You can be a guest in someone’s house. I reject the notion that you can be a guest in someone’s country and that guest rules apply. A country is a political-administrative unit. It isn’t a private home. If you are in a country—even more so than when you are an external observer, because you are subject to that country’s rules and conditions—you have the right to say whatever the hell you want.
Thank you, Capt. Obvious
I’m afraid the situation is even direr than you suggest, Shirley. By comparison, Japanese humor is considered high concept next to German slapstick.
Germans…they all think they’re Freud. Unfortunately, Freud was a flake.
I pride myself in being a very accurate judge of character given minimal information. Tell me Doughbag, and be honest, do you wear a multi-colored beanie with a propeller on top?
I’m sorry, but those pics are simply not an accurate portrayal of either county’s inhabitants. Here’s a pic I dug up of a few of my last few girlfriends. They are typical of young American ladies. Compare them to this typical German young lady.
This is the stage where your typical Jerry starts raising his voice, his face reddens, and his jowls do that quivering thing as he grows angry at the audience for not laughing despite his having repeated the joke several times. The only thing more dismal than a German trying to be funny on the internet would be a German trying to do stand-up. Hell, not only are the Japanese funnier than the Germans, even the North Koreans are funnier than the Germans.
The problem here is you’re basing your jokes on a cliche from 50+ years ago. You’re American. You don’t get to accuse other nations of having jowls. You lead the world on jowlage.
I apologise. I didn’t realise your woeful education was such an obvious point. Carry on.
Do try to be a bit less egregiously dense. The reference to jowls was a secondary modifier, not a primary descriptor.
Those girls are Brazilians. Granted, that’s* in* the Americas.
There was a time when Germans were known for incredibly morbid “comedies” like Sugarbaby, but here’s proof that (a) Germans can be funny, and (b) some of them would have no problem fitting in at a Wal-Mart in Podunk, USA.
Hey, when they look like those babes, they can be from the north, south, east or west part of the continent—they’re all good ol’ Americans as far as I’m concerned.
…as long as they’re not Canadian…those hosers say “aluminium” just like those nutty Brits and Aussies!
I hear ya, Scumpup. I was able to capture a screenshot of Doughbag from his camera when he opened your last post, right here.
No, my education was sterling, thank you very much. The woeful part is your taking my absurdist statement about a 1950’s sit-com talking horse having sexual relations with an English Queen seriously (even Mr. Ed would say, “she’s too horsey looking for me”). Or that my referencing a czarina in the next sentence didn’t indicate my knowledge of the Catherine the Great urban folktale (everyone knows the real story involved Emperor Peter III and a moose).
First Scheisse Porn, now animal porn… you obviously must have some deep rooted issues.
Sadly have to disappoint you, that’s an Americanthing.
Give the child a bone, at least s/he’s trying. They usually try to make their point by chanting USA! USA! USA!
It is, but everybody does it. Being a culturally ignorant jackass abroad is not something Brits have a particular monopoly on.
May I have the left-overs, Master?
Yes, but be careful to not choke on the horns.
You can’t be a REAL Canadian, I didn’t see any apology in your rant… how very un-Canadian of you :eek:
To address an issue raised, the two fellows that were pissing me off to begin with might very well have thought me a dick, but certainly not from me saying anything to them. They had cubes in the area, but weren’t within my circle. They appeared to be interested only in Chelsea football and bitching about the stupid American healthcare system. I can understand the obsession with sport and never questioned that. I honestly wouldn’t have cared about the healthcare thing either except that they just wouldn’t let it go. Day after day after day with that smug little we are so good attitude. They might well be right in some aspects. Fact is that we have excellent healthcare, it is the paying for it that is exceptionally stupid. At the same time, if you drone on about it for weeks, don’t be surprised if someone eventually gets riled about your little attitude. Americans, I think are often stupid, plenty rude and sometimes just plain terrible, but the whole world thinks the Brits are smug.
…and yes, we did rescue your asses in WW2.
Maybe we can now turn to someone else and make fun of them? How about the Belgians? :rolleyes:
Ah, well what do you expect from Chelsea fans.
If you want to piss them off, ask them what year they switched over from supporting Man United.
No you didn’t. Wrong war - you’re probably thinking of the one before that.
As for Belgium - choclolate and waffles. What’s not to like?
This dude?
Sure, he was a genocidal bastard. But you got to give him props for snagging the Congo out from under Britain and France with no army or navy to speak of. Pretty impressive, as far as monsters go.