Cultural Myth Busting!

[digger]

Edward???!!!!! Edward who? :giggle:

I can only name a few of the royals, which one is Edward?

Exactly my point ;)

 

[Springer80]

Oh right, Edward of Kent. He only comes out once a year doesn't he? To present the cup at Wimbledon. Very important royal tennis-ing duties.[DOUBLEPOST=1405776725,1405776575][/DOUBLEPOST]

I wonder what is inside of Cameron? A demon? .

No worse, a dangerously spoilt little boy with alarmingly total self-assurance.

 

[digger]

I'm happy to take over his cup presenting duties if that's all anyone would miss him for......thinking of Wimbledon, do you think we could sneak Cliff into that hamper?.........

 

[Springer80]

do you think we could sneak Cliff into that hamper?.........

Only if we could get him to shut the **** up. I think he'd fold quite nicely though, he seems to be made of sun dried rubber. :D

I think I'd raffle him as a two-some and throw in Brucey as a Brucey bonus (to the nation). :cautious:

 

[Friday]

Little late to the Q...I'm American, and I travel... But I learn the language (at least enough to get by, and sheesh don't shout. I never understand tourists who think other people are deaf if they can't -or are pretending not to- understand your rude self) and follow local customs (to the best of my ability*) wherever I go! I only speak 1 language fluently anymore, but I'm conversant in 4, and have a smattering of 11.

* Always mistakes to be made! Most recently: Leeds England, stopped by police and asked 'what my intentions were' before entering the local market. Um. Milk, eggs, paracetamol? Come to find, wearing hoodies is frowned upon. That or my university is looked upon with disdain. Eh. I kind of have to grant that one. We don't own umbrellas in the NW, Stateside. It's perpetual mist and drizzle that blows up under them, in any event. Rain that falls straight down is rare. We just pull our hoods up.

 

[intothelight]

There really is more than corn in Indiana....soy beans! :p Yes, at times in the early spring and winter, we can have four seasons of weather in one day. I still don't know what a Hoosier is and everyone seems to have their own explanation.

Off to shoot hoops and listen to the corn grow. :D

 

[Springer80]

Leeds England, stopped by police and asked 'what my intentions were' before entering the local market. Um. Milk, eggs, paracetamol?

Ah ha, That's where you went wrong! You should have said 'Ale, Pies, Ferret.' ;)

 

[digger]

Ah ha, That's where you went wrong! You should have said 'Ale, Pies, Ferret.' ;)

:D:laugh::roflmao::roflmao::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:

 

[Deleted member 19804]

Btw, please tell me "geordie shore" is not an accurate representation of the British night life :nailbiting:

 

[Hashi]

@Snowwhite I've never seen Geordie Shore but as long as the women wear only a tiny mini-dress - or probably much less - even in the snow, then its probably accurate of Geordie nightlife.

I only speak 1 language fluently anymore, but I'm conversant in 4, and have a smattering of 11.

Are you sure you're not German?

We just pull our hoods up.

Hahaha, you might as well have worn a sign saying "Avoiding CCTV cameras". I guess those are a bit pointless in the northwest US then? Or maybe people do drive-through minor crime in the States? In a misguided attempt to fit in, you weren't trying to drive around Leeds market in a mini painted like a union jack were you?

 

[Springer80]

Btw, please tell me "geordie shore" is not an accurate representation of the British night life

Unfortunately it's not far from the truth. But it's not British nightlife it's Geordie nightlife. And young (i.e. impressionable), lower-middle income, no-shame fame-hungry, production cash fuelled nightlife, at that.

For other 'accurate' representations of colloquial British youth, you can also reference: The Only Way is Essex and Made in Chelsea. :eek: Oh I forgot, Magaluf Weekender is also an invaluable insight.:bag: :cautious::D

and there is one about the valleys in Wales too but I forget the name.....[DOUBLEPOST=1405859359,1405859208][/DOUBLEPOST]

in a mini painted like a union jack

What? Like Austin Powers meets the Italian Job!!

'This is the self-preservation society...Yeah Baby!' :whistling:

 

[Friday]

Hahaha, you might as well have worn a sign saying "Avoiding CCTV cameras". I guess those are a bit pointless in the northwest US then? Or maybe people do drive-through minor crime in the States? In a misguided attempt to fit in, you weren't trying to drive around Leeds market in a mini painted like a union jack were you?

LOL...Not a lot of CCTV in the states at all, even less cooperation between the private businesses that have it and the police, and then what little there is is a fight to be able to use it in court. In fact... I live in a "consent state". (About half, I think 28 last time I looked, are "consent states".) Which means that unless you give your consent, you cannot legally be filmed. In my state the idiots who wrote the law didn't leave a loophole in saying that this is null & void if you're caught committing a crime.