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By *arlomale OP Man
over a year ago
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Inventions we have gave the world that makes us proud to be British |
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over a year ago
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Queuing |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Queuing "
Was queuing invented? I think it just happened |
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Talking about the weather.
Stammers.
Prudery. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Cement. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I'm sure fabbers will come up with some jokey items that put down the British, but we've invented and created some pretty important stuff  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Bury Black puddings. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Code breakers |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The industrial revolution. |
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By *arlomale OP Man
over a year ago
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I’m glad some are taking it seriously  but I suppose our humour is as good as anything we have given the world  |
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Brought peace.?... Or am I thinking of something else
https://youtu.be/Y7tvauOJMHo |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Blake the snake 
But to be fair credit to my mum |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The jet engine |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Cricket, football and rugby. |
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By *arlomale OP Man
over a year ago
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"Cricket, football and rugby. "
and now everyone one else is better at it maybe we should of kept them just for us |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Cadbury fruit and nut. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Cricket, football and rugby. and now everyone one else is better at it maybe we should of kept them just for us "
I can’t remeber the advert but an American says about cricket, “ You invent a game that nobody can understand the rules of, and the whole world whoops you at it!” |
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The best and maybe the worst ? world wide web |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Jaffa cakes."
First prize. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Programmable computers and the world wide web. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Bury Black puddings. "
Bleurgh! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Bury Black puddings. "
Mmm, yum |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Traffic lights |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Tom Hardy |
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"The jet engine"
That nazi,s invented that didn't they for the V1 V2 rocket??? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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me  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Tom Hardy |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The internet |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The jet engine
That nazi,s invented that didn't they for the V1 V2 rocket??? "
Frank Whittle is credited with inventing the turbojet engine many years before Germany |
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over a year ago
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THE GINGERS |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Certainly invented "divide and rule"....worked wonders when expanding the empire... |
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Rubber bands
Incandescent light bulb
Mouse trap
Electric Toaster |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Certainly invented "divide and rule"....worked wonders when expanding the empire..."
nah sorry the romans did that long before |
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"The spitefire "
Was it a woman scorned who invented that? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The jet engine
That nazi,s invented that didn't they for the V1 V2 rocket??? "
Rocket engine, Werner Von Braun |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Piers Morgan
You are welcome world!
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Cement."
I honestly had the Romans down for cement, aka Pozzolan. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Agree with other posters.... Each era has something noteworthy, but surely the internet is the winner? |
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over a year ago
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"The jet engine
That nazi,s invented that didn't they for the V1 V2 rocket??? "
Oooh, now that could be debatable, as to who very first, truly, ruly thought of the jet engine. Wasn't Whittle in there somewhere?
Okay, clue is in the tile and if in doubt, do a quick youtube for the difference between jet and rocket engines. Just sayin'
However, what is perfectly true is that doodlebugs were powered by futuristic engines.
What is also true (in very simplistic terms) is that after WW2 finished, the Americans got first choice of the brains behind the Axis powers.
Which is why Mr Brown who invented the rocket engine, became the American who put man on the moon.
What is truly scary, is the thought that Werner von Braun (Mr. Brown) could very easily have shared a drink of Pilsner in the same bar as Schindler, Hess, Goering and a mildly well known Austrian who might have been injured close to Ypres in World War 1.
Hope that Helps
Doubt that it Does. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Traffic lights "
Garrett Morgan = American |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The jet engine
That nazi,s invented that didn't they for the V1 V2 rocket???
Oooh, now that could be debatable, as to who very first, truly, ruly thought of the jet engine. Wasn't Whittle in there somewhere?
Okay, clue is in the tile and if in doubt, do a quick youtube for the difference between jet and rocket engines. Just sayin'
However, what is perfectly true is that doodlebugs were powered by futuristic engines.
What is also true (in very simplistic terms) is that after WW2 finished, the Americans got first choice of the brains behind the Axis powers.
Which is why Mr Brown who invented the rocket engine, became the American who put man on the moon.
What is truly scary, is the thought that Werner von Braun (Mr. Brown) could very easily have shared a drink of Pilsner in the same bar as Schindler, Hess, Goering and a mildly well known Austrian who might have been injured close to Ypres in World War 1.
Hope that Helps
Doubt that it Does."
You really should try and argue a point without derision. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The spitefire
Was it a woman scorned who invented that? "
No, but our dear Theresa is working on it......
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Traffic lights
Garrett Morgan = American"
JP Knight 1868 outside houses of parliament using gas lamps |
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Erm slavery, concentration camps
By the way we did do this
On a positive
Industrial revolution
We polluted the whole world too
Blimey we’re shit |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The jet engine
That nazi,s invented that didn't they for the V1 V2 rocket???
Oooh, now that could be debatable, as to who very first, truly, ruly thought of the jet engine. Wasn't Whittle in there somewhere?
Okay, clue is in the tile and if in doubt, do a quick youtube for the difference between jet and rocket engines. Just sayin'
However, what is perfectly true is that doodlebugs were powered by futuristic engines.
What is also true (in very simplistic terms) is that after WW2 finished, the Americans got first choice of the brains behind the Axis powers.
Which is why Mr Brown who invented the rocket engine, became the American who put man on the moon.
What is truly scary, is the thought that Werner von Braun (Mr. Brown) could very easily have shared a drink of Pilsner in the same bar as Schindler, Hess, Goering and a mildly well known Austrian who might have been injured close to Ypres in World War 1.
Hope that Helps
Doubt that it Does.
You really should try and argue a point without derision. "
I know what you're saying, but when the original poster states something about rocket powered bombs being powered by jet engines, I do tend to glaze over and wonder if the original poster has ever seen the yootoob video entitled "10 reasons why jet engines can't go to the moon".
Hope that Helps.
Doubt that it Does. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Full English Breakfast |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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A stiff upper lip. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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James Clerk Maxwells work on electromagnetism is the basis of modern physics. Anything that uses or produces electricity has a basis in his theoretical and practical work |
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I was going to say the Balti. But Google told me I’m wrong.
So I’m going to say David Attenborough. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Looking down our noses at people we think are less intelligent than us. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The jet engine
That nazi,s invented that didn't they for the V1 V2 rocket???
Oooh, now that could be debatable, as to who very first, truly, ruly thought of the jet engine. Wasn't Whittle in there somewhere?
Okay, clue is in the tile and if in doubt, do a quick youtube for the difference between jet and rocket engines. Just sayin'
However, what is perfectly true is that doodlebugs were powered by futuristic engines.
What is also true (in very simplistic terms) is that after WW2 finished, the Americans got first choice of the brains behind the Axis powers.
Which is why Mr Brown who invented the rocket engine, became the American who put man on the moon.
What is truly scary, is the thought that Werner von Braun (Mr. Brown) could very easily have shared a drink of Pilsner in the same bar as Schindler, Hess, Goering and a mildly well known Austrian who might have been injured close to Ypres in World War 1.
Hope that Helps
Doubt that it Does.
You really should try and argue a point without derision.
I know what you're saying, but when the original poster states something about rocket powered bombs being powered by jet engines, I do tend to glaze over and wonder if the original poster has ever seen the yootoob video entitled "10 reasons why jet engines can't go to the moon".
Hope that Helps.
Doubt that it Does."
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Looking down our noses at people we think are less intelligent than us."
We can already see an example of that behavior in this forum. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Paul Daniels
Mr blobby
Timmy mallet
Chaz & Dave
Danger mouse
Cannon & ball
Ted rogers & dusty bin
Little & large
Jive bunny & the master mixers
The X factor
Brxit
Super gran
Etc etc |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Erm slavery, concentration camps
By the way we did do this
On a positive
Industrial revolution
We polluted the whole world too
Blimey we’re shit"
You do have a very good point there, StellaHeels.
It's something I do worry about each time I buy a bag of Tate & Lyle, visit the Tate Britain, walk past a branch of Mr Barclays finest banks (There's not many left now) and even every time I buy either Unilver's Lynx bodywash or a tub of margarine (so that's palm oil covered too).
I'm not convinced that "On a positive" and "Industrial revolution" should be in the same sentence though, even if they are seperated by a line break.
Hope that Hepls.
Suspect that Stella might be intelligent enough to grasp what I'm saying, if not agree. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Paul Daniels
Mr blobby
Timmy mallet
Chaz & Dave
Danger mouse
Cannon & ball
Ted rogers & dusty bin
Little & large
Jive bunny & the master mixers
The X factor
Brxit
Super gran
Etc etc "
Only Fools and Horses |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Paul Daniels
Mr blobby
Timmy mallet
Chaz & Dave
Danger mouse
Cannon & ball
Ted rogers & dusty bin
Little & large
Jive bunny & the master mixers
The X factor
Brxit
Super gran
Etc etc
Only Fools and Horses "
The chuckle brothers |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Everything |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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WORLDWIDE WEB
Invented: 1989
Inventor: Tim Berners-Lee
Not to be confused with the internet, which is a system of linked computer networks, the worldwide web was invented by British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee (left). He created the first server in late 1990 and, on 6 August 1991, the web went live, with the first page explaining how to search and how to set up a site. Berners-Lee gave his invention to the world for free.
Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-01-08/the-50-greatest-british-inventions/amp/ |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Everything"
Fuck you look like Del ha ha |
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Its language. English is the most important language in the world. If you speak English you have access to the whole world of knowledge because every major written work in every single domain either has been written or translated into English. People all over the planet love learning English more than any other language. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Paul Daniels
Mr blobby
Timmy mallet
Chaz & Dave
Danger mouse
Cannon & ball
Ted rogers & dusty bin
Little & large
Jive bunny & the master mixers
The X factor
Brxit
Super gran
Etc etc
Only Fools and Horses
The chuckle brothers"
Mr & Mrs
Blake's 7
Black lace |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Looking down our noses at people we think are less intelligent than us.
We can already see an example of that behavior in this forum."
There is a difference between knowledge and intelligence.
I know 2 people.
One is a rocket scientist.
The other is a bloke with grease covered hands who dropped out of school but knows how to rebuild a Merlin Engine. (Which is neither jet nor rocket powered)
Hope that helps.
Doubt that the person who wrote their reply will allow it to help. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Everything
Fuck you look like Del ha ha "
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Paul Daniels
Mr blobby
Timmy mallet
Chaz & Dave
Danger mouse
Cannon & ball
Ted rogers & dusty bin
Little & large
Jive bunny & the master mixers
The X factor
Brxit
Super gran
Etc etc
Only Fools and Horses
The chuckle brothers
Mr & Mrs
Blake's 7
Black lace "
Black Lace?
Huh?
1989 was their finest vintage.
"Gang Bang".
For anyone who doesn't understand, just do a google for Rita, Sue and Bob too.
For everyone else, tell the world that I'm looking down my nose at people in an *ist manner.
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By *c1989Woman
over a year ago
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"Wigan butty "
Pie on a barm. Best carb on carbs there is.
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"Its language. English is the most important language in the world. If you speak English you have access to the whole world of knowledge because every major written work in every single domain either has been written or translated into English. People all over the planet love learning English more than any other language. "
A year or two or three ago, one of our British politicians announced that the whole world needed to be global. And as part of that initiative, he suggested that the whole of the British Isles / United Kingdom / England etc..... should grasp the chance to become better educated and to lead the world by.......
Learning how to speak in Chinese.
A week or so later, I had the delightful job of transporting "international students" between an international transport hub (airport) and an international base of international learning (Sheffield University).
The most memorable part of the journey was not only giving Far Eastern students a guided tour of Ladybower whilst pointing out it's importance to the Dambusters, but also, I got great rpide from listening to how many of those people from half way around the world were telling me that English is the language of the world.
Hope that helps.
Doubt that it does. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Wigan butty
Pie on a barm. Best carb on carbs there is.
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Can't beat a good pair of carbs.
SU or Weber? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Inventions we have gave the world that makes us proud to be British "
Yorkshire pudding!  |
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Thinking only of things from my home city......
Ibuprofen
MRI scans
Tarmac
Traffic lights
VCR
High pressure water supply
And most importantly, HP sauce!
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Antibiotics. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Your mum. |
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"Erm slavery, concentration camps
By the way we did do this
On a positive
Industrial revolution
We polluted the whole world too
Blimey we’re shit"
If you’re talking about the transatlantic slave trade, slavery existed thousands of years before that. |
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"Erm slavery, concentration camps
By the way we did do this
On a positive
Industrial revolution
We polluted the whole world too
Blimey we’re shit
You do have a very good point there, StellaHeels.
It's something I do worry about each time I buy a bag of Tate & Lyle, visit the Tate Britain, walk past a branch of Mr Barclays finest banks (There's not many left now) and even every time I buy either Unilver's Lynx bodywash or a tub of margarine (so that's palm oil covered too).
I'm not convinced that "On a positive" and "Industrial revolution" should be in the same sentence though, even if they are seperated by a line break.
Hope that Hepls.
Suspect that Stella might be intelligent enough to grasp what I'm saying, if not agree. "
Totally, sorry got absorbed in comedy on tv
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"Erm slavery, concentration camps
By the way we did do this
On a positive
Industrial revolution
We polluted the whole world too
Blimey we’re shit
If you’re talking about the transatlantic slave trade, slavery existed thousands of years before that."
Very true, but we did use and abuse the African people to enrich our own pockets, we are grossly guilty of abusing a nation..
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"John,Paul,Ringo & George... "
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The clocks going back in forward an hr i believe we are the only country to do so. So it is in fact invented |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The clocks going back in forward an hr i believe we are the only country to do so. So it is in fact invented "
No we’re not the only country.i know that Spain definitely does at least. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Erm slavery, concentration camps
By the way we did do this
On a positive
Industrial revolution
We polluted the whole world too
Blimey we’re shit
If you’re talking about the transatlantic slave trade, slavery existed thousands of years before that.
Very true, but we did use and abuse the African people to enrich our own pockets, we are grossly guilty of abusing a nation..
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"we" I never abused any African peoples. I'm not guilty of anything. The African people kept slaves long before the white people turned up. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Concorde
The steam catapult
The jet engine
Harrier jump jet
Television
Trains |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The clocks going back in forward an hr i believe we are the only country to do so. So it is in fact invented "
Most areas in North America and Europe, and some areas in the Middle East, observe daylight saving time |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Stephen Hawkins in collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The clocks going back in forward an hr i believe we are the only country to do so. So it is in fact invented
Most areas in North America and Europe, and some areas in the Middle East, observe daylight saving time"
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Reebok |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The cornish pasty |
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"John,Paul,Ringo & George...
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Oh yes
Was at cavern club less than a month ago |
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"Erm slavery, concentration camps
By the way we did do this
On a positive
Industrial revolution
We polluted the whole world too
Blimey we’re shit
If you’re talking about the transatlantic slave trade, slavery existed thousands of years before that.
Very true, but we did use and abuse the African people to enrich our own pockets, we are grossly guilty of abusing a nation..
"we" I never abused any African peoples. I'm not guilty of anything. The African people kept slaves long before the white people turned up."
No of course we didn’t were perfectly innocent it wasn’t anything to do with Britain sorry silly me |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The time |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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George Best
Mary Peters
Ulster Fry |
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"John,Paul,Ringo & George... "
More like a punishment than something that is great and British
You may as well have said Oasis, now that’s the epitamy of crap.  |
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By *xcumMan
over a year ago
kidderminster |
Money housing nhs schooling plus cash. To anyone that knocks on our door |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Erm slavery, concentration camps
By the way we did do this
On a positive
Industrial revolution
We polluted the whole world too
Blimey we’re shit
If you’re talking about the transatlantic slave trade, slavery existed thousands of years before that.
Very true, but we did use and abuse the African people to enrich our own pockets, we are grossly guilty of abusing a nation..
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If you have ever, ever had cause to pause in Calais on your way to the ferry and you have ever witnessed the quantity of immigrants, and the countries from which they come, then you might stand a chance of having witnessed the greatest "rip off" of Africa which hasn't happened quite yet..... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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2/3 People attributed to the discovery of the structure of DNA were Brits. So really we’ve kind of given the world everything |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The JCB
Still rated number 1 "
Topical |
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Largest empire known to man
Ruled or conquered same thing..
Social welfare
NHS (3rd largest employer in the world)
Rolls Royce
The Allegro
F1
Football
Rugby
Cricket
4 wheel drive
The jet engine was originally designed in Britain
The rocket engine was designed by Herbert Von Braun (nazis)
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over a year ago
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Donal McIntyre once said the greatest things Britain gave to the world was association football and the saying “fuck off” that amused me |
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over a year ago
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Telescope! |
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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago
Hull |
"The clocks going back in forward an hr i believe we are the only country to do so. So it is in fact invented "
The USA do the same as us! |
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over a year ago
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"Erm slavery, concentration camps
By the way we did do this
On a positive
Industrial revolution
We polluted the whole world too
Blimey we’re shit
If you’re talking about the transatlantic slave trade, slavery existed thousands of years before that.
Very true, but we did use and abuse the African people to enrich our own pockets, we are grossly guilty of abusing a nation..
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And "we" were used and abused by the Romans, the norse/vikings and the Normans. How far back in history do you want to apportion blame for conquest?
Britain has given the world some of the greatest arts - Shakespeare, Chaucer, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Constable, Turner, Stubbs, Newton, Vaughan Williams, Elgar, Holst etc.
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By *albec26Man
over a year ago
Great Yarmouth |
How about Bill Wigglestick? lol, created most of our English language |
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over a year ago
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The Smiths |
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over a year ago
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Interesting swear words? |
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"Certainly invented "divide and rule"....worked wonders when expanding the empire..."
To be fair, the British were only copying the method that had worked so well for the Romans... |
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"John,Paul,Ringo & George...
More like a punishment than something that is great and British
You may as well have said Oasis, now that’s the epitamy of crap. "
Oasis. |
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over a year ago
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Queen |
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over a year ago
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Oasis |
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over a year ago
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The Rolls Royce Merlin engine
The sound of freedom |
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over a year ago
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over a year ago
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The steam engine. |
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over a year ago
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Cheesy wotsits |
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By *evaquitCouple
over a year ago
Catthorpe |
Wiff Waff aka table tennis
Football
Australians
There countries back. |
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The Spitfire
Even the Luftwaffe wanted them |
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"Queen"
Freddie Mercury was from Zanzibar.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Cement."
Used by the Greeks and Romans. Thousands of years ago. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Jaffa cakes."
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"Cricket, football and rugby. and now everyone one else is better at it maybe we should of kept them just for us
I can’t remeber the advert but an American says about cricket, “ You invent a game that nobody can understand the rules of, and the whole world whoops you at it!” "
They don’t! We are pretty good at it at the moment. |
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"2/3 People attributed to the discovery of the structure of DNA were Brits. So really we’ve kind of given the world everything "
This |
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The Land Rover
The original Mini
I was thinking about some of our influential bands like the Beatles and the Stones but they both started out covering black American music.
Sandwiches? |
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"Concorde
The steam catapult
The jet engine
Harrier jump jet
Television
Trains "
Concorde was an Anglo-French development. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Colonial atrocities. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Immigration"
If you read your history, you'll find most English people's heritage suggests they weren't originally from England so not sure about your claim?
Thermos flask is my offer! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Colonial atrocities."
I think you’ll find the Spanish, Portuguese, French, Belgians, Romans, Greeks and Turkish (Ottoman) amongst many others also had colonial ambitions that don’t chime with modern day thinking. |
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"Immigration
If you read your history, you'll find most English people's heritage suggests they weren't originally from England so not sure about your claim?
Thermos flask is my offer!"
Obviously. That was my point. The British Isles have always been world leaders in being invaded, mixing with the new folk (Romans, Vikings, Normans, etc).... and incorporating that into the English language and way of life.... Something that Brexit Britain has conveniently forgotten |
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By *ensualbicockMan
over a year ago
liverpool wavertree picton clock |
"Immigration
If you read your history, you'll find most English people's heritage suggests they weren't originally from England so not sure about your claim?
Thermos flask is my offer!
Obviously. That was my point. The British Isles have always been world leaders in being invaded, mixing with the new folk (Romans, Vikings, Normans, etc).... and incorporating that into the English language and way of life.... Something that Brexit Britain has conveniently forgotten"
Don't know whether you like Stewart Lee, but check out his immigration sketch. |
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over a year ago
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"Inventions we have gave the world that makes us proud to be British "
Politeness |
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By *rx1Couple
over a year ago
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The jet engine.
Photography. ...
Stereo. ...
The cat's eye. ...
The train. ...
The World Wide Web. ...
The telephone. ...
The television. The Idiot's Lantern is actually a British invention, dreamed up by Scotsman John Logie Baird in February 1924. ... |
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Yorkshire Pudding
The Mini
Moaning about weather
The TV License
Kelly Brook
And Chavs !! |
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Fear & the need for them to arm themselves to the teeth in case of invasion/looting/genocide...yep we've done the world proud lol. |
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The television. The Idiot's Lantern is actually a British invention, dreamed up by Scotsman John Logie Baird in February 1924. ..."
I'm sure it took him longer than a month to invent it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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A laugh ... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Church of England ..still practiced by over 6 people. |
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"Church of England ..still practiced by over 6 people. "
That many? |
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"Immigration
If you read your history, you'll find most English people's heritage suggests they weren't originally from England so not sure about your claim?
Thermos flask is my offer!
Obviously. That was my point. The British Isles have always been world leaders in being invaded, mixing with the new folk (Romans, Vikings, Normans, etc).... and incorporating that into the English language and way of life.... Something that Brexit Britain has conveniently forgotten
Don't know whether you like Stewart Lee, but check out his immigration sketch. "
What did the Romans ever do for us..... |
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"Church of England ..still practiced by over 6 people. "
You'd think they'd be good at it with all that practice. |
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"Church of England ..still practiced by over 6 people.
You'd think they'd be good at it with all that practice."
......oooo if Henry V111 (who invented it)was alive today - he'd be spinning in his grave !!! |
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There’s so many answers that could make sense here, I’m thinking just in science you’ve got all the stuff Newton did with gravity and then Fleming with penicillin?
what about the internet?
Greenwich mean time?
I’d have to go for the Yorkshire pud though |
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over a year ago
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Love this cheeky thread! Will be going through it again sometime for giggles.
"Piers Morgan
You are welcome world!
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Slavery Abolition Act 1833 |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Football hooliganism; we led the world for 3 generations.
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"Yorkshire Pudding
The Mini
Moaning about weather
The TV License
Kelly Brook
And Chavs !!"
Kelly Brook and Chavs
Oh yes, one and the same |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Greg Rusedski , Kevin Pietersen , Zola Budd , Lennox Lewis. |
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"Greg Rusedski , Kevin Pietersen , Zola Budd , Lennox Lewis. "
That’s about right
Rent a Brit |
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over a year ago
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Stephen Hawking |
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over a year ago
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Heels and hold ups |
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