• jmcs
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    22 hours ago

    The UK has this weird idea that they are the biggest friendly-rival of everyone in western Europe when everyone seems to see them more like the old-grumpy but mostly harmless neighbour.

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      22 hours ago

      “We got you good, Jerry, back in the day, when the Sopwith Camels were whizzing overhead…”

      “Ja ja, lassen Sie uns ins Bett bekommen.”

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      22 hours ago

      The class clown of Europe

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      17 hours ago

      After the Napoleonic Wars, where the UK finally crushed France and became the most powerful empire in Europe, they asked for nothing on the European mainland for themselves.

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        15 hours ago

        See, when Top Gear did a challenge with some French TV presenters and Clarkson kept muttering “don’t talk about Agincourt” that was at least funny