I have been known to mock the French and the British with pleasure. Though, in the case of the French, that flipped right around to defending them during the Freedom Fries debacle. And in both cases, it is more out of affectionate knowledge of both countries.
I had a whole section about civic pride.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Jan 12, 2005 12:57:07 pm PST #5370 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Ginger - Jan 12, 2005 1:12:26 pm PST #5371 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
By this logic, I am occasionally required to admit that, e.g., the New York Yankees as a team do not actively worship the devil and eat babies.
Then that's just insane troll logic.
I have been known to mock the British myself, although mostly over things like eating baked beans on baked potatoes and their fondness for standing in queues.
DXMachina - Jan 12, 2005 1:13:46 pm PST #5372 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
By this logic, I am occasionally required to admit that, e.g., the New York Yankees as a team do not actively worship the devil and eat babies.
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Daisy Jane - Jan 12, 2005 1:30:14 pm PST #5373 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
As with everything, saying t insert group here is too t insert generalization cuts both ways. I was going to say it always bothers me when people make fun of the south, but it doesn't. It bothers me when people look down on the south and southerners. Of course, it also bothers me when people yell about their southern pride without acknowledging its darkside. That's not love and pride. That's idolization.
DavidS - Jan 12, 2005 1:35:21 pm PST #5374 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I have been known to mock the British myself, although mostly over things like eating baked beans on baked potatoes and their fondness for standing in queues.
I favor the Simpsonian slanders: The Big Book of British Smiles and Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys.
I also mock French literature (20th century) and culture in general, though I am a huge fan of French film.
Allyson - Jan 12, 2005 1:39:11 pm PST #5375 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I am buried under a pile of work so large I think it may have been a mudslide.
Lee - Jan 12, 2005 1:43:32 pm PST #5376 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I am buried under a pile of work so large I think it may have been a mudslide.
Speaking from experience, watch out for the papercuts. They are what will get you, every time.
Maria - Jan 12, 2005 1:45:38 pm PST #5377 of 10002
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
I am buried under a pile of work so large I think it may have been a mudslide.
Is your skirt still wet? Then it may be a mudslide.
Do you have sharp pieces of rock digging into your skin? Then it may be a mudslide.
At least you have the mudslide. My own nails are the sharp objects trying to desperately claw out my eyeballs at this time. I cannot blame it on any sort of natural disaster. The disaster is entirely man-made.
Allyson - Jan 12, 2005 1:46:11 pm PST #5378 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I just don't understand why I don't get paid more for this. Or why I'm a secretary when I'm responsible for so. much. shit.
Daisy Jane - Jan 12, 2005 1:49:43 pm PST #5379 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Or why I'm a secretary when I'm responsible for so. much. shit.
nodding so hard my head falls off
Tell me about it. I just had my review today. "You need to be sure these things don't fall through the cracks" 10 min later "We're going to need you to add to your duties."