On Sep 22, 10:23*pm, Pat Flannery wrote:
On 9/22/2011 1:18 PM, Andre Lieven wrote:

'Channel Fogbound; Europe Cut Off'...g

I always got a kick out of that one to.
At the moment, their resistance to using the Euro as their currency must
look pretty wise in retrospect.

Of course, since Continental Europe is surrounded by hostile Asia and
Africa, while Britain has the Atlantic Ocean connecting it to friendly
North America, that perspective might have _something_ valid about it
other than a purely egocentric viewpoint.

John Savard