McFaul

Can someone explain something to me. I actually got a B in me Economics GCSE, but I've got forgot most of the crack. We're all shouting and bawling about Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal being dangerously in debt, people being pissed off that we'll have to fork out. So why then do we as a country have nearly as much debt as the rest of the EU put together, and nee ones panicking about us? Can someone explain, this table to me. 8 trillion wor debt 400% of GDP (this is external debt) yet Greece's is % wise less than half wors and people are saying they're basically fucked for the next 40 years. Is it because we are good payers that no one is worrying about wors? Apologies about the Kevin nature of this post, I just genuinely don't understand it as well as I should. Rank Country External Debt[2] US dollars Date Per capita[3][4][5][6] US dollars % of GDP[7][8][9] 1 United States 14,825,308,000,000 30 June 2011 47,568 99 — European Union 13,720,000,000,000 30 June 2010 27,864 85 2 United Kingdom 8,981,000,000,000 30 June 2010 144,338 400 3 Germany 4,713,000,000,000 30 June 2010 57,755 142 4 France 4,698,000,000,000 30 June 2010 74,619 182 6 Japan 2,441,000,000,000 30 September 2010 19,148 45 8 Italy 2,223,000,000,000 30 June 2010 est. 36,841 108 9 Spain 2,166,000,000,000 30 June 2010 47,069 154 10 Luxembourg 1,892,000,000,000 30 June 2010 3,759,174 3,443 11 Belgium 1,241,000,000,000 30 June 2010 113,603 266 12 Switzerland 1,200,000,000,000 30 September 2010 154,063 229 13 Australia 1,169,000,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 52,596 95 14 Canada 1,009,000,000,000 30 June 2010 29,625 64 15 Sweden 853,300,000,000 30 June 2010 91,487 187 16 Austria 755,000,000,000 30 June 2010 90,128 200 — Hong Kong 750,800,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 105,420 334 17 Norway 643,000,000,000 12 August 2011 131,220 141 18 Denmark 559,500,000,000 30 June 2010 101,084 180 19 Greece 532,900,000,000 30 June 2010 47,636 174 20 Portugal 497,800,000,000 30 June 2010 46,795 217 21 Russia 480,200,000,000 30 November 2010 est. 3,421 33 22 China 406,600,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 303 7 5 Netherlands 371,028,000,000 31 December 2009 47,172 74 23 Finland 370,800,000,000 30 June 2010 68,960 155 24 Korea, South 370,100,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 7,567 37 25 Brazil 310,800,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 1,608 15

The PBJ's are worse than any KBJ imo.

They do own the land. Why did I know you'd be on their side. What yous gonna do now then DEADMAN?

I've always thought CT was a decent bloke when he wasn't deliberately winding people up.

While I wasn't wanting to post here I did want to have the odd nosey and be able to Mark threads as read, hence Gladys. Unfortunately too much beers undid that. I and I'm sure most on here don't miss the weekly bitchfest so I have no plans to start posting again and was just really replying to Stevie ( cos he's a canny lad). :-) Cheques in the post ;-) I'm sure you sit within earshot of me at the match, makes me paranoid!

This cunt pisses me off as much as any muslim fundamentalist. georgegalloway George Galloway by Leazeslad Dale Farm in flames of bitterness and hatred. Didn't we just know that with the Tories back, Britain would be reduced to this? #fb 3 minutes ago Favorite Undo Retweet Reply Leazeslad Steve @ @georgegalloway fuck off you fucking idiot, they are travellers why don't they travel instead of taking peoples land illegally for 10 years? 1 minute ago

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Are yee for real? You'e an Australian. Who's Stefan Dennis?? That's like me saying who's The Queen. Fucking hell stevie, give yourself a shake for even knowing that song. Yes I'm for real but what's that got to do with music taste? I don't watch Australian soaps either and I had to look up who Nicky Whelan in the belta minge thread was - so what's your point? You realise not everyone goes to the beach in Australia or bbq's shrimp? Was number 1 in the UK charts, don't underestimate how popular Paul Robinson was.

There's one in wors who looks like Sharon Stone but about 25 loves hersel though.

Are yee for real? You'e an Australian. Who's Stefan Dennis?? That's like me saying who's The Queen.

Think they could be coming up this time like, they had a blip but are now playing well and scoring goals. Play offs at least. I think if they do come up they'd be far more susceptible to be relegated than we were last season.

That brick bulding looks pretty permanent to me Bit off topic, it looks like one of the officers found the 'glory hole' in that building

Did you see me at the match mate? I must've kissed everyone within a 20 feet radius so I might've kissed yee when we equalised. How's N-O? Even the Trent Posse divvint drink there nuw mate. No I haven't seen you there yet and I can assure you if you'd kissed me you would remember ;-) tbh the daughter keeps wanting to set off earlier each week so I'm turning up less sober each game. Ended up at the Trent ad we originally headed to the strawberry first to watch the Mackems and then realised after about 15 mins that I couldn't give two shits about them and was more interested in enjoying the pre match build up. As we were already that close, it seemed the logical choice being close to the Leazes. (strange boozer though and seems a bit like a hippies retreat). Newcastle online seems canny so far as there always seems a good range of views on all subjects. The general chat is quite good too, particularly the embarrassing sex thread! Totally different sort of forum to here though but each has it's own charm. Nice to still see some of the canny posters on both sites. The one big difference is the lack of the multi-post-wars which is nice. Don't post as often ad here because someones usually posted the same opinion which is a bit of a novelty after three years on here. Just a shame I left as all my predictions of Ashley getting it right, Pardew being good, Carr being excellent, Krul being fantastic, Cabaye / rob Lee etc etc came good ;-) Nice to see Chez taking on the captaincy with such vigour. Aye because it's policed like 1920's CCCP. A lot more democracy on here. Of those points above you, the only one I didn't agree with was Ashley getting it right, he's done it by hook or crook, and he's still a cunt charging people £36 when they're on the dole for the cheapest tickets against less than top class opposition.

For me the best New Order album was actually Joy Divisions next - Movement. It's brilliant because you can hear where Joy Division were morphing into New Order, it's a shame Curtis didn't get to record the vocals for it because he would have made it so much more than it turned out to be. Aussie's stick to listening to INXS and Stefan Dennis pal. Two words: Phil Collins And two more: Fuck off Dont it make you feeeeeeeel good when you find somebody to lurrrrrrrrve (clicking his fingers) pmsl Seriously Stevie, talking music advice/criticism from you is like trying to lose weight based on your dieting tips and/or taking advice from you on how to buy trousers to accommodate a big penis - things you know nowt about. Or tips in humour from yee.

For me the best New Order album was actually Joy Divisions next - Movement. It's brilliant because you can hear where Joy Division were morphing into New Order, it's a shame Curtis didn't get to record the vocals for it because he would have made it so much more than it turned out to be. Aussie's stick to listening to INXS and Stefan Dennis pal. Two words: Phil Collins And two more: Fuck off Dont it make you feeeeeeeel good when you find somebody to lurrrrrrrrve (clicking his fingers) pmsl

They're nee better than illegal immigrants who come here to scrounge off the state in my eyes.

No, it's the tackles map, not posession. possession* I bet you've got a chart in the bathroom detailing time taken having a shite, moisture and length.

Had a PROPER row with a mate about this before the match on Sunday, his crack man "Steve I'm as happy about this as I was about Keegan coming the first time", I says fuckin shut upi up man they're not even the top 5 of Manc bands never mind owt else, which was like red rag to a bull. As many have said in this thread I just feel they are ridiculously overrated, and don't appeal to me at all. The same people who like these like people like "The Smiths", which does say it all. It's that 25 to 40 year old age group who like things because of mob mentality, there's no other reason to like The Smiths. Care to name me 5 better Manc bands? A tweet from Mac Toon last neet summed it up perfectly for me. 2NarMe Mac @ @Leazeslad Agree aboot the Stone Roses n'aal. Load of shite. I'd say 75%+ of their fans don't even like the music, just the 'coolness' Absolutely spot on. Oasis, New Order and Joy Division piss all over the Stone Roses, as I said two good songs. It's aal this Aciendoh naanteennaanteh brigade who want to feel part of something imo. Never really had you down as a big Joy Division fan like. Love Joy Division and New Order nearly every song they released I think is mint. I think I'd have New Order in my top 10 favourite bands/musicians in fact. Aye, I love them both too. It's probably 'trendier' to have Joy Division as the better band but I actually prefer New Order. Joy Division were quality but I'd class them as being one of those where you have to be in the mood whereas I could listen to New Order virtually any time. What's your favourite album? Toss up between Technique and Power, Corruption and Lies for me. Power, Corruption and Lies is my favourite, its on me ipod, desktop and laptop.

Stevie = Steven Carr (fat cunt) Peasepud = Peter Crouch LuckyLuke = Paul Ince (Malcolm X type)

It's a funny one because the common ground between those defending them on the grounds of their human rights and those that think the authorities are right is that none of them would want the fuckers to set up camp anywhere near where they live. Exactly. Hypocites, and that sums up the "mamby pamby do gooders" in this country who fight for causes they don't really believe in but like to be seen doing something. For centuries they've lived by their own laws and it doesn't marry well when they encounter the real world, I experienced their scruffy ways at 5 and 6 year old. I'd never encountered swear words till gypsy kids came to our school. Fucking parafins, if Hitler had taken this island over at least he'd have done one good thing.

Everyone hates gypsies, and with good reason, they define the word "bamps". Someone please tell me something endearing about gypsies. Just try.

For me the best New Order album was actually Joy Divisions next - Movement. It's brilliant because you can hear where Joy Division were morphing into New Order, it's a shame Curtis didn't get to record the vocals for it because he would have made it so much more than it turned out to be. Aussie's stick to listening to INXS and Stefan Dennis pal.

Gladys Taxi's I'm gonna buy you a taxi firm if I win Euromillions on Friday by the way CT and call it that. I'll buy Boldon Taxi's and that other one merge them just for you.

Did you see me at the match mate? I must've kissed everyone within a 20 feet radius so I might've kissed yee when we equalised. How's N-O? Even the Trent Posse divvint drink there nuw mate.

What do those stats signify?