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May 15, 2006

London: Signs of Civilizational Decline

By Dr. Rusty Shackleford from London

The neighborhood we are staying in shows the inevetable decline of Western civilization.

Half the signs are in Arabic. Most of the restaraunts and cafes promise 'halal'--which is the Muslim equivalent of kosher.

Pretty much every one I've met in the shops speak with an accent--and not a British one.

But the key sign that British civilization is in decline?

No Mountain Dew. Anywhere.

Is it any wonder the Empire collapsed?

Posted by: Rusty at 01:38 AM | Comments (9) | Add Comment
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1 Homer: (licking fingers) "Now, what do you have to wash that awful taste out of my mouth?"

Vendor: "Mountain dew... or crab juice."

Homer: "Eeew, oh, jeez! I'll take a Crab Juice."

Posted by: Evil Otto at May 15, 2006 05:13 AM (fcCt3)

2 Dr. Pepper is another (canary in the mine) indicator. I was on a ship calling Middle East ports. It was no problem getting cases of Coke and other sodas, but a case of Dr. Pepper: $27 for 24 cans. That was back in '95.

Let's see the muslims rid the uk of porn. If they can manage that then we are all finished!

Posted by: Fred Fry at May 15, 2006 05:23 AM (JXdhy)

3 reminds me of a trip to no Indiana I took. went to visti pop and tried to order soda. RC nope, Mountian dew nope. Dr Pepper nope. Far northerners have advanced since then. I was shocked I never knew those were "southern sodas".

Posted by: Howie at May 15, 2006 07:55 AM (D3+20)

4 Mountain Dew???? Somebody actually drinks that stuff????

Posted by: hondo at May 15, 2006 09:11 AM (SeBrl)

5 I have seen Rusty drink them with my own eyes. It is...disturbing.

Posted by: Bill Dautrive at May 15, 2006 10:35 AM (G95Uf)

6
>>I was shocked I never knew those were "southern sodas".

Um. They're not and never were. I grew up in Michigan and we had all those in the 70's. Of course, there is no soda in Michigan. Only "pop".

Indiana, however, has only recently discovered fire and the wheel, so it's not surprising you had difficulty finding a variety of beverages.

Posted by: Joe at May 15, 2006 02:17 PM (5Taf2)

7 Just remembered a picture of me raiding the Dr. Pepper as a little tot, would have been in '66 or '67. So we had it in MI at least that far back.

Posted by: Joe at May 15, 2006 02:23 PM (5Taf2)

8 And crinimals have the free run of england and can commit any crime without fear of punishment and the british parlament are all a bunch of wussies and sissies

Posted by: sandpiper at May 17, 2006 07:24 AM (oCdmx)

9 When I go to London, I look for just those areas--because they are the only ones with decent food. British food is the reason they had to get an empire--to escape home cooking.

However, the beer is excellent.

Posted by: jd at May 17, 2006 11:10 AM (aqTJB)

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