Comments on: Shrinking England http://www.pootergeek.com/2006/07/shrinking-england/ contains extended scenes of moderate fantasy menace Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:16:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: incitatus http://www.pootergeek.com/2006/07/shrinking-england/comment-page-1/#comment-66344 incitatus Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:43:44 +0000 http://www.pootergeek.com/?p=2343#comment-66344 It's the Seige of Mafeking mentality in action. We only strut our stuff when the odds are piled against us (and there are Welshmen around to strike up a good sing song). There's good evidence* to suggest that Winston Churchill engaged in WWII with the specific desire to lose it heroically. And we would have too, if those pesky Americans hadn't turned up in the last 5 min to bugger it up for us. * actually, I can't back this up It’s the Seige of Mafeking mentality in action. We only strut our stuff when the odds are piled against us (and there are Welshmen around to strike up a good sing song). There’s good evidence* to suggest that Winston Churchill engaged in WWII with the specific desire to lose it heroically.

And we would have too, if those pesky Americans hadn’t turned up in the last 5 min to bugger it up for us.

* actually, I can’t back this up

]]> By: Will http://www.pootergeek.com/2006/07/shrinking-england/comment-page-1/#comment-66216 Will Fri, 07 Jul 2006 22:53:32 +0000 http://www.pootergeek.com/?p=2343#comment-66216 Looking at the link from where you come from you can fuck right off. Looking at the link from where you come from you can fuck right off.

]]> By: xoggoth http://www.pootergeek.com/2006/07/shrinking-england/comment-page-1/#comment-66214 xoggoth Fri, 07 Jul 2006 20:24:01 +0000 http://www.pootergeek.com/?p=2343#comment-66214 Sounds like a candidate for Private Eye's Pseuds corner. Or is that where it came from? Sounds like a candidate for Private Eye’s Pseuds corner. Or is that where it came from?

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