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Old Sep 23rd 2008 | 11:13 am
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Originally Posted by jackytoo
Don't see many shell suits these days. Still plenty of elderly Spanish tottering around in those flowery smock type dresses that you see in the markets. If you wander round Fuengirola you may see some 40 and even fifty something Brits wandering around with their stomachs hanging out of their jeans. Some even have a navel stud, not a pretty sight.
And that’s just the menfolk!

Seriously Rotor, I think you see what you want to see…
 
Old Sep 23rd 2008 | 7:29 pm
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Originally Posted by Lorna at Vicenza
when you polish your shoes do you spit on them ?

No ,but I insist on using Kiwi Parade GlossEven get it sent down from France
 
Old Sep 23rd 2008 | 7:30 pm
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Originally Posted by betris
but also your milatry traing should have taught you to blend in with the crowd
Yes ,but I dont hang around with the slob crowd
 
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Yes ,but I dont hang around with the slob crowd
what .you dont drink 40 pints.do a moonie.spew up all over the place then smash up the bar.then beat each other up.then collapse on the pavement.
I dont blame you for not hanging with the slobs.
 
Old Sep 23rd 2008 | 8:53 pm
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It's eight thirty and Chunderbirds are GO!
 
Old Sep 24th 2008 | 8:50 am
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It's eight thirty and Chunderbirds are GO!
god that time already.im just gussling a create of wine so i can spew it all up later.after a big big curry and I might even smash my car windows and pee through the niebours letterbox.its great to be british
 
Old Sep 24th 2008 | 9:34 am
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It would be nice if the British could use alcohol with a bit more restraint.

It is embarrassing when you see what some of us get up to. I sometimes practise saying 'No, no, I am Cherman, bin ich kein Englander.
 
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wave next time you see me then,i dress like a slob when working,cut off jeans,un ironed shirt etc but i do wash occasionally and if i take mrs frog out i make sure she at least sprays her armpits
 
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Fine clothes maketh not the man.
Judge ye not a book by its cover ,nor a man by his clothes.
 
Old Sep 24th 2008 | 8:41 pm
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So true, but they sure as hell are what creates the first impression. Then as soon as you open your mouth, you are placed in a category.

Sadly too many people base their assessment on you by the first or the second, and don't bother to see if there is something worthwhile in there.
 
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So true, but they sure as hell are what creates the first impression. Then as soon as you open your mouth, you are placed in a category.

Sadly too many people base their assessment on you by the first or the second, and don't bother to see if there is something worthwhile in there.
Very true, but dont you find your first impressions are usually correct? I find if people are sloppy by appearence then they usually live in a sloppy disorganised way.
 
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I didn’t realise there was a dress code for Spain.
 
Old Sep 24th 2008 | 9:38 pm
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Originally Posted by bil
So true, but they sure as hell are what creates the first impression. Then as soon as you open your mouth, you are placed in a category.

Sadly too many people base their assessment on you by the first or the second, and don't bother to see if there is something worthwhile in there.
As some of you used to know, I used to own a shipping company and was the MD.

But I'm afraid, for you smart dresser fans, I tended to be there in a Polo shirt and casual trousers, rather than a suit.

I found it highly amusing how visitors to the office perceived me because of that ... they judged totally on how I was dressed and was mistaken for a warehouseman and a driver on numerous occasions and shock and embarrassment took over when it was explained to them.

But in general I always found the dress code on the continent to be more relaxed. When we went on business trips we always went in suits, but our customers and agents more often than not were in open neck shirts and casual trousers. They always thought the British way of dressing was stuffy!!

I believe you should dress in a way you are comfortable and let people judge you by your actions and manner .... Judging people by the way they dress is just plain wrong!
 
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Very true, but dont you find your first impressions are usually correct? I find if people are sloppy by appearence then they usually live in a sloppy disorganised way.
Utter rubbish!
 
Old Sep 24th 2008 | 10:16 pm
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But in general I always found the dress code on the continent to be more relaxed.



So true here in Italy where jeans are accepted everywhere - school teachers and students wear them ... bank clerks wear them - town hall officials wear them .... not limited just to jeans either.
 


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