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Those silly Brits...
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04 Jun 2008 Wed 09:38 am |
Good one KeithL! Not surprising, though, if you read "How to Be and Alien" by George Mikes. I can't quote verbatim, but the chapter about travelling stated clearly that the Brits go abroad only to have everything like home - food, neighbours, music and drinks. Were there crowds of Poles in Greece, I'm sure no Brit would file a complaint...
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04 Jun 2008 Wed 03:23 pm |
Quoting libralady: Being a "Brit" I try and avoid them at all cost when I am on holiday, |
Ahh me too LL
(We can make a pact to avoid eachother if we happen to meet abroad some day! )
The funniest thing about Brits abroad is, if they don't speak the language (which is 99% of the time!) they SHOUT LOUDLY in English to make themselves understood!
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04 Jun 2008 Wed 09:29 pm |
or speak in english with the accent of the country they are in lol .
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04 Jun 2008 Wed 09:37 pm |
Quoting libralady: Being a "Brit" I try and avoid them at all cost when I am on holiday, hence the post about the "Brits abroad syndrome" when it comes to football. |
Me too!! But its getting a bit difficult now.
Quoting libralady:
The stereotypical British Male watching football abroad, is fat, bald, overweight, has a Man Untd football shirt hanging from his much too small shorts with his much to large belly hanging over the top and he MUST have a pint of beer in his hand. He is covered with tatoos, some of which relate to ex girlfriends, maybe chilren, his Mum and Dad and some pet snake he had
And yes Keith, it is ridiculous! |
Do you know this man??? I'm sure I saw him last Saturday.
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05 Jun 2008 Thu 10:16 am |
I've read in yesterday's Irish Sun that Brits made it top-hatred holiday makers, being rude, loud and messy. Americans came second in the 'rude' category. Germans and Japanese, on the other hand, were voted bet holiday-makers. Russians and French won in the category of 'least-wanted holiday makers'
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05 Jun 2008 Thu 02:05 pm |
How about Dutch
Whenever I fly back to the Netherlands, on the airport it immediately becomes obvious in which line you have to get your ticket: the adult women, mainly mothers, ALL have their hair cut short that it makes them look like men, the men are pretty tall, the children shout at each other while playing and are extremely noisy but none of the parents will tell them to play a little more silent. Hatta, the parents shout at their children too, or laugh and talk too loud with each other.
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05 Jun 2008 Thu 02:17 pm |
A Greek friend told me a funny story - there was a group of Greek tourists flying to LA, as they landed in New York, the group leader said to the group as they were going to go through the security: "here in the US, you have to wait in line, it's considered very rude if you don't"
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05 Jun 2008 Thu 02:20 pm |
Quoting Deli_kizin: ALL have their hair cut short that it makes them look like men. |
I love short hair styles on women. I think they look much sexier and there is so more you can do with them.
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