Re: I've seen things you people wouldn't believe...

In article <l0su141viejb5o7qf264kg3bqnoikr8fcf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 "David V. Loewe, Jr" <daveloewe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> On Mon, 5 May 2008 13:18:01 -0700 (PDT), cryptoguy
> <treifamily@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> >On May 3, 3:13 pm, "Keith F. Lynch" <k...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> Paul Dormer <p...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> >> > The BBC do occasionally buy in quality shows from Europe.
> >>
> >> In the UK, the UK isn't considered part of Europe?
> >
> >Depends who you ask, but not always. There's a famous
> >headline from the early 20th century, reading "Fog
> >blankets Channel: Continent cut off.'
> >
> >If you're standing on Britain, it's easy to think of all
> >the countries the other side of the channel as a
> >separate collective - 'the Continent', or just 'Europe'.
> >
> >From 3000 more miles away, that distinction looks
> >silly.
> 
> Especially considering I have fairly recently seen people opine that
> Iceland is a part of Europe.

A majority of the area of Iceland is part of Europe. A majority of the 
population live in America.

Geologically speaking.

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