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ninjagal600
05-12-2005, 08:07 AM
Just came back from France...been there for the weekend...
French are horrible :eek: and France is crap....
Wont be rushing out there again...
Waited to be served at the bar...served French but left me...
Asked for a ashtray...froggy said no...so i just flicked ash on carpet...and as for the bogs...what the f**k are they all about?
Wont be going again...
and to cap it all spent the weekend with future mother in law.... :(
rommel
05-12-2005, 09:38 AM
Oh dear.............. :eek:
Freak
05-12-2005, 10:37 AM
Which part of France did you visit
ninjagal600
05-12-2005, 10:43 AM
Lille :( :(
Freak
05-12-2005, 11:11 AM
Do you speak French?
You git... that was MY next question :D
I only asked cos the French I have met have all been rather nice - however, I speak a little bit of French so they generally appreciate it if you make an effort y'see. Same with most other countries I have been to.
Freak
05-12-2005, 11:16 AM
I only asked cos the French I have met have all been rather nice - however, I speak a little bit of French so they generally appreciate it if you make an effort y'see. Same with most other countries I have been to.
Same here, not the best french speaker in the world but I always have a go.
Never found the French anything other then helpful and polite... unless I'm frowning and talking English.
dracken1
05-12-2005, 11:22 AM
the brummies in my village are told they get more respect if try and speak a little welsh.
they don't really, but it is funny listening to them, well it's quiet here in winter and you have to take your pleasure where you can find it :D
Worjorj
05-12-2005, 11:23 AM
Also, just talk louder and mention we bailed them out in the war. They soon come round. :rolleyes:
Had an argument with my old fella yesterday - he says that the North Welsh are all ignorant w@nkers who will speak Welsh as soon as an English person walks into the room. I said he should learn a little Welsh.
Although, as we own Wales, I suppose they should be forced to speak English.
UKRobT309
05-12-2005, 11:31 AM
the brummies in my village are told they get more respect if try and speak a little welsh.
they don't really, but it is funny listening to them, well it's quiet here in winter and you have to take your pleasure where you can find it :D
Hahahahahaha! When we were kids growing up in Y Drenewydd we were always getting people askin us directions to say Dolgellau. Well you could see they couldnt be arsed to pronounce it right and didnt care and were usually patronising fuckers. With our directions i'd say a lot ended up in probably Lampeter or summat like just to piss em off.
As far as France, well ive never met anything but friendly people there and all i can say is Merci. One of the best nights ever was in a a little village in the Somme area with a load of french who couldnt speak English and me not being able to speak french. We were exchanging smokes, beers and wines and got very pissed and had hysterics. It was so good that the locals actually came out to say goodbye the next day when we left, hugs, kisses the whole bloody lot. Not saying you had an attitude Ninja, just saying that it really does pay to be friendly and take an interest. Ha, even had a lock in in a bar in in a town in the Somme area. Caused grief with the missus though cause when she'd got back to the bar to see where i was all the shutters were down. I was inside with a load of locals talking about Rugby :D
UKRobT309
05-12-2005, 11:36 AM
Had an argument with my old fella yesterday - he says that the North Welsh are all ignorant w@nkers who will speak Welsh as soon as an English person walks into the room. I said he should learn a little Welsh.
Although, as we own Wales, I suppose they should be forced to speak English.
As Wales is where the English retreated to after the roman invasion and Welsh is an older language that belongs to this fair isle more than a bastardised italian i think we should all speak cymraeg.
Wales was England and vice versa, we should celebrate our unity instead of having a pissing contest. Withut either we would be nothing (Ha, were heading that way anyway i suppose).
Years ago I lived in a little village in the Ardeche, didn't speak much English (at least when I first got there) and I found that the people were both kind and welcoming, even when we had to resort to sign language to communicate - my French improved rapidly! Like Rob says, a lot of it is a matter of attitude.
bunbag
05-12-2005, 11:49 AM
know a few welsh in a village near crosshands these guys are feckin brill yes they do speak in their own tounge feckin right
but when the bunbags go down there . they are brilliant and talk welsh but as soon as they know that we cant understand what they are saying the revert back to the tounge of the English or explain what they are sayin
fair play to them
bunbag
05-12-2005, 11:53 AM
is gay lick a scottish lesbain :p
ninjagal600
05-12-2005, 11:59 AM
I can speak a little French, and not all French were "knobs"..but found the majority of younger french peeps really ignorant!
Went to Turkey this year, not being able to speak their lingo but found them a whole lot more helpful and willing to go out their way to please...also Turks seem to try more and be better at speaking english than french...
Alice
05-12-2005, 11:59 AM
I only asked cos the French I have met have all been rather nice - however, I speak a little bit of French so they generally appreciate it if you make an effort y'see. Same with most other countries I have been to.
Sorry, but I've got to agree with Ninjagal. My one and only experience of France was a bad one. I did get an O level in French and brushed up a bit before I went, made the effort and still found them to be rude and pretty unhelpful.
ninjagal600
05-12-2005, 12:02 PM
Sorry, but I've got to agree with Ninjagal. My one and only experience of France was a bad one. I did get an O level in French and brushed up a bit before I went, made the effort and still found them to be rude and pretty unhelpful.
Coming down some steps with me old mother in law...me carrying hundreds of her bags...did they help her out? nope just pushed her down the feckers.... :eek: (mind you i felt like smothering here with a pillow) :eek:
Freak
05-12-2005, 12:08 PM
Sorry, but I've got to agree with Ninjagal. My one and only experience of France was a bad one. I did get an O level in French and brushed up a bit before I went, made the effort and still found them to be rude and pretty unhelpful.
Perhaps it's relative to where ya live
This Town is full of very rude, unhelpful shop keepers and weekend 'locals'.
To me the French seemed like a breath of fresh air.
ninjagal600
05-12-2005, 12:27 PM
To me the French seemed like a breath of fresh air.
Nowt fresh about the French im sorry to say... :(
I only asked cos the French I have met have all been rather nice - however, I speak a little bit of French so they generally appreciate it if you make an effort y'see. Same with most other countries I have been to.
ditto, I love France and have found the French to be some of the most pleasant pople I have ever met. My honeymoon was spent in a tiny village in Provence surrounded by vineyards ... the only problem I had was when photography a bank holiday service at a church and being told it was actually a funeral for a local :eek: *LOL
I agree with Abb that if you make an effort with the language generally people are cool.
Dougie
05-12-2005, 05:24 PM
Only ever been to Paris,but in the 4 mebbe 5 times we've been we've only ever had a problem once,that was with a waiter who was a sh!tbag,but you get sh!tbag waiters everywhere.My French is practically non existant,I can ask for beer (there's a surprise!),ask for something off a menu,where's the bog,where's the metro,that kinda thing.But I make a point of trying to speak a wee bit French and be polite and it works wonders.We know a wee taverne in Montmartre with good,cheap food and we're made very welcome every time we visit.Fun watching the Yanks get pissed about tho'....... :D
iomrob
05-12-2005, 05:32 PM
go to France at least once a year . love it, would live there tomorrow if i could.
agree if you make the effort, most will be helpful.
but its like everywhere, there are ignorent people, arnt the brits like that to non english speaking people, when they visit the uk.
would not advise you to give up on France ninjagirl, the south is a lot better than the north.
Freak
05-12-2005, 05:34 PM
Nowt fresh about the French im sorry to say... :(
You're gonna tell us they stink of garlic aren't you :rolleyes: :D
Bosun
05-12-2005, 05:37 PM
like otheres i find trying a bit and being polite gets through
some good times to be had when havent a clue on menu etc
shame you met a few a*seholes maybe training to be traffic wardens here
Dougie
05-12-2005, 05:46 PM
You're gonna tell us they stink of garlic aren't you :rolleyes: :D
I've never noticed..... :confused:
krammer
05-12-2005, 05:48 PM
Lille :( :( been to Lille and i have to say it is not the most welcoming city in france. i think cities can bring the worst out in some people....except birmingham of course where we are all nice as the wankers have all moved to dracken's village.
Santa
05-12-2005, 05:49 PM
I, too, speak a little french and generally find the French very pleasant people, EXCEPT Parisians! Even the majority of the rest of France hate Parisians! :D
Dougie
05-12-2005, 05:51 PM
I, too, speak a little french and generally find the French very pleasant people, EXCEPT Parisians! Even the majority of the rest of France hate Parisians! :D
We find the Parisians fine,so the rest of the country must be great!One thing about the French,they put the French first.Mebbe we could learn something from that........
excalibur
05-12-2005, 07:56 PM
Just try Germany....the fucking Krauts still hate us for WW11.
I spent three weeks there last year and it was fucking hell.......behind the pretence of a united europe they still hate us
Santa
05-12-2005, 08:00 PM
Just try Germany....the fucking Krauts still hate us for WW11.
I spent three weeks there last year and it was fucking hell.......behind the pretence of a united europe they still hate us
They started it! :(
Dougie
05-12-2005, 08:03 PM
Just try Germany....the fucking Krauts still hate us for WW11.
I spent three weeks there last year and it was fucking hell.......behind the pretence of a united europe they still hate us
Mebbe I'm just lucky,never found that.
Freak
05-12-2005, 08:07 PM
Mebbe I'm just lucky,never found that.
It's just above France :D
Dougie
05-12-2005, 08:08 PM
It's just above France :D
England's just above France ya goon! :rolleyes:
Freak
05-12-2005, 08:12 PM
Oh yeah :o ok it's up and right a bit of France.. this has lost a bit of it's comedy value now hasn't it (whistles) (tumbleweed) bugger!
krammer
05-12-2005, 08:12 PM
Mebbe I'm just lucky,never found that. likewise dougie i have never experienced any problem's in germany. in fact i think they are a pretty tolerant people considering one of my trip's there was to visit the mohne and eidur dam's which our brave boys in the RAF (real air force) blew the sh1t out of.
Dougie
05-12-2005, 08:30 PM
Been to the Mohne Dam,typical young squaddies,we stood there loudly humming the Dambusters March....... :rolleyes:
krammer
05-12-2005, 08:34 PM
Been to the Mohne Dam,typical young squaddies,we stood there loudly humming the Dambusters March....... :rolleyes: colditz town is really nice as well and apparently they have a castle there :)
Dougie
05-12-2005, 08:43 PM
So I believe......... :D
critch
05-12-2005, 09:19 PM
vor you tommy der var iz over......... :D
Bosun
05-12-2005, 10:03 PM
ive just booked a day trip
ninjagal600
06-12-2005, 09:40 AM
You're gonna tell us they stink of garlic aren't you :rolleyes: :D
Nope... :)
griff2000
06-12-2005, 11:46 AM
Well now, France.
Ignorant fux even if you try the lingo.
Brittany, west coast. Everywheres bloody shut. All the time.
Weather, beautiful in the south, bad english winters day in the north, fantastic thunderstorms and spectacular lightning shows in the central parts.
But also very wet. In the summer. When ur wearing next to f'kall heading for hotter sun in spain.
The south of france is to die for and the people down that way are very different to the northerners. Bit like here. The roads are perfect for riding, especially for Andora.
Germany. Lived there for ages. RAF Laarbruch, Kleve, Hamm, Osnabruch.
Arrogant race but no real hassle. Best riding experience, go to calais, head southeast to switzerland and go north along the Mosel river. Wine growing regions all the way, picture postcard views all the way, checkout the village of Monschau, Siegfried line, Berncastle, Cochem, Koln. Join the Rhine and keep going north. End trip in Amsterdam. Annnd...............
Relax.
critch
06-12-2005, 11:49 AM
Bit like here.
but obviously a total polar opposite ;)
griff2000
06-12-2005, 11:53 AM
:d. . .
addjunkie
06-12-2005, 12:30 PM
I used to think that france was bad and full of ignorant tossers............. but recently totally changed my perception after both my kids spent 3 months there and i went to visit........
friendly nice , bend over backwards to help you...........but a few words help well it is actually polite to try...........
ive been all over the world and can honestly say that with ordinary people ive never really had any problems...........
id happily live in france now or spain again!!!
Dougie
06-12-2005, 05:23 PM
In general New Zealanders are the friendliest folk I've ever met,although parts of Auckland and Poverty Bay can be a bit hairy with the Polynesian gangs.See 'Once Were Warriors' or 'What Becomes of the Broken Hearted' for an insight.
critch
06-12-2005, 05:42 PM
In general New Zealanders are the friendliest folk I've ever met,although parts of Auckland and Poverty Bay can be a bit hairy with the Polynesian gangs.See 'Once Were Warriors' or 'What Becomes of the Broken Hearted' for an insight.
mongrel mob or head hunters dougie?? :eek:
Spike
06-12-2005, 05:47 PM
Dont forget "Black Power"
Dougie
06-12-2005, 05:57 PM
Not just those blokes,in Auckland you've got Maori gangs,Fijian,Tongan,Samoan........
Jonah Lomu's uncle (or cousin) got hacked to death in the street by another Islander gang.
We were in Gisbourne on the East Cape,the nearest pub to the campsite we were staying at had a list by the front door,"No gang colours,leathers,face tattoos,guns,knives,machetes.........."
We didn't go in. :eek:
In general though,as I said earlier,the Kiwis are immensely friendly,and it's probably a hell of lot safer there than here.Just watch out for matt black Holden V8s! :D
critch
06-12-2005, 06:00 PM
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We were in Gisbourne on the East Cape,the nearest pub to the campsite we were staying at had a list by the front door,"No gang colours,leathers,face tattoos,guns,knives,machetes.........."
We didn't go in. :eek:
id love to....
sounds like the W.I.hall in bootle :D
anyway youd have more of a problem where those items are compulsory :D
Dougie
06-12-2005, 06:11 PM
id love to....
sounds like the W.I.hall in bootle :D
anyway youd have more of a problem where those items are compulsory :D
This I know,but it still looked like a sh!thole....... :eek:
There's a crackin' pub in Christchurch called the Holy Grail
http://www.holygrail.co.nz/default.aspx
It has the biggest telly screen I've ever seen and a grandstand!.It's where the Crusaders fans go when the team's playing away.There're tellies in the toilets so ye don't miss a minute of the game,and at the front door there's a sports shop on one side and a bookies on the other.
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