent global warming . I wouldn't think it would be too difficult for even George or Tony to find a smokin' seal in Greenland. Stu

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"stuart chalcraft" wrote

You might want to consider Iran. They have consistently supported terrorism and are now on the verge of becoming a nuclear power. Imagine the impact of last week's London bombs, had Iran supplied those terrorists with the capability of adding nuclear fallout to their evil devices - often referred to as dirty bombs.

Wait for it - it will happen.

John.

Yes, imagine just how far the fallout would spread from a dirty bomb in a tube tunnel...

R.

In message , John Turner writes

It's not the Iranians we should fear, or any other terrorists, it's China. As that country's insatiable hunger for raw materials grows, it will try and secure it's own. China is why there is a worldwide shortage of steel, China is why shipping rates are growing through the ceiling, and it will get worse and worse. You mark my words, China will be the next superpower, far greater than anything before, it might take them some time to get there, but they will get there. And when they come looking for Oil, Iron Ore and the like, then we should be afraid, VERY afraid.

Remember the words of Napoleon: "Beware of the yellow man, as one day he will rule the world".

"James Christie" wrote

Ah but China will only continue to grow if there's a demand for its products.

John.

And we all thought it was successive governments closing down segments of British Steel.

I think this is a bit insensitive at the present time.

After all, we have nuclear weapons along with Israel, India, Pakistan etc. I dont think that after the Iraq invasion, anyone should be shouting their mouths off about evidence of possessing WMD being a reason to extract revenge on a countries' innocent population.

Doesn't that just put you on the same level of ignorance as the bombers?

Don't need the US to guide us here. A few weeks ago, when the budget talks failed at the EU summit, the newspapers had as their headlines, "France: It's War" and my little heart jumped up for a moment as I really thought it was.

Anyway, some good reasons to invade the French:

1. They are French.
2. They are next door.
3. Garlic, snails, frogs-legs and other culinary abominations.
4. They are French.
5. It's Trafalgar Day soon.
6. They think they are something special and need a smack to straighten them out.
7. They are French.

Finally, for the retaliation element, £10 of my money says that the London tube terrorists are Algerian Muslims who hail from Paris and have been blowing up the Metro for years. Nothing whatosever to do with Iraq.

Cheers, Steve

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It wasn't a serious suggestion, it was a tongue-in-cheek response to stuart chalcraft would asked:-

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Do any of our mates in the US have any good ideas who we should invade next in retalliation?

John.

How about Britain, or the USa? They have consistantly supported dictatorships, feudal monarchies and terrorists and are both nuclear powers!

Regards, Greg.P.

Be fair, China largely uses that steel to manufacture for the US and Europe, plus the infrastructure to actually do the manufacturing. The steel would be used either way, whether it was China or the US/Europe doing the manufacturing.

Try moving to NZ, our shipping rates from the manufacturing centers are dropping :-)

Absolutely!

They have a customer base of 1.2 billion right there at home!