View Full Version : Who here has heard of the Isle of Man?
Lorenzo_H
05-18-2006, 21:50
Who here has heard of this insignificant little dot in which I live? hint: think "TT" and ask a mototcyclist.
edyzmedieval
05-18-2006, 22:01
Not another one...
Smegheads from the Isle of Man are all over us!!! :laugh4:
SmegHeadIan is from Isle of Man. About 1700 posts.
Byzantine Prince
05-18-2006, 22:08
Does everyone on that island play this game? Jeez, you're everywhere. :sweatdrop:
I've heard of it, I saw it on a map when I was small and thought it was a funny name. :book:
Ianofsmeg16
05-18-2006, 22:15
I'm from it, where you live?
I've heard of it, mainly through Ian's posts.
Justiciar
05-19-2006, 01:22
Isle of Man? Is that near Jamaica? :dizzy2:
Geezer57
05-19-2006, 01:39
I always thought it was spelled "Isle of Mann". Google gets results both with either one or two letter "n".
I heard of it when I was a kid, and I was fascinated by the idea that there was this language, Manx, which was only spoken by a few hundred people. My best friend and me used to joke about how someday, when the human race enters into an interstellar empire, everyone will speak Manx.
Jokes like that are really funny when you're eleven years old.
English assassin
05-19-2006, 09:45
Heard of it, been there, but I am a biker.
Nice place, if you like small islands in cold seas. Which I do.
Red Peasant
05-19-2006, 09:57
There are a handful of Okells (IoM beer) pubs here in Liverpool. I've been to the glorious TT a few times in the past, but not on my bike ... they were intensive drinking holidays, and bikes and drink definitely don't mix. Luckily, the aunt and uncle of a mate of mine had a BnB in Douglas so we were able to get accommodation quite easily for the race period.
:2thumbsup: to the IoM
Lorenzo_H
05-19-2006, 10:35
I'm from it, where you live?
Do you live here? I live in Crosby. Who else lives here?
WOW! I'm amazed!
Why is your name ianofsmeg?
Lorenzo_H
05-19-2006, 10:36
I always thought it was spelled "Isle of Mann". Google gets results both with either one or two letter "n".
I did too!
Avicenna
05-19-2006, 11:00
It's part of Britain, right?
Ianofsmeg16
05-19-2006, 11:50
Do you live here? I live in Crosby. Who else lives here?
WOW! I'm amazed!
Why is your name ianofsmeg?
Yeah I live in Castletown, what school you go to?
if you've ever seen Red Dwarf, youll get why im call ian of smeg :2thumbsup:
There is another guy, Axeknight, lives down south aswell, posts on the forums.
It's part of Britain, right?
No, not technically, It's part of the British Isles but has it's own government etc
Somebody Else
05-19-2006, 12:31
Isn't Douglas from Man?
Lorenzo_H
05-19-2006, 12:32
Yeah I live in Castletown, what school you go to?
if you've ever seen Red Dwarf, youll get why im call ian of smeg :2thumbsup:
There is another guy, Axeknight, lives down south aswell, posts on the forums.
No, not technically, It's part of the British Isles but has it's own government etc
I used to go to KWC, where do/did you go?
I am so amazed!
English assassin
05-19-2006, 12:35
Sooner or later someone is going to say its got the oldest continually functioning parliament in the world. So it might as well be me. (The Icelandic althing began earlier but was suspended during Danish occupation).
http://www.tynwald.org.im/
They also have legal officers known as Deemsters who were originally responsible for memorising Manx Common law (which was known as breast law as it came from their insides). The Deemsters still exist and are still the judges on Man.
InsaneApache
05-19-2006, 12:39
Do they still beat miscreants with a bundle of sticks? :inquisitive:
Ianofsmeg16
05-19-2006, 12:47
I used to go to KWC, where do/did you go?
I am so amazed!
I go to Castle Rushen High School, about to do my GCSEs :2thumbsup:
yeah its quite amazing, maybe everyone on the island does play TW games...
Gregoshi
05-19-2006, 12:52
So much for the phrase "No Man is an island"... ~D
(How many millions of times have you heard that joke?)
ShadesPanther
05-19-2006, 13:22
I believe the Isle of Man isn't part of Britain but the Queen is their Head of State.
Duke Malcolm
05-19-2006, 13:27
The Queen is the Lord of Man (and Duke of Normandy, but that's by-the-by). I think we should make the Isle of Man a Crown Colony... just to ruin that long-running Parliament...
Does anyone actually still speak Manx Gaelic on the Isle of Man?
I`ve seen a bike poster with that name written on it..
Btw, Isle of Man can also be spelled Isle of Mann.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Man
Dutch_guy
05-19-2006, 13:42
Who here has heard of the Isle of Man?
I've heard of it, though it's only because Ian posts here a lot and well... he lives there.
:balloon2:
Ianofsmeg16
05-19-2006, 14:53
Does anyone actually still speak Manx Gaelic on the Isle of Man?
Yes a few hundred do, and recently in our primary schools a program has gone forth to give all students from the ages 5-10 the chance to speak manx
The Queen is the Lord of Man (and Duke of Normandy, but that's by-the-by). I think we should make the Isle of Man a Crown Colony... just to ruin that long-running Parliament...
Ever want to visit the RTW Mod forums ever again? :devilish:
:2thumbsup:
Byzantine Mercenary
05-19-2006, 16:26
how many of you islanders are there then? (and yes i have heard of the isle of man)
Craterus
05-19-2006, 16:26
Ever want to visit the RTW Mod forums ever again? :devilish:
No :laugh4:
Duke Malcolm
05-19-2006, 16:39
Ever want to visit the RTW Mod forums ever again? :devilish:
Egad! You dastardly fellow... hmm... very well...
Bar Kochba
05-19-2006, 16:44
anyone whos played MTWVI should have herad of it
Mithrandir
05-19-2006, 19:11
So much for the phrase "No Man is an island"... ~D
(How many millions of times have you heard that joke?)
Or:
"where's the Isle of women?, would much rater go there..."
:2thumbsup:
Lorenzo_H
05-19-2006, 21:03
I go to Castle Rushen High School, about to do my GCSEs :2thumbsup:
yeah its quite amazing, maybe everyone on the island does play TW games...
Yo, whats you're name? Is there any way I should know you? It's such a small island, you never know. Do you play basketball? Any sport?
Lorenzo_H
05-19-2006, 21:03
anyone whos played MTWVI should have herad of it
Why?
Why?
The Isle of Man (sp. Manua?) is a island province in the Viking campaign.
Gregoshi
05-19-2006, 21:51
Or:
"where's the Isle of women?, would much rater go there..."
:2thumbsup:
It wouldn't surprise me if there is or has been a law suit to change either change the name to the "Isle of People" or to produce an equally sized island to be named the "Isle of Woman". :inquisitive: Of course, the suit would not originate from anyone on the island, but rather from some group in a dark corner of the world where they have nothing better to do than instigate frivilous legal actions. :dizzy2:
Mithrandir
05-19-2006, 21:53
It wouldn't surprise me if there is or has been a law suit to change either change the name to the "Isle of People"
:laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :2thumbsup:
Ianofsmeg16
05-19-2006, 23:44
Yo, whats you're name? Is there any way I should know you? It's such a small island, you never know. Do you play basketball? Any sport?
Nah, i played in a school rugby game once, hey, if your KWC and I'm CRHS then we should technically be sworn enemies :inquisitive:
:2thumbsup:
Lorenzo_H
05-20-2006, 13:31
Nah, i played in a school rugby game once, hey, if your KWC and I'm CRHS then we should technically be sworn enemies :inquisitive:
:2thumbsup:
Yeah, chav scum!
Evil_Maniac From Mars
05-20-2006, 13:43
Yep, heard of it.
Ianofsmeg16
05-20-2006, 15:32
Yeah, chav scum!
OOOH you did not just call me a chav! :furious3:
ok i'll admit we do have far too many chavs in CRHS for it to be safe, but Pink floyd fans arent chavs :laugh4:
KWC = Posh :2thumbsup:
Lorenzo_H
05-21-2006, 18:06
OOOH you did not just call me posh! :furious3: :laugh4:
It was my impression that to be a Pink Floyd fan one of the requirements was "chav"...
And by the way, despite having a reputation of being posh, KWC is nothing of the sort. There are people there who are right scallies and do more dope than Eminem. Nobody there is posh, just very proud at the fact their daddy has a Ferrari (which I don't) and they practically are bathed in money.
Watchman
05-21-2006, 18:19
...isn't that about the same thing ? :inquisitive:
Oh yeah, and I've heard of the teensy lil' isle. From rather surprising contexts too mind you, such as R. Talsorian's ancient Cyberpunk 2020 RPG.
The_Mark
05-21-2006, 18:32
Of course; isn't it an EB custom map?
~;p
Lorenzo_H
05-21-2006, 18:54
...isn't that about the same thing ? :inquisitive:
Well, from some points of view maybe. I view "posh" as someone well educated with perfect manners. lol, KWC does not in any way give you a better chance of being better mannered!
Ianofsmeg16
05-21-2006, 19:09
Nah the whole "Posh" and "chav" thing is just because of A rivalry between my School (Castle Rushen High) and Diablo's school (King williams College), I dont know where it comes from, possibly from the fact that CRHS always beats KWC at sport :D
But then again Diablo, even CRHS gets called posh by Ballakermeen
Justiciar
05-21-2006, 19:21
What by the mother of pies is wrong with living in a "posh" area, anyway? It just goes to show that you've had more success in life than other people, and yet kids are always gloating about how hard and chavpacked their towns are? Ludicrousnessability!
Lorenzo_H
05-21-2006, 20:44
Nah the whole "Posh" and "chav" thing is just because of A rivalry between my School (Castle Rushen High) and Diablo's school (King williams College), I dont know where it comes from, possibly from the fact that CRHS always beats KWC at sport :D
But then again Diablo, even CRHS gets called posh by Ballakermeen
We KANE yo' butts according to student count/sports success ratio!!! i.e. where as my year only had 30 boys (of which 15 were on the rugby team) your school has about 300 boys to choose from for the rugby team! As far as I know Rugby was the only sport my old year had difficulty beating you in, footie and cricket we owned you bunch of chavs outright (though I never was on those two teams much).
Ballakermeen= chav city
Ianofsmeg16
05-22-2006, 00:05
Cricket? psssh! footie maybe, but Cricket, never! not in the Senior team anyway...and rugby we kick everyones tail so...
ans yes, Balla = Chav city...they could call Hobos posh tbh :D
Lorenzo_H
05-22-2006, 12:24
Well if you are talking about the senior team we beat you in everything! In the senior Rugby team we beat you every time! Thats how we got to the semi final of the Daily Mail Cup...
Watchman
05-22-2006, 12:33
Guys ? Could you, like, pull up your pants, put your... objects... back in, and close the zippers ? This is a public forum after all... :balloon2:
I went there a few years ago to play waterpolo in the annual student sports festival (otherwise known as one of the biggest piss-up's of the university year ~:cheers: ). I loved the water slide at the pool because it measured your time, so we just ended up racing on it all day :2thumbsup: .
Lorenzo_H
05-22-2006, 15:47
Guys ? Could you, like, pull up your pants, put your... objects... back in, and close the zippers ? This is a public forum after all... :balloon2:
What the h**l are you on?
Lorenzo_H
05-22-2006, 15:49
I went there a few years ago to play waterpolo in the annual student sports festival (otherwise known as one of the biggest piss-up's of the university year ~:cheers: ). I loved the water slide at the pool because it measured your time, so we just ended up racing on it all day :2thumbsup: .
Hehe thats the NSC (national sports centre) but the slide that keeps your time, doesn't keep your time anymore (it broke). The last time I went to that pool it was frozen to "Record Time Achieved!" or something like that...
Watchman
05-22-2006, 16:34
What the h**l are you on?An overdose of regional squabbling, obviously. ~;p
i went to the isle of man once (on the way to ireland) and wasnt exactly impressed, stayed in douglas for the night, but that the only vaguely interesting thing i an tell you...
Lorenzo_H
05-22-2006, 21:07
An overdose of regional squabbling, obviously. ~;p
:inquisitive:
Justiciar
05-23-2006, 01:50
What do you mean ":inquisitive:" you just spent a page squabbling about the number of chavs your "cities" have and how uber your sports teams are.
Lorenzo_H
05-23-2006, 10:33
What do you mean ":inquisitive:" you just spent a page squabbling about the number of chavs your "cities" have and how uber your sports teams are.
We are both joking I can assure you!
Samurai Waki
05-23-2006, 18:40
All Highschool Teams suck. Period. End of Discussion :laugh4:
Axeknight
05-23-2006, 23:15
There is another guy, Axeknight, lives down south aswell, posts on the forums.
Shut up. Go away. I don't know you Ian. Seriously, I don't know him.
Honest.
Lorenzo_H
05-24-2006, 12:13
Hey Axeknight, where do you live? Which school do you go to?
Ianofsmeg16
05-24-2006, 12:39
He goes to CRHS, he's in denial cos he actually loves me, follows me around everywhere poor soul.
:laugh4:
Lorenzo_H
05-24-2006, 14:53
~D - are you in the same year?
Man, I still can't believe there are people here from the IOM. It's not "my little island" anymore... ~:jawdrop:
Axeknight
05-24-2006, 18:11
He goes to CRHS, he's in denial cos he actually loves me, follows me around everywhere poor soul.
:laugh4:
Ian's just annoyed cause I'm much cooler, handsomer, play a cooler instrument and I have better hair than him and all he's got is this internet community.
Truth hurts, y'alls.
Lorenzo_H
05-24-2006, 19:18
rotflmao! In all my days on this earth I've never met someone so willing to boast about his looks... dunno if it says anything about your character. Traits=proud -1 command -1 leadership -1 management -3 influence and -1 morale for all troops on the battlefield. :laugh4:
Btw do either of you know a fellow by the name of J(ohn)J(aques) Cilliers? I know him...
InsaneApache
05-24-2006, 20:58
Hey don't worry, compared to me he looks like shrek...:laugh4: :oops: :no: :sweatdrop: :shame:
Ianofsmeg16
05-24-2006, 21:13
Ian's just annoyed cause I'm much cooler, handsomer, play a cooler instrument and I have better hair than him and all he's got is this internet community.
Truth hurts, y'alls.
*tries to suppress the urge to tell everyone about the hair that has made Axe famous in our school* Cant do it
He has one the best afro-mullets in the world ever
Lorenzo_H
05-24-2006, 21:27
*tries to suppress the urge to tell everyone about the hair that has made Axe famous in our school* Cant do it
He has one the best afro-mullets in the world ever
I might have heard of him then? What with him being famous and all...KWC generally has a lot of reliable contacts infiltrating the ranks of CRHS...
Axeknight
05-25-2006, 16:30
*tries to suppress the urge to tell everyone about the hair that has made Axe famous in our school* Cant do it
He has one the best afro-mullets in the world ever
Seriously, afro-mullet? That's not even possible. You're embarassing yourself man.
Duke Malcolm
05-25-2006, 17:40
Man, I still can't believe there are people here from the IOM. It's not "my little island" anymore... ~:jawdrop:
Psh, it never was your island.
As you say, the British Crown Dependency of the Isle of Man.
Mwahaha...
Lorenzo_H
05-26-2006, 09:19
Quiet you!
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