Kindly show your working
when did The Falklands ever belong to Argentina or were inhabited by Argentinians.
( Kroney, Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:00, 3 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

2 April 1982 to 14 June 1982

( Peej, Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:02, Reply)

Hah!

( Kroney, Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:03, Reply)

I thought we nicked it from the spanish.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:04, Reply)

The Spanish had it in 1760 something.
By the time we settled them in 1833, they had been empty for years. The Argentinians have never had people living there. When we settled them, Argentina wasn't even a country yet.
( Kroney, Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:05, Reply)

Yeah, something like that.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:06, Reply)

No, nothing like that.
It's British OCCUPATION of FOREIGN soil.
( Kroney, Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:07, Reply)

Here's the ownership in history.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Falklands.permanence.png

Spain gave all its south american colonies to the newly formed Argentina, so the spanish occupation is part of the argentine claim.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:11, Reply)

If you look at that graph
it shows that there's a period of non-ownership between Argentina and the UK's possession. Although it's true that I was incorrect in stating Argentina wasn't a country at the time.
( Kroney, Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:16, Reply)

Yeah, no one owned it for a while then there was an Argentine group on there
for less than a year and a british warship turned up and told them to fuck off.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:19, Reply)

Sounds reasonable to me
Fucking whining Argies.
( Kroney, Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:23, Reply)

To be honest, we both have valid claims
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands_sovereignty_dispute
Thats why neither country will ever take it to court or to a UN judgment, because neither the Argies or us are sure who will win.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:21, Reply)

How much do they cost us to keep?

( Peej, Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:24, Reply)

A fuckton

(PsychoChomp, Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:25, Reply)

Then fuck um

( Peej, Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:26, Reply)

50p a mile, but we get 64p for every half gallon of oil
so technically, penguins
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:25, Reply)

hahaha!
I love this
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:56, Reply)

We were there first!
apart from France, who don't count. But probably why Kroney is so upset about the whole thing.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:19, Reply)

France sold it to Spain,
Spain gave all their lands to Argentina.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:22, Reply)

France never counts when it counts.
All bluster.
( Kroney, Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:28, Reply)