I wouldn't be offended at all. In fact being called a POM would be downgrade on what I am usually called in work, on the football field,
on a night out around town on the juice and when watching a Liverpool v Manchester United game in the pub.
In fact if I was referred to as a pommy barstard by an ozzie stranger I would be amazed to know just how the hell he knew that and he
hadn't even met me before. Must all be mind readers or something.
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I can`t say it bothers me being called a POM, didn`t bother me being called a Jock either when I lived in the South of England - I can think of much worse stuff to call someone.
Ellie
You're so misguided. The English conquered the Scots a long time ago, they just still haven't got over it!
The 'partnership' is a little one sided. The English provide all the money & the Scots get all the benefit.
Oh and before you mention the North Sea Oil reserves they belong to the UK not to Scotland.
Scotland can have independance once the're all gone if they like, then they'll realise what a benefit it was to have been conquered by the mighty English.
PS The above post is all tougne in cheek, I'm trying to get my banter up before I get to Oz
Ellie
You're so misguided. The English conquered the Scots a long time ago, they just still haven't got over it!
The 'partnership' is a little one sided. The English provide all the money & the Scots get all the benefit.
Oh and before you mention the North Sea Oil reserves they belong to the UK not to Scotland.
Scotland can have independance once the're all gone if they like, then they'll realise what a benefit it was to have been conquered by the mighty English.
PS The above post is all tougne in cheek, I'm trying to get my banter up before I get to Oz
Actually I thought it was Mary Queen of Scots son King James I (VI of Scotland I think) who united England & Scotland under one crown - there again I could just be talking a lot of rubbish (not unknown) my English hubby always says Scotland is the biggest county of England - a comment which often results with him nursing a dead arm!
Ellie
You're so misguided. The English conquered the Scots a long time ago, they just still haven't got over it!
The 'partnership' is a little one sided. The English provide all the money & the Scots get all the benefit.
Oh and before you mention the North Sea Oil reserves they belong to the UK not to Scotland.
Scotland can have independance once the're all gone if they like, then they'll realise what a benefit it was to have been conquered by the mighty English.
PS The above post is all tougne in cheek, I'm trying to get my banter up before I get to Oz
tougne in cheek eh ? Well just for the record it was James 1 of England, 6th of Scotland who ruled England in the 1600's. He was diposed by the Dutch, or William or Orange in 1688.
You could go further back to 1314 when the English were kicked out of Scotland by Brucie and even further back to the 10 and 1100's when England was put into Civil War by the, I think king Malcolm of Scotland, when he invaded the North East.
A little nearer the time was 1745 when England had its revenge by hiring a load of Dutch, irish, Welsh to depose Charlie. So had they not been hired it would have been a different ball game today.
In modern times I think it was King Kenny who demolished England on their own soil in 1977 when everyone took a piece of Wembley as a momento.
It's all swings and roundabouts but that is my tougne in cheek
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tougne in cheek eh ? Well just for the record it was James 1 of England, 6th of Scotland who ruled England in the 1600's. He was diposed by the Dutch, or William or Orange in 1688.
You could go further back to 1314 when the English were kicked out of Scotland by Brucie and even further back to the 10 and 1100's when England was put into Civil War by the, I think king Malcolm of Scotland, when he invaded the North East.
A little nearer the time was 1745 when England had its revenge by hiring a load of Dutch, irish, Welsh to depose Charlie. So had they not been hired it would have been a different ball game today.
In modern times I think it was King Kenny who demolished England on their own soil in 1977 when everyone took a piece of Wembley as a momento.
It's all swings and roundabouts but that is my tougne in cheek
