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Isle of Man have their own Commonwealth Team

moker [Edit] [Delete] 21 replies 11:12, 24 March '06

How pointless is that? They've got a population of about 73 people, most of whom are married to their cousins.

did you know that it is still (or was until last few years) illegal to be gay there?

Stupid Island.

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  • if u move there

    u wil easily get in the commonwealth games.

    adman2001 | 24 Mar '06, 11:13 | X
    • yeah my dad

      was born in malaysia, and so has a dual passport. technically i qualify to play footy for them then. i've always wondered what the standard is and whether i'd get in or not?

      meths @adman2001 | 24 Mar '06, 11:17 | X
  • guernsey

    also have a team.
    i was quite shocked at this.

    Dalkin | 24 Mar '06, 11:14 | X
    • Actually that's true

      Move to Isle of Man, get to be an athlete.

      You'll also have to live in a backwards society, but it's a small price!

      moker @Dalkin | 24 Mar '06, 11:16 | X
      • Sure the

        Commonwealth games is a load of pointless rubbish anyway.

        johnny_goatboy @moker | 24 Mar '06, 11:17 | X
        • If only

          there was pasty making in the Commonwealth games.

          johnny_goatboy @janfurnace | 24 Mar '06, 11:28 | X
          • or

            an interbreeding comp

            meths @johnny_goatboy | 24 Mar '06, 11:29 | X
            • hahaha

              what about, interbreeding pasty making.

              ahaaaaaaaa.

              adman2001 @meths | 24 Mar '06, 11:31 | X
              • Technically the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands are not part of the UK, so they have their own commonwealth teams.

                Their players play for England in football.

                fullerov @adman2001 | 24 Mar '06, 12:07 | X
        • indont get it

          ....... .....

          adman2001 @zxcvbnm | 24 Mar '06, 12:23 | X
          • why

            have they all got a "le" before their surname?

            le tissier
            le saux
            le bergerac

            ???

            meths | 24 Mar '06, 12:09 | X
            • because

              they are closer to france arent they?

              Dalkin @meths | 24 Mar '06, 12:11 | X
              • yes

                the channel islands are the remnants of the duchy of normandy (whose royal line, in 1066, became King of England with some guy called William). Eventually, in a succession of wars, the rest of Normandy was conquored by the French except the Channel Islands. They remained mostly French (culturally) until the 18th century when they became Anglicised, although a lot of street names and surnames are still French.

                Most weirdly, parts of the islands still actually have people who speak the Norman dialect of French.

                guntrip @Dalkin | 24 Mar '06, 12:20 | X
                • oh yeah

                  and the queen is still informally known as the duke of normandy in the channel islands.

                  guntrip @guntrip | 24 Mar '06, 12:22 | X
                  • fucking

                    le weirdos

                    meths @guntrip | 24 Mar '06, 12:22 | X
            • Because they have french/norman ancestry

              fullerov @meths | 24 Mar '06, 12:10 | X
          • i was kinda

            joking

            meths | 24 Mar '06, 12:20 | X
          • Didn't they get a gold in the cycling the other day?

            Judge_B | 24 Mar '06, 11:13 | X
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