I'm getting fed up with...
Mar 17th 2008, 2:38 pm
#61
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Re: I'm getting fed up with...
Welcome to America 
Mar 17th 2008, 4:34 pm
#62
gurt mint nit?
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Re: I'm getting fed up with...
Go to a Barnes & Noble or Borders.
Buy a book you think will be fascinating.
(I like James Herbert and have 3 in a queue right now)
Go to Quizno's or WaWa or whatever sandwich deli you have locally.
Buy yourself something different - yet appealing.
Now go outside to a park or riverbank or anywhere at all which is relatively peacefull and spend hours doing nothing but reading and enjoying the sunshine. You may meet someone new, you may have an epiphany of thought, you may just think quietly and find it all a bit silly.
Which it actually is.
Cuz its too bloody short to be unhappy.
Mar 17th 2008, 4:48 pm
#63
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Re: I'm getting fed up with...
Fakeness, selfishness, narrow mindedness and intolerance!!!
I swear, I'm going to SCREAM!!! :curse:
The next time I hear someone say "This is a Christian country..." It could be worse, think of the alternatives, Saudi Arabia, for instance.
The next time someone singles me out for being different with their fake "oooh, I just lurve your accent!"Rather that than, "Ugh, you're English, go away
The next time I see some who's - yer - mate on TV with fake white veneer teethThink...Bruce Forsythe
The next time I read that size zero is attractiveVictoria Beckham is English and probably a minus 2
The next time I hear a sexist remark... and it is ACCEPTABLE!!!Not a phenomenon limited to the US, be thankful you don't have to wear a veil.
The next time I see a religiously intolerant or racist bumper stickerOne of the glories of the Constitution...the right to free speech. You don't have to agree with it. This country may have the KKK, but at least it doesn't have the BNP
The next time I have to throw the trash out... and KNOW I could recycle most of it if the facilities were available!You could always contact your local Council Member and put the idea to them
The next time someone gives me a weird look for CHOOSING to walk down the street!Ignore them, they will get very obese and die and someone will have to pry the remote control from their cold, dead fingers
The next time I hear about another shootingSadly, a universal reality. There may be "gun control" in the UK, but shootings happen there too and in loads of other countries
The next time I hear about "those ragheads"First time I heard that term was in the UK
The next time some butthead tries to tell me about Christianity as if I never heard of Jesus beforeIt's the South, it's the Bible Belt, it happens. Just tell them you're a Buddhist and politely slam the door in their faces.
I'm not going to be responsible for my bloody actions!!!
I swear, I'm going to SCREAM!!! :curse:
The next time I hear someone say "This is a Christian country..." It could be worse, think of the alternatives, Saudi Arabia, for instance.
The next time someone singles me out for being different with their fake "oooh, I just lurve your accent!"Rather that than, "Ugh, you're English, go away
The next time I see some who's - yer - mate on TV with fake white veneer teethThink...Bruce Forsythe
The next time I read that size zero is attractiveVictoria Beckham is English and probably a minus 2
The next time I hear a sexist remark... and it is ACCEPTABLE!!!Not a phenomenon limited to the US, be thankful you don't have to wear a veil.
The next time I see a religiously intolerant or racist bumper stickerOne of the glories of the Constitution...the right to free speech. You don't have to agree with it. This country may have the KKK, but at least it doesn't have the BNP
The next time I have to throw the trash out... and KNOW I could recycle most of it if the facilities were available!You could always contact your local Council Member and put the idea to them
The next time someone gives me a weird look for CHOOSING to walk down the street!Ignore them, they will get very obese and die and someone will have to pry the remote control from their cold, dead fingers
The next time I hear about another shootingSadly, a universal reality. There may be "gun control" in the UK, but shootings happen there too and in loads of other countries
The next time I hear about "those ragheads"First time I heard that term was in the UK
The next time some butthead tries to tell me about Christianity as if I never heard of Jesus beforeIt's the South, it's the Bible Belt, it happens. Just tell them you're a Buddhist and politely slam the door in their faces.
I'm not going to be responsible for my bloody actions!!!
Mar 17th 2008, 5:53 pm
#64
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Re: I'm getting fed up with...
I guess you don't have a thick skin. BTW, some of what you wrote could equally apply to the UK so it's not like the US is unique.
Mar 17th 2008, 6:16 pm
#65
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Re: I'm getting fed up with...
Fakeness, selfishness, narrow mindedness and intolerance!!!
I swear, I'm going to SCREAM!!! :curse:
The next time I hear someone say "This is a Christian country..."
The next time someone singles me out for being different with their fake "oooh, I just lurve your accent!"
The next time I see some who's - yer - mate on TV with fake white veneer teeth
The next time I read that size zero is attractive
The next time I hear a sexist remark... and it is ACCEPTABLE!!!
The next time I see a religiously intolerant or racist bumper sticker
The next time I have to throw the trash out... and KNOW I could recycle most of it if the facilities were available!
The next time someone gives me a weird look for CHOOSING to walk down the street!
The next time I hear about another shooting
The next time I hear about "those ragheads"
The next time some butthead tries to tell me about Christianity as if I never heard of Jesus before
I'm not going to be responsible for my bloody actions!!!
I swear, I'm going to SCREAM!!! :curse:
The next time I hear someone say "This is a Christian country..."
The next time someone singles me out for being different with their fake "oooh, I just lurve your accent!"
The next time I see some who's - yer - mate on TV with fake white veneer teeth
The next time I read that size zero is attractive
The next time I hear a sexist remark... and it is ACCEPTABLE!!!
The next time I see a religiously intolerant or racist bumper sticker
The next time I have to throw the trash out... and KNOW I could recycle most of it if the facilities were available!
The next time someone gives me a weird look for CHOOSING to walk down the street!
The next time I hear about another shooting
The next time I hear about "those ragheads"
The next time some butthead tries to tell me about Christianity as if I never heard of Jesus before
I'm not going to be responsible for my bloody actions!!!
Yes, yes. This is all well and good. But the fact is you can't get a decent bacon butty in this god forsaken country!! I live in a state where there are five pigs to every person, but not one of them is turned into proper bacon!! Now that is something that should make you scream!
Mar 17th 2008, 6:23 pm
#66
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Re: I'm getting fed up with...
Yes, yes. This is all well and good. But the fact is you can't get a decent bacon butty in this god forsaken country!! I live in a state where there are five pigs to every person, but not one of them is turned into proper bacon!! Now that is something that should make you scream!
I do miss my bacon butty. For some reason British pigs taste better than American ones.
Mar 17th 2008, 6:24 pm
#67
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Re: I'm getting fed up with...
Mar 17th 2008, 6:27 pm
#68
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Re: I'm getting fed up with...
Mar 17th 2008, 6:37 pm
#69
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Mar 17th 2008, 6:45 pm
#72
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Re: I'm getting fed up with...
Well Danish Landrace pigs are THE bacon pig. I know because we had a boar and two sows and piglets and they all wore helmets with horns on 'em.
Mar 17th 2008, 6:50 pm
#73
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Mar 17th 2008, 8:42 pm
#74
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Re: I'm getting fed up with...
Which are the male chauvinist pigs then?
Mar 17th 2008, 8:45 pm
#75
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