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Date/Time:2009-Mar-03 22:39:00
Subject:Re: how many COUNTRIES on WWP upto now?

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wwp@yahoogroups.com: Re: how many COUNTRIES on WWP upto now? Keith Martin 2009-Mar-03 22:39:00
Sometime around 3/3/09 (at 22:04 +0000) #removed# said:

>most of it is water and if it tastes salty is belongs to England ;-P

Look at an English map prior to the 1950s... it used to be said that 
if the country was coloured pink then it 'belonged' to Britain! (And 
a *lot* was coloured pink.) It is quite incredible to reflect on how 
much attitudes have changed in what is actually a relatively short 
time.

k

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