France Rude and Boring
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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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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
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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.
Fold with us! ¤ flickral
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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.
Fold with us! ¤ flickral
Yeah, I can imaging things are different in differrent parts of france, I was down in Salon and Aix. However, our colleagues who went skiing came from all over frane, Brittany, Alsace etc. Re Franks, OK I'll concede. However, it is interesting. You have a pig-latin speaking, ex Gallic populace, ruled by Franks (did they speak a Germanic language?), and we in the UK have a Germanic speaking, Saxon population, rulled by pig-latin speaking Danish immigrants. Nunc est bibendum
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Yeah, I can imaging things are different in differrent parts of france, I was down in Salon and Aix. However, our colleagues who went skiing came from all over frane, Brittany, Alsace etc. Re Franks, OK I'll concede. However, it is interesting. You have a pig-latin speaking, ex Gallic populace, ruled by Franks (did they speak a Germanic language?), and we in the UK have a Germanic speaking, Saxon population, rulled by pig-latin speaking Danish immigrants. Nunc est bibendum
You found someone from Brittany who did not drink!? :wtf::wtf::wtf: It never ever happened to me. Even girls are alcoholic there.
fat_boy wrote:
OK I'll concede
Woo hoo!
fat_boy wrote:
(did they speak a Germanic language?)
Yes, they spoke a language known as Frankish (Francique) which is said to be the root of several languages used in western Germany, Luxembourg and Eastern France (Lorraine, the language spoken in Alsace is germanic). I read somewhere that the Amish also speak a language derived from Frankish
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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
bookmarks You can ignore relatives but the neighbours live next doordigital man wrote:
Yanks are not best known for their dry wit and sarcastic repartee
No indeed, but we Australians are famous for it.:) 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:
Yanks are not best known for their dry wit and sarcastic repartee
No indeed, but we Australians are famous for it.:) 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