Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Is Cyprus Europe or Asia
Date: May 17, 2001 @ 09:55
Author: Brendan Whyte ("Brendan Whyte" <brwhyte@...>)
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>And for Cyprus: Why not split it in three? The Greek part is
>European, the Turkish part Asian, and the UK bases just plain UK.
>After all, they call us "the continent", so I guess they consider
>themselves a separate one... ;-)

That's British irony. Something to do with the habits of Britain's
'continental' neighbours of urinating in the street and therefore being
"in-continent". <g>
BW
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