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# Web forms eh? Don't you just wish they had us down as 'Britain'?

Edit: Couldn't be arsed to put actual countries in :)
(I helped save b3ta! Ninj, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:13, archived)
# You know you can just click open the dropdown menu and type U
which jumps you down to the U's?
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:15, archived)
# a lot of my mail goes to Uganda because of that
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 22 May 2009, 11:15, archived)
# yeah but you can scroll from there.
What annoys me are the ones the don't put UK they put England, Wales, Scotland etc etc etc. After you've scanned through the U's you then have to check under B for britain and the E for ENgland.
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:17, archived)
# Mine usually goes to Nepal or Nauru
I have no idea where the latter might be
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:20, archived)
# its near milton keynes
(I helped save b3ta! Badgerfish falling out of the lurk, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:24, archived)
# b-b-b-but 'Britain' is just the shortened name for the Island of Great Britain
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 22 May 2009, 11:15, archived)
# I thought it was short for
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
(I helped save b3ta! Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:18, archived)
# I suppose it is too
perhaps we should just be Britland
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 22 May 2009, 11:26, archived)
# I thought Britain was short for
Britainianababababeebeebooh?
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:18, archived)
# 'Islands' surely?
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:20, archived)
# nope - just the big one that Scotland, England and Wales occupies
the rest is the British Isles (which includes the island of Ireland, which is where the countries of Northern Ireland and Ireland live)
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 22 May 2009, 11:25, archived)
# It was a genuine question, I honestly have no clue.
/not a native of these lands blog
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:27, archived)
# there is much confusion over the matter
from wherest doest thou hail?
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 22 May 2009, 11:28, archived)
# Just across the water, from
the lands of Nether. The northern (very VERY flat) bit.

(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:30, archived)
# another land of confusion to people
as I understand it, Holland is to the Netherlands as England is to the United Kingdom. Is that right?
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 22 May 2009, 11:35, archived)
# Well, it's two provinces, yes.
Noord & Zuid - can you possibly guess what that means? ;-)
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:41, archived)
# I looked this up on wikipedia once. it's...complicated:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:British_Isles_Euler_diagram.svg
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:29, archived)
# Good grief!
If it needs a Venn diagram to clarify it, it's evidently way too much for me!

;-)
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:31, archived)
# crumbs
but good diagram
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 22 May 2009, 11:37, archived)
# I thought Britain was short for
"It's not called GREAT Britian for nothing, y'know"
(I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:22, archived)
# actually
this IS the best option all round
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 22 May 2009, 11:25, archived)
# Half of my family are from Quamquam Suis.
It is a small French owned island in the Pacific.

Happy Fwiday All.
(I helped save b3ta! Whato_Jeeves Did your surgery require a vaginal mesh patch?, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:20, archived)
# Is that the same island chain that includes
San Serriffe?
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:26, archived)
# :D
I love reading about often unheard of islands like Santa Catalina and Socotra
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 22 May 2009, 11:29, archived)
# Hahaha those replies are making me laugh :)
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:29, archived)
# Just type "U" a few times and you're there ;)
(I helped save b3ta! Barbarossa is not my real name, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:20, archived)
# I keep getting a sheep.
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:22, archived)
# Are you playing farmyard lotto?
(I helped save b3ta! Barbarossa is not my real name, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:26, archived)
# Naaa
I went dogging in New Zealand. The worst thing is afterwards they send it to the UK and we eat it!
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:28, archived)
# HAHAHAHA
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 22 May 2009, 11:39, archived)
# Doh!
*Slaps forehead* :)
(I helped save b3ta! Ninj, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:22, archived)
# You, You, You?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VZuJFntJr8
(I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:23, archived)