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bilbo99 Emu
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11-22-2007 04:53
It's ok, your fun is almost over, we'll come and add that troublesome little colony back to the Empire soon. Broccoli  /me laughs *with* Chris What you flippin' mean you great steaming pile of parrot droppings? /me waves at Bobli  Bilbo likes abuse, don't you cupcake? _____________________
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Pocket Pfeffer
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11-22-2007 04:56
Well, regarding stereotypes.....believe me....Irish people get it too.....
I used to live in America a while ago and I found that they were amongst the friendliest people I have ever met....welcoming and open...not afraid to speak their minds, which I find to be a desirable trait in someone. I don't think that means that they are rude....in fact the opposite. Generalizations can be quite dangerous, funny sometimes, but dangerous nonetheless. Do all Americans wear plaid pants and wear camera's around their necks? Do French people ride bycycles all day and wear garlands of garlic and black berets? Do Germans always get always get up three hours before everyone else while on holidays just to reserve a poolside seat? Do Italian men pinch the bottom of every woman they see? Do Irish people do nothing all day but eat potatoes and drink excessive amounts of alcohol and spend their time having as many children as they can? NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!! (well, the answer to the last question may be partly YES!!!! )Anyway, my point being that to generalize an entire nation of people by your experience with just one person is silly and dangerous... Rudeness is not the distinct characteristic of one particular race of people......It's a characteristic of the entire human race. |
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Kelly Kuiper
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11-22-2007 04:56
It's ok, your fun is almost over, we'll come and add that troublesome little colony back to the Empire soon. Broccoli Or we could just offer to sell them London Bridge. Then when they've paid up we'll send 'em that manky concrete thing over the M5 near Bridgwater. Hehe they're bound to fall for that one. |
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Brenda Connolly
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11-22-2007 05:02
Or we could just offer to sell them London Bridge. Then when they've paid up we'll send 'em that manky concrete thing over the M5 near Bridgwater. Hehe they're bound to fall for that one. We bought London Bridge already, we put it in Arizona. How about selling us Stonehenge? _____________________
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Cherry Czervik
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11-22-2007 05:17
We bought London Bridge already, we put it in Arizona. How about selling us Stonehenge? How about you get your ass in the kitchen and bake me some ... cupcakes ... |
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Cherry Czervik
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11-22-2007 05:17
Or we could just offer to sell them London Bridge. Then when they've paid up we'll send 'em that manky concrete thing over the M5 near Bridgwater. Hehe they're bound to fall for that one. Why don't we sell them Ann Hathaway's Cottage? |
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Kelly Kuiper
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11-22-2007 05:22
Why don't we sell them Ann Hathaway's Cottage? Nah. They'll stick it in the middle of Central Park and sell burgers from it. Or 'dogs'. Or 'kawfee'. Or something. |
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Cherry Czervik
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11-22-2007 05:24
Nah. They'll stick it in the middle of Central Park and sell burgers from it. Or 'dogs'. Or 'kawfee'. Or something. I think I see a business opportunity ... ***edit*** Brenda hasn't seen the above, I think ... time bomb ticking  |
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Tomas Gandini
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11-22-2007 05:35
They way things are going you may have to buy it from Mexico, if you really, really want it back.
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Brenda Connolly
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11-22-2007 05:39
I think I see a business opportunity ... ***edit*** Brenda hasn't seen the above, I think ... time bomb ticking The above mentioned ass doesn't bake, dear. Sorry. I'll be glad to rustle you up something else though. _____________________
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Rita Hainsworth
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11-22-2007 05:42
Hi rude american here. Please take that as a lesson and dont come to our country and visit. We hate you.
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bilbo99 Emu
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11-22-2007 05:54
We bought London Bridge already, we put it in Arizona. How about selling us Stonehenge? Kinda getting used to hearing "Gee Elmer, I thought it would be bigger!" .... which in actual fact, was what my mother heard one day when an American couple were looking at St Thomas' church here in Salisbury, missidentifying it as the cathedral. She gleefully pointed out to them the spire towering above in the distance and said "I think you want to go there!" _____________________
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Kelly Kuiper
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11-22-2007 06:03
Mind you, when we were in Aus we did have the misfortune of striking up a conversation with the most miserable English couple who thought Uluru wasn't as big as they'd hoped.
The same couple complained about a ride they took on a hundred year old train too. They thought that in this day and age, you'd at least think they'd have aircon. But they were from Cheshire. So what d'you bloody expect? "Shitake mushrooms? Mushrooms with s**t on 'em? Dirty filthy bastids." |
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Caroline Ra
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11-22-2007 06:09
Or we could just offer to sell them London Bridge. Then when they've paid up we'll send 'em that manky concrete thing over the M5 near Bridgwater. Hehe they're bound to fall for that one. Yes excellent idea, if were stereotyping....can build a wall instead of a bridge to keep those leek chewing sheep shagging welsh out. Ohhh and while I remember...American couple overheard while visiting Windsor Castle... 'Well it sure is a nice castle, but they could have built it a bit further away from the airport' *ducks* _____________________
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Kira Cuddihy
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11-22-2007 06:14
/me wraps her arms around Danielle, then beckons to everyone else for a nice big group hug. It is Thanksgiving and I am greatful to just be alive. Pulls on the *wishbone* and prays for world peace.
/me smiles at everyone and says *I love you* just because you are you. |
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Cherry Czervik
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11-22-2007 06:19
The above mentioned ass doesn't bake, dear. Sorry. I'll be glad to rustle you up something else though. Good job I bake then eh? /me sighs and puts on a pinny (which looks silly with a bikini) and goes off to do a Nigella. ***edit*** I did offer Danielle a hug in world Kira |
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Sally Silvera
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11-22-2007 06:23
/me smiles back at Kira : I love group hugs!
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Kelly Kuiper
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11-22-2007 06:27
Ohhh and while I remember...American couple overheard while visiting Windsor Castle... 'Well it sure is a nice castle, but they could have built it a bit further away from the airport' /me genuinely laughs out loud /me smiles at everyone and says *I love you* just because you are you. /me looks across, grins widely and whispers 'That was lovely. Thank you.' |
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Joaz Janus
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11-22-2007 07:01
I think it is quite wrong to typecast all americans as evil, rude, scumbaggy, spawn of Satan.
I met a nice one about 5 months ago. Oh.....no.....um.....wait......sorry......he was canadian. Coughs.....blinks.... Sorry, it gets so confusing talking to all these bloody foreigners sometimes. |
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Kira Cuddihy
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11-22-2007 07:21
mmmm I don't bake either, thank goodness for Marie Calenders. No one will have a clue if I slip it into my own pie pan. Slides a nice big piece of pumpkin pie with tons of whipped cream into everyones inventory. Best breakfast anyone can have.
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Jezebella Desmoulins
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11-22-2007 07:33
Answer to your question: No, some Brits are rude, too.
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Cherry Czervik
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11-22-2007 07:35
Answer to your question: No, some Brits are rude, too. Very rude. Embarassingly rude. I apologise on their behalves cos they won't. |
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Peach Jansma
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11-22-2007 07:38
I was going through events.....and saw this one place over and over, something about the feeling you get from fire, and what your tongue does.....and I go there, then after 15 minutes of being alone and ignore, mention it to the dj, who trans's me home, then ban's me and mutes me.. and I gotta wonder... why post events if you delight in banning and muting ppl? so that is my question, I think? but mainly, wanna say, why post in Events, unless you want quanitity not quality? and another question, why are Americans so rude and hateful to every one even their own? I have the whole conversation in a log, for anyone to read, so they can see, I was not the antagonist......but you guys don't care, do ya...nah, didnt think so.. but anyway so yeah, a few questions so I"m good with the rules right? IM me or somethin, if you want more, but you don't so it's okay...cause I'm not like a celebrity in SL or nothing, jus lil ole me well, what... makes more sense than a lotta posts here go figure Sorry you had a bad experience but just because you run into a few A-holes here and there don’t mean everyone in that nationality is an A-hole. You’re just running into the wrong people I suppose. |
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Dekka Raymaker
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11-22-2007 07:39
We bought London Bridge already, we put it in Arizona. How about selling us Stonehenge? I think the point could have been we can sell it again to another gullible American, as in the first instance they thought they were buying what is known as Tower Bridge _____________________
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Sandy Carver
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11-22-2007 07:41
But they were from Cheshire. So what d'you bloody expect? GASP!!!! Kelly Kuiper! Cheshire!! The land of my birth!! My roots!! |
