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I hovered my mouse over your signature Avon Lady and left clicked ...

It said, "Buy Hebrew National Franks" :lol:

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Originally Posted by geetrue

I hovered my mouse over your signature Avon Lady and left clicked ...

It said, "Buy Hebrew National Franks" :lol:

Wurst joke of the day.

Oops.

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

If we did split into 5 states, we might not be the biggest state in the Union, depending on the split, of course.

I thought Alaska was the biggest state!? :hmm:

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Originally Posted by Carotio

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

If we did split into 5 states, we might not be the biggest state in the Union, depending on the split, of course.

I thought Alaska was the biggest state!? :hmm:

What is the state with the most miles of coastline?

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Originally Posted by Carotio

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

If we did split into 5 states, we might not be the biggest state in the Union, depending on the split, of course.

I thought Alaska was the biggest state!? :hmm:

Are you kidding? if you melted all the ice, Alaska would be roughly the size of Marin County :smug:

There once was a blind fellow who decided to visit Texas. When he arrived on the plane, he felt the seats and said, "Wow, these seats are big!" The person next to him answered, "Everything is big in Texas."

When he finally arrived in Texas, he decided to visit a bar. Upon arriving in the bar, he ordered a beer and got a mug placed between his hands. He exclaimed, "Wow these mugs are huge!" The bartender replied, " Yup! Everything is big down here in Texas."

After a couple of beers, the blind man asked the bartender where the restroom was located. The bartender replied, "Second door to the right." The blind man headed for the bathroom, but accidentally missed the second door. Instead, he entered the third door, which lead to the swimming pool and fell into the pool by accident. Scared to death, the blind man surfaced and started shouting, "Don't flush, don't flush!"

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A Texan was bragging to an Englishman about how big Texas is. "Why you could get on a train in east Texas on Monday morning, head due west all day Monday, continue overnight, and still be in Texas at sunset Tuesday," she said. The Englishman replied that you could do the same in England. British trains were just as slow.

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

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Originally Posted by Carotio

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

If we did split into 5 states, we might not be the biggest state in the Union, depending on the split, of course.

I thought Alaska was the biggest state!? :hmm:

Are you kidding? if you melted all the ice, Alaska would be roughly the size of Marin County :smug:

Would that be Marin with or without hot tubs?:lol:

Actually, not many people know that most of Alaska is swampland......for about 2 /12 months of the year. Then it's frozen for the rest of the year.

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Originally Posted by waste gate

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Originally Posted by Hitman

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I guess I don't understand. I thought Europe was made up of many countries each with its own democratically elected governments. Why is it necessary to impose an umbrella gov't over those that already exist?

Errr well I thought the United States was made up of many states each with its own democratically elected governments. Why is it necessary to impose an umbrella gov't over those that already exist? :lol:

Probably the answer is more or less the same....at a certain point it was felt that being bigger and more powerful was better...and someone had to organize that. Yet of course with the USA it was way easier, due to many historical and cultural reasons (And even so a civil war happened :hmm: )

Back to the topic: Poland is certainly one the nations who has had it more difficult in history: Being between the germans and the russians was really no pleasing situation in the past. But what the linked article says is plain and simply ridiculous. Hopefully, as Skybird says, these guys are not really representative of the polish people :nope:

Thanks Hitman. But don't European nations also have states/provinces/cantons/autonomous communities etc? Just seems like an extra umbrella gov't which is unnecessary and allows one set of countries to be in charge of another set. Seems to be an attempt to remove the governed from the process of government. Which ain't very democratic. I may have to side with the Poles and Brits on this one.

That 'umbrella' could be usefull coping with coming economic giants (China, India, perhaps Brazil ), or even the US? :-?