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Originally posted by Officer Dibble
cheese and wine. french and south african, respectively.

yes, french. i've lost my invite to the barbecue now haven't i.
Fresh local halibut and local BC Pinot Gris 😀

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Originally posted by Officer Dibble
cheese and wine. french and south african, respectively.

yes, french. i've lost my invite to the barbecue now haven't i.
Maybe you'll get barbecued.

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A few years ago I worked for a large int’l corporation and worked with Americans, Canadians, British, French and Germans. Some I liked, some I could hardly stand, but it had nothing to do with their nationality.

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what do you think of these American tradition:

around this week, seniors in High school play a nice little game. Called senior tag. What you do is run around naked with water guns trying to squirt another person - tagging them. Last one standing wins.

And then

by the end of the year, senior prank. Oh I love this one. Seniors in H.School prank the counselors and school custodians, principals. 1 example is last year, each senior set their cell phone alarms to go off at the exact time, and put them in their lockers. Then for 5 minutes alarms were off everywhere

😉

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Originally posted by Officer Dibble
thanks. i can only make it if it's in wimbledon as that's where i'll be on friday night.
Ok, maybe next time. We'll eat plenty in your honor (being fat Americans and all). We'll also tip a brew in your honor. 😀😀

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Originally posted by Officer Dibble
cheese and wine. french and south african, respectively.

yes, french. i've lost my invite to the barbecue now haven't i.
nope, offer still stands. We Yanks are a friendly lot.

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Originally posted by hopscotch
You live in Cape Town too?
No mate. I live in Herolds bay, George. All the criminals from JHB and Durban comes here to retire. We have the only old age home in the world where they have burglar gates in front of the inernall doors.
I don't even want to comment about the gambling and prostitution problem in our old age homes.
It got so bad last year that the mossel bay Prison organised an outreach program, because the prisoners were complaining that the elderly gives them a bad name.

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I don't think Americans are that different to other nations but what I really would like to know is:
What do Americans think about my greatest heroes from America:
Michael Moore and of course Bill Bryson?

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Originally posted by zchip
I don't think Americans are that different to other nations but what I really would like to know is:
What do Americans think about my greatest heroes from America:
Michael Moore and of course Bill Bryson?
Excuse me while I vomit!!!!

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Originally posted by RECUVIC
It may be hoped that at some time in the future all humans will no longer feel the need to bear arms but until such a time may arrive it is a democratic right that all adult persons should feel they have the means at hand to protect themselves from those who would wish to do them harm.
Clearly you are of the position that legalising guns in Europe is logical, democratic step for us then?
Stupidest idea I've ever heard...

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To be honest I could come up with a lot of negatives but 1 positive would be that they seem to have a "can do" culture. They are more likely to think something new or difficult is possible than the English for example.

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Originally posted by twiceaknight
To be honest I could come up with a lot of negatives but 1 positive would be that they seem to have a "can do" culture. They are more likely to think something new or difficult is possible than the English for example.
They? There's that word again.. 😞

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
[b]They? There's that word again.. 😞[/b]
Sorry, i mean "Americans generally"..seem..... Is that better?

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Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
They can't spell propally and they think everyone who isn't American is a foreigner. 🙄
If I would ever meet you I am sure we would be in America. All non Americans in America are foreigners?

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If you're a Citizen of America,

You ARE an American.

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