I don't think I had ever watched Seinfeld until after a friend of mine told a group of friends about this show he had watched the night before, in it's original run, that had a contest to see who could go the longest...... something that a 22 year old as I was at the time could relate to.
In addition what a treat today at 6:30 the Merv Griffin Episode was on and tonight at 11:30 the contest. We used to only get one episode a day. Reminds of childhood when my family watched two episodes of MASH every night from 7-8 during dinner. Now it's Seinfeld I wonder what it will be in 20 years?
Seriously I guess its UK o Great Britain something. I now have the opportunity to say, being new here, it pretty damn cool to read posts from fans all over the globe. And so many from the Mother land?
"The News Guy(Mike)" wrote in message news:[email]...
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It's not really known as Southern Ireland; here in Northern Ireland we say "The South" probably more often than "The Republic" to refer to the rest of the island. Elsewhere in the UK, "the South of Ireland" is used. "Southern Ireland" strikes a slightly odd note. Some people might occasionally use "Eire", or "The Free State".
Of course Northern Ireland, doesn't actually contain Donegal which is the Northern most county. So it can be said that the most Northern part of Ireland is in the South.
It always amused me in the Limo where Jerry pretended to be Murphy from Ireland. ("Ahh the peat"). I hope all the US viewers watching that scene got the joke when "Murphy" claimed to be from near the Irish/Scottish border. :)
"The News Guy(Mike)" wrote in message news:[email]...
"Great Britain" and "Britain" are the same thing, Mike. It is made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. See Tod's post for the low-down on Eire (the Republic of Ireland).
But why the brits don't have just one football team? E.g. in the olympics there is GBR, but in football there has to be England, Scotland, Wales and N-Irland. I'm sure they could use someone like Ryan Giggs in England's team...
An accident of history, preserved because a) the rivalries (esp. Eng v. Sco) are very strong b) 4 home unions gives the UK extra voting rights at FIFA meetings
Even in Athletics, at the Commonwealth Games its Eng/Wal/Sco/NI again
Partly it's to do with football's special status. No-one really cares that much about surrendering that degree of autonomy for the bobsled. But having a national football team is very dear to a lot of people.
Not quite - Great Britain does not include "Northern Ireland". Britain - well it does sometimes, depending on the context. "United Kingdom" means Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Great Britain as I understand it includes Britain which is the biggest island and all the little ones like The Isle of Man and The Shetlands and such. But none of Ireland.
No, the island is "Great Britain" - the term can be applied to some islands, though. The Isle of Man is not part of Great Britain. The Shetlands are.
Since the UK is short for "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" and since IoM is not part of UK, it is also not part of GB (or, for that matter, NI).
Since we are already this far off topic how about a brief history lesson? What is the deal with N. Ireland, why does GB (England) claim the north part of what I always thought was an entire country (and intact unlike Korea)?
Basically, the UK used to control all of Ireland. But Ireland fought a war of independence around 1920. However the majority of people in the North wanted to stay with the UK, so the island was partitioned. Nowadays most people in the N still want to stay with the UK, but there is sizeable support for reunification.
There is no claim - it like saying that the U.S.A. claims Texas - it doesn't - it is just part of the Union.
Ireland has never been a united independent country, though of course in recent millenia it has always been an Island! Before the British came it consisted of a number of seperate kingdoms, so the only time it was governed all together was when it was all under British Rule.
In 1920 Ireland was partitioned and the north-eastern bit (which they named Northern Ireland) stayed in the UK whilst the rest of the island left (and was named the Irish Free State).
Both parts of the Island were given self-government, with the Free State's being more far-reaching. The Free State became a Republic in 1948. It used to claim Northern Ireland, but this claim was dropped a few years ago as a result of the Good Friday Agreement.
To confuse things, the Republic of Ireland is usually called Ireland - which can also mean the whole island, further confusing the matter. A bit like using America for the USA and the continent of America.
It is true to say that a majority of people in NI want to stay part of the UK, but it is also true that the majority of people in GB want rid of Northern Ireland, and the majority in the Republic don't want it either.
Anyway, this is far too off topic now, so I'll shut up....
I do feel obliged to point out though that the reason no-one wants us is no reflection on our wonderful country and its wonderful, wonderful people. :)
I mean come on what what you have a couple mediocre rock bands.(U2 is one of my favorite bands) And people who like to get "piss drunk" and fight a "football" games (real men call it soccer):)
Yeah, we're great! Anyway, I live in the Republic at the moment and I sometimes feel like I'm working for the Northern Ireland Tourist Board as I try to promote the place in conversation and dispel myths from people who think they'll get blown up if they visit the place.
Oh I don't know, how about inventing practically every popular sport in the world, creating the greatest empire the world had ever seen. Spawning several nations including your own?
Oh really. The most popular types of sport involve kicking or carrying a ball across a goal, or striking a ball with some sort of club or bat. These types of past times date back to way before recorded history began, and have evolved into the highly organized sports we know today.
The period in which the British Empire dominated the world was relatively short. Do you really think it ranks above the Roman Empire?