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Pink Floyd lead singer says the Malvinas Islands “belong to Argentina”
Former Pink Floyd lead singer Roger Waters, who has nine shows scheduled in Buenos Aires at the River Plate stadium this March, assured that the Malvinas Islands “belong to Argentina. He also stated that the 1982 war between Argentina and the UK “saved then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s political career.” Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesJust another Pr*ck in the Wall
Feb 29th, 2012 - 01:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0And to prove this guys credentials -
Feb 29th, 2012 - 01:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0Here is his son, swinging on the Union Flag, at the National Cenotaph to Britain's War Dead, just before his pissed up it...
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3271873/Student-riots-Cenotaph-yob-is-son-of-Pink-Floyd-star-Dave-Gilmour.html
As they say... like father, like son.
Too much money, no values and quite obviously NO RESPECT.
The SOB and his son can go to hell. Roger Waters doesn't even pay UK tax, he lives in the US, because quote “Britain banned fox hunting”.
You gotta give it to the guy, he's inconsistent... he quote: “doesn't like war”... and therefore sides with the nation that started the Falklands War. Figure it out. While he loves life so much, he can't stand to live in a country that has outlawed blood sport.
His son Eton and Cambridge educated is a total reject. So much for the best education money can buy.
Here's a message to Roger Walters
Feb 29th, 2012 - 02:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0on consistency, see above, you score zero. On hypocrisy maximum marks.
I didn't have wealthy parents to give me money - any money. I didn't attend the countries top school or university, I attended one of the poorest schools and educated myself, I attended university later in life off my own bat.
I have never taken drugs in my entire life. You on the other hand have just created crass, shit music, live a life of drugs and decadence and produced a drug aditcted son, who spends his time swinging on the National flag and pissing up the national war memorial in the full glare of the worlds media.
That war memorial honors this nations dead, men and women who sacrificed their life to keep this nation free, so SOB like you could get rich off it.
Neither you, or your son could ever rise high enough out of the gutter to meet their gaze.
If your against war, have the decency to be consistent. You're either against all war, or not against it at all. I can respect the former but not the later.
You have no right to say your against war and then side with the aggressor nation, over a war of aggression aimed at occupying a foreign territory against the will of the people who live there and in violation of international law and British sovereignty.
We have sadly come to realise that out of gluttony come scum and you are one of them.
Time
Feb 29th, 2012 - 02:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time.
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over,
Thought I'd something more to say... Malvinas belong to Argentina
do not get angry! You can think what you want, is a human right,,,, some speak in favor of the Argentine and other pro-kingdom united states, this fixes it for good politicians and bad
Feb 29th, 2012 - 02:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0@2 that's dave gilmore's son not roger walters.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 02:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0Anyway the guy is just trying to sell more tickets for his 500 day show at River Plate's stadium
Perhaps the best idea is to do a global tv advertising with celebrities and people around the world, who believe that we must finish the colonialism in this century. With the slogan: UK return Malvinas.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 02:41 am - Link - Report abuse 0@7 featuring the twitman and his UN presentation?
Feb 29th, 2012 - 02:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0@8 featuring Ben and his presentation in Puerto Williams?
Feb 29th, 2012 - 03:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0God talks to him, he can help...
“In December 2007, during prayer, the Lord spoke to Ben that a spark was now time for the fire of the Holy Spirit to be ignited here in Puerto Williams, Chile, the world's most southern town. [The ”Confines of the Earth“ 700 miles from Antarctic is Now only 5% Evangelical]
According to God's word by prophesy it is predicted that this fire will start here and spread north and to all South America, Latin America, North America and throughout the world”
http://www.victory-cruises.com/revival_from_the_south.html
Hey Maaaaan! lets skin-up and getting jammin'
Feb 29th, 2012 - 03:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0I like Pink Floyd, great band etc. Completley understand his stance on war, but
I dont know of a nation that does not have a military force in one form or another! Why? because war sometimes is about self defence not about overt agression!
Lets make a simple comparison of war and a street fight. Roger Waters is walking down the road peacefully with his wife/girlfriend singing songs about peace, birds and lollipops, then suddenly two guys jump out of an alley punching Waters down to the ground. They then proceed to abuse his wife/girlfriend. What would Waters do? Sit there and try and reason with them? Run away? start scribbling lyrics to a new song on the ground? or try and fight them off?
“NO war” is like communism, great idea but doesnt work! It is something that people are just going to have live with.
Finally my talking of war is not intended to stir up war sentiments between RG and UK! I dont like the idea of war, but there is always one idiot out there who uses it for their own advantage, and I do not belive MThantcher did this!
She acted like the guy who had been punched down and was watching her partner get abused so she stood up to it!
Roger you ready for a quick sniff in the bogs?
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Feb 29th, 2012 - 03:32 am - Link - Report abuse 0Dany
Feb 29th, 2012 - 03:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0nice mix of south london dialects. Could do better, but i suggest using a “K” for the word “c#@t” to add emphasis and including the word “Shite” much more often, hoever i'll give you 8/10.
Politics as business. Wonder how many more tickets to the Buenos Aires show he's sold?
Feb 29th, 2012 - 03:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0@13 NINE shows at River Plate stadium, over three hundred thousands tickets sold.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 04:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0marcos! So what! he wouldnt have gone if he'd not expected good sales!
Feb 29th, 2012 - 04:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0Anyway you guys shouldnt be listening to a british formed band regardless of their stance over the falklands. I thought you were trying to stop business links with the british!
From the Daily Telegraph:
Feb 29th, 2012 - 04:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0“President Kirchner’s statements regarding the Falkland Islands are clumsy attempts to distract from the country’s domestic problems but they do no favours to Argentina’s international standing – nor do they help resolve the key issues.
The particularly galling thing is that Argentina can perfectly afford to pay its bills. It has £30 billion in foreign reserves. While Britain’s public sector debt is 79.5 per cent of GDP, Argentina’s is only 42.9 per cent. It has enjoyed several years of steady economic growth; its fundamentals compare favourably with its peers in the region. Yet, instead of negotiating in good faith with its creditors, it rachets up its defiance. To cite one example, the IMF will no longer accept Argentine statistics on inflation, which have been systematically manipulated by the political appointees who have replaced the professionals in the country’s statistics bureau.
Argentina’s behaviour is important for three reasons. First, it damages the future prosperity of the Argentine people. Their country’s economy is being shunned by the rest of the world. Economists have estimated a loss of nearly £4 billion in foreign direct investment each year since its 2001 default, and an estimated £6.9 billion was lost in private sector capital flight during 2010, the fifth consecutive year of such losses. ”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/argentina/9111201/Hit-Argentina-where-it-hurts-in-the-wallet.html
You will notice that the writer of this article didn't mention Iceland which went much further than Argentina by actually changing its constitution so the bankers responsible for its economic collapse could be prosecuted and jailed and also that Iceland's economy is recovering quickly and that it is one of the world's top investment opportunities.
Sauce for the Goose....?
@14 Will Queen Christina let him take all that money out of the country? I'm sure its going to a nice home in one of the British “colonies” in the Caribbean.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 04:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0This is very funny! What next? Squatters protesting again with their cars and their ilegal flag as they did with Penn statements? LOL
Feb 29th, 2012 - 04:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0@ 18 Heil Cristina
Feb 29th, 2012 - 04:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0Explain to me how the flag is illegal - bet you cant! also if you are able I would like to hear your definition of the word Squatter!
@18 Squatters rights! They must now stay just like Queen Kristina's favourite Villa Miseria's!!!!! Unfortunately it will take more than a Super Pancho for them to vote for her.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 04:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0Just another Pr*ck in the Wall
Feb 29th, 2012 - 05:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0AHAHHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAH!! I just love lordtrash getting upset....It is over for uk in the SA....See prick..1825: Treaty of frienship and commerce signed With The UP...... The injustices get to an end!!
AHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAH!!
All these entertainers coming out in support, no wonder CFK is happy, but she needs to recorgnise the difference between and entertainer and a politician...... As for this whole issue I am at a loss really, the Falklands are under the flag most desired by it inhabitants and had been for 189 years, they are proud of the fact that they have islanders who are 9th generation born and that is something Argentina can not even claim. Argentina now needs to act like a grown up democracy and put the toys back in the pram and get on with life, failing to do so will show the world how immature you are as a democracy. As the old saying goes, if everyone thinks your an idiot, then dont open your mouth just to prove them right.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 05:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0@21 Malv!!
Feb 29th, 2012 - 05:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0Are you ok or do you add your posts while undergoing dental surgery?
Its' either that or you need a new keyboard!
@ 22
Nicely put!
”In an interview with Chilean television, the 68-year-old said he was happy to say so as an Englishman because he was ashamed of Britain’s colonial past, ‘when we were out raping and plundering and stealing’.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 05:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2107960/Pink-Floyd-star-Roger-Waters-enters-Falklands-debate-says-islands-belong-Argentina.html#ixzz1nkPern4i
marco, we know this, but i am not going to feel ashamed for people and events hundreds of years ago. Do you take responsibility for (perhaps one of your relativess) those people who established colonies in the latin americas and did similiar thing to the indiginous population? No!!!!!
Feb 29th, 2012 - 06:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0He is ashamed! OK thats his problem! He should also preach the same about the spanish, french germans, blah blah blah. Everyone was at it, and it is why peoples living in the Americas now speak English, French, Spanish, Portuguese German and Dutch! The only difference between us and the rest, is that we did it better!
@brit abroad
Feb 29th, 2012 - 06:25 am - Link - Report abuse 0Thank you Brit I’m so glad to here your suggestion mate.
I’m trying really hard and practising a lot while swearing to my neighbour here. He says that I sound like Shakespeare and also he asked me if I know the Queen. Of course he is American you know.
It's a pleasure! have you thought about subscribing to a magazine called VIZ. Its a british comic. Roger Mellie the man on the Telly could open a lot of new expletive doors!
Feb 29th, 2012 - 06:31 am - Link - Report abuse 0So first we have a wife beater and then a child who threw his toys out of the pram when his colleagues didn't like his songs.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 06:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0Powerful people. I Prefer CEOs of oil companies doing things the quiet and proper British way.
Stick to music Roger.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 06:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0We don't care about what you think about the Falklands.
Who is up next for offering a celebrity endorsement?
Jedwood perhaps?...........................
25 brit abroad
Feb 29th, 2012 - 07:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0Are you saying the the British were better at “raping and plundering and stealing” than the other colonizers?
Friends !
Feb 29th, 2012 - 07:10 am - Link - Report abuse 0http://falklandsnews.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/argentinas-friends-and-supporters/
Well that's that then. Now the wrinkly old rocker has spoken,we might as well give up.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 07:10 am - Link - Report abuse 0I'm guessing that's what he is; being under fifty, it's a bit before my time.
You could read into that way, but no, that wasnt the intended message - however my history is not that sound to cover all the nations that were colonising at the time, and therefor dont know which country would have been considered harsher in the treatment of other peoples.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 07:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0I will rephase my comment:
Everyone was at it, and it is why peoples living in the Americas now speak English, French, Spanish, Portuguese German and Dutch! The only difference between us and the rest, is that we built a larger empire!
He's entitled to his own opinions, even if the underlying motivation is to improve flagging sales to concerts in the twighlight of his career.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 07:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0@29 At least jedwood might put forward a reasoned argument as to how they built such a decision, rather than this chap.
@9 When people talk to God, it's called prayer, but if God answers back, it's called Schizophrenia.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 07:20 am - Link - Report abuse 0Mind you, with a leader like CFK, i can see why you admire odd balls.
http://roger-waters.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussions
Feb 29th, 2012 - 07:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0Not being a part of Tom Cruise's pay-for-ideology club, I cannot see what the interest is in what people from the cult of celebrity have to say about any above trivial matters.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 08:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0Actors and musicians are simply 'court jesters'. They do something vaguely entertaining and then I clap if they're not sh!t. They don't sit there telling you what you should think about political issues and typically the king doesn't listen to the jester.
So what's all this about? why suddenly are we expected to listen to the jesters and their opinions?
Waters!!!! What you think about Argentinas expansionist policy post 1832?
Feb 29th, 2012 - 08:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0Mapuches mean anything to you?
Another guest at the chimps tea party!
He's got tickets to sell, to maintain his capitalist lifestyle.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 08:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0Oh noes Sean penn and roger waters have spoken out against the uk.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 08:41 am - Link - Report abuse 0The gigs up we shall just push off if one more celebrity speak out against us.
Pirates fear celebrities.
Elderly hippy talks news at 10
@39 I hope they pay him in Pesos.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 08:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0Agent: “your last concert made approximately £1.89 including exchange rates and taxe ”
Roger Waters: “that's freaking me out into my time-space ukulele, man”
Agent: “hmm”
George Roger Waters was born on 6 September 1943, the younger of two boys,[1] to Mary and Eric Fletcher Waters, in Great Bookham, Surrey.[2] His father, the son of a coal miner and Labour Party activist, was a schoolteacher, a devout Christian, and a Communist Party member.[3] In the early years of the Second World War, his father was a conscientious objector who drove an ambulance during the Blitz.[3] He later changed his stance on pacifism and joined the British Army, and as an officer of the 8th Royal Fusiliers was killed at Anzio in Italy, declared missing or presumed dead on 18 February 1944,[4] when Roger was five months old.[
Feb 29th, 2012 - 08:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0So his father changed his stance perhaps Roger will as well.
Another ex-celebrity who doesn't live in the real world.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 10:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0Another apologist with an axe to grind.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 10:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0Who will they drag up next?
Another old wrinkly.
l do like Pink Floyd music though.
“Money”!
l think we should beam “money” to Argentina when the first tanker leaves the Falklands!♥
There's nothing more fun and rewarding in life than watching an ex-celebrity jump about demanding some kind of attention from anyone that goes past. While we all laugh at them and consider how little dignity they have.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 10:40 am - Link - Report abuse 0I can see the Victory bar doing another celebratory mug for this one !
Feb 29th, 2012 - 11:08 am - Link - Report abuse 0The landlord could have a “smash all pink floyd records” evening !
The Fighting pigs band will never play one of their tunes ever again !
Now I agree that “...lives of Argentine and British soldiers were being used as a political instrument...” So two wrongs make a wrong. Now Spain wants Gibraltar and I understand our old mate Tony Blair was about to give it to them. Maybe France will want the Channel Islands and as The Isla de Perejil lies just 220 yards off the coast of Morocco they will want Spain to give it back.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 11:19 am - Link - Report abuse 0Whatever next.
...and you still wont get The Falklands (land you have never owned, never had a legitimate claim to, still don't and never will)!
Feb 29th, 2012 - 11:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0I come on here daily to read about the lengths the Argentines are now going to and making utter fools of themselves in front of an increasing incredulous world as the UK goes about its daily work virtually oblivious to all of this utter crap. As yet “Mrs Miggins from number 23” hasnt been trotted out to back their claims so its left to the Syrians, Cubans and Venezuelans, as well as crack pot ultra leftie entertainers to side with this very strange regime.
What must be increasingly frustrating is the UK Government's almost silence on this issue. Coupled with the discovery of oil, which now makes it 100% certain that the Argentines will be ignored, just increases the likelihood that this pygmy politics will see them shortly do something really stupid and make this whole issue even more laughable.
I grow increasingly knowledgeable about Argentina and its hopeless diplomacy as well as what appears to be an impending economic crisis for them.
there is no doubt in my mind that it is the discovery of oil that is leading them to now pick this issue up as it could be a saving grace for the current government of Argentina, who look like a busted flush.
For that reason alone the UK will eventually diplomatically isolate them with the countries that matter and crush them economically - although the Argentines seem to be on track to do that all by themselves.
time to turn the screw and try and dry up any remaining access to capital from the outside world that they may have.
31 Lord Ton
Feb 29th, 2012 - 11:25 am - Link - Report abuse 0Who needs friends like that!
http://atfa.org/about/
Feb 29th, 2012 - 11:31 am - Link - Report abuse 0Seems like the Argentines are about as popular with the most powerful nation on earth as they are with the UK government :-)
@50 I know that site is hilariously filled full of gems about Argentinian nonsense that they'd rather forget. Like selling frozen government bonds making them contempt of court.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 12:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It's a lot of fun.
Roger waters you are a kn*bend of the highest order.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 01:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0There is a statue in the vault of the houses of parliment to the fallen of the Falklands war which has the legend “They died to save her face” enscribed upon it. So yeah, you could see the the Falklands war a ”saviour of M Thatchers political career.
But it was also a war of liberation, saving Britsh citizens from some tinpot, half cocked, South American, tyranical dictatorship who think that if you yell loud enough, you are right.
Radio Chaos? I think Mr Waters needs his brain re-tuning......
But seriously...
Feb 29th, 2012 - 02:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Sean Penn lives in some massive mansion and goes around being anti-capitalist/communist and all I love countries that invade other countries in a festival of hypocrisy.
This 1970s dude apparently “When describing his upcoming shows in Buenos Aires, he made a strong case against wars and poverty around the world, with a severe criticism of capitalism.” >> a 1970s pop star who doesn't like money, but will say anything to make money?? Are his shows free because he hates capitalism so much?
It's just like that Jessie J Song “pricetag” where she rattles on about not caring about money at all and yet she's hardly handing it out for free on iTunes, because she loves money.
What's this thing with the 'cult of celebrity' and hypocrisy? I feel sorry for the plebs who have Massive TVs and Murdoch Boxes just to watch all this Furkshow. It must screw their heads up no end.
35 A.J.Rimmer (#)
Feb 29th, 2012 - 04:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You said: @9 When people talk to God, it's called prayer, but if God answers back, it's called Schizophrenia.
I agree, tell Frank, he should know what I am talking about...
It goes like this - minor Brit celebrity goes to South America where the population has some sympathies with their manic neighbours and gets asked the question: where do you stand with the Malvina's issue? Wanting to be polite in the presence of his guests the minor Brit celebrity doesn't disappoint his audience.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 04:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Don't get excited by meaningless comments!
Make Mr. Waters and Sean Penn come and live here in Buenos Aires foe a year. They don't have a clue. Make them take the subway or the collectivo everyday. Make them thread through the numerous protests everyday. Make them go to the hospitals here to start standing in line at 06:00 to see a doctor. Let them be mugged on the way to work or if they are lucky, in their house. After a year, they'll know the real truth about Argentina and they'll shut their mouth. Heh, they can come live with me......
Feb 29th, 2012 - 06:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 056 ptolemy
Feb 29th, 2012 - 07:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0No, it can't possibly be as you say! All the Argie bloggers (who seem to have gone) say everything is great in CFK's paradise.
But some of us know the truth, don't we. :o)
Roger Walters
Feb 29th, 2012 - 07:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0the story is not really the truth, read the full story, he goes on to say, that the islanders should have a say on who govens them,
mercopress, full story, not bits.
(56) ptolemy
Feb 29th, 2012 - 07:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You say:
Make Mr. Waters and Sean Penn come and live here in Buenos Aires for a year.
Make them take the subway or the collectivo everyday.
Make them thread through the numerous protests everyday.
Make them go to the hospitals here to start standing in line at 06:00 to see a doctor.
Let them be mugged on the way to work or if they are lucky, in their house.
After a year, they'll know the real truth about Argentina and they'll shut their mouth.
Heh, they can come live with me......
I say:
From this and previous comments, I gather that you are an Anglo living in Buenos Aires.
May I ask you...... what is keeping you there?
Are you being kept prisoner by anyone??
Do you need any help to escape ???
Just curious...........
@59 ..yes, I am trying to escape. What keeps me here? Foolish investment in a foolish country; even if I could sell-up and leave, getting the money out of the country is huge hurtle, if not impossible. I believe you already know these things.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 08:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0(60) Ptolemy
Feb 29th, 2012 - 08:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Soooooo…..
I assume then, that you are yet another Anglo Ex-Pat that didn’t make their homework properly and thought they could live the rest of your life like kings in a foreign country for a few dollars……
Geee Man…............... You failed, inadaptable Ex-Pats are so predictable.
Mexico, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Uruguay, Argentina, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Thailand…….., you name it…. It is never good enough….. Those locals are all a bunch of turnips….
By the way…………..
Foolish investment in a foolish country you say….. What does that make you?
@61 .What does it make me?..Someone who is warning others about this place and telling the truth about Argentina. We all pay for an education Mr. Think. I don't regret that. And by the way, now I'm helping others with their “homework.” The word is getting out.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 08:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Foolish investment in a foolish country ...... it looks like somebody didn't do his homework? ;-)
Feb 29th, 2012 - 09:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@63 You missed your cue.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 09:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0(62) Ptolemy
Feb 29th, 2012 - 09:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Please get the word out....
Personally I profoundly dislike this “New Breed of Immigrants” you Anglo Ex-Pats represent.
Most of you are as usefull for our respective Countries as a 7 Eleven in every bloody corner.
Pink Floyd is now joining a “bona fide” idiots club, presided by Sean Penn.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 09:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0No kidding.
Philippe
@65 You are such a troll.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 10:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@ 56 Ptolemy.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 10:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I'm living in britain right now and believe me - it isnt much better here.
I commute between London and the north west and London is dreadful with the highest unemplyoment and deprivation ever seen in the city since victorian times.
The Evening Standard reported on an amazing situation with migrants from India who came here to work in the building industry but since the recession, have been unable to find work of any kind and are petitioniong the british government for assistance in getting home as they are starving on the streets here.
And if you do come back to britain you will only end up being used as slave labour, working for free in a supermarket - so bad is unemployment now.
Oh! its so nice to get back to Congleton in Cheshire every weekend - so civilised.
I have a little apartment up near the recoleta by the way so next time Im in BA perhaps we can meet up.
I'm not poor enough to worry about all this. When are we going to talk about the falkland islands again?
Feb 29th, 2012 - 11:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0As think says, you know like it, go back home,,
Feb 29th, 2012 - 11:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The UK is great; it has its problems like everywhere else, [as they say]
You take us as you find us,, or don’t take us at all ?
Just a tempting thought .lol.
@70...Think, didn't sat that. He only said he didn't like foreigners.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 11:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0mmm ok,
Mar 01st, 2012 - 12:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0(71) Ptolemy
Mar 01st, 2012 - 06:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0@71...Think, didn't say that. He NEVER said he didn't like foreigners.
What Think did say is that he personally and profoundly dislikes this “New Breed of Immigrants” you Anglo Ex-Pats represent.
The type of Anglo Ex-Pats that constantly bitches about everything.
They bitch about the subways and “colectivos”.
They bitch about the protesters and their protests.
They bitch about the hospitals and standing in line to see a doctor.
They bitch about people being mugged on the way to work or, in their house.
They bitch when the economy goes bad because services decrease and criminality rises.
They bitch when the economy goes good because their foreign income gets devalued and they can’t afford two maids.
They even bitch against other Anglos that don’t bitch as them.
Bitch….. bitch….bitch…….
Mr. Ptolemy If you “Think” I´m exaggerating, please feel free to have a look at your many past comments on this pages.
I’m not trolling you, just reading what you are writing and expressing my sincere and personal opinion about it.
Regards
El Think, Chubut, Argentina
Total trade (imports+exports) between Argentina and Britain is 0.9% of Argentine international trade.
Mar 01st, 2012 - 07:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0Argentine trade grew, on average, more than 1% each month in the last 9 years.
In other words, trade between Britain and Argentina is near to non existent and non significant long time ago.
Is Water's opinion really newsworthy? Frankly I wouldn't have recognised the name a week ago.
Mar 01st, 2012 - 07:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0Well Brits having one of the most old and shitty transport service in Europe I don't know why they are really complaining.
Mar 01st, 2012 - 09:31 am - Link - Report abuse 0They still have buses from WWI and Cabs with 50 years of service. Their train are the most out of date among EU partners. whinging pomies emotional unable to repress they inferiority complex.
Bloody 'ell
73
Mar 01st, 2012 - 10:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0Brits don't bitch they merely debate the issues at hand and if necessary alert their MP to any of the more serious matters. Its called democracy, something still new to the likes of Argentina and possibly not yet fully understood by “former facists” finding it hard to adapt.
Guess we'll have a debate when all that lovely oil is brought to the surface. More likely however that some supercilious foreign prick will start bitching again and ...............again.
As the oil will take at least 20 years to fully extract it could be the longest “bitch” in history
76
They still have buses from WWI
No but due to excellent maintenance most are still in service around the World. Mainly the third world. Argentina bought one.
Cabs with 50 years of service.
Again due to excellent maintenance. I love vintage cars from a bygone era, don't you. They convey a sense of solidity and tradition.
Their train are the most out of date among EU partners.
Some old rolling stock but some trains that are state of the art, perhaps the most sophisticated in Europe. Original British technology developed by our European allies.
whinging pomies emotional unable to repress they inferiority complex.
Sorry I didn't quite understand that dialect of pigeon. Could you try again and revert back.
@77Be serious,
Mar 01st, 2012 - 10:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0My Dad had Leyland Comet, a Nissan UD & an lsuzu TMK in New Guinea to haul coffee. Coffee is very heavy.
The 2 Japanese trucks were 7 tonners & brand new, while the Leyland was a 5 tonner & a model from the late 50's.
l drove all of them. l loved them all, especially the power of the lsuzu.
Guess which one used the least fuel & carted the most loads in tonnage?
Bessie, the Leyland!
Dad was a fanatic for regular maintainence. And it paid off.
@76DanyBerger,
There are 2 “m”s in pommy. lgnorant!
@ Be serious
Mar 01st, 2012 - 10:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0‘ave u got any clue in your brass tacks mate?
May be you ‘ave ran out of bread n honey to buy new ones.
I ‘m having a good bubble mate. Keep going.
Your friend Waters is going to make 9 concerts at stadiums with over 600.000 argentines and make millions of dollars
Mar 01st, 2012 - 11:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0Doctor House is coming next, and before came the one that sings “you are beautiful”..........I prefer Waters
78 Isolde
Mar 01st, 2012 - 12:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I just love the look of old cars. They have so much more character than the modern cars of today which all look the same. Despite a lack of investment British Leyland was one of the great innovators. Even the Allegro was deemed to be the first “hatchback”. It was then taken up and copied by the Germans and Japanese.
79
ave u got any clue in your brass tacks mate?
May be you ‘ave ran out of bread n honey to buy new ones.
Nah didn't get that either. Ask for some help from teacher and then have another go.
“I ‘m having a good bubble”
Ah what a shame but it is what you Hispanics do best.
81 Be serious
Mar 01st, 2012 - 12:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I know what you mean when you say all new cars look alike.
Old cars might look better but in reality they are very dangerous.
My first car, a 1950 Morris Minor, split screen & headlamps in the grille, 902 cc S/V engine, single SU HS2 carb, used to lose its upright front suspension joints every three months despite greasing the nipples every week with the weight taken off the joint. I carried a LH & RH set with me and could change a side in 20 minutes. You no doubt recall minors with the front wheel horizontal to the car and stuffed up into the wing. They only failed at less than 10 mph though.
Plus old cars had cross ply tyres with inner tubes, heater cost extra, no passenger safety crumple zone, no seat belts, no disc brakes, no ABS, no modern headlights.
No, I like to remember all the cars and motorcycles I had but would never go back to them from choice. :o)
82 ChrisR
Mar 01st, 2012 - 04:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Wouldn't argue that modern cars are much more reliable with many fantastic safety features. However you know what they say - Building a car takes 1500 nuts but takes only one to spread them all over the road. I drove along the M6 the other day and can well understand why the UK produces so many World Champion Racing Drivers.
83 Be serious
Mar 01st, 2012 - 06:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Yes, I totally agree. But it is not only the M6:
Unfortunately the loose nut tends to be in the other car.
I have been in Uruguay for 10 months and have had three minor 'prangs'.
1) A policia ran into the back of my stationary car with his small moto while I was at red traffic lights. He promptly blew his pathetic horn at me, dragged his bike away from my brand new car and rode off before I could get the licence plate.
2) An Argentino, trying to get his Ford Ecosport (a small 4x4) into a parking space behind me ran into my car not once but three times, scraping the rear bumper: to which he said 'polish it' and drove off!
3) A woman on a very small single seat moto, carrying a huge woman ON THE PARCEL RACK managed to just miss me (no daylight between my car and her body) while I was parking because she was talking to her mate and wobbling all over the place AND DIDN'T SEE ME!
What more can I say.
@Be serious
Mar 02nd, 2012 - 01:56 am - Link - Report abuse 01st. grade lesson introduction into English slang from east London.
“‘ave u got any clue in your brass tacks mate? “
have you got any clue in your facts mate?
“May be you ‘ave ran out of bread n honey to buy new ones.”
May be you have ran out of money to buy new ones.
“I ‘m ‘aving a good bubble mate”
I’m having a good laugh mate.
Now DIY what means the sentence below?
‘ave u gota ‘ammar mate?
@85DanyBerger,
Mar 02nd, 2012 - 09:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0Are you in the tom tit wif the trouble & strife?
ge' in yer jam jar & hit the frog & toad
head for the rubbity dub dub
darn a lo' of apples & pears
hand over the milk & honey
sink a pint o' mop & pail.
From the lsle of Dogs(so l've been told!)& he wouldn't lie.
Sling yer 'ook, mate
I hope the Prick in the Wall stays in Argentina cos I will be welcoming him back with a few choice words that he can put in his next song that the British public will not be buying. Frigging arsehole.
Mar 02nd, 2012 - 05:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0First, we had Sean Penn a wife beating drug-taking moron mouthing off on a subject he knows nothing about and now we have this prick whose mates son pissed on our holy cenotaph mouthing his words of wisdom. Where do the pricks that run Argentina find them? Says it all really doesn't it
87 - British Bulldog - Perhaps the Argentine government has threatened to ban or cancel their films, CDs or shows if they don't toe the line?
Mar 02nd, 2012 - 06:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Surprised he hasn't grown a moustache like Sean Penn to fit in nicely in South America! Or perhaps CFK will make up for it, by presenting him an Argentine military uniform?
Mar 02nd, 2012 - 07:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@89 BenC30: “military uniform” LOL the UK is the one with uniforms.
Mar 02nd, 2012 - 10:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Prince Williams came to Malvinas dressed in a military uniform this time... quite fascist for me...
Morrissey also expresses the voice of those brits who do not defend colonialism by the way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pNyFftD4TU
90 Vermin
Mar 02nd, 2012 - 11:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Morrissey, a vegetarian in Argentina hoping to sell his shows, spouts off all the time: it is his only way of getting noticed.
Even his diehard fans are upset with him over this and have told him on his blogsite to shut the f**k up.
So that's another scoop in the downward spiral that is Argentina.
@ChrisR
Mar 03rd, 2012 - 04:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0I hope that PM Cameroon don’t go to Argentina to sing too I say “Malvinas Argentinas” to sell some tickets, Would be very embarrassing. Don’t you think so?
@lsolde
Me don’ ‘ave trouble & strife. Ow me can be?
Really ‘ard to hit the frog ‘n’ toad with my jam jar but sure I will run on i’.
I need some bread and honey to buy a new one. Any help or I should continue using my dick van dyke ?
rubbity dub dub? I don’t get this might be ruba dub dub? If so I will drink a pint of lager on your honour.
Stairs can be difficult to go up after several pints of lager.
As I said before I will on your honour.
Now can you tell me if ‘ave u go’ a ‘ammer please?? Ha ha.
claw, ball pein, sledge or bootmakers?
Mar 04th, 2012 - 12:08 am - Link - Report abuse 0think tha's wot u wont, mai'
Not a Londoner myself, though did live there for a little while.
Just picked it up from one of my friends.
92 DanyBerger
Mar 04th, 2012 - 12:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I did have a giggle at the thought of a sane man in charge of a country with a AAA credit rating going to a third world country with a B rating, for any reason.
It's just never going to happen.
More RG lies..... http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/94556/roger-waters-denies-saying-malvinas-belong-to-argentina
Mar 06th, 2012 - 12:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0What is it about diegos and lying?
@Frank
Mar 06th, 2012 - 03:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0Argentines read in Spanish and this is for expat Mohammeds do you get it now?
He said what he said in english... it was translated into what the lying theiving diegos wanted to hear....
Mar 06th, 2012 - 06:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0Same as KFC tells the LTDs they are living in a paradise... she leaves out the ' fool's ' bit of that statement
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