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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.
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Ryan Roberts wrote:
My Kraut relatives eat nearly as badly as my chavvy ones. Your beer's nearly as good as the Belgians though
Yes, black sheeps in every "family" - even some of us Krauts it crap ;) ------------------------------ PROST Roleplaying Game War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who's left.
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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
bookmarks You can ignore relatives but the neighbours live next doordigital 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
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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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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!
I have never seen boiled meat in Britain, in fact we have some of the best international food available anywhere and now british food is making a comeback and being done properly. The tigress is here :-D
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What, a full english? Sausage, bacon, eggs, fried bread, fried mushrooms, grilled tomato, and black pudding? You can't eat better than that, mate - anywhere, anytime.
But where can you get really good black pudding these days? The supermarket stuff is aneamic X| The tigress is here :-D
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But where can you get really good black pudding these days? The supermarket stuff is aneamic X| The tigress is here :-D
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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.
Except for Outback - I mean, Australian theme? :wtf: Nothing against Australia, jsut that it's the same food in a place they try to make look like the bush! The tigress is here :-D
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But where can you get really good black pudding these days? The supermarket stuff is aneamic X| The tigress is here :-D
Trollslayer wrote:
really good black pudding
I like my imaginary black pudding most :rolleyes: Maybe I should get over it, but the idea seems disgusting... ;P Paul
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The report said that only 4% of respondents were British and the survey was carried out by a Frenchman.
KrIstOfK wrote:
Worst food goes to Britain itself i think (but that's something they will not say off course).
Did you actually read the article? Comically, the British did not appear in the top or bottom 10. We are delightfully average. "The French may like to think that Chanel No 5 is their scent but we all know that garlic and stale Gitanes are much more representative" home
bookmarks You can ignore relatives but the neighbours live next doordigital man wrote:
we all know that garlic and stale Gitanes are much more representative
...but garlic rocks! :cool: Paul
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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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K(arl) wrote:
Your french colleagues are not alcoholic
Very true, the French do not go out to drink to let their hair down and get drunk. One of the thiongs I like about living in Flanders is that the people here do have that attitude in common with the English. Nunc est bibendum
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K(arl) wrote:
Your french colleagues are not alcoholic
Very true, the French do not go out to drink to let their hair down and get drunk. One of the thiongs I like about living in Flanders is that the people here do have that attitude in common with the English. Nunc est bibendum
fat_boy wrote:
the French do not go out to drink to let their hair down and get drunk.
Your colleagues are probably an exception. There's a reason why France is in the Top3 when talking about alcohol consumption[^] (a thing I'm not sure we should be proud of :~ )
fat_boy wrote:
I like about living in Flanders is that the people here do have that attitude in common with the English.
Yeah, Flemish are the same kind of debased germanic bastards. (If 'we' are said to be rude, let's justify our reputation)
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fat_boy wrote:
the French do not go out to drink to let their hair down and get drunk.
Your colleagues are probably an exception. There's a reason why France is in the Top3 when talking about alcohol consumption[^] (a thing I'm not sure we should be proud of :~ )
fat_boy wrote:
I like about living in Flanders is that the people here do have that attitude in common with the English.
Yeah, Flemish are the same kind of debased germanic bastards. (If 'we' are said to be rude, let's justify our reputation)
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For sure the French drink a lot, wine especially, but that is drunk with meals, from noon till evening, but, in terms of going out to a pub and putting back a couple of litres of beer and having a laugh, the French just arent into it.
K(arl) wrote:
germanic bastards
Hey, the French were also a Germanic tribe too you know. Nunc est bibendum
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For sure the French drink a lot, wine especially, but that is drunk with meals, from noon till evening, but, in terms of going out to a pub and putting back a couple of litres of beer and having a laugh, the French just arent into it.
K(arl) wrote:
germanic bastards
Hey, the French were also a Germanic tribe too you know. Nunc est bibendum
fat_boy wrote:
the French drink a lot, wine especially Drunk a lot, wine especially.
fat_boy wrote:
in terms of going out to a pub and putting back a couple of litres of beer and having a laugh, the French just arent into it.
I believe French mostly do the same when going out to a pub, they come to drink and have a laugh, but they come in constituted groups and are less prone to be open to others. Also, local traditions vary greatly in the different part of the country
fat_boy wrote:
the French were also a Germanic tribe too you know
No. Franks were. They became the ruling class, but they were not the base of the Society. It would be like telling Brits are Northmen. French by themselves are a considerable mix, maybe the most mixed one through all Europe.
It is easier to make war than to make peace.
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