Can I have English fries with my Wimpy Burger, please?
Oh, you mean Freedom Fries?
Can I have English fries with my Wimpy Burger, please?
As an American who has not had the honor of ever getting close to South Wales... what part of the US is the bad facsimile?
My guess would be Trump and coal country
Furthermore it is my opinion that El Pip should continue with For King Haakon and the Fjords
Haha! This salvo was aimed more at the esteemed El Pip, but I appear to (rather like the artillery fire in Paris) have caused some collateral damage! But New South Wales (my home state) I must blame on - yes - the English! Remember, it was them, not Australians, that named it early on during their colonial rule. And it may not have even been a compliment. And I think I’d rather swim on one our beaches, thanks very much. Lovely though I am sure South Wales is in other ways.Don't bring up cheap imitations Australia. Only the US has you beat in that regard. Imitation neo-gothic cathedrals, imitation English, imitation cricket and rugby (presumably taken from an imitation rule book sold to you by the French) and bizarrely enough, imitation South Wales...I mean, of things to imitate...
Even the French can't get imitation quite right sometimes. Giving their president a palace three times the size of the white house and about as fancy as Buck Pal doesn't to me seem like they've understood what exactly they want their president to be like.
But New South Wales (my home state) I must blame on - yes - the English! Remember, it was them, not Australians, that named it early on during their colonial rule.
And I think I’d rather swim on one our beaches, thanks very much.
Lovely though I am sure South Wales is in other ways.
but improvement of things originally brought over here by the colonial masters, but taken to the next level of excellence by the inheritors. Rather like the Commonwealth Games at the moment
I’ll just leave at this for now - wouldn’t want to be caught imitating an English take down (it being more a societal/cultural reference than a geographic one). The rest may be right, but we weren’t nearly as good at cheating as the Poms (our guys should have struck to pocketfuls of mints or soil, in the time-tested English way). Though we have got the hang of changing the rules to suit in other areas. Always a useful skill to have.I have no idea why I've decided to play Jingo today but since we're here (because we're here because...)
If by that you mean British because by that point England had disappeared into the same sea Wales had. And if you're going to say they were English anyway because they came from the English bit, then apparently wrong again because its all the fault of a Welshman...who apparently kept naming everywhere he went New South Wales...
Things you used to get away from.
Really? Of the coast of your beaches are the corpses of sharks and people, killed by far worse things. Off our shores lie oil, gas, Ireland, France, and several thousand tons of rotting wood and corroding metal sent to the depths by various navies and Acts of Gawd. Top that.
Well you can see Devon and Cornwall from there, which means you are continually filled with pleasure knowing that you aren't there. And the ice-cream is pretty good. And the castle. And, dare I say it, the welsh.
Well you do seem to have gotten the hang of our best tricks of cheating and changing the rules whenever they don't suit you. If only every country could-oh wait
At least Australia will be mostly spared from the oncoming nuclear Armageddon.
At least Australia will be mostly spared from the oncoming nuclear Armageddon.
Well you do seem to have gotten the hang of our best tricks of cheating and changing the rules whenever they don't suit you. If only every country could-oh wait
At least Australia will be mostly spared from the oncoming nuclear Armageddon.
As terrible as they both are (new South Wales is full of Australians and I imagine South Wales to be some sort of British Weat Virginia), both will still be beaten by the crusaders/All Blacks later in the year (NSW is first in line I believe)
Furthermore it is my opinion that El Pip should continue with For King Haakon and the Fjords (and that this has more impact here than in a tag line)
I’ll just leave at this for now - wouldn’t want to be caught imitating an English take down (it being more a societal/cultural reference than a geographic one). The rest may be right, but we weren’t nearly as good at cheating as the Poms (our guys should have struck to pocketfuls of mints or soil, in the time-tested English way). Though we have got the hang of changing the rules to suit in other areas. Always a useful skill to have.
You should watch On the Beach...
That’s a pretty accurate strategic summary! Though they might decide to hit our Pine Gap installation (or ‘Joint Facilities’ as they are quaintly termed). The rest should be OK. Except perhaps the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House, which always get taken out in end of the world and SF alien attacks. Rather like the Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, Big Ben/Westminster, etc. Apart from that, the nuclear winter would help to counteract the global warming. Pity about the ozone layer.
Oh, I have no doubt of it. And this was a return of serve for all that ‘Britain won the war for France’ stuff in my Quick & Dirty AAR.Eh, El Pip was looking for off topics to see when he wrote that line in the first place.
This is one of the most apt poems yet, I remain impressed and delighted at the effort you are putting into this.Give the Slovaks their due
Defending Paris better than Montague
The Brits took down
the highest tower in town
Thus showing how critical realism might best relate to the realm of International Relations
Wise words.In all fairness, simply the first part here is a sufficient victory to declare the war over, mission accomplished, and send everybody home!
A proper skyscraper is a wonderful and useful thing, a tall tower with nothing in it bar a viewing platform is pointless. You can still build it as a tourist attraction or just for the joy of building large metal towers, that can often be reason enough, but it has not removed it's essential pointlessness.They think Blackpool and the Eiffel towers were pointless? Just wait till they see modern Paris and London then...
Also it took them barely any time to build that tower in the first place, if they want to rebuild it twice the size and with a bigger flag they can. Blackpool I love for very unashamedly building a smaller copy and sticking it on a wacking great building made of marble and granite which contains all of the actual attractions at Blackpool tower. The actual tower is pretty much just for catching tourists. On the whole, I have enjoyed it whenever I went there but the stadium next door beats it. Four star hotel and the bar overlooks the stadium so it's basically a ridiculously nice premier box. The rugby matches played there at Easter 2015 (I think?) were great.
Wait...if they managed to destroy the tower through shelling, does that mean they wrecked the only part of Paris that's actually nice to look at? I hope they didn't kill any pigeons.
Edit: this reminds me of the tale about that church spire with the Virgin Mary on top (think it was the Virgin Mary). Both sides had hold of this city and someone had very nearly knocked the statue off the top but it hung on...just. The British defending the city at the time began to believe that the war would end when the statue fell. The Germans when they held the city he,ieved whoever knocked the statue off would lose (since...you know, the British would have to shell them cos they were using the church as a base at the time. Godless bastards). Anyway the Brits do knock the statue down and the Germans celebrate. Then depending on which story you read they all surrendered within a week or this was one of the first cities to get firebombed heavily by the Americans.
Anyway, they put a replacement spire and statue back up after the war, and I think some priest actually suggested putting it back up in the famous wartime pose. Thankfully, someone told him no.
It is a low bar, but General Jurech will go down as more competent than any French general.Another bewilderingly swift update El Pip - you're on a roll!
And two successful defences of Paris? Hmm, while overall defeat may be inevitable, it seems they are still to be permitted some victories along the way!
And how British to celebrate the destruction of a French icon (like it or not) then claim victory for some mediocre English imitation! Can I have English fries with my Wimpy Burger, please?
It's arguable the world didn't really need one South Wales, let alone a second one.Don't bring up cheap imitations Australia. Only the US has you beat in that regard. Imitation neo-gothic cathedrals, imitation English, imitation cricket and rugby (presumably taken from an imitation rule book sold to you by the French) and bizarrely enough, imitation South Wales...I mean, of things to imitate...
Even the French can't get imitation quite right sometimes. Giving their president a palace three times the size of the white house and about as fancy as Buck Pal doesn't to me seem like they've understood what exactly they want their president to be like.
One of these places maybe?As an American who has not had the honor of ever getting close to South Wales... what part of the US is the bad facsimile?
I will not ruin the surprise, but you are correct that no-one is going to be issuing any buildings insurance for any Parisian landmark.My guess would be Trump and coal country
Good part El Pip, with help from the six panzer division Paris will never fall, also I would like to point out that Paris was held by the English during the Hundred Years' War
But a question. With the arc du rubble and the Eiffel scrap heap done which tourist attraction will the allies destroy next? (It can't be any of the palaces as the allied officers need somewhere to stay post recapture)
Furthermore it is my opinion that El Pip should continue with For King Haakon and the Fjords
Everyone knows French Fries are actually Belgian, they are just called that as a two-for-one insult. Belgium gets upset at losing the credit, France is insulted that people thing that is the best thing in French cuisine.Oh, you mean Freedom Fries?
Welsh Anthracite is indeed amongst the highest grade Anthracite you can get. Therefore optimistic idiots keep trying to dig it out, hoping the high selling price will offset the high costs, sadly it doesn't work out that way. The latest bunch started last monthI was talking about Australia. For America I'm not too sure. There probably is a weirdly rural, industrial yet ancient part lying around somewhere.
Cardiff coal is the best in the world after all...
Don't we know it. (Do you know that you can add that as a signature to the end of your comments?)
Nothing was improved by being taken to Australia. You can't even cheat properly, as your Cricket Team so memorably (and hilariously) proved.Haha! This salvo was aimed more at the esteemed El Pip, but I appear to (rather like the artillery fire in Paris) have caused some collateral damage! But New South Wales (my home state) I must blame on - yes - the English! Remember, it was them, not Australians, that named it early on during their colonial rule. And it may not have even been a compliment. And I think I’d rather swim on one our beaches, thanks very much. Lovely though I am sure South Wales is in other ways.
No, like all the other things you mentioned (except perhaps for the imitation cathedrals which would have been built by Poms anyway and which must be more famous in England than here), not imitation: but improvement of things originally brought over here by the colonial masters, but taken to the next level of excellence by the inheritors. Rather like the Commonwealth Games at the moment
This entire post is invalidate by saying Wales is better than Devon or Cornwall. I've spent time in both and it is not even close, Wales is much worse. The ice-cream is worse, the weather is much worse, there is a catastrophic lack of cream teams and pasties and there is the ever present risk of a male voice choir.I have no idea why I've decided to play Jingo today but since we're here (because we're here because...)
If by that you mean British because by that point England had disappeared into the same sea Wales had. And if you're going to say they were English anyway because they came from the English bit, then apparently wrong again because its all the fault of a Welshman...who apparently kept naming everywhere he went New South Wales...
Things you used to get away from.
Really? Of the coast of your beaches are the corpses of sharks and people, killed by far worse things. Off our shores lie oil, gas, Ireland, France, and several thousand tons of rotting wood and corroding metal sent to the depths by various navies and Acts of Gawd. Top that.
Well you can see Devon and Cornwall from there, which means you are continually filled with pleasure knowing that you aren't there. And the ice-cream is pretty good. And the castle. And, dare I say it, the welsh.
Well you do seem to have gotten the hang of our best tricks of cheating and changing the rules whenever they don't suit you. If only every country could-oh wait
At least Australia will be mostly spared from the oncoming nuclear Armageddon.
South Wales prefers heroin where as West Virginia goes for OxyContin, but otherwise it probably is quite close. They are both full of people who regularly vote for pretty much anyone from the Red coloured party, even if the Republicans and Labour are quite different apart from the colour.As terrible as they both are (new South Wales is full of Australians and I imagine South Wales to be some sort of British Weat Virginia), both will still be beaten by the crusaders/All Blacks later in the year (NSW is first in line I believe)
Furthermore it is my opinion that El Pip should continue with For King Haakon and the Fjords (and that this has more impact here than in a tag line)
The Australian cricket team have been cheating for decades without punishment. I imagine they just got cocky and lazy and that's why they were so blatant they got caught.I’ll just leave at this for now - wouldn’t want to be caught imitating an English take down (it being more a societal/cultural reference than a geographic one). The rest may be right, but we weren’t nearly as good at cheating as the Poms (our guys should have struck to pocketfuls of mints or soil, in the time-tested English way). Though we have got the hang of changing the rules to suit in other areas. Always a useful skill to have.
Dear lord.
Almost as cheerful as Threads.You should watch On the Beach...
Paris has been pretty much the only place the Axis have managed to make a stand, the lack of progress in the rest of Western Europe is basically down to lack of Allied forces - almost all the post D-Day reinforcements went to Italy and the Balkans, not France. Bomber command doing nothing (that I can see) and Germany not deploying any V-1s or V-2s means that there will probably be less cities being destroyed than OTL.Don't we know it. (I'm mean...okay but this might go on for a while. Want to play dungeons and dragons for the next quadrillion years?)
Eh, El Pip was looking for off topics to see when he wrote that line in the first place. Though the fact that Paris still hasn't been retaken just makes me more aghast at how awful this scenario is. Is every city going to have to be bombed flat before they're retaken? Was this all just a plot to wipe out as much non scandivnain and Iberian culture from Europe as possible (yes I know the Nazis had that as a Plan Z)?
Ah, classic.
Is this a thing people have actually made stuff about? I assume they'll die eventually anyway but if anyone on earth has a chance of survival it would be people in the outback of Australia.
I like to imagine the Soviets had a couple of dozen spare nukes pointing at Australia just on principle. If you are going to get destroyed in a nuclear war, you don't want the best placed survivors to be capitalist pig dogs.That’s a pretty accurate strategic summary! Though they might decide to hit our Pine Gap installation (or ‘Joint Facilities’ as they are quaintly termed). The rest should be OK. Except perhaps the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House, which always get taken out in end of the world and SF alien attacks. Rather like the Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, Big Ben/Westminster, etc. Apart from that, the nuclear winter would help to counteract the global warming. Pity about the ozone layer.
We shall have to just disagree about the true heroes of Quick & Dirty.Oh, I have no doubt of it. And this was a return of serve for all that ‘Britain won the war for France’ stuff in my Quick & Dirty AAR.
Seeing the doubt Malar joined the conversation "They didn't even have time to destroy another Parisian landmark before the battle was over."