What we all think of different countries...

[Deb]

Originally Posted by R.

Quoted for truth.

But do you have your socks off now Its summer :P

[Rob The Badger]

Originally Posted by Di

You have met some that said that?

Yes. . .I realise that you're not all like that, but when someone says something along the lines of "Oh, you're from 'Eengllund'?" when I say I'm from the U.K. I wish to stab them numerous times with a sharpened origami knife. . .

[KebLou]

Originally Posted by Rob The Badger

Yes. . .I realise that you're not all like that, but when someone says something along the lines of "Oh, you're from 'Eengllund'?" when I say I'm from the U.K. I wish to stab them numerous times with a sharpened origami knife. . .

Rob know how you feel.
I hate it when people start talking to me and then ask how long I've been in the country, and when I answer all of my life they are like oh really, and then ask so where are you original from. Well since I said I hae lived in England for all of my life and because I have three generations of my family have been born in England I would say I am English. [/rant]

[evil nickname]

Originally Posted by MasterEngineer

Our (German) best friends are the Netherlands... And I think the other way round as well :)

You know what's the really bad thing with the Germans? They come to our beaches (on our grandparents' bikes), and then start digging holes in them.

Originally Posted by sultonfan

Cheese? and would Tue in Portugal be football? phew this is more confusing than I thought it would be lol.

We, the Dutch, are "affectionatly" known as cheeseheads (Gouda anyone?). And I don't even like cheese.
And tuesday, die manschaft will get their asses kicked by the Dutch on the European Football Championship (at least, we hope so). The Netherlands - Germany is for us always a special match.

[MasterEngineer]

Originally Posted by evil nickname

The Netherlands - Germany is for us always a special match.

That it is! Lets wait and see, I think you are breaking yourself your neck by having those problems with your forwards... But we'll see!!

And something from the NL I must praise:
Your french fries!!! They are really good, no, more than that. I could die for them together with a Frikandel spezial and a big charge of Fritessaus! (Ya know why I' living 500m next to the NL )

See ya
martin

[Deb]

Originally Posted by Rob The Badger

Yes. . .I realise that you're not all like that, but when someone says something along the lines of "Oh, you're from 'Eengllund'?" when I say I'm from the U.K. I wish to stab them numerous times with a sharpened origami knife. . .

talking of Wales..... We also have a saying about the welsh and sheep......

[Heli]

Originally Posted by sultonfan

talking of Wales..... We also have a saying about the welsh and sheep......

Oh yes. I heard that one

[Di]

Originally Posted by sultonfan

talking of Wales..... We also have a saying about the welsh and sheep......

[Deb]

Originally Posted by Di

has to do with welly boots Di

[AndyK]

Originally Posted by sultonfan

talking of Wales..... We also have a saying about the welsh and sheep......

The same has also been said of Lancastrians, Australians and Kiwi's

And speaking as a Yorkshireman I would completely refute any suggestions that we are tight when it comes to money, surely tht's reserved for the Scots? (Who make up for it by having Malt Whisky )

[Rob The Badger]

Originally Posted by sultonfan

talking of Wales..... We also have a saying about the welsh and sheep......

I'll have you know I took him to dinner first.

[Jen]

Originally Posted by Rob The Badger

I'm not too fond of Americans/Canadians who are unaware that Wales is a part of the United Kingdom . . .

...probably the same ones that think Scotland is in England...

[Heli]

Originally Posted by Rob The Badger

I'll have you lnow I took him to dinner first.

[Chris]

Originally Posted by AndyK

The same has also been said of Lancastrians, Australians and Kiwi's

And speaking as a Yorkshireman I would completely refute any suggestions that we are tight when it comes to money, surely tht's reserved for the Scots? (Who make up for it by having Malt Whisky )

Anyone accuses us Yorkshire-folk of being tight-fisted with our moneya dn i will stop borrowing internet access to read this forum!!!

[krolok]

@ Debbie :

Since i met you i just think about the english people, "they must have very warm minds if they dont wear warm socks and warm shoes in the winter time"



And i dont get up at 3 o´clock, for this sunbeds. If i get up, all the others go to bed

[Deb]

Originally Posted by krolok

@ Debbie :

Since i met you i just think about the english people, "they must have very warm minds if they dont wear warm socks and warm shoes in the winter time"



And i dont get up at 3 o´clock, for this sunbeds. If i get up, all the others go to bed

hi Ingot Earlier today I was sitting wondering what you would think of this thread :P and here you are

[Di]

Originally Posted by Rob The Badger

I'll have you lnow I took him to dinner first.

[LostSoul]

- Italians call a 'Portuguese' a person who is tight with money
- the Portuguese think that all the Italians are thieves (Revenge?)
- the French say that the Swiss are slow
- the Swiss say that the French think they're better than other people (that's true! I'm not French... )
- the French think that the British have all a broom in their backside (how many millions of brooms is that?)
- the French think that there are only gays in Greece
- the Swiss think that the Portuguese only eat Fish
and so on...

... that's what one can hear around


Patricia
... European.

[RSG]

So I was watchinng this comedy show the other night. Comedy Club at '54 to be exact. There was a man from Texas there. He was the second comedian I believe for that night and he was making all these jokes between America and Canada, those are funny, because people who don't live in either two countries think they are the same, which they aren't

But what was so funny is what he said.
(little fact, Canada is to be known as really cold!)
(but its not always)

so he says,

I came to Canada hoping to see a polar bear, I've never seen a real polar bear. So I asked this man where I could find one. His responce was, oh we don't have them here, we keep them up where its cold

You should have seen the face on this texan man, LMAO.

He goes,

If this is cold here where I am now, I would hate to think what a canadian says is cold

it was hillarious


I don't really have much to say about other countries at the moment, I like a lot of them, some more than others.
Well actually Nicole Kidman, she's cute! And where is she from :P

[[RDH]draconia]

RSG said

He was the second comedian I believe for that night and he was making all these jokes between America and Canada, those are funny, because people who don't live in either two countries think they are the same, which they aren't

aint that the truth
like here in england
the scots are from scotland
the welsh are from wales
and the irish are from either eire (southern ireland) or from nothern ireland
but we still have to say that we are british not english

there is also the north/south devide in the uk
the saying is this

anything north of watford

i think that is how it goes

[shadow1000001]

Originally Posted by Heli

Oh yes. I heard that one

I don't want to know

[shadow1000001]

Originally Posted by Rob The Badger

I'm not too fond of Americans/Canadians who are unaware that Wales is a part of the United Kingdom . . .

BTW, just for the record, I knew that

[Deb]

The English say That Scots are tight
And the irish are thick (dont shoot me Chris I didnt make it up lol. )

Deb

[Rob The Badger]

Originally Posted by sultonfan

The English say That Scots are tight
And the irish are thick (dont shoot me Chris I didnt make it up lol. )

Deb

Strange. I've heard that English parsimony is well heard of on the international scale. . .

[KebLou]

Originally Posted by LostSoul

- the French think that there are only gays in Greece

I swear that should be in Italy.

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