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| Adnan_le_Terrible |
Posted - 02/24/2004 : 08:07:25
I don't know if the other French members will agree with me on this one, but I think that the hostility between the French and the Americans is exagerated. I have an American friend who was afraid to come over here, to Paris, because he thought someone could do him harm if he starts speaking in English.
I have to reassure you : nobody gets killed here because he's American. Of course, provocation and hostility exist, but not more than if you were, say, a Jew or an Arab or Black or Chinese.
However, most of people hate George W, regardless of whether they have left or right wing opinions. They believe that the Democrats would have a more pro-French policy.
However, one thing that is really annoying is the fact that often Americans who come over here show very little interest in our culture. In my university, we have about 40% of foreign students, and the Americans (mainly from Wisconsin, Texas and Boston, though I must say people from Boston are usually different) tend to stick together and never learn French, unlike the Swedes, the Chinese, or the Germans. I think that the French people are very sensitive to that : they have always been fascinated by America (read Aléxis de Tocqueville who predicted American superpower 3 centuries ago), and they would like to see a little interest in their own culture. When an American shows some interest in our culture (like Frank Black for instance) then he rapidly becomes very popular in France. I guess that it's about latin culture : people over here like receiving compliments.
Anyway, I hope Kerry wins the elections - I have more right wing political opinions but I really think Bush administration is using some tools that remind me of a dictatorship.
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 03/16/2004 : 15:36:47
Yeah I posted pretty much the same opinion earlier in this thread.
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| American_born |
Posted - 03/16/2004 : 02:54:41
I dont know if uve been to Australia but i have and i think that it is the most beautiful country in the world and it has the nicest people and they are soooooooo friendly, i live in USA but i went there for the summer and it was sooo hot and the animals are cool.........also the ppl are mighty fun!! yum yum |
| Adnan_le_Terrible |
Posted - 03/10/2004 : 00:40:56
Well, Paris is an island in many ways. It is surrounded by some dangerous oceans like Seine-St-Denis and or Trappes. It's not exactly an island in the sun, though.
Have some wine, please, don't run away. |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 03/09/2004 : 14:31:22
No........no it is not my friend. Now go...............be gone and play amongst the waves and the golden sands of Kiribati.
It......is..............................your DESTINY!!!
Hansel and Gretel have formed a band, .....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Breadcrumbs!!! |
| jujube |
Posted - 03/09/2004 : 14:15:05
Sorry, I just love Kiribati too much. There's no way I'm changing my profile. Let's have a dream, fellows. Let's pretend. Let me dream I live on Kiribati. Please! Please! I want to live in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! Is it too much asking ? |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 03/09/2004 : 14:05:29
But that's just it, he isn't an islander. He lives in Paris. It's all a big mistake!!! 
Hansel and Gretel have formed a band, .....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Breadcrumbs!!! |
| BLT |
Posted - 03/09/2004 : 13:55:03
Welcome to Jujube, a fellow islander. I live on an island. The South Sandwich Islands, to be exact. It's so cold that the timberline is below sea level. |
| remig |
Posted - 03/09/2004 : 12:30:32
hey, don't start a love affair with Jujube, he's a transvestite...
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 03/09/2004 : 10:36:18
You should be able to change that on your profile jujube. If you want to that is.
Hansel and Gretel have formed a band, .....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Breadcrumbs!!! |
| benji |
Posted - 03/09/2004 : 01:36:51
Kiribati is an island - well actually a few i'd say, in the Pacific Ocean.
i think it's pretty much dead on the equator.
probly a nice place for a holiday.
 "I joined the Cult of Frank / I think that man deserves a DB!" |
| jujube |
Posted - 03/09/2004 : 01:32:52
Well, Kiribati sounds cool, don't you think ? I like it better than Paris, France, which is where I actually live, if you really want to know. |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 03/08/2004 : 15:55:49
Then why is it the place name, above your number of posts? Like mine says United Kingdom. I know where that is 'cos I live there. 
Hansel and Gretel have formed a band, .....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Breadcrumbs!!! |
| jujube |
Posted - 03/08/2004 : 14:50:08
I have no idea, my friend. |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 03/08/2004 : 14:20:34
Hey Jujube, where is Kiribati? I't not in my atlas.
Hansel and Gretel have formed a band, .....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Breadcrumbs!!! |
| jujube |
Posted - 03/08/2004 : 10:38:16
I hate it when english-speaking tourists come up to you asking for direction or other and speak english right away, assuming you'll speak their language. That's really annoying and so gross. I mean, can't you just at least ask "do you speak english?" before ? Or can't you learn three french words ? Like : "Excusez-moi, parlez-vous anglais ?" See ? Is that too much ? Is that too hard ? God. I tell you.
Apart from that, I love everybody. |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 03/04/2004 : 09:59:54
quote:
Originally posted by benji
quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
I can see why you might want to return. Enjoy the rest of your time here anyway.
you not trying to get rid of me are you homer?
might have to come up there and give you 'da bash!
..
"I joined the Cult of Frank / I think that man deserves a DB!"
Please don't hit me Benji!!!
OW!!! 
Hansel and Gretel have formed a band, .....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Breadcrumbs!!! |
| Stuart |
Posted - 03/04/2004 : 07:16:23
It was a later than that over here, more like 7ish in the evening, perfect time for drinking so I was lucky in that respect. Thats great news, I'll have to get someone to bring that over for me.... in fact my mate will be in the UK at the time and will returning to China a few days after 22nd.
I cannot see the Irish, or the taffs giving us too much of a hard time, but the French I think are the ones to potentially cause an upset if they don't blow it. It would be great to see us get the slam again as it will shut all those anti English people who say that we only win because of Wilkinson. I think we are in a good position to get the grand slam again, if we can get it right against the French.
Who's the man that won't cop out when there's danger all about? |
| benji |
Posted - 03/04/2004 : 06:22:52
sounds like a good day Stuart.
nothing like being pissed off your tree by 8am!
but they have released a dvd of the game, so it shouldn't be tricky to get your hands on it.
...well actually it's being released in 3 weeks..
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00016KS6O/ref=sr_aps_dvd_1_2/202-9240668-9265407
i'm just waiting for either the irish, welsh or french to beat your pommy behinds in the next few weeks....
"I joined the Cult of Frank / I think that man deserves a DB!" |
| Stuart |
Posted - 03/04/2004 : 06:11:05
I need to get my hands on a dvd copy of the game, as I was way too pissed to remember. The tension before the game was too much being England / Australia, and to be honest I thought that the convicts were gonna do us at the final hurdle. The great thing was though, I had a bet with my Aussie mate (who is a 40 year old guy from Perth) that whoevers team lost then they would have to get up on a table in front of the whole pub, drop their kecks and do a chicken dance for 30 seconds. I would say that I was the lucky one, but out of sympathy for my mate, I joined him on the table and was promptly dragged out of the bar by the bouncers. Still a great day, one that I'll never forget once Ive got my hands on that DVD.
Who's the man that won't cop out when there's danger all about? |
| benji |
Posted - 03/03/2004 : 06:41:11
quote:
Originally posted by Stuart
Here Here! Though it would have been good to meet the Kiwis in the world cup just so that we beat all of the best before lifting the trophy. It was an injustice that we had to play the Aussies in the final (although so much more sweeter when we beat them yet again.... due to the rivalry) as NZ are a much better team and would have been the final I would have liked to have seen.
i soo much want to agree with you stuart, but NZ just didn't deserve to play in the final.
we could not cope with the pressure when it counted, and the aussies just totally out thought us and out played us when it mattered.
australian (and english) rugby teams just seem to have a mentality that we kiwis just cannot quite get when it comes down to the crunch games.
if we had made the final and the conditions had been the same, you english would have won much easier than you beat australia by.
if it had been a bright and sunny day with no wind, we probly would have beaten ya....
but it was a superb final, and it was soo enjoyable not really caring about who actually won.
"I joined the Cult of Frank / I think that man deserves a DB!" |
| benji |
Posted - 03/03/2004 : 06:36:22
quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
I can see why you might want to return. Enjoy the rest of your time here anyway.
you not trying to get rid of me are you homer?
might have to come up there and give you 'da bash!
..
"I joined the Cult of Frank / I think that man deserves a DB!" |
| Stuart |
Posted - 03/03/2004 : 06:21:39
quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
Ahem!! England play the best rugby (Union) in that they win more than anyone else, so that's gotta be good!!!
Hansel and Gretel have formed a band, .....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Breadcrumbs!!!
Here Here! Though it would have been good to meet the Kiwis in the world cup just so that we beat all of the best before lifting the trophy. It was an injustice that we had to play the Aussies in the final (although so much more sweeter when we beat them yet again.... due to the rivalry) as NZ are a much better team and would have been the final I would have liked to have seen.
Talk about Aussie / NZ rivalry, what about the English / French (after they killed our Princess, boycotted our beef, and supplied the Argies with stinger missiles during the Falklands War ), or English / Welsh. I'm from Bristol so I live a stones throw from the taffs. I heard the English / Scottish rivalry can get quite heated as well, but in all honesty pretty much every Scot Ive met have been great people.
Who's the man that won't cop out when there's danger all about? |
| Adnan_le_Terrible |
Posted - 03/02/2004 : 14:25:17
quote:
Originally posted by Mad Dawg
I don't eat at French places because the servings aren't big enough. I had a bad experience with this hot looking french chick once. Got the clothes off and there was hair EVERYWHERE! Lots of frogs smell bad. I hate french accents.
Have you ALREADY spoken to a woman, Mad Dawg?
Have some wine, please, don't run away. |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 03/02/2004 : 11:16:00
quote:
Originally posted by benji
quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
I love cows!!!
Why are you here Benji??? In England I mean!!!
hey homer..
i love cows too.
they are my favourite animal - just ahead of ducks.
i think growing up on a diary farm is to blame.
actually, i didn't know there were other colours of ducks apart from the white peking ones until i was 9 years old cause we had hundreds on our farm and they were all white.....
yes, i was sheltered.
I am in the UK to do my OE.
Finished my MSc, got married and decided we'd try our luck over here.
we'll go home in a couple of years cause i would never be able to settle down in England....
NZ all the way!
"I joined the Cult of Frank / I think that man deserves a DB!"
I can see why you might want to return. Enjoy the rest of your time here anyway.
Hansel and Gretel have formed a band, .....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Breadcrumbs!!! |
| Mad Dawg |
Posted - 03/01/2004 : 09:18:22
I don't eat at French places because the servings aren't big enough. I had a bad experience with this hot looking french chick once. Got the clothes off and there was hair EVERYWHERE! Lots of frogs smell bad. I hate french accents. |
| benji |
Posted - 03/01/2004 : 02:30:28
quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
I love cows!!!
Why are you here Benji??? In England I mean!!!
hey homer..
i love cows too.
they are my favourite animal - just ahead of ducks.
i think growing up on a diary farm is to blame.
actually, i didn't know there were other colours of ducks apart from the white peking ones until i was 9 years old cause we had hundreds on our farm and they were all white.....
yes, i was sheltered.
I am in the UK to do my OE.
Finished my MSc, got married and decided we'd try our luck over here.
we'll go home in a couple of years cause i would never be able to settle down in England....
NZ all the way!
"I joined the Cult of Frank / I think that man deserves a DB!" |
| Newo |
Posted - 02/28/2004 : 10:03:51
A lot of Spanish people tell me they feel Spaniards and Irish are quite alike.
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"You one of those right-wing nut outfits?" inquired the diplomatic Metzger.
Fallopian twinkled. "They accuse us of being paranoids."
"They?" inquired Metzger, twinkling also.
"Us?" asked Oedipa.
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| astrology |
Posted - 02/28/2004 : 04:49:35
as spaniard i would have to hate french because they invaded spain long timeago but i known that eve Goya,one ofthe best spanish painters (aragones as I am) had to run away because he was accused of being "afrancesado" (French-friend) as many liberal people were by the most reactionary and obscurantist people did, English are also simpathetic to me as the ones I've met were very kind,the most british land i have been is gibraltar, notwithstanding he have there a conflict, tobacco is cheaper and also gas is so why not letting them stay in the Rock. Americans I've met in my life (note my father worked for the US forces in spain) were very nice, they were all Us soldiers but all they loved spain and desired to stay after retirement.
Frech do not forget rickenbaker as americans do not forget Lafayette,we in spain remember wellinton and hemingway as well as Nelson, I like better to findlinks amongo countries,as like I love deep differences, I have chauvinism
now I love Portugal,people are very nice,I lived in Galicia, that is half Spain half Portugal there are things that are quite the same but there are more than are very different,we have been their foe for centuries,but we have a almost parallel history.
The Iberian Peninsula is a crossroad betweeen europe and africa,and we have layer over layer on mmany cultures,greeks,phoenician, romans,german and slav goths, arabs, and more than 40million people come to spain every year,japanese are very fond of spanish culture and Flamenco singing an dancing are very popular in japan.
The greatest torero in Spain was John Fulton,i never saw him bullfight but he was in my house once with Robert Vavra, they wrote wonderful books about Sevilla and bullfighting,he was the greatest because no "traje de luces"(bullfighter oufit) was fit for him asbig as he was. When he died not so long ago his coffin was given "la vuelta al ruedo" in la Maestranza "the bullring of Sevilla" by many aficionados to honour his love for Spain Sevilla and bullfighting. World is a wonderfulplacew and there are many places i'd like to visit and even live in.
There aremore things thatlink us than those that make us different, but I love the differences also.
And also in Spanish we have spanish tortilla ( omelette made with potatoes and even onions) and french tortilla (eggs only) the barras americanas (american Bars) are full of very kind girls and even travestites that make our truckers lifes less difficult,and English week is to work from monday to friday, a "french" may be a fellatio a "Greek" anal sex and so on....
true blue
exilee in Porto
Portugal |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 02/28/2004 : 02:10:03
quote:
Originally posted by benji
i wasn't quoting you - 'stupid bloody foreigner' is just a term a German friend of mine coined for herself when she lived in NZ for a year.
i apologize for any offense caused homer.
and homer, it's actually pretty damn cheap to go to NZ because you'll be spending pounds...everything will be dirt cheap for ya.
this talk of home is making me all homesick....damn england and its shit weather....well actually NZ has just had it's most devastating floods in a century, so thats not really a fair statement.
i'll just reinforce NZ's image by posting this picture of a cow being airlifted out of a flooded cowshed cause i feel sorry for the poor mooloo.
"I joined the Cult of Frank / I think that man deserves a DB!"
I love cows!!!
Why are you here Benji??? In England I mean!!!
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| ivandivel |
Posted - 02/27/2004 : 02:04:11
quote:
Originally posted by cvanepps
Scene from Better Off Dead:
"For dinner we have Fronch Fries, Fronch bread, Fronch dressing, and Peru!!" (holding bottle of Perrier water)
Another great line from that flick: "Gee, Ricky, I'm really sorry your mother blew up."
-= It's not easy to kidnap a fat man =-
http://christophervanepps.iuma.com
i cant believe it! the first person i've seen that quoted this bizarre and quite accurate description of america. it's a shitty and brilliant movie. |
| benji |
Posted - 02/27/2004 : 01:41:49
i wasn't quoting you - 'stupid bloody foreigner' is just a term a German friend of mine coined for herself when she lived in NZ for a year.
i apologize for any offense caused homer.
and homer, it's actually pretty damn cheap to go to NZ because you'll be spending pounds...everything will be dirt cheap for ya.
this talk of home is making me all homesick....damn england and its shit weather....well actually NZ has just had it's most devastating floods in a century, so thats not really a fair statement.
i'll just reinforce NZ's image by posting this picture of a cow being airlifted out of a flooded cowshed cause i feel sorry for the poor mooloo.
"I joined the Cult of Frank / I think that man deserves a DB!" |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 02/26/2004 : 14:48:04
quote:
Originally posted by benji
quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
Bloody southerners!!!
To be fair, London is full of foreigners, especially Australians, so if you are slagging off London then you are probably slagging off people from other countries just as much. I actually really like London (going for my birthday next month) because it is so cosmopolitan.
You wanna know who the nicest and coolest people in the whole world are??? Australians. That might be a strange thing for an Englishman to say but I lived there for a year and I found the people there to be the best people to be around. They are, on the whole, absolutely fantastic people!!! Love 'em to bits!!!
i am one such 'stupid bloody foreigner'
"I joined the Cult of Frank / I think that man deserves a DB!"
Erm who do you think you are quoting there???
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 02/26/2004 : 14:44:23
Ahem!! England play the best rugby (Union) in that they win more than anyone else, so that's gotta be good!!!
I wanna go to New Zealand 'cos I have relatives there and the place just looks so beautiful. It also has the added attraction of The Lord Of The Rings scenery too. I would love to visit some of the places that appear in the film (like the towers - ). I imagine the locals would be really nice people too!!!
Not gonna be cheap though!!! 
Hansel and Gretel have formed a band, .....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Breadcrumbs!!! |
| offerw |
Posted - 02/26/2004 : 10:14:24
Hmmmm, friends living in Melbourne told me that The lord of the rings was shot in New Zealand because it saved the producers so much money. The thousands of locals used as extras didn't need any make-up, they all are THAT ugly.
Well, it is a nasty little joke. I like the Kiwis more than the Aussies because the Aussies are sometimes very arrogant about their sporting achievements. The Kiwis play the best rugby and they are never snotty about it. |
| benji |
Posted - 02/26/2004 : 06:12:12
quote:
Originally posted by jediroller
quote:
Originally posted by benji
maybe it's just that i have a natural aversion being a kiwi...who knows.
I went to New Zealand for the first time a month ago... and the rivalry between Kiwis and Australians is really a funny thing to behold. I won't detail the weekly incidents that made the NZ press fume, as it's very off-topic... I'll just mention that my South African friends, who've been living in NZ for a year now, have already learned not to say "Aussie" but "wanker" (all this being, of course, in jest, but still...).
all i can say is i'm glad your friends are such quick leaners!
yes, we do greatly enjoy taking the micky out of each other.
afterall, we're pretty much all alone over there on the underbelly of the earth.
but yes, sorry for the non-topic-off-topicness
"I joined the Cult of Frank / I think that man deserves a DB!" |
