Thread: The fallen English Empire!

Originally Posted by Texpat

merely latent anger venting,

We cant go waging war anymore, and chopping off the heads of those who dissagree with us. Its just not PC. So in order to vent the anger, we use piercing wit and humour.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

which I also find tiresome.

Yes, tiresome, but you keep starting threads about it

^ If you find it tiresome go for an afternoon nap mate!

Still morning here

Originally Posted by NickA

Still morning here

Well I might have one for you then..........late night last night!

Originally Posted by November Rain

(neck of womb - top of vaginal passage)

I like that part the best.

The most important thing when being able to counter the Brit sense of humour is not to take yourself too seriously. If you do take yourself too seriously then you are in for one almighty verbal kicking. Taking the piss out of yourself will give you a platform from which you can then counter and as said before being able to take the piss back, in a humorous way will earn you nothing but respect.

It all has to be done properly though of course. A pisstake without humour is nothing more than an insult. The insult is then seen as a sign of weakness which leaves you wide open to a verbal kicking.

If you are on the recieving end of a pisstake from a Brit then laugh with them, see the funny side and then laugh at yourself and you are halfway there.

I had 2 Auissie buddies in Nam that were troopers and they were the old reg Aussie that everyone loved, and after the 2nd beer they would fight anybody, anywhere or each other,, they were crazy bastards butt we were also in a crazy place at a crazy time, but I really liked then dudes.

^^ Fair enough mate and thanks for that!

Originally Posted by blackgang

and after the 2nd beer they would fight anybody, anywhere or each other

I really think Aussies in general don't go looking for fights but will step up to the mark if required as will most men. You will find the shit stirrers will back off and if they are not surrounded by their mates.

Seems like these 2 mates of yours were probably country boys and if so they would never take a backward step and probably grew up in the wild, wild west of the Australian outback.

Originally Posted by Moonraker

The most important thing when being able to counter the Brit sense of humour is not to take yourself too seriously. If you do take yourself too seriously then you are in for one almighty verbal kicking. Taking the piss out of yourself will give you a platform from which you can then counter and as said before being able to take the piss back, in a humorous way will earn you nothing but respect.

It all has to be done properly though of course. A pisstake without humor is nothing more than an insult. The insult is then seen as a sign of weakness which leaves you wide open to a verbal kicking.

If you are on the receiving end of a pisstake from a Brit then laugh with them, see the funny side and then laugh at yourself and you are halfway there.

That's all well and good -- a few minutes of banter and fun are good for everyone and we can all deflate ourselves and laugh at ourselves without much problem.

The the jovial, fun, backslapping, wide grins fade at a point. And that's when most of us are ready to move on to hot girls or sports or travel or fun -- but the lot I'm referring to aren't going to budge. They're incapable. And they just get louder and increasingly more embarrassing and if you're not willing to play they'll either ratchet up the level of insults and bullshit or launch into some other poor guy in the periphery.

As a yank in Isaan, most the farangs I know here are from the UK. Some pretty decent guys. But the lion's share of stone-cold assholes are from there, too.

There's nothing humorous about that -- and consider this for a moment: Not all of us are out to gain respect from you.

Originally Posted by Texpat

As a yank in Isaan, most the farangs I know here are from the UK. Some pretty decent guys. But the lion's share of stone-cold assholes are from there, too.

Sad to hear they are in the majority now, i thought these kind of lowlifes stuck pretty much to the honeypots and tourist areas. If they have infected Isaan, it truly is bad news.

Originally Posted by Texpat

But the lion's share of stone-cold assholes are from there, too.

When I first moved to Thailand, my Dad told me that there were many Brit expats here that couldn't go back home (on the run from the law or paternity suits or whatever). I don't think that's necessarily the case, now, but maybe it's the case with the guys you are talking about Tex? Maybe they were arseholes in UK, too? And that's why they're here?

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Care to explain to me about this famed "English sense of humour" I should know about and to better understand you lot.

It's the same as the Aussie sense of humour, but with wit...

Originally Posted by Texpat

As a yank in Isaan, most the farangs I know here are from the UK. Some pretty decent guys. But the lion's share of stone-cold assholes are from there, too.

Yeah, I heard Marmite moved near you

Marmite doesn't fit the bill. Neither does Welshy playboy John R who pussed up and moved back to Perth last year.
Now that Gallowspole character ... another story completely.

btw, my observations are from Udon, not NK.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

It's the same as the Aussie sense of humour, but with wit...

Not when no other nationality fooker can understand that very specific council /on the terraces /from the moors or Tyneside style of wit and I think you have just nailed it mate.

Thanks!

Damned good telescope you've got there Tex

Originally Posted by Texpat

btw, my observations are from Udon, not NK.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Not when no other nationality fooker can understand that very specific council /on the terraces /from the moors or Tyneside style of wit and I think you have just nailed it mate.

It sounds like you mix with those Northern people too much, hence your low opinion of the 'English'.

^^ I lived there more than a year while my house was being built here, it's where I go when I wish to reinforce my thin-skinned, humorless, stereotypes, it's a hotbed of hooliganism ... (is this where I'm supposed to chuckle uncomfortably?)

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

It sounds like you mix with those Northern people too much, hence your low opinion of the 'English'.

There ya go mate!

I suppose I better spend some more time with the blokes from Bristol and the Celts from Cornwall! Those blokes claim they are not even English and can someone tell me about what thats all about?

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

I suppose I better spend some more time with the blokes from Bristol and the Celts from Cornwall! Those blokes claim they are not English and can someone tell me about what thats all about?

Half the blokes from Bristol think they're Welsh as it sounds exotic to them, and the Cornish come from Kernow and are (or rather were) a little pocket of Britons (pre Anglo-Saxon peoples), so they're kinda right.