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| Welsh furious as Wales wiped off map |
| 2004-10-06 |
| Take the hint, Wales. They'll tolerate no lip from you... The Welsh are bristling with indignation after the European Union wiped their homeland off the face of the earth. ...Women, Minorities Hardest Hit. The EU statistics office printed a map of the newly enlarged bloc on the cover of its annual yearbook which clearly showed England, Scotland and Ireland but simply omitted Wales. Jesus, the EU can't even read a map? "As you may have heard, we've just been left off the new EU map," said Conservative Party leader Michael Howard, who was born in South Wales. "Now I know I've had my differences with Brussels, but this is just ridiculous," he told his party conference on Tuesday. Declare war! You could probably take it all! And it wouldn't take long! Glenys Kinnock, a member of the European parliament and a Welshwoman, described the mistake as "a shocking omission" but accepted that it was simply an unfortunate error. Yeah...that's just what they want you to think... Welsh historians drew attention to Wales's contribution to Europe and one Welsh politician vowed to make a formal complaint to Eurostat -- which apologised for the oversight. So sorry. We're stupid. We thought you knew. Won't happen again. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #6 Farewell you colliery workers the muffler and the cap Farewell you Rhonda valley girls We never will come back the mines they are a closing The valleys are all doomed There's no work in the Rhonda, boys We'll be in London soon. ---exerpt from Rhonda valley song, Wales |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-10-06 6:40:27 PM |
| #5 You mean zat sheety leettle cuntry? |
| Posted by: a french ambassador 2004-10-06 5:12:15 PM |
| #4 I'd tell ya Cheaderhead, but it's the length of War and Peace. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-10-06 5:08:10 PM |
| #3 Now they have gone and gotten Tom Jones pissed at them. I wonder how you say "fuck Brussels" in Welsh |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2004-10-06 4:49:43 PM |
| #2 "Dewd! Where's my country?" |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-10-06 4:04:07 PM |
| #1 "Wales? Hi, I'm Israel!" "Pleased to meet you. Say, nice club you have here." |
| Posted by: BH 2004-10-06 12:10:24 PM |