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Posted by Diana on March 05, 2001 at 13:56:57:

In Reply to: Cultural Differences..... posted by Adele on March 04, 2001 at 13:59:20:

: Okay, I would like to apologise in advance...it will save me a WHOLE lotta time later. If you want someone to blame, blame the Dutch Trader...she made me do it! And if you don't know what I am talking about......read on.....

:
: CULTURAL DIFFERENCES:

:
: TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING DUTCH

: You can get arrested for growing plants, but not for smoking them.

: You can make jokes about the Belgians and still drink their beer.

: You're exactly like the Germans, except that nobody hates you.

: You think you are a world power, but everyone else thinks Copenhagen is your capital.

: You get to insult people and defend yourself by saying it's a national tradition.

: You can put your finger in a dyke and it will save your country.

: You can legally kill yourself - You can legally be killed.

: You live in the most densely populated country in Europe, and still you've never seen your neighbours.

: If the economy is bad, blame the Germans. If a war is started, blame the Germans. If you lose your keys, blame the Germans.

: Bikes are public property. Locks are a challenge.

:
: TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING FRENCH:

: When speaking fast you can make yourself sound gay

: Experience the joy of winning the World Cup for the first time

: You get to eat insect food like snails, and frog's legs

: If there's a war you can surrender really early

: You don't have to read the subtitles on those late night films on Channel 4.

: You can test your own nuclear weapons in other people's countries (Well who hasn't eh?)

: You can be ugly and still become a famous film star

: Allow Germans to march up and down your most famous street humiliating your sense of national pride

: You don't have to bother with toilets, just s*** in the street

: People think you're a great lover even when you're not

:
: TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING AMERICAN :

: You can have a woman president without electing her

: You can spell colour wrong and get away with it

: You can call Budweiser beer

: You can be a crook and still be president

: If you've got enough money you can get elected to do anything

: If you can breathe you can get a gun

: You get to join wars late
: You can play golf in the most hideous clothes ever made and nobody seems to care.

: You get to call everyone you've never met "buddy"

: You can think you're the greatest nation on earth

:
: TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING NORWEGIAN:

: You get to pay the highest taxes in the world

: You can kill baby seals and eat Rudolf the Reindeer

: You live in total freezing darkness half the year and get 24 hour ozone-hole radiation the other half

: You can get capital punishment for smoking dope

: You can go skiing in your knickers

: You get to hate the Swedes and beat the Brazilians in football

: You have to be a woman to get anywhere

: You don't need to worry about land prices rocketing - it's fairly spacious

: When abroad you can impress people you meet with stories about killing polar bears and sex acts with penguins - and they believe you

: You can actually get bored with blondes

:
: TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING ENGLISH :

: Two World Wars and One World Cup-doo-dah, doo-dah

: Proper beer

: You get to confuse everyone with the rules of cricket

: You get to accept defeat graciously in major sporting events

: Union jack underpants

: Water shortages guaranteed every single summer

: You can live in the past and imagine you are still a world power.

: Bathing once a week - whether you need to or not

: Ditto changing underwear

: Beats being Welsh.

:
: TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING SCOTTISH :

: You ain't English!

:
: TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING ITALIAN :

: In-depth knowledge of bizarre pasta shapes

: Unembarrassed to wear fur.

: No need to worry about tax returns

: Glorious military history prior to 400 b.c.

: Can wear sunglasses inside

: Political stability?

: Flexible working hours

: Live near the Pope

: Can spend hours braiding girlfriend's armpit hair

: Country run by Sicilian murderers

:
: TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING SPANISH :

: Glorious history of killing South American tribes

: The rest of Europe thinks Africa begins at the Pyrenees

: You get your beaches invaded by Germans, Danes, Brits, etc.

: The rest of your country is already invaded by Moroccans

: Everybody else makes crap paella and claims it's the real thing

: Honesty

: Only sure way of bedding a woman is to dress up in stupid, tight clothes and risk your life in front of bulls

: You get to eat bulls' testicles

: Gibraltar

: Supported Argentina in Falklands War.

:
: TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING INDIAN :

: Chicken Madras

: Lamb Passanda

: Onion Bhaji

: Bombay Potato

: Chicken Tikka Masala

: Rogan Josh

: Popadoms

: Chicken Dopiaza

: Meat Boona

: Kingfisher lager

:
: TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING WELSH:

: You've got to be joking?

:
: TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING IRISH :

: Guinness

: 18 children because you can't use contraceptives

: You can get into a fight just by marching down someone's road

: Pubs never close

: Can use Papal edicts on contraception passed in second Vatican Council of 1968 to persuade your girlfriend that you can't have sex with a condom on.

: No one can ever remember the night before

: Kill people you don't agree with

: Stew

: More Guinness

: Eating stew and drinking Guinness in an Irish pub at 3 in the morning after a bout of sectarian violence.

:
: TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING CANADIAN :

: It beats being an American.

: Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground.

: You can play ice hockey 12 months a year, outdoors.

: Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground.

: Where else can you travel 1000 miles over fresh water in a canoe?

: A political leader can admit to smoking pot and his/her popularity ratings will rise.

: Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground.

: Kill Grizzly bears with huge shotguns and cover your house in their skins

: Own-an-Eskimo scheme.

: Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground

:
: TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING AUSTRALIAN:

: Know your great grandfather was a murdering bar steward that no civilised nation on earth wanted.

: Fosters Lager

: Dispossess Aborigines who have lived in your country for 40,000 years because you think it belongs to you.

: Cricket captain not afraid to cry live on TV.

: Tact and sensitivity. NOT!

: Bondi Beach.

: Other beaches.

: Liberated attitude to homosexuals

: Drinking cold lager on the beach

: Having a bit of a swim and then drink some cold lager on the beach.

:
: TOP TEN REASONS TO BE A GERMAN:

: You do not WANT to go to the Oktoberfest, you know it is sh*t

: Cheap fantastic beer

: Behave like you want, everybody hates you anyway

: Expensive fantastic cars

: Unlimited Autobahn

: Who else lost two world wars??

: Who else in europe won three world cups :-) :-) :-) ??

: You can buy all neighbour countries...

: But you are not stupid, you rent them in the summer

: See number 2+4+5 = BIG FUN

Hey Adele:

Wait a Minute! What's this about the Welsh? Huhmmm (throat clearing.) Here are mine:

Ioan Gruffudd (pronouced Yo-an Griffith), more famously known as the Welsh god from A&E's HORNBLOWER

Charlotte Church

Richard Burton

Anthony Hopkins

It ain't English

Tintern Abbey

Geographically part of Britain

Provided stones for Stonehenge

Common Celtic heritage

English heir is called Prince of WALES

ps Elvis Presley and Thomas Jefferson supposedly had some Welsh blood; what about the hymns that Welsh are known for?

Thanks for making me think about the above.

Diana

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: : Okay, I would like to apologise in advance...it will save me a WHOLE lotta time later. If you want someone to blame, blame the Dutch Trader...she made me do it! And if you don't know what I am talking about......read on.....

: :
: : CULTURAL DIFFERENCES:

: :
: : TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING DUTCH

: : You can get arrested for growing plants, but not for smoking them.

: : You can make jokes about the Belgians and still drink their beer.

: : You're exactly like the Germans, except that nobody hates you.

: : You think you are a world power, but everyone else thinks Copenhagen is your capital.

: : You get to insult people and defend yourself by saying it's a national tradition.

: : You can put your finger in a dyke and it will save your country.

: : You can legally kill yourself - You can legally be killed.

: : You live in the most densely populated country in Europe, and still you've never seen your neighbours.

: : If the economy is bad, blame the Germans. If a war is started, blame the Germans. If you lose your keys, blame the Germans.

: : Bikes are public property. Locks are a challenge.

: :
: : TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING FRENCH:

: : When speaking fast you can make yourself sound gay

: : Experience the joy of winning the World Cup for the first time

: : You get to eat insect food like snails, and frog's legs

: : If there's a war you can surrender really early

: : You don't have to read the subtitles on those late night films on Channel 4.

: : You can test your own nuclear weapons in other people's countries (Well who hasn't eh?)

: : You can be ugly and still become a famous film star

: : Allow Germans to march up and down your most famous street humiliating your sense of national pride

: : You don't have to bother with toilets, just s*** in the street

: : People think you're a great lover even when you're not

: :
: : TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING AMERICAN :

: : You can have a woman president without electing her

: : You can spell colour wrong and get away with it

: : You can call Budweiser beer

: : You can be a crook and still be president

: : If you've got enough money you can get elected to do anything

: : If you can breathe you can get a gun

: : You get to join wars late
: : You can play golf in the most hideous clothes ever made and nobody seems to care.

: : You get to call everyone you've never met "buddy"

: : You can think you're the greatest nation on earth

: :
: : TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING NORWEGIAN:

: : You get to pay the highest taxes in the world

: : You can kill baby seals and eat Rudolf the Reindeer

: : You live in total freezing darkness half the year and get 24 hour ozone-hole radiation the other half

: : You can get capital punishment for smoking dope

: : You can go skiing in your knickers

: : You get to hate the Swedes and beat the Brazilians in football

: : You have to be a woman to get anywhere

: : You don't need to worry about land prices rocketing - it's fairly spacious

: : When abroad you can impress people you meet with stories about killing polar bears and sex acts with penguins - and they believe you

: : You can actually get bored with blondes

: :
: : TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING ENGLISH :

: : Two World Wars and One World Cup-doo-dah, doo-dah

: : Proper beer

: : You get to confuse everyone with the rules of cricket

: : You get to accept defeat graciously in major sporting events

: : Union jack underpants

: : Water shortages guaranteed every single summer

: : You can live in the past and imagine you are still a world power.

: : Bathing once a week - whether you need to or not

: : Ditto changing underwear

: : Beats being Welsh.

: :
: : TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING SCOTTISH :

: : You ain't English!

: :
: : TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING ITALIAN :

: : In-depth knowledge of bizarre pasta shapes

: : Unembarrassed to wear fur.

: : No need to worry about tax returns

: : Glorious military history prior to 400 b.c.

: : Can wear sunglasses inside

: : Political stability?

: : Flexible working hours

: : Live near the Pope

: : Can spend hours braiding girlfriend's armpit hair

: : Country run by Sicilian murderers

: :
: : TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING SPANISH :

: : Glorious history of killing South American tribes

: : The rest of Europe thinks Africa begins at the Pyrenees

: : You get your beaches invaded by Germans, Danes, Brits, etc.

: : The rest of your country is already invaded by Moroccans

: : Everybody else makes crap paella and claims it's the real thing

: : Honesty

: : Only sure way of bedding a woman is to dress up in stupid, tight clothes and risk your life in front of bulls

: : You get to eat bulls' testicles

: : Gibraltar

: : Supported Argentina in Falklands War.

: :
: : TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING INDIAN :

: : Chicken Madras

: : Lamb Passanda

: : Onion Bhaji

: : Bombay Potato

: : Chicken Tikka Masala

: : Rogan Josh

: : Popadoms

: : Chicken Dopiaza

: : Meat Boona

: : Kingfisher lager

: :
: : TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING WELSH:

: : You've got to be joking?

: :
: : TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING IRISH :

: : Guinness

: : 18 children because you can't use contraceptives

: : You can get into a fight just by marching down someone's road

: : Pubs never close

: : Can use Papal edicts on contraception passed in second Vatican Council of 1968 to persuade your girlfriend that you can't have sex with a condom on.

: : No one can ever remember the night before

: : Kill people you don't agree with

: : Stew

: : More Guinness

: : Eating stew and drinking Guinness in an Irish pub at 3 in the morning after a bout of sectarian violence.

: :
: : TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING CANADIAN :

: : It beats being an American.

: : Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground.

: : You can play ice hockey 12 months a year, outdoors.

: : Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground.

: : Where else can you travel 1000 miles over fresh water in a canoe?

: : A political leader can admit to smoking pot and his/her popularity ratings will rise.

: : Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground.

: : Kill Grizzly bears with huge shotguns and cover your house in their skins

: : Own-an-Eskimo scheme.

: : Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground

: :
: : TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING AUSTRALIAN:

: : Know your great grandfather was a murdering bar steward that no civilised nation on earth wanted.

: : Fosters Lager

: : Dispossess Aborigines who have lived in your country for 40,000 years because you think it belongs to you.

: : Cricket captain not afraid to cry live on TV.

: : Tact and sensitivity. NOT!

: : Bondi Beach.

: : Other beaches.

: : Liberated attitude to homosexuals

: : Drinking cold lager on the beach

: : Having a bit of a swim and then drink some cold lager on the beach.

: :
: : TOP TEN REASONS TO BE A GERMAN:

: : You do not WANT to go to the Oktoberfest, you know it is sh*t

: : Cheap fantastic beer

: : Behave like you want, everybody hates you anyway

: : Expensive fantastic cars

: : Unlimited Autobahn

: : Who else lost two world wars??

: : Who else in europe won three world cups :-) :-) :-) ??

: : You can buy all neighbour countries...

: : But you are not stupid, you rent them in the summer

: : See number 2+4+5 = BIG FUN

:
: Hey Adele:

: Wait a Minute! What's this about the Welsh? Huhmmm (throat clearing.) Here are mine:

: Ioan Gruffudd (pronouced Yo-an Griffith), more famously known as the Welsh god from A&E's HORNBLOWER

: Charlotte Church

: Richard Burton

: Anthony Hopkins

: It ain't English

: Tintern Abbey

: Geographically part of Britain

: Provided stones for Stonehenge

: Common Celtic heritage

: English heir is called Prince of WALES

:
: ps Elvis Presley and Thomas Jefferson supposedly had some Welsh blood; what about the hymns that Welsh are known for?

: Thanks for making me think about the above.

: Diana

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