Happy Europe Day, Everyone!

[ahinton]

I am not 25% British in terms of background. Pay attention please.

Well, you stated that you're "25%" British, so please tell us exactly what you do and don't mean by that.

[ahinton]

On what basis do you argue that? According to Mr Pee &, I think, you, the fact that you are born & brought up in a country (or state) makes you of that country - ie "British through and through". Since the Falkland Islands, or Malvinas, are not part of Britain, or the UK, nor, I think, part of the Commonwealth, neither they, nor the inhabitants, can be called 'British'.

As I mentioned earlier, I think that they can be if they hold British passports conferring upon them the right of abode within Britain.

[Beef Oven]

On what basis do you argue that? According to Mr Pee &, I think, you, the fact that you are born & brought up in a country (or state) makes you of that country - ie "British through and through". Since the Falkland Islands, or Malvinas, are not part of Britain, or the UK, nor, I think, part of the Commonwealth, neither they, nor the inhabitants, can be called 'British'.

I am not arguing it, it is a statement of fact. I still want to know why you think Hargreaves is a man.

[Beef Oven]

What might you suggest would be a happier alternative, BO ... reverting to sensible political disunity and slaughtering each other instead ..?

Well it's only human nature!

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

Well it's only human nature!

..now there is an assumption that underpins the Mr Pee's of this world

[Flosshilde]

Carelessness - I usually write (or say) 'he/she', or 'he or she'.

[Beef Oven]

Well, you stated that you're "25%" British, so please tell us exactly what you do and don't mean by that.

Pay attention #2

I did not state that I am 25% British. I am British, through and through.

[Beef Oven]

Carelessness - I usually write (or say) 'he/she', or 'he or she'.

Sexist more like.

[Beef Oven]

..now there is an assumption that underpins the Mr Pee's of this world

Leave Mr Pee alone!!

[Beef Oven]

What might you suggest would be a happier alternative, BO ... reverting to sensible political disunity and slaughtering each other instead ..?

And less of the BO - I practically live in the bathroom! By the look of your photograph, it's more like you that needs a bath!

[Flosshilde]

Sexist more like.

So what gender is this A.T.P. Hargreaves? I've done some searching to find out, & discovered nobody called Hargreaves with those initials, & nothing called 'The Third Season' written by any Hargreaves. Evidence, please, that he, she or it exist?

[Serial_Apologist]

So what gender is this A.T.P. Hargreaves? I've done some searching to find out, & discovered nobody called Hargreaves with those initials, & nothing called 'The Third Season' written by any Hargreaves. Evidence, please, that he, she or it exist?

Maybe like The Third Way, he, she or it doesn't exist!

[Flosshilde]

Perhaps BO is thinking of J.R. Hartley.

[ahinton]

Pay attention #2

I did not state that I am 25% British. I am British, through and through.

No, sir; YOU pay attention before writing, as you did in #40 in this thread, "Britain is my 'country', even though technically I am 25% British, "25% Italian, 25% Austrian & 25% Serbian"; those were your words, not mine and I therefore asked you, purely as a matter of courtesy and curiosity, what exactly you meant by the "25% British" part of that statement and how, for you, it nevertheless appears to be compatible with your statement that you are - or at least regard yourself as - "British through and through" (and, for that matter, how many times would anyone have to go "through" exactly what in order to prove to themselves the extent of their Britishness?)...

[Beef Oven]

Perhaps BO is thinking of J.R. Hartley.

Uncanny, JR Hartley was what I was gonna post at first!