No, I'm a modern man! I eat sushi and cod liver oil in pill form and my beard is no longer big enough to effectively wipe my hands.
National stereotypes are indeed wonderful. We see the Finns as swearing, hard-drinking and speaking a language no-one understands (when they chose to speak) - basically the Irish of the Nordic countries
Yes, this is the stereotype, and I will grab a two handed strangle hold of it any time I travel to the more gentle nordics like sweden.
Anti-welfare state propaganda has created an image of Scandinavia as the world capital of suicides.
Here in Norway we think of Finland that way. The reason is TV. In the past our TV showed filmed theatre plays on Tuesdays. Our memory of "TV theatre" from Finland is a hairy man getting quietly and joylessly wasted on vodka, then grabbing his ax and announcing: "I'm going to the sauna to kill myself!"
This is not too far from the "truth", in fact this is the way Finns in the 3 cities view everybody else.
Of the Norwegians> we see "Norske Gossen" as some one similar to Kristofer Hivju's portrayal of Steinar in the Beck.
"I mean, she almost kills bond...with her ass."
-Mr Arlington Beech
What many may not realise is that the reason I posted the jokes (both the nice one about the bombing of Berlin and the others) for the greater good. I was on a scientific mission to map the limits of free speech here in AJB007, a sort of Scott and Amundsen of the digital frontier. I can safety say I have gathered much valuable data today. :v
I don't know where to post this, so I posted it here. Just now I read that Ohio is the first US state to get a "free-ranging" parenting law. In other words: parents there can let their children got the park by themselves without risk of getting arrested for neglect or child services taking their kids away.
I realise not all communities are as safe as the one I grew up in, but this sounds extreme.
Americans accuse us of having a "nanny state" and giving up personal freedom and responibility, but no-one has suggested laws against children playing on their own here.
It seems odd how the times have changed. I remember as a kid, never being in the house.
I was always out with friends, wandering around the fields, there was also a couple of
old Quarries. With old rusty cranes, and equipment sprinkled about. So we had many adventures,
with swimming in the summer, Diving off the edge of the Quarry etc. Yet I honestly don't
think it was any more dangerous then as it is now.
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
That's how I remember it too. But to be honest there are two types of people within walking distance from where I sit now: people I have known since I was born and people I've known since they were born.
That's how it was when I grew up too. Not all places are like that.
I just remembered a conversation I had it my granpa. When my father was a boy, dynamite was easily available because he lived on a farm. WWII had just ended too, so blowing stuff up was both patriotic and cool. They made working bombes, mortar , pistols etc. I asked you grandfather if he noticed what the kids were doing back in the day.
- Of course, I'm not blind and deaf.
- Why didn't you stop them from blowing stuff up?
- It was all right. Way back when I was a kid dynamite was new around here, so my father was a bit nervous around explosives - so he let me handle the dynamite. )
Just a little story about how good people can be. A goldsmith is down the street from my office and I walk over to visit the shop's dog. My Mom passed away a few weeks ago and I brought them one of her earrings to turn into a ring. They made it for me for free! People can be so sweet -{
My good friend N24 suggested quite a few months ago that i should post more things on life in the Philippines so I start with a cultural picture of our lovely maid posing with a popular chocolate bar - the name of the bar will have some resonance with the Brits on this site ) Picture is posted with her permission.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
My good friend N24 suggested quite a few months ago that i should post more things on life in the Philippines so I start with a cultural picture of our lovely maid posing with a popular chocolate bar - the name of the bar will have some resonance with the Brits on this site ) Picture is posted with her permission.
I think I'm becoming a fan of the culture of the Phillipines )
My good friend N24 suggested quite a few months ago that i should post more things on life in the Philippines so I start with a cultural picture of our lovely maid posing with a popular chocolate bar - the name of the bar will have some resonance with the Brits on this site ) Picture is posted with her permission.
Well, I've been called many things in my life but this is the first time anyone has called me a geek so I will add it to the list )
I've always thought a geek was some spotty teenager stuck in his bedroom behind his laptop 24/7 instead of going out with his mates chatting up girls but I obviously have the wrong connotation but happy to be considered a teenager when I am in my seventh decade )
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
My good friend N24 suggested quite a few months ago that i should post more things on life in the Philippines so I start with a cultural picture of our lovely maid posing with a popular chocolate bar - the name of the bar will have some resonance with the Brits on this site ) Picture is posted with her permission.
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Tongue in TND, says " Little" in the sexiest way :x
To be fair they had a point regarding those jokes :v
Yes, this is the stereotype, and I will grab a two handed strangle hold of it any time I travel to the more gentle nordics like sweden.
This is not too far from the "truth", in fact this is the way Finns in the 3 cities view everybody else.
Of the Norwegians> we see "Norske Gossen" as some one similar to Kristofer Hivju's portrayal of Steinar in the Beck.
-Mr Arlington Beech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uff7JePX5gE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7lV1SFohqM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXALhv1YAfs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8GaCdnElQo
Took me almost 10 yrs/3 trys to get that sgd by Cleese
I realise not all communities are as safe as the one I grew up in, but this sounds extreme.
Americans accuse us of having a "nanny state" and giving up personal freedom and responibility, but no-one has suggested laws against children playing on their own here.
I was always out with friends, wandering around the fields, there was also a couple of
old Quarries. With old rusty cranes, and equipment sprinkled about. So we had many adventures,
with swimming in the summer, Diving off the edge of the Quarry etc. Yet I honestly don't
think it was any more dangerous then as it is now.
being the location of some of them!
That's how it was when I grew up too. Not all places are like that.
- Of course, I'm not blind and deaf.
- Why didn't you stop them from blowing stuff up?
- It was all right. Way back when I was a kid dynamite was new around here, so my father was a bit nervous around explosives - so he let me handle the dynamite.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
All the raised flags in this wondful weather is a sight to see.
Like the effect the forgotten item has, I suppose.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/horrified-student-leaves-sex-toy-12501000
Horrified student leaves sex toy at home !
Not too shabby :v
I've always thought a geek was some spotty teenager stuck in his bedroom behind his laptop 24/7 instead of going out with his mates chatting up girls but I obviously have the wrong connotation but happy to be considered a teenager when I am in my seventh decade
What’s geeky about that??