About being flippant, the polls were well underway into the American evening here and Brexit had horrifyingly started to move ahead, yet nobody on Pricescope had posted one single word about it, not one comment in the Random thread or in any other thread, let alone started an actual thread about it. So forgive me for getting the impression that people here hadn't noticed and didn't care if they had. In addition, no one here has mentioned it in all the hot political weeks leading up to this referendum. Trump has been weighing in for a while and it's been a burning issue in the international press for quite some time. If someone had started a political thread and all the stuff written here already existed as a serious discussion, I'd never have jumped in with a comment about Kiki. But since the entire website was ignoring the meltdown across the pond in the moment it was happening, it seemed that no one was that bothered. How interesting that the minute an opportunity to be humorless and pious came along, suddenly people cared like crazy! Don't get me wrong, I'm totally flame-retardant and could care less, but I'd just like to point out that bit of self-righteous hypocrisy. Europe was politically aflame and no one cared enough to utter one syllable about it. Even as Brexit started to emerge, even as the world's jaw dropped, still no one said a word, so forgive me if some of the hand-wringing doesn't exactly possess the cold clear tones of truth.
Anyway, it doesn't matter. What matters is what's happened in Europe. When Brexit started to emerge at about eleven, I thought it was a moment of high drama before self-correcting - because of course it would self-correct. Nothing like this has happened in my lifetime and I read that no country has ever left the EU. At midnight I still thought that all the Remainers would come out of the shadows and cast their votes.
Is Britain still part of Europe if it's not part of the European Union? Britain is not on the continent of Europe. I asked this above but I don't think I've received any answers, as yet. perhaps I'm not the only person who doesn't know!
I agree with comments about how "interesting" it will be to see what happens next, and I think the Brentrance discussion is particularly intriguing. "Brentrance" - isn't that just a Deb classic?
I don't like that Nigel Farage. He's the UKIP party, which is very right-wing. He's helped cause all this trouble. I also don't like the pretentious way he says his name "Far-age" which makes him sound like some elegant Frenchman when in fact he's a Trump-like figure. He's plain old Farridge, as far as I'm concerned!
As much as many of us wish this hadn't happened, the populace has spoken, you know? I suppose it is what it is. The Chinese have a curse that says the thing about "May you live in changing times," which makes me want to do a long, hollow laugh because it seems we live in nothing but changing times.
CMD - hey there! Thanks for your post.
Kenny - that is a very funny comment about Kiki's shoes!
Anyway, it doesn't matter. What matters is what's happened in Europe. When Brexit started to emerge at about eleven, I thought it was a moment of high drama before self-correcting - because of course it would self-correct. Nothing like this has happened in my lifetime and I read that no country has ever left the EU. At midnight I still thought that all the Remainers would come out of the shadows and cast their votes.
Is Britain still part of Europe if it's not part of the European Union? Britain is not on the continent of Europe. I asked this above but I don't think I've received any answers, as yet. perhaps I'm not the only person who doesn't know!
I agree with comments about how "interesting" it will be to see what happens next, and I think the Brentrance discussion is particularly intriguing. "Brentrance" - isn't that just a Deb classic?
I don't like that Nigel Farage. He's the UKIP party, which is very right-wing. He's helped cause all this trouble. I also don't like the pretentious way he says his name "Far-age" which makes him sound like some elegant Frenchman when in fact he's a Trump-like figure. He's plain old Farridge, as far as I'm concerned!
As much as many of us wish this hadn't happened, the populace has spoken, you know? I suppose it is what it is. The Chinese have a curse that says the thing about "May you live in changing times," which makes me want to do a long, hollow laugh because it seems we live in nothing but changing times.
CMD - hey there! Thanks for your post.
Kenny - that is a very funny comment about Kiki's shoes!