As a coda to previous discussion, when my 2 copies of C&C:Ancients 
arrived this week (no customs duty -phew) I noted that GMT have both US 
and British flags to indicate the English section on the back of the 
box.

Just one more credit to chalk up to an excellent (IMO) games company.

In peace
-- 
Peter Millen

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006, Peter Millen wrote:

>
> As a coda to previous discussion, when my 2 copies of C&C:Ancients arrived 
> this week (no customs duty -phew) I noted that GMT have both US and British 
> flags to indicate the English section on the back of the box.

Yes yes yes, but how do they spell colour ;)

Tim
--
When playing rugby, its not the winning that counts, but the taking apart
ICQ: 5178568

"Tim Fitzmaurice":
> As a coda to previous discussion, when my 2 copies of C&C:Ancients arrived
> this week (no customs duty -phew) I noted that GMT have both US and
British
> flags to indicate the English section on the back of the box.

What a letdown for the Irish, Australians and all the other English speaking
countries.
What makes these two countries stand above the rest?

Mik

In message <43d213b7$0$46995$edfadb0f@dread15.news.tele.dk>, Mik Svellov 
 writes
>What makes these two countries stand above the rest?

Well, there's population. The UK is still the second most populous 
English
speaking nation. (*) Or there's contributions in/to the language where,
despite various notable Irish/Canadian/etc. (especially Irish) writers,
the two are clearly the largest contributors (the US has population to
draw on, the UK has a large back catalogue).

(*) US 296M, UK 60M, Canada 33M, Australia 20M, New Zealand 4M,
     Ireland 4M. [CIA World Factbook.] The tricky part is countries where
     English is a minority language (India and Nigeria in particular).

-- 
Christopher Dearlove

Peter Millen wrote:
: As a coda to previous discussion, when my 2 copies of C&C:Ancients
: arrived this week (no customs duty -phew) I noted that GMT have both
: US and British flags to indicate the English section on the back of
: the box.

<snip>

Millen, you s**t stirrer; that discussion was long dead.  Have you any 
idea what you've restarted?

And anyway you should be writing your comments in the BGA session 
report instead of wasting your time waving that brown stick.

:)

Ivan.

Ivan Hanley wrote:
<snip some stuff intended for Peter that I stupidly posted here
instead :) >

Oops.

Ivan.

In message , Ivan Hanley 
 writes
>Ivan Hanley wrote:
><snip some stuff intended for Peter that I stupidly posted here
>instead :) >
>
Tee-hee.

Ivan, you can get software with different buttons for follow-up or send 
email, y'know.

Anyway its all part of the 'Help Derek keep uk.games.board alive' 
campaign. And I will post my contribution to the BGA session report 
tonight, honest.

In peace.
-- 
Peter Millen

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006, Mik Svellov wrote:

>
> "Tim Fitzmaurice":
>> As a coda to previous discussion, when my 2 copies of C&C:Ancients arrived
>> this week (no customs duty -phew) I noted that GMT have both US and
> British
>> flags to indicate the English section on the back of the box.
>
> What a letdown for the Irish, Australians and all the other English speaking
> countries.
> What makes these two countries stand above the rest?

I didnt write that...

Tim
--
When playing rugby, its not the winning that counts, but the taking apart
ICQ: 5178568

> What a letdown for the Irish, Australians and all the other English
speaking
> countries.
> What makes these two countries stand above the rest?

The Irish have a different language all to themselves (well, the few dozen
that still speak it and won't "convert" to English; Northern Ireland is
effectively a province of the United Kingdom, run and admistered from
England, so should be expected to speak English just like every other good
colony/proterctorate/province).  The English flag is approriate for that
part of Ireland which is ours; GMT can start putting Irish flags on their
boxes as soon as they include Gaelic rules.

Some Canadians still like to cling to the idea that they are French; for the
rest (in the majority by far), they speak English, although I'm not sure
whether they should be considered a former colony of the UK or a future
colony of the US.  It follows that either flag is appropriate.

The Australians are residents of a former prison colony who have been
allowed to administer themselves, as the bills were too expensive for
England to continue administering the place.  The current Home Secretary is
apparently looking into plans to do the same with most of Her Majesty's
remaining prisons, also on the grounds of cost.  Cynics say that many
prisons have been run by the inmates, for the inmates, with as little public
funding as possible, so it might be that a previous Home Secretary has
already implemented this policy without telling anyone.  Returning to
Australia, frankly they're lucky to be allowed their own flag; I'd allow
them nothing more than a blanket and a meagre daily ration if we were still
in charge of the place.  It is of course absurd to suggest that their status
entitles them to a flag to be displayed as prominently as that of the Union
Flag.  Even on games.

The New Zealanders are all living under the illusion that they still live in
England, albeit England in the 1950s.  They would be horrified if the Union
Flag were taken away and replaced with anything else.  Just as they would be
horrified with the idea that beat bobbies should get about by car (the good
Lord provides Police Constables with bicycles to get about on), or that tea
should be taken at any hour other than 4pm, or that they should join the
21st century.

And of course England stands above the rest in exactly the same way that it
has stood above all other countries.  We're just superior, God's chosen race
and all that.

Richard
Who can be as inflammatory as Mik, when he wants to be ;)

"Richard Dewsbery"  wrote:
>...
>Richard
>Who can be as inflammatory as Mik, when he wants to be ;)

;-)  Didn't Flanders and Swann sum this up nicely as, "The English,
the English, the English are best; I wouldn't give tuppence for all
of the rest!"

-- 
 -Steffan O'Sullivan  |  "It is not the spread of knowledge
     sos@panix.com    |   that stifles personality, but the
   Plymouth, NH, USA  |   organization that spreads it..."
  www.panix.com/~sos  |                  -Lord Dunsany

In message <dr2upl$f69$1@reader2.panix.com>, Steffan O'Sullivan 
 writes
>;-)  Didn't Flanders and Swann sum this up nicely as, "The English,
>the English, the English are best; I wouldn't give tuppence for all
>of the rest!"

"It's not that they're wicked, or naturally bad. It's knowing they're 
foreign
that makes them so mad."

and in case anyone thinks they were serious

"They argue with umpires, they cheer when they've won. And they
practice beforehand, which ruins the fun."

(Mind you only the England football team could spot that they usually
lose on penalties in the World Cup, and thus decided not to practice
them. At all. Really.)

-- 
Christopher Dearlove

Peter Millen wrote:
: Anyway its all part of the 'Help Derek keep uk.games.board alive'
: campaign.

I'm doing my little bit too :).

Ivan.