Originally Posted by SATX John (Post 9981370)

Back peddle much????

Originally Posted by SATX John (Post 9981370)

Back peddle much????

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 9981385)

Pedal, by the way ...

Originally Posted by Lion in Winter (Post 9981390)

Unless you have a street market stall and you sell while facing the other way.

Could happen.

Originally Posted by kimilseung (Post 9977666)

I think I just was at the wrong end of my first anti-immigrant encounter.

There was I being all nice giving a presentation, when one guys decides to completely misinterpret what I was saying, as in, no word of what I said bore any relation to what he was going on about.

"What are you a Russian or a Jap?" (this had me a little confused, I have been assumed to be Russian before, but never Japanese)

"I am from England"

"So you come over from England, and insult America"

blah blah blah, he stands up and I thought he was going to have a go, he was an old geezer, it was a seniors center, but that was not going to look good to my boss, I go promoting our services and start a fight.

Anyway he leaves, and the others apologise for him. It was an interesting experience.

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 9981385)

A pair of nips. Does it really need explaining?

Pedal, by the way ...

Originally Posted by Ethelred_the_Unready (Post 9981397)

John just hasn't realised that this a UK expat forum, not a forum for Republcan tw@ts to vent their frustrations about how awful poor people are and how Obama is a communist, socialist, Trotsky wannabe Marxist and secret Muslim who wants to kill babies and take away your precious guns.

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 9981420)

It certainly takes a while to work out that isn't the primary purpose in the beginning :D

Originally Posted by Lion in Winter (Post 9981430)

He would be a lot happier in the Plaza de Toros.

Originally Posted by Ethelred_the_Unready (Post 9981397)

John just hasn't realised that this a UK expat forum, not a forum for Republcan tw@ts to vent their frustrations about how awful poor people are and how Obama is a communist, socialist, Trotsky wannabe Marxist and secret Muslim who wants to kill babies and take away your precious guns.

Originally Posted by HarryTheSpider (Post 9981972)

I don't have a gun - I don't fancy sleeping with it under my pillow, loaded, or having it easily to hand, loaded. I don't live in that kind of area anyway, thankfully.

So if Obama (peace be upon him) is looking to take away the guns from those that have, and seeing as he's a commie and all, doing that whole redistribution of wealth thing, does this mean I'll end up being given a gun by him, for free?! :p

(emoticon added for those who don't get Brit humour)

Originally Posted by nun (Post 9981395)

What was the topic of the presentation?

Back in the 80s I had an issue in Southie (Boston) because of my English accent and I was once jokingly told to leave a pub in Concord MA at closing time the words "Get out! You British are always making trouble around here".

Originally Posted by cindyabs (Post 9982099)

Concord, :rofl: there ya go.

Originally Posted by kimilseung (Post 9982107)

Yeah! blame the French.

Originally Posted by Sally Redux (Post 9979409)

You made me think me of a black tutor I had at college, she was chatting one day and said, "I've never been called a nigger", quick as a flash someone came back, "You need to get out more!"

The only time we had a tirade was from a crazed neighbour whom I asked to drive slower (she speeds around madly in a Porsche and there are no sidewalks). She started screaming at the 4 of us to "Get back to London - or Pakistan - it's the same thing" and then threatened to run us over.