denlin Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 I used to represent Hillsborough at tiddlywinks until I got so good that I was taken on by the Sheffield national team. Now I play for Scunthorpe but Sheffield keep trying to entice me back..:hihi: Have you got insurance for participating in a dangerous sport, a well aimed tiddlywink could take somebodies eye out:hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Have you got insurance for participating in a dangerous sport, a well aimed tiddlywink could take somebodies eye out:hihi:No - but you have a point there. I remember I once almost floored a school pal with a large, well-aimed conker... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Have you got insurance for participating in a dangerous sport, a well aimed tiddlywink could take somebodies eye out:hihi: Especially if you tiddle, when you are supposed to wink! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushbaby Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 England and Wales are Britain. England, Scotland and Wales are Great Britain. Bringing in Northern Ireland makes it "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" or UK as we know it (Look on your passport - it's written there) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denlin Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Especially if you tiddle, when you are supposed to wink! Even more so if your tiddle hit's somebody in the eye:hihi::hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookesey Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 I recall being taught that for geographic purposes only, the Republic of Ireland is still classed as being in Great Britain. I am talking the 1950's and very early 1960's, so this may not be the case now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eater Sundae Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Is Tour de France for amateurs? If not then competitors can't compete in Olympics. Not sure about which country MC would represent though, would imagine Great Britain though on the basis that Andy Murray was Scottish until he started winning then he became British:hihi::hihi: Surely the more relevant question should be "Are the Olympics for amateurs?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Surely the more relevant question should be "Are the Olympics for amateurs?" Don't seem to be anymore, they've got sponsors that pay them big money to do what they are good at. Cyclist's in the Tour de France are proffesional cyclists that do it for their day job, and although a lot of them ride for Europian teams etc, the countries where they were born accept them as their own when they win, even though they live and spend most of their lives overseas, nothing would be mentioned if they were crap and came no-where. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altus Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 I recall being taught that for geographic purposes only, the Republic of Ireland is still classed as being in Great Britain. I am talking the 1950's and very early 1960's, so this may not be the case now. Are you sure you don't mean the British Isles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dosxuk Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 United Kingdom = Political entity (full title United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) Great Britain = The largest of the British Isles British Isles = The islands around and including Great Britain. Ireland and the Isle of Man are part of the British Isles, but not Great Britain or the United Kingdom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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