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  • #76
    In just a short time Mao will have a taste for pork pies and warm beer.
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    • #77
      If you think I am going to drive in Paris, you are sadly mistaken
      Speaking of Erith:

      "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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      • #78
        Things to do in Paris, France, from the edited h2g2, the Unconventional Guide to Life, the Universe and Everything


        Driving a Car in Paris


        If you're getting bored with sissy sports like pit bull arm-wrestling or chainsaw juggling, you may consider having a go at driving in Paris for a new thrill. You'll only need a car, a crash helmet and some good insurance.

        Get in the car, fasten your helmet, don't tell your insurance company you're planning to drive there (it would surely cancel your policy), and wish yourself good luck..


        Top tip: Don't ever brake. Use the horn instead.
        One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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        • #79
          I wonder what Parisians make of London driving?
          Speaking of Erith:

          "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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          • #80
            A Frenchman coming to the land of the Rosbifs. Has it ever happened?
            One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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            • #81
              Originally posted by Oerdin
              In just a short time Mao will have a taste for pork pies and warm beer.
              I'm never sure where the warm beer comes from. Ok, we don't serve it ice cold, but British beer should be served slightly chilled, at least. But no, he's going to Oxford, he'll come back with a taste for kebabs & whatever's cheapest in the college bar
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              For though he was master of the world, he was not quite sure what to do next
              But he would think of something

              "Hm. I suppose I should get my waffle a santa hat." - Kuciwalker

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              • #82
                Wait, how does free airfare work???

                I wanted to go to Paris because my girlfriend will be there for the semester, so I might be taking frequent trips.

                It'd be nice if I found a friend with a car willing to drive to Paris though...*hint hint* *AHEM*
                Who wants DVDs? Good prices! I swear!

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                • #83
                  Originally posted by Drogue

                  I'm never sure where the warm beer comes from.
                  I think its that English pubs serve a lot more ales, which are best served warmer than a frosty lager. As Americans daren't touch anything that isn't low-carb, low-alcohol and fresh out the chiller they never actually taste a decent ale. They just label it as 'warm beer, must be disgusting, I ain't ordering that' and those who do order that as 'Warm beer and a pork pie? Freak'.
                  One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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                  • #84
                    Originally posted by Dauphin
                    A Frenchman coming to the land of the Rosbifs. Has it ever happened?
                    I hear southern England is over run with Frenchies who couldn't find jobs in their native land and so had to shake hands with the devil... er, I mean get jobs in England.
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                    • #85
                      Originally posted by Dauphin

                      I think its that English pubs serve a lot more ales, which are best served warmer than a frosty lager. As Americans daren't touch anything that isn't low-carb, low-alcohol and fresh out the chiller they never actually taste a decent ale. They just label it as 'warm beer, must be disgusting, I ain't ordering that' and those who do order that as 'Warm beer and a pork pie? Freak'.
                      I actually tried just about every beer I could get my hands on while in England and I never found a warm one. Typically all the Americans & Canadians would laugh at the warm beer jokes while the English were completely mistified by them.
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                      • #86
                        Surely it has a few twigs and bits of bird nest floating in them too?
                        Speaking of Erith:

                        "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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                        • #87
                          Why they call them Limeys and Pikeys anyway?
                          We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham Lincoln

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                          • #88
                            uhhh...free flights???
                            Who wants DVDs? Good prices! I swear!

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                            • #89
                              Mao: Yes, the flights are free, but you have to pay taxes. Ryanair has a complicated pricing policy that means they can use fares like that for promotion and charge those who don't book in advance more. It's clever, and they're doing very well using it.

                              Ted: Limeys refers to the original settlers - settlers coming from the UK kept a store of limes on board, as it was the only available source of vitamin C that would keep for the voyage, and help stave off scurvy. Hence those already there referred to them as Limeys.

                              Pikeys is a derogitory term here to denote townys/chavs/scum. I'm not sure how it relates to the US term for people from the UK. Possibly because it used to relate to people living in the same town they were born in (ie. Towny) and American's see the English as staying in the same country, rather than being brave and adventurous and moving to the US in the early times?
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                              For though he was master of the world, he was not quite sure what to do next
                              But he would think of something

                              "Hm. I suppose I should get my waffle a santa hat." - Kuciwalker

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                              • #90
                                I see...I'm looking at RyanAir right now...I don't seem to find anything that goes to Paris or anything close...
                                Who wants DVDs? Good prices! I swear!

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