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[Euronymous]

Check this out:

More of an argument? There's no argument to be had.

And Ireland is rightfully Britain's, anyway. People in the RoI have just been granted temporary independence. They're as British as tea and crumpets.

Ten points to the first person to guess on what topic this little gem actually came up on.

 

[granger]

The home nations tournament, Bono, The euro

 

[On The Bridle]

Olympic Golf?

 

[Irish Stamp]

I looked anyway :lol:

 

[Gearoid]

I had to google. In the context of the thread I would say he is mostly correct.

 

[PRICEWISE2008]

I'm lost

 

[On The Bridle]

Me too!!

 

[Euronymous]

The issue was which United XI would a Roy Keane or a Dennis Irwin qualify for, a British one or an all foreign one.

 

[Bar the Bull]

This bollox about the British Isles really bothers me.

Why get so hot under the collar about the term?

 

[Sheikh]

This bollox about the British Isles really bothers me.

Why get so hot under the collar about the term?

Why mention it if it makes no difference to you ?

Personally I think it's just laziness as it's a factually incorrect term. No biggy.

 

[Bar the Bull]

Other people getting bothered about it really bothers me.

 

[Sheikh]

 

[trackside528]

It's essentially a debate about Roy Keane anyway.

 

[Bar the Bull]

The naming of the British Isles? Never saw it like that, but the more I think of it, the more I agree with you.

 

[clivex]

It is wrong

it should be the Great British isles

 

[Grey]

But Great Britain is merely one among numerous isles.

 

[clivex]

True, but the others are either completely potless, having been run by cowboy builders chucking cash at alcoholic rambling polticians or loaded up with russian mafia drug dealing cash or simply overrun by sheep and a few inbreds

 

[Grey]

:lol:

In that case why are you so keen for your own isle to be associated with them?

 

[clivex]

Good point