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# why don't you Brits get with the program?


'i think it looks good,' said the american, running for cover.
(kerouac, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:39, archived)
# This may sound stupid..
But I want the euro, just to be able to get my hands on shiny new money :)
(I helped save b3ta! dogsbollocks, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:39, archived)
# i just want to see the eldery
get confused
(I helped save b3ta! stevierar, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:40, archived)
# i dunno
what there is to b confused about.
if something costs x euros, it costs x euros, doesnt matter hlw much it would be in pounds, cos it aint in pounds anymore (or wouldnt b even)
(I helped save b3ta! The Incredible... accident free since, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:47, archived)
# and so when i go abroad
i dont feel so foreign and hated
(I helped save b3ta! Sunshine Elephant, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:40, archived)
# I have never...
...felt foreign and hated abroad.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:41, archived)
# you are now
(I helped save b3ta! Sunshine Elephant, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:42, archived)
# Have you ever
been abroad?
(Astatine, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:42, archived)
# not until
after the operation...

*ba-dum TISH!*
(I helped save b3ta! Scoopzilla http://www.slapwatch.com now get to fuck, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:44, archived)
# Yes...
...and I have always been met with affection and friendship.

...but I am really, really likable though.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:46, archived)
# and you
look like jesus.
(I helped save b3ta! stouffer, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:48, archived)
# what?
even in London?

(note for Londoners - this is a joke... mostly...)
(I helped save b3ta! chaotic_illuminator proud spacehopperist, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:50, archived)
# Technically...
...London isn't abroad.

Just the very fucking epicentre of hell itself.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:52, archived)
# there.


oh, wait, you said hated hated abroad, not hated by a broad.

my mistake.
(kerouac, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:47, archived)
# he has that effect
on the ladies






and the men
and the ladiemen
(I helped save b3ta! Sunshine Elephant, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:48, archived)
# Yes...
...well...erm...


*sobs*
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:48, archived)
# don't be sad.
(kerouac, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:52, archived)
# oh come on...
.. you know the sobbing is only because her norks are covered up :p
(Ruffgeezer back again like a bad smell., Tue 10 Jun 2003, 23:15, archived)
# They look and feel like
WHSmith gift vouchers. Except you can spend them anywhere.
(I helped save b3ta! ?!, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:41, archived)
# you sent me £3! eedjut!
shall i reject it?
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:41, archived)
# name confusion :)
(I helped save b3ta! dogsbollocks, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:42, archived)
# yes.
yes, you're not him are you.
damn.
going blind in my old age, y'see
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:43, archived)
# i'm only for
it if it has the queen on one side and a big fuckoff bulldog on the other. wearing a union jack waistcoat and bowler hat.
(I helped save b3ta! stouffer, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:41, archived)
# lol
.
(I helped save b3ta! M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:44, archived)
# You know...
I can understand opposition to the Euro.

Us americans still don't use the Metric system.
(I helped save b3ta! Scoopzilla http://www.slapwatch.com now get to fuck, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:46, archived)
# I'd rather join the Euro
than the dollar, which might be an alternative. Nothing hugely anti-American, just I don't feel comfortable with the attitude of American foreign policy right now.
Having said that, I'm currently not convinced we should join the Euro yet.

Oh, and have a woo for your picture
(kryptik, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:42, archived)
# because
the e.u. foreign policy is sooooooooo much better. factoid: the e.u. fucks over third world nations more than both the yanks and the japanese.
(I helped save b3ta! stouffer, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:43, archived)
# economically
anyway. we aren't quite so quick with the bombs.

*digs around to try and find article to back him up*
(I helped save b3ta! stouffer, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:46, archived)
# just rip off sum1s thesis
they themselves have said its admissable evidance... :p
(ChowRiit, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:48, archived)
# I like the idea of the Euro
but the name is so... dull.

Why don't they just bring in a decimal version of the old Roman currency, the Librum? Obviously the the symbol of the united currency would have to be a cursive L with a stroke through it, but I'm sure we could find an ASCII character to represent that.
(Astatine, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:42, archived)
# that would make the nordic people angry
there's two main cultures in europe you know. germanics and romanics :)
(I helped save b3ta! notshitashi OMOH, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:45, archived)
# Don't say that
You'll make the Hellenics angry.
Edit: And the Slavs, and the Irish... Anyway, almost all predecimal scandinavian and teutonic currencies were descended from the librum. It's not an entirely daft idea.
(Astatine, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:46, archived)
# Yeah....
Being a drunk Irish bastard I take offense to that...
(I helped save b3ta! Scoopzilla http://www.slapwatch.com now get to fuck, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:51, archived)
# Because
We checked it out, and it's not a good idea.
And unlike Americans, we don't rush into things without thinking.

In case you didn't realise, it's slightly more complicated than just having a few nice notes to make dumb tourists have less trouble exchanging currency
(I helped save b3ta! wonko the sane, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:51, archived)
# Hey...
We make nothing convenient for anyone...

Being a Drunk American retard I take offense to that.
(I helped save b3ta! Scoopzilla http://www.slapwatch.com now get to fuck, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:55, archived)
# *ahem*
Being a "Drunk American retard" you missed that the 'making stuff convenient' bit was about currency exchange, and not Americans.

Erm, so not sure what your response meant.

Edit : At least, I think that's the point you're making.
Edit 2: But you said you were irish.
Edit 3 : Or was it just self deprecation. I think I'm a drunk British retard.
(I helped save b3ta! wonko the sane, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 22:57, archived)
# If I knew what my response was about
I wouldn't be a drunk American retard, would I??

hooray for retards across the atlantic

(I helped save b3ta! Scoopzilla http://www.slapwatch.com now get to fuck, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 23:01, archived)
# On the subject of currency
Why are all dollar bills exactly the same, regardless of denomination.
And why do they feel so cheap.
(I helped save b3ta! wonko the sane, Tue 10 Jun 2003, 23:09, archived)