Happy National Day
Dec 2nd 2009, 11:46 am
#16
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Re: Happy National Day
maybe...
well, they made the transcision from being a 3rd world country with no roads, just camels in a few decades...maybe you cannot expect them to have the same attitude towards safety as we have in 'the West', having slowly been eased into the whole issue...cause I really don't think that parents here have a 'I don't care if my child lives or dies' attitude. Maybe it takes time to develop some sort of common sense that we think is normal but has actually taken a lot of time to become part of the way we operate.
well, they made the transcision from being a 3rd world country with no roads, just camels in a few decades...maybe you cannot expect them to have the same attitude towards safety as we have in 'the West', having slowly been eased into the whole issue...cause I really don't think that parents here have a 'I don't care if my child lives or dies' attitude. Maybe it takes time to develop some sort of common sense that we think is normal but has actually taken a lot of time to become part of the way we operate.
Dec 2nd 2009, 12:34 pm
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Re: Happy National Day
maybe...
well, they made the transcision from being a 3rd world country with no roads, just camels in a few decades...maybe you cannot expect them to have the same attitude towards safety as we have in 'the West', having slowly been eased into the whole issue...cause I really don't think that parents here have a 'I don't care if my child lives or dies' attitude. Maybe it takes time to develop some sort of common sense that we think is normal but has actually taken a lot of time to become part of the way we operate.
well, they made the transcision from being a 3rd world country with no roads, just camels in a few decades...maybe you cannot expect them to have the same attitude towards safety as we have in 'the West', having slowly been eased into the whole issue...cause I really don't think that parents here have a 'I don't care if my child lives or dies' attitude. Maybe it takes time to develop some sort of common sense that we think is normal but has actually taken a lot of time to become part of the way we operate.
Dec 2nd 2009, 12:42 pm
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Re: Happy National Day
I am sure there are plenty of other religions that take the same attitude when someone dies...'it was the will of god' is not a sentence that is never used, apparently it gives people solace to think this way and it's not excusive to Islam.
Apart from the dangerous driving, I like the whole National Day thing...I think it's quite cool that young people show their love for their country and their rulers...
Apart from the dangerous driving, I like the whole National Day thing...I think it's quite cool that young people show their love for their country and their rulers...
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Or any euro/worldcup
Yes, we are mental
Dec 2nd 2009, 3:18 pm
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Re: Happy National Day
agreed, but when young tom or rupert went pinging through the windscreen in the 70's/80's in the UK, nobody blamed 'god' for it...im sure jesus H christ got a honourable mention along the way though
Dec 3rd 2009, 7:22 am
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Re: Happy National Day
No - to the post immediately before as "Koninginnedag" is "Queen's Day", I hadn't read through to the second page when I posted.
In any case, I don't think the little voices in my head read BE, so obviously there's no point posting stuff here for them...
In any case, I don't think the little voices in my head read BE, so obviously there's no point posting stuff here for them...
Dec 3rd 2009, 5:24 pm
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Re: Happy National Day
Or maybe someone's just unhappy about being at work?
Some countries don't even HAVE a national day.
If we were to ban days where people acted like ****s, then Nottingham would be closed for good. OK- parts of it
And no more hen nights (yaaay).
And no more football matches.
And no more Ford Escorts.
Some countries don't even HAVE a national day.
If we were to ban days where people acted like ****s, then Nottingham would be closed for good. OK- parts of it
And no more hen nights (yaaay).
And no more football matches.
And no more Ford Escorts.
Dec 3rd 2009, 7:58 pm
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Re: Happy National Day
Or maybe someone's just unhappy about being at work?
Some countries don't even HAVE a national day.
If we were to ban days where people acted like ****s, then Nottingham would be closed for good. OK- parts of it
And no more hen nights (yaaay).
And no more football matches.
And no more Ford Escorts.
Some countries don't even HAVE a national day.
If we were to ban days where people acted like ****s, then Nottingham would be closed for good. OK- parts of it
And no more hen nights (yaaay).
And no more football matches.
And no more Ford Escorts.
