Topic: What is it with this "Apologising"??

[rhos1355]

Just read on the BBC news webpage that the New Zealand Rugby Union has apologised to the Maori Rugby players it omitted in it's 3 tours (1928, 1949 and 1960) of South Africa.
Why don't we go the whole hog and apologise for everything; The Dark Ages, The Roman Empire, The feudal system, the Crusades, gravity, nuclear fission  electricity,etc etc.
You don't hear of anyone demanding an apology from the descendants Arab Slave traders for their part in infamous history.
Or are we just seen as a soft touch??

[Retro Rocket]

Politically correct BULL#$%*......oops....sorry......

Mick

[Terry in Australia]

Actually, I think that Britain has a lot to apologise for, i.e., English cars, Lucas electrics, the royal family, crap beer, pork pies, football hooligans, punk rock, Elton John, Dick Emery, Max Bygraves, ball tampering, wearing hankies on your head, Cardigans, the British Empire, On the Buses, Love they neighbour, Steptoe and Son, Tony Blair, Alf Garnett, not washing regularly, emigrating to Australia, whinging, swimming with shoes on cos your beaches are crap and there's no sand, Enid Blyton, 100 different dialetcs in a land the size of the average Aussie backyard, Pommy taxi drivers, smelly B&B's, Werewolves, The Hounds of the Baskervilles, Union reps, Soccer players, ugly women, Status Quo, and .............  James friggin' Bond!    

[rhos1355]

"Yeah, well wot 'ave the Romans done for us, then??.........huh? Anyone??"
"Er, roads??"
"Yeah, well apart from roads, wot 'ave the Romans done for us??"
"Uhm, drainage??"
"Alright, apart from roads and drainage, wot 'ave the Romans done for us??"
"Plumbing??"

From Life of Brian

[the technological J]

Actually, I think that Britain has a lot to apologise for, i.e., English cars, Lucas electrics, the royal family, crap beer, pork pies, football hooligans, punk rock, Elton John, Dick Emery, Max Bygraves, ball tampering, wearing hankies on your head, Cardigans, the British Empire, On the Buses, Love they neighbour, Steptoe and Son, Tony Blair, Alf Garnett, not washing regularly, emigrating to Australia, whinging, swimming with shoes on cos your beaches are crap and there's no sand, Enid Blyton, 100 different dialetcs in a land the size of the average Aussie backyard, Pommy taxi drivers, smelly B&B's, Werewolves, The Hounds of the Baskervilles, Union reps, Soccer players, ugly women, Status Quo, and .............  James friggin' Bond!    

u forgot their teeth!


maybe theres a simple issue that an apology would clear up and be over with...... the word apology comes from the greek word that means building a defense

[Duke McDukiedook]

Actually, I think that Britain has a lot to apologise for, i.e., English cars, Lucas electrics, the royal family, crap beer, pork pies, football hooligans, punk rock, Elton John, Dick Emery, Max Bygraves, ball tampering, wearing hankies on your head, Cardigans, the British Empire, On the Buses, Love they neighbour, Steptoe and Son, Tony Blair, Alf Garnett, not washing regularly, emigrating to Australia, whinging, swimming with shoes on cos your beaches are crap and there's no sand, Enid Blyton, 100 different dialetcs in a land the size of the average Aussie backyard, Pommy taxi drivers, smelly B&B's, Werewolves, The Hounds of the Baskervilles, Union reps, Soccer players, ugly women, Status Quo, and .............  James friggin' Bond!    

Sending their convicts to Australia to mate with the roos...

[tortelvis]

Actually, I think that Britain has a lot to apologise for, i.e., English cars, Lucas electrics, the royal family, crap beer, pork pies, football hooligans, punk rock, Elton John, Dick Emery, Max Bygraves, ball tampering, wearing hankies on your head, Cardigans, the British Empire, On the Buses, Love they neighbour, Steptoe and Son, Tony Blair, Alf Garnett, not washing regularly, emigrating to Australia, whinging, swimming with shoes on cos your beaches are crap and there's no sand, Enid Blyton, 100 different dialetcs in a land the size of the average Aussie backyard, Pommy taxi drivers, smelly B&B's, Werewolves, The Hounds of the Baskervilles, Union reps, Soccer players, ugly women, Status Quo, and .............  James friggin' Bond!    

Don't forget Australia! 

[Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er]

Actually, I think that Britain has a lot to apologise for, i.e., English cars, Lucas electrics, the royal family, crap beer, pork pies, football hooligans, punk rock, Elton John, Dick Emery, Max Bygraves, ball tampering, wearing hankies on your head, Cardigans, the British Empire, On the Buses, Love they neighbour, Steptoe and Son, Tony Blair, Alf Garnett, not washing regularly, emigrating to Australia, whinging, swimming with shoes on cos your beaches are crap and there's no sand, Enid Blyton, 100 different dialetcs in a land the size of the average Aussie backyard, Pommy taxi drivers, smelly B&B's, Werewolves, The Hounds of the Baskervilles, Union reps, Soccer players, ugly women, Status Quo, and .............  James friggin' Bond!    

Terry,

I think you're on to something here. I believe you are due millions in REPARATIONS just as some of our American counterparts here feel they are due for being slaves. I just didn't realize you could live to be that old. Go figure!

[72 yellow]

Actually, I think that Britain has a lot to apologise for, i.e., English cars, Lucas electrics, the royal family, crap beer, pork pies, football hooligans, punk rock, Elton John, Dick Emery, Max Bygraves, ball tampering, wearing hankies on your head, Cardigans, the British Empire, On the Buses, Love they neighbour, Steptoe and Son, Tony Blair, Alf Garnett, not washing regularly, emigrating to Australia, whinging, swimming with shoes on cos your beaches are crap and there's no sand, Enid Blyton, 100 different dialetcs in a land the size of the average Aussie backyard, Pommy taxi drivers, smelly B&B's, Werewolves, The Hounds of the Baskervilles, Union reps, Soccer players, ugly women, Status Quo, and .............  James friggin' Bond!    

Did you forget British motorcycles ??

[fmctm1sw]

Can I get someone from Canada to apologize for Brian Adams?  It would make me feel better...

[gregimotis]

On behalf of the United States, I'd like to apologize for Coors and Coors light.  Also 'malt liquor'

[8 Track]

Geeeez Terry, you're not keeping score or anything, are you?      

[petercb750]

Hey Terry - and don't forget susan friggin boyle.........and my bloody next door neighbour....

[seaweb11]

Can I get someone from Canada to apologize for Brian Adams?  It would make me feel better...

sorry

[Gonzowerke]

On behalf of the United States, I'd like to apologize for Coors and Coors light.  Also 'malt liquor'

And I would like to add American Idol, Dancing with the stars, Faux Jazeera(fox "news"), all the crappy movie remakes, the 8 years of shrub rule, The new Mustang, The new Camaro, ANYTHING by Dodge(except Jeeps), teabuggers, Jay Leno, Wal-mart, McDonalds, Boeing's behaviour over their tanker scam, Halliburton, Ashton Kucher, Fender Guitars, NASCAR, The NFL, The MLB, The NBA, Rap Music, Harley's, and Deep Fried Mars bars.

[gregimotis]

And I would like to add American Idol, Dancing with the stars, Faux Jazeera(fox "news"), all the crappy movie remakes, the 8 years of shrub rule, The new Mustang, The new Camaro, ANYTHING by Dodge(except Jeeps), teabuggers, Jay Leno, Wal-mart, McDonalds, Boeing's behaviour over their tanker scam, Halliburton, Ashton Kucher, Fender Guitars, NASCAR, The NFL, The MLB, The NBA, Rap Music, Harley's, and Deep Fried Mars bars.

I think a specific apology is due Australia for 'The Outback steakhouse' commercials and 'Quiggly's down under'.  Sorry to France for that 'Freedom Fries' crap although though we still think you're a bunch of sissies.

[seaweb11]

Ya, but we had to put up with Crocodile Dundee, and that guy who used to tease all the critters.

[Terry in Australia]

Well I wrote a 5 paragraph response explaining to the less educated US member here that more convicts were sent to America when it was a British penal colony than were ever sent to Oz (the "founding fathers" were mostly British rejects, apparently) and actually thanking Britain for discovering Oz, not to mention telling Derek that Croc Dundee was a bloody Australian classic and Steve Irwin a fallen national hero and I'd apologise when he pulled the TV remote from my cold dead hands, and I went on a bit more, and then the crappy American Apple computer sh1t itself, so obviously this is some kind of US government conspiracy to gag any informed dissenters, so having just watched that Aussie legend Mel Gibson's classic movie "Conspiracy theory", I'm hiding in the house next door waiting for the SWAT team to come crashing thru my front door, only to be blown into a million tiny bits by the 4 truckloads of Chinese party poppers that I've strategically placed around the "Killing zone", ha ha!    

[Sam Green Racing]

Actually, I think that Britain has a lot to apologise for, i.e., English cars, Lucas electrics, the royal family, crap beer, pork pies, football hooligans, punk rock, Elton John, Dick Emery, Max Bygraves, ball tampering, wearing hankies on your head, Cardigans, the British Empire, On the Buses, Love they neighbour, Steptoe and Son, Tony Blair, Alf Garnett, not washing regularly, emigrating to Australia, whinging, swimming with shoes on cos your beaches are crap and there's no sand, Enid Blyton, 100 different dialetcs in a land the size of the average Aussie backyard, Pommy taxi drivers, smelly B&B's, Werewolves, The Hounds of the Baskervilles, Union reps, Soccer players, ugly women, Status Quo, and .............  Sam friggin' Green!    

 

[rhos1355]

And I would like to add American Idol, Dancing with the stars, Faux Jazeera(fox "news"), all the crappy movie remakes, the 8 years of shrub rule, The new Mustang, The new Camaro, ANYTHING by Dodge(except Jeeps), teabuggers, Jay Leno, Wal-mart, McDonalds, Boeing's behaviour over their tanker scam, Halliburton, Ashton Kucher, Fender Guitars, NASCAR, The NFL, The MLB, The NBA, Rap Music, Harley's, and Deep Fried Mars bars.

Actually I quite like the New Mustang, and the new Camaro...............and Jay Leno (at least he's a petrol head)
Wassa teabugger??

[Operator]

did he mean teabaggers??

If so there should be an apology

[Operator]

Can I get someone from Canada to apologize for Brian Adams?  It would make me feel better...

sorry

I'll second that, however we did farm him out to the US music industry, which means when he tours he only makes a couple of stops north of the border.....thank Christ for that

That is about the only thing we need to apologize for.

We would apologize for the White House, but it is actually something we are quite proud of. A US airman I was posted with had never heard the story, even in American History classes.

Oh and basketball. The Americans laid claim to it, (and they can have it) but it was a Canadian who invented the game.....sorry

[Gonzowerke]

did he mean teabaggers??

If so there should be an apology

I did, and don't hold your breath waiting for an apology from me. The misspelling was intentional.

[ryder60]

We would apologize for the White House, but it is actually something we are quite proud of. A US airman I was posted with had never heard the story, even in American History classes.
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Help me with the White House reference.  I apologize I'm lost on that one.  I never heard the story either, sorry.

[Terry in Australia]

We would apologize for the White House, but it is actually something we are quite proud of. A US airman I was posted with had never heard the story, even in American History classes.

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Help me with the White House reference.  I apologize I'm lost on that one.  I never heard the story either, sorry.
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I think this might be it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Washington