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His Divine Shadow: ACE, Shi Alyt Posted Mar 16, 2004
please. Oolong if you have it 
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ex Brigadeer, now Tealady Werekitty aka Tobru De'ran; ex sith extraordinaire, well poked veggie fascist and Goo Goose Posted Mar 16, 2004
*bows and serves tea*
Would you not have a cup of tea, AK?
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His Divine Shadow: ACE, Shi Alyt Posted Mar 16, 2004
*drinks his *
that's good ! How do you brew it? I use our 
machine, to make it, so that I have lots
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Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) Posted Mar 16, 2004
Ordinary PG Tips mixed with Earl Grey is really nice too
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Ralph the Wonder Llama and André the dodo; Excrement Occurs Posted Mar 17, 2004
Why don't we form a press gang? Reefy, you're navy, you should know how to form one of those!
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Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) Posted Mar 17, 2004
Now there's an idea, yeah we could do that, funny enough the press gangs used to operate in my home town, each pub would have a look out and most pubs had a tunnel or secret exit so people could escape
As head of the armed forces I would like to form a Press Gang
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Ralph the Wonder Llama and André the dodo; Excrement Occurs Posted Mar 17, 2004
Woopee!! Pull out the baseball bats!! Let's go recrutin'!
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His Divine Shadow: ACE, Shi Alyt Posted Mar 17, 2004
what's a press gang? I'll probably like it, but still...
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F F Churchton Posted Mar 17, 2004
It's exactly what it says on the tin, it's when newspaper companies go around and join forces in the fight against any form of government!!!
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His Divine Shadow: ACE, Shi Alyt Posted Mar 17, 2004
or in this case, in for a government
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Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) Posted Mar 17, 2004
Press Gangs aren't groups of journalists and editors.
During the 18th and 19th Centuries the Navy wasn't a popular career option and not a lot of men signed up to be sailors so groups of sailors, usually Marines went into town and 'recruited' volunteers by coshing them on the head and carrying them off, whan thhey came round they were usually at sea so they used to jump over the side and swim that's why each ship had Marines on board to 'persuade' them to stay.
The Army had press gangs to only they were a little more sneaky in their ways, they used to paint a rosy, patriotic picture of army life when of course the truth was very different.
Here endeth today's history lesson
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Terran Posted Mar 17, 2004
Well, we'll have to start handing out Terranic Shillings then as well...
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Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) Posted Mar 17, 2004
Hmm
now there's an idea, leave a 
on someone's PS and if they reply they're in
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Here's forty shillings on the drum, for those who volunteer to come, to 'list and fight the foe today, Over the hills and far away.
O're the hills and o're the main, to Flanders, Portugal and Spain, King George commands and we obey, over the hills and far away
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Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) Posted Mar 17, 2004
You draw up a list and we'll visit
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His Divine Shadow: ACE, Shi Alyt Posted Mar 17, 2004
and because of press gangs from Royal Navy vessels stoping american ships at sea, the 1812 war began. And we got clobbered, and destroyed the British forces encrouching on New Orleans, but that battle was technically, not part of any war
~~Thus ends my contribution to today's history lesson~~
that was a cool song btw
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Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) Posted Mar 17, 2004
1812 Napoleon was marching on Moscow and the song was thhe theme to the TV series Sharpe, I've got one about a press ganged recruit
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His Divine Shadow: ACE, Shi Alyt Posted Mar 17, 2004
and the US and the British Empire went to war because the US asked the Empire to stop abducting its men at sea and the Empire said "Get over it"
we fought at sea, the US did pretty well against the largest fleet in the world, the British army sacked and burned Washington DC, we both built a fleet in the Great Lakes between Canada and the US and the US won, signed a peace treaty, and then fought the Battle of New Orleans 
oops!
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Terran Posted Mar 17, 2004
And the Irish were involved in all of it in one way or another...
Happy Paddy's day by the way 
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The List of People to be Bulliedt Back
- 261: AK - fancy that! (Mar 16, 2004)
- 262: His Divine Shadow: ACE, Shi Alyt (Mar 16, 2004)
- 263: ex Brigadeer, now Tealady Werekitty aka Tobru De'ran; ex sith extraordinaire, well poked veggie fascist and Goo Goose (Mar 16, 2004)
- 264: His Divine Shadow: ACE, Shi Alyt (Mar 16, 2004)
- 265: Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) (Mar 16, 2004)
- 266: Ralph the Wonder Llama and André the dodo; Excrement Occurs (Mar 17, 2004)
- 267: Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) (Mar 17, 2004)
- 268: Ralph the Wonder Llama and André the dodo; Excrement Occurs (Mar 17, 2004)
- 269: His Divine Shadow: ACE, Shi Alyt (Mar 17, 2004)
- 270: F F Churchton (Mar 17, 2004)
- 271: His Divine Shadow: ACE, Shi Alyt (Mar 17, 2004)
- 272: Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) (Mar 17, 2004)
- 273: Terran (Mar 17, 2004)
- 274: Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) (Mar 17, 2004)
- 275: Terran (Mar 17, 2004)
- 276: Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) (Mar 17, 2004)
- 277: His Divine Shadow: ACE, Shi Alyt (Mar 17, 2004)
- 278: Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) (Mar 17, 2004)
- 279: His Divine Shadow: ACE, Shi Alyt (Mar 17, 2004)
- 280: Terran (Mar 17, 2004)
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