Now that poor Mitt Romney has been called out for his "rude and graceless" remarks by none other than Carl Lewis -- perhaps the greatest Olympian, whosaid of him in disgust, "some Americans just shouldn't leave the country" -- maybe his very bad news cycle is almost over. Has he said anything else awful? Well, this, which was a wee bit blorgh:
I had a fairly long discussion of all this with my tutor at college, after he was trying to get me money from some scholarship fund. Turned out I wasn't eligible... conversation started something like:
"Where was your mother born?" "Belfast" "Oh. Does she have an excuse for that?" "Errr, does 'that's where her parents were from' count?" "No, that's a shame." "Why?" "Well, there's this endowment, but it's only for people whose parents were both born in Great Britain."
Sounds like the kid is no &quot;<a href="http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_road_bowling" target="_blank">stylish bowler</a>&quot;
He was once a charismatic robot from Antares and Torchwood decided that such advanced technology was too good to destroy so they installed a Monty Python Twit Subroutine that allowed the robot to wander about?<br /><br />---
<blockquote>Technically, or constitutionally, Northern Ireland is not part of the &#039;United Kingdom&#039;.</blockquote>
You&#039;ve parsed your &quot;and&quot; wrong. It&#039;s not (The United Kingdom of Great Britain) and Northern Ireland. It&#039;s The United Kingdom of (Great Britain and Northern Ireland).
NI <em>is</em> part of the UK, it is not part of GB.
The sun never sets on the British Empire...because God doesn&#039;t trust the Brits.
Excellent suggestion!
Though, do ya think there&#039;ll be sufficient security to hold back the throngs of cheering Brit&#039;s?
Today, we are all Scottish. Because if it&#039;s not Scottish it&#039;s crap.
I had a fairly long discussion of all this with my tutor at college, after he was trying to get me money from some scholarship fund. Turned out I wasn&#039;t eligible... conversation started something like:
&quot;Where was your mother born?&quot; &quot;Belfast&quot; &quot;Oh. Does she have an excuse for that?&quot; &quot;Errr, does &#039;that&#039;s where her parents were from&#039; count?&quot; &quot;No, that&#039;s a shame.&quot; &quot;Why?&quot; &quot;Well, there&#039;s this endowment, but it&#039;s only for people whose parents were both born in Great Britain.&quot;
I&#039;d go more for tosspot.
Sounds like the kid is no &quot;<a href="http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_road_bowling" target="_blank">stylish bowler</a>&quot;
&quot;Old New York&quot; would go over well.
First time I&#039;ve seen residents standing on the sidewalks on Riverside Drive, just watching the sky going all apocalyptic. It was impressive.
I&#039;d like to start referring to &quot;The United States of America, and Texas&quot;, to avoid embarassment when overseas.
And why are those eggs named after someone who betrayed the Americans to the British?? Hmmm???
He was once a charismatic robot from Antares and Torchwood decided that such advanced technology was too good to destroy so they installed a Monty Python Twit Subroutine that allowed the robot to wander about?<br /><br />---
&ldquo;I like those fancy hats you got. Really sprung for the big bucks, huh?&rdquo;
<blockquote>Technically, or constitutionally, Northern Ireland is not part of the &#039;United Kingdom&#039;.</blockquote>
You&#039;ve parsed your &quot;and&quot; wrong. It&#039;s not (The United Kingdom of Great Britain) and Northern Ireland. It&#039;s The United Kingdom of (Great Britain and Northern Ireland).
NI <em>is</em> part of the UK, it is not part of GB.
The next time Mitt goes on a trip, he should take Zwinky with him. And let her do all the talking.
Well, the family has a dog, and brothers and sisters, and a baby, and a crippled neighbor...so, shock funny, yeah.
Wouldn&#039;t that be &quot;bloke?&quot;
Your move, Limey Lizzie...