France Rude and Boring
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fat_boy wrote:
our French colleagues started playing cards.
Seems like you had the "wrong" ones ... When are you guys going to ski again ? ~RaGE();
Not with these guys, the US head office pulled the plug on us and we all got licencie economique. It was quite a fun hotel too, in Montgenevre, it was a cheap place on the main road. The bar had a cow theme going, cups, toys etc all over the place. Nunc est bibendum
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"The French have been voted the world's most unfriendly nation by a landslide in a new British poll published. They were also voted the most boring and most ungenerous." link[^] The US was voted as having the worst style and food. While I agree that France is rude and boring (something that is self-evident to any reasonable and mature person) and that the US lacks style, I think I disagree with the food part. Overall typical and popular restaurants like Applebee's, Chile's and The Olive Garden suck, but there are some pretty awesome restaurants as well.
you mean reasonably deluded with mature disfunctions?
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KrIstOfK wrote:
Worst food goes to Britain itself i think (but that's something they will not say off course).
Yeah, I was kind of thinking the same thing. I mean...boiled meat? Come on!
espeir wrote:
I mean...boiled meat? Come on!
I don't think that in all my 35.95 years I've eaten boiled meat (in the sense of meat boiled on its own) more than a handful of times, and that would have been some sort of salted pork boiled to get the salt out. Boiled meat is hardly a British obsession!
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My god! Whatever will we have next. :doh:
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No shit, ever seen a french group at a bar? All sullen faces discussing politics. I went skiing with my colleagues (some French, some Irish and US). While we (the Irish and American and I) were at the bar making coctails for everyone, getting drunk and dancing, our French colleagues started playing cards. Says it all. As for rude, on the road yes, they are however very polite face to face. Even if a shaven headed, shell suit wearing spack-head 16 year old bumps into you on the street he will apologise! You wont get that in the UK! Nunc est bibendum
fat_boy wrote:
All sullen faces discussing politics
And sport!
fat_boy wrote:
our French colleagues started playing cards
Your french colleagues are not alcoholic? What a shame... ;-P Just a question,
fat_boy wrote:
"the Irish and American and I"
, what language were you speaking?
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digital man wrote:
But, alas, you are corect: hung by my own petard.
Getting closer. The expression is "hoist" on my own petard. It is from Shakespeare's Hamlet of course, as someone of your nationality should know. A petard is an explosive device. Accordingly, one cannot be hung by it. You can, however, blow yourself up with it, which is what "hoist" means in this context. John Carson "To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason is like administering medicine to the dead." Thomas Paine
Is it dark up there? With your head up your arse? You are being far too anal. Still, if the underpants fit... Also: a petard was a 19th Century animal trap, consisting of a rope and a bent branch that caught the desired beast by one leg as it stepped into a loop in the rope and pulled it up into the air. Petard[^] You need a holiday: either a) you're taking all of this far too seriously or b) you are a complete wanker. I hope it's the former. home
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American cuisine generally sucks (with some very notable exceptions like cajun and creole...which is derived from french cuisine), but America has some excellent restaurants with an international influence.
espeir wrote:
merican cuisine generally sucks (with some very notable exceptions like cajun and creole..
You really need to take a little trip to Texas and taste some pit BBQ and real chili and huevos rancheros etc.. We have some little mom and pop reaturants that are fantastic. I lived in Thailand for 8 months long ago and yet the best Thai food I have ever had is from a little resturant in Dallas that is hidden between a plant store and a wholesale wine vendor - with parking for about 4 cars in front. I am not fond of most French foods but that is personal - my wife makes up for my dereliction by being overly fond of it so I will not comment on the availability of fine French in Dallas but we do have fantastic Greek , Indian, Thai, and Vietnamese resturants. And BTW Just what is wrong with a good old hamburger ( Not McD's or any of that ilk - I mean a good burger like at Ruby Tuesdays or home cooked ) Richard Suppose you were an idiot... And suppose you were a member of Congress... But I repeat myself. --Mark Twain
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Oh my God, in fact they do[^]! :wtf: It must be because of their S&M tendencies... :~
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Or failing that, you could at least talk at word rate physically possible to follow. Doyounothavegapsorpunctuationinyourlanguage?!
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espeir wrote:
merican cuisine generally sucks (with some very notable exceptions like cajun and creole..
You really need to take a little trip to Texas and taste some pit BBQ and real chili and huevos rancheros etc.. We have some little mom and pop reaturants that are fantastic. I lived in Thailand for 8 months long ago and yet the best Thai food I have ever had is from a little resturant in Dallas that is hidden between a plant store and a wholesale wine vendor - with parking for about 4 cars in front. I am not fond of most French foods but that is personal - my wife makes up for my dereliction by being overly fond of it so I will not comment on the availability of fine French in Dallas but we do have fantastic Greek , Indian, Thai, and Vietnamese resturants. And BTW Just what is wrong with a good old hamburger ( Not McD's or any of that ilk - I mean a good burger like at Ruby Tuesdays or home cooked ) Richard Suppose you were an idiot... And suppose you were a member of Congress... But I repeat myself. --Mark Twain
I'm not allowed to eat BBQ because my wife hates it therefore I must also hate it. I don't mean that food in America sucks, just that genuinely American food (the unimported stuff) just isn't that great. There's nothing wrong with a hamburger, but it's just kind of simple when compared to gumbo. Mmmmmmm...Gumbo.
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espeir wrote:
I think I disagree with the food part.
I do, too. The British have the worst food. But the US food isn't really great, I think.
espeir wrote:
While I agree that France is rude and boring (something that is self-evident to any reasonable and mature person)
:) Well the most French people are very polite - and if they insult you, it still sounds polite, like their cusses - Merde! :-D Ingo ------------------------------ PROST Roleplaying Game War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who's left.
ihoecken wrote:
The British have the worst food
That's rich, coming from a German. My Kraut relatives eat nearly as badly as my chavvy ones. Your beer's nearly as good as the Belgians though :P Ryan
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espeir wrote:
While I agree that France is rude and boring (something that is self-evident to any reasonable and mature person
French people are rude ? f**k off! ;P :rolleyes: Seriously, the only thing that is self-evident is that such predjudiced statements simply do not make sense. What is like an "unfriendly nation" ? Putting such labels on whole groups or nation is rather dangerous, it is the kind of stuff that leads a bunch of people to concentration camps, every now and then in the History. ~RaGE();
i have a survey to suggest... what about voting for this topic :
what do you think of espeir ?
idiot o o o o o rude
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Or failing that, you could at least talk at word rate physically possible to follow. Doyounothavegapsorpunctuationinyourlanguage?!
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ihoecken wrote:
The British have the worst food
That's rich, coming from a German. My Kraut relatives eat nearly as badly as my chavvy ones. Your beer's nearly as good as the Belgians though :P Ryan
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Ryan Roberts wrote:
That's rich, coming from a German.
:->
Ryan Roberts wrote:
My Kraut relatives eat nearly as badly as my chavvy ones. Your beer's nearly as good as the Belgians though
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:-D At least we have a real language.
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I'm not allowed to eat BBQ because my wife hates it therefore I must also hate it. I don't mean that food in America sucks, just that genuinely American food (the unimported stuff) just isn't that great. There's nothing wrong with a hamburger, but it's just kind of simple when compared to gumbo. Mmmmmmm...Gumbo.
espeir wrote:
but it's just kind of simple when compared to gumbo. Mmmmmmm...Gumbo.
I was born in Gulfport MS. My grandfather had 3 shrimp boats and was a commercial fisherman for many years on the Gulf Coast. I played in a jazz band in New Orleans for about 8 months back in the late 60's. I am familiar with gumbo in all its many varations. Some are great some are just good but in reality all it is is a sea food stew. Man I can remember the good old days in New Orleans when we used to get these paper bowls full of red beans and rice and a couple bottles of Jax and go eat at Jackson Square and watch the artists hustle the tourists and listen to the crappy folk music that someone was always playing. The old jax brewery was right there and they had these tours where you would end up drinking a bunch of free beer. AHHH those were the days. But I disagree with you on American food. Of course there is a plethora of crappy food available because thats what sells. It doesn't matter that a Whopper or a Big Mac is horrible - the kids see the ads and thats what they want. But in any American city of any size there is always high quality good food available. And I feel for you on the forced ban on BBQ. Living without BBQ is unthinkable to me. Perhaps your wife has never had the real thing ( Not available outside of Texas ) but some poor imitation using pork or chicken in place of prime beef brisket cooked slowly over mesquite and hickory wood until you can eat it with a spoon. Like I said - Come to Texas and give it a try Richard Suppose you were an idiot... And suppose you were a member of Congress... But I repeat myself. --Mark Twain
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espeir wrote:
but it's just kind of simple when compared to gumbo. Mmmmmmm...Gumbo.
I was born in Gulfport MS. My grandfather had 3 shrimp boats and was a commercial fisherman for many years on the Gulf Coast. I played in a jazz band in New Orleans for about 8 months back in the late 60's. I am familiar with gumbo in all its many varations. Some are great some are just good but in reality all it is is a sea food stew. Man I can remember the good old days in New Orleans when we used to get these paper bowls full of red beans and rice and a couple bottles of Jax and go eat at Jackson Square and watch the artists hustle the tourists and listen to the crappy folk music that someone was always playing. The old jax brewery was right there and they had these tours where you would end up drinking a bunch of free beer. AHHH those were the days. But I disagree with you on American food. Of course there is a plethora of crappy food available because thats what sells. It doesn't matter that a Whopper or a Big Mac is horrible - the kids see the ads and thats what they want. But in any American city of any size there is always high quality good food available. And I feel for you on the forced ban on BBQ. Living without BBQ is unthinkable to me. Perhaps your wife has never had the real thing ( Not available outside of Texas ) but some poor imitation using pork or chicken in place of prime beef brisket cooked slowly over mesquite and hickory wood until you can eat it with a spoon. Like I said - Come to Texas and give it a try Richard Suppose you were an idiot... And suppose you were a member of Congress... But I repeat myself. --Mark Twain
Richard Stringer wrote:
My grandfather had 3 shrimp boats
Were they all named "Jenny"?
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Richard Stringer wrote:
My grandfather had 3 shrimp boats
Were they all named "Jenny"?
espeir wrote:
Were they all named "Jenny"?
Nope :) My grandmothers name was Anna and the boats were Anna Anna II and Anna III. This was the time period from 1950 - 1962 and the boats were based out of Biloxi. Richard Suppose you were an idiot... And suppose you were a member of Congress... But I repeat myself. --Mark Twain
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Is it dark up there? With your head up your arse? You are being far too anal. Still, if the underpants fit... Also: a petard was a 19th Century animal trap, consisting of a rope and a bent branch that caught the desired beast by one leg as it stepped into a loop in the rope and pulled it up into the air. Petard[^] You need a holiday: either a) you're taking all of this far too seriously or b) you are a complete wanker. I hope it's the former. home
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Also: a petard was a 19th Century animal trap, consisting of a rope and a bent branch that caught the desired beast by one leg as it stepped into a loop in the rope and pulled it up into the air.
Shakespeare was well ahead of his time then to have coined the phrase "hoist on his own petard" around 1604. From your Wikipedia link: Hamlet's actual meaning is "cause the bomb maker to be blown into the air with his own bomb," metaphorically turning the tables on Claudius, whose messengers are killed instead of Hamlet. Actually, I am not taking this seriously at all. I am merely yanking your chain, as you have been delighting in doing to others. John Carson "To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason is like administering medicine to the dead." Thomas Paine
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digital man wrote:
Also: a petard was a 19th Century animal trap, consisting of a rope and a bent branch that caught the desired beast by one leg as it stepped into a loop in the rope and pulled it up into the air.
Shakespeare was well ahead of his time then to have coined the phrase "hoist on his own petard" around 1604. From your Wikipedia link: Hamlet's actual meaning is "cause the bomb maker to be blown into the air with his own bomb," metaphorically turning the tables on Claudius, whose messengers are killed instead of Hamlet. Actually, I am not taking this seriously at all. I am merely yanking your chain, as you have been delighting in doing to others. John Carson "To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason is like administering medicine to the dead." Thomas Paine
John you just came across as an anal pedant: it didn't come over as piss-taking which I am happy to suffer. Perhaps it's because Yanks are not best known for their dry wit and sarcastic repartee a point which your posts have proved quite well. :laugh: <-- a smiley: means I don't mean it. Or do I? home
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