stratokaster
Top Veteran
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Name
- Pavel
This is hilarious. Now I will think twice before using phrases like "with all due respect" and "very interesting"
Peter, I worked in Amsterdam and Rotterdam for a year, and after that spent seven years working for an Anglo-Dutch company (CMG); I am as a result more blunt than many of my compatriots
As an aside, I was very drunk in a bar once in Amsterdam with one of my customers. He decided to "have a go", taking me to task for the English inability to learn foreign languages (my Dutch is basic to this day - I understand more than I can speak). In my defence I pointed out that the BBC had been founded with a secret charter - to build radio transmitters along the East and South coasts of England to beam English radio programmes out into mainland Europe. Likewise, the same approach was taken with TV. The result - decades later, linguistically-challenged blokes like me could transact business in Amsterdam without having to learn tha language. Drunk as he was, he pondered this revelation for some time before declaring in a loud voice "Of course! I see it all now!! It must be true!!".
That was 15 years ago... I picture him to this day, sitting in brown bars, telling anyone that will listen of the vile English plot and the true purpose of the BBC...
Judging the British by Top Gear is like judging USA by George Bush.
Clarkson used to do that.
Don't worry by the close of today, Australia will likely have a George W Bush of its own.Judging the British by Top Gear is like judging USA by George Bush.
Clarkson fans should check this site. Clarksonisms - Jeremy Clarkson Car Quotes
I cannot begin to tell you the horror with which this idea fills me ...
Clarkson fans should check this site. Clarksonisms - Jeremy Clarkson Car Quotes
Don't worry by the close of today, Australia will likely have a George W Bush of its own.
A Silver September reject that might fit this thread.
Barrie