Being rude to people seems to be the way of life in French ski resorts (and Scotland for that matter).
And the English are always so polite especially behind your back or when they are driving
Actually I dont think that the alleged behaviour of one person is sufficient to justify smearing a whole country. In my lifetime I have met many pleasant people from all countries and some rude unpleasant ones from the same countries. There are god and bad in all places so let's avoid these unpleasant generalisations
Couldn't agree more, but I repeat: no nation does grumpy quite like the Scots. No surprise really that Basil Fawlty was based on a real life Scot.
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Gerry wrote:
Dr John wrote:
@Gerry, the South of England is packed with economic refugees from The North of England. How do you square that one exactly?
Northerners are generally less rude and less ignorant.
so..... they steal your car wheels with a smile
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?
@Rabbie, there's no need to bring the good Lord into it!
@Gerry, so what area of Southern England are you from
@Gerry, the South of England is packed with economic refugees from The North of England. How do you square that one exactly?
Northerners are generally less rude and less ignorant.
so..... they steal your car wheels with a smile
Cheer up, Victor.
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@Rabbie, There are god and bad in all places so let's avoid these unpleasant generalisations.......there's no need to bring the good Lord into it!
@Gerry, Northerners are generally less rude and less ignorant...so what part of Southern England are you from@Gerry,
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gazzaredcruiser wrote:
@Gerry, Northerners are generally less rude and less ignorant...so what part of Southern England are you from@Gerry,
Near you.
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Gerry wrote:
gazzaredcruiser wrote:
@Gerry, Northerners are generally less rude and less ignorant...so what part of Southern England are you from@Gerry,
Near you.
you've left your fridge door open gazzared.......
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under a new name wrote:
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No surprise really that Basil Fawlty was based on a real life Scot.
Actually, @Gerry, Basil Fawlty was based on an Irish-born Englishman.
...with two Scottish parents.
Run along and check that fact for me, old son.
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you've left your fridge door open gazzared.......
being from West Sussex, i can afford the extra electric
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@Gerry, still, English.
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gazzaredcruiser wrote:
@Rabbie, ...there's no need to bring the good Lord into it!
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Given all the things that have been going on in the World over the last 100 years or so then i'm not sure how good he is. Prefer ski instructors personally.
You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
Gerry wrote:
under a new name wrote:
Basil Fawlty was based on an Irish-born Englishman.
...with two Scottish parents.
So basically we're all w@nkers, except the Welsh (and of course we all know why they don't need to be w@nkers )
As I'm a Londoner, living with a Scotsman, in a French ski resort I think I get to be extra rude and am thus entitled to point out what an absolute prick Ouch! is for that post above
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@miranda,
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miranda wrote:
Gerry wrote:
under a new name wrote:
Basil Fawlty was based on an Irish-born Englishman.
...with two Scottish parents.
So basically we're all w@nkers, except the Welsh (and of course we all know why they don't need to be w@nkers )
As I'm a Londoner, living with a Scotsman, in a French ski resort I think I get to be extra rude and am thus entitled to point out what an absolute prick Ouch! is for that post above
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gazzaredcruiser wrote:
@Rabbie, there's no need to bring the good Lord into it!
@Gerry, so what area of Southern England are you from
Typos do give the wrong impression don't they.
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?
I always think that when folk generalise on people being rude it is more of a reflection on the person than the group they are talking about.
I always think that when folk generalise on people being rude it is more of a reflection on the person than the group they are talking about.
hear hear
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I always think that when folk get huffy about folk generalising on people being rude it is more a sense of humour failure on the part of the person(s) getting huffy
I always think that when folk get huffy about folk generalising on people being rude it is more a sense of humour failure on the part of the person(s) getting huffy
I always find that when people claim a failure of sense of humour in other s about people getting huffy about people getting rude that I begin to lose the plot.
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@halfhand, so you presumably think the above generalisations are humorous?
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Hurtle wrote:
@halfhand, so you presumably think the above generalisations are humorous?
Come on, old thing, the Scots are well known for producing some superbly gruff old gits. See Victor Meldrew for a excellent montage of such fellows.
We're all British and we take take a bit of piss taking from each other.
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@speed098, +1
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We're all individuals!
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
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Hurtle wrote:
@halfhand, so you presumably think the above generalisations are humorous?
Yep. You, of all people, should have worked Gerry out by now. These are like Saturday night at the Apollo compared to some of his more fruity rejoinders.
You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
ALQ wrote:
We're all individuals!
I'm not.
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halfhand wrote:
Hurtle wrote:
@halfhand, so you presumably think the above generalisations are humorous?
Yep. You, of all people, should have worked Gerry out by now. These are like Saturday night at the Apollo compared to some of his more fruity rejoinders.
Let me just point out that my old dad was a 100% pure bred Scot. He was also as gruff as they come (the war might have had something to do with that) and was a misery guts for 75% of the time. For the remaining 25% he was asleep.
Lighten up people.
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If proof were needed about grizzly Scottish ski instructors, how could we forget Grumpy George? Featured in The Snow Show, presented by Muriel Gray, back in the late 1980s / early 1990s.
See George dispensing sound advice in a grumpy Caledonian style, 10 minutes into this clip...
Hahahaha "good pole use is actually very simple. It's just stabbing the ground with a pointed stick".
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Grumpy Scot in the infamous "red jacket"... well done you for the audacity but I, personally, would not be troubling him for his thoughts on the weather whilst he's working
Talking about Scotland and God. It's a well known fact that when God created Scotland, He looked down on it with great satisfaction. Finally he called the Archangel Gabriel to have a look.
"Just see," said God. "This is the best yet. Splendid mountains, beautiful scenery, brave men, fine women, nice cool weather. And I've given them beautiful music and a special drink called whisky. Try some."
Gabriel took an appreciative sip. "Excellent," he said. "But haven't you perhaps been too kind to them? Won't they be spoiled by all these things?"
"Just wait till you see the neighbours they're getting," said God.
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@dode, Very good.
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intermediate wrote:
If proof were needed about grizzly Scottish ski instructors, how could we forget Grumpy George? Featured in The Snow Show, presented by Muriel Gray, back in the late 1980s / early 1990s.
See George dispensing sound advice in a grumpy Caledonian style, 10 minutes into this clip...
Fun looking back at that, ended up watching much of the episode. George was the trainer on my first BASI course, a couple of years before appearing on that programme IIRC.
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Dr John wrote:
@Gerry, the South of England is packed with economic refugees from The North of England. How do you square that one exactly?
yup, they are the cheerful; ones. You can recognize them on the tube as they chat to other folks
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