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Old 04-14-2008, 01:27 PM
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Speaking as someone from Great Britain , albeit from these devolved northern lands
There's a story that when the Angles, a German tribe from whom the name England comes, first landed in Britain, their ships grounded at what is now the border between England and Scotland, and they separated into two groups.

The Acute Angles then turned north, and the Obtuse Angles turned south.
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There's a story that when the Angles, a German tribe from whom the name England comes, first landed in Britain, their ships grounded at what is now the border between England and Scotland, and they separated into two groups.

The Acute Angles then turned north, and the Obtuse Angles turned south.

Now THAT'S funny.

Thanks for that.I've not been home properly in what seems like forever and that really made me smile.
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