All of Ireland is considered part of the British Isles.

But Eire is not part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. So now you know.

Posted By: Ottosson Foxtrot on March 22nd 2006 at 15:01:24

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Wednesday afternoon quiz (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:29:10
- Ludek Miklosko? (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Mar 22, 14:53:07
- Last defender (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:52:13
  - Henning Berg (n/m) (Other Football) - Arganth, Mar 22, 14:55:02
    - Yep - full list (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:57:33
      - + Keane and Given as they are clearly not from the British Isles! (Other Football) - Duck, Mar 22, 15:00:37
        
        Ireland is included in "British Isles" but not in "Britain"! (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Mar 22, 15:02:08
        
        Lucky wording from CC if you ask me (n/m) (Other Football) - Duck, Mar 22, 15:03:36
        
        Or carefully worded so as to exclude Ireland, perhaps? (n/m) (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Mar 22, 15:04:06
        
        This would seem to suggest it was a lucky strike (Other Football) - Old Git, Mar 22, 15:07:02
        
        matches? (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Mar 22, 15:08:43
        
        Nah, we'll go for lucky! (n/m) (Other Football) - Duck, Mar 22, 15:05:21
        
        So I was right? (n/m) (Other Football) - conker, Mar 22, 15:08:00
        
        This would suggest so (Other Football) - Duck, Mar 22, 15:11:42
        
        Yeah but if you search duncan ferguson, it isn't gonna say Nationality - British Isles (Other Football) - pants, Mar 22, 15:14:09
        
        Well no (Other Football) - Duck, Mar 22, 15:18:27
        
        :D (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Mar 22, 15:21:50
        
        Wotb would never be the same without us all being a slave to the detail (Other Football) - pants, Mar 22, 15:11:38
        
        All of Ireland is considered part of the British Isles. (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Mar 22, 15:01:24
        
        Absolutely right. Signed, Mr Fucking Correct (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Mar 22, 15:05:18
        
        blub (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Mar 22, 15:06:19
        
        White Lightning? (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Mar 22, 15:08:12
        
        Olde English is 8 cans for ?4.50 so im on that for a week or so (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Mar 22, 15:09:34
        
        Grease Lightning (n/m) (Other Football) - conker, Mar 22, 15:08:46
        
        You're "Mr. Fucking Correct" are you? (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Mar 22, 15:05:53
        
        Hmmm. I still think I'm right about Marx (Other Football) - Old Git, Mar 22, 15:07:57
        
        If you mean that the Marx Brothers are funnier than Are You Being Served ... (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Mar 22, 15:16:15
        
        Didn't he do Right Here Waiting ? (n/m) (Other Football) - Arganth, Mar 22, 15:08:41
        
        Yeah, Richard, he had lovely hair too (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Mar 22, 15:12:13
        
        Probably why Otto likes him then.... (n/m) (Other Football) - Arganth, Mar 22, 15:13:18
        
        I'm going to get you after school. (n/m) (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Mar 22, 15:15:48
- Marco Boogers? (n/m) (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Mar 22, 14:43:43
  - The other one. (n/m) (Other Football) - McVeigh POTS, Mar 22, 14:44:35
  - Redknapp "who's that in the caravan?" (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Mar 22, 14:44:33
    - Cedric Anselin? (n/m) (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Mar 22, 14:44:52
- Roland Nilsson? (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Mar 22, 14:43:42
  - No (n/m) (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:47:03
- Muzzy Izzet? (n/m) (Other Football) - Duck, Mar 22, 14:43:27
  - No (n/m) (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:46:56
- 2 more to get (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:42:43
  - Ronny Johnsen? (n/m) (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Mar 22, 14:47:20
    - No (n/m) (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:48:59
  - Dwight York? (n/m) (Other Football) - conker, Mar 22, 14:44:32
    - Yes (n/m) (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:46:10
  - Desailly or that other Frenchy Deschamps (n/m) (Other Football) - McVeigh POTS, Mar 22, 14:43:59
    - No (n/m) (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:46:44
    - Melchiot? (n/m) (Other Football) - Duck, Mar 22, 14:44:46
      - No (n/m) (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:46:52
- Florin Raducioiu. (n/m) (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Mar 22, 14:42:18
  - Out shopping on matchday (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Mar 22, 14:43:05
  - No (n/m) (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:43:05
- Juninho (n/m) (Other Football) - McVeigh POTS, Mar 22, 14:42:03
  - No (n/m) (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:43:00
- Lundekvam (n/m) (Other Football) - Swarn, Mar 22, 14:40:37
  - Yes (n/m) (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:41:23
- Given,Hislop (n/m) (Other Football) - conker, Mar 22, 14:40:21
  - No (n/m) (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:41:33
- So we have (Other Football) - Duck, Mar 22, 14:38:57
  - Are the channel isles technically the British Isles? (Other Football) - McVeigh POTS, Mar 22, 14:41:05
  - Patrik Berger ? (n/m) (Other Football) - Arganth, Mar 22, 14:40:31
- Bergkamp, Vieira, Schwarzer (n/m) (Other Football) - Muddyfunster, Mar 22, 14:38:42
  - Yes (n/m) (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:39:57
- Ricky Villa? (n/m) (Other Football) - McVeigh POTS, Mar 22, 14:38:30
  - Erm (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:40:10
- Kasey Keller (n/m) (Other Football) - Arganth, Mar 22, 14:38:18
  - No (n/m) (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:38:33
- Brad Friedal (n/m) (Other Football) - conker, Mar 22, 14:37:11
  - No (n/m) (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:37:25
- Hasselbaink? (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Mar 22, 14:35:31
  - Yes (n/m) (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:36:11
    - Boateng? (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Mar 22, 14:36:55
      - Yes (n/m) (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:40:18
- Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (n/m) (Other Football) - Duck, Mar 22, 14:35:28
  - No (n/m) (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:36:06
- Lucas Radebe (n/m) (Other Football) - conker, Mar 22, 14:34:54
  - No (n/m) (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:35:42
- hypia (n/m) (Other Football) - Swarn, Mar 22, 14:34:53
  - No (n/m) (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:35:37
- Given. Hyppia? Hamann ? (n/m) (Other Football) - Arganth, Mar 22, 14:34:51
  - No (n/m) (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:35:33
- van Nistelrooy (n/m) (Other Football) - Duck, Mar 22, 14:34:26
  - No (n/m) (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:35:26
- Henry, Bergkamp, Zola, Schmeichel, Cantona? (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Mar 22, 14:34:06
  - Bergkamp and Schmeichel (n/m) (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:35:53
- Cantona (n/m) (Other Football) - conker, Mar 22, 14:34:00
  - No (n/m) (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:35:12
  - Schmeichal(sp) (n/m) (Other Football) - conker, Mar 22, 14:34:08
    - Yes (n/m) (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:35:17
- harry Kewell (n/m) (Other Football) - McVeigh POTS, Mar 22, 14:33:35
  - Yes (n/m) (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:34:09
- Veira?Zola? (n/m) (Other Football) - conker, Mar 22, 14:33:01
  - Vieira yes, Zola no (n/m) (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:34:04
  - Roy Keane (n/m) (Other Football) - conker, Mar 22, 14:33:31
    - ha! British Isles (Other Football) - pants, Mar 22, 14:34:56
      - HA!! (Other Football) - conker, Mar 22, 14:36:08
        
        He didn't say it WAS part of Britain, just part of the British Isles (Other Football) - Old Git, Mar 22, 15:06:21
        
        I believe it's part of Great Britain but not the United Kingdom (n/m) (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:37:56
        
        Nope! (Other Football) - conker, Mar 22, 14:39:50
        
        still part of the british isles :P (Other Football) - pants, Mar 22, 14:45:43
        
        Don't care (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:40:39
- Dennis Bergkamp (n/m) (Other Football) - Duck, Mar 22, 14:31:08
  - Yes (n/m) (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:32:59
- Terry Henry (n/m) (Other Football) - McVeigh POTS, Mar 22, 14:31:00
  - No (n/m) (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Mar 22, 14:32:54

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