[dfwgator]

And so goes the British Empire...

That ship sailed a long time ago.

[Past Your Eyes]

Just the next sad step.

[Resolute Conservative]

Yeah but now the harbor is blocked and the ship is listing.

[NFHale]

“...That ship sailed a long time ago. ...”

Yeah, round about the time a document was delivered to a certain mad monarch that started with the words:

“When In The Course Of Human Events, it becomes necessary to....”