Anyone anywhere near Athens today?
(Speaking of barricades...)
(Speaking of barricades...)
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Probably one or two ex members of REM.
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i know that king kennytone used to visit ... he sent us all a postcard onceAccording to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.Comment
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Looks as though the"demos" has won again. Not for long, I suspect.Comment
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We could help the Greeks a bit by paying for the Elgin Marbles we stole from them.Comment
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But what if the price has gone up in the meanwhile? I know Elgin was rich, but this is stratospheric...Comment
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And the price goes on going up and up.....
Where is the down escalator? I fancy Cerberus needs his bones.Comment
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Nah, I just write my initials on them.Comment
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As far as I recall, Lord Elgin didn't "steal" the marbles - he purchased them. We could, of course, be generous, and "give" them back. But we purchased them from the - Ottoman government, so we should probably give them back to the authorities from whom we purchased them - in Turkey...
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Oh dear. Yet more anti-British guilt - misplaced and erroneous too.Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View PostComment
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'we're all in this together' the fillum
and brilliant ('brilliant', as in useful, pertinent to today's struggles) post war greek history, with original film clips.
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Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
Capital suggestion, as long as there's no impediment to gvetting them published.Comment
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Or perhaps we should frieze this discussion until the Greek economy's not in ruins?Comment
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Mind you, given the probable value of the marbles now, with the income from them the Greeks could pay off their debts & cary a tidy amount over.Comment
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