Who here has heard of this insignificant little dot in which I live? hint: think "TT" and ask a mototcyclist.
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Who here has heard of this insignificant little dot in which I live? hint: think "TT" and ask a mototcyclist.
Not another one...
Smegheads from the Isle of Man are all over us!!! :laugh4:
SmegHeadIan is from Isle of Man. About 1700 posts.
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:
I've heard of it.
I'm from it, where you live?
I've heard of it, mainly through Ian's posts.
Isle of Man? Is that near Jamaica? :dizzy2:
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.
Heard of it, been there, but I am a biker.
Nice place, if you like small islands in cold seas. Which I do.
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
Do you live here? I live in Crosby. Who else lives here?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ianofsmeg16
WOW! I'm amazed!
Why is your name ianofsmeg?
I did too!Quote:
Originally Posted by Geezer57
It's part of Britain, right?
Yeah I live in Castletown, what school you go to?Quote:
Originally Posted by diablodelmar
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 etcQuote:
Originally Posted by Tiberius
Isn't Douglas from Man?
I used to go to KWC, where do/did you go?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ianofsmeg16
I am so amazed!
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.
Do they still beat miscreants with a bundle of sticks? :inquisitive:
I go to Castle Rushen High School, about to do my GCSEs :2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by diablodelmar
yeah its quite amazing, maybe everyone on the island does play TW games...
So much for the phrase "No Man is an island"... ~D
(How many millions of times have you heard that joke?)
I believe the Isle of Man isn't part of Britain but the Queen is their Head of State.
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
I've heard of it, though it's only because Ian posts here a lot and well... he lives there.Quote:
Who here has heard of the Isle of Man?
:balloon2:
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 manxQuote:
Originally Posted by Duke Malcolm
Ever want to visit the RTW Mod forums ever again? :devilish:Quote:
Originally Posted by Duke Malcolm
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how many of you islanders are there then? (and yes i have heard of the isle of man)
No :laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ianofsmeg16
Egad! You dastardly fellow... hmm... very well...Quote:
Originally Posted by Ianofsmeg16
anyone whos played MTWVI should have herad of it
Or:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gregoshi
"where's the Isle of women?, would much rater go there..."
:2thumbsup:
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?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ianofsmeg16
Why?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bar Kochba
The Isle of Man (sp. Manua?) is a island province in the Viking campaign.Quote:
Originally Posted by diablodelmar
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:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mithrandir
:laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gregoshi
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:Quote:
Originally Posted by diablodelmar
:2thumbsup:
Yeah, chav scum!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ianofsmeg16
Yep, heard of it.
OOOH you did not just call me a chav! :furious3:Quote:
Originally Posted by diablodelmar
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:
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.
...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.
Of course; isn't it an EB custom map?
~;p
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!Quote:
Originally Posted by Watchman
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
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!
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).Quote:
Originally Posted by Ianofsmeg16
Ballakermeen= chav city
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
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...
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: .
What the h**l are you on?Quote:
Originally Posted by Watchman
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...Quote:
Originally Posted by LordHugh
An overdose of regional squabbling, obviously. ~;pQuote:
Originally Posted by diablodelmar
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...
:inquisitive:Quote:
Originally Posted by Watchman
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!Quote:
Originally Posted by Justiciar
All Highschool Teams suck. Period. End of Discussion :laugh4:
Shut up. Go away. I don't know you Ian. Seriously, I don't know him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ianofsmeg16
Honest.
Hey Axeknight, where do you live? Which school do you go to?
He goes to CRHS, he's in denial cos he actually loves me, follows me around everywhere poor soul.
:laugh4:
~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:
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ianofsmeg16
Truth hurts, y'alls.
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...
Hey don't worry, compared to me he looks like shrek...:laugh4: :oops: :no: :sweatdrop: :shame:
*tries to suppress the urge to tell everyone about the hair that has made Axe famous in our school* Cant do itQuote:
Originally Posted by Axeknight
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...Quote:
Originally Posted by Ianofsmeg16
Seriously, afro-mullet? That's not even possible. You're embarassing yourself man.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ianofsmeg16
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Originally Posted by diablodelmar
Psh, it never was your island.
As you say, the British Crown Dependency of the Isle of Man.
Mwahaha...
Quiet you!