Thread: Is this misogynist or chauvinistic?

Go Russia!

I worry about cleaning staff messing with my chandeliers too.

Originally Posted by bkkmadness

I worry about cleaning staff messing with my chandeliers too.

I must admit, I have an antique grandfather clock hanging on the wall, noone touches it except me.

Originally Posted by kingwilly

I must admit, I have an antique grandfather clock hanging on the wall, noone touches it except me

Grandfather clocks stand on the floor Willy. They don't hang on walls.

Having the chandeliers cleaned by the wives of diplomats won't erase the memory of the mass rapes and other atrocities committed by Russian soldiers during the fall of Berlin in 1945.

Tuddy, you're not seriously trying to tell us that similar atrocities were not committed by Germans on their earlier march East?

Originally Posted by EmperorTud

The Germans were a far more organised and orderly military unit and discipline did not completely deteriorate

No, it was documented thoroughly (as in the concentration camps) and then documents shredded when it became clear defeat was iminent.

You are undoubtedly right in the numbers. However, neither side was blameless.

Originally Posted by Lily

Grandfather clocks stand on the floor Willy. They don't hang on walls.

He's getting on a bit, the old eyesight is going. He thinks things above head height are wall hung or usng that new fangled technology, you know, levitation!

I'd love to see KW get his head around my perputual motion machine! Hehe

Originally Posted by November Rain

What happens if the diplomat is a female? Does hubby need to clean the lights?

I was thinking about that too. I doubt that they would be involved.

Originally Posted by EmperorTud

Originally Posted by November Rain

Tuddy, you're not seriously trying to tell us that similar atrocities were not committed by Germans on their earlier march East?

The Germans were a far more organised and orderly military unit and discipline did not completely deteriorate as it did in the Red Army during the fall of Berlin where hundreds of thousands of civilians were raped and murdered.

Naturally, similar atrocities occurred on both sides but not to the extent they did by the Red Army on the ground in Berlin.

I think what happened in Berlin at the time was almost organized and very widespread.

I doubt that the same happened to any extent near that by the german army. However there were many well organized killings and also rapes especially by the SS units as far as I know. And those were intended and organized.

Originally Posted by November Rain

What happens if the diplomat is a female? Does hubby need to clean the lights?

a mate of mine was here on the basis of his wife's diplomatic job, he was an unemployed engineer.

Originally Posted by Lily

Grandfather clocks stand on the floor Willy. They don't hang on walls.

so what do you call wall clock ones?

Originally Posted by filch

He's getting on a bit, the old eyesight is going. He thinks things above head height are wall hung or usng that new fangled technology, you know, levitation! I'd love to see KW get his head around my perputual motion machine! Hehe

is it solar powered?

Originally Posted by kingwilly

so what do you call wall clock ones?

clocks

Originally Posted by EmperorTud

Originally Posted by November Rain

Tuddy, you're not seriously trying to tell us that similar atrocities were not committed by Germans on their earlier march East?

The Germans were a far more organised and orderly military unit and discipline did not completely deteriorate as it did in the Red Army during the fall of Berlin where hundreds of thousands of civilians were raped and murdered.

Naturally, similar atrocities occurred on both sides but not to the extent they did by the Red Army on the ground in Berlin.

Does that mean there's a lot of Russians around that think they're German?

Do Russians eat dogs?

Originally Posted by jandajoy

Originally Posted by kingwilly

so what do you call wall clock ones?

clocks

Originally Posted by kingwilly

is it solar powered?

Wouldn't technically be a perpetual motion machine if it was - it's based on Bhaskara II's model.

But obviously I can't go into to detail here, still waiting for the patent papers!

Probably just tradition {cultural}. Not politically or politically correct attatchments.