[lbo-talk] The eXile pisses all over Britain

Wendy Lyon wendy.lyon at gmail.com
Sun May 21 01:07:52 PDT 2006


On 5/20/06, Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> It's the eXile and so over-the-top, but actually a lot
> of this is true (sorry Brits!).

A lot of it is, although he seems not to understand the difference between "Brits" and "English":


> Forget tennis, do you remember the last time England
> was good at any sport? How many medals did it win in
> the Winter Olympics in Turin?

None. "England" does not compete in the Olympics, "The United Kingdom" does.


> That's right, Brits - who will be your future football champion

Nobody. The "Brits" don't have a football champion, each country within Britain has its own football league.

You'd expect Russians of all people to understand this distinction :)



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