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Topic: Funny Europe observations...
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K
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posted May 01, 2007 05:08
    
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Originally posted by KnickerZohnonnof:
I wouldn't buy a taco bell unless you threatened to make me eat a Mickey D if I didn't. No, actually I'd rather grill my own arm and eat it. It's you yanks that can't speak English, remember your ancestors moved there??? Finally, if you look in any country you will find your fair share of 'sea hags', but once you come across a beautiful English girl nothing else really measures up  PS: Welcome back K 
LOL!
I was laughing my ass off. 1. I dunno Knick. Seems to me a Big Mac or a Taco Bell El Grande Burrito Deluxe would taste better than my arm or yours for that matter...unless we added some chopped Jalapenos or something.
I am hungry now. 2. You are right about not being able to speak English. I am from Texas and should know. 3. You haven't been to Croatia have you?
There are hot women literally EVERYWHERE here.
I have heard people say that the most beautifull women they have seen in they're travels are in Croatia. I agree.
Nothing against British women of course. I think they are hot too.
Yeah...this thread was only put up as a light-hearted and funny thing.
Not intended to offend anyone in any way.
HEX...I will drink some of my Austrian beer in your honour. CHEERS!
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ShredTilDead
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posted May 01, 2007 22:14
OK folks, let's get back to the topic at hand, shall we? "Funny Europe Observations". Someone please explain:Why do the toilets in Spain, France & elsewhere have those weird push-button flusher thingys on top? That's where you're supposed to put the magazines. Toilets should have levers, the way God intended. What's with the wimpy 2-prong outlets? Travelers to Europe always have to get converters. Euros. Ugh. Pesetas, francs, marks, lira, etc. - all gone. And so is some of the character of each of the countries. EU regulations. There are sooooo many of them that even the fake ones are somehow believable (see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6481969.stm - my favorite section is the one about barmaids' breasts). -------------------- My head explodes, my ears ring, I can't remember just where I've been.
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Hellrider
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posted May 02, 2007 06:25
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Originally posted by FredKilHead:
What's with the wimpy 2-prong outlets? Travelers to Europe always have to get converters.
Sigh - the UK has big, THREE-prong plugs, therefore we require as many adaptors as visitors from the US when we cross the Channel. My Italian friends still haven't got over the shock of seeing the sheer size of our plugs, while I always half-expect their fiddly little ones to fall apart in my hand when I use them. -------------------- "Love your enemies just in case your friends turn out to be a bunch of bastards." - R. A. Dickson
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KnickerZohnonnof
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posted May 02, 2007 13:23
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Originally posted by Hellrider:
Sigh - the UK has big, THREE-prong plugs, therefore we require as many adaptors as visitors from the US when we cross the Channel.My Italian friends still haven't got over the shock of seeing the sheer size of our plugs, while I always half-expect their fiddly little ones to fall apart in my hand when I use them.
The UK has the strictest safety standards for electrical appliances in the world. Those bulky 3 pin plugs are deliberately designed that way because they are inherently strong and electrically safer than any other plug design - and that is why we didn't adopt the euro standard because it is not up to our standard. Euro mains is actually meant to be 230V but ours is 240V (typical), and to my knowledge the continent is still 220V. How was this fudged? Because they put a tolerance on it of -5/+15% because in reality ours will run as high as 260V when grid usage is low. Before you ask most modern kit is designed cope with mains voltage from 100V to 250V easily, so mains fluctuation or going to another country is not the problem it once was, apart from the plug that is! -------------------- Hail Santa...
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posted May 02, 2007 22:53
