Uncle Spielberg's France V England Observations

[Uncle Spielberg]

Gareth, you do know they EAT HORSES, right

Their Animal Welfare is not as good I would agree, marked down for that one

 

[Timbo]

I was driving through the Sussex countryside the other day and was only thinking how beautiful a county it is.

It could be beautiful if it wasn't left to get in such a mess nowadays. Hedges are left to grow into the middle of the road (and dressed up as saving wildlife), verges are never mowed and letter gets piled out of car windows. And theres so many cars on the road now you'd think they were giving petrol away.

Give me France any day of the week. While it's very true you only see the best of it on holiday, theres no escaping the fact that there is barely any cars on the road, the roads are all in good condition, there is no litter, people are friendly and shops don't employ anybody with the crap attitude most shop workers have over here.

I spent the day in Brighton yesterday and while it is one of the best places in England and renowned for its oddball inhabitants, it does get a bit boring when the 3rd or 4th pissed up idiot tries to pick a fight with you, you get constantly harrassed to buy the worst magazine in the world and you have to step over 3 drunks sprawled across the pavement to get to the car park at the end of Sydney Street. The only highlight was the coloured fella singing 2 Unlimited songs at the top of his voice. In La Rochelle in the evening there seems to be a beggar on every corner but not one of them asks for money and they seem to all be sober and fairly well kept.

The arse has well and truly fallen out of this country.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Tolerance of loutish behaviour -UK

Loutish behavior on the scale of spraying graffiti, or loutish behavior like torching 3000 cars?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Carrefour £2.50 for a strawberry flan covered and oozing with strawberries, so much the tart was bulging under the weight, Sainsbury's 11 strawberries, not fesh and going at 3.50?


we have a very good bakers at stokey, but you pay the privilage for it £2.20 odd for a loaf, the french and especially the germans will match it for price and thats b4 we get to the "Anchien" shops.

Perhaps the euro has made a difference, though I will defer to your Berlin experience.

But even then, beers in pubs very expensive but excellent beer in supermarkets very cheap!

Beer is stupidly cheap and incredible quality I agree. I recall buying a crate of Erdinger and it was something like 20p a half litre bottle.

I must admit my comparison is based on supermarket prices. We had a Kaisers over the road from our apartment and the prices were more than UK prices but this was because the produce tended to be much better and fresh and often from German producers. Further, as the food was local and fresh it changed with the seasons.....which was a novelty.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

I also think as a general rule the youth of this country have no respect for anyone or anything are often braindead and are very poorly educated. The conversation and humour seems to be based solely on taking the piss out of everyone. There also seems to be some homophobic and anti semetic phrases banded about willy nilly which has come from the School and the " cool " way of speaking.

 

[London Calling]

In our favour, we have the world's greatest selection of wine, widest range of food and restaurants, generally tolerant, especially so in London.

Great TV though that's going down hill, wide range of footie clubs, we seem to pay our bus drivers more as well!

 

[User removed 4]

In our favour, we have the world's greatest selection of wine, widest range of food and restaurants, generally tolerant, especially so in London.

Great TV though that's going down hill, wide range of footie clubs, we seem to pay our bus drivers more as well!

lc , we are too f***ing tolerant that is why we are in the state we are in.

 

[simmo]

It could be beautiful if it wasn't left to get in such a mess nowadays. Hedges are left to grow into the middle of the road (and dressed up as saving wildlife), verges are never mowed and letter gets piled out of car windows. And theres so many cars on the road now you'd think they were giving petrol away.

Give me France any day of the week. While it's very true you only see the best of it on holiday, theres no escaping the fact that there is barely any cars on the road, the roads are all in good condition, there is no litter, people are friendly and shops don't employ anybody with the crap attitude most shop workers have over here.

I spent the day in Brighton yesterday and while it is one of the best places in England and renowned for its oddball inhabitants, it does get a bit boring when the 3rd or 4th pissed up idiot tries to pick a fight with you, you get constantly harrassed to buy the worst magazine in the world and you have to step over 3 drunks sprawled across the pavement to get to the car park at the end of Sydney Street. The only highlight was the coloured fella singing 2 Unlimited songs at the top of his voice. In La Rochelle in the evening there seems to be a beggar on every corner but not one of them asks for money and they seem to all be sober and fairly well kept.

The arse has well and truly fallen out of this country.

I worked and lived in Hong Kong and as you do you make friends with English speaking people and I made friends with a couple of Aussies. During idle chat I told them I came from Sussex and when they heard that they were off and just started talking about Brighton and they just couldn't stop going on about what a great place Brighton was and they would love to live there.

My friend who has never been to Australia, says he wants to emigrate to Australia, because he moans about similar problems other people list here, overwork, underpay, taxes, hoodies, overcrowding, standard of living etc. yet when I spoke to these Aussies, where did they most want to live, Australia No, Hong Kong No, Brighton yes. I suppose each of us is different and if you are not happy with your lot then so be it. I am content with living in good old Sussex by the Sea.

 

[Gwylan]

I also think as a general rule the youth of this country have no respect for anyone or anything are often braindead and are very poorly educated. The conversation and humour seems to be based solely on taking the piss out of everyone. There also seems to be some homophobic and anti semetic phrases banded about willy nilly which has come from the School and the " cool " way of speaking.

Er....Gareth. You do know that the National Front attracts a large number of voters in France (you know, the party led by someone who described the Holocaust as a detail of history and who denies that there were any ovens at Auschwitz). Indeed, it wasn't that long ago that the choice of president was between the right and the far right (or more accurately, between the crook and the fascist). It's also a country where Jewish graves are desecrated regularly and where casual racism is universally accepted.

I do like France I have to accept that the UK is streets ahead of it when it comes to tolerance to other races, religions and sexual orientation.

 

[The Large One]

I also think as a general rule the youth of this country have no respect for anyone or anything are often braindead and are very poorly educated. The conversation and humour seems to be based solely on taking the piss out of everyone. There also seems to be some homophobic and anti semetic phrases banded about willy nilly which has come from the School and the " cool " way of speaking.

Now you are talking shit.

Oh, and you can't get a decent curry in France. Even my French friends admit that.

 

[Trufflehound]

Rioting - F
Making a bonfire out of sheep - F

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

I worked and lived in Hong Kong and as you do you make friends with English speaking people and I made friends with a couple of Aussies. During idle chat I told them I came from Sussex and when they heard that they were off and just started talking about Brighton and they just couldn't stop going on about what a great place Brighton was and they would love to live there.

My friend who has never been to Australia, says he wants to emigrate to Australia, because he moans about similar problems other people list here, overwork, underpay, taxes, hoodies, overcrowding, standard of living etc. yet when I spoke to these Aussies, where did they most want to live, Australia No, Hong Kong No, Brighton yes. I suppose each of us is different and if you are not happy with your lot then so be it. I am content with living in good old Sussex by the Sea.

I would give them a month before they were on the phone booking the next flight to Adelaide.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Now you are talking shit.

Oh, and you can't get a decent curry in France. Even my French friends admit that.

Just my observations Al no need to be offensive ( again )

 

[The Large One]

I worked and lived in Hong Kong and as you do you make friends with English speaking people and I made friends with a couple of Aussies. During idle chat I told them I came from Sussex and when they heard that they were off and just started talking about Brighton and they just couldn't stop going on about what a great place Brighton was and they would love to live there.

My friend who has never been to Australia, says he wants to emigrate to Australia, because he moans about similar problems other people list here, overwork, underpay, taxes, hoodies, overcrowding, standard of living etc. yet when I spoke to these Aussies, where did they most want to live, Australia No, Hong Kong No, Brighton yes. I suppose each of us is different and if you are not happy with your lot then so be it. I am content with living in good old Sussex by the Sea.

But Gareth 'lives' in Southwick. Different planet.

 

[Trufflehound]

Pig-headed arrogance and stubborn refusal to speak anyone else's language - draw

 

[simmo]

I would give them a month before they were on the phone booking the next flight to Adelaide.

Why did you know them? I did and they didn't say that to me.

Also they didn't come from Adelaide.

 

[The Large One]

Just my observations Al no need to be offensive ( again )

I'm not being offensive. I'm giving an equally strongly proportionate answer in my response as you gave in your original observations.

In other words, I was as offensive as your post was shit.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

'The grass is always greener on the other side', as they say.





Except in this case. Our grass is much greener than theirs. Its always a bit brown and dusty looking over there...

 

[Trufflehound]

I do like France I have to accept that the UK is streets ahead of it when it comes to tolerance to other races, religions and sexual orientation.

I used to travel on the train a lot between Brussels and Paris in the days when French customs officials used to board the trains to carry out spot checks for contraband.

Without fail, EVERY single time they would "randomly select" ALL the non-white passengers for strip-searching, and I never saw a white person get challenged.

 

[Trufflehound]

Oh, and you can't get a decent curry in France. Even my French friends admit that.

Most French people have such a hysterical aversion to spicy food you'd think they were all allergic to chillies.