Not really Ingles, but my passport is not banned from QATAR YET!
I still go and return as I please, because I did not try to cheat the system, because of my nationality or arrogance. That I would remember in the books, being arrogant and insipid in many ways, specially from a British like yourself.
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what you don't realize is that we are all joking with each other..some take it seriously tho...have to laugh as so many of my friends ARE Brits...but I forgive them anyway,...
MP...you are so gonna have to bring hair extensions if you intend to drag as I just got it cut...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
umm...I think I better go eat breakfast and allow jauntie's thread to go back to her...I'll be waiting at the airport for your leopard covered body to get here MP...shall I bring the elephant or the giraffe to transport us home?
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
we are just as southern as those states...we fought in the Civil War as well...as rebels...however...most of our fighting was still fighting Native Indians...darn them for not letting us have free rein over their territory...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
I read in my life many stories of Alfred Hitchcock and Sherlock Holmes, I did watch many British soap opera stories in the magic tube. i got bored with that boody Shakespeare.
Did discovered that Margaret Thatcher had a secret crunch for Ronald Reagan, But my favorite mini series is 'Spooks' in BBC, they worship the CIA.
I still love my British cousins NO MATTER WHAT.
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Hush your mouth!!!!...Texans do NOT line dance..that's for wannabes, or goat ropers, as we call them...ok just suffered a mild cardiac arrest...breath in, breath out...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
well I think we should all wear our national garb then...
I shall go put on my jeans, cowboy boots and hat, get my piece of straw to chew on cause I don't like ceegars...and ride on back to Doha..but only if I can park my horse outside the pub...You know, hate to have people think I am American instead of Texan...sheesh...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
Very much appreciated. All interesting stuff, don't get me wrong, but I really rather like the 'how can one tell one nationality from another'.
I passed a fair skinned Qatari in full thobe and ghutra on the Corniche today. He was with his wife and kids. I said: What beautiful children! (the girls were in party dresses).
He responded in perfect English. Had he not been in his National Dress I doubt I would have known his nationality. It wasn't as if he had a huge, beaked nose or anything like that to give me a clue LOL
hey honey...my over chilled rear end is in Texas at this moment...won't be back until after its 2009....with the exception of my seeing my family..wish i was back in Doha as its COLD!!! Snowed the day I arrived...haven't seen it do that before Christmas in a LONG time..Shall I save you a snowball???
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
but its not why do people love America..its that we are the nation that everyone loves to hate...because they can blame us for everything bad in this world..as you well know its so easy to point the finger than take blame yourself for your actions...tsk tsk...
by the way..how the heck are you, my tall furry buddy?
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
meant to answer this earlier but got sidetracked...
no the Brits don't use more arm motions than the Italians...its the head motions along with certian hand motions (ie, lifting up those gin and tonics!) that give you brits away!
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
since I started this thread, may I please ask that we stick to the original (and really rather light hearted) discussion which was mainly 'can you tell another person's nationality just by looking at them'
Oh, dear, did you not see it? It was a picture posted yesterday, I think, and showed "too much" of a Scotsman in a kilt sitting next to the Queen (with his knees apart and his skirt hiked up, no underwear.) I thought someone added the title "Why Mr Paul had to leave the army." Of course, I can't find it now.
it all depends upon IF war is declared...Vietnam, Korea...these were police actions and although so many of our men got killed, it was not technically a war, therefore different tatics were employed.
If you look at history, as previously suggested and I will strongly suggest once again.. for the most part America has been ASKED for its help...but people tend to forget that small insignificant fact.
As far as Iraq..I have to say I have never been in support of that war...I do support the troops however because they are following their orders.
As far as an Englishman being in power in the Independence War...yes he was, and so were all the other pre-Americans...English that is...but England pushed them too hard and with no mercy...and they rebelled.
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
yep good looking chap, you are...I have a very good memory for things like that...ok now..animal print loin cloth...careful...the old ticker here is on reserve power...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
THAT'S exactly what I was speaking of..its the way we all move/mannerisms that give us away...I mean, watch a Qatari woman walk..she glides...put her in western dress and anyone could pick her out still.
I can't explain HOW i know the Brits from Americans and Aussies..I just can...not that its a bad way, we are all just very different and hold ourselves differently.
Take jauntie for example (hiya my dear!!) Even before I met her, I would have picked her out as British..its the way she moves her head and hands that is the dead giveaway.
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
I saw a woman in Carrefour the other week who was tall and of African descent. But I immediately thought, "She's an American." It was something about the way she walked, or rather, strode. Sure enough, I met her at the American Women's Association later and she from the US. There's a purposeful, chin-up stride that Americans often have.
I have no issues with commenting on your age...its your lack of unbiased views of history that I have issues with. When you can go back and learn without throwing in the anti whatever view..THEN I will discuss with you.
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
excuse me......but america has a stamp tht says..made in the uk...on it...and it will always be there.xD...but seriously....the only reason u won the war of independance...was because u had support from ur little friends the french and the spaniards.
In some cases (say for e.g. Philippines) they have been invaded by so many other countries over the centuries I wonder what a pure blood Filipino's characteristics would actually be!
As for Great Britain, we had Romans and Saxons (Germans) AND the Danes helping themselves to our women, so I also wonder what would be OUR original cave man look :o)
you always manage to make me laugh...never will forget all those evenings with the QL groups, in either rydges or Sherezad, verbally sparring with you over the differences between Britain and the US...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
and to all the Pinoys and Pinays I really don't mean this as an insult - but Filipinas have different shaped toe-nails. If you look at their feet you will see that their big toe's nail actually has a triangle shape to them, and are slightly higher shaped...
About the Thai ladies, they might be beautiful, BUT you need to make sure that it is actually a lady first, cause most of those beautiful woman, turn out to have an added appendange, and I am not talking about on the chest, either;-)
"if you don't like the heat... get out of the kitchen... but stop trying to fan the flames before you leave... it will burn you on the a** as you go through the doorway...." ME
I rest my case...yet another brit who thinks they rule the world..sighhh....
reminds me of the mental image i have of your country...they had a stamp that said "mine" on it and kept hitting it all over the world...mine, mine,mine, mine...then had to give it all back when they used up all the resources and people of that country..
as far as the numbers...yep...we did have more but they were not trained as per my earlier post...its like pitting poodles against pitbulls..but still we won the war...why? because we wanted OUT from under your thumb because your country was mistreating our citizens. As far as help...your country asked the Germans for help during this war...funny thing tho..they turned on you too, didn't they?
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
You can look at numbers, but our milita were mostly farmers, untrained in war tactics, facing a very well trained British military...especially check out the last paragraph.
Armies, militias, and mercenaries
Colonists were divided over which side to support in the war; in some areas, the struggle was a civil war. The Revolutionaries (also known as Americans or Patriots) had the active support of about 40 to 45 percent of the colonial population. About 15 to 20 percent of the population supported the British Crown during the war, and were known as Loyalists (or Tories). Loyalists fielded perhaps 50,000 men during the war years in support of the British Empire. After the war, some 70,000 Loyalists departed the United States, most going to Canada, Great Britain, or to British colonies in the Caribbean.
When the war began, the Americans did not have a regular army (also known as a "standing army"). Each colony had traditionally provided for its own defenses through the use of local militia. Militiamen served for only a few weeks or months at a time, were reluctant to go very far from home, and were thus generally unavailable for extended operations. Militia lacked the training and discipline of regular soldiers, but were occasionally effective against regular troops. American militia were sometimes adept at partisan warfare, and were particularly effective at suppressing Loyalist activity when British regulars were not in the area.
Seeking to coordinate military efforts, the Continental Congress established (on paper) a regular army—the Continental Army—in June 1775, and appointed George Washington as commander-in-chief. The development of the Continental Army was always a work in progress, and Washington reluctantly augmented the regular troops with militia throughout the war. Although as many as 250,000 men may have served as regulars or as militiamen for the Revolutionary cause in the eight years of the war, there were never more than 90,000 total men under arms for the Americans in any given year. Armies in North America were small by European standards of the era; the greatest number of men that Washington personally commanded in the field at any one time was fewer than 17,000.
Early in 1775, the British Army consisted of about 36,000 men worldwide, but wartime recruitment steadily increased this number. Additionally, over the course of the war the British hired about 30,000 German mercenaries, popularly known in the colonies as "Hessians" because many of them came from Hesse-Kassel. Germans would make up about one-third of the British troop strength in North America. By 1779, the number of British and German troops stationed in North America was over 60,000, though these were spread from Canada to Florida.
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
in the fact that the colonists were so determined to be free of British rule that it was their fortitude and emotional drive that made them fight as they did...plus the British never were used to the native Indian style of fighting...umm...so would that make us the first commandos???
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
its much easier when you AREN'T from there..I actually play a game with my friends when I go out...its called, guess the nationality at the bar...and so far I have about a 80% accuracy record.
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
according to brits all Americans want to be british...WRONG...that's why we won the war...
I have to give it to you..you are another one that isn't all stuffy, pip pip and all that jazz...actually there's quite a few that aren't that way...just the very few that are and they set the example for the rest of the world....rather like some of our Americans that should never be released upon the rest of the world...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
Laughing here as I'm reading the comments I hadn't yet seen until just now.
I am hopeless when it comes to cars. One time a chap in a pub was quizzing me on sports cars and their capabilities and petrol consumption, gear changes etc etc. I looked at him blankly. He said: Oh, sorry. I just assumed you'd know because you drive one.
Ha! I didn't even know where to put the water in the damn thing! ;o)
In fact when it got a puncture once, I couldn't find the spare wheel!
both of my sons purchased old muscle cars...one of them was a 71 Lemans...they rebuilt them from the inside out and turned out to be such sexy looking (and sounding!) cars...but yes, they literally DRANK petrol...but, the girls loved them!! If i had a picture of it on this computer I'd post it..it was cherry red with white top and white interior...a true chick magnet...which unfortunately caused several accidents..ahem
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
I know what you meant..I am just being a bit silly here..just for arguement's sake.
Actually I like the look and feel of large cars, but HATE parking them!! I call them landboats. That's why I drive what I do(ok the FJ is a larger car but the turning radius is awesome!!) and as far as American cars being reliable...they aren't. I was very serious about them being built to break down. There have been many articles on that...sadly enough. Same with the seatbelt issue. Ford KNEW that putting seatbelts in would save lives, but it cost more to redesign the car and facilities, than it would to pay off lawsuits for wrongful deaths, so they opted for the cheapest route..until the government stepped in. Same with the gas tank design on some cars...really a shame what greed will do to some people.
With the F150...it wouldn't surprise me to see that number NOT reduce, even with the recession...for the most part, the people who use those trucks have a need for the power for their work or livelihood. I would venture a guess that every other truck is purchased in either Texas or Louisana...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
you are one of the least uptight Brits I have ever met...but I'm not afraid of you clobbering me because i can hold you at arms length and you still can't touch me!! Hope you had a great walk!! Also hope you didn't eat too much curry or you will be going scurry to the nearest toilet facility!!
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
with the cars..yes historically we have made big cars...but to be honest with you, I would rather have a german car due to the reliablility and style of it instead of an American one...they are made to break down too fast!
As far as the Ford F150...of all the cars you listed..this one is the one that actually REQUIRES a huge engine for all the work it does on the ranches and farms...plus they are the truck of choice for pulling boats!! I know in some of the nation, people just buy trucks to look cool...but in Texas, trucks are a necessity and are actually USED to work instead of being bought just for looks.
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
true...I can't seem to get used to seeing someone obviously originally from elsewhere in this world, speaking with a British accent...but will have to since all nationalities are moving to other countries to live and adopting their countries as their own. That's whats so great about America..its how we were formed..by immigrants, so we are a mishmash of all people.
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
Due to the recession in America, vaccines are only produced per personal request, limited quantities, no more freebies for the world. MAYBE THE CHINESE have the solution for the flu vaccines and many other choices in life...
Osman Yissah....You are a bit correct but not really on the American men.
ANY person can be imposing in a bad way, not just Americans...American men are very self assured and if that's called imposing, then so be it. Most do not do it in an arrogant way, just differently than over here. The firm handshake is part of our culture, a sign of respect. If you give a limp handshake, that infers to us that you are wishywashy in your attitude or opinions. Our accent are due to the huge area that America covers...its like the different accents even within the Middle East...someone opens their mouth and you know exactly where they are from. As far as liking things big...can't stereotype on that one as our people have cars of all sizes and performance.
As far as cars...Our cars are getting more and more economical due to the impact upon the environment. That's why we have created hybrid cars.
Now..that being said..I don't fit your stereotypical American...I drive a BMW Z4 here in Texas, but a FJ in Doha...so does that make me a halfbreed???
really quite clever! It makes sense that a Nation's car manufacturer would build cars to suit their particular Nation's requirements/likes.
Although if we are judging people's characteristics by their CHOICE of car then I think that's a different matter. In that case then I'm not sure that I would qualify as a typical arrogant Brit.
Well, OK, I admit to owning an Austin Healey Sprite in my late teens, which is probably a BIT of an arrogant Brit's car. Ooops, and I forgot about the MGB GT in my mid-twenties (I seem to be proving Osman's point here!) :D
But latterly I have bought a Fiat X19 and an old (1983) BMW 525. Mind you ... it was my husband who suggested those to me, having seen them in a showroom. hmmmm
I think I just talked myself into being a stereotypical British snob! Aaaargh hahahaha
you missed out the Brits NEVER wear socks with sandals ;o)
Got me thinking though ... hmm what is a distinctive, day to day, normal, dress of various nationalities (apart from the obvious thobe and ghutra thing)
Feet, that's how I can tell nationality. I can immediately ascertain if someone is American (or not) by his shoes. American men NEVER wear pointy toes - especially in sneakers - suede or sandals. Also, American men NEVER hem their jeans or wear dark socks with white tennis shoes.
honestly I wouldn't have! I guess I'm not good on recognising differences in even ONE country's type.
Lots of countries have people, within their borders, of differing bone structure, hair colouring etc. I wouldn't know my Black Forest from a Munich Beerfest from a Heidi on a Swiss Mountain! ;o)
I couldn't distinguish Japanese from the Chinese before. And one time I asked a girl if she's Chinese. She growled and said "Shame on you! I'm a Japanese!". But I have no idea why she have to be that rude. ;o)
I can tell a Japanese from Chinese, but nationalities in between get a bit fuzzy to me :(
Well, OK - I think I can see which people aren't totally Japanese or Chinese, but Thai and Malaysian and Indonesian ...
I'll check it out next time I'm in Doha shopping and see if I CAN tell who is what nationality :D
If an American, Canadian, Ozzie, Brit or Western European didn't open their mouth to speak - could YOU tell who was from which country? (I'm talking about the ones who dress in a general sort of way i.e. not wearing 10 gallon hats in The Mall etc lol)
This makes you a real 'body linguist!' If there is such a thing. :D
I must try to do the same ... but I have a long way to go :( I'll get there eventually, hopefully without upsetting a Mr Chang or a Mrs Singh along the way.
Every day they came out of their restaurants and glared at each other across the road.
"Flied Lice Velly Nice" (the Greek would yell at the Chinaman, taking the mickey out of the Chinaman's inability to pronounce the letter 'R' in the English language)
To cut the story short.
Chinese bloke got so fed up with this he went for 'spoken' English lessons..... Came back to his shop and there was the Greek again:
"Flied Lice Velly Nice" nah nah nee nah nah
To which the Chinaman replied, in a very Oxford accented English:
"As a matter of fact, fRied Rice is veRy nice .... You lotten Gleek Plick!"
Well, normally one would say: English, Irish, Welsh and Scottish (when referring to the contents of the Britain).
However, since Azi substituted the nationality 'British' for the missing 'Welsh' - I guess Wales went up in status :D
They wanted to, anyway! I thought my father's family were Welsh ... then someone did one of those Family Tree things. Mind you, had they gone back further than 1400 I may have been originally Welsh!
Oh and Azi? your comment about emulating? My sister told me I was associating with too many Americans because of something I said.
It was only later I realised that what I'd said I'd picked up from books I read! WTF!? hee hee
Could be films too, because I don't think Scarlett could act as prompt for a script of Resevoir Dogs (well she may be able to, but wouldn't in public lol)
And everyone knows QUBE is where the Filipinos usually go because of the 2 (Filipino) bands playing there. So, your innuendoes will surely be about the filipinos.
Don't deny, coz it's to palpable to ignore...but then again, after this post/comment...I'll ignore you...
I used to have a hard time distinguishing Americans from Australians or Canadians.
after working for multinational property management company for 4 years and almost 2 years in a call center...I can distinguish them by their accent.
And for almost 4 years of my stay here in Qatar, I can now tell if they're Australians, English, British, Irish, Scottish, Americans (and tell whether they're from the North or South) by their accents.
Funny thing is, I would sometimes find myself emulating their dictions/accents without me knowing it....csi
timtan always finds a way to insult the Filipinos in any way he/she wants.I agree with you Azi.And they are not rumors,it is true thatthere are lots of them thais here being kept at the hotels and some other secret places for a right fee.
Ok seriously whats the difference between a brit, australian, canadian and american, i mean look wise- if u just look at them, i dont think i can make out until they start speaking... i'm talking abt the caucasian types.
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Sounds like someone who stands on the front door step making faces and throwing their feces at passers by. But timtan said they frequent the Qube, so now I'm confused.
of some MBA (married but available) expats and I do heard of a rumour that some hotels do keep THAI ladies as their "SPECIAL HOTEL FEATURES" for tourists and travelling businessmen who pass by QATAR.
I know you seldom see Thai ladies around...I wonder why???
Never arrive at a conclusion you're not certain of. Even if you'll carry a title as the most beautiful woman in the world, it's really useless if you're so ugly from within.
Remember, beauty can be measured not only by looks and brain. Everybody has the right to be beautiful, no exemption for that!
The orientals (Chinese) are in top of the food chain, they are always eating our left overs. They will mimic our technologies and industries, they will produce anything related to it, but it seems, their IQ stop being original when chairman Mao die.
They will bribe you for anything that will be of their own convenience after all.
After all the Japanese invaded them and they still did not learn anything from them except the revolution...
But for sure, it was always the joke when I was growing up (before travel was for everyone!) that 'us' occidentals couldn't tell the difference between a Chinaman or a Japanese.
So it was very good for me to realise it works both ways! AND amusing too!!!
I'm offended by Jauntie, by posting such degradation of my semi-spanish adoptive family. I'm still the tallest guy, fun-loving, hospitable, intelligent, patient and kindhearted.
Jauntie, Could you see my nose growing bigger and poking you?
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I got you wind up Mr. Paul and exactly were I want you to be at.
Anyhow, I don't give a darn about the VISA status. Is your headache and not mines, I wish you good luck.
Just remember to kiss me, were the sun won't shine in your next reply.
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is it.
Typical yank arrogance again, assuming that all Brits are self righteous. Good job i never met you.
Its a shame that muppets like you give decent Americans a bad name !
In fact Im done with talking to a gas filled, self righteous jacka$$ like you...Have a nice night, Im outta here.
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NIL ILLEGITIMI CARBORUNDUM
Not really Ingles, but my passport is not banned from QATAR YET!
I still go and return as I please, because I did not try to cheat the system, because of my nationality or arrogance. That I would remember in the books, being arrogant and insipid in many ways, specially from a British like yourself.
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You really are Anti everybody arent you.
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NIL ILLEGITIMI CARBORUNDUM
Since when you consider yourself a gent?
It must be that British ferret up your butt, chewing your polymer gentleness.
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NIL ILLEGITIMI CARBORUNDUM
the goround it might incriminate me...besides...the hair on my head is short and curly...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
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NIL ILLEGITIMI CARBORUNDUM
I think we best stick with the hair extensions and leave the short curlies out of it...ohh my i am soooo blushing..
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
if thats ok with you ?
Damn, check me out, flirting with an older lady.....:P
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NIL ILLEGITIMI CARBORUNDUM
what you don't realize is that we are all joking with each other..some take it seriously tho...have to laugh as so many of my friends ARE Brits...but I forgive them anyway,...
MP...you are so gonna have to bring hair extensions if you intend to drag as I just got it cut...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
yer back to my cave tonight :D
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NIL ILLEGITIMI CARBORUNDUM
umm...I think I better go eat breakfast and allow jauntie's thread to go back to her...I'll be waiting at the airport for your leopard covered body to get here MP...shall I bring the elephant or the giraffe to transport us home?
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
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NIL ILLEGITIMI CARBORUNDUM
we are just as southern as those states...we fought in the Civil War as well...as rebels...however...most of our fighting was still fighting Native Indians...darn them for not letting us have free rein over their territory...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
I read in my life many stories of Alfred Hitchcock and Sherlock Holmes, I did watch many British soap opera stories in the magic tube. i got bored with that boody Shakespeare.
Did discovered that Margaret Thatcher had a secret crunch for Ronald Reagan, But my favorite mini series is 'Spooks' in BBC, they worship the CIA.
I still love my British cousins NO MATTER WHAT.
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yer geography
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NIL ILLEGITIMI CARBORUNDUM
He got stuck with the twelve colonies.
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Paul
You did not stretch the boundaries, more far out. You fail miserably your Dixie, Mason line.
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Tenessee, Alabama, Louisiana and those other few states, not Texas........
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NIL ILLEGITIMI CARBORUNDUM
Texas IS south of the Mason Dixon line..we are however, also the beginning of the southWEST....
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
south of the mason dixie line ? Not texas....
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NIL ILLEGITIMI CARBORUNDUM
I am Texan first, according to some...American second, so I don't do any of that silly Yank stuff...
Peeling off the loincloth...ok someone get me a cool damp cloth as Scarlett is going to swoon, as all good southern women do...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
Not to worry, yer will soon be peeling off the loincloth :D
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Hush your mouth!!!!...Texans do NOT line dance..that's for wannabes, or goat ropers, as we call them...ok just suffered a mild cardiac arrest...breath in, breath out...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
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Dont want ya peaking too soon do i.....
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I was wondering is there any filipinos in the UK? Could you imagine listening that British accent?
Maybe Mr. PAUL is teaching them.
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thought you were already on your flight to come see me!!!
hate to break it to you but the banjo is for Arkansas...in Texas we have fiddles...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
And pass me a banjo .....
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well I think we should all wear our national garb then...
I shall go put on my jeans, cowboy boots and hat, get my piece of straw to chew on cause I don't like ceegars...and ride on back to Doha..but only if I can park my horse outside the pub...You know, hate to have people think I am American instead of Texan...sheesh...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
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Can you tell, I'm welch? I love drinking welch grape juice.
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Very much appreciated. All interesting stuff, don't get me wrong, but I really rather like the 'how can one tell one nationality from another'.
I passed a fair skinned Qatari in full thobe and ghutra on the Corniche today. He was with his wife and kids. I said: What beautiful children! (the girls were in party dresses).
He responded in perfect English. Had he not been in his National Dress I doubt I would have known his nationality. It wasn't as if he had a huge, beaked nose or anything like that to give me a clue LOL
hey honey...my over chilled rear end is in Texas at this moment...won't be back until after its 2009....with the exception of my seeing my family..wish i was back in Doha as its COLD!!! Snowed the day I arrived...haven't seen it do that before Christmas in a LONG time..Shall I save you a snowball???
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
Osman Yissad
Chill out my friend, i still support America overseas, I drive a Ford truck made in Thailand. LOL
This is the week to tell jokes on the Pakistani and Indues.
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oh well yanks are yanks and DANKS(MP) ARE just taka the A out of Danks and put I :D
and am fine god you are the one who is lost hiding so am giving you this monday night or thursday night before every one leaves Qatar for Xmas
but its not why do people love America..its that we are the nation that everyone loves to hate...because they can blame us for everything bad in this world..as you well know its so easy to point the finger than take blame yourself for your actions...tsk tsk...
by the way..how the heck are you, my tall furry buddy?
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
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never did i say we won the iraqi war..Desert Storm yes...
again...will state the obvious...will not fight with an unarmed man..
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
but in the end u all look alike
am so Jealous now :D
START PICKIN ON CHINESE NOW LEAVE THE AMERCIANS BUGGERS.
OR BETTER BRITAIN :D
cya later kiddos!
Remember my advice, Scarlett - just keep going until about midnight, then sleep a LOT! Hope you get over the jetlag soon.
Hold once Mr. PM,
Those Cowboys boots are not part of your novelty and wardrobe.
The tooth fairy is an American Icon of horror stories. What are you trying to say?
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Mandi: I think maybe the photo showed too much raw sausage for this site to cope with - probably the thread was deleted lol
Scarlett: After a few G&Ts the head meets the hands. No need to nod or bring cup to lips anymore ;o)
P.S. I went off Gin YEARS ago - can't even stand the smell of it these days!
in my caveman outfit.Hold on sugar, daddys got a sweet tooth tonight
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meant to answer this earlier but got sidetracked...
no the Brits don't use more arm motions than the Italians...its the head motions along with certian hand motions (ie, lifting up those gin and tonics!) that give you brits away!
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
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if i can have that caveman from MP's last website...guarantee there'd be no international lack of communication!!! accent, WHAT accent????
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
Could you imagine two caveman living together one from Brittania and one from Texas?
The accent barrier is greater than singing in a hollow tree.
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since I started this thread, may I please ask that we stick to the original (and really rather light hearted) discussion which was mainly 'can you tell another person's nationality just by looking at them'
It was fun :D
I really liked your car analogy !
I have not sidestepped your questions..I chose not to get into a gunfight with an unarmed man...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
Oh, dear, did you not see it? It was a picture posted yesterday, I think, and showed "too much" of a Scotsman in a kilt sitting next to the Queen (with his knees apart and his skirt hiked up, no underwear.) I thought someone added the title "Why Mr Paul had to leave the army." Of course, I can't find it now.
Mandi
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Mr Paul, I rather liked the picture of you sitting next to the Queen!
Mandi
Dont be getting too wet now, will ya....
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That's more like it! Mr P ..
Reminds me, I better go and scrub a couple of new potatoes ready for lunch ;o)
it all depends upon IF war is declared...Vietnam, Korea...these were police actions and although so many of our men got killed, it was not technically a war, therefore different tatics were employed.
If you look at history, as previously suggested and I will strongly suggest once again.. for the most part America has been ASKED for its help...but people tend to forget that small insignificant fact.
As far as Iraq..I have to say I have never been in support of that war...I do support the troops however because they are following their orders.
As far as an Englishman being in power in the Independence War...yes he was, and so were all the other pre-Americans...English that is...but England pushed them too hard and with no mercy...and they rebelled.
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
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cos i had a good pic
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ok NOT quite what I was thinking as this guy has on more clothes than what you suggested, however...in his case, that is a very GOOD thing!!! eouw....
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
Big loin cloth!
the one when John Cleese has a German guest in his restaurant and keeps making iffy comments about WW2 and thoroughly pissing off the German.
Cleese whispers to his wife: We have a German guest. I mentioned the war, but I think I got away with it!
HA
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nah - Think I'll skip straight to the wine lol
flew awf their hinges with your last comment!
ooooh la la, Scarlett! You mean us Brits make more hand gestures than our French and Italian cousins?
Just having a rumage round my box of tricks, to see if i can find my caveman outfit and club.
I will have to give you and jauntie a private show.....
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yep good looking chap, you are...I have a very good memory for things like that...ok now..animal print loin cloth...careful...the old ticker here is on reserve power...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
but i do look good in an animal print loincloth.....
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but you're good looking enough not to have to resort to whacking women over the head with your club...they'd just follow you anywhere!!
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
yes of course there will be a bias..i was speaking of the complete blinders on version this young man has...
and thank you, you are right..I am intelligent enough to know that...;)
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
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THAT'S exactly what I was speaking of..its the way we all move/mannerisms that give us away...I mean, watch a Qatari woman walk..she glides...put her in western dress and anyone could pick her out still.
I can't explain HOW i know the Brits from Americans and Aussies..I just can...not that its a bad way, we are all just very different and hold ourselves differently.
Take jauntie for example (hiya my dear!!) Even before I met her, I would have picked her out as British..its the way she moves her head and hands that is the dead giveaway.
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
I think you need to do a fashion show for us..w can name you Caveman of the Year...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
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Scarlett I refuse to believe that you think that there is such a thing as history with no bias in it....
You are intelligent enough to know that history is dictated by the powerful and/or the 'winners'.
They call it the American dream because you have to be asleep to see it... --George Carlin
Psssst You don't happen to have a teddy bear outfit do you? ;o)
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I saw a woman in Carrefour the other week who was tall and of African descent. But I immediately thought, "She's an American." It was something about the way she walked, or rather, strode. Sure enough, I met her at the American Women's Association later and she from the US. There's a purposeful, chin-up stride that Americans often have.
Mandi
if you'll pardon the expression ...
will check back after I've opened the wine :o)
LOL Mr P - I was hoping you would volunteer your rugged good looks for the status of:
CAVE MAN OF THE YEAR 1,000,000 BC
I don't disagree with the made in the UK stamp...but I do disagree with the comment about the US not winning if we didn't have help...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
I have no issues with commenting on your age...its your lack of unbiased views of history that I have issues with. When you can go back and learn without throwing in the anti whatever view..THEN I will discuss with you.
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
must have been pretty darn good looking to get those pretty blondes...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
excuse me......but america has a stamp tht says..made in the uk...on it...and it will always be there.xD...but seriously....the only reason u won the war of independance...was because u had support from ur little friends the french and the spaniards.
redpope in drag.......
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In some cases (say for e.g. Philippines) they have been invaded by so many other countries over the centuries I wonder what a pure blood Filipino's characteristics would actually be!
As for Great Britain, we had Romans and Saxons (Germans) AND the Danes helping themselves to our women, so I also wonder what would be OUR original cave man look :o)
chunks of other countries around the globe. It wasn't JUST Britain!
Spain, Portugal, The Dutch, The French etc etc
:D
you always manage to make me laugh...never will forget all those evenings with the QL groups, in either rydges or Sherezad, verbally sparring with you over the differences between Britain and the US...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
when you grow up and get to know more, I'll discuss things with you...until then...go back and study history
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
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down boy...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
Were you even born when the Falklands war started ?
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and to all the Pinoys and Pinays I really don't mean this as an insult - but Filipinas have different shaped toe-nails. If you look at their feet you will see that their big toe's nail actually has a triangle shape to them, and are slightly higher shaped...
About the Thai ladies, they might be beautiful, BUT you need to make sure that it is actually a lady first, cause most of those beautiful woman, turn out to have an added appendange, and I am not talking about on the chest, either;-)
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I rest my case...yet another brit who thinks they rule the world..sighhh....
reminds me of the mental image i have of your country...they had a stamp that said "mine" on it and kept hitting it all over the world...mine, mine,mine, mine...then had to give it all back when they used up all the resources and people of that country..
as far as the numbers...yep...we did have more but they were not trained as per my earlier post...its like pitting poodles against pitbulls..but still we won the war...why? because we wanted OUT from under your thumb because your country was mistreating our citizens. As far as help...your country asked the Germans for help during this war...funny thing tho..they turned on you too, didn't they?
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
You can look at numbers, but our milita were mostly farmers, untrained in war tactics, facing a very well trained British military...especially check out the last paragraph.
Armies, militias, and mercenaries
Colonists were divided over which side to support in the war; in some areas, the struggle was a civil war. The Revolutionaries (also known as Americans or Patriots) had the active support of about 40 to 45 percent of the colonial population. About 15 to 20 percent of the population supported the British Crown during the war, and were known as Loyalists (or Tories). Loyalists fielded perhaps 50,000 men during the war years in support of the British Empire. After the war, some 70,000 Loyalists departed the United States, most going to Canada, Great Britain, or to British colonies in the Caribbean.
When the war began, the Americans did not have a regular army (also known as a "standing army"). Each colony had traditionally provided for its own defenses through the use of local militia. Militiamen served for only a few weeks or months at a time, were reluctant to go very far from home, and were thus generally unavailable for extended operations. Militia lacked the training and discipline of regular soldiers, but were occasionally effective against regular troops. American militia were sometimes adept at partisan warfare, and were particularly effective at suppressing Loyalist activity when British regulars were not in the area.
Seeking to coordinate military efforts, the Continental Congress established (on paper) a regular army—the Continental Army—in June 1775, and appointed George Washington as commander-in-chief. The development of the Continental Army was always a work in progress, and Washington reluctantly augmented the regular troops with militia throughout the war. Although as many as 250,000 men may have served as regulars or as militiamen for the Revolutionary cause in the eight years of the war, there were never more than 90,000 total men under arms for the Americans in any given year. Armies in North America were small by European standards of the era; the greatest number of men that Washington personally commanded in the field at any one time was fewer than 17,000.
Early in 1775, the British Army consisted of about 36,000 men worldwide, but wartime recruitment steadily increased this number. Additionally, over the course of the war the British hired about 30,000 German mercenaries, popularly known in the colonies as "Hessians" because many of them came from Hesse-Kassel. Germans would make up about one-third of the British troop strength in North America. By 1779, the number of British and German troops stationed in North America was over 60,000, though these were spread from Canada to Florida.
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
I want one too...drink that is..only its 4 am here...I hate jet lag!!!
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
in the fact that the colonists were so determined to be free of British rule that it was their fortitude and emotional drive that made them fight as they did...plus the British never were used to the native Indian style of fighting...umm...so would that make us the first commandos???
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
and a drink! yeeehawwwwwwww
its much easier when you AREN'T from there..I actually play a game with my friends when I go out...its called, guess the nationality at the bar...and so far I have about a 80% accuracy record.
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
according to brits all Americans want to be british...WRONG...that's why we won the war...
I have to give it to you..you are another one that isn't all stuffy, pip pip and all that jazz...actually there's quite a few that aren't that way...just the very few that are and they set the example for the rest of the world....rather like some of our Americans that should never be released upon the rest of the world...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
mmmmm.....even I can't recognise Brits and thats in my own country!
you put the water in that little round hole in the side of the car...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
Laughing here as I'm reading the comments I hadn't yet seen until just now.
I am hopeless when it comes to cars. One time a chap in a pub was quizzing me on sports cars and their capabilities and petrol consumption, gear changes etc etc. I looked at him blankly. He said: Oh, sorry. I just assumed you'd know because you drive one.
Ha! I didn't even know where to put the water in the damn thing! ;o)
In fact when it got a puncture once, I couldn't find the spare wheel!
its easy..its the mannerisms that give you away. Just as its our mannerisms that give US away...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
both of my sons purchased old muscle cars...one of them was a 71 Lemans...they rebuilt them from the inside out and turned out to be such sexy looking (and sounding!) cars...but yes, they literally DRANK petrol...but, the girls loved them!! If i had a picture of it on this computer I'd post it..it was cherry red with white top and white interior...a true chick magnet...which unfortunately caused several accidents..ahem
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
I know what you meant..I am just being a bit silly here..just for arguement's sake.
Actually I like the look and feel of large cars, but HATE parking them!! I call them landboats. That's why I drive what I do(ok the FJ is a larger car but the turning radius is awesome!!) and as far as American cars being reliable...they aren't. I was very serious about them being built to break down. There have been many articles on that...sadly enough. Same with the seatbelt issue. Ford KNEW that putting seatbelts in would save lives, but it cost more to redesign the car and facilities, than it would to pay off lawsuits for wrongful deaths, so they opted for the cheapest route..until the government stepped in. Same with the gas tank design on some cars...really a shame what greed will do to some people.
With the F150...it wouldn't surprise me to see that number NOT reduce, even with the recession...for the most part, the people who use those trucks have a need for the power for their work or livelihood. I would venture a guess that every other truck is purchased in either Texas or Louisana...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
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But Britain is such a multi coloured society how can one possibly know what they look like?
Jeez, popey, it must be hard work, keeping up that arrogant yank persona of yours.....
Contary to popular belief, yanksville is not the greatest country in the world, and neither does everybody want to be yank.
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you are one of the least uptight Brits I have ever met...but I'm not afraid of you clobbering me because i can hold you at arms length and you still can't touch me!! Hope you had a great walk!! Also hope you didn't eat too much curry or you will be going scurry to the nearest toilet facility!!
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
with the cars..yes historically we have made big cars...but to be honest with you, I would rather have a german car due to the reliablility and style of it instead of an American one...they are made to break down too fast!
As far as the Ford F150...of all the cars you listed..this one is the one that actually REQUIRES a huge engine for all the work it does on the ranches and farms...plus they are the truck of choice for pulling boats!! I know in some of the nation, people just buy trucks to look cool...but in Texas, trucks are a necessity and are actually USED to work instead of being bought just for looks.
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
true...I can't seem to get used to seeing someone obviously originally from elsewhere in this world, speaking with a British accent...but will have to since all nationalities are moving to other countries to live and adopting their countries as their own. That's whats so great about America..its how we were formed..by immigrants, so we are a mishmash of all people.
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
And I'm not so uptight that I wouldn't hesitate to clobber any one of you on sight! lol
CYA later x
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Dracula drinks Bacardi rum on the rocks.
You are catching the British flu and uptightness with your comments.
Dracula drinks Bacardi rum on the rocks.
Tested several times...nope.
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At least in the USA, the white population, still trying to call themselves a majority.
In the UK, they rename themselves 'the new species in the brink of extinction.'
To many British Hindus with that darn British Accent.
Flash News:
Latest population Census in the UK, indicates the Africans are replacing the Indus.....
Dracula drinks Bacardi rum on the rocks.
I love Americans in dungarees... They look so comfortable.. I'm sure RP wears a pair over his long johs and Cow boy boots..
Since curry is now our national dish.. We tend to look "uptight" the next morning after a heavy curry./.
Scarlett said:
Brits tend to be more up tight and have a different look than other nationalities...
bingo!!!!! you hit the jackpot!!!!
Dracula drinks Bacardi rum on the rocks.
I can tell just by looking at people where they are from..
Americans tend to stand more relaxed and smile a lot...
Brits tend to be more up tight and have a different look than other nationalities...
Aussies...always laughing, and having a good time no matter what is going on...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
you definitely forgot something on your personality descriptions...
Americans do NOT wear dungarees...we don't even USE that word in fact..they are jeans, or more correctly, BLUE jeans...
Australians...no hat with corks, but smiling with a pint in hand...
And the British...will be there, polite(?) try arrogant, drinking Pimms, and a brolly and pasty white skin.
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
Osman Yissah....You are a bit correct but not really on the American men.
ANY person can be imposing in a bad way, not just Americans...American men are very self assured and if that's called imposing, then so be it. Most do not do it in an arrogant way, just differently than over here. The firm handshake is part of our culture, a sign of respect. If you give a limp handshake, that infers to us that you are wishywashy in your attitude or opinions. Our accent are due to the huge area that America covers...its like the different accents even within the Middle East...someone opens their mouth and you know exactly where they are from. As far as liking things big...can't stereotype on that one as our people have cars of all sizes and performance.
As far as cars...Our cars are getting more and more economical due to the impact upon the environment. That's why we have created hybrid cars.
Now..that being said..I don't fit your stereotypical American...I drive a BMW Z4 here in Texas, but a FJ in Doha...so does that make me a halfbreed???
Can you find any other comparisons than that?
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
Can you tell a Nepalese with his own car?
Culture, Osman. You're watching too much of The Fast and The Furious lately.
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
How could you tell the difference in a group of good looking Asian Ladies, which is the ugly, Asian woman?
I'm baffled with this one. :&
Dracula drinks Bacardi rum on the rocks.
You right there! hehehee and pinoy likes Honda cars so much.
:D
really quite clever! It makes sense that a Nation's car manufacturer would build cars to suit their particular Nation's requirements/likes.
Although if we are judging people's characteristics by their CHOICE of car then I think that's a different matter. In that case then I'm not sure that I would qualify as a typical arrogant Brit.
Well, OK, I admit to owning an Austin Healey Sprite in my late teens, which is probably a BIT of an arrogant Brit's car. Ooops, and I forgot about the MGB GT in my mid-twenties (I seem to be proving Osman's point here!) :D
But latterly I have bought a Fiat X19 and an old (1983) BMW 525. Mind you ... it was my husband who suggested those to me, having seen them in a showroom. hmmmm
I think I just talked myself into being a stereotypical British snob! Aaaargh hahahaha
Good one Osman...abt the cars:)
I dream of a better tomorrow where Chickens can cross the Road without having their motives questioned - Unknown
@apple...let me guess...a Pinoy's?
a car with pillows and stuff toys, taken cared like a baby, which nationality is that? :P:P:p
How come you mention cars when we're talking about how we can distiguish other nationalities either by look s or their accents?
he got blisters and had to take the shoes off to walk home lol
sometimes there's a right moment for socks! (new shoes)
you missed out the Brits NEVER wear socks with sandals ;o)
Got me thinking though ... hmm what is a distinctive, day to day, normal, dress of various nationalities (apart from the obvious thobe and ghutra thing)
Socks with sandals? I shudder to think!
Mandi
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
Feet, that's how I can tell nationality. I can immediately ascertain if someone is American (or not) by his shoes. American men NEVER wear pointy toes - especially in sneakers - suede or sandals. Also, American men NEVER hem their jeans or wear dark socks with white tennis shoes.
Mandi
You're lucky, squire - You mentioned the beer, but I think you got away with it!
I agree about body language.. Aussies are usually found with a glass in their hand or in a horizontal position..
honestly I wouldn't have! I guess I'm not good on recognising differences in even ONE country's type.
Lots of countries have people, within their borders, of differing bone structure, hair colouring etc. I wouldn't know my Black Forest from a Munich Beerfest from a Heidi on a Swiss Mountain! ;o)
I couldn't distinguish Japanese from the Chinese before. And one time I asked a girl if she's Chinese. She growled and said "Shame on you! I'm a Japanese!". But I have no idea why she have to be that rude. ;o)
cheers,
paul
I can tell a Japanese from Chinese, but nationalities in between get a bit fuzzy to me :(
Well, OK - I think I can see which people aren't totally Japanese or Chinese, but Thai and Malaysian and Indonesian ...
I'll check it out next time I'm in Doha shopping and see if I CAN tell who is what nationality :D
If an American, Canadian, Ozzie, Brit or Western European didn't open their mouth to speak - could YOU tell who was from which country? (I'm talking about the ones who dress in a general sort of way i.e. not wearing 10 gallon hats in The Mall etc lol)
I'm not sure I could work THAT one out either!
well u can always tell by the way they talk...but come on.....u cant tell just by looking at em
This makes you a real 'body linguist!' If there is such a thing. :D
I must try to do the same ... but I have a long way to go :( I'll get there eventually, hopefully without upsetting a Mr Chang or a Mrs Singh along the way.
Like I am not particular with nationalities, really....lol
Well, I need to review my geography then...whehehehe
I think it is better you watch the clip NOW or it will be too late :)
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I have the radio on, on laptop, at present and I think the puter may blow up if I push it into any more virtual memory! lol
hahahahahahah
are sarad and ksarat related?
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I am willing to help you chop the salad vegs but am afraid to chop my fingers coz of your presence around.
btw. watch this commercial. alone. it is rated :D
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Back to the sarad for runch on Fliday.
Solly about the joke :D
from a Greek, who also had a restaurant.
Every day they came out of their restaurants and glared at each other across the road.
"Flied Lice Velly Nice" (the Greek would yell at the Chinaman, taking the mickey out of the Chinaman's inability to pronounce the letter 'R' in the English language)
To cut the story short.
Chinese bloke got so fed up with this he went for 'spoken' English lessons..... Came back to his shop and there was the Greek again:
"Flied Lice Velly Nice" nah nah nee nah nah
To which the Chinaman replied, in a very Oxford accented English:
"As a matter of fact, fRied Rice is veRy nice .... You lotten Gleek Plick!"
keyboard is stained with beetroot!
Well, normally one would say: English, Irish, Welsh and Scottish (when referring to the contents of the Britain).
However, since Azi substituted the nationality 'British' for the missing 'Welsh' - I guess Wales went up in status :D
They wanted to, anyway! I thought my father's family were Welsh ... then someone did one of those Family Tree things. Mind you, had they gone back further than 1400 I may have been originally Welsh!
do you to say that the Welsh are implied within ".... English, British, Irish, Scottish..." ? :D
btw. I think I am bored
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".... English, British, Irish, Scottish..."
gotta love it ... 'British' is now a euphemism for Welsh - where's tallg?????
hehehe Azi xxx
You have mentioned all British elements and derivatives but ignored the Welsh.
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lmao
Oh and Azi? your comment about emulating? My sister told me I was associating with too many Americans because of something I said.
It was only later I realised that what I'd said I'd picked up from books I read! WTF!? hee hee
Could be films too, because I don't think Scarlett could act as prompt for a script of Resevoir Dogs (well she may be able to, but wouldn't in public lol)
you seem to be very bored ;P
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actually, what you said is true...
How observant...hehehehe
comparing THAIs to Filipinos?
And everyone knows QUBE is where the Filipinos usually go because of the 2 (Filipino) bands playing there. So, your innuendoes will surely be about the filipinos.
Don't deny, coz it's to palpable to ignore...but then again, after this post/comment...I'll ignore you...
had the same experience too......i was in city centre, then a guy ask me if im a filipina, malaysian, indonesian or korean....geez...
ALL "porch monkeys" at Qube must be deported and replace with "porch cockroach" hehehee
believe.he.he.he. .you are one such great.. never mind. I dont want to waste my time on you.ciao.
LOL Brit!
I dream of a better tomorrow where Chickens can cross the Road without having their motives questioned - Unknown
I used to have a hard time distinguishing Americans from Australians or Canadians.
after working for multinational property management company for 4 years and almost 2 years in a call center...I can distinguish them by their accent.
And for almost 4 years of my stay here in Qatar, I can now tell if they're Australians, English, British, Irish, Scottish, Americans (and tell whether they're from the North or South) by their accents.
Funny thing is, I would sometimes find myself emulating their dictions/accents without me knowing it....csi
Great difference..
The Canadian will have a Maple Leaf badge stuck somewhere on his jacket - Eh!
The American will be wearing Jeans, dungaries or cowboy boots and probably have a ceeeeeegar.
The Australian will have a hat with corks hanging from it and a beer in his hand.
The Brit will be polite, drinking his Pimms with a brolly by his side..
jauntie i think they all look the same coz they were originally irish/scotish/english... i wonder what the difference between those are... look wise
I dream of a better tomorrow where Chickens can cross the Road without having their motives questioned - Unknown
the difference ..... How would I know? lol
Hey! Maybe there are Ozzie or Canadian Hos in the Qube who people think are Brits! YIKES
I've not been to the Qube in my 2 years here - MUST go before I leave, but perhaps I'll go disguised as an American - hee
timtan always finds a way to insult the Filipinos in any way he/she wants.I agree with you Azi.And they are not rumors,it is true thatthere are lots of them thais here being kept at the hotels and some other secret places for a right fee.
Ok seriously whats the difference between a brit, australian, canadian and american, i mean look wise- if u just look at them, i dont think i can make out until they start speaking... i'm talking abt the caucasian types.
I dream of a better tomorrow where Chickens can cross the Road without having their motives questioned - Unknown
QTEL hotline...180 or 111 from your mobile...
and you have to excuse timtam on this. His metaphoric skills needs some honing...with his IQ as well
I could tell here a group of Thai ladies (they're usually 4) with one PIMP (he speaks Arabic)who goes to QUBE and leaves the place with MEN in tow....
How I'm sure they're Thais? Coz I spoke to one of them and their ENGLISH diction/accent is horrible.
Sounds like someone who stands on the front door step making faces and throwing their feces at passers by. But timtan said they frequent the Qube, so now I'm confused.
just for once...whehehehe
I bet Timtan's a THAI! hehehe!
of some MBA (married but available) expats and I do heard of a rumour that some hotels do keep THAI ladies as their "SPECIAL HOTEL FEATURES" for tourists and travelling businessmen who pass by QATAR.
I know you seldom see Thai ladies around...I wonder why???
who befriends men and hustles money. And to think she works for one of the biggest companies here in Qatar...and you're right, she's very pretty.
But a HUSTLER IS A HUSTLER...like a HOE...lmao
Getting to know all about you
Getting to know you
Getting to know you like meeee
Haven't you noticed
Suddenly I'm bright 'n BREEZY
Because of all .. the .. beautiful and new
Things I'm learning about you
Day .. By .. Day
(Watch out I don't sit down and my crinoline skirt wafts up in the air to show my knickers lol)
Never arrive at a conclusion you're not certain of. Even if you'll carry a title as the most beautiful woman in the world, it's really useless if you're so ugly from within.
Remember, beauty can be measured not only by looks and brain. Everybody has the right to be beautiful, no exemption for that!
timtan.rofl.
...is that I learn more from jauntie than it was mine. LOL
She's right about the Occidental-Oriental thing, though.
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
not sure how to respond to that until I've looked at pix of christina!
The orientals (Chinese) are in top of the food chain, they are always eating our left overs. They will mimic our technologies and industries, they will produce anything related to it, but it seems, their IQ stop being original when chairman Mao die.
They will bribe you for anything that will be of their own convenience after all.
After all the Japanese invaded them and they still did not learn anything from them except the revolution...
Dracula drinks Bacardi rum on the rocks.
Emo Avatarsena maria
You are definitely the most cuddly Hybrid I've ever met!
.jauntie, you don;t look like britz,
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.you look like christina applegate....is she your older sister?
.
But for sure, it was always the joke when I was growing up (before travel was for everyone!) that 'us' occidentals couldn't tell the difference between a Chinaman or a Japanese.
So it was very good for me to realise it works both ways! AND amusing too!!!
I'm offended by Jauntie, by posting such degradation of my semi-spanish adoptive family. I'm still the tallest guy, fun-loving, hospitable, intelligent, patient and kindhearted.
Jauntie, Could you see my nose growing bigger and poking you?
LOL
Dracula drinks Bacardi rum on the rocks.
It must be true. LOL
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
are u thailand, no,,,,ahhh indonesian,,,,, no, ahhh ok, so ur a malaysian, no, i am a filipino...ahhh ok, sorry, but u all look the same to me...
It was just tooooo funny