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To: NRx

Bloody Brits. They never DID learn how to drive on the correct side of the road.


2 posted on 03/31/2020 6:37:29 PM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: John Milner
Originally, we drove as the Brits did, until Conestoga wagon came along and put the driver on the 'wrong side'.

Incidentally, Conestoga wagon is why we call cigars stogies.

5 posted on 03/31/2020 6:48:23 PM PDT by deadrock (Speak in haste, repent at leisure.)
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To: John Milner
Bloody Brits. They never DID learn how to drive on the correct side of the road.

The English language has two words that mean the opposite of "right".

10 posted on 03/31/2020 11:00:54 PM PDT by CurlyDave
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