Captain... Posted 2 April 2012 Posted 2 April 2012 I was preventing a sheep suicide. Blossom had so much to live for. Drowned herself in a bucket in the end, but you know, I can't be everywhere at once But why was Blossom trying to kill herself, ask yourself that? Even the longest sheep dip won't get rid of that feeling. Baaah... Soooo dirrrrty, Baaaaad mannnn!!!!
Finnegan Posted 2 April 2012 Posted 2 April 2012 Christ, I visit the Falklands one time and nobody'll let me forget it.
I am Rod Hull Posted 2 April 2012 Posted 2 April 2012 I'd quite like to live there Would Foxy Peter get through quarantine? I don`t think you`ve thought this through enough...
Guest Bilo Posted 2 April 2012 Posted 2 April 2012 Argentine football season named ‘Crucero Belgrano’ to honour major loss in Falklands’ conflict As tension rises over the 30th anniversary of the deadly conflict between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands, the Argentine government has named the upcoming football season in honour of a naval ship sunk by British torpedoes in the conflict. The season, which begins Friday, will be the known as the first division ”Crucero General Belgrano,'' or Cruiser General Belgrano, which was torpedoed 2 May 1982 by the Royal Navy submersible ‘Conqueror’. Argentina lost 649 servicemen in the war, 323 of whom were crew members on the Belgrano, which was the former USS Phoenix. A controversy has surrounded the naval incident: whether the Belgrano was ousting the exclusion zone imposed by the British or actually regrouping to attack the Falklands when she was sunk. In spite of the Argentine governments’ official version, Argentine naval officers have confirmed the regrouping plans and recently released UK documents confirm the version based on intercepted Argentine communications at the time. The Argentine government owns the rights to Argentine first-division matches and shows all the games on free-to-air television. Advertising time during the matches is often used to promote the accomplishments of the Argentine government, which is strongly campaigning in favour of sovereignty over the Falklands/Malvinas and other South Atlantic Islands. The 30th anniversary of the start of the 10-week conflict is April 2 when Argentine marines first invaded the Islands. On 14 June, 74 days later the Argentine troops surrendered unconditionally to a British Task Force sent to recover the Falklands. A year later Argentina was rapidly on its way to free elections and the recovery of the rule of the law, following the collapse of the military Junta involved in the desperate ‘adventure’ of the invasion to try and save a crumbling authoritarian regime. The British then set up a tri-service military garrison, RAF Mount Pleasant Airport which has since been tasked with the job of defending the Falklands and preventing any repeat of the 1982 conflict. The Argentine government was angered by the arrival in the Falklands last week of Prince William, second in line to the British throne. The prince, known in the British defence forces as Flight Lt. Wales, has been deployed to the Islands for six weeks as a search and rescue pilot. The British government says it's a routine deployment. Argentina has called it provocative. This is from a few weeks back, really quite a strange tribute... I wonder if it means subs will be banned.
Captain... Posted 2 April 2012 Posted 2 April 2012 Argentina has called it provocative. This is from a few weeks back, really quite a strange tribute... I wonder if it means subs will be banned. That's provocative but naming the first divsion after a battleship sunk in the Falklands war is not at all provocative, +1 for the subs pun.
21st Century Fox Posted 2 April 2012 Posted 2 April 2012 For everything you can knock the Argentines for, lets not forget they are light years ahead of us when it comes to Strictly Come Dancing. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xlh5gh_cinthia-fernandez-strips-on-dancing-2011_sexy NSFW!
Guest Bilo Posted 2 April 2012 Posted 2 April 2012 Thank Christ Ann Widdecombe didn't get the same idea.
Daggers Posted 2 April 2012 Author Posted 2 April 2012 Knowing that Prince William exists is enough to anger me, I empathise with the Argentinians that he is now closer to them than me. It's not surprising the argument is continuing, "lo siento" is always the hardest words.
sphericalfox Posted 2 April 2012 Posted 2 April 2012 Let's not kid ourselves, there were talks of handing them back before the conflict. It's now about oil. It's always been about oil. I knew about the untouched reserves about 14 years ago, when i lived with a bunch of lads from the Falklands, and I'm pretty sure the government and the UK oil interests knew about it too when the conflict ensued. It's a terrible tragedy that so many people lost their lives over what essentially is an outcrop of barren rocks with no determinable value other than the untapped resources in its vicinity. Some people might argue that Falklanders are citizens and they deserved to be protected. Yes this is true, but all in the name of black gold. This was rising argument was inevitably in the pipeline, if you excuse the terminology. With both government's seeking a focus for the populous to get behind, I can't see this going anywhere but bad. Hence Cameron's recent trip to see his estranged master, U.S.A., there was two starters on the discussion plate. 1. The Falklands Islands, and the international support needed from the US and 2. The inevitable Iranian conflict - that the UK will have to support.
Captain... Posted 2 April 2012 Posted 2 April 2012 For everything you can knock the Argentines for, lets not forget they are light years ahead of us when it comes to Strictly Come Dancing. http://www.dailymoti...ncing-2011_sexy NSFW! Mmmm!!! You gotta love Argentina, **** it, they can have the Falklands if we can have some of their woman, and their open attitude towards sex and the naked body.
I am Rod Hull Posted 2 April 2012 Posted 2 April 2012 Hence Cameron's recent trip to see his estranged master, U.S.A., there was two starters on the discussion plate. 1. The Falklands Islands, and the international support needed from the US and 2. The inevitable Iranian conflict - that the UK will have to support. We don`t need the USA, we have the 1939 Wehrmacht Chile as allies And they`re spending quite a few bob on top notch weapons (none of that Chinese and Russian crap), this may or may not be anything to do with boarder disputes with the Argies or their claim to British Antarctic territory (gas and oil).
FoxyPV Posted 2 April 2012 Posted 2 April 2012 All this sabre rattling just to deflect attention from the ailing economy.
sphericalfox Posted 2 April 2012 Posted 2 April 2012 All this sabre rattling just to deflect attention from the ailing economy. It's not just sabre rattling. There's oil and gas to be had at the end of all this, and both economies will wish to win points along the way.
Webbo Posted 2 April 2012 Posted 2 April 2012 It's not just sabre rattling. There's oil and gas to be had at the end of all this, and both economies will wish to win points along the way. That wasn't an issue when we occupied the islands in the 1830s.
sphericalfox Posted 2 April 2012 Posted 2 April 2012 That wasn't an issue when we occupied the islands in the 1830s. No it wasn't. It was a convenient stopping off point for those traversing the Atlantic aiming to travel around to the Pacific and Asian continent, for the Dutch, English, and French. One might say for the time a very handy and valuable piece of rock. An old school Leicester Forest East
Houdini Logic Posted 2 April 2012 Posted 2 April 2012 An old school Leicester Forest East Give it back then before the international health and safety are called
sphericalfox Posted 2 April 2012 Posted 2 April 2012 Give it back then before the international health and safety are called They probably had better toilets back then
Smudge Posted 2 April 2012 Posted 2 April 2012 That wasn't an issue when we occupied the islands in the 1830s. I think it was, whale oil.
Webbo Posted 2 April 2012 Posted 2 April 2012 ! And people complain about the moan in. Why do these programmes only ever get phone calls from morons?
Guest Bilo Posted 2 April 2012 Posted 2 April 2012 Seeing as Galloway literally doesn't even know where he is at a given time, I shan't bother listening to his predictably Cold War era nonsense thanks.
sphericalfox Posted 2 April 2012 Posted 2 April 2012 ! Are you sure it's not Alan Young? #theyallsoundthesame
l444ry Posted 2 April 2012 Posted 2 April 2012 Seeing as Galloway literally doesn't even know where he is at a given time, I shan't bother listening to his predictably Cold War era nonsense thanks. Would you like some cheese and crackers to go with that whine, Bilo?
I am Rod Hull Posted 2 April 2012 Posted 2 April 2012 Seeing as Galloway literally doesn't even know where he is at a given time, I shan't bother listening to his predictably Cold War era nonsense thanks. Same here.. I will not give that nothing, any of my time.
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