Cultural Myth Busting!

[DharmaGirl]

I live in the state of Washington, right next to Portland, OR. and you can smell the pot smoke everywhere. Jeez, its a wonder anyone gets anything done! Oh, it's not that bad but it almost is. There is starting to be a shortage. If you thought Portlandia was a joke, think again! I am a tree-hugger, I recycle almost everything, grow my own organic garden, barter rather than buy, (but not at the stores), I'm building my own chicken coop, I'm a bleeding heart liberal, and I drink gallons of coffee unless I am on a tea kick.

 

[Upside Down Eagle]

Oops... I'm from the Netherlands and I used to smoke weed!
I also drive my bike all the time.

Also I was brought up in Spain, I'm rather lazy and I like siestas, gazpacho and eating late.
I'm having a hard time not fitting the stereotypes :P

 

[KP the nut]

Hoosier

Hehe, that was my opening word in a game of scrabble (hubby and I play), it was on a double word score, a double letter score and FIFTY extra points for using all 7 of my tiles. Needless to say I won that one.

 

[Deleted member 19804]

Oops... I'm from the Netherlands and I used to smoke weed!
I also drive my bike all the time.

Hey there, fellow Dutchie! I'm sure you've seen the latest trends for wooden shoes then! I've just finished decorating mine with little tulips while eating cheese.

:P

 

[Upside Down Eagle]

My clogs are absolutely awesome. I ate a bunch of spacecake and then I walked all the way to Amsterdam on them, because my bicycle had been stolen. I got the munchies halfway so I had to stop by the herring-stand and the dutch-doughnuts stand to buy Hollandsche Nieuwe and oliebollen. :woot:

Lucky for me, they were sold by the queen and St. Nicholas. We had a blast.

Do you however, wear a crystal around your neck? And or hang a dream-catcher above your bed?

.... I have both... :P

 

[IndigoSky]

I'm from Texas, and while we do say "y'all" we do not ride horses to school or only listen to country music haha

 

[Springer80]

German Newspaper 'Bild' reports latest comments on Anglo-German towel stand (off).

( :giggle: Towel stand!!! I made a joke :meh: :hilarious:)

This is only the latest salvo in a summer offensive by Bild, which 10 days ago suggested that British holidaymakers suffered from "underwear amnesia", "vodka cough", and "Welsh wandering hands". It cited Prince Harry as an example of a "pathological need constantly to undress".

Fanned by fresh skirmishing each summer, beach towel wars have a long and dishonourable history. As far back as 1993, Carling Black Label made a television ad which showed a suave Brit confounding a beer-bellied bunch of Germans by lobbing a bouncing union jack towel from his balcony, to land neatly on a prime site lounger – to the tune of the Dam Busters March. ( :rolleyes: :shifty:)

Then in 2005 a German lawyer, Ralf Höcker, published the outlandish suggestion that towels on sunloungers had no status in law, and could simply be removed. :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

A Welsh coach driver, Glyn Bowden, tried to put this into practice at an Italian resort. The Germans, he claimed, responded by coming down even earlier the following day. On the third morning he gathered up 20 German towels, piled them up on the beach, and set fire to them, to wild cheers from his British passengers. He was arrested by the Italian police, but released without charge – and, he claimed, the dawn towels ended forthwith. (My heart swells with pride :notworthy::notworthy::notworthy::notworthy:)

Meanwhile, in 2008 one British holidaymaker won £750 compensation for having his holiday in Greece ruined by finding himself surrounded by Germans. David Barnish said after the hearing: "I'm not racist, as equally I wouldn't like my family holiday at a hotel overrun by English." :confused::wacky: He won compensation??!!! :wtf:

 

[Springer80]

My clogs are absolutely awesome....I walked all the way to Amsterdam on them, because my bicycle had been stolen. I got the munchies halfway so I had to stop by the herring-stand and the dutch-doughnuts stand to buy Hollandsche Nieuwe and oliebollen.
Lucky for me, they were sold by the queen and St. Nicholas. We had a blast.

Where you on your way to save a damn from collapsing by using your little finger? :O_o:

I've just finished decorating mine with little tulips while eating cheese.

Mmmm cheese. Emmenthal or Edam? :happy:

 

[rainy_daze]

Not every Scot drinks alcohol, however, here are the following phrases I hear when I say "I'm not drinking tonight" or "I don't want one":

• Ah but you can have one, it won't kill you, just the one
• Why not?!?!
• Why would you stop drinking?
• I'll get you the one anyway
• [My partner's family on Christmas day]: Are you feeling all right?
• Just a wee bit of port, c'mon, it's Christmas
• Everyone else is having a drink

Basically as a culture, the Scottish like their booze. It doesn't seem to matter how old you get either, they think peer pressure is acceptable :laugh::facepalm:.

@Springer80 that Carling Ad was ridiculous :whistling:. I couldn't bring myself to read the article about the holiday compensation. Could he not have left the hotel, and enjoyed the culture elsewhere? ;):D. Or he could have tried to learn some German so he could have a chat with them? I can't imagine spending a whole holiday at a hotel, and not wanting to see the country I'm visiting. I can't imagine claiming for compensation after a bad holiday :hilarious:. Maybe that's a Scottish thing too? Being too polite to complain... until you are at the 100% incredulous stage, I should add :rolleyes:.

This thread = :happy:.

 

[Springer80]

Well you can't have a good holiday unless you have a turf war with a good proportion of the fellow visitors, pitch yourself into some ludicrous stand off and set fire to peoples property. I mean, what else would you have to talk about?

 

[Deleted member 19804]

Mmmm cheese. Emmenthal or Edam?

Actually, I lied. I hate cheese :oops:

 

[The Albatross]

I vote for Emmenthal, but I'm a redneck Yank.