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our Frog friend is harmless, he is half court jester and half drag queen.
He craves the attention. Apparently he was not breastfed growing up as a deformed child in Clichy-sous-Bois.
Ah, a regular "Phantom Of The Opera" type then...that's so sad:O(
"Of course I'm mad, I've always been mad...I've been mad for fucking years!"
- Pink Floyd
OK, my qoutes are starting to creep ME out. I'll stop now:O)
I was not breast fed by my mother indeed
a big disappointment so early in life
My mother put me on the regiment of Prince Charles after reading Paris Match
She handed me to nanies and in their care I recovered nicely
I'd suck any breast you put in front of me
- Clichy sous Bois
You miss the beat entirely for a musician
There is no drag queen or acrobat in the familly yet
but there is a catholic priest and he has a girl friend
This forum is moribund
I am leaving
Again?
For how many days this time?
moribund = not paying enough attention to you ?
I tried giving you attention. my love aint good enough i dont guess.
All that gratuitous hatred and negativity..
I feel down
I'll have to try some lipstick
have my toenails done at last for you
but I am so busy
Are you going to hold your breath until you turn blue?
If he does leave, how will we know he isn't dead?
Maybe we need a special forum for people who leave in a huff to post in so we can be sure they are not dead.
Buddha
You assume someone cares ???
Welsh, how can you be so callous? Have you no heart, no decency?
I'm so upset I am NOT going to leave
Welsh is kind of stiff and unpleasant in your face
no social grace whatsoever
I thought you had left
MMMM
That from a froggie !!!
The masters of arrogance
Oh please!
I remember having lunch at Brooks in London when a member fired to a guest sitting accross the table:
"I don't like your accent"
Frenchmen love mixed parties bringing together artists, writers, musicians, whatever (including demi-mondaines), having fun. This is the reason so much great art was produced in France. A recipe for good bouillabaisse, too
In Great Britain no one will talk to you at a party, answer you, if they don't know who you are first (holding their hands) and where you come from. Not surprisingly they have portraits of their dogs and their horses hanging in their living room.
Well said, Grosse Fatigue, knowing this, as I lived in London for a time, on Charles St, near Curzon St, in Mayfair. Let that soak in, you turkeys!
I wonder what alignment of moon and stars started the griefer epidemic?
I'd say on this board, they could ask "holy moley, batman, what started the NON-griefer epidemic" when you and I showed up. Maybe even John C, too. I mean, when they banned Ethan, the non-griefer community shrunk by at least 1/4.
JC
Living in Mayfair !!!
One of the most expensive places in the world, a one bedroom studio going for at least a mil. A cynical person ( unlike myself of course ) would point to the extortionate profit margins of the hifi companies enabling a designer to live so high on the hill
I would never make this connection though, just saying someone might !!
Alan
It was in 1976. Things were cheaper then, compared to the American $. I got $100/per day and the room. The office was on Bruton St., walking distance, just past Berkeley Sq.. Fellow consultants said that I was working too cheap. Just shows what people actually know about the real world.
$100 a day in 1976 was a very good salary !!
My first job in 1982 i was making $40 a week, never mind a day !!
Im very comfortable with my exposure to the real world, im sure there are a lot of people who have seen a lot more but ive seen my fair share. I live in the states and i love the states but its very difficult to argue that Americans are the worst travellers in the world !! if you can even get them out of the US to begin with.
That's because you are working class. The big shots got paid plenty.
Back in 1970 I remember the ads in the London Underground for 13 GBP per week.
Exactly
Im not a hifi millionaire !!
I lived in Europe for a very long time. Ive been to every country there. I still think the french are arrogant cocks.
The british are great fun. Piss takers to the extreme. I love that.
Grosse Fatigue is alright with me though. Hermaphrodites need love too.
That's also how the rest of Europe thinks of the french, those poor bastards
Jack Bybee and I both watched Maigret last night, with Bruno Cremer acting the role. Wonderful, beautiful women, intelligent discourse, and good food. Wow! We watch whenever it is on TV.
Why can't you say where you lived in Europe?
It is just the language barrier in France
Use the proper outfit, don't take the whole side walk like your peers when strolling in Paris, don't talk too loud and you'll be treated well
People sniff you head to toe like a dog in France, they are very judgemental, but when they like you they don't care who you are, and they are very loyal to their friends
The british are fun only after they are drunk (like the americans)
Occidental art is Italian and French, German to some degree (classical music)
Art is embeded in the culture of those countries
Now what kind of art did the british produced??
Their furniture is Chinese furniture
They have dogs and horses portraits
Give us an example of a memorable dish you had there
They are barbarians
I liked him in "Gauloises Bleues" and "L'Attentat"
Saw him in Paris once
I like the pace of Maigret series
I never said I couldnt?? Lets see. Mannheim, Germany. Heidelberg, Germany. Schwetzingen, Germany. Trier(right near French border), Germany, Karlsruhe, Germany< Heilbronn...Bad Aibling, Germany..Wiesbaden..
Krakow, Poland, Katowice, Poznan, Poland. Esch-zur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
Nijmegan,Maastricht, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
and finally, Adana and Incirlik, Turkey.
all those places I was in at least 3 weeks or a month each.
as for just visiting, ive seen every country in Europe.
my wife and I spent two and a half weeks in Portugal in the Algarve. Beautiful. Also two weeks in Mykonos, and Athens, and Delphi--Greece. My daughter was concieved there(my first daughter)
you have potential to be un-french, frog my dear. you just need some work.
Baghdad, Tikrit, Mosul--Irak..nice time in Saddam palace.
Kuwait.
oh yeah, Asegarden and Troms Norway and Nijmegan every year for the 4 day 100 mile march. Great fun.
my old unit, now disbanded. great times.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACE_Mobile_Force_%28Land%29
NC
Based on your list you lived on US bases ?
That doesnt count, everyone knows you cant have a US base without at least 5 fast food outlets !!!
Alan
you v i s i t e d
it is not the same thing as living
spending three years or more in each
learning the language
playing with local kids
soaking in a Japanese tub with a whole naked Japanese familly living next door while my parents were entertaining guests
(entertaining myself with a vengeance- very proud of that)
when we came back from Japan my little sister
raised by Japanese nanies spoke only Japanese
I had to translate
like I was translating to my mother when we were going shopping in Tokyo
Well said, Grosse Fatigue. I learned your suggestions in 1965, when I first stayed in Paris, on my own. I SAW other Americans, and I then knew why we are considered 'barbarians' , because we are. I have also made many errors in protocol in Tokyo, and have been embarrassed because of it. It seemed impossible in Japan, not to make errors.
Now I understand your 'complaint, 'Grosse Fatigue' of many people on this website. They are virtually clueless.
john:
please, please, please, don't encourage him. he was on his way out, if you encourage him, he'll just stay llllooonnngggeeerrr.........
John, did you learn how to bow in Japan?
Depending on the age or the social status of the person you want to show respect to you have to look at the person in the eyes to make sure you bow lower or a bit higher, accordingly
A 45 degree bow looking at your feet can mean that you are asking for favors, so be carefull
A nod of the head means the guy is a joke
Now what about hand kissing in France:
Standing straight, not bowing, you raise the hand of the lady to your lips and kiss it, wet kiss ok in France, then you can have a second take and kiss her wrist delicately while showering her with complimemts (french method), still holding her hand (that you don't really want to release when the lady is pretty).
So, which one of the two is the actual Narcissus and which is the reflection?
Geez, two prima donnas kvetching about how underappreciated they are here, but neither seems inclined to end his residence.
Maybe they will just melt into each other and we'll be left with Grosse Curl. (I know we already have John Fatigue.)
Yes, at MY age, one must face facts. I just happen to be a 'genius' and just because you want to make fun of that fact, does not improve YOUR image in my eyes.
Yes, Narcissus would assume (suppose, consider) that I would worry about my image in his eyes.
Narcissus would be wrong...hence, less of a genius.
To think I was attacking his obvious genius rather than his boorish demeanor would also be expected.
Even less genius.
John, genius lacking insight is more a 'savant' thing. I'll toss you a bone and go with 'savant,' as in 'syndrome.'
Hey, guys, maybe you'd be more adored at www.baskinmyglory.com's forums. That is, if you were genius enough to find them.
without going into too much detail, no...not all my time was spent living/embedded on us bases in the typical way.
as a matter of fact. even when I was just a regular army guy, I didnt live on base.
so, John Curl is a genius who is smarter than everyone else, calls his own countrymen barbarians(my least favorite type of person...id prefer if those people would gtf out already), encourages hermaphrodite frog trolls, has an unhealthy obsession with KBK..
christ.
well, that shoots that in the head.
It's better to be silent and considered a genius, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Genius, rvance!
Pure genius.
I was replying to Buddha, Turkey. Now I know what you are made of. Merde de T ;-)
It's not easy being a genius. I'm happy to be recognized as a common knucklehead
Keep up the good work! ;-)
Yeah, turkey.
He was proclaiming his genius only to a select readership.
Doing OK this far
Bravo John
Merde de Cheval it is
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This is my last contribution
Oh, it's easier than you think. Cogito Ergo Genius Sum.
Also remember: No act of humility goes unpunished with the self-appointed genius crowd.
Damn! Does me having a hard time following the word-salat here make me less of a genius?
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