Questions about the United Kingdom
1) What is meant by the British Isles? a) Group of islands in the English Channel b) Group of islands north of France comprising Great Britain, Ireland and a number of smaller …
Italian Stupidity
Italian stupidity, quotes, aphorisms, ideas and thoughts about the famous and bizarre Italian nation and the foolishness of its funny easy-going people. Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is …
Canada snapshot
The land was first claimed for King Henry VII of England by John Cabot when he landed on the Canadian Eastern Coast in 1497, just five years after Columbus famous voyage. Then …
The World of English Language
The World of English Language, a world language, the lingua franca of the modern era, with a brief chronology of the History of English and its expansion We all live in a …
Quotations on shit
Quotations on shit, quotes, aphorisms, proverbs, ideas, thoughts, idioms and sayings about shit, crap, the Earth, called by Voltaire the toilet of the universe. Shit on your whole mortifying, imaginary, and symbolic …
Bushido or the Code of the Warrior
Bushido is realised in the presence of death. In the case of having to choose between life and death you should choose death. There is no other reasoning. Yamamoto Tsunetomo Bushido is …
The Parliamentary Game
The parliamentary game Meanwhile the workers wonder what’s going on This is how Parliament really works : you sign my bit of paper for this motion, and I’ll sign yours for the …
John Mainard Keynes Thoughts
The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. …