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Old 12-03-2010, 08:27 AM   #31
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I approve of forcing dogs to wear humiliating costumes. Especially if they look hilarious in them.
Hmm, I might do this. I was just gonna go with a cute tee though...
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Old 12-03-2010, 10:05 AM   #32
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Is it true there's no alcohol at office parties here?
At my old job we had happy hours about once a term (not actually in the office, but in the faculty lounge.) There was wine.

But if you really want alcohol at an office party, you gotta know who to go to. The IT department always set me up very nicely.
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Old 12-03-2010, 11:16 AM   #33
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But I must admit one of my perennial niggles is more niggly at Christmas. Pointless Americanisms.

I resent the Coca-Cola "Holidays are coming" advert. No. A holiday is what you go on in the summer, Christmas is not a holiday in this country. Make a different advert according to my culture. Especially given Coca-Cola is a summer drink anyway - who has extra room in their fridge once the turkey and cheeseboard are in there...?

Candy canes are not part of our tradition. We don't even use the word candy. Stop it.

Father Christmas not Santa Claus. The one acceptable use is Secret Santa, as you can't get the pleasing alliteration otherwise.
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Old 12-03-2010, 11:21 AM   #34
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Coca-cola is a summer drink? Argh!

What season is beer?
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Old 12-03-2010, 11:37 AM   #35
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Beer is summer too.
As is Pimms.

Christmas is wine and whisky (and wild, wild women!) and liqueurs.

Of course all of these really are all year round.
It's just like my rule about no cold toppings on hot potatoes (apart from cheese) and assigning genders to numbers.
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Old 12-03-2010, 11:51 AM   #36
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I resent the Coca-Cola "Holidays are coming" advert. No. A holiday is what you go on in the summer, Christmas is not a holiday in this country. Make a different advert according to my culture.
Aww that's cute, you want a huge corporation to adjust it's marketing for every culture on the planet. Adorable.
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Old 12-03-2010, 12:44 PM   #37
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Oh crikey, yes!
And hey - McDonalds does it, as do most international lagers

It's not an anti-American issue, I'm parochial on a global scale. I also resent dubbed ads from Continental Europe ie cars with steering wheels on the wrong side, obviously foreign cityscapes etc.

If you want my money, appeal to me as a consumer.
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Old 12-03-2010, 12:57 PM   #38
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Aww that's cute, you want a huge corporation to adjust it's marketing for every culture on the planet. Adorable.
Isn't that what marketing folks are paid to do? Like Coca-cola people sit around a table and say "Gee, I'd love to target marketing to other countries, but we just can't afford it"?

Give them Father Christmas, damn you. Do it!
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Old 12-03-2010, 01:01 PM   #39
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Gee, I thought we drove on the right side of the road,
and the Brits drove on the left.

Do we need to change over to be PC ?
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Old 12-03-2010, 01:04 PM   #40
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Gee, I thought we drove on the right side of the road,
and the Brits drove on the left.

Do we need to change over to be PC ?
When in Rome...

Adjust. Adapt. Change.

It's not a difficult concept. Us Merkins think we have everything right. Not by a long shot.
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Old 12-03-2010, 01:06 PM   #41
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Romans drive on the wrong side of the road too.
And don't use their pedestrian crossings unless you are following a Nun (don't worry - there are plenty, and about the only way to assure a safe crossing!)

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Old 12-03-2010, 01:08 PM   #42
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Santa Claus has been in fairly common currency over here for a good while now Sundae. Granted, Father Christmas is more usual; but 'Santa' and 'Santa's elves' etc aren't so new.

Also, in fairness: school breaks up for the Christmas Holidays. I don't think 'the holidays are coming' is particularly American. Yes, a holiday is something we go on, as an American goes on a vacation: but we've also retained both the original meaning of a particular holy day and the newer meaning of time off work/school. Though, the global-corporate sensibility of referring to it in faith-neutral, or inter-faith terms I'll give you.
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Old 12-03-2010, 01:09 PM   #43
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Romans drive on the wrong side of the road too.
And don't use their pedestrian crossings unless you are following a Nun (don't worry - there are plenty, and about the only way to assure a safe crossing!)

Well chariots are harder to steer.
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Old 12-03-2010, 01:16 PM   #44
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Santa Claus has been in fairly common currency over here for a good while now Sundae. Granted, Father Christmas is more usual; but 'Santa' and 'Santa's elves' etc aren't so new.
No. Father Christmas. Ner.
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Also, in fairness: school breaks up for the Christmas Holidays. I don't think 'the holidays are coming' is particularly American. Yes, a holiday is something we go on, as an American goes on a vacation: but we've also retained both the original meaning of a particular holy day and the newer meaning of time off work/school. Though, the global-corporate sensibility of referring to it in faith-neutral, or inter-faith terms I'll give you.
And no. We always called the Christmas break the Christmas break. So ner ner ner.

Hang on, why am I being called on my Grinchiness when other people's have been assimilated?
I LOVE a bit of Wizzard, Step Into Christmas and Slade.

Okay, I take back any cultural stepping on toes-ness (not really) and offer up home made mince pies and mulled wine. The first is always too much badly cooked slightly grubby pastry and the second has has all the goodness - aka alcohol - heated out of it.
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Old 12-03-2010, 01:46 PM   #45
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