Foreign Embassy

[ZoNeSeeK]

A thread for all the 'outside USA' users as we need to stick together amongst this barrage of baseball and pretzels and CBS.

[Jean]

::a handshake from across the Greenwich Meridian::

[ZoNeSeeK]

Yes, I do enjoy being a +X timezone :)

[Jean]

I love being a +X. I remind myself of Marty McFly, from Back to the Future. Doc Brown addressed him, sarcastically, as the future boy.

[ZoNeSeeK]

but isnt russia a + aswell? I thought st petersberg would be like +3 or something?

[Jean]

yes, did I put a minus?

::goes to edit::

(that's what comes from posting while not fully awake)

that's exactly what I meant, we're both future boys here

and Letti is a future girl (+2)

and, in addtion to the handshake for our American friends across the Greenwich meridian, here goes a big bearhandshake across the Equator!

[ManOfWesternesse]

Greetings from the zone of the +/- 0. :thumbsup:

[Odetta]

I am no "girl of the future"... but I possess kick-ass beer!

any other Canadians here? eh?

[fernandito]

Room for one more foreigner? I've got plenty of cerveza to go around :onfire:

[Matt]

Mmmmm...foreigners :lol:

[Bethany]

Damn foreigners! *shakes fist angrily at all corners of the globe*

Hey ya'll. :grouphug:

[ZoNeSeeK]

Nando: Ah, you must been Crompton of Heilongjiang province! Here I was thinking you are in LA :)

*shakes New Zealand angrily back at Bethany*

[Bethany]

^ Don't make me send some biscuits your way.

[Telynn]

Here.... this will make Zone feel right at home.

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/7484/fostershj0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[fernandito]

I :huglove: Tel.

[ZoNeSeeK]

And here i was thinking Tel was a decent person :(

[Telynn]

Oh, ok. Here is one for Nando too.

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/5341/20070507sheldonqu1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[ZoNeSeeK]

:P

[Odetta]

Happy Canada Day!

[ZoNeSeeK]

Hooray!

[Odetta]

*throws beers to all*

[Jean]

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Misc/canadaday.jpg

[ZoNeSeeK]

Canada Day - 2nd July! Making the fourth 'like, so two days ago' every year :)

well its the July 2nd here so it could be a July 1st thing :)

Its Diems birthday today!

[Jean]

that's great!

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Birthday/cake03.jpg

[ZoNeSeeK]

Thanks :) shes been spoilt this year. Its my birthday in a week so we normally get joint presents but are doing individual things this year :P

[Darkthoughts]

Cool! Happy Birthday to Diem...though if I was with you I'd sing this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjp7D0SW-9k rather than Happy Birthday, being as its the best programme to ever come out of Australia.
I liked the first series best though ;)

[ZoNeSeeK]

Oh no :) have you read the paul jennings books? thats what that series is based on.

[Darkthoughts]

No - but I was thinking of getting them for my son, we share a Round The Twist sense of humour :D

[ZoNeSeeK]

The tv show is cringeworthy though ;) I loved the books when I was in primary school.

[Darkthoughts]

:o How can you say that!?!! The first series was BRILLIANT especially the "Without My Pants" episode!

Australia rules cheesy tv - I also used to like The Tribe and Heartbreak High...ahh, good times :P

[ZoNeSeeK]

Oh dear :) do you watch Neighbours aswell?

[Darkthoughts]

Hell no! I do draw the line somewhere!! :lol:

[ZoNeSeeK]

thank god :) that show is false advertising. Anyone who knows their whole cul-de-sac in suburbia is an aberrant freak.

[Darkthoughts]

Although...back in the early 90's I caught a cracker of an episode where Jim and Doug ate some magic mushrooms and tripped out in the bush somewhere :D

[ZoNeSeeK]

hahahah - oh yeah, Neighbours dealing with the current moral, political and social issues. I think now they just try and introduce new skanky families to break up the established ones via slutty behaviour.

[Darkthoughts]

On a more intellectual note...:D...Janet Frame is Australian isn't she? Angel at My Window was a cool, if rather sad, book and film.

[ZoNeSeeK]

whos janet frame?



Janet Paterson Frame ONZ, CBE, (August 28, 1924 - January 29, 2004), a New Zealand author, wrote eleven novels, four collections of short stories, a book of poetry, a children's book, and a three-volume autobiography.

Famous for both her prose and her life story - she escaped lobotomy as a falsely-diagnosed mental patient only by receiving a literary prize just in time - she became a very private person in later life. This relates to her 1958 decision to change her name by deed poll to Nene Janet Paterson Clutha. Frank Sargeson praised her prose as possessing a "frightening clarity of perception", though her novels eschewed traditional New Zealand literary realism for a more magical style.[1]


Nah she was a kiwi. We steal all their decent people anyway.

[Bethany]

Until I met Josh, all of my knowledge of Australia came from The Thornbirds.

[ZoNeSeeK]

:ninja:

[Odetta]

Mine came from Men At Work ;)

[Matt]

Ah...a good ole Vegemite sandwich. :lol:

I always wondered what that was.

[Odetta]

vegemite is disgusting! Must be an aquired taste.

[Darkthoughts]

I don't mind it, but I prefer Marmite (hides from Josh)

[ZoNeSeeK]

So do I, actually :P vaginamite is too salty for me :P

[Darkthoughts]

:rofl: Don't believe I'll ever be eating that again!

[ZoNeSeeK]

Promite is nice too. A little sweeter.

time for meds!

[Letti]

Why didn't I see this thread before? :rose:
hi there

[ZoNeSeeK]

Hey Letti :P

[Letti]

Hey Letti :P

Hello there. :thumbsup:

[fernandito]

Hola, mis hermanos y hermanas extranjeras. :)

[ZoNeSeeK]

"Hello, Foreign ladies and gentlemen" ?

[fernandito]

Hello, my foreign brothers and sisters :) . You were close.

[ZoNeSeeK]

CLOSE TO THE END

[Darkthoughts]

Hola! G'day! ...And I don't know any Hungarian so :huglove: to Letti :P

[Letti]

Hola! G'day! ...And I don't know any Hungarian so :huglove: to Letti :P

First time in my life I feel it's good to be a Hungarian. :wub:

[ZoNeSeeK]

is it normally bad to be a hungarian? :)

[fernandito]

I was thinking the same thing.

[ZoNeSeeK]

they have killer deli meats!

[Letti]

is it normally bad to be a hungarian? :)

Let me think... I think most of the Hungarians would answer without hesitation: YES

[ZoNeSeeK]

But whats wrong with Hungary?

[Letti]

Oh, long story. And it's not easy to say bad things about your own country.
But if I didn't belong to someone who I love a lot I don't think I would be here. I don't say I would go and I would never come back... in fact I love this country a lot. It's beautiful.
But I am sure without him I wouldn't be here.

[ZoNeSeeK]

You mean in terms of opportunity, economics, traditionalism etc?

[Letti]

You mean in terms of opportunity, economics, traditionalism etc?
*nods in silence*
I am an English teacher and I see how many people go abroad. Many of my ex-colleagues (the bestest ones) have already left Hungary to work and live abroad. Some of them are planning to come back but I am not sure at all they will.

[Odetta]

I think everyone feels that way at points in their lives... wanting to leave your own country to see what's out there for opportunity. At least we are women living in countries where we CAN leave... because we have the same opportunities as men do.

[sarajean]

i just remembered that one of my very best friends in high school was hungarian. he was impressed that i was the only person he ever knew that was able to say his last name correctly. szemerei.

[fernandito]

(blank stare)

s-meh-ray?

[sarajean]

nope.

he and i used to play star wars laser tag around my apartment complex.

good times. i haven't thought of him in forever. (his name was roland, too!)

[fernandito]

Did he have blue bombardier eyes and carry a gunbelt around?

[sarajean]

eyes, yes. belt, no.

[ZoNeSeeK]

did you squish genitals together?

[sarajean]

never.

never ever.

that's not to say i wouldn't have, i was a bit of a slatternly girl in my youth, but he was...too pure...for the likes of me.

[ZoNeSeeK]

slatternly?

were you a hussy, sarajean? a bit of a strumpet? a BRAZEN HARLOT, if you will?

[sarajean]

um...maybe. http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o199/sarajeanm/unsure.gif

[ZoNeSeeK]

i just got shortlisted for a job and have an interview on wednesday

fuck im so nervous now ;( *just think about the money, just think about the money*

[sarajean]

you'll do awesome.

:huglove:

[ZoNeSeeK]

heh, i hope im doing the right thing :)

[Letti]

i just remembered that one of my very best friends in high school was hungarian. he was impressed that i was the only person he ever knew that was able to say his last name correctly. szemerei.
It's a beautiful last name.
I wish I could hear how you say it. :wub: Not an easy one small wonder he was impressed.

[sarajean]

he said that it must have been the years of german that i studied that enabled me to be able to pronounce it.

[Darkthoughts]

slatternly?

were you a hussy, sarajean? a bit of a strumpet? a BRAZEN HARLOT, if you will?


um...maybe. http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o199/sarajeanm/unsure.gif

I knew I felt we were kindred spirits for a reason :P

[ZoNeSeeK]

Went to bed at 10pm. Woke up at 3am. Stayed awake. Alarm goes off at 5am. God i wish i had a mild speed addiction at this point in time.

[Darkthoughts]

Noticed at the bottom of the page (main page) that its Veteran's Day in the US. I didn't know you guys marked today - its called Rememberance Day over here - do you wear poppies and leave poppy wreaths at the war memorials? We do, plus the local army base do a procession to leave wreaths at the memorial in the village.

[Brice]

I've never heard of the tradition with poppies before.

[Odetta]

Noticed at the bottom of the page (main page) that its Veteran's Day in the US. I didn't know you guys marked today - its called Rememberance Day over here - do you wear poppies and leave poppy wreaths at the war memorials? We do, plus the local army base do a procession to leave wreaths at the memorial in the village.

We call it Rememberance Day, too... but that makes sense since we're kinda related.

[Ruthful]

I've never heard of the tradition with poppies before.

It's a British, not an American, tradition.

http://www.geocities.com/traditions_uk/poppyday.html

Some scumbag planted an improvised explosive charge in a cannon during the celebration in Newry, County Down.

[Ruthful]

http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/347385/2/istockphoto_347385_remembrance_day.jpg

http://images.scotsman.com/2006/11/07/2006-11-07T235421Z_01_NOOTR_RTRIDSP_2_OUKOE-UK-LIFE-CANADA-POPPIES.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/122/302732376_c0eb644932.jpg

http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/3010178/2/istockphoto_3010178_flag_of_australia_at_half_staf f.jpg

http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/7CE325E7-B247-4255-A333-935139848A84/0/rhysoleary.jpg

[Ruthful]

http://www.dva.gov.au/images/commem/Lestweforget_CDtracks/148881a.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Remebrance_poppy_ww2_section_of_Aust_war_memorial. jpg/350px-Remebrance_poppy_ww2_section_of_Aust_war_memorial. jpg

http://sydneywebcam.smugmug.com/photos/92084356-M.jpg

http://www.bermuda-online.org/RemembranceDay.jpg

http://www.defence.gov.au/anzacday/images/gallery/20060425d/20060425adf8185016_0181_th.jpg

[Ruthful]

http://www.emotionscards.com/trivia/Patriotic/memflagflowers.jpg

http://southdakotapolitics.blogs.com/south_dakota_politics/images/veterans.jpg

http://www.lafayettefoundation.org/Images/Escadrille1916_w600t.jpg

http://www.bethlehempaonline.com/soldiers07.jpg

http://www.g2mil.com/vetpos87.jpg

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/images/veterans-day/q5.jpg

http://blog.ateava.com/media/1/TombofUnknown_Lo.jpg

[fernandito]

"Their Name Liveth For Evermore".


I love that.

[Ruthful]

http://www.alvernia.edu/academics/history/silbey/silbey-Images/3.jpg

http://orlandosentinel.p2ionline.com/specialsections/data/images/1706158s1x1x1.jpg

http://www.kidsthankavet.com/images/ddaygraves.JPG

http://ginacobb.typepad.com/gina_cobb/images/2007/07/21/france_will_never_forget_2.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Cimetière_américain_de_Colleville-sur-Mer.JPG/800px-Cimetière_américain_de_Colleville-sur-Mer.JPG

[Ruthful]

http://www.goinhome.com/images/armistice.jpg

http://www.aucklanddailyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/a25042007.jpg

http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/files/images/stories/anzac/anzac-014.jpg

http://www.ptr.co.nz/turkey/images/gallipoli5.jpg

http://www.ptr.co.nz/turkey/images/gallipoli6.jpg

[ZoNeSeeK]

Ours is called Rememberence Day aswell on 11/11th, we have two minutes of silence and some ceremonies similar to the stuff seen here. Its also my brother's birthday :)

[Ruthful]

Happy Birthday, then!

:clap:

[Storyslinger]

Happy B-day to Zones brother

[Matt]

So this is where the Veterans stuff is :lol:

My belated respect to those who have served

[Ruthful]

So this is where the Veterans stuff is :lol:

My belated respect to those who have served

I was going to post a lot of those cool Youtube videos of Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan kicking ass, but surfing YT-now that I don't have the connection to actually watch the videos any longer-just pisses me off.

So you'll have to deal with that.

[Kevin]

Ruthful is Canadian? If so tat makes three! :rock:

[Ruthful]

Nope.

Due South.

Although, I looked over a geneology chart one of my distant relatives sent to my family a few weeks ago and I do think one of my ancestors lived in Quebec for a time. I think she met someone from the House of Hanover/Windsor-it might have even been the Queen-who was touring the Commonwealth.

No, I meant that there was a bunch of videos uploaded to YT showing the Canadian Forces deployed by NATO in Afghanistan doing all sorts of cool shit, which I would otherwise post.

I know someone from Ontario who's in the reserves and used to post those all the time on an old website we both belonged to, but he's kind of dropped off the face of the planet lately.

[Ruthful]

BTW, if you want to see where I be just click on "my location."

I fixed the problems I had earlier-with the help of Brice and some other very helpful users-and now I'm actually in the right hemisphere/locality.

[Odetta]

Ruthful is Canadian? If so tat makes three! :rock:

tamez is Canadian as well!

[Ruthful]

O rlly?

[Odetta]

there aren't a lot of us... but what we lack in numbers, we make up for in beer!

[Ruthful]

True.

[Kevin]

there aren't a lot of us... but what we lack in numbers, we make up for in beer!

And Stanley Cups. :D

[fernandito]

what's a stanley cup?
























:P

[Odetta]

*crushes fp's skull with the Stanley Cup*

[fernandito]

*decimates Odetta's town with World Cup Replica*

[ZoNeSeeK]

*injects some local funding into Nando's community*

[fernandito]

*dealers now have new lights with which to sell bud under, community is grateful*

[Sai Joshua]

Well I don't care where you are from, you guys have good taste in your reading material, so hat's off to ya!

[fernandito]

*tips sombrero*


Nicely put, sir.

[Odetta]

*kiss*

[ZoNeSeeK]

Did you want me to fix up that sig image O?

[ZoNeSeeK]

Aussie breaks beer-carrying world record (http://www.smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/aussie-carries-20-beers-breaks-world-record/2007/11/16/1194766908128.html)

[Ruthful]

Aussie breaks beer-carrying world record (http://www.smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/aussie-carries-20-beers-breaks-world-record/2007/11/16/1194766908128.html)

Take that, you cocky Irish bastards!

:P

[Ruthful]

Oh, it's the Germans.

That was my second guess.

Hahahahaha.

[sarajean]

Aussie breaks beer-carrying world record (http://www.smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/aussie-carries-20-beers-breaks-world-record/2007/11/16/1194766908128.html)

:rolleyes: so what, he beat a girl.

[Ruthful]

Aussie breaks beer-carrying world record (http://www.smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/aussie-carries-20-beers-breaks-world-record/2007/11/16/1194766908128.html)

:rolleyes: so what, he beat a girl.

Hey, you try beating a German chick in a stein-hoisting contest.

:excited:

[ZoNeSeeK]

Aussie breaks beer-carrying world record (http://www.smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/aussie-carries-20-beers-breaks-world-record/2007/11/16/1194766908128.html)

:rolleyes: so what, he beat a girl.

You obviously haven't seen the 'girls' in munich beer halls :)

[fernandito]

Are they all named Olga or Helga?

[ZoNeSeeK]

I think one of them was named Stan

[Storyslinger]

I think one of them was named Stan

:beat:

[Ruthful]

http://www.library.yale.edu/Internet/maggraphics/canada-1.gif

I live in Orangeland.

[JasKo]

Some1 should make a list of things us "non-us" have that those US'ers don't ;)

Like Oktoberfest! :D

[Kevin]

This outlines a few of the things, from a Canadian perspective. :D

In light of the fact that the United States and the United Kingdom both think it is important to have dominance over each other, Canada would like to politely (as always) point out, that, despite your differences, you both have a backwards way of doing things. Since Canada is largely ignored among the other 2 countries, both the UK and US will have a new optional (we wouldn't force anything on anyone) course in schools on how Canada has used the best parts of both cultures to create a better place. Even though it is optional we assume you both want to improve. You both clearly have a lot to learn.

If we were to annex either of you, Ottawa (not Toronto) would be your capital.

A questionnaire will be circulated in both countries to determine how much either of you actually know about Canada. We share a border with the US and the Queen is still at the top of our parliamentary system but despite that, ignorance of Canada runs rampant in BOTH countries. No, we don't all live in perpetual cold with snow every day of the year.

The following should be noted about Canada:

1. Here in Canada the metal known as Aluminum/Aluminium can be said either way. For proof, listen to the Barenaked Ladies song titled Aluminum. They are an excellent band and largely unrecognized in either the UK or the US.

Language and speech is an organic structure. Arguing that one country has a better way of saying things is like arguing that Chicago is better than New York or that London is better than Edinburgh. All our big cities are better anyway.

2. The word 'unite' is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as:

- verb - 1. come or bring together for a common purpose or to form a whole. 2. archaic join in marriage.

- DERIVATIVES - 1. united, adjective. 2. unitive, adjective.

— ORIGIN - Latin - unire ‘join together’, from unus ‘one’.

In the case of the 'United' States of America, there is a gross fallacy. Since Canada and Mexico are nation states on the continent of North America (not to mention the fact that South America is part of the Americas), this is obviously a very pretentious name for a country. We resent the fact that you assume that you are the only country to exist in America, or that Canada and Mexico are really part of your country. We don't even have a star on the flag.

The 'United' Kingdom is just as bad. We argue that there is no unity in the UK. The Scottish and the Welsh would rather be their own countries. You let the Irish go (with the exception of Northern Ireland), how about the other two and a half? Your Kingdom is clearly not 'United'.

Canada is a native Canadian word for village or settlement. How easy is that.

3. We acknowledge that some Canadians say 'eh' but find it hard to understand why this is so important to mention when talking about Canadians. Some people from the US say 'y'all' while some people from the UK say 'aks' instead of 'ask' but we feel these things are not relevant or indicative of those people. The fact that you have to mention 'eh' seems to indicate that you are looking for something to fault us for. If 'eh' is the only thing you have got against us, well then go ahead, keep talking about it. We don't care.

4. Good movies DO come out of Canada. Titanic, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, and A History of Violence to name a few. We as Canadians bet that 97.75% of both your populations had no idea any of those movies came out of Canada.

5. The national animal of Canada is the beaver, we've got lots of them. The national animal of the US is the bald eagle. There are more bald eagles on Vancouver Island than there are in the US. The national animal of the UK is the lion. The only lions in the UK live in zoos.

6. The 'American' in 'American Football' is used to differentiate it from 'Canadian Football" as well as 'European Football'. Canadians play with a longer field and three downs instead of 4 making it more challenging, and we play with 12 players instead or 11 making plays more diverse.

Canada women's national soccer team is currently ranked 9th in the world and the Canadian women's team place second in U-19. Admittedly the men can't play very well, but they try hard. We also try very hard at Rugby, but very rarely succeed. Mainly, we just don't care how good we are, because deep down WE LOVE TO BE CANADIAN. And because Canada dominates at two sports. Hockey and Lacrosse. We pretty much invented both sports. Enough said.

7. In Canada, guns don't really matter when you have people like Jean Chrétien, a former Prime Minister, who simply punches people in the face when they attack him. And no, Jean Chrétien isn't still our Prime Minister.

8. Contrary to popular belief, Canada celebrates its own independence from Britain on July 1st. It has nothing to do with the American holiday on July 4th. It is important to note that Canada achieved peaceful independence. The Queen and Pierre Elliot Trudeau got together, had some Timmies, signed a few papers and it was done. And no, Trudeau isn't still our Prime Minister. But we wish he was.

9. Roundabouts ARE stupid. They are for people who have a round about way of doing things and who like to drive in circles at extreme speeds all day and never get anywhere. Traffic lights are much more efficient, safe and orderly. Additionally, driving on the left side of the road indicates that there is some sort of inferiority complex at hand. The rest of the world drives on the right hand side of the road, why shouldn't you?

Don't think we let the Americans of the hook. Oh no.

The imperial system is by far the most outdated, useless, inefficient scientific tool for measuring that ever existed. The continued use of this system in the US can only be explained as sheer stupidity.

We take whats best and make it better.

10. Whether you call them French fries, crisps, chips, or deep fried potatoes, they are only delicious served one way, with gravy and cheese curds. We call this poutine. For those of you who don't know, it is pronounced poo-teen. It looks like hell but tastes like heaven. Don't pretend to understand Canada until you have tried this fantastic Québécois style food. It will clog your arteries like nothing else, and you will love it.

11. Drink all the tea you want. Tim Horton's coffee will always be better.

12. Molson Canadian is Canada's beer. Its not the best but it does us proud. We like a whole lot of different beers here in Canada and we pride ourselves on being connoisseurs rather than pretentious snobs who turn up their noses at anything but the local brew. Everyone has got different tastes, and how bored would you be of beer if you had to drink the same brew all the time. Also, a little bit of urine helps to remind us how good the good stuff really is. Where would your egos be if there wasn't some lesser quality stuff to put yours above?

13. It does not matter if you call it gasoline or petrol, its way to expensive and its causing a lot of problems. Everyone should sell their cars so that we are no longer an oil dependent world. Ride your bicycle, take the train or bus, or heaven forbid, stretch the old legs, burn some carbs and lose some weight by walking. This may cause problems in Canada because geographically speaking we are bigger than both your countries combined. We don't need to compensate.

14. On the guns issue, we side with the British. Plain and simple. "Apes with guns kill people."

15. Princess Diana may very well have been the face of a generation but she is dead and she needs to rest in peace. There is no conspiracy. Just. Let. It. Go.

And seriously, who killed JFK?

16. One Loonie should be payed to Canada for each British and American citizen because clearly you are all loony for not doing it our way. Additionally, each wrong answer on the aforementioned questionnaire will cost $10, whenever you have it handy. That's roughly 4 squid, I mean quid.

[fernandito]

And who is the author of this lustrious rant?

[Kevin]

Me and my older brother. :D

[ZoNeSeeK]

Additionally, driving on the left side of the road indicates that there is some sort of inferiority complex at hand. The rest of the world drives on the right hand side of the road, why shouldn't you?


Countries that drive on the left-hand side of the road:

Anguilla
Antigua & Barbuda
Australia
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bophuthatswana
Botswana
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Cayman Islands
Channel Islands
Ciskei
Cyprus
Dominica
Falkland Islands
Fiji
Grenada
Guyana
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Jamaica
Japan
Kenya
Lesotho
Macau
Malawi
Malaysia
Malta
Mauritius
Montserrat
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
New Zealand
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
St. Vincent & Grenadines
Seychelles
Sikkim
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Sri Lanka
St Kitts & Nevis
St. Helena
St. Lucia
Surinam
Swaziland
Tanzania
Thailand
Tonga
Trinidad & Tobago
Uganda
United Kingdom
US Virgin Islands
Venda
Zambia
Zimbabwe

[Ruthful]

Aside from Indonesia and The Seychelles, are there any countries on that list where people don't speak with an English accent?

OH YEAH, WE'RE NOT MEMBERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH!

In your face, tea-drinking colonials!

:P

Oops, forgot that Ireland's on that list.

Don't people on Ireland ride camels to work?

OOH-RAH, another zinger!

I am so on tonight.

Do your worst, foreign heathens.

:cowboy:

[fernandito]

I ride a Tazmanian Devil to work, his name is Taz. He puts the


Taz in Tazmania!
Taz in Tazmania!
Taz in Tazmania!

[ZoNeSeeK]

Aside from Indonesia and The Seychelles, are there any countries on that list where people don't speak with an English accent?



Yes. All of them. Except England.

[Ruthful]

I was so disappointed when I found out how prosaic those animals actually look.

Warner Brothers had misled a deluded youth.

:cry:

[Kevin]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Countries_driving_on_the_left_or_right.svg/800px-Countries_driving_on_the_left_or_right.svg.png

Red=right
blue=left

Bite me. :D

[Ruthful]

Aside from Indonesia and The Seychelles, are there any countries on that list where people don't speak with an English accent?



Yes. All of them. Except England.

lulz.

[Ruthful]

http://www.travelpod.com/traveler-iq/game1?4476=15cf

I managed to get to the penultimate round before being eliminated.

Damn Vanutu!

:angry:

[ZoNeSeeK]

Kevin: heheh :) how long did it take you to find that? :)

[Kevin]

About 30 seconds. Check the URL, its wikipedia.

[ZoNeSeeK]

I think the blue looks soothing and refreshing, and the red is angry, retarded and sexually frustrated.

[Darkthoughts]

the Queen is still at the top of our parliamentary system
This would not encourage me to emigrate! Many people in the UK see the Royal family as interbred hoorays who sponge off our taxes :P


while some people from the UK say 'aks' instead of 'ask'
Which people?
Plus you need to add "aboot" to the list of "funny things Canadians say"...oh yeah, I watched Kids of Degrassi Street!! :D


Good movies DO come out of Canada. Titanic, My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Shouldn't that be "good movies do come out of Canada despite..."


Roundabouts ARE stupid. They are for people who have a round about way of doing things and who like to drive in circles at extreme speeds all day and never get anywhere. Traffic lights are much more efficient, safe and orderly.
Eh? We have roundabouts and traffic lights...two different purposes.


Princess Diana may very well have been the face of a generation but she is dead and she needs to rest in peace. There is no conspiracy. Just. Let. It. Go
That bores the shit out of me too - but it's really only an issue with the British tabloids, Mohammed Al Fayid and people's grans.


That's roughly 4 squid, I mean quid.

Let's make it a fiver, and you owe me for your "We can't decide whether to be French or English...lets be both and call ourselves Canadian!" insolence!! :lol:

Good one Kev :D

[fernandito]

I love it when Lisa lays the smackdown. :wub:

[Jean]

our Canadian friends have the neatest flags...

[Ruthful]

Yet another quiver in our arsenal:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071127.wolymascot1127/BNStory/National/home?cid=al_gam_mostview


*snicker*

[TerribleT]

Where's Canada, isn't it like...a suburb of the US?

[Odetta]

Where's Canada, isn't it like...a suburb of the US?

If, by suburb, you mean the nice part of town where you're money is worth more, your health care is better, everybody loves you (even the neighboring towns all want to come and visit or have you come over for coffee)... then yes... I guess we are!


*throws Terrible a donut*

[fernandito]

All of that comes with a price though...


And the price is being Canadian! :D

[Odetta]

*chases fp with a rolling pin*

[TerribleT]

Actually that was in response to some huge post about how Canada was better than either GB or the US, I'm not sure where it went, but to all Canadians, I'm pullin your chain. :D

[Odetta]

that was Kevin... don't get him started! ;)

[ZoNeSeeK]

Canada is a county in michigan I think
up that way

[Odetta]

So, I was in Banff for a few days over Christmas... and we stayed at one of the nicest hotels in Banff... I have noticed over the last few years that this particular hotel is swarming with Australians! The entire staff is probably about 75% Australians and all are young... all in their 20's. There must be some major recruiting going on!

[Darkthoughts]

That's like Cornwall over in the UK. It's the southern most coast of England, and the main surfing haven. All the lifeguards are Aussies...goto a pub and all the bar staff are Aussies...all the waitresses...etc. It's cool, but it's also puzzling - if you could surf in Aus, why on earth would you come to the UK to do it?

[Kevin]

Because they're a plague.

[Brice]

[quote=Odetta;85647]So, I was in Banff for a few days over Christmas... and we stayed at one of the nicest hotels in Banff... I have noticed over the last few years that this particular hotel is swarming with Australians! The entire staff is probably about 75% Australians and all are young... all in their 20's. There must be some major recruiting going on!


That's like Cornwall over in the UK. It's the southern most coast of England, and the main surfing haven. All the lifeguards are Aussies...goto a pub and all the bar staff are Aussies...all the waitresses...etc. It's cool, but it's also puzzling - if you could surf in Aus, why on earth would you come to the UK to do it?

It is an invasion. :panic: You two have discovered the huge Australian sleeper cells. Soon you will all be drinking Foster's and talking like Crocodile Dundee just like Josh. :P

[fernandito]

And pissing off sting rays!

[Odetta]

:lol:

[sarah]

so does anyone know what happened to zones? Is he drunk in a ditch?

[fernandito]

Don't they get like 5 billion years of vacation over there?

[Brice]

Don't they get like 5 billion years of vacation over there?

Actually, I believe it's only like 51 and a half weeks a year with pay.

[fernandito]

And the last half week are all short days :lol:

[Brice]

Well, two of those days are personal days also.

[sarah]

:rofl:

[ZoNeSeeK]

That's like Cornwall over in the UK. It's the southern most coast of England, and the main surfing haven. All the lifeguards are Aussies...goto a pub and all the bar staff are Aussies...all the waitresses...etc. It's cool, but it's also puzzling - if you could surf in Aus, why on earth would you come to the UK to do it?

most surfers spend oodles of time and money flitting around the globe surfing in the renowned spots, diem's dad has surfed his whole life and has gone on plenty of trips - indonesia, hawaii, south africa etc - he went to cornwall but there was some inconvenient blizzard or whatever and he didn't end up surfing. Others were though, and it was snowing over the ocean. ;) But yeah, theyre generally crazy.

Odetta: You copped the other main sports-oriented travellers - snowboarders. I'm guessing Banff is a ski place?

Nando: Go titfuck a lime you dirty hombre. I was sick with gastro. The 100 litres of liquid shit that came out of my ass is in a sea container on its way to your doorstep. Happy new year! :D

[sarah]

Nando: Go titfuck a lime you dirty hombre. I was sick with gastro. The 100 litres of liquid shit that came out of my ass is in a sea container on its way to your doorstep. Happy new year! :D



that is so gross but i can't stop laughing. mega mega

[fernandito]

I was sick with gastro. The 100 litres of liquid shit that came out of my ass is in a sea container on its way to your doorstep. Happy new year! :D

Didn't I tell you to stop eating Hot Cheetos with milk?

[ZoNeSeeK]

No?

[William50]

:o

[Odetta]

[quote=Darkthoughts;85798]

Odetta: You copped the other main sports-oriented travellers - snowboarders. I'm guessing Banff is a ski place?




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banff_National_Park

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

[quote=Darkthoughts;85798]
Odetta: You copped the other main sports-oriented travellers - snowboarders. I'm guessing Banff is a ski place?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banff_National_Park

Alternative Banff without the snow :rose:

http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/banff/banff/index.html

[Odetta]

cool!

[ZoNeSeeK]

Hrm, why is everyone's quotes stuffing up?

[Kevin]

Because we're in the foreign thread, everything is naturally defective.

[fernandito]

It's racism I tell ya'! racism!

[ZoNeSeeK]

where?! *excited* i saw them when they last came in 2001

[Allie]

Why hello, thought I'd better pop my head in here, I am from Australia, a lovely little place (which at the moment is rather wet and soggy, we just had floods) called Nimbin. Nimbin has rather a reputation for being full of hippies who smoke pot, and you can often see many foreign tourists cruising the town, being sold dope cookies and the like from the locals, and taking pictures of the shops called Bringabong and Happy High Herbs. Alas though, I am neither a hippie nor a pot smoker, and therefore I am not terribly exciting hehe.

Anyhow, just thought I'd babble on a bit about myself, how are all you lovely folk?

[ZoNeSeeK]

Im pretty crappy now actually, I just had the worst lunch ever :(

[Allie]

Worst ever? What was it?

[Letti]

Why hello, thought I'd better pop my head in here, I am from Australia, a lovely little place (which at the moment is rather wet and soggy, we just had floods) called Nimbin. Nimbin has rather a reputation for being full of hippies who smoke pot, and you can often see many foreign tourists cruising the town, being sold dope cookies and the like from the locals, and taking pictures of the shops called Bringabong and Happy High Herbs. Alas though, I am neither a hippie nor a pot smoker, and therefore I am not terribly exciting hehe.

Anyhow, just thought I'd babble on a bit about myself, how are all you lovely folk?

Thank you for the information. It sounds exciting (for me). :)

[Allie]

You are most welcome Letti, I felt a bit self conscious as I was rambling on about myself!!

[Darkthoughts]

We like rambling, its a prerequisite of posting in here :couple:

Well, it is for Zone anyway :lol:

Nimbin is a pretty funky name for a town! Though Aus seems to have the monopoly on groovy names :D

[Allie]

Hehe its a pretty groovy place too, all the shop fronts are painted in funky colours and stuff like that. I actually live about 4 kms out of town, on 10 acres.

Glad rambling is welcome, I tend to ramble a lot without ever managing to get my point across!

[Matt]

Sounds beautiful Allie--I would love to visit the continent sometime. :wub:

[Allie]

Yep its a nice place for sure, so expensive to get to or leave from Australia though, we are too damn far from everyone else!!

[ZoNeSeeK]

Worst ever? What was it?

Well i ORDERED a thai beef salad but they gave me chilli fish salad instead and i fuckin HATE fish in asian food!!! :(

Yeah, travel expenses are fucked up the ass here. Its cheaper for me to go to singapore than it is to go to sydney.

[Allie]

Eww the sound of chilli fish salad doesnt appeal to me much :nope:

[ZoNeSeeK]

well i guess it was more of like a crumbed fish pieces with lots of nuts and chilli and lime and stuff, and some red onion and lettuce. It was ok, i just dont like seafood a hell of alot, and only like fish by itself sorta thing ;)

[Allie]

Are you changing your mind now and saying it wasnt the worst ever??

[ZoNeSeeK]

No, it was the worst ever ;)

Someone else may have liked it though

[cozener]

A thread for all the 'outside USA' users as we need to stick together amongst this barrage of baseball and pretzels and CBS. Pretzels are German...now shut up and go throw me another shrimp on the barbie before we invade.


Mmmmm...foreigners :lol:
Taste like chicken...

[ManOfWesternesse]

...now shut up and go throw me another shrimp on the barbie before we invade....

No, no! For Iran, turn left at Iraq!!:evil:

[cozener]

Bah! Whatever. All these other countries look alike to me...

[Odetta]

Bah! Whatever. All these other countries look alike to me...

that's because you're noticing their superiority! :ninja:

[Míchéal]

greetings from the land of sheep and overpriced stuff... baaaaaaa

ireland if you're wondering...

[cozener]

Bah! Whatever. All these other countries look alike to me...

that's because you're noticing their superiority! :ninja: Yeah...but thats only Canada. And once we invade, that'll all be over.

[ManOfWesternesse]

Bah! Whatever. All these other countries look alike to me...
:lol:
I like it! If it rises above sea level - invade it!!



greetings from the land of sheep and overpriced stuff... baaaaaaa

ireland if you're wondering...

Begod - is it a fellow paddy ye are?
Greetings from Sligo.

[ZoNeSeeK]

A thread for all the 'outside USA' users as we need to stick together amongst this barrage of baseball and pretzels and CBS. Pretzels are German...now shut up and go throw me another shrimp on the barbie before we invade.


Mmmmm...foreigners :lol:
Taste like chicken...

By shrimp im assuming you mean prawn :)

[sarah]

is that the same place where beer flows like wine?


:lol:

[ZoNeSeeK]

Germany?

[groopa]

G'day from Oz. Hope all you fellow aussies (all 2 of you) will be putting a few lamb chops on the barbie tomorrow and sinking a few cold ones to celebrate Aus day! Who's gonna be #1 on the hottest 100?

Oh and for the record, this is a shrimp:
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8571/shrimpjy6.th.jpg (http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=shrimpjy6.jpg)

and this is a prawn:
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/1695/prawnspo6.th.jpg (http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=prawnspo6.jpg)


Cheers

[Matt]

:lol:

Great to have you groopa, cool first post.

I will eat everything in both pictures

[ZoNeSeeK]

Groopa is a fuckface who i work with :)

[groopa]

:D :D
Groopa is a fuckface who i work with :)

You're fucked!


I always had to listen to Josh talk about the weirdo's on Dark Tower so I thought I'd pop in and have a look around myself.

So far, I can see what he was talking about :D

[ZoNeSeeK]

Just remember:

http://www.propartganda.com/king/images/goat.jpg

[Allie]

Wow, thanks for the enlightenment there Zoneseek, now I know all the parts of a goat. I'm sure I'll use that info.....one day.

Will be having a Bbq and definitely listening to Hottest 100 tomorrow. Who do you think will be taking out the No 1 spot?

[groopa]

Wow, thanks for the enlightenment there Zoneseek, now I know all the parts of a goat. I'm sure I'll use that info.....one day.

Will be having a Bbq and definitely listening to Hottest 100 tomorrow. Who do you think will be taking out the No 1 spot?

Yep he's full of absolutely useless information young Zoneseek!

I'm hoping one of either Muse - Knights of Cydonia, Architecture in Helsinki - Hold Music (or also Heart it Races) or maybe one from Operator Please

But it's probably gonna be something crap like Muscles.

[Odetta]

:D :D
Groopa is a fuckface who i work with :)

You're fucked!


I always had to listen to Josh talk about the weirdo's on Dark Tower so I thought I'd pop in and have a look around myself.

So far, I can see what he was talking about :D

*smooches from Canada*

[groopa]

*smooches from Canada*


Awwww shucks, I can't resist an unconditional smooch :blush:

Also I am so glad to see that Muse made #1 on the Triple J hottest 100 (http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/) this year! My post from yesterday was fulfilled! Although a bit dissapointed to see Operator please didn't crack the top 20.
Oh well. Happy Austalia Day to all!

I'm quite tanked right now. I maybe had one or two many too Fosters today while cooking my shrimps (read - prawns) on the barbie!

And no I wasn't really drinking Fosters. We export that shit so we don't have to drink it!

[Odetta]

I was gonna say something about you drinking Fosters... something like...


ew

[Wuducynn]

Odetta and Rush, the two best things to come out of Canada.

[cozener]

and William Shatner. Can't forget James T. :)

[Odetta]

Odetta and Rush, the two best things to come out of Canada.

:blush:

RAWR

[Kevin]

Odetta and Rush, the two best things to come out of Canada.

And I'm the worst thing, which is far more fun. :evil:

[Odetta]

Odetta and Rush, the two best things to come out of Canada.

And I'm the worst thing, which is far more fun. :evil:

that depends on how you look at it, darlin'

[Wuducynn]

Well, and Nathan Fillion too..he's the third best thing to come out of Canada. I forgot he was from Canada..

[ZoNeSeeK]

.. and AllHails Fourgy is complete.

[fernandito]

El queso esta roto y podrido.
Donde esta el baño?

[ZoNeSeeK]

.. dick cheese? nando, wash your mouth out :(

[fernandito]

Uhhh, Olive™ or Irish Spring™?

[ZoNeSeeK]

Irish spring!

[ZoNeSeeK]

:(

[fernandito]

Why the long snout?

[ZoNeSeeK]

im fucking tired ;(

[fernandito]

get in the chat and tell me about it, so that I can pretend to care. :couple:

[John Blaze]

just so you guys know, there's a foreigner giveaway in the grow bag forum

[Jean]

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gifhttp://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gifhttp://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gif

[cozener]

Bah, damn bears…sitting there in their bigass vast country making their little hand motions…thinking they’re safe from invasion. Hey, just because Napoleon, Hitler, and a handful of dumb Teutonic knights couldn’t pull it off doesn’t mean a damn thing! You just watch your big furry ass or you’ll be on the invasion list, pal!

Oh wait, lemme check the list...you might already be on it.

*turns back a few loosely stapled and wrinkled papers*

Ah...nevermind. You're already penciled in for 2011.

[ZoNeSeeK]

I think the whole "70% of our nation is a deadly, unforgiving arctic wasteland" seems to deterr people :)

[John Blaze]

can't really see why though? :)

[ZoNeSeeK]

;)

Fuck it poured down yesterday, after 5 days of insufferable heat and humidity, it was great!

[John Blaze]

if anyone see's FP, he now belongs to Shelbs.

Zone, you aussie?

[ZoNeSeeK]

Feev's probably got his face buried in some hot mexican taco-tang at the moment ;)

JohnBlaze: Yep :)

[John Blaze]

You know The Man From Snowy River is one of my favorite westerns ever? as well as Quigley Down Under?

I'm Pro-Aussie all the way! :lol:

but seriously, i never knew you were from down under. You don't walk around singing 500 miles all day do you?

[ZoNeSeeK]

Yes! and I ride Baz to work:

http://www.johnsons.id.au/images/auspsa_1.jpg

:lol: :lol: Just joking dude :)

Im in the West in Australia (Perth), and its one of the best places to live I think ;)


You know The Man From Snowy River is one of my favorite westerns ever?

You would have liked the opening ceremony to the 2000 Olympics then! :)

[John Blaze]

I was serious on the movies, i really do like westerns alot.

Are you sure you're joking? You know us mexicans really do walk around singing mariachi music and eating tacos....

[ZoNeSeeK]

And growing cacti and eating limes and playing the marraccas and making pinadas and pumping out lots of low-grade coke and you've all got little brown hearts. This is what Nando tells me so it must be true :D

The only thing thats really true about aussies is we're all alcoholics :) And i was serious about the opening ceremony, they had a big Man from Snowy River themed part in it with lots of stockmen on horses. Ill try and find a clip.

[ZoNeSeeK]

Here you go:

YouTube - Sydney 2000 Opening Ceremony - Welcome

[John Blaze]

Nice, thanks for going thru that effort. I haven't ridden a horse since I sold all mine 3 years ago. :( I miss it.

[ZoNeSeeK]

its going to be 39 degrees on my bucks day :( (about 105F)

[John Blaze]

bucks day?

it's warming up here, it was only about 32f this morning.

hey zone, have you signed up for my giveaway?

[Odetta]

ROLL CALL! Foreigners, unite!

Canada is in the house!

[ManOfWesternesse]

Ireland - checking in! (are we foreign? :lol:)

[Daghain]

If you're foreign, am I domestic? :lol:

[Jean]

I am surely not domestic

(bears are largely wild animals)

[ZoNeSeeK]

This situation in Zimbabwe is chillingly dire. The international community is waiting for Africa to act, but its clear that Africa has neither the ability or the desire to prevent a humanitarian disaster in one of its neighbours. How much coverage is this getting in northern hemisphere nations? And how many African countries need to go through massive political or ethnic genocides before anyone will actually give a shit?

[ManOfWesternesse]

If you're foreign, am I domestic? :lol:

Damn-if-i-know Daghain! :lol: Maybe we're all foreign!

Zone, yes. EVERY time there's a major crisis in Africa the world is too slow to react. Zimbabwe is bad now & it's gonna get a lot worse (Mugabe will run out the terror-police for a few months now - cow the opposition - & steal the run-off election. And the world will let him.)

[ZoNeSeeK]

Hopefully with the amount of media attention and the pressure put on the SADC will pay off.

[obscurejude]

Zone, I hear about it a great deal on the BBC world report which airs on NPR (National Public Radio) late every night. It sounds like Europe is more concerned with it than America, but I can't say for sure bc I don't watch TV. Also, most of the international news is being overshadowed by the democratic primary right now. Americans are generally selfish as well, and can't see past the stock numbers or gas prices. America is the embodiment of ethnocentrism in most cases, and unfortunately, this includes Zimbabwe.

[obscurejude]

Also, I subscribe to Newseek (a national news magazine) and it hasn't mentioned much about anything other than the primaries.

[ZoNeSeeK]

Yeah the NYTimes generally has articles about US interests only - internal stuff & mid east stuff. I mean most papers are like this but we always seem to get alot of Africa and Asia news here. US gets more central and south america, though.