Great. Great Britain

[Woodgate27 0]

You gave the world Australia. Thank you

[Guest alex]

Due to the growing British demand for Chinese tea, and the Chinese refusal to accept payment other than silver bullion, the British sought to substitute another commodity for which China was not self sufficient to alleviate the silver drain, which was beginning to cause a burden on the British economy. Opium was successfully used by the British traders to replace silver in exchange for Chinese tea for a period of decades. Many Chinese became addicted to opium, wreaking havoc among much of China's population. In response, the Imperial Qing dynasty halted the import of opium, demanding silver be traded instead. This response led to the Opium Wars, the British not willing to replace the cheap opium with costly silver

If someone else was doing it first, we didn't "give it to the world" did we? If just being the major supplier at a period in history was "giving it to the world", you could argue Afghanistan did. However, you can't argue that, you dolt!

[Tom 13817]

Due to the growing British demand for Chinese tea, and the Chinese refusal to accept payment other than silver bullion, the British sought to substitute another commodity for which China was not self sufficient to alleviate the silver drain, which was beginning to cause a burden on the British economy. Opium was successfully used by the British traders to replace silver in exchange for Chinese tea for a period of decades. Many Chinese became addicted to opium, wreaking havoc among much of China's population. In response, the Imperial Qing dynasty halted the import of opium, demanding silver be traded instead. This response led to the Opium Wars, the British not willing to replace the cheap opium with costly silver

If someone else was doing it first, we didn't "give it to the world" did we? If just being the major supplier at a period in history was "giving it to the world", you could argue Afghanistan did. However, you can't argue that, you dolt!

 

Il trade you some opium if you just keep it quiet.

 

Cup of tea would be nice too

[Tom 13817]

You gave the world Australia. Thank you

 

 

I bet some fuckers proper spinning in his grave after that one

[Guest alex]

Due to the growing British demand for Chinese tea, and the Chinese refusal to accept payment other than silver bullion, the British sought to substitute another commodity for which China was not self sufficient to alleviate the silver drain, which was beginning to cause a burden on the British economy. Opium was successfully used by the British traders to replace silver in exchange for Chinese tea for a period of decades. Many Chinese became addicted to opium, wreaking havoc among much of China's population. In response, the Imperial Qing dynasty halted the import of opium, demanding silver be traded instead. This response led to the Opium Wars, the British not willing to replace the cheap opium with costly silver

If someone else was doing it first, we didn't "give it to the world" did we? If just being the major supplier at a period in history was "giving it to the world", you could argue Afghanistan did. However, you can't argue that, you dolt!

 

Il trade you some opium if you just keep it quiet.

 

Cup of tea would be nice too

Ok, I'll swap you.

[Tom 13817]

Due to the growing British demand for Chinese tea, and the Chinese refusal to accept payment other than silver bullion, the British sought to substitute another commodity for which China was not self sufficient to alleviate the silver drain, which was beginning to cause a burden on the British economy. Opium was successfully used by the British traders to replace silver in exchange for Chinese tea for a period of decades. Many Chinese became addicted to opium, wreaking havoc among much of China's population. In response, the Imperial Qing dynasty halted the import of opium, demanding silver be traded instead. This response led to the Opium Wars, the British not willing to replace the cheap opium with costly silver

If someone else was doing it first, we didn't "give it to the world" did we? If just being the major supplier at a period in history was "giving it to the world", you could argue Afghanistan did. However, you can't argue that, you dolt!

 

Il trade you some opium if you just keep it quiet.

 

Cup of tea would be nice too

Ok, I'll swap you.

 

No bother

[Woodgate27 0]

You gave the world Australia. Thank you

 

 

I bet some fuckers proper spinning in his grave after that one

 

I just realised that Captain Cook was either a smoggie or mackem, can't remember which, so that kind of taints it all.

[Guest alex]

You gave the world Australia. Thank you

 

 

I bet some fuckers proper spinning in his grave after that one

 

I just realised that Captain Cook was either a smoggie or mackem, can't remember which, so that kind of taints it all.

Smog.

[Woodgate27 0]

Well that explains why Botany Bay is a shithole.

[Rob W 0]

Opium

Don't think so.

 

 

It fucking was!

 

or at least we got the Chinese addicted to it in the 1800's

 

 

we didn't INVENT it but we did GIVE it (well SELL) it to the wider world

[Invicta_Toon 0]

Civilisation

 

http://www.toontastic.net/forum/index.php?...st&p=266539

 

tbh

[Rob W 0]

The Authorised version of the bible

 

dictionaries

 

Cash machines

 

tarmac

 

machine guns

 

tanks

 

DNA

 

railways

 

chicken tikka marsala

 

Mars Bars

 

Rolls Royce

 

Harrier Jump jet

 

Spice Girls

 

the rules for most sports

Edited January 26, 2007 by Rob W

[The Fish 8951]

The Authorised version of the bible

 

dictionaries

 

Cash machines

 

tarmac

 

machine guns

 

tanks

 

DNA

 

railways

 

chicken tikka marsala

 

Mars Bars

 

Rolls Royce

 

Harrier Jump jet

 

Spice Girls

 

the rules for most sports

 

 

Rob W in being wrong, a shocker

 

 

it's Masala

[Nobby 0]

women

[The Fish 8951]

women

 

 

the English invented women?

 

[Tom_NUFC 0]

You gave the world Australia. Thank you

 

Sort of. The Brits were the first to succesfully settle, but we didn't discover it.

 

The Spanish were convinced that there was a large southern land in the pacific and sent several expeditions out from Lima to search for it.

 

Luis Paez de Torres sighted Australia, possibly Cape York (the large peninsular in NE Australia) but he thought it was just an island and buggered off.

 

Then the Dutch went and landed on the northern coast, but they were attacked by aboriginies, shat their keks and fucked off.

 

Then some more Dutch explored western Australia and set up a colony but died out.

 

Then of course James Cook went looking for it because he hated Middlesbrough so much he decided to get as far away from the place as possible.

 

Then when the first band of settlers went they were pursued by the French under Admiral La Perouse, who hoped to beat them and claim the land for France. When Perouse arrived, he saw the ships and the Union Jack flying, so he fucked off.

 

What a tit! He should have just gone further along the coast. If he had France could have had a fair whack of Australia themselves.

[bobbyshinton 59]

Charvas

[indigo 0]

Champagne.

[GeordieMessiah 0]

Champagne.

 

 

Aye...and don't forget Brie, Camembert and Baguettes.

[luckyluke 1]

Narcism.

 

(which the Germans misunderstood and made nazism out of).

 

Didn't Narcissus give the world Narcissism?

 

He was a Greek.

Pedant alert. Are my lot allowed to claim the invention of Nazism at least?

 

Wasn't Hitler Austrian?