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Scandinavian Poster
A large poster, showing the Scandinavian boys, on thick Gloss Art 170gsm paper.
Damn Kids
The temptation became too much. I had to draw it. England and his children.
It ended up looking like they’re in school, but they’re supposed to be at home doing homework. Yes, England is about to smack America in the back of the head.
Australia was a very naughty child, and England ended up sending him away, forcing him to learn to take care of himself. And it worked. Today Australia is a well adjusted man whom most people like.
America was a bit of a trouble maker too, but not as bad as Australia. Well, that was until he decided that he wanted to move out sooner than England would have liked.
Canada was adopted from France, and turned out to be one of the most polite and easy children England ever had under his care.
EDIT: Places like India and such weren’t so much England's children as his servants.
21st November 2009
1:28pm Sun 29th Apr #8315578
I like how Australia and America are both blonde, and the adopted child has brown hair instead.
I like how Australia and America are both blonde, and the adopted child has brown hair instead.
2:33pm Thu 26th Apr #8310919
Actually, the French colony of New France is what was invaded (as with Acadia) and taken by the British, and I'll point out that New France was basically only southern Quebec (northern Quebec being given from British territory later) and also included southern Ontario and large parts of what is now in the US. Canada then changed forms lots of times, but since then there have been anglo and franco Canadians (originally from French mind you) on both sides of the Ontario, Quebec border. That Ontario was also New France and has tones of francophones is usually ignored in separatist circles, along with how much of modern Quebec was given to the province by the British. Acadia eventually got divided up into the Maritimes and part of Maine in the USA, so really no different than New France and lots of people still speak French in all three provinces. Add in the French settlements / fur trade routes / Metis in the west (St Boniface anyone?) and the French coast in Newfoundland and pretty much the whole country has some French ancestry/connection. You just have to look at how many place and family names are French, even in anglo regions, to see that. That said, under the British, the colony of Canada, which was basically francophone refused the US offer to join their revolution so they can't have seen themselves as too bad off. As for Quebec being subservient to Canada after independence, that was fairly true if you also add in the Catholic church. (Though it is more true to say that all the rest of Canada was subservient to recently British aristocrats in Ontario. Trust me, even anglo maritimers got screwed, though most of us don't learn about it much, not to mention the west.) Of course, the dynamic has shifted since the quiet revolution, and now without the Catholic church to help beat them down, Quebecois are no worse off than the rest of Canada, and are actually over represented in both government and government spending, so not so subservient.
Actually, the French colony of New France is what was invaded (as with Acadia) and taken by the British, and I'll point out that New France was basically only southern Quebec (northern Quebec being given from British territory later) and also included southern Ontario and large parts of what is now in the US. Canada then changed forms lots of times, but since then there have been anglo and franco Canadians (originally from French mind you) on both sides of the Ontario, Quebec border. That Ontario was also New France and has tones of francophones is usually ignored in separatist circles, along with how much of modern Quebec was given to the province by the British. Acadia eventually got divided up into the Maritimes and part of Maine in the USA, so really no different than New France and lots of people still speak French in all three provinces. Add in the French settlements / fur trade routes / Metis in the west (St Boniface anyone?) and the French coast in Newfoundland and pretty much the whole country has some French ancestry/connection. You just have to look at how many place and family names are French, even in anglo regions, to see that. That said, under the British, the colony of Canada, which was basically francophone refused the US offer to join their revolution so they can't have seen themselves as too bad off. As for Quebec being subservient to Canada after independence, that was fairly true if you also add in the Catholic church. (Though it is more true to say that all the rest of Canada was subservient to recently British aristocrats in Ontario. Trust me, even anglo maritimers got screwed, though most of us don't learn about it much, not to mention the west.) Of course, the dynamic has shifted since the quiet revolution, and now without the Catholic church to help beat them down, Quebecois are no worse off than the rest of Canada, and are actually over represented in both government and government spending, so not so subservient.
3:25pm Fri 20th Apr #8301768
Actually Canada was not adopted from France. Quebec is the adopted child, who was forcefully taken when France got their ass kicked in the 7 Years War. Quebec and Canada (the Anglo parts of it rather), got on pretty well under father UK despite Quebecois revisionist history, and after independence Quebec became subservient to Canada.
Actually Canada was not adopted from France. Quebec is the adopted child, who was forcefully taken when France got their ass kicked in the 7 Years War. Quebec and Canada (the Anglo parts of it rather), got on pretty well under father UK despite Quebecois revisionist history, and after independence Quebec became subservient to Canada.
10:24pm Thu 12th Apr #8290602
>EDIT: Places like India and such weren’t so much England's children as his servants.
LOL
That is how most English would have viewed it, and how many Indians would have viewed it, but there is a number in India I am sure were offended by that suggestion, who regard themselves as full Englishmen at the time. Gandhi certainly did.
>EDIT: Places like India and such weren’t so much England's children as his servants.
LOL
That is how most English would have viewed it, and how many Indians would have viewed it, but there is a number in India I am sure were offended by that suggestion, who regard themselves as full Englishmen at the time. Gandhi certainly did.
6:15pm Thu 29th Mar #8267820
"We love the Queen. If she says 'Jump', us Canadians just smile and say 'How high?'"
"You're kidding, right?"
Scott Pilgrim and Ramona Flowers, respectively, in a Scott Pilgrim bonus comic.
"We love the Queen. If she says 'Jump', us Canadians just smile and say 'How high?'"
"You're kidding, right?"
Scott Pilgrim and Ramona Flowers, respectively, in a Scott Pilgrim bonus comic.
3:30pm Tue 27th Mar #8263500
what do you expect?, england colonised australia with the criminals who could not fit in the prisons.
of course we were going to be naughty.
what do you expect?, england colonised australia with the criminals who could not fit in the prisons.
of course we were going to be naughty.
1:40pm Sun 25th Mar #8260055
New Zealand isn't unknown! You are the guys who made the hobbit movies right?
xD
New Zealand isn't unknown! You are the guys who made the hobbit movies right?
xD
9:55pm Sat 17th Mar #8246756
what about New Zealand? WHY ARE WE SO UNKNOWN?? WE SPLIT THE ATOMS FOR GODS SAKE!!!
what about New Zealand? WHY ARE WE SO UNKNOWN?? WE SPLIT THE ATOMS FOR GODS SAKE!!!
2:30pm Fri 16th Mar #8244402
@maggiekk naw Hong Kong was just a foreign exchange student who stayed for a very long time
@maggiekk naw Hong Kong was just a foreign exchange student who stayed for a very long time
7:39pm Tue 13th Mar #8239898
We listen to England! We're even still a part of the commonwealth and listen to most of what they say!
Mew, we don't really rebel. These days, England and Australia are more like cousins, where we have grudge matches over sports and help each other out in times of need, there was talk of becoming a republic but that never really went anywhere.
We listen to England! We're even still a part of the commonwealth and listen to most of what they say!
Mew, we don't really rebel. These days, England and Australia are more like cousins, where we have grudge matches over sports and help each other out in times of need, there was talk of becoming a republic but that never really went anywhere.
8:45pm Wed 7th Mar #8224448
Why aren't England's brothers around his family more often? Since Scotland, Wales, and N. Ireland are all part of the UK, I'd think they'd be in the house too. I'd think of Scotland as the uncle whom influences America and Australia to rebel, and be so rowdy!
Why aren't England's brothers around his family more often? Since Scotland, Wales, and N. Ireland are all part of the UK, I'd think they'd be in the house too. I'd think of Scotland as the uncle whom influences America and Australia to rebel, and be so rowdy!
12:22am Sun 19th Feb #8166943
well, there's also this microscopic child called Hong Kong... the last of England's significant adopted children
well, there's also this microscopic child called Hong Kong... the last of England's significant adopted children
9:59pm Sat 18th Feb #8166899
Australia didn't get an education because its just a bunch of convicts that England shipped to the other side of the world to get rid of
Australia didn't get an education because its just a bunch of convicts that England shipped to the other side of the world to get rid of
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@swedishGirls97 i thing this is after France gave England Canada