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Nick Cohen, columnist for the Observer, had a fascinating piece in the WaPo recently.
"British exceptionalists, like their American counterparts, insisted that other countries would bow before us. We were repeatedly assured that the E.U. needed us more than we needed them, a brag that grows more absurd by the day."
"Honest commentators don’t make predictions anymore, but stare at the wreckage with slack-jawed disbelief."
“We have no idea where we are going,” Sam Gyimah, from Theresa May’s ruling Conservative government, said last week (although I use the word “ruling” advisedly). “There is no strategy; there is no plan.”
I saw evidence of panic buying today! There was no white rum in Aldi. Plenty of foodstuffs on the shelves, but no white rum....... I said to the manager, "what's going on here. Are you allowing panic buying of Aldi white rum?"
He laughed, and said, it was just out of stock. A likely story.
So you were unable to purchase white rum at a grocery store owned by a German company (Albrecht Discounts) and this is somehow pertinent to what happens next with the EU and the UK?
So you were unable to purchase white rum at a grocery store owned by a German company (Albrecht Discounts) and this is somehow pertinent to what happens next with the EU and the UK?
Perhaps you could explain this a bit more.
It was a joke based on some here saying they have read of panic buying of foodstuffs in the UK, as we lead up to Brexit. The joke was the food shelves are full, but the white rum had run out. Get it? Gawd.......
I do like the Aldi white rum. But, if it comes to the crunch, I will make do with white rum imported directly from the Carribbean.......
I don't think I need any more liquor from Germany for my Long Island Teas. Lemme think........ we make the gin and vodka ourselves. Tequila comes from Mexico....... Oh gawd, the Cointreau is made in France...... That's it..... cancel Brexit!!
Looks like May is asking for a few more months, if approved then what.
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LONDON — The chaos and dysfunction of the British government were on full display on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Theresa May preparing to request a short delay to Britain’s departure from the European Union after a bitter dispute in her cabinet over her plan for a lengthier extension.
The deadlock in the cabinet underscored the political crisis gripping the government as the deadline for Britain’s withdrawal from the bloc draws ever closer. Even Mrs. May’s spokesman acknowledged as much, saying the prime minister had warned this could happen if her Brexit plan were rejected.
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So you were unable to purchase white rum at a grocery store owned by a German company (Albrecht Discounts) and this is somehow pertinent to what happens next with the EU and the UK?
Perhaps you could explain this a bit more.
English Dave is just joking, we Brits have something called a sense of humour, and it's got us through far worse than Brexit, he will be telling you next he has seen a German U-Boat patrolling our shores.
Britain actually produces more than half the food it consumes and there is potential to increase home grown produce even further, we also import over 20% from other parts of the world and this also has the potential to massively increase.
We are not at the mercy of the EU in terms of food supplies, this is not WW2, indeed we plan low tariffs and won't be holding up imports, as per the HMRC report and Brexit planning.
If the EU wants to maintain it's lucrative trade with the UK then so be it, whilst in terms of plans we have May's Deal and the Malthouse Compromise if need be.
Merkel has already stated she will do everything in her power to make sure there is a deal, as a no deal will massively effect Germany.
The Irish farmers are also demanding something is done as 67% of their beef exports are in relation to the UK, whilst the French farmers and wine producers are also up in arms.
Lots of countries world wide would love a no deal Brexit and are rubbing their hands together at the prospect of more exports of foods and goos in t the UK.
That is how capitalism and free trade works, as opposed to EU protectionism.
English Dave is just joking, we Brits have something called a sense of humour, and it's got us through far worse than Brexit, he will be telling you next he has seen a German U-Boat patrolling our shores.
Well it sure looked like a submarine.......maybe it was a whale....... Any sign of the Germans marching through France yet to prevent Brexit? If so, the French will probably have surrendered by now.
It was a joke based on some here saying they have read of panic buying of foodstuffs in the UK, as we lead up to Brexit. The joke was the food shelves are full, but the white rum had run out. Get it? Gawd.......
I do like the Aldi white rum. But, if it comes to the crunch, I will make do with white rum imported directly from the Carribbean.......
I don't think I need any more liquor from Germany for my Long Island Teas. Lemme think........ we make the gin and vodka ourselves. Tequila comes from Mexico....... Oh gawd, the Cointreau is made in France......That's it..... cancel Brexit!!
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English Dave is just joking, we Brits have something called a sense of humour, and it's got us through far worse than Brexit, he will be telling you next he has seen a German U-Boat patrolling our shores.
Lack of humor is not an American trait. I think the poster you were responding to may be on the autism spectrum and therefore unable to tell when someone is joking or being sarcastic. For instance he probably thinks Dave really wants to cancel Brexit now because he gets his Cointreau from France.
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Well it sure looked like a submarine.......maybe it was a whale....... Any sign of the Germans marching through France yet to prevent Brexit? If so, the French will probably have surrendered by now.
ROFL - I am surprised Project Fear haven't used the threat of German U-Boats as part of the Anti-Brexit propoganda.
As for the French half of them are rioting and the other half are in strike, which is the usual situation in France.
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Lack of humor is not an American trait. I think the poster you were responding to may be on the autism spectrum and therefore unable to tell when someone is joking or being sarcastic. For instance he probably thinks Dave really wants to cancel Brexit now because he gets his Cointreau from France.
TBH - I am not sure which country he comes from.
As for Americans, they do have a good sene of humour and I enjoy chatting with Americans.
Perhaps he was a bit confused in terms of White Gin, and the shortage at Aldi.
I hear Asda are getting a shipment soon.
As for Cointreau, we will just have to rough it and drink Scottish Drambuie instead.
Nick Cohen, columnist for the Observer, had a fascinating piece in the WaPo recently.
"British exceptionalists, like their American counterparts, insisted that other countries would bow before us. We were repeatedly assured that the E.U. needed us more than we needed them, a brag that grows more absurd by the day."
"Honest commentators don’t make predictions anymore, but stare at the wreckage with slack-jawed disbelief."
“We have no idea where we are going,” Sam Gyimah, from Theresa May’s ruling Conservative government, said last week (although I use the word “ruling” advisedly). “There is no strategy; there is no plan.”
Sam Gyimah was an unknown junior minister in May's government whose name only became known because he resigned from his position last year so he could campaign for a 2nd Referendum.
As a result his local constituency association is attempting to deselect him as their candidate for the next election.
I wouldn't put much credence on anything that loser says.
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I said to the manager, "what's going on here. Are you allowing panic buying of Aldi white rum?"
That's it..... cancel Brexit!!
Any sign of the Germans marching through France yet to prevent Brexit? If so, the French will probably have surrendered by now.
