"Probably the 3rd most important capital"

Katharine · Post by **Katharine** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 11:19 pm

Just heard someone on Radio 4 talking about elections for the Mayor of London. He said that London was probably the third most important capital in the world. What is the second?

We came up with probably Moscow or Beijing, but which? Do you have other ideas?

sejintenej · Post by **sejintenej** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 11:40 pm

Important capitals in no particular order:

Beijing - most populous country, future major economic power

Washington; currently most powerful country and the most willing to enforce its will by violence and economic blackmail like the attack on the international banking system in today's papers

Moscow: one of the largest countries in the world, probably still powerful, nuclear and with control tendencies

Brussels - capital of the most populous economic power at present

City of London: major financial centre

New Delhi - populous nation, growing economic power

Yes - I have missed out several - Djakarta (population); Jeddah (oil power); Tokyo (still an economic power); Abuja - (most populous nation in Africa, possibly most corrupt nation); Canberra - because "she" thinks they are important

(oh, and they are big and the south has some spectacularly big barbies)

In setting an order of importance the station has to be diplomatic, not saying which he/she thinks are the first two. If pressed I suspect he/she would diplomatically name Washington (grovel at TB's feet) and Brussels (grovel at Mandelson's feet).

just my two eurocents worth - ie too small to be worth anything

Interesting; there are two Londons and the London of which the Lord Mayor is the boss is the 11th largest economy in the world (or bigger) despite being about one square mile. The other London squanders what the City earns.
The radio person doesn't say which London he/she is referring to - diplomatically again!

cj · Post by cj » Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:46 am

I think A might be the third most important capital.

http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question4518.html

blondie95 · Post by **blondie95** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:49 pm

I think either Bejjing or Tokyo! mainly beacuse everyone is going on about the need to speak chinese or japanese and that seems to be where lots of my firends companies have offices as well!

loringa · Post by **loringa** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:52 pm

Katharine wrote:Just heard someone on Radio 4 talking about elections for the Mayor of London. He said that London was probably the third most important capital in the world. What is the second?

Washington of course.

blondie95 · Post by **blondie95** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:53 pm

Katharine wrote:Just heard someone on Radio 4 talking about elections for the Mayor of London. He said that London was probably the third most important capital in the world. What is the second?

if london 3rd, washington 2nd whats first????

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:33 pm

blondie95 wrote:
Katharine wrote:Just heard someone on Radio 4 talking about elections for the Mayor of London. He said that London was probably the third most important capital in the world. What is the second?
if london 3rd, washington 2nd whats first????

Probably Beijing. (A bit worrying, really !)

blondie95 · Post by **blondie95** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:04 pm

hmmm i think all three are a bit worrying

marty · Post by **marty** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:22 pm

Most important in terms of what? Politicians are so vague...

BTaylor · Post by **BTaylor** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:48 pm

I vote for Truro.

Pasties are evidently the most important foodstuff ever invented by man.

marty · Post by **marty** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:54 pm

BTaylor wrote:I vote for Truro.

Pasties are evidently the most important foodstuff ever invented by man.

Agreed! As someone who was born in Treliske Hospital I couldn't have said it better myself!

midget · Post by **midget** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:03 pm

marty wrote:
BTaylor wrote:I vote for Truro.

Pasties are evidently the most important foodstuff ever invented by man.
Agreed! As someone who was born in Treliske Hospital I couldn't have said it better myself!

You must be one of the few who got out alive--a friend was taken ill on holiday in Cornwall, and insisted on being brought back to Barnstaple rather than go to Treliske

cj · Post by cj » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:42 pm

BTaylor wrote:Pasties are evidently the most important foodstuff ever invented by man.

Yuck!

Even though I live in the West Country I hate the darned things. Even the smell makes me want to chunder.

sejintenej · Post by **sejintenej** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:15 pm

cj wrote:
BTaylor wrote:Pasties are evidently the most important foodstuff ever invented by man.
Yuck!

Even though I live in the West Country I hate the darned things. Even the smell makes me want to chunder.

I agree that the commercial ones vary between terrible to atrocious. They seem to use mechanical meat, all soft and slimy and overcooked veg.

However, get one with a decent bit of skirt, potato, swede (or is it turnip) etc. properly prepared in the old Cornish manner by a Cornishwoman who knows what she's doing and it's bliss except....
the last one I had looked normal size but it was so filling I couldn't finish it!

I can get the contents just about right with none of that commercial slime but I still can't get the fold in the top right; mine come out all sorts of shapes!

marty · Post by **marty** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:27 pm

sejintenej wrote:I still can't get the fold in the top right; mine come out all sorts of shapes!

By St Piran! Are you from Devon? Everyone knows the fold goes on the side!

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