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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I was taking the pee, hence the emoticon however there is an element of truth in it. This year I saw a ghastly Brit take out some serious anger and aggression on a bus driver in Louise for allegedly scratching his snowboard in the lockers. Never mind the fact that the bus drivers won't handle the equipment because of such a chance... but... perhaps he scratched his snowboard because he rammed it so hard onto the bus on TOP of MY skis that he pushed my skis so far back onto the bus that I had to crawl inside the locker to get my skis back... what about my skis??? That's the sort of person I meant. 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Alexandra, I'm sorry for getting the wrong idea about your post.
People who complain about something, when its clearly their fault, get on my nerves as well. 
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Cant say the behaviour of others has ever been an issue on a skiing holiday. For some reason we always have such a good time (at no one else's expense) that we are too busy having fun to get annoyed about anything. Last yr at the top of Vizelle in Courchevel, came accross 2 toffs decked out in deerstalkers, plus fours, tweed jackets, the full engish country toffwear. They were loud, brash, attention seeking, posh tossers, BUT..... eccentric characters who gave us something to talk about over dinner, and yet another skiing memory that I will not forget.
Snowheads is beginning to resemble our our local rag (the Darlington & Stockton Times); poeple whinging on, making mountains out of molehills.
Come on folks, take a chill pill, and gety a life!
PS Is this me having a whinge?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Frosty the Snowman, I agree.
A bit more "Live and Let Live" needed maybe.
I see no real difference between a 'posh t0sser' being loud and brash, and someone with a regional accent complaining loudly across a bar, in English, that "they've only got foreign beer".
Its not just in the alps, its everywhere we go (eg the Med in summer.... I find it more embarassing to be associated with the Magaluf type of Brit to be honest!).
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| making mountains out of molehills |
I suggest this may simply be because we miss the mountains so much at this time of year that we'll do anything to recreate them!
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| PS Is this me having a whinge? |
Yes...QED 
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I think we all need snow.
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Wear The Fox Hat, Pity its not been below freezing this month, coz we'd all be skiing out of our bedroom windows
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flying_squirrel, it's fortunate though that most nations accross Europe share a similar sense of irony... faced with Brit misbehaviour in a shop or bar for example, a shrug and the words "les Anglais!" often produces a smile and improve's the level of service u receive...
well, that's the bloody French for ya 
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... shame that many people seem to less tolerant on this thread!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I think the real point is regardless of Nationality, background or Socio-economic grouping a prat is a prat and you will find them everywhere.
And comon... how many of you can say truly, hand on heart, that when on holiday at least once you haven't maybe had one too many and maybe been a little bit louder than you realised... your on holiday... it happens. Not an excuse and I know we're talking about something a bit different here... but am sure the majority of us have maybe been a little guilty of excessive enjoyment on the après? After all... your on holiday
Think the trick is if your a little bit boisterous.. then at least do it somewhere appropriate... e.g. not in a nice quiet family restaurant... but in a pub where they cater or encourage that sort of thing.
Guess though we kinda have to accept that not everyone will be as considerate as us Snowheads?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| Oisin Osh Kelly wrote: |
| I think the real point is regardless of Nationality, background or Socio-economic grouping a prat is a prat and you will find them everywhere. |
Well said Oisin.
I've never noticed any rowdy brits in the Alps or in Canada. Does that make _me_ rowdy?? I think I shall go and sit in a quiet corner and ponder on that one.... 
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One person's "rowdy" is another's "having fun". And one person's "decent behaviour" is another's "miserable git"
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You know it makes sense.
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maggi, I wonder... I think that like a lot of things in life people are well aware when their behavior has reached a point where it's not acceptable for people around them. The only standard then applied is if it's likely they'll be stopped or sanctioned in some way, so their boundary for "having fun" is whether they can stopped rather than impact on others.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I think that like a lot of things in life people are well aware when their behavior has reached a point where it's not acceptable for people around them
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Well, I couldn't disagree more! What about all those people in camper vans
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Oisin Osh Kelly wrote: |
| And comon... how many of you can say truly, hand on heart, that when on holiday at least once you haven't maybe had one too many. |
Me!!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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maggi, maybe, I don't know which I find more depressing, if people are too stupid to realize they're having a negative effect on those around them, or if they know and don't care.
Interestingly the local "societe jeunesse" held a bash in our village at the weekend, it's sort of a youth organization and slightly hard to translate meaningfully, it's a pretty loud affair, lots of drinking, noise, broken glass, music till the early hours etc. But, it also has boundaries, they're there the next day clearing up and they hold a reception for the local residents to thank them for their perseverance. This is a admirable attitude I think.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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maggi, One person's "rowdy" is another's "having fun". And one person's "decent behaviour" is another's "miserable git"
I once sat on the last train out of London to Luton on Xmas eve, and while well oiled was sober enough to take in the situation. The train was packed, half with revellers and half with people who looked as if they'd worked late. The atmosphere was a riot, thanks in no small part to the singing from our group, and the best rendirion (spelling) of Delilah I've ever heard from a friend of mine. Bottles were being passed around the carriage, all the revellers joined in the singing, and numerous invitations to carry on the party elsewhere.
However those that were of the 'working late' variety had faces like thunder and absolutely hated the situation.
The moral of this story....there isn't one. Just it's very lucky if you can please everyone in a situation that involves one group enjoying themselves more than another.
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| Elizabeth B wrote: |
| Oisin Osh Kelly wrote: |
| And comon... how many of you can say truly, hand on heart, that when on holiday at least once you haven't maybe had one too many. |
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Okay then Elizabeth.. thats 1 out of 747 so far 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Me!
...I normally have 4 or 5 too many.
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Wear The Fox Hat, If x + (4 or 5) = too many.
What's the value of x ???
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I can never have enough 
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| Elizabeth B wrote: |
| Oisin Osh Kelly wrote: |
| And comon... how many of you can say truly, hand on heart, that when on holiday at least once you haven't maybe had one too many. |
Me!! |
Elizabeth, you are virtuous
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| flying_squirrel wrote: |
| Wear The Fox Hat, do you not find the Americans the worst of the bunch when it comes to unnecessary volume? |
I often do. Recently standing atop an Italian cliff taking in the breathtaking view across the Med, our peace was disturbed by a gaggle of New Yoikers running up the edge (if only they hadn't stopped) and screaming back to the others "Oh wow, man you've got to look at this, this is awesome...blah blah blah." Our enjoyment ruined for about the 4th time in 2 days, we moved swiftly on.
Quiet Americans I like. It is a shame that there are just so few of them.
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Sorry, my comments were about Americans in American resorts.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Cymru am Byth, id have thought the moral of the story was "everything is much more fun when you're drunk"
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Nadenoodlee, When you're a shy retiring type like me, a bit of alcohol is required to lessen inhibitions and join in the fun. Unfortunately the right balance needs to be struck so as not to become loud and overly boisterous. (Isn't that where this thread started). In my case I tend to become comatose before becoming overly boisterous. So as long as some kind soul is prepared to point me toward my bed, no damage is done.
Takes me back to another story where an overly 'tired' Jenkins was too 'tired' to stay at the room party and sent back to his room, but then too 'tired' to remember where hotel room was, and was taken in by a group of young ladies, put to bed, and told not to get up for skiing in the morning. The worst part of it is that I still cannot remember who the young ladies were, or even if they were part of our group. (Just read that earlier sentence, I hope deep breaths were taken before reading it.)
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If you were a young lady staying in the Viking? hotel above Morzine, about ten years ago, possibly skiing with a group run by Rob Tambini, and took in a drunken Welshman, then thanks belatedly.
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You know it makes sense.
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I don't see why I should be quiet and sober when I'm on holiday, as long as I'm not doing any harm to anyone else, I think that it is quite ok to enjoy myself and enjoy lively conversations with my friends. Sometimes I may drink too much, occasionally I will fall over, but generally I will be friendly, if not always diplomatic. I'm on holiday, and I'm going to enjoy myself with my friends as I see fit. I'm not breaking any laws, just letting off steam. If you don't like how I'm behaving then I suggest that you move somewhere else, which is exactly what I would do if the situation were reversed.
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FAQ
Like it or not,"we" are tagged by many with the "football hooligan" image!! Our image is not helped by the attitude of some,as mentioned above.Why is it that so many english display this "better than thee" attitude when abroad?Will there come a time when the English Pound(or Euro Anglaise)is not enough to compensate our mountain hosts for the trouble "some" of us cause 
