dutch international spotted at the amex photo

[clapham_gull]

I've never heard of people from New Jersey, USA referred to as "dutch". Strange.

He was from Hungary, not New Jersey.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

It really is a very poor trend. NSC hasn't been the same since the current busy bodies decided that none of us were able to make our own decisions about what threads to open.

In some cases you might have a point. In others, where people have deliberately set out to mislead, such as today's 'INCE GONE' thread, or Friday's 'MASON SIGNS' we'll continue to 'clarify' them.

A lot of people appreciate it - some don't. C'est la vie.

Remember that not everyone can hover the mouse over it and instantly dismiss it as a wind-up. On a phone / tablet you don't have that facility.

 

[Spun Cuppa]

Perhaps it is fortunate that you only post every four years. I'm now really looking forward to your next offering in 2018

 

[Puppet Master]

Well the New Jersey Dutch are from New Jersey?

(Copyright symbol, Joey Tribbiani)

 

[Spun Cuppa]

I've never heard of people from New Jersey, USA referred to as "dutch". Strange.

Big Dutch contingent in NJ, with a certain Bruce Springsteen being a descendant

 

[mickybha]

i thought it was a Wout Brama

 

[clapham_gull]

Well the New Jersey Dutch are from New Jersey?

(Copyright symbol, Joey Tribbiani)

Hungarian I think.

 

[Husty]

A lot of people appreciate it - some don't. C'est la vie.

Oh well.

At least you admit your pandering to the hand-wringing, 'family friend at all times', bedwetting and 'getting offended on other people's behalves' crowd.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Oh well.

At least you admit your pandering to the hand-wringing, 'family friend at all times', bedwetting and 'getting offended on other people's behalves' crowd.

If you say so petal.

 

[Lincoln Imp]

In Dutch, the letter V is pronounced much harder than in English, more like an F.

The van joke doesn't work therefore.

 

[Husty]

If you say so petal.

Face it, the only people who get upset by this are the same brain-dead idiots that get upset at an Ernest post every week, is it the height of humour? No. But you open the thread, realize you've been caught and move on with your life, and the next time you'll keep an open mind when you click a thread titled 'Graham Signs' or whatever, and if it's legitimate then it's an extra little surprise.

How long until you start curating threads? NSC does seem to be the cutting edge of over-doing it these days.

 

[El Presidente]

 

[Codner pharmaceuticals]

I remember this one from Russ Abbott...

I'll see you Russ Abbott and raise you soem Reeves Big Night Out tumbleweeds...

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Face it, the only people who get upset by this are the same brain-dead idiots that get upset at an Ernest post every week, is it the height of humour?.

Now you see there, you've fallen into the trap of imagining you speak for the overwhelming majority there. Every time someone revives this old chestnut, users complain. Principally because it annoys them. Is it the end of the world? No. But do quite sane, normal posters find these sort of threads irritating? Frequently, yes, at least that's what the mods' inbox would suggest.

There's always Seagulls Chat if you feel NSC is moving in a direction you're uncomfortable with.

 

[scarby]

Morecambe & Wise just called, by the way. They want their joke back.

i think you'll find that Morecambe & Wise died quite a while ago so I doubt very much that they rang you, therefor i declare you a fibber!

 

[Icy Gull]

There's always Seagulls Chat if you feel NSC is moving in a direction you're uncomfortable with.

Ooh is that a Naylorism?

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

FFS you THICKET. 'van Rental'. It sounds a bit like a Dutch surname. Are you really that STUPID (or have you just got NO sense of HUMOUR?)

Funnier than the joke...........outstanding response.

 

[BensGrandad]

[QUOoTE=hans kraay fan club;6143203]I didn't say 'van Rental' sounded like EVERY Dutch surname, FFS.

Thnoe OP was a JOKE. Why is everyone picking HOLES in it?

Miserable bunch.[/QUOTE]

It went over the heads of most on here but perhaps had you used Van Der Sar or Van Nistleroy as examples they would have understood the joke

 

[mickybha]

I remember this one from Russ Abbott...

I'll see you Russ Abbott and raise you soem Reeves Big Night Out tumbleweeds...

wasted on me i'm not fluent in the dutch language

 

[Wellesley]

My Dutch mate I mentioned earlier, Mr Bauwens has got a new jersey. He said he got it from TK Maxx. I've never met TK, but I presume he is Dutch as well.