Trying to come up with something relating to the original Saracens...

/got nothin'

"Their look-out points and emergency doors no longer house British troops with high-powered rifles, wary of sniper and rocket attack. Instead they feature high-spirited young women whooping at pedestrians."

And women still wonder why they get paid less than men.

god I hope there's pictures...

approves

Roy: "What would you say to a big girls' night out?"
Moss: "How big are the girls?"

skinink

I'm reeeeeeaaaal hungover but you made me ror on that one.

/thank you

Dave Allan would be proud ..

Dave Allen would be proud

Sorry about mispleeling your sirname Dave (you were a great comic though)

I like how they call it "the troubles". What, were they overrun by tribbles?

No gnus is good gnus

So, I see we've reverted back in time to the Crusades, what with filthy Arabs running off loaded with European women.

/wait, what?

I just googled SARACEN MILITARY VEHICLE and I like the look of that puppy.

Probably gets 5 mpg, but it makes even a Hummer look sick.

my surname is saracen (except not spelled that way), so i'm getting a kick out of these replies.

Approves

Saracen pig....!

*bam* *pow*

Spartan dog...

*whack* *bort* *snuh*

Spanish fly.....

vartian:Okay, I am gay and even I think this article is useless without pics.

Vartian, that is one of the funniest comments in a long time.

Bravo Sir!

Bill_Wick's_Friend

"What's up tiger lilly" ftw?

Danger Avoid Death:I like how they call it "the troubles". What, were they overrun by tribbles?

Yeah, seems a bit understated, right?

Henceforth, the conflict in Iraq will now be known as "The Scuffle" while the Afghan war will be known as "The Discontented Murmurings."

nmsarazi:my surname is saracen (except not spelled that way), so i'm getting a kick out of these replies.

Kyle?

I try. I swear I try but most of these UK aticles are unintelligeble. I spend more time trying to understand what the author is saying than paying attention to the topic. Girls are carrying around cannonballs and getting drunk, fighting tanks?

/wha?

Broadside:Yeah, seems a bit understated, right?

We're good at that. Monday is/was 7/7, the third anniversary of the London terrorist attacks, yet there's been little more than a brief mention in the press. I don't think the same approach would be taken elsewhere.

Legacy of WW2, maybe. Who knows.

Why? At least it's not as silly as...

Bill_Wick's_Friend:Saracen pig....!

*bam* *pow*

Spartan dog...

*whack* *bort* *snuh*

Spanish fly.....

Man, it's been a long time since I've seen that one. Good call!

The next time somebody starts talking crap about how the Middle Easterners can't behave themselves, we should remind ourselves that in Ireland, they shot little girls for being the wrong religion, and murdered a housewife for comforting a dying British soldier.

abb3w:ThisIsNotSubtle:Swords into plowshares, armored personnel carriers into boozewagons. Potayto, potahto.

More fun to be had with a boozewagon than at the south end of a northbound plowhorse.

Hmmm...seems I've been doing it wrong

FarkinNortherner:Broadside:Yeah, seems a bit understated, right?

We're good at that. Monday is/was 7/7, the third anniversary of the London terrorist attacks, yet there's been little more than a brief mention in the press. I don't think the same approach would be taken elsewhere.

Legacy of WW2, maybe. Who knows.

Legacy of forever. The last time we let our hair down was Mafeking.

LeChevalier:I try. I swear I try but most of these UK aticles are unintelligeble. I spend more time trying to understand what the author is saying than paying attention to the topic. Girls are carrying around cannonballs and getting drunk, fighting tanks?

Must...not....comment....

The next time somebody starts talking crap about how the Middle Easterners can't behave themselves, we should remind ourselves that in Ireland, they shot little girls for being the wrong religion, and murdered a housewife for comforting a dying British soldier.

farking hardcore.

So are they going to call it the Pussy Wagon?

Because that would be so awesome.

Does not approve

/Are the Jones Street Boys obscure?
//You see what you get when you mess with the Orphans?!

Tank Girl is intrigued by this...

LT L:The next time somebody starts talking crap about how the Middle Easterners can't behave themselves, we should remind ourselves that in Ireland, they shot little girls for being the wrong religion, and murdered a housewife for comforting a dying British soldier.

farking hardcore.

Yeah, the British should get the hell out of Northern Ireland. They have no exit strategy. That war's all about Brent Sea crude any way. Those Irishmen aren't ready for democracy. Heath lied, people died.

You had me at drunk, irish girls.

Those Irish girls must be tough drunks. Get me a ticket to Belfast!

No Such Agency:they shot little girls for being the wrong religion

Huh?

Cormee:No Such Agency:they shot little girls for being the wrong religion

Huh?

i have to agree with you there. huh ?

Don't particularly remember the bastards shooting little girls - they preferred to blow them up (new window).

/No Surrender

TheDogsBollox:Don't particularly remember the bastards shooting little girls - they preferred to blow them up (new window).

/No Surrender

Thanks for that reminder, of course I had nearly forgotten that all the violence was Catholic on Protestant.

Bless you but you must have really suffered over there in Glasgow and can I say it's heart warming to see how you've moved on in the ten years since the ceasefire.

If anyone is interested in some material to read about the Troubles. I am currently reading "Shankill Butchers" by Martin Dillon. I finished one of his others last week called "The Dirty War". I recommend them as they seem to be the most unbiased things I can find about N. Ireland. Plus, they are easy reads compared to most history books.

/Tim Pat Coogan's books aren't bad either
// David McKittrick, the author of this article, has covered the Troubles for years and years. Nice to see some of this post-conflict stuff.