DodgyPhil

http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/404.png I don't even care anymore.. This is my edit of the last picture! Sorry it's so small, but you guys did that! I gave the girl a cigar, some awesome glasses, and a smile to compliment the beach ball.

I agree. I'm not anti-capitalist/USA in the least, but I watched the US vs. Ghana match and there was something seriously satisfying about seeing a dirt poor Third World Country beating one of the highest earning teams in the world. Unfortunately Britain is going the same way. Because the majority of our clubs are owned by Russian tycoons there's no sense of national pride- and managers simply spend millions on South American and European players. In Chelsea F.C (my favourite football team) there are 30 players but only 7 Brits. These same clubs also spend too much time and money trying to keep old players happy, rather than finding new talent (as France has done quite successfully, going out into seriously poor areas of Paris and finding prodigies).

But Spain were the best team. Not just in terms of winning, but in style. Sure, there last match was a spectacle of crap football, but in pretty much all the other qualifying rounds they played beautifully. There's something about the way Spain works as a team and keeps control of the ball for over 5 minutes at a time that really makes them stand out. I know England played badly, but I do feel the Germany match was unfair. England scored a goal that bounced off the rim of the goal and got about three feet inside- yet it was disqualified because the referee wasn't watching. There's no explanation as to why they can't use technology (as they do so successfully in tennis) to measure a goal. I know England were playing badly, but I feel that if our goal against Germany had been counted, at least we would've been neck and neck and our morale wouldn't have dropped so sharply.

"Iron Brew". Also, I didn't realize 7Up was American.. Fun fact: The red dot in the 7Up logo is supposed to represent the creator's red eyes, for he was an albino. In hindsight, if they were to release Coke Vanilla again it'd be my all time favourite drink.. Coke Lime is seriously rubbish- but everyone's buying it. I just have to create Coke Vanilla the unhealthy way by pouring industrial amounts of Vanilla flavouring into a regular Coke.

That's why a lot of African countries, and Germany in the 1920s had super inflation. The governments printed more money to try and combat economic problems and the depression, but ended up making money worthless. There's a famous picture of two German children playing in a fortress made out of 1000 mark notes. It's also why a loaf of bread in Zimbabwe costs, on average, $10,000,000. The Germans actually tried to create inflation in Britain in World War 2. If anyone's seen 'The Counterfeiters', they'll know the Germans forced former Jewish craftsmen and criminals to create fake British Pound Sterling notes so they could pump the British economy full of excess money and devalue the currency. Other than that Fermin, your plan sounds really great. Just make sure not to leave out: - Several of the watermarks - Any invisible bar-codes - Any strips of precious metal woven into your currency - The 100% unique code on the notes - The incredibly detailed artwork on the notes (it's more than just eye candy) - The colour shift ink - The appropriate texture (cashiers can feel if money isn't printed on the correct paper, and are legally obliged to call the police) - The high printing quality used by your government, digital printers are incapable of recreating the detail on legal tender. - Coloured fibre. US Dollars have red and blue fibres embedded in the paper. Also, make sure the notes weigh exactly the right amount. And remember, the more the bill is worth- the more effort the government will put into protecting its identity. Realistically, you could quite easily replicate a $1, a $100 bill would be nearly impossible. Have fun making a Million dollars one note at a time though- it'll be fun! (And you'll learn something, and isn't that the most important thing?)

God I hate Mountain Dew.. They've just released it in the UK. We already had it, it was called '7Up'- a canned drink that tastes almost the same, only less disgustingly sweet.Not that I want to change the topic too much, but the best drink on the market at the moment is Irn Bru, the most popular soft drink in Scotland. Coca Cola Vanilla used to be the best before they pulled it from the shelves (I'm assuming someone died). Irn Bru is a taste sensation that spread throughout the nation and serves as a delicious libation.

I would drink Dr.Pepper, but apparently if I do something really awkward will happen to me and everyone will laugh. I want to know who came up with that advertising campaign.. I'll tell you, as a drink on its own- Coke. It's great, and can also be mixed with other things quite easily. If I were to enjoy, say, a Turkey dinner I would definitely drink a Pepsi with it. Pepsi actually has a stronger taste, and so compliments food quite well. Sometimes though, nothing beats a coke.. I put that down to the chemicals.

The more I learn about the Middle East in the early first Millennia, the more I like the society. Khilafat sounds like it borrows from both Capitalism and Communism, in the sense that the state is in charge of caring for its people, but people have control over certain aspects of the government. There is a similar situation in Britain. While, economically our country is largely capitalist, many of our social policies can be viewed as Socialist/Communist. For instance, many of our public services are state owned, we have a very generous well fare system that makes it almost impossible to "slip below the radar", and while we have free elections the government has the most control over who rules the country (political parties can choose who represents them, and if it is required- swap party leaders without public consent as is what happened with Tony Blair and Gordon Brown). Personally I believe Capitalism is a far stronger system of government. Communism relies too heavily on a shared goal. When the Reds won the Civil War in Russia, Lenin actually implemented purely Capitalist economic policies (NEP) for the first five years in order to level out the economy. Also, even under Stalin's rule their were different rates of pay for different professions. The Russian government claimed the wages were proportional to the worth of a job, which basically allowed officials and party leaders to make a killing.. To me, Lenin was a true visionary, but almost all communist leaders since have used and abused the system to their own needs.

Thanks man, that.. Means alot. Hmm.. Not really? I'm not saying it's a good thing, but Britain basically quelled any uprisings with psychotic explosions of violence. Everyone assumes the British are prudish, but it's only because we show restraint. When we want to be, the British can be some of the most sadistically aggressive people on the planet.Take the Indian Rebellion. Beforehand the Indians were being treated like crap. In 1857 the Sepoys (Indian Soldiers working for the British government) mutinied. There were 200,000 Sepoys and only 40,000 Brits. The mutiny led to many dark events, such as the Black Hole of Calcutta- an Indian siege on a fort filled with about 100 British soldiers (but mostly women and children)- the conditions in the fort were so hot and cramped that nearly all the civilians and soldiers died of suffocation. In retaliation the British army began an onslaught that led to the capture of Lucknow and the signing of a peace treaty. The British then began treating the Indians worse than before, and by the end of Britain's colonization of India, over 30,000,000 Indians had died due to over-working, execution and starvation under British control. Britain hardly ever got their 'bottom's kicked without successful retaliation, and in the end, gave up their colonies out of personal choice (they were too difficult to rule over and the rest of the world was against colonization, particularly America). I'm not saying Britain handled the colonization particularly well (quite horrifically actually), I'm just spouting some interesting history that may contradict your claims. I agree!

I saw a BBC documentary about American football fans.. It really weirded me out. There were these shirtless frat boys who had painted LA GALAXY on there chests, and were spraying beer everywhere. There were also these seriously drunk fanatics chanting hate slogans at David Beckham because of something he'd done. Apparently Football is big in some parts of America?!

WE SHALL NEVER FORGET! I agree, there is very little hatred coming from America. As I was saying, most of these e-battles involve 20 Britons shouting amongst themselves. The point I'm trying to make is that I have no clue my fellow Brits seem to despise America, and why YouTube has become the place to vent your frustration. Seriously, just look at any video about America/Britain and you will see hundreds of obscene threats. Good fun to read, but it does make our nations look bad..

Don't be mad because Ghana handed your 'bottoms' to you on a plate. I watched that, and pretty much all the USA matches (just because I didn't realize the USA had a team). The USA weren't bad.

It seems like us Brits are still stuck in 18th Century.. Almost everywhere I go on the internet the same ?America vs. Britain? argument seems to be raging. ANY YouTube video with an American in it will become inundated with fat jokes, and ANY YouTube video with a Brit will become flooded with bad teeth quips.These arguments will always start off as mud flinging matches, until the ?intellectuals? arrive and begin arguing about America?s role in WW2. The only difference between the Britons calling Americans fat and the Britons reminding America of the Eastern Front is about 2 days worth of History lectures.Even in videos with titles such as ?Cute kittens play with feathers on a trampoline?, if the kitten?s owner is American, or the trampoline has an American flag on it, or one of the kittens has a spot on its left eye that looks a little bit like the statue of liberty: BATTLE SHALL COMMENCE VIA THE INTERNET!What?s particularly irritating is when the British mix ignorance with arrogance, and go around blessing everything British with their personal seal of approval. Real examples:?British Comedy > American Comedy.??UK music FTW!!!??americans just dont get british humor?If Americans didn?t ?get? British humour Fawlty Towers and Monty Python wouldn?t be so highly celebrated around the world, you cretin.What?s worse is when Americans praise British produce only to be attacked by idiots. On a YouTube video of The Office (UK) one American YouTuber began apologizing for all American comedy (?). The replies were pretty much: ?Yeah! America sucks!?The message was about comedy, but immediately turned into a political debate.I have no clue why a lot of Britons seem to hate America, and why they use our greatest achievements (Music and Comedy, mostly) to attack Americans. I also have no idea why EVERYTHING has to relate to World War 2. Almost everything Britons on the internet use in their e-battles is hypocritical. Accusing Americans of being fat is all well and good; unfortunately Britain is the 3rd most overweight nation in the world. Also, we Britons do have horrible teeth- there?s no use in denying it. Our dental care is ridiculously overpriced. Accusing American?s of being gun-ho is great, but Britain is America?s personal lapdog as far as the rest of the world is concerned, and is willing to explode into psychotic violence in exchange for ?approval?.I have no real conclusion to this post other than to say: I don?t hate America.

It's really hard to find 'simple' Joomla themes. Whilst YooThemes are pretty nice, they're far too stylized and require too many modifications to run properly (expensive mods I might add). If you want the best alternative, may I recommend "Artisteer". It's a relatively cheap program (under $100) that can make themes for Joomla, Wordpress, Drupal and also plain HTML. Artisteer lacks certain features such as fluid template widths and the ability to change module positions, but it's perfect for creating very simple themes.Anyway, it's what I use. When I first started using Joomla I prowled the net for hours in search of simple themes that would be easy to modify, but it seems as though template developers are fighting to be 'individual' rather than functional.. Have fun!

The thing is though Deadmad7, I actually enjoy reading the updates from real members. Since the destruction of our beloved shoutbox, I really feel the update block acts as a glue in our community. In some ways, it's even better than the shoutbox because important messages can be left active for a long time and people can reply to specific statuses without having to hi-jack the shoutbox (it was always awkward when a new member was begging for help on a subject I knew nothing about, and all I wanted to do was say ?hi').But now it feels like members with zero posts and no consideration for our community are flooding our only real source of global communication with their pathetic attempts to make their IRL buddies chortle.

I know it sounds petty, but all my hobbies seem to be available to the public (you'll see what I mean). I don't know if that's just because I crave reward for my efforts, or because I love showing off- either way makes me sound like an a*&%hole.. - I really enjoy doing a podcast with my friend. It's "Radio Cheese" and basically boils down to a lot of swearing and hardcore music. It's not just a time passer though, I do plan to take it further and potentially get a career in radio presenting. Again, I release all the episodes to friends and if they didn't like them I'd probably quit. I also got about 500 listeners via Podcast Alley, which is why I'm planning to record another season in a week.- I really love making music. I pride myself on my in-depth knowledge of Electronic music, and so am pretty familiar with the components that make up various styles. This is more of a person thing. While I put all my completed tracks on Soundcloud, I only ever tell one of my close friends as he makes music as well. I'm usually pretty willing to put completed work on show, but something about music is really personal..- I'm an avid writer. I do quite a lot of work on Freelancer.com for spare cash, but I also write on my personal site. I haven't written for a while and I'm planning to revamp my site in about a week. Strangely I write about four articles a week, but only ever release one a month. You could say I'm a perfectionist, but people who claim they're "perfectionists" are usually punchable idiots..

Oh yes! I agree! It's 100% true that all homosexuals are sexually aggressive and enjoy taking out their sexual frustrations on straight people via the medium of sexual intercourse.. Sexual. I also hear that you can sense if a gay person is about to attack if you can hear the distant echo of a Celine Dione record, and smell the spices of an overly exotic drink. Boy, aren't gay people scary.. But not as scary as homophobes. My true fear is being alone in a Russian forest. It's not just the size and darkness (due to the tall trees) but the large number of crimes that take place under the authorities' noses.

Sheepdog, I am steaming mad- not because of your post, but because I wrote out a very long and well-informed rebuttal that appears to have been lost.. BLLADF! (Noise of frustration). Oh well, the gist of my- now lost- post was: I agree. The majority of Marijuana users have no concept of self-control and have given the drug a bad image. The majority of Alcohol users are very respectable people, therefore an image of sophistication has been created. Because Alcohol use is so engrained in Western cultures an etiquette has grown. It's acceptable for professionals to drink, but drunkenness is considered trampy. Drink awareness PSAs make it clear that Alcohol is dangerous, but can be used sensibly. I may bash Alcohol a lot, but I drink at least once a week. Particularly in British society, where strangers are considered enemies and all friendships created over the age of 30 are a sham: social lubrication is a necessity. Marijuana use currently has no etiquette attached to it. The majority of users are teenagers/students- the same age group who seem incapable of drinking without vomiting everywhere and stirring up trouble. Yet Alcohol isn't considered juvenile because it is widely used by everyone. Usually, students learn from there mistakes and become sensible drinkers by the age of 25, but quit smoking weed due to social pressures. The minority of people who continue smoking weed into adulthood are usually the college kids who never managed to grow up. If marijuana was legalised and became a social norm- a generation of sensible users could be spawned. A generation of people who realise a bi-weekly spliff is a fantastic way to relieve stress, but waking-and-baking is a pointless activity. The main problem seems to be the depiction of "addicts". Alcoholism is portrayed as a serious problem (and rightly so), but habitual marijuana smokers are considered 'hilarious' thanks to films like Cheech and Chong. A clear distinction is made between social-drinkers and alcoholics, but Marijuana users are all supposed to spaced out hippies. Sorry, my original response was far more eloquent..