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Why Europeans secretly love America
On Feb 4, 12:18 am, "Edward Dolan" wrote:
This is what comes of being the world's policeman. If other nations would pull their share, we could sit back and enjoy the good life like the Europeans do. Have you gone quite mad, Edward? We Europeans enjoy the good life that General George Marshall, blessed be the memory of his Plan, promised us *precisely* because the US taxpayers funds the major defense expenditure of NATO, for which we would otherwise have to reach even deeper into our own pockets. Our politicians can *afford* to disdain the US, and spray moralistic little homilies over its President like spittle from a ticket tout's mouth, precisely because we live in the umbrella of its security. Why, idiots who'd be shot in the back by their own comrades if we had to maintain decent armies can earn a good living sneering from the stages of clubs and halls at the homely virtues of President Reagan, who removed the nuclear Damocle's Sword from over our heads by splashing out liberally of your money on the poker game of SDI. Of course, Americans do have certain advantages. They can still buy a large 1970s car and fit a small block Chevy engine to it, while the biggest selling car in Europe is the Fiat Punto, a stylish but gutless little thing that runs 50 miles on a rubber band. And why, in the States even a black man can carry arms on his bicycle, as we heard the other day, while a European who merely wants to keep a shotgun for shooting loud crows in his backyard must go beg some poncey magistrate for a license, which will no doubt be refused. I beg you, my dear friend, don't disturb a status quo with so many advantages all round. Now get off your fat arse and go do something useful so we can criticize you for it, and demand that you do it better while at the same time denying you the means to do it at all. Another little war would be good. Andre Jute I'm not joking |
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Why Europeans secretly love America
Euros are klaustrophobic
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This is for you, my Lord Valve, and for you, Patrick. -- AJ
On Feb 4, 12:18 am, "Edward Dolan" wrote: This is what comes of being the world's policeman. If other nations would pull their share, we could sit back and enjoy the good life like the Europeans do. Have you gone quite mad, Edward? We Europeans enjoy the good life that General George Marshall, blessed be the memory of his Plan, promised us *precisely* because the US taxpayers fund the major defense expenditure of NATO, for which we would otherwise have to reach even deeper into our own pockets. Our politicians can *afford* to disdain the US, and spray moralistic little homilies over its President like spittle from a ticket tout's mouth, precisely because we live in the umbrella of its security. Why, idiots who'd be shot in the back by their own comrades if we had to maintain decent armies can earn a good living sneering from the stages of clubs and halls at the homely virtues of President Reagan, who removed the nuclear Damocle's Sword from over our heads by splashing out liberally of your money on the poker game of SDI. Of course, Americans do have certain advantages. They can still buy a large 1970s car and fit a small block Chevy engine to it, while the biggest selling car in Europe is the Fiat Punto, a stylish but gutless little thing that runs 50 miles on a rubber band. And why, in the States even a black man can carry arms on his bicycle, as we heard the other day, while a European who merely wants to keep a shotgun for shooting loud crows in his backyard must go beg some poncey magistrate for a license, which will no doubt be refused. I beg you, my dear friend, don't disturb a status quo with so many advantages all round. Now get off your fat arse and go do something useful so we can criticize you for it, and demand that you do it better while at the same time denying you the means to do it at all. Another little war would be good. Andre Jute I'm not joking |
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take some pressure off? have your photo taken with 3-4 exotic dancers
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datakoll aka Gene Daniels wrote:
Euros are klaustrophobic Be very, very, very afraid of people named Klaus. -- Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007 |
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Why Europeans secretly love America
Now get off your fat arse and go do something useful so we can
criticize you for it, and demand that you do it better while at the same time denying you the means to do it at all. Another little war would be good. Andre Jute I'm not joking Isn't one of the points of the EU specifically to avoid the sort of regional conflicts that might lead to a "little war?" And in my travels in France, I found plenty of appreciation among the locals for Americans, specifically in stores and pubs. I was told, more than once, that most French enjoy American tourists (most of the time), because the Americans are the only tourists who don't understand that they're not supposed to be bullied by the German tourists. Everybody else apparently gives in (lets them cut in line or whatever it is they supposedly do) while the Americans hold their ground (because we don't know any better). Regional differences are quite interesting and stereotypes far more useful than they should be. For example, watching the final stage of the Tour de France (in Paris), I discovered that Spanish folk have no real sense of personal space. Or at least not somebody else's personal space anyway. They would just keep pushing in tighter and tighter and tighter, and if you dared move from your spot for an instant, well, those around could *try* to hold it for you, but they wouldn't succeed. Once you figure this out, you deal with it appropriately, but do *not* expect to be able to explain to them that you've tried to create your own little piece of defensible space. It just won't work. You think they're being rude, but that's not it at all. It just doesn't make sense to them. As for Americans, I've found that it's never a good idea to be in a group of more than 6. At 8, it's a certainty. You're going to have some idiot who has maybe had too much to drink (but usually not required) making an arse of himself (usually a guy) about why the French don't appreciate the fact that we bailed them out in WWII. Or why things are done differently in France than in the US (typically a complaint about restaraunt service). Geez, if you wanted everything to be the same, why travel? --Mike Jacoubowsky Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReaction.com Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA |
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Tom Sherman °_° wrote: datakoll aka Gene Daniels wrote: Euros are klaustrophobic Be very, very, very afraid of people named Klaus. Including Santa Klaus? -- "I wear the cheese, it does not wear me." |
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datakoll aka Gene Daniels wrote:
Euros are klaustrophobic Tom Sherman °_° wrote: Be very, very, very afraid of people named Klaus. Tim McNamara wrote: Including Santa Klaus? Not so much fun as The Wrath of God: http://heisseluft.files.wordpress.co...aus_kinski.jpg -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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"Mike Jacoubowsky" wrote in message m... [...] Regional differences are quite interesting and stereotypes far more useful than they should be. For example, watching the final stage of the Tour de France (in Paris), I discovered that Spanish folk have no real sense of personal space. Or at least not somebody else's personal space anyway. They would just keep pushing in tighter and tighter and tighter, and if you dared move from your spot for an instant, well, those around could *try* to hold it for you, but they wouldn't succeed. Once you figure this out, you deal with it appropriately, but do *not* expect to be able to explain to them that you've tried to create your own little piece of defensible space. It just won't work. You think they're being rude, but that's not it at all. It just doesn't make sense to them. Americans simply do not know how to queue. Whether at the bank or the post office, folks stand several arm lengths from one another while waiting in line. Much of the time it is hard to determine where the line is everyone is so spaced out. We could take some lessons from the English about how to queue. Regards, Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota |
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AMuzi wrote: datakoll aka Gene Daniels wrote: Euros are klaustrophobic Tom Sherman °_° wrote: Be very, very, very afraid of people named Klaus. Tim McNamara wrote: Including Santa Klaus? Not so much fun as The Wrath of God: http://heisseluft.files.wordpress.co...aus_kinski.jpg Dude. Way to give me nominitoklausophobia. Yikes! -- "I wear the cheese, it does not wear me." |
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