BRITS! Gather around!!

[Gillipig]

If you could take back one named area on this map which would it be?

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[kizkiz]

India
Fast growing economy and cheap labour

[john9blue]

reliving the glory days, are we?

[Gillipig]

reliving the glory days, are we?

Not my nation's glory days. If I did that I'd show you this pic:

Oops, I guess I just did .

[BigBallinStalin]

Where were y'all in the seventh century?

[Gillipig]

Where were y'all in the seventh century?

Which was your glory days? Was it when you nuked the Japanese, lost in the jungle to the Viet Cong or performed genocide on the Native Americans?

[saxitoxin]

Where were y'all in the seventh century?

Which was your glory days? Was it when you nuked the Japanese, lost in the jungle to the Viet Cong or performed genocide on the Native Americans?

[Gillipig]

Where were y'all in the seventh century?

Which was your glory days? Was it when you nuked the Japanese, lost in the jungle to the Viet Cong or performed genocide on the Native Americans?

Yeah, we've gone too soft. Time to bring back some big bearded, ill tempered, mead drinking farmers to lead our country! Our ancestors founded the first kingdom in Russia so this is like seeing your own son make fun of you. You feel the need to spank him, but he's much bigger than you...

[BigBallinStalin]

Where were y'all in the seventh century?

Which was your glory days? Was it when you nuked the Japanese, lost in the jungle to the Viet Cong or performed genocide on the Native Americans?

My personal empire doesn't stretch that far back in time. It's been benign and mostly productive.

Anyway, where were y'all in the seventh century? Did y'all evolve from snow and fjords?

[saxitoxin]

Did y'all evolve from snow and fjords?

Gillpig's mom is HOT --

[Dukasaur]

If you could take back one named area on this map which would it be?

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Why isn't Aquitaine on this map? Are you ignoring the glory of the House of Plantagenet?

[MeDeFe]

If you could take back one named area on this map which would it be?

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Most of them are ok, but "the thirteen colonies"... Really? Was it that hard to come up with another thirteen names? Or put them together into one large colony and come up with one really good name for it, that would work, too.

[Serbia]

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Most of them are ok, but "the thirteen colonies"... Really? Was it that hard to come up with another thirteen names? Or put them together into one large colony and come up with one really good name for it, that would work, too.

We should start making suggestions for alternate names for "the thirteen colonies".
I shall start by suggesting "America".

Also, I think they should be separated into thirteen separate territories. What if you wanted to hang on to South Carolina, but don't give a toss about Maine?

Bollocks.

[Gillipig]

Where were y'all in the seventh century?

Which was your glory days? Was it when you nuked the Japanese, lost in the jungle to the Viet Cong or performed genocide on the Native Americans?

My personal empire doesn't stretch that far back in time. It's been benign and mostly productive.

Anyway, where were y'all in the seventh century? Did y'all evolve from snow and fjords?

You're american, your country has existed for a pathetically short time. Where was your country in the thirteenth century? In the fourteenth century? fifteenth century? If you were Japanese your question would have merit, but you are not.

[nagerous]

Rule Britannia. Britannia rules the waves, and Britons never never never shall be slaves!

[BigBallinStalin]

Where were y'all in the seventh century?

Which was your glory days? Was it when you nuked the Japanese, lost in the jungle to the Viet Cong or performed genocide on the Native Americans?

My personal empire doesn't stretch that far back in time. It's been benign and mostly productive.

Anyway, where were y'all in the seventh century? Did y'all evolve from snow and fjords?

You're american, your country has existed for a pathetically short time. Where was your country in the thirteenth century? In the fourteenth century? fifteenth century? If you were Japanese your question would have merit, but you are not.

Wat? How is that relevant to the origin of your people? Did y'all or did y'all not evolve from snow and fjords?

[muy_thaiguy]

Where were y'all in the seventh century?

Which was your glory days? Was it when you nuked the Japanese, lost in the jungle to the Viet Cong or performed genocide on the Native Americans?

My personal empire doesn't stretch that far back in time. It's been benign and mostly productive.

Anyway, where were y'all in the seventh century? Did y'all evolve from snow and fjords?

You're american, your country has existed for a pathetically short time. Where was your country in the thirteenth century? In the fourteenth century? fifteenth century? If you were Japanese your question would have merit, but you are not.

We could go our individual ancestors, but I only know where one side of my family came from (Mainly Ireland, a bit of Wales, Germany, Somewhere in scandinavia and a teeny tiny bit Native American, so small, it's insignificant). Otherwise, well, Americans have been here for a lot longer than you think. We had cities that dwarfed anything in Europe (maybe even the rest of the world) at one point, had chocolate before the rest of the world, introduced the potatoe, made due without metals for the most part, yet still had some pretty good technology, no pack animals yet had vast farms, some places even had zoos. Where Europe was deforestizing itself (probably just made up that word), the Americans were adapting to nature and only taking what they needed.

But you Europeans had to come in and destroy all that and more to conform to your way of life. Jerks.

[Gillipig]

Where were y'all in the seventh century?

Which was your glory days? Was it when you nuked the Japanese, lost in the jungle to the Viet Cong or performed genocide on the Native Americans?

My personal empire doesn't stretch that far back in time. It's been benign and mostly productive.

Anyway, where were y'all in the seventh century? Did y'all evolve from snow and fjords?

You're american, your country has existed for a pathetically short time. Where was your country in the thirteenth century? In the fourteenth century? fifteenth century? If you were Japanese your question would have merit, but you are not.

We could go our individual ancestors, but I only know where one side of my family came from (Mainly Ireland, a bit of Wales, Germany, Somewhere in scandinavia and a teeny tiny bit Native American, so small, it's insignificant). Otherwise, well, Americans have been here for a lot longer than you think. We had cities that dwarfed anything in Europe (maybe even the rest of the world) at one point, had chocolate before the rest of the world, introduced the potatoe, made due without metals for the most part, yet still had some pretty good technology, no pack animals yet had vast farms, some places even had zoos. Where Europe was deforestizing itself (probably just made up that word), the Americans were adapting to nature and only taking what they needed.

But you Europeans had to come in and destroy all that and more to conform to your way of life. Jerks.

Not we, you! You are the direct ancestor to the people who invaded their land and took their resources. My ancestors were mostly farmers in my native country. My ancestors didn't colonize the place, yours did. That is why you are there and I am not. Do you argue against this?

[saxitoxin]

My ancestors were mostly farmers in my native country. My ancestors didn't colonize the place, yours did. That is why you are there and I am not.

To put this in 21st century terms ...

MTG's ancestors:



Gillpig's ancestors:

[waauw]

Where were y'all in the seventh century?

Which was your glory days? Was it when you nuked the Japanese, lost in the jungle to the Viet Cong or performed genocide on the Native Americans?

My personal empire doesn't stretch that far back in time. It's been benign and mostly productive.

Anyway, where were y'all in the seventh century? Did y'all evolve from snow and fjords?

You're american, your country has existed for a pathetically short time. Where was your country in the thirteenth century? In the fourteenth century? fifteenth century? If you were Japanese your question would have merit, but you are not.

We could go our individual ancestors, but I only know where one side of my family came from (Mainly Ireland, a bit of Wales, Germany, Somewhere in scandinavia and a teeny tiny bit Native American, so small, it's insignificant). Otherwise, well, Americans have been here for a lot longer than you think. We had cities that dwarfed anything in Europe (maybe even the rest of the world) at one point, had chocolate before the rest of the world, introduced the potatoe, made due without metals for the most part, yet still had some pretty good technology, no pack animals yet had vast farms, some places even had zoos. Where Europe was deforestizing itself (probably just made up that word), the Americans were adapting to nature and only taking what they needed.

But you Europeans had to come in and destroy all that and more to conform to your way of life. Jerks.

Not all native americans lived in peace with their natural environment. I would refer you to what happened to the ancient Mayans who cut down large parts of their forests.

anyway, how dahell did this topic turn into europe vs america???

[Serbia]

anyway, how dahell did this topic turn into europe vs america???

Welcome to CC?

Bollocks.

[waauw]

anyway, how dahell did this topic turn into europe vs america???

Welcome to CC?

Bollocks.

I guess I underestimated the dark side of the force

[Gillipig]

My ancestors were mostly farmers in my native country. My ancestors didn't colonize the place, yours did. That is why you are there and I am not.

To put this in 21st century terms ...

MTG's ancestors:



Gillpig's ancestors:

Somehow you've got this completely wrong. Farmers don't live in trailers, they've got houses. Westerners colonizing many parts of America however, had to live in their wagons (trailers) for several years before finding some unoccupied land to start farming.

[thegreekdog]

Where were y'all in the seventh century?

Which was your glory days? Was it when you nuked the Japanese, lost in the jungle to the Viet Cong or performed genocide on the Native Americans?

My personal empire doesn't stretch that far back in time. It's been benign and mostly productive.

Anyway, where were y'all in the seventh century? Did y'all evolve from snow and fjords?

Gillipig, I admit I'm confused. Are you jealous of the awesome power of the United States relative to [insert name of Nordic country]'s Dark Age prominence or are you trying to make us feel bad?

[Gillipig]

Where were y'all in the seventh century?

Which was your glory days? Was it when you nuked the Japanese, lost in the jungle to the Viet Cong or performed genocide on the Native Americans?

My personal empire doesn't stretch that far back in time. It's been benign and mostly productive.

Anyway, where were y'all in the seventh century? Did y'all evolve from snow and fjords?

Gillipig, I admit I'm confused. Are you jealous of the awesome power of the United States relative to [insert name of Nordic country]'s Dark Age prominence or are you trying to make us feel bad?

I'm saying you are young and useless.