Thread: The Xenophobe's Guide to...

I found this quite a fun site- quite a few nationalities covered too.

Waddya think? are the streotypes true, false? I found them mostly true.

Bits from the books

The English ideal will be reached when everyone in England is living alone, on their own individual island.

sounds like paradise.

spot on.

The Swiss are the only nation to make the Germans look inefficient.

Woopy doopy doop!!!

no you won't see many Irish naked in the bathroom
they're usually blady freezing and damp.
when i was a lad.

know a few who had a tin bath in the living room
cause they never had a bathroom
back in the day. out in the countryside.
< where this pic was taken.

Which one are you, billy?...

i'm the hansom dude in the middle.
the other two are 1st. cousins.

Cheers...Good old pic...

Being half English & half Scots, gotta say I found all of the bits about them true

NR

One might say that you are of the mongrel variety - cross-bred?

^ Most definitely. The hardiest types!

Way too PC to be funny.

Originally Posted by Necron99

Way too PC to be funny.

What they are saying is true, albeit in a quaint sort of way.

The English will never forgive you for skipping a queue.
The Aussies will never forgive you for winning (Americas Cup Anyone?).
Danes are just like the Irish except they work harder...
The Germans want to start the party after dinner and....
The Greeks want to start after breakfast, cos someone else is always paying...

I recall from my short time in the UK that they are ALL programmed to jump out of bed at 10.30am on a Saturday morning and start waxing the car. You could set your watch by them...

What people think of us Irish i will leave to somebody else.

I think the Thais come out on top.

Nice to see us ENGLISH are called ENGLISH , not that poxy PC British or even more sterile PC European

The English are also British and European, that's a fact, not withstanding how the misfiring neurons in between your ears may define your understanding of what "PC" is.

I have to get myself a Kindle. And buy some of those books, and Slaps one too.