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  • M Monty2

    Shog9 wrote:

    Indians eat super-hot curries for breakfast, dinner, and supper, washing it all down with spiced tea.

    :D, dude you are spot on (in my case at least), except breakfast i like cereal or eggs but the rest of the meals CURRIES ALL THE WAY :D and i hate tea though but everyone else drinks it :)


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    Dan Neely
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    Monty2 wrote:

    and i hate tea though but everyone else drinks it

    So you came to the US as a political refugee one step ahead of the lynch mob? :laugh:

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      Shog9 wrote:

      Indians eat super-hot curries for breakfast, dinner, and supper, washing it all down with spiced tea.

      :D, dude you are spot on (in my case at least), except breakfast i like cereal or eggs but the rest of the meals CURRIES ALL THE WAY :D and i hate tea though but everyone else drinks it :)


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      Monty2 wrote:

      and i hate tea though

      Bah, obviously then you aren't a real Indian. I'll bet you don't even have a dot on your head... :suss: ;)

      every night, i kneel at the foot of my bed and thank the Great Overseeing Politicians for protecting my freedoms by reducing their number, as if they were deer in a state park. -- Chris Losinger, Online Poker Players?

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      • M Monty2

        leppie wrote:

        like we do in South Africa?

        dude you wont believe i have to go to johannesburg after US, maybe you can fill me in whats the place like? :D


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        ThatsAlok
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        he he he

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          Monty2 wrote:

          and i hate tea though

          Bah, obviously then you aren't a real Indian. I'll bet you don't even have a dot on your head... :suss: ;)

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          Shog9 wrote:

          I'll bet you don't even have a dot on your head

          hahaha i forgot to mention that in my original post, not all indian men wear dots on the heads and i certainly dont :D


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          • M Monty2

            First of all a :wtf: (WTF smiley), now i am here in US for the first time, i have been here for 1 week and all i hear is: were you scrubbing elephant? do you have an elephant pet? how are the elephants in india? I am 32 years old and the only elephant i ever saw was in a zoo so what is this obsession and for the last time WE DONT EAT MONKEY BRAINS and stuff like that half the population here is vegetarian including me. And one more thing: WE DO NOT WORSHIP COWS, Cows are domestic animals here they are like dogs in US you dont eat dogs do you, so similarly we dont like to eat cows THATS IT. and dont even get me starting on the snake thing :rolleyes:. But all in all i like US, people are generally nice :-D


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            leckey 0
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            People in the US are just as dumb about other regions in the US. I once convinced someone that car insurance was way more expensive in South Dakota because of all the roaming bison. She thought the Indians (feather not dot) still lived in teepees.

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              Monty2 wrote:

              and i hate tea though but everyone else drinks it

              So you came to the US as a political refugee one step ahead of the lynch mob? :laugh:

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              dan neely wrote:

              lynch mob?

              whats that :doh:


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              • M Monty2

                First of all a :wtf: (WTF smiley), now i am here in US for the first time, i have been here for 1 week and all i hear is: were you scrubbing elephant? do you have an elephant pet? how are the elephants in india? I am 32 years old and the only elephant i ever saw was in a zoo so what is this obsession and for the last time WE DONT EAT MONKEY BRAINS and stuff like that half the population here is vegetarian including me. And one more thing: WE DO NOT WORSHIP COWS, Cows are domestic animals here they are like dogs in US you dont eat dogs do you, so similarly we dont like to eat cows THATS IT. and dont even get me starting on the snake thing :rolleyes:. But all in all i like US, people are generally nice :-D


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                Nish Nishant
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                Monty2 wrote:

                half the population here is vegetarian including me.

                Being in the other half, I am always amused when people assume that I am a vegetarian :-) Not only am I non-vegetarian, I'd struggle if I was given a veggie diet for more than a meal or two. I can't live without seafood and meat - not for long anyway.

                Monty2 wrote:

                so similarly we dont like to eat cows THATS IT.

                You gotta visit Kerala. There, beef is pretty much as popular as fish and chicken. And a medium rare pepper sirloin steak would be among my favorite food items! The three most often ill-assumed aspects about me (as an Indian) would be :- 1. that I am a veggie (when I am a strict non-vegetarian) 2. that I speak hindi (when I can barely say a few broken phrases) 3. that I am a hindu and believe in 10,000 gods (when I am an atheist) But it's not a big deal really. Most Indians back home think all americans are like brit spears or paris hilton. So the mis-information and ignorance is not an american thing - it's a human thing I guess :-)

                Regards, Nish


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                • M Monty2

                  Kant wrote:

                  రవికాంత్

                  If i am not mistaken thats telugu :), where are you in US? I am in Newyork city


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                  Monty2 wrote:

                  If i am not mistaken thats telugu

                  Yes.

                  Monty2 wrote:

                  If where are you in US?

                  St. Louis, Missouri

                  రవికాంత్

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                  • E El Corazon

                    BoneSoft wrote:

                    You just have to expect to have wierd preconceived notions about someplace you've never been.

                    Yeah, I try not to have preconceived notions of Germany. I would like to see where I was born once before I die, but then I would love to visit everywhere once before I die and the latter is far less likely. :) The pictures of the city where I was born look inviting, but I figure there is an even chance they deliberately made them look that way. :) I chuckle at advertisements for locations here, and then sometimes I am even involved. I was involved in making a picture using satellites to advertise a certain region of New Mexico. When I used raw satellite images, I was told the lakes/rivers were too murkey and uninviting and the land was too brown. So I adjusted the color bands to make the landscape an inviting green and hand-painted the lakes (and a color swapped the rivers) to a beautiful bright swimming pool blue. :laugh: Anyone who believes those images, obviously never read the litterature and only looked at the pictures.

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                    I've been a lot of places, but I'd like to visit everywhere. Just not enough time in life...


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                    • M Monty2

                      dan neely wrote:

                      lynch mob?

                      whats that :doh:


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                      El Corazon
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                      Monty2 wrote:

                      whats that

                      what we do to sheep farmers and New Jersey based salsa distributers in New Mexico. ;P

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                      • B Big Daddy Farang

                        BoneSoft wrote:

                        that our education includes virtually nothing international

                        International? I'd be willing to bet that more than half of U.S. high school graduates cannot identify the fifty states. Canada? Fuh-geddabout-it! BDF

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                        I'm sure. I don't even know much about most states. I've only been to five. That's kind of funny, I've been around the world more than once and I've only really been to 5 states. (not counting places I never left the airport)


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                          People in the US are just as dumb about other regions in the US. I once convinced someone that car insurance was way more expensive in South Dakota because of all the roaming bison. She thought the Indians (feather not dot) still lived in teepees.

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                          El Corazon
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                          leckey wrote:

                          feather not dot

                          :laugh::laugh: I like that. Especially since the irony that neither really applies. :laugh::laugh:

                          _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                          • N Nish Nishant

                            Monty2 wrote:

                            half the population here is vegetarian including me.

                            Being in the other half, I am always amused when people assume that I am a vegetarian :-) Not only am I non-vegetarian, I'd struggle if I was given a veggie diet for more than a meal or two. I can't live without seafood and meat - not for long anyway.

                            Monty2 wrote:

                            so similarly we dont like to eat cows THATS IT.

                            You gotta visit Kerala. There, beef is pretty much as popular as fish and chicken. And a medium rare pepper sirloin steak would be among my favorite food items! The three most often ill-assumed aspects about me (as an Indian) would be :- 1. that I am a veggie (when I am a strict non-vegetarian) 2. that I speak hindi (when I can barely say a few broken phrases) 3. that I am a hindu and believe in 10,000 gods (when I am an atheist) But it's not a big deal really. Most Indians back home think all americans are like brit spears or paris hilton. So the mis-information and ignorance is not an american thing - it's a human thing I guess :-)

                            Regards, Nish


                            Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
                            My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com link

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                            Monty2
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                            Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

                            You gotta visit Kerala. There, beef is pretty much as popular as fish and chicken. And a medium rare pepper sirloin steak would be among my favorite food items!

                            wow i didnt know that, but i love kerala (Gods own country) i will be going there with wife and kids once i get back.


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                              Monty2 wrote:

                              half the population here is vegetarian including me.

                              Being in the other half, I am always amused when people assume that I am a vegetarian :-) Not only am I non-vegetarian, I'd struggle if I was given a veggie diet for more than a meal or two. I can't live without seafood and meat - not for long anyway.

                              Monty2 wrote:

                              so similarly we dont like to eat cows THATS IT.

                              You gotta visit Kerala. There, beef is pretty much as popular as fish and chicken. And a medium rare pepper sirloin steak would be among my favorite food items! The three most often ill-assumed aspects about me (as an Indian) would be :- 1. that I am a veggie (when I am a strict non-vegetarian) 2. that I speak hindi (when I can barely say a few broken phrases) 3. that I am a hindu and believe in 10,000 gods (when I am an atheist) But it's not a big deal really. Most Indians back home think all americans are like brit spears or paris hilton. So the mis-information and ignorance is not an american thing - it's a human thing I guess :-)

                              Regards, Nish


                              Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
                              My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com link

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                              El Corazon
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                              Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

                              And a medium rare pepper sirloin steak

                              dagnabbit! it's lunch time!! be right back... got to run out and catch a stagg bare-handed and bring it down so I can have lunch. It's the local custom here right? :rolleyes:

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                              • B BoneSoft

                                I'm sure. I don't even know much about most states. I've only been to five. That's kind of funny, I've been around the world more than once and I've only really been to 5 states. (not counting places I never left the airport)


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                                BoneSoft wrote:

                                I've only been to five.

                                got you beat. but then I have been to DC as often as I have to other states, yuck, horrible trade-off there. I am pretty lucky, I have been to more states than most living here. I have even been to more than a handful as vacations, not just business trips.

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                                  Maximilien wrote:

                                  Well, the first and only time I went to India, the first thing we saw when waking up in the morning was an elephant walking

                                  Where was that in india?


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                                  In Mumbay, near the Santa Cruz airport, I think the airport changed name while we were there a few years ago. I will check to see if I have a picture.


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                                    dan neely wrote:

                                    lynch mob?

                                    whats that :doh:


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                                    a bunch of angry idiots chasing after and intending to kill you as soon as they catch you.

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                                    • E El Corazon

                                      BoneSoft wrote:

                                      I've only been to five.

                                      got you beat. but then I have been to DC as often as I have to other states, yuck, horrible trade-off there. I am pretty lucky, I have been to more states than most living here. I have even been to more than a handful as vacations, not just business trips.

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                                      I've lived in Texas, New Mexico and Kansas. Visited Colorado and Hawaii. That's it other than several airports (NY, Minneapolis, Detroit, LAX, etc...) But I've also lived in Saudi Arabia and Japan, and I've been to several places in Europe, Viet Nam and Tailand. I'd like to see more of American and Canada. But I'm more interested in the rest of the world.


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                                        I've lived in Texas, New Mexico and Kansas. Visited Colorado and Hawaii. That's it other than several airports (NY, Minneapolis, Detroit, LAX, etc...) But I've also lived in Saudi Arabia and Japan, and I've been to several places in Europe, Viet Nam and Tailand. I'd like to see more of American and Canada. But I'm more interested in the rest of the world.


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                                        BoneSoft wrote:

                                        I've lived in Texas, New Mexico and Kansas.

                                        I've only lived in New Mexico and Oklahoma, but visited for business: New Mexico, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Florida, Georgia, Louisianna, Texas, California, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Ohio, and Mississippi. for vacation I have done New Mexico, Arizona, California, Texas, Louisianna, Florida, Colorado, Wyoming and Missouri, Utah, and Alabama. I have been almost all over the state of New Mexico, which is rare for any resident. I have yet to go to Roswell, which for some unearthly reason seems to be one of the first locations people visit. :rolleyes: I keep my feet on the ground, mostly, I'll take Carlsbad Caverns any day over Roswell.

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                                          BoneSoft wrote:

                                          I've lived in Texas, New Mexico and Kansas.

                                          I've only lived in New Mexico and Oklahoma, but visited for business: New Mexico, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Florida, Georgia, Louisianna, Texas, California, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Ohio, and Mississippi. for vacation I have done New Mexico, Arizona, California, Texas, Louisianna, Florida, Colorado, Wyoming and Missouri, Utah, and Alabama. I have been almost all over the state of New Mexico, which is rare for any resident. I have yet to go to Roswell, which for some unearthly reason seems to be one of the first locations people visit. :rolleyes: I keep my feet on the ground, mostly, I'll take Carlsbad Caverns any day over Roswell.

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                                          I'm actually only 3 hours away from Carlsbad, been there several times. I've never been to Roswell though. I have family there, but I've always heard there's nothing of interest there. I forgot to include Oklahoma, I've been there several times, but OK is pretty easy to forget. :laugh:


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