Foreign Policy: Spanish Apolyton
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My concern was mostly about the form of "badmouthing" the CivFr, not about the merit.
Anyway, we can try just for the pure fan of it:
Anyway, we can try just for the pure fan of it:
Our Dear and Brave Zulu Friends,
[Blah blah blah]
We are concerned that the French are not loving sheep as much as they are trying to convince youAs you know, we Indians are vegetarians: we do not eat animals, because we believe that human souls are often wandering into animal bodies on their journeys between many existences and incarnations. We may not love the sheep the way you do
, but we will protect and honor them, and treat them the way we treat our holy cows. Especially that they would remind us of the good days in our friendship, before our relations suddenly soured and became turbulent
On the other hand, we were horrified to learn what the French routinely do with sheep, even with the babiesPlease choose a very hardened warriors to look at this and be well prepared mentally, as the content of this webpage is truly shocking to any animal lover:
http://www.finecooking.com/Recipes/French/Lamb/50134-50254.aspx
Because of this difficult to imagine cruelty the French show even to baby sheep, we considered it our duty to warn you once again, although we would completely understand if you decide not to heed this warning.
Your truly,
Indians
PS BTW, Elephants are also dangerous animals - not talking about their masters, who deliver them to you
2metraninja
Defender of Nabaxica
I just got this... You should have written in CAPS
ALLYOURSHEEPSAREBELONGTOUS!!!
ALLYOURSHEEPSAREBELONGTOUS!!! is good
We can send them this next turn when they will be eliminated.
It's not a mistake
SpAp says "sheeps" rather than the grammatically correct "sheep"
Also, one of the things that makes the AYBABTU line so iconic and hillarious is the presence of incorrect grammar.
So for those two reasons...ALLYOURSHEEPSAREBELONGTOUS is definitely the way to say it.
I didn't mean that you had a grammar mistake, but that in the original the predicate is in plural and the subject is not (i.e. an extra grammar mistake). But now that you point it out, I do remember that plural of the sheep is sheep 
So, yeah. No modifications required. The grammar is as bad as it gets.
So, yeah. No modifications required. The grammar is as bad as it gets.
2metraninja
Defender of Nabaxica
We got mail from Spaniards. Should we make them do something like make an oath to keep our interests from now on or something like this before they join our team? Should we ask Plako? What was the rule for refugees at all?
YossarianLives
Deity
Yes, let's please let them join with no conditions. I would love for the Spaniards to join our team. The rules state that any members from a dead team can join any other team they want.
That is just for personal reasons. These guys are really fun to play with! Strategically, we can get all sorts of info about what the other teams were saying to the Spaniards, RB and civfr especially
That is just for personal reasons. These guys are really fun to play with! Strategically, we can get all sorts of info about what the other teams were saying to the Spaniards, RB and civfr especially
RegentMan
Deity
Welcome them in with open arms.
2metraninja
Defender of Nabaxica
OK, sent them link with instructions how to request membership.
Yeah, I was about to ask if we repeated our invitation. I am only a bit worried about them reading SpAp thread - we have been a bit unkind at times
. Perhaps close it initially, why the emotions may be still raw?YossarianLives
Deity
Reading this thread is probably the main reason they want to join! I don't think there's any need to close it. Maybe just edit in a greeting message at the beginning welcoming them to our team and letting them know what a great time we have had playing the game with them. I'm sure they'll understand that they'll see angry posts and criticisms of their play in here. After all, it's our private team sub forum. This is the place where we're allowed to post like that.
I don't think much of what we said could be much more rude than this:Yeah, I was about to ask if we repeated our invitation. I am only a bit worried about them reading SpAp thread - we have been a bit unkind at times
So I say let them be welcome and if any has hurt feelings about past words, just let him say so and the two people can talk it over in private (or public if necessary/desired). We will be team mates with them now, so we should treat them so.
Wow, Moineau was really mean and rude
- have not seen that one, but he is definitely not a role model.Yeah, I think this kind of welcome/intro would be great. Wonderful idea, Yossa!
YossarianLives
Deity
What about this:
Welcome to our new companions! We are very happy and proud that you chose to join our team. We loved playing with you. You really are a very cool and fun group. We hope to have more chances to play together in the future
.
There were some moments when we said things about your team, especially when things got emotional after you declared war on our team, that may be unpleasant for you to read. We decided not to edit the thread, as it is a historical evidence how we felt at that time
2metraninja
Defender of Nabaxica
Good one, Maga - about the historical evidence of our current feelings at the time 
Good one, Maga - about the historical evidence of our current feelings at the time
Glad you liked it
But that what it is BTW, has any from the Spanish Poly decided to join us yet?
YossarianLives
Deity
My Spanish is a little rusty and I'm not sure I could capture all the intricacies of your revised message. That's why I kept it simple and to-the-point. However, I did edit in your version as the "English translation". Hopefully that will be good enough
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