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jaguar · 07-12-2004, 02:18 AM

Clobfobble, the texans are for the amusment factor, like clowns.
Beestie I'm a diehard city slicker with a perchant for mojitos, I wear frigging birkenstocks for crying out loud, if you see me in the south I'll be arriving by flying pig.
Yet I love traipsing around 3rd world jungles, go figure.
I would like to visit the US but it's not an option until they stop treating visitors from friendly countries like convicted criminals. I probably already have some sort of file somewhere, if they want to add verified photo ID and fingerprints there's going to have to be a damn good reason.

07-12-2004, 02:37 AM

Well, Jag, you could probably get away with the Birkenstocks in the South. Its the fashion police in Aspen who would be your real worry.

lumberjim · 07-12-2004, 06:51 AM

sure is smug in this thread

CzinZumerzet · 07-12-2004, 09:42 AM

? Live Aid Lumberjim, was Saturday July 13th 1985. It was my birthday, and I went with a bunch of English and American friends to the London Wembley end of it on a wonderfully hot day of almost twenty years ago and I find that almost unbelievable. Nineteen years ago tomorrow. When I was nineteen (way back in the late sixties) I had won a travel bursary and went to America. Nobody I knew had ever been to the US and in those days it was a very major event. I worked my way around large parts of the country, making friends who are friends to this day and thrilling with the excitement and sense of disbelief at everything I saw. I was overwhelmed at least once a day! A bit like your Texans in SA, I was something of an innocent abroad LJ. It was the most thrilling time of my life. I adored the US and its people. I remember the warmth and hospitality I found everywhere, people who were total strangers opened their homes to me and showed me around their towns. I recall the enormous pride they had in their nation and how thrilled they were to help me enjoy it as well. I worked in California, Oregon, New york, and travelled through or stayed in at least a dozen other parts of the country. It was the first of several trips to the US and had a profound effect on me.
I later lived my working life in London and so many times I cannot recall, found myself returning the favour to visitors from the US who wanted to see London from the perspective of a very proud native. You would be amazed at the sheer numbers of people who came back, as our guests, and we would go walking together through the french countryside or the scottish highlands. The last big bash was with two families of New York mates and my gang in a huge Greek villa for a month. We rocked believe me!!

Forgive the nostalgic ramblings please, this is what often happens to me around birthdays, but I just wanted selfishly to insert an island of profoundly happy memory in here alongside my thanks for the memories.

Undertoad · 07-12-2004, 09:21 AM

I've just re-read the whole thing and it's a riot! From the original thread-jacking, here are the Top Ten Stupidest Things Said in this Thread. Paraphrased and summarized for your convenience.

10. Catwoman: Americans are hatred/violence/retribution-oriented because they want to torture child molesters.
No, Americans want to torture child molesters because A) they molest children, and B) their own legal system will NOT torture them.

9. Jaguar: Other countries don't prevent immigrants from being successful because they don't pass laws that prevent it.

8. Cyber Wolf: American criminals are tortured by the difficult legal system.

7. Wolf: I own, like, enjoy, carry firearms but I'm not trigger-happy.
I know what you meant and yes it's still funny.

6. Jaguar: I won't visit the US because it treats visitors like criminals by taking a fingerprint.
I prefer the Swiss system, which waits for them to cause trouble and then deports them.

5. Marichiko: We Americans are soooo ignorant of other countries! I take wisdom from my Swiss Aunt... who won't visit the US because it's violent like Columbine.

4. Cyber Wolf: Americans want to torture child molesters, and the media suppresses it.

3. Jaguar: Europeans hate US foreign policy because it's overreaching. Also, there are people in Normandy who would die for the US.
I do hope this one isn't too subtle.

2: Jaguar: Friday: Ah this is pointless. My views will change when the situation changes which it no doubt will in the coming decades, until then there really is little to discuss here. Monday: I'll give you more ground than you think, I'm not against changing positions if you have evidence to back up your arguments.

1. Undertoad: My point is I love you man.
True, but probably an evasion

lumberjim · 07-12-2004, 10:04 AM

THANK YOU CZ!

an actual opinion of americans based on real life personal experience. and happy birthday. give your self a big bear hug from me.

Cyber Wolf · 07-12-2004, 10:40 AM

And that is why you should never use Cliff's Notes!
Ah well, I can only control so much how I come across, especially in a text forum. Cheers, UT!

jaguar · 07-12-2004, 11:05 AM

UT, sorry, I missed the bit where the US never deports people and there is no system in Switzerland to do so. Who's the idiot? I fail to see how the two points in 3 are mutually exclusive.

If I warp your quotes and take them out of context I'm sure they'd sound amusing too.

lumberjim · 07-12-2004, 11:45 AM

yeah. nice teeth, limey

Undertoad · 07-12-2004, 11:49 AM

All's fair on posts and boards.

07-12-2004, 02:18 AM	#1
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Clobfobble, the texans are for the amusment factor, like clowns. Beestie I'm a diehard city slicker with a perchant for mojitos, I wear frigging birkenstocks for crying out loud, if you see me in the south I'll be arriving by flying pig. Yet I love traipsing around 3rd world jungles, go figure. I would like to visit the US but it's not an option until they stop treating visitors from friendly countries like convicted criminals. I probably already have some sort of file somewhere, if they want to add verified photo ID and fingerprints there's going to have to be a damn good reason. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

07-12-2004, 06:51 AM	#3
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	sure is smug in this thread __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

07-12-2004, 09:42 AM	#4
CzinZumerzet .....short for Caz Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The West Coast of England Posts: 358	? Live Aid Lumberjim, was Saturday July 13th 1985. It was my birthday, and I went with a bunch of English and American friends to the London Wembley end of it on a wonderfully hot day of almost twenty years ago and I find that almost unbelievable. Nineteen years ago tomorrow. When I was nineteen (way back in the late sixties) I had won a travel bursary and went to America. Nobody I knew had ever been to the US and in those days it was a very major event. I worked my way around large parts of the country, making friends who are friends to this day and thrilling with the excitement and sense of disbelief at everything I saw. I was overwhelmed at least once a day! A bit like your Texans in SA, I was something of an innocent abroad LJ. It was the most thrilling time of my life. I adored the US and its people. I remember the warmth and hospitality I found everywhere, people who were total strangers opened their homes to me and showed me around their towns. I recall the enormous pride they had in their nation and how thrilled they were to help me enjoy it as well. I worked in California, Oregon, New york, and travelled through or stayed in at least a dozen other parts of the country. It was the first of several trips to the US and had a profound effect on me. I later lived my working life in London and so many times I cannot recall, found myself returning the favour to visitors from the US who wanted to see London from the perspective of a very proud native. You would be amazed at the sheer numbers of people who came back, as our guests, and we would go walking together through the french countryside or the scottish highlands. The last big bash was with two families of New York mates and my gang in a huge Greek villa for a month. We rocked believe me!! Forgive the nostalgic ramblings please, this is what often happens to me around birthdays, but I just wanted selfishly to insert an island of profoundly happy memory in here alongside my thanks for the memories. __________________ ..down by the zea zippin' zider

07-12-2004, 10:04 AM	#6
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	THANK YOU CZ! an actual opinion of americans based on real life personal experience. and happy birthday. give your self a big bear hug from me. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

07-12-2004, 10:40 AM	#7
Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	And that is why you should never use Cliff's Notes! Ah well, I can only control so much how I come across, especially in a text forum. Cheers, UT! __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

07-12-2004, 02:37 AM	#2
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	Well, Jag, you could probably get away with the Birkenstocks in the South. Its the fashion police in Aspen who would be your real worry.

07-12-2004, 09:21 AM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I've just re-read the whole thing and it's a riot! From the original thread-jacking, here are the Top Ten Stupidest Things Said in this Thread. Paraphrased and summarized for your convenience. 10. Catwoman: Americans are hatred/violence/retribution-oriented because they want to torture child molesters. No, Americans want to torture child molesters because A) they molest children, and B) their own legal system will NOT torture them. 9. Jaguar: Other countries don't prevent immigrants from being successful because they don't pass laws that prevent it. 8. Cyber Wolf: American criminals are tortured by the difficult legal system. 7. Wolf: I own, like, enjoy, carry firearms but I'm not trigger-happy. I know what you meant and yes it's still funny. 6. Jaguar: I won't visit the US because it treats visitors like criminals by taking a fingerprint. I prefer the Swiss system, which waits for them to cause trouble and then deports them. 5. Marichiko: We Americans are soooo ignorant of other countries! I take wisdom from my Swiss Aunt... who won't visit the US because it's violent like Columbine. 4. Cyber Wolf: Americans want to torture child molesters, and the media suppresses it. 3. Jaguar: Europeans hate US foreign policy because it's overreaching. Also, there are people in Normandy who would die for the US. I do hope this one isn't too subtle. 2: Jaguar: Friday: Ah this is pointless. My views will change when the situation changes which it no doubt will in the coming decades, until then there really is little to discuss here. Monday: I'll give you more ground than you think, I'm not against changing positions if you have evidence to back up your arguments. 1. Undertoad: My point is I love you man. True, but probably an evasion

07-12-2004, 11:05 AM	#8
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	UT, sorry, I missed the bit where the US never deports people and there is no system in Switzerland to do so. Who's the idiot? I fail to see how the two points in 3 are mutually exclusive. If I warp your quotes and take them out of context I'm sure they'd sound amusing too. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

07-12-2004, 11:45 AM	#9
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	yeah. nice teeth, limey __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

07-12-2004, 11:49 AM	#10
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	All's fair on posts and boards.

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