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On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 16:57:19 +0100, Ian
wrote: Darren wrote: On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 16:00:15 +0100, Ian wrote: What's up Doc? Isn't Darren a derivative of Darien...a rather ill fated South American colony of scots, scuppered deliberately by those dastardly (bad) empire builders from south of the great divide (which I would say is probably Newcastle these days in political terms) :-) You got me there... being a Turnbull from Newcastle... Mind you I see Robert the Bruce of the Scottish notes... not sure how well putting the Duke of Cumberland on an English fiver would go down... But when you're English its not meant to be a problem right? Now, that would all depend upon which Duke of Cumberland you are talking about of course. The one referred to on the famous `Cumberland Jacks' (aka `To Hanover' tokens) might raise a chuckle on both sides of the border. We do sometimes have similar sentiments to our English brothers. Methinks that the current monarchy might take great exception to any Duke of Cumberland appearing on any legal tender bank note no matter which part of the realm it is issued. You might be right but you know the point I was (badly) trying to make... |
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