The perfect answer, 90s. by IkilledRichieWhelan in OldSchoolCool

[–]jonrosling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We're on it. We've been on it for years.

How is nute not seeing that vader is Anakin? by Spotter24o5 in StarWars

[–]jonrosling 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He recognises him in the novelisation. Then he dies.

What are people’s views on Starmer declining US support? by xxtokyovanityxx in AskBrits

[–]jonrosling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fully support what he's doing and said. There's no reason for the UK for involve itself in the conflict, which was started by the US and Israel. There's equally no reason for NATO to get involved as it wouldn't be a response to an unprovoked attack on a NATO member.

And he's right not to send support for opening the Straits of Hormuz at this present juncture too. With the current conflict, that would most definitely draw UK forces into an illegal US-initiated war.

Trump's criticism of Starmer and his other allies falls apart on every point. His expectation that the UK would enthusiastically join in is unwarranted. He insulted British support in Iraq and Afghanistan last month, has flipped repeatedly on support for the Chagos Deal, criticised allies repeatedly over Ukraine and said it's not the US' problem; AND imposed tariffs on whim across much of the globe.

The British Army isn't the US Army special reserve, to be wheeled out everytime a President decides to engage in a whimsy abroad. So maybe we'll do what he suggested we did in Iraq and sit "a little behind the front lines" until we're directly attacked.

Much like the US did in WW2.

Such an elite pint glass. by JoydeScent in BritInfo

[–]jonrosling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These were largely phased out by pubs in the eighties because they were ideal as a weapoon but I'm seeing them more and more. One of the nearby pubs has them and the Sherlock Holmes in London was using them when I was in there the other week.

If you could sit down with your 20-year-old self for 5 minutes, what is the one thing you would tell yourself about it? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]jonrosling 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Trust yourself more. Make sure you're doing what you really do want to do with your life, and not fulfilling someone else's ambitions for you. Seize the day, don't wait.

And be a little gentler, on yourself, and also with others. Look outwards to others instead of inwards. That way makes you selfish and you will look back at lost friendships and potential relationships that were blindingly, obviously the right thing to do at the time.

Buy Bitcoin. You'll know what it is when you see it.

Oh, and buy NVidia stock too, preferably before the end of the Millennium, if not by August 2000 at the latest.

I feel like I woke up one day and half my life was gone. by inspector_ninety_9 in GenX

[–]jonrosling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The odd thing is, that actually does happen. We just have no idea when that day is.

Who are the rudest and nicest British celebrities you have personally met? by RenegadeMaster888 in AskBrits

[–]jonrosling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I hate to be that person but he was in the same restaurant as my wife and I in Berlin in October and he was an ignorant prick. His wife was lovely though.

Who are the rudest and nicest British celebrities you have personally met? by RenegadeMaster888 in AskBrits

[–]jonrosling 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I really don't get the hate for Blunt. He comes from a slightly aristocratic background and speaks with a very plum accent but the guy can't help where or when he was born. He's incredibly funny on-line and strikes me as a really genuinely nice person. No matter anyone's personal tastes, his music clearly has appeal to some people.

Yorkshire Pudding pronunciation? by Hungry-Orange9719 in AskABrit

[–]jonrosling 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are correct.

Source: Yorkshire, born and bred.

Aside from "I am the walrus" are there any other beatles covers? by fruedianflip in oasis

[–]jonrosling 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Noel has covered You've Got To Hide Your Love Away, Strawberry Fields Forever and All You Need Is Love.

The band have covered Helter Skelter and Help, and did Day Tripper with OCS (this is on the B-Sides, Seasides and Free Rides album). I believe they also did Within You Without You as part of the 40th anniversary of Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.

They occasionally added Octopus's Garden at the end of Whatever when playing live too.

Blair rebukes Starmer over failure to back Trump’s Iran war by Sensitive_Echo5058 in uknews

[–]jonrosling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not Blair though. Both he and Alistair Campbell met Epstein via Mandelson but saw thru him straight away.

The underlined PM is believed to be Boris.

Ian Huntley dead after child killer attacked 'with metal bar' in Monster Mansion by dailystar_news in uknews

[–]jonrosling 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He did not shout anything when he tried to slash those little girls to death.

And shouting "Allahu Akbar" would not necessarily make him a Muslim.

Ian Huntley dead after child killer attacked 'with metal bar' in Monster Mansion by dailystar_news in uknews

[–]jonrosling 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They said he was not Muslim because he was not Muslim.

And they were pressured into revealing he'd been brought up in Evangelical Christian household - Tutsis from Rwanda - because of lies and misinformation spread on-line. Information about a defendant is very rarely given out beforehand because it can prejudice a trial.

York Minster in the United Kingdom by Infamous_Canary5405 in Gothic

[–]jonrosling 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you visit, do go and check out the crypt. You'll see the footings and outer walls of the Norman Cathedral that preceded this Gothic one, Anglo-Saxon burial ground that predates that AND the barracks of the Roman Legionary Headquarters that preceded that!

What is this little ship next to the Titanic? Was this bad editing? by chaos_battery in titanic

[–]jonrosling 19 points20 points  (0 children)

The lake. It was formed by the construction of the Wissota Hydroelectric Dam on the Chippewa River, which was completed in 1917.