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Puppycat
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Originally posted by RooK:
Puppycat, since you're still new, I'm just going to strongly encourage you to go to the UBB practice thread in The Styx. Also, you can thrash out what you want your post to look like with the Preview post button, and it has no time limit before you actually add the reply.
Hanging head ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif) So so so desparately sorry. Have been and prasticed. Sincerely hoping never to make RooK unhappy or annoyed again.
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I'm also not going to bother trying to fix that mess. I'd get all unpleasant, and you wouldn't want that.
PC so hates mess.
sitting in corner quietly repeating to self Remember must never do ugly messy posts again. Cleanliness is next to godliness. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Left at the Altar
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My kids are driving me nuts tonight. Tempted to eat them. Pigs do it. Why shouldn't I?
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babybear
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Originally posted by RooK:
Puppycat, since you're still new, I'm just going to strongly encourage you to go to the UBB practice thread in The Styx. ...I'm also not going to bother trying to fix that mess. I'd get all unpleasant, and you wouldn't want that.
After reading this and the post by Puppycat, I feel that we have just been watching Puppycat being toilet trained. Poor Puppycat really got his/her nose rubbed in the mess.
But as for:
[HELLHOST STOMPS OFF AND KICKS SOMETHING CUTE AND FURRY]
Don't you kick poor Sarky! She is my friend. She only looks cute and furry on the outside. On the inside it is pure love and grace. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Lioba
Shipmate
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Originally posted by Jerry Boam:
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Originally posted by Lioba:
Wrong. Very wrong. Burial in Germany means exactly that, in a coffin in a certified cemetery, or interring the ashes in an urn. It's not possible to take grannie's ashes home for the mantelpiece or have your dear departed ones buried in the garden. Much less doing anything like eating them, however reverently this might be done.
But can one prepare the body prior to cremation? If one, as it were, pre-processed the cadaver by passing its soft tissues through the alimentary canal? And if the bones were similarly prepared in a stew? The residue all carefully transported to a mortician for proper law abiding all-in-ordnung cremation?
Once and for all: THE ANSWER IS NO.
And I don't think this topic of "would it be possible if" needs any further discussion. Stick to recipes and marinades, if you wish to, but leave out speculations about how this could be legal in Germany or ideas about "dining à l'allemande".
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KenWritez
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Originally posted by Lioba:
And I don't think this topic of "would it be possible if" needs any further discussion. Stick to recipes and marinades, if you wish to, but leave out speculations about how this could be legal in Germany or ideas about "dining à l'allemande".
Get over yourself. Who made you the Topic Nazi? If you don't like the discussion, find another thread.
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Lioba
Shipmate
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Originally posted by Kenwritez:
Get over yourself. Who made you the Topic Nazi? If you don't like the discussion, find another thread.
Maybe it's because I'm German. And I'd rather not like to be called a Nazi. It's got specific historic connotations, at least in Germany.
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Originally posted by Lioba:
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Originally posted by Kenwritez:
Get over yourself. Who made you the Topic Nazi? If you don't like the discussion, find another thread.
Maybe it's because I'm German. And I'd rather not like to be called a Nazi. It's got specific historic connotations, at least in Germany.
I can empathize with a German not wanting to be called a Nazi, I understand the connotations. That being said, it's arrogant of you to tell an entire international discussion board they can't discuss a topic, no matter how distasteful you find that topic or its discussion.
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KenWritez
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Originally posted by Ariel:
It had to happen. He's writing a book about it and negotiating film rights.
If he's a science-fiction fan, he could title his book, "To Serve Man."
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Jerry Boam
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9! 9! Don't get on the schiff! The book! It's a cookbook!
[ 12. December 2003, 22:29: Message edited by: Jerry Boam ]
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tomb
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Originally posted by Lioba:
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Originally posted by Kenwritez:
Get over yourself. Who made you the Topic Nazi? If you don't like the discussion, find another thread.
Maybe it's because I'm German. And I'd rather not like to be called a Nazi. It's got specific historic connotations, at least in Germany.
Nobody called you that sort of Nazi, dear. We are all aware of the "specific historic connotations" of that particular appellation.
Indeed, on the Ship of Fools, calling a person a "Nazi" breaks Goodwin's Law (or is it "Godwin's") that the first person to invoke the Third Reich loses the argument. And, quite frequently, gets banned--for stupidity, if nothing else.
I can understand your discomfort with this thread. It must be frustrating to have a government that makes laws against all the bad things that happened in the past only to have some damned sonuvabitch eat one of your countrymen--willingly.
Innovation can be so disturbing.
Don't take it as too terrible a blot on your nation's copybook, however. Even as I write this, they're digging up the basement of some bastard in Indiana who was into killing teenage boys.
Any more, bad things happen all over the world. Your country never had a patent on that, no matter what those bad people in the media tell you.
That being said, I say that Kenwritz's dependence on vinegar or citrus as the acid in a penis marinade betrays a shockingly provinial cuisine. What say you?
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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I dunno, what goes best with erectile tissue?
Stewed grapes, perhaps?
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Tortuf
Ship's fisherman
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Mixed nuts.
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KenWritez
Shipmate
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Originally posted by tomb:
That being said, I say that Kenwritz's dependence on vinegar or citrus as the acid in a penis marinade betrays a shockingly provinial cuisine. What say you?
I believe the word you were attempting to use is actually spelled p-r-o-v-i-n-c-i-a-l.
Why is citrus or vinegar provincial? I could have gone with a white wine, but frankly, that seemed too prov--I mean, common.
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Lioba
Shipmate
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Originally posted by Kenwritez:
I can empathize with a German not wanting to be called a Nazi, I understand the connotations. That being said, it's arrogant of you to tell an entire international discussion board they can't discuss a topic, no matter how distasteful you find that topic or its discussion.
I don't object to this thread as such, just to a particular tangent, i.e. that cannibalism could somehow be legal in Germany. And I wouldn't call the Ship international. It's English/American with a sprinkling of people from other English-speaking countries, which is of course part of the attraction it holds for me.
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babybear
Bear faced and cheeky with it
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From what others have said it appears that Germany does not havea law that specifically states that canibalism is illegal, and that such a law does exist in Britain either. The countries get round the lack of a specific law by having laws about desecration and 'respectable' disposal. These laws make canibalism effectively illegal, cos to if you were to eat someone then you would be breaking a law.
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KenWritez
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Well Lioba, it's one thing to be dogmatic. No shortage of that on the Ship. In your case, however, you're dogmatic and wrong in your facts.
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Originally posted by Lioba:
I don't object to this thread as such, just to a particular tangent, i.e. that cannibalism could somehow be legal in Germany.
No one was saying Germany is a haven for cannibals or that Germans (apart from the headcase mentioned in the article) are cannibals, nor that cannibalism is an accepted practice there. We were joking about preparing human meat in a certain style.
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Originally posted by Lioba:
And I wouldn't call the Ship international. It's English/American with a sprinkling of people from other English-speaking countries
Here's the definition of 'international':
"In·ter·na·tion·al, adj. 1) Of, relating to, or involving two or more nations: an international commission; international affairs. 2) Extending across or transcending national boundaries." (definition courtesy dictionary.com)
I know of posters from the US, UK, Australia, Haiti, Sweden, Hong Kong, France, Canada, Venezuela, and New Zealand. No doubt there are other countries represented as well.
The Ship is an international message board.
Also, since the Ship limits itself to English-only boards, it follows the posters here would be English speakers.
You can object to a tangent all you like; but on the Ship you voice your opinion as your opinion rather than telling us what we may discuss or how.
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John Donne
Renaissance Man
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The only reason I'm reading this thread, is to be able to predict (and hence avoid) which of you will descend (somewhat joyously) into Lord of the Flies style barbarity when we all get stuck on a desert island.
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Grits
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Exactly, Coot. That way we'll know which ones we want to vote off the island.
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John Donne
Renaissance Man
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![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif)
Fuck grits, sometimes you are genuinely funny!
Now I just have to work out whether you meant to be funny or not.
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Lioba
Shipmate
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Originally posted by Kenwritez:
No one was saying Germany is a haven for cannibals or that Germans (apart from the headcase mentioned in the article) are cannibals, nor that cannibalism is an accepted practice there. We were joking about preparing human meat in a certain style.
There were three posts trying to find ways how it could be legal anyway. That's what I didn't find funny.
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You can object to a tangent all you like; but on the Ship you voice your opinion as your opinion rather than telling us what we may discuss or how.
Sorry, I was rather furious. I'm fully aware that I can't stop anyone. So if you want to go on, just do so, if you like.
About the boards being international. You are of course right in the legal and semantic sense. The ship has posters from more than one country. But in the case of countries like France and Sweden, if you have a closer look, you'll find out that the posters are often English/American. I find the discussions between English and American shipmates about cultural differences between you quite fascinating, but from an outsiders point of view these boards come over quite homogenous, culturally speaking. I wouldn't call a board with people from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxemburg international either.
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RooK
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Lioba, I think the word you are looking for is:
"global" which has implications like those you are implying.
[ 13. December 2003, 18:40: Message edited by: RooK ]
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Sine Nomine*
Ship's backstabbing bastard
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Give me a break, Lioba.
I feel I sort of understand Canadians and Australians. But those damn Brits are too weird for words. I couldn't possibly deal with any additional cultures until I've got them figured out, which may well be sometime in the next century, if then.
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Lioba
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Originally posted by Sine Nomine:
Give me a break, Lioba.
Gladly, Sine Nomine. At least on this aspect of the thread. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
And by the way, Rook, the longer I think about it, it's neither "international" nor "global" what I was thinking about, but rather multicultural. But that would merit a thread of it's own.
Lioba
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tomb
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Originally posted by Icarus Coot:
The only reason I'm reading this thread, is to be able to predict (and hence avoid) which of you will descend (somewhat joyously) into Lord of the Flies style barbarity when we all get stuck on a desert island.
Simon would be well-advised to initiate a new reality game hosted by Kenwritez & me. We'll battle, sumo style, to see who gets to prepare the marinade so that Lioba will be tasty when we eat her.
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Grits
Compassionate fundamentalist
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Originally posted by Icarus Coot:
Fuck grits, sometimes you are genuinely funny! Now I just have to work out whether you meant to be funny or not.
As a rule, I generally mean to be funny.
But I have been avoiding this thread somewhat because it really does give me the... willies.
(BTW, I meant that to be funny, too.)
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Jerry Boam
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Originally posted by Icarus Coot:
The only reason I'm reading this thread, is to be able to predict (and hence avoid) which of you will descend (somewhat joyously) into Lord of the Flies style barbarity when we all get stuck on a desert island.
Oh come on, cobber, you just want to know if Tomb or kenwritez will be serving the best grub. Tomb has the corner on class, but ken's got an approach that will work in the bush, so you'll probably be hanging round his bivouac when your looking for tucker and long pig's the only thing left in the larder.
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Kelly Alves
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There were three posts trying to find ways how it could be legal anyway. That's what I didn't find funny.
AS for me, this is what I found absolutely flippin' hilarious.
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Janine
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...somehow I keep visualizing the... ah... meat course... being so desirous of being eaten... that it... ah... begins to wax expansive after you get it into your mouth...
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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oh, you would..
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Jerry Boam
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Janine, cheri, I think that bunny has your number. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Janine
The Endless Simmer
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Did you give her my number?
What a grand idea! Wish I'd thought of it sooner.
Oh, come now, people - we've all had tough meat that seemed to gain volume and seemed to never want to go down!
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Lioba
Shipmate
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Originally posted by tomb:
Simon would be well-advised to initiate a new reality game hosted by Kenwritez & me. We'll battle, sumo style, to see who gets to prepare the marinade so that Lioba will be tasty when we eat her.
Over my dead body.
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This week's Tablet editorial is on this subj. Apparently this romantic diner à deux wasn't as enjoyable as it might have been, because the entrée was undercooked. Just look out, all of you in the New World, when barbieing for Christmas. Make sure those snorkers sizzle.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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(duly noted on recipie card)
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Sarkycow
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Originally posted by Janine:
Did you give her my number?
What a grand idea! Wish I'd thought of it sooner.
Oh, come now, people - we've all had tough meat that seemed to gain volume and seemed to never want to go down!
I find laughing makes it shrink
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The Bede's American Successor
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Originally posted by tomb:
That being said, I say that Kenwritz's dependence on vinegar or citrus as the acid in a penis marinade betrays a shockingly provinial cuisine. What say you?
Of course, I would expect someone from Colorado to be an expert in this. You've seen one Coloradian, you've seen them all.
And what does Provence have to do with this?
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tomb
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I was wondering when someone would bring him up!
Legend has it that when he was sentenced, the judge told Alferd Packer, "Goddamn you sonuvabitch to hell! They was twelve dimmycrats in Hinsdale county and you et eight of 'em. I sentence you to hang until your dead! dead! dead!
I did my post graduate degrees at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The main student cafeteria was named the "Alferd Packer Grill." There was a high degree of "mystery meat" on the menu there. I generally ate scrambled eggs for breakfast and avoided anything resembling sausage links or London broil.
And, BTW, Bede, the appropriate nominative is "Coloradan," though sometimes the hoi polloi write it "Coloradoan."
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IntellectByProxy
Larger than you think
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quote:
Originally posted by Lioba:
There were three posts trying to find ways how it could be legal anyway. That's what I didn't find funny.
I think there's a slight possibility that you may have missed the sarcasm in those posts. Nobody is suggesting that we all scuttle en mass over to Deutschland and start nibbling on your countrymen, however tasty they may appear to be.
Although I did meet a very very tasty German girl once, but that's a different story. And a different meaning of 'tasty'.
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By Sine:
I feel I sort of understand Canadians and Australians. But those damn Brits are too weird for words.
We're easy to understand; we drink tea, respect the quietude of libraries and abhor people who wear more than three colours simultaneously.
That's why we hate American tourists so much.
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The Bede's American Successor
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Originally posted by tomb:
I was wondering when someone would bring him up!
In the context of this thread, would you really want to bring him up, so to speak.
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And, BTW, Bede, the appropriate nominative is "Coloradan," though sometimes the hoi polloi write it "Coloradoan."
Whatever.
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Ronja
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Originally posted by IntellectByProxy:
We're easy to understand; we drink tea, respect the quietude of libraries and abhor people who wear more than three colours simultaneously.
That's why we hate American tourists so much.
German tourists are not known for their conservative dress sense either... and I feel quite safe bashing them, since everyone knows Swedes only dress in black. (Bite, Lioba, bite! ![[Razz]](tongue.gif) )
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IntellectByProxy
Larger than you think
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Originally posted by Light:
German tourists are not known for their conservative dress sense either... and I feel quite safe bashing them, since everyone knows Swedes only dress in black. (Bite, Lioba, bite! )
German tourists are conservative to a fault and spend large amounts of time standing stiffly at bus stops muttering "Zis is mosst odd, ze timetable clearly sayss ten fifteen and yet I am ooogling ze horizon and at ten seventeen still zer iss no sign. Zis is a mosst inefficient sysstem of public transporting"
Swedes, on the other hand, simply wander around looking blonde and slightly dazed.
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Ronja
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Originally posted by IntellectByProxy:
Swedes, on the other hand, simply wander around looking blonde and slightly dazed.
Yes, but there is a perfectly obvious explanation. Pot is much more available abroad. ![[Angel]](graemlins/angel.gif) - halo
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Lioba
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Originally posted by Light:
German tourists are conservative to a fault and spend large amounts of time standing stiffly at bus stops muttering "Zis is mosst odd, ze timetable clearly sayss ten fifteen and yet I am ooogling ze horizon and at ten seventeen still zer iss no sign. Zis is a mosst inefficient sysstem of public transporting"
Swedes, on the other hand, simply wander around looking blonde and slightly dazed.
Unfortunately, this is a thing of the past. Contrary to popular belief we're now glad if anything comes anytime at all. It only took german rail one year of appalling service to make this complete change of expectations possible.
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IntellectByProxy
Larger than you think
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Originally posted by Lioba:
It only took german rail one year of appalling service to make this complete change of expectations possible.
You see, even when you are being inefficient, you're still efficient. It took you only one year of appalling service before you lowered your expectations.
We've had appalling service for over half a century, and still we expect trains to arrive at the time specified on the information board, expect busses to arrive on schedule, and get irate when taxis are 5 minutes late.
You'd think we'd have learned by now and calmed down about the whole affair.
Germans are just more efficient at being inefficient than we are. And they serve beer in decent-sized glasses.
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Left at the Altar
Ship's Siren
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sorry to drag us all back from the topic of tourism to the topic of eating one's fellow man. but ... this is just too weird.
People join chat rooms to find other people who'll eat them? Then go to McDonalds with the chosen diner (for McHuman, I guess), go see a movie ... how sweet. How normal.
I'm surprised that the victim only chickened out after seeing the last one getting killed and carved on a home video. Was it not done Halal or something?
Is this desire to be gobbled up common? ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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Janine
The Endless Simmer
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Notice me not saying all the stuff I could be saying about a desire to be eaten.
I was just passing thru, wondered if y'all were done chewing the fat yet.
[ 17. December 2003, 01:33: Message edited by: Janine ]
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Janine, how did you manage to lower the tone of this thread?
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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