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RE: (Re: Look before posting) (Re: Think before replying)


On a hot Thursday, the 24th day of August, 2006, Dave Korn's computer deigned to emit the following stream of bytes:

> On 24 August 2006 14:00, George wrote:
>
> > Off the top of my head the only other countries I can think of are
> > Singapore and Malaysia, Burma, Cyprus, Jamaica, The Countries Formerly
> > Known as Rhodesia, and Nigeria.  Kenya, I think gained independence
> > after 1947.  Britain also gave up rule of Palestine around that time
> > after the locals started blowing up their buildings.
>
> http://www.britishempire.co.uk/timeline/20century.htm
>
> 1962: Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, ... and Western Samoa
> 1964: ... Malta
> 1970: Fiji and Tonga
> 1973: Bahamas
> 1976: Seychelles
> 1978: Dominica
> 1979: Gilbert Islands/Kiribati

Are there really hippos in those countries?

> 1997: Hong Kong

There is probably one in the Hong Kong zoo...

OAU


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