HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: gdb15@cl.cam.ac.uk (Guy Barry on grebe.cl.cam.ac.uk)
Subject: Flanders and Swann request
Reply-To: gdb15@cl.cam.ac.uk (Guy Barry)
Organization: U of Cambridge Computer Lab, UK
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 23:13:10 GMT

OK, on the strength of a single email request (no flames please, I
didn't write these words!):


	A SONG OF PATRIOTIC PREJUDICE

The English, the English, the English are best!
I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest.

The rottenest bits of these islands of ours
We've left in the hands of three unfriendly powers;
Consider the Irishman, Welshman or Scot,
You'll find he's a stinker as likely as not.

The Scotsman is mean, as we're all well aware,
He's bony and blotchy and covered in hair;
He eats salted porridge, and works all the day,
And he hasn't got Bishops to show him the way!

The English, the English, the English are best!
I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest.

The Irishman now our contempt is beneath,
He sleeps in his boots, and he lies in his teeth.
He blows up policemen, or so I have heard,
And blames it on Cromwell and William the Third!

The English are noble, the English are nice,
And worth any other at double the price.

The Welshman's dishonest, he cheats when he can,
He's little and dark, more like monkey than man.
He works underground with a lamp in his hat,
And he sings far too loud, far too often, and flat...  

And crossing the Channel, one cannot say much
For the French and the Belgians, the Danish and Dutch.
The Germans are German, the Russians are red,
And the Greeks and Italians eat garlic in bed!

The English are moral, the English are good,
And clever and modest and misunderstood.

And all the world over each nation's the same,
They've simply no notion of playing the game.
They argue with umpires, they cheer when they've won,
And they practice beforehand, which ruins the fun!

The English, the English, the English are best,
So up with the English and down with the rest.

It's not that they're wicked, or naturally bad,
It's *knowing they're foreign* that makes them so mad!
For the English are all that a nation should be,
And the flower of the English are Donald and me!

                                  Michael Flanders
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,soc.culture.celtic
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Subject: Re: The story of the Scottish flag
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 21:58:54 GMT

In article <1992Dec9.203026.20972@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> mmh@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Matthew Huntbach) writes:

>Actually, Cromwell used arms consisting of the St.George's
>crooss for England quartered with the St.Andrew's saltire for
>Scotland, and a harp (the "St.Patrick's saltire was invented in
>1801) for Ireland (presumably he regarded Wales as coming under
>England), and it looks quite nice (it's on the coinage issued
>under him, and his Great Seal).

Hmmmmm

Speaking of heraldry...

What's that flag you see often flying over Windsor
Castle that has the three red English lions in two 
quarters and the Irish Harp in at least one quarter?
Then there's Henry V's coat of arms - the lions on 
two quarters and gold fleur-de-lis on blue on the 
other two quarters?



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From: aledm@grant.ncd.com (Aled Morris)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: Postcode information
Date: 14 Dec 92 18:31:44 GMT
Organization: Network Computing Devices, Mt. View, CA, USA

In article <1gacqbINNkv@bnsgd245.bnr.co.uk>, rap@nnsgs50.lon40.nt.com (Richard Porter) writes:
|> If you need to know a postcode there's a local rate number you can
|> call: 0345 111222 (09:00 - 17:00). I doubt if 0345 numbers are
|> accessible from overseas, though. Anyone know?

"Your international call could not be completed as dialed.  Please check
the number and try again."

Maybe the 0345 number is an alias for a real number (is this generally the
case?  For 0800 numbers too?)

Aled

aledm@ncd.com    Network Computing Devices Inc.
(415)694 4543    350 North Bernardo Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94043
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: jackson@soldev.tti.com (Dick Jackson)
Subject: Re: Tell me about the crack
Organization: Transaction Technology Inc.
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 20:32:22 GMT

Evelyn S. Hlabse writes:
>	I have no idea how to put the crack in the cracker.

Anyone know the chemistry of the cracking mechanism? Presumably there's
some explosive substance (what?) which is ignited by the heat of
friction when the two strips a ripped apart.

Reminds me of making nitrogen tri-iodide at school. It went off like
a cracker but would be far too unstable to be used for that purpose.

I am NOT cross posting this to sci.chemistry, I would consider that
unsporting.

Dick Jackson
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: snuffy@zelator.in-berlin.de (Ronald_J. Bartle)
Subject: Fergie
Organization: Puplic-Access-Xenix-System
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 92 05:11:24 GMT
Summary: Im here waiting for e mail from fergie!
Keywords: uncommon geil wanted available?

aWell Fergie - they all love slagging you I'm just waiting for the
chance to get aquainted! E.mail (no Flames!) from Fergie or whoever
to:-


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From: jnawroc1@cc.swarthmore.edu (Jason Nawrocki)
Subject: Foreign Study in Britain
Organization: SWARTHMORE COLLEGE
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 00:05:05 GMT

I am planning on studying abroad in England next year. However, I need some
advice on colleges in the UK with engineering programs available and that
are fairly rigorous. I would also like to find a college that has a fair
amount to offer socially as well. Any help or inside tips would be great.
Thanks

Jason Nawrocki
jnawroc1@cc.swarthmore.edu
From: gt7303b@prism.gatech.EDU (Troy Lee)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: FAQ
Date: 13 Dec 92 04:07:16 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology


   Is there a FAQ for this group? If so, could somebody please send it
to me as I seem to be consistently missing it.


Thanks!

Troy
-- 
Troy Lamar Lee
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
uucp:	  ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!gt7303b
Internet: gt7303b@prism.gatech.edu
From: yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dave Shariff Yadallee)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: Postcode information
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 92 05:39:28 MST
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #1, Edmonton, AB, Canada

rap@nnsgs50.lon40.nt.com (Richard Porter) writes:

- If you need to know a postcode there's a local rate number you can
- call: 0345 111222 (09:00 - 17:00). I doubt if 0345 numbers are
- accessible from overseas, though. Anyone know?

I DID try 011-44-345-111222 and got thrown off the phone.  Definitely  NOT an
Overseas number!!

Dave Shariff Yadallee (B. Sc. (Econ/Math) (U of Alberta 1990) )
 (yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca, userLIBE@mts.ucs.ualberta.ca)
God Save the Queen, God Bless us All! Remember! Jesus Saves!!
Happy Christmas and Merry New Year to One and All - John Lennon
From: esh2@po.CWRU.Edu (Evelyn S. Hlabse)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: Help: Royal titles and succession to throne
Date: 17 Dec 1992 15:12:29 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: esh2@po.CWRU.Edu (Evelyn S. Hlabse)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, ABOZE@vma.cc.nd.edu () says:

>I apologize if this has been discussed before, but I seldom read this group.
>I was discussing this with a friend and need help settling the matter.
>
>1) Assuming Charles and Diana had not separated, would they be King
>   Charles and _Princess_ Diana or _Queen_ Diana if Charles became king?
>   My friend insists she would remain a princess, even if Charles is King.
>
	If she was crowned she would be Queen Diana - don't hold
	your breath.

>2) If Charles and Diana were indeed king and queen, and Charles died,
>   would Diana cease to be queen?  (immediately?)  Would their eldest
>   son become king? (immediately?)

	Diana if crowned queen would become Queen Mother - as
	the present Queen's mother is.  William becomes kind
	immediately upon the death of his father.
>
>3) Why is Phil(l)ip a prince, not king?  I thought it was because if he
>   had the title king, he would outrank Elizabeth.  My friend thinks
>   there's some other reason.
>
	Correct Philip is a prince not king.  If he was a king, he
	would outrank a queen (sexist but true).  Queen Elizabeth
	has never made him consort even.  The last consort was
	Prince Albert - husband of Queen Victoria.

>4) What are the rules of succession to the throne?  What is the order
>   of titles (king, queen, prince, etc.) in terms of power, authority,
>   whatever.  Can anyone recommend a source for this information?  My
>   friend says she wants to see it in print.
>
	As far as I know the succession at the present time with
	the present Royal Family is as follows:

		Queen Elizabeth
		Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales
		Prince William (Charles' oldest son)
		Prince Harry (the spare)
		Prince Andrew, The Duke of York
		Princess Beatrice (Andrew's daughter)
		Princess Eugenie (Andrew's second daughter)
		Prince Edward (Queen's youngest son)
		Princess Anne, The Princess Royal
		Peter Philips (Anne's son)
		Zara Philips (Anne's daughter)
		Princess Margaret (the Queen's sister)
		Viscount Linley (Margaret's son)
		Lady Sarah (Margaret's daughter)

	Any further down the line than this I can't go without my
	references but I do know that if any children are born to
	Charles the will come after William and Harry.  Sons still
	get preference over daughters but you get the idea.

	Any library should have books that have this kind of information.
	My sources are all books written about the present Royal Family.

>BTW, we tried calling the British embassy this afternoon with some of
>these questions.  The person we talked to didn't know.
>

	I'm not surprized the British embassy didn't know.  You need
	to get passed the first person who answers the phone.

	Hope this helps.  If you need more information, feel free to
	e-mail me.

	This is a stupid hobby I have but I love it and it's harmless.
	No flames - please.

Evelyn
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From: hiscrp@nuscc.nus.sg (C R Pennell)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: Postcode information
Date: 11 Dec 92 23:49:19 GMT
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

rap@nnsgs50.lon40.nt.com (Richard Porter) writes:
: If you need to know a postcode there's a local rate number you can
: call: 0345 111222 (09:00 - 17:00). I doubt if 0345 numbers are
: accessible from overseas, though. Anyone know?

No, they're not

Richard PEnnell History NUS
From: jim@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Jim  Scobbie)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: If the Wales' divorce
Date: 16 Dec 92 11:28:30 GMT
Organization: Centre for Cognitive Science, Edinburgh, UK




hiscrp@nuscc.nus.sg (C R Pennell) writes:

ewadams@netcom.com (Ernest Adams) writes:
>: Peter Scott writes:

>: >But just how widespread is antidisestablishmentarianism there
>: >these days?

>: The whole royal divorce question is certainly going to lead to a lot more
>: floccinaucinihilipilification with respect to the monarchy.

>	ANd of course will lead to practical problems, like where they are
>both to live. He can't bunk down (as AP/UPI put it so elegantly yesterday)
>with Grandma forever. Since he IS Prince of Wales perhaps a rural retreat
>in that Principality would be the ticket. Say, in (wait for it) :

>Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

Or perhapshe'd want to live near the little railway station on the
Fairbourne narrow gauge railway in North Wales:

Gorsafawddacha'idraigodanheddogleddolonpenrhynareurdraethceredigion

Then again, he might go for a little naval-contemplation atop a300m
high hill in Southern Hawke's Bay, New Zeland...    
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,soc.culture.celtic
From: gdb15@grebe.cl.cam.ac.uk (Guy Barry)
Subject: Re: The Scottish National Anthem (was Re: The story of the Scottish flag)
Reply-To: gdb15@cl.cam.ac.uk
Organization: U of Cambridge Computer Lab, UK
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 13:57:57 GMT

In article <1992Dec15.122307.1192@spider.co.uk> alisonjw@spider.co.uk (Alison J Wyld) writes:
>Has anyone ever suggested the 23rd Psalm to Crimmond ? Its well known,
>has an easy tune and would be acceptable to Jews and Muslims as well
>as Christians, which must cover the majority of the population.  The
>only downer I can think of is its association with funerals.

I know it comes from the Scottish Metrical Psalter, but the hymn has
no particular connection with Scotland, so why should it be used as
a Scottish anthem?



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Computer Laboratory                | Fax: +44 (0)223 334678
New Museums Site, Pembroke Street  | JANET: Guy.Barry@uk.ac.cam.cl 
Cambridge CB2 3QG, England, UK     | Internet: Guy.Barry@cl.cam.ac.uk 
Xref: sparky soc.culture.british:17694 can.politics:10864 soc.culture.australian:5174
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,can.politics,soc.culture.australian
From: robinson@mdivax1.uucp (Jim Robinson)
Subject: Re: Do we really need the monarchy?
Followup-To: can.politics,soc.culture.british,soc.culture.australian
Reply-To: robinson@mdd.comm.mot.com (Jim Robinson)
Organization: Motorola - Mobile Data Division; Richmond, BC
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: 17 Dec 92 16:50:19 GMT

Tom Oates (th2_oate@csd.uwe.ac.uk) wrote:

>Despite this, people in Britain (and those in countries such as NZ, Oz
>and Canada are just as bad) throng the streets to clap and cheer when royalty
>appear. Watch how commoners bow, scrape and generally abase themselves. 
>I was very amused to see film of a University Professor bowing to Princess
>Diana whose sole academic qualification is one O-level.

What? The future (well, maybe) Queen of England (and Canada) never made it
out of the Brit equivalent of grade 12? A high school drop-out for a
Queen? Say it ain't so.
-- 
Jim Robinson
robinson@mdd.comm.mot.com
{ubc-cs!van-bc,uunet}!mdivax1!robinson

Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,soc.culture.celtic
From: walker@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Graham Walker, 227 West Old Main,268-3847,)
Subject: Re: The story of the Scottish flag
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 18:10:28 GMT

From article <CALUM.92Dec15152627@ivy.clu.cf.ac.uk>, by calum@ivy.clu.cf.ac.uk (Calum Gordon):
> In article <1992Dec11.194356.16767@news.nd.edu> ulick@bernini.helios.nd.edu (Ulick Stafford) writes:
> 
>>  prior 1601?  On the subject of Scottish kings, were thay all called
>>  James or Malcolm (apart from Bob the Spider guy, of course).
> 
> Not quite (although there were six James's).  Of the top of my head I
> can think of the obvious ones: Duncan, Macbeth and Macduff of course.
> Was Wallace ever King ? Need to dig out my "Scotland's Story" for the rest.
> --

Macduff???? No, Wallace was never king. Also at one point Robert the
Bruce was in the "pay" of the English to hunt down and capture Wallace,
as I remember.

													GW

Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,soc.culture.celtic
From: hm@fwi.uva.nl (Hans Mulder)
Subject: Re: The story of the Scottish flag
Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 03:36:52 GMT

In <JIM.92Dec11122231@hunter.cs.strath.ac.uk> jim@cs.strath.ac.uk (Jim Reid) writes:
>As for Queen Elizabeth, she is known as Elizabeth the Second. This is
>misleading as the nation she rules has not had a Queen Elizabeth
>before. Some Scots find this offensive, since Scotland has never
>had a Queen called Elizabeth until now, although England had one
>during the 17th(?) century. 

Lots of countries have queens known Elizabeth the Second:
Antigua & Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada,
England, Grenada, Guernsey, Jamaica, Jersey, Man, Mauritius, New Zealand,
Papua New Guinea, Scotland, Solomon Islands, St. Kitts & Nevis,
St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, Tuvalu.

How many of these have had queens called Elizabeth before?

>Similar trouble is likely if/when Prince Charles succeeds - there
>have been no Kings called Charles in Scotland, but two in England.

On average, those countries have had 0.09 king called Charles, so
the next one will be Charles the 1.09th, no?

HansM
From: yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dave Shariff Yadallee)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Frist you must define Yadalleeism and then context Yadallean
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 05:36:49 MST
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #2, Edmonton, AB, Canada

With partial overtone of John CLeese sounding like Basil Fawlty I wrote:

All right you parrot-feathered blokes, this should be part of the Official
Oxford Dictionary:

Yadalleeism :  A centrist doctrine based on pro-monarchism, anti-republicanism
               which believe that every individual in society is important
               and that absolute dictatorship must be utterly purge; anti-cor-
               ruptonist; pro-Christian Evangelistic Moralist.

Do sit down and reconsider the word Yadallean.

Christmas Cheers Mate,

Dave Shariff Yadallee (B. Sc. (Econ/Math) (U of Alberta 1990) )
 (yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca, userLIBE@mts.ucs.ualberta.ca)
God Save the Queen, God Bless us All! Remember! Jesus Saves!!
Happy Christmas and Merry New Year to One and All - John Lennon
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: prp@sei.cmu.edu (Patrick Place)
Subject: Re: More silly songs.
Organization: Software Eng. Inst.;Carnegie-Mellon U.; Pittsburgh, PA 15213   _USA_
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 10:33:51 EST


Here's yet another variant on While Shepherds Watched

While shepherds washed their socks by night,
They hung them on the line.
The angel of the Lord came down
and said "Those socks are mine".

Pat Place   prp@sei.cmu.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: sue@netcom.com (Sue Miller)
Subject: Re: Gerry prayer corner
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 00:17:49 GMT

In article <1992Dec16.192045.1@vxdesy.desy.de> godfrey@vxdesy.desy.de writes:
>
>I think avatar might not be the word you're looking for.  Why do you find
>it necessary to announce when you're putting names into your kill file?
>Could it be that the main reason for putting them in the file is for the
>pleasure of being able to announce it?
>
>Laurence
>

Avatar was exactly the word he was looking for, and you would know
that if you understood much about what you're doing with your
newsreader.  He has announced the fact purely because he is enjoying 
the knowledge that he won't be reading anything more from your current 
netcarnation.

I've also been skipping many of your recent posts, Laurence dear.
It seems as though you are, well, attenuating.  The signal to
noise ratio in your material has gone so low as to escape detection by my
equipment.

TTFN

Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: prodger@leland.Stanford.EDU (phillip prodger)
Subject: Re: Tell me about the crack
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 92 00:24:43 GMT

In article <91AH028A2fvK01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> czl30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Chris Lee) writes:
>In article <1992Dec18.203222.24020@ttinews.tti.com> jackson@soldev.tti.com (Dick Jackson) writes:
>>Evelyn S. Hlabse writes:

>>>	I have no idea how to put the crack in the cracker.

>>Anyone know the chemistry of the cracking mechanism? Presumably there's
>>some explosive substance (what?) which is ignited by the heat of
>>friction when the two strips a ripped apart.

>Ammonium tri-iodide?

Nitroglycerine is used at present.

The custom dates back to prehistoric times.  The Picts used to wrap woad leaves
around bits of flint & rabbit hair.  

Ah...progress.
From: hiscrp@nuscc.nus.sg (C R Pennell)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: Time to elect a monarch?
Date: 11 Dec 92 08:26:55 GMT
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dave Shariff Yadallee) writes:
: With the recent in the Crown, one should speak on this situation.
: 
: One must note that despite my Centrist politics, I am an avowed Monarchist.
: But with the recent separation of the Prince and Princess of Wales, this throws
: the current system in doubt and one should wonder if the Magestrate should be
: elected by Her/Her Royal Majesty's subject.
: 
: A thought to consider, especially when Poland did it at one time.

	Oh quite, *especially* when Poland did it, an inspiring precedent.

Richard Pennell, History NUS
From: nickh+@cs.cmu.edu (Nick Haines)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: Prime Minister
Date: 14 Dec 92 20:15:30 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.Bz9Mxy.Do7.1
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon

Whoops, I mean "Edmund Burke", not "Edward Burke".

Nick Haines nickh@cmu.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: gdb15@grebe.cl.cam.ac.uk (Guy Barry)
Subject: Re: An ENGLISH monarch??
Reply-To: gdb15@cl.cam.ac.uk
Organization: U of Cambridge Computer Lab, UK
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 16:09:00 GMT

In article <18DEC92.11034381.0099@VM1.MCGILL.CA> CZ94@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA (CZ94000) writes:
>
>This thread seems to be using an odd definition of "English".
>Does anyone really think of the present Queen as German, merely
>because she's descended from Prince Albert (or was this a reference
>to George I)?
>
>1,000,000 years ago, all the ancestors of the Royal Family were
>probably living in Africa.  Does that make the Queen African?

Well, the House of Hanover and the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
can both be justifiably called German.  The family name was
then changed to Windsor, but did that make them English?  At
what point *did* the Royal Family start being English?

Of course, if we accept the principle of patriarchy, then the next
King of England will be Greek...

--
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Computer Laboratory                | Fax: +44 (0)223 334678
New Museums Site, Pembroke Street  | JANET: Guy.Barry@uk.ac.cam.cl 
Cambridge CB2 3QG, England, UK     | Internet: Guy.Barry@cl.cam.ac.uk
From: colin@cs.uq.oz.au (Colin Millerchip)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Dum dee dum... (was Re: The Borsetshire Echo)
Date: 21 Dec 92 00:57:27 GMT
Reply-To: colin@cs.uq.oz.au

In <1992Dec16.144701.10844@vax.oxford.ac.uk> wilcox@vax.oxford.ac.uk writes:

> [A life-saving update... phew!]

Many thanks Stephen -- it was gratefully received.

One question -- what's happened to the Grundys? I've not heard anything
in yonks -- they haven't *really* gone to France, have they? 

Colin.

--
|Colin Millerchip           | "And all this science I don't understand,|
|University of Queensland,  |  It's just my job five days a week"      |
|Brisbane, Australia.       |   - "Rocketman", Elton John              |
|colin@cs.uq.oz.au          |                                          |
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: prodger@leland.Stanford.EDU (phillip prodger)
Subject: Re: Nominate President of Britain
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 92 00:11:07 GMT

In article <1992Dec17.234525.1332@nuscc.nus.sg> hiscrp@nuscc.nus.sg (C R Pennell) writes:
>martin.baines@uk.sun.com (Martin Baines - Sun UK - SE Manager Cambridge)
>makes the following proposals for President
>
> : 
>: John Mortimer
>: Tony Benn
>: Norman Tebbitt
>: Ken Livingstone
>: Richard Branson
>: John Harvey Jones
>: Brian Redhead
>: Sir Robin Day

Oh dear.  How terribly politically incorrect.

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