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Posted by Cassius on Sat Jan 22nd at 5:25pm 2005

? quoting Gwil
You made the fatal mistake of visiting a Spar, or other branded "large shop/mini supermarket". Avoid anything that looks like it is part of a chain. "Val's cob shop" 50yds down the road will always taste better. and probably be cheaper!

I expect the rule is the same in America.

Not at all. Because corporations offering truly good/original products is rare, whenever a smaller chain becomes popular it almost immediately becomes huge. See In and Out Burger and Krispy Kreme.

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Posted by Forceflow on Sat Jan 22nd at 6:45pm 2005

TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING BELGIAN:
1. You can speak three languages in one sentence without realizing it. Wrong, I can't speak German.
2. You get to own a dog that is smaller than your cat. Boy, you should see my cat.
3. You can go out for a beer at 3.00 a.m., and the bar is just starting to liven up. Correct.
4. You can speak French as your native language without actually being French. Correct.
5. When driving you can try to kill every pedestrian that dares to step on a zebra crossing. Correct. Some a-holes even manage to do it without being caught.
6. You never have to tip in restaurants or cabs. Correct.
7. No-one knows where your country is. Correct.
8. You can step in a dozen different varieties of dogs**t between you front door and your car. Wrong. A dozen would be underkill.
9. You have a royal family that no-one's ever heard of. Correct.
10. You can queue for an hour in the post office to buy a stamp and think it was good service. No way.
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Posted by ding on Sat Jan 22nd at 7:01pm 2005

Hm can someone add TOP 10 Reasons for being German? Would be interesting for me to know what you think. [addsig]



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Posted by Tracer Bullet on Sat Jan 22nd at 7:30pm 2005

Top ten reasons to be German:

1. Beer.

2. The Autobahn

3. Aryan girls.

4. You get to sound angery, no matter what is being said.

5. Schnitzel und bier saussage.

6. Sour Kraut...

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Posted by Guessmyname on Sat Jan 22nd at 8:25pm 2005

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? quoting Cash Car Star
TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING AMERICAN:
1. You get the exclusive right to measure everything based on the size of a dead English man's body parts.
2. You get the pleasure of never quite comparing to the image other countries portray you as.
3. You as a public have the right to vote the most stupid Presedential candidate to run office.
4. No one expects you to speak any language but English.
5. You get all the video games and movies FIRST, and then have the privilege of laughing at everyone else.
6. You have a very simple but effective way to get nearly anybody to laugh. Just fake a British accent, and everyone around you goes into stitches.
7. Your cheese comes sliced and individually wrapped.

8. You have an excuse for being overweight (you call it an eating disorder epidemic)
9. You have the ability to infect and destroy other cultures for the good of the world*

*Fast food industry

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Posted by Nickelplate on Sat Jan 22nd at 9:06pm 2005

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Well, I got a Pasty at the St. Pancras tube station that was beef and stilton and it was good, so i decided to buy a hunk at Spar when i got back to norwich, it was some of the nastiest cheese i've ever had.

That sandwich you mention actually sounds rather good (.com)



You made the fatal mistake of visiting a Spar, or other branded "large shop/mini supermarket". Avoid anything that looks like it is part of a chain. "Val's cob shop" 50yds down the road will always taste better. and probably be cheaper!

I expect the rule is the same in America.

I got some good stuff at Spar. "Val's Cob Shop" (never heard of it) is in Norwich or did you just make up a name? Anyway, most of the good stuf I got at spar was Fanta and Cadbury.

BTW does anyone know Where I can order Cadbury's Crunchie bars and those little "fudge" bars? They don't have those here in the US. www.britsuperstore.com has a bunch of stuff like Maynards, but i didn't find "fudge" or "crunchie" there.

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Posted by Gorbachev on Sat Jan 22nd at 10:00pm 2005

You don't have Crunchie bars in the States? I don't think you guys have our awesome crunchies cheesies either.
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Posted by thursday- on Sat Jan 22nd at 10:05pm 2005

Top 10 Reasons For Being German

1. Your pornography industry is second best to the Swedish, although when it comes to "poo porn" you can gurantee Germany is at the top.
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Posted by Andrei on Sat Jan 22nd at 10:09pm 2005

Lol, yeah, all the sickest porn sites are german. [addsig]



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Posted by $loth on Sat Jan 22nd at 10:21pm 2005

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You don't have Crunchie bars in the States? I don't think you guys have our awesome crunchies cheesies either.


Screw crunchies, Reisens and wham bars rule
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Posted by Forceflow on Sat Jan 22nd at 10:50pm 2005

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Lol, yeah, all the sickest porn sites are german.


The Netherlands is in the industry too.
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Posted by Monqui on Sat Jan 22nd at 11:12pm 2005

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You made the fatal mistake of visiting a Spar, or other branded "large
shop/mini supermarket". Avoid anything that looks like it is part of a
chain. "Val's cob shop" 50yds down the road will always taste better.
and probably be cheaper!

I expect the rule is the same in America.



Actually, I've found this to be pretty true, as long as you know where to look. I can name a few kick-ass "mom-and-pop" "hole-in-the-wall" places where you can grab an awesome lunch for under 5 bucks, and several amazing places where you can pick up a great dinner for under 7. And I'm not talking about small portions, either, these places fill you up.

Conversely, I could rattle off several places that aren't that great, and give you small portions for an arm and a leg.

The trick is just knowing your area enough to find the good spots, as they're sometimes really easy to miss. [addsig]



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Posted by Captain P on Sat Jan 22nd at 11:13pm 2005

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The Netherlands is in the industry too.


Sadly, it's quite a perverted annoying little nation, yeah...

and then we think Belgians are stupid...
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Posted by parakeet on Sat Jan 22nd at 11:30pm 2005

? quote:
? quoting Cash Car Star
TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING AMERICAN:
1. You get the exclusive right to measure everything based on the size of a dead English man's body parts.
2. You get the pleasure of never quite comparing to the image other countries portray you as.
3. You as a public have the right to vote the most stupid Presedential candidate to run office.
4. No one expects you to speak any language but English.
5. You get all the video games and movies FIRST, and then have the privilege of laughing at everyone else.
6. You have a very simple but effective way to get nearly anybody to laugh. Just fake a British accent, and everyone around you goes into stitches.
7. Your cheese comes sliced and individually wrapped.

8. You have an excuse for being overweight (you call it an eating disorder epidemic)


9. You Can complain about the stupid presedential guy Nonstop and not vote against him.
10.You wear shoes indoors!
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Posted by parakeet on Sat Jan 22nd at 11:39pm 2005

Keep it Cenzord for our minors plz ^_^
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Posted by BlisTer on Sun Jan 23rd at 1:44am 2005

? quoting Forceflow
TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING BELGIAN:
1. You can speak three languages in one sentence without realizing it. Wrong, I can't speak German. ->dutch/french/english? Da's andere stuff h?, mon pot!
6. You never have to tip in restaurants or cabs. Correct. ->this is changing imo. moral discomfort

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The Netherlands is in the industry too.

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Sadly, it's quite a perverted annoying little nation, yeah...

and then we think Belgians are stupid...

Personally i like the fact that our northern neighbors are more open towards it. You can go to erotic shops with your gf and nobody lifts an eyebrow. Try that here.


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Posted by thursday- on Sun Jan 23rd at 10:50am 2005

Walk in to a shop like that in Britain with your GF, most likely not to be looked at, do it on your own, and your guranteed to cause a comotion.
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