sins of our fathers

Hi JB, that was for once a brilliant and witty introduction and it would surely detract any nuclear weapon in its path, well possibly. Hilarious though. Okay I am now going to reserve the right to play on my British passport status and bang on yet more about that set of useless scroungers in Buck house. What happened to the missing weapon which decaptiated Charles 1. Why has it not been presrved and well oiled as a timely reminder to hereditary dumb wits that patience has been wearing thin now and it's really time to pack up and leave. Or face the chop. Yes indeed the UK has many old useless relics hanging on, who would be better fixed hanging up somewhere.

OH PLEASE! If I responded in the way I would like to this whole discussion would be discontinued anyway. Lots of directions I could go in but I will will keep my red hair from flaming and my temp at bay. For now.

oil companies, pharmaceutical companies, food companies...

We Aussies replaced our silliest relic a few years back when we dumped God save the Queen in favour of another piece of tasteless doggerel in the same style. All other relics I can think of stem from the same source as that one, and most have also been removed. Lash

Well, Judith, the main outdated relic in the UK is the Houses of Parliament. The idea was good, but it's never been truly representative of the people, and it's even less so now. Sometimes I think we'd be better off with the 'useless scroungers' who wind up our mutual friend so much. They may be a drain on the resources, but then so are the MPs. At least the royals are born to their position, and they don't try to tell us how we should live our lives. That's not an endorsement, by the way - just opting for the best of a bad bunch.

"Getting rid of outdated relics in your country" - isn't that called geronticide? However, if you are speaking solely of our fathers, then it would be patricide.

hi jb78000 well the only thing I can think of at this unholy hour in the morning, with my brain just functioning after three cups of coffee is George Wya Bush but now he is really out of the running. oh and JB blue bunny I sure do not have any nuclear weapons aimed anywhere' much too sleepy yet to feel angry at anyone. Oh yes there is the DMV department of motor vehicles where you are sent to window two then the jerk there closes the 'window in your face and sends you to window three where the' jerkess says you have to go to window two, and forty five minutes later you finally get the paperwork you needed after being send to window one,where the big jerk says,you'should have come here first maam. oh @#$%%^^&&%$$#^&%& and other words like that.

if there is one tradition i would like to do away with..it would be that of laying foundation stones and erecting statues. it is done with great pomp and show and that is the only thing that happens...forget the purpose of laying them. here once a particular minister laid 1000 foundation stones on a single day...and later the projects disappeared. another chief minister is obsessed with erecting her own statues...finally the supreme court had to intervene. why lay foundation stones??...simply get on with the work

lol...I agree we have some useless old relics in 'Ole Blighty but I would hate to see them go. I think there are some things which are unique about our traditions, and having moved to a country without such things I see their value. Oh, and from the point of view of the country where i live, I wouldn't miss the health service the way it is right now (a certain country turns away from job and points weapons at me!....eeep!) and you know what else? Hideous festive sweaters. Something apparently I have to wear to be accepted as a woman here. Stop it. Stop it now. Its not 'cute'. Cute is a fluffy bunny hopping through a field. Wearing any item of clothing that rejoices in the pumpkin and the reindeer is not. 'Nuff said.

I always want to stop slavery/apartheid/caste systems from happening in the civilizations. What could possible those uptight people think when they create such systems anyway?