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Phantom limb pains | 8 comments (8 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Since in the (dirty) mind of the FTD Yurp is emasculated (why only include Britain and France?), i can't image to what phantom limb they're referring.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Thu Oct 29th, 2009 at 11:11:18 AM EST

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To which I reply to myself, answer, Mary Robinson.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Thu Oct 29th, 2009 at 11:12:34 AM EST
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To which I reply to myself, answer, Mary Robinson.

While, amusingly, were Margaret Thatcher fifteen years younger, her appointment would not arouse Phantom Limb Pain.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Thu Oct 29th, 2009 at 03:48:30 PM EST
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the France and Britain are supposed to be missing the phantom limb of their lost empires. Thus a powerful externally-focussed Presidency of Europe (led by somebody French or British and, thus, culturally attuned to the complexities of Imperial agreements) becomes a proxy for darker yearnings.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu Oct 29th, 2009 at 11:32:48 AM EST
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Helen - you are addressing CH's (none / 1)

comment. Surely, you see which 'phantom limb' is referenced.

paul spencer

by paul spencer (spencerinthegorge AT yahoo DOT com) on Thu Oct 29th, 2009 at 12:37:34 PM EST
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Re: Helen - you are addressing CH's (none / 0)

Ah, no I hadn't. Oh well.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu Oct 29th, 2009 at 03:38:34 PM EST
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Britain has Trident and France has its own nuclear deterrent...

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Nov 17th, 2009 at 06:33:16 AM EST
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