Legally, she may have that power...but practically...could she really do that? Probably not. There would be a revolt against the royalty.Quote:
Originally posted by simonm
She may also decide to disolve the government any time she sees fit.
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Legally, she may have that power...but practically...could she really do that? Probably not. There would be a revolt against the royalty.Quote:
Originally posted by simonm
She may also decide to disolve the government any time she sees fit.
She can...and has used that power before. She can only get away with using it in special circumstances though.Quote:
Legally, she may have that power...but practically...could she really do that? Probably not. There would be a revolt against the royalty.
I, personnally, like the fact that we have a head of state who has these powers but is very cautious about using them. Take Russia for example, their president seems to sack parliment every fortnight or something.
Yes, there are 50 states, and we still own Puerto Rico, some of the Virgin Islands, and I think Guam.
What upsets me is that native born citizens who have gone through public schooling don't know how many states there are. They can't name them. They can't find them on a map. That bothers me.
Anyway. Supreme Goddess Katie. What shall be your address? Your Most Holiness? :)
Sorry about getting the Canadian Head of State's title wrong. I new his name ten years ago. Now I don't remember who was Prime Minister ten years ago, and I'm sure he still isn't today, though I don't know how often that posistion changes.
Nah, that sounds too religious......My title will be Kathryn, Supreme Goddess of Chit-Chat but you can address me in the familiar.....Katie will do quite nicely!:)
Surprised that I forgot about Castro. That would have brought me up to 4, and maybe if I had really concentrated, I could have come up with a fifth.
Filburt1: Thanx for the information. I will now remember that there are 50 states. That is a nice round number and easy to remember, although 48 had a lot more factors. I wonder if we will ever have 53, the next prime number. I would actually like to see 52, the number of cards in a deck. That number I could not forget. 13 cards in a suit remind me that we started out with 13 states.
BTW: Another quiz for Americans. Name the US state that is farthest south the one farthest north, the one farthest east, and the one farthest west.
N: Alaska
E: Maine
W: Hawaii
S: Hawaii again
come on then britons, name the furthest north, south east and west counties in the entire UK...
Trick question.
Hawaii is farthest south, and Alaska is the most extreme in the other three directions.
It is obviously the farthest north. The Aleutians Island chain (part of Alaska) crosses longitude 180. There are places in Alaska 180 degrees west, which are also 180 degrees east.
Well, it depends on where you define the center. I was assuming the middle of the continental US.
In which case I'm guessing it isQuote:
Originally posted by filburt1
Well, it depends on where you define the center. I was assuming the middle of the continental US.
N - Alaska
E - Maine
W - Alaska
S - Hawaii
Just goes to show you how stupid yanks are. John Howard couldn't lead a piss up in a brewery, a root in a brothel........Quote:
Originally posted by filburt1
Tony Blair (UK sortof)
John Howard (Australia)
Jacques Chirac (France)
Jose Maria Anzar (Spain)
Ariel Sharon (Israel)
Your turn. :p
The real leader of OZ is of course Steve Waugh, and don't you forget it:rolleyes:
Sort of? Either he is or he isn't!Quote:
Originally posted by filburt1
Tony Blair (UK sortof)
Well until he is discovered wearing women's underwear and rogering a goat.............or didn't he go to a Public school like Ian:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally posted by chrisjk
Sort of? Either he is or he isn't!
he's done the women dressing thing, I sense the goat thing could not be far off...
That's tricky...Does it include Northern Ireland? If not, then Cornwall is both the most southerly and westerly. I would say Kent for the most Easterly and Shetland in the north (that is a county right)?Quote:
come on then britons, name the furthest north, south east and west counties in the entire UK...
North - Shetland
East - Norfolk
South - Cornwall
West - Fermanagh
If we're only talking about the mainland, then:
North - Caithness
West - Argyll
Actually, I'm absolutely certain that Land's End in Cornwall is the most westerly point of mainland Britain. If you're not talking about mainland then you've got the Isles of Scilly (30 miles south West from lands end) that is still considered part of Cornwall (I believe).Quote:
If we're only talking about the mainland, then:
North - Caithness
West - Argyll
Hmmmm...
I definitely disagree. Bear with me and I'll look it up.
(If we're not including NI but are including other islands - don't forget the Hebrides...)
What about the Falklands? :rolleyes:Quote:
If we're not including NI but are including other islands - don't forget the Hebrides...
:DQuote:
Originally posted by simonm
What about the Falklands? :rolleyes:
What county are they in? I forget... :rolleyes:
Ok so i dont live there but i can read an emmm whatchamacallit
Mainland
N - Highlands - Caithness (been to Thurso and John O Groats :p)
W - Highlands again - is it Morvern? not inc Skye etc
E - Toss up betw Norfolk and Suffolk within a few miles
S - Cornwall
Thats my 2 wee pennies worth... och aye the noo, bah goom lads, top of the mornin' to ya and llyllylylylyllllwlwlllwlllllyllyllylylllllln
The Point of Ardnamurchan in Argyll is more than 6° West - Cornwall isn't.
Look you lot, Land's End is famous for being the most westerly point in mainland Britain.
Anyone who says otherwise, let's take it outside and settle it like men. :mad:
Well i thought it was famous for being the most southerly point (and john o'groats for northerly) but if we gotta step outside can we at least meet half way like in bahrain or something?Quote:
Originally posted by simonm
Look you lot, Land's End is famous for being the most westerly point in mainland Britain.
Anyone who says otherwise, let's take it outside and settle it like men. :mad:
Also, if enuf ppl believe it is the most westerly point does it actually become the most westerly point in some Orwellian twist? :p
I thought Land's End was famous for being the most Southerly point on mainland Britain.
If you want to take it outside, I should be allowed to bring my Atlas to hit you over the head with. ;)
No, The Lizard Point is the most southerly point of mainland Britain. You know the two little peninulars sticking out of the end of cornwall (one points west, the other south)? The Lizard is the on pointing south, Penwith (the one with Land's end) is the one pointing West.Quote:
I thought Land's End was famous for being the most Southerly point on mainland Britain.
Yes it does. In fact, we have hosts of people from the west coast of Scotland come down every year just to say they've been to the most westerly point in Britain.Quote:
Also, if enuf ppl believe it is the most westerly point does it actually become the most westerly point in some Orwellian twist?
beachbum, No! I will not meet you halfway in bahrain. Come to Land's end and feel it's westerlyness!
InvisibleDuncan, OK, you may bring an atlas to hit me with. me, I'm going to bring an iron bar! :cool:
That sounds like the type of holiday i'm after :p Imagine the slide show back home ...Quote:
Originally posted by simonm
Yes it does. In fact, we have hosts of people from the west coast of Scotland come down every year just to say they've been to the most westerly point in Britain.
Where do i go to say i have been to the most boring point in Britain? :D
Oh, that would be the Cotswolds.Quote:
Where do i go to say i have been to the most boring point in Britain?
I knew we'd find some common ground eventually. :)Quote:
Originally posted by simonm
Oh, that would be the Cotswolds.
East and West are measured relative to the prime meridian which passes throught Greenwich, England. Longitude there is zero. 180 degrees east and 180 degrees west halfway around the world from Greenwich are as far east/west as you can get.
Alaska has territory at longitude 180, making it farthest east and farthest west.
Well, I live near Thurso in Caithness :)
Hey, whatever happened to "East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet"... party pooper :pQuote:
Originally posted by Guv
East and West are measured relative to the prime meridian which passes throught Greenwich, England. Longitude there is zero. 180 degrees east and 180 degrees west halfway around the world from Greenwich are as far east/west as you can get.
Alaska has territory at longitude 180, making it farthest east and farthest west.
I lived there. I went to the old royal observatory where the line goes through. They have this cool line and you can stand on it and go "Wow, 1 of my feet in the east of the world, 1 of my feet in the west" It's very exciting...:)Quote:
Originally posted by Guv
East and West are measured relative to the prime meridian which passes throught Greenwich, England
At night they used to have this cool laser lightbeam that shone across greenwich park following the meridian.
Lots of japanese tourists as you can imagine.
when you see them..do they all come squirming out of a bus and then start taking pictures of everything?? ;)
Damn stupid Americans... oh wait I'm American! :D
I don't understand why any country needs a leader. Just think... we have George W. Bush for president, and look how good our country is! :rolleyes: He's spent more time on a golf course than in the White House. The last time he did somthing in office, his dad was screwing the country over, now it's his turn to do the same thing!
Ok after all that blabbing... I say SCREW WORLD LEADERS! Who needs them?!
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Has anyone ever been to East Dakota?
I currently live about a mile away from the spot where the Prime Meridian leaves English shores. It's not very exciting here, either. :(Quote:
Originally posted by chrisjk
I lived there. I went to the old royal observatory where the line goes through. They have this cool line and you can stand on it and go "Wow, 1 of my feet in the east of the world, 1 of my feet in the west" It's very exciting...:)
Yeah, on the brink of recession...great!! :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally posted by MidgetsBro
I don't understand why any country needs a leader. Just think... we have George W. Bush for president, and look how good our country is!
Jacques Chirac (France)
Gerhard Schroeder (Germany)
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russia)
Joichiru Koizumi (Japan)
Emperor Akihito (Japan)
Jiang Zemin (China)
Kim Jong-il (North Korea)
Kim Dae-jong (South Korea)
Vicente Fox (Mexico)
Saddam Hussein (Iraq)
King Abdullah (Jordan)
Ariel Sharon (Israel)
etc. etc.