First anti-immigrant encounter
Mar 31st 2012, 2:18 am
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Mar 31st 2012, 2:27 am
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Mar 31st 2012, 2:33 am
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Re: First anti-immigrant encounter
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.
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.
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".
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Mar 31st 2012, 2:34 am
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Re: First anti-immigrant encounter
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.
Mar 31st 2012, 3:09 am
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Re: First anti-immigrant encounter
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.
Mar 31st 2012, 3:41 am
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Mar 31st 2012, 1:45 pm
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Re: First anti-immigrant encounter
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.
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?!
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Mar 31st 2012, 3:16 pm
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Re: First anti-immigrant encounter
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?!
(emoticon added for those who don't get Brit humour)
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?!
(emoticon added for those who don't get Brit humour)
Quite possibly. And then the "death panels" will decide whose gunshot wounds will get treatment and whose will not.
Mar 31st 2012, 3:37 pm
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Re: First anti-immigrant encounter
there ya go.
Mar 31st 2012, 4:56 pm
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Re: First anti-immigrant encounter
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.
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.
