Cultural differences

[Vodstok]

Okay, i have lived in New England for the ladt (god.....) almost 13 yearsm, so needless to say, i have managed to forget a lot of what i had learned about the world from travelling as a kid. so here are some questions for the non americans and non new englanders in the forum:

From Australia:
Doe sit bug you if someone from another country calls you an "Aussie"?
Do you ever actually use the term "Down under"?
Doe sit bother you that America thinks everyone in your country is a clone of Steve Irwin or Crocodile Dundee? Or do you even care what we think?
Nature chasnnels would have us believe that Australia is swarming with snakes and spiders that will kill you in minutes. Are Funnel webs, redbacks, sea wasps, blue ringed octopuses and all those wonderful snakes really THAT big a problem?


From the UK:
Is being referred to as a "Brit" offensive?
Have you ever referred to America as "The Colonies"?
How do you feel about the idea of a monarchy?
Would you say people over there generally see Americans as ignorant?
Does it drive you nuts that Americans get self-righteous about our use of your language?
Why is it that English people are always portrayed as hating the french?


From Canada:
Do you ever feel as if you are in competition with America over anything?
Do you really like fries with Gravy?
Does it make you mad if an american snickers at your national animal being the beaver?
have you ever been mistaken for an american by someone from another country? If so, did it offend you?
Does it bother you that Americans who dont want to server their country think it is okay to run to your to hide out?
have you ever noticed that your pronounciation of words with the "ow" sound tends to be different from ours?


From the South (US):
Do some southerners really think they won the civil war?
If you are one of them, does it piss you off that we think we did?
Is it aggravating that people not from the south sometimes assume that everyone down there is a redneck?
Is it obvious to you when someone not from the south tries to speak with a southern accent?
Do you pronounce pecan "peh-cahn" or "pee-can"?

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Vodstok
From Australia:
Doe sit bug you if someone from another country calls you an "Aussie"?
Do you ever actually use the term "Down under"?

no .. they call everyone else 'up over'

Doe sit bother you that America thinks everyone in your country is a clone of Steve Irwin or Crocodile Dundee? Or do you even care what we think?
Nature chasnnels would have us believe that Australia is swarming with snakes and spiders that will kill you in minutes. Are Funnel webs, redbacks, sea wasps, blue ringed octopuses and all those wonderful snakes really THAT big a problem?


From the UK:
Is being referred to as a "Brit" offensive?
Have you ever referred to America as "The Colonies"?
How do you feel about the idea of a monarchy?
Would you say people over there generally see Americans as ignorant?
Does it drive you nuts that Americans get self-righteous about our use of your language?
Why is it that English people are always portrayed as hating the french?


From Canada:
Do you ever feel as if you are in competition with America over anything?
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no .. just our actors that leave for the USA to make real money

Do you really like fries with Gravy?
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no

Does it make you mad if an american snickers at your national animal being the beaver?
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hell no ! we're proud of our beaver !

have you ever been mistaken for an american by someone from another country? If so, did it offend you?
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i didnt know there were any other countries

Does it bother you that Americans who dont want to server their country think it is okay to run to your to hide out?
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no - they're the ones that make sense .. c'mon up !

have you ever noticed that your pronounciation of words with the "ow" sound tends to be different from ours?
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now i mean, no


From the South (US):
Do some southerners really think they won the civil war?
If you are one of them, does it piss you off that we think we did?
Is it aggravating that people not from the south sometimes assume that everyone down there is a redneck?
Is it obvious to you when someone not from the south tries to speak with a southern accent?
Do you pronounce pecan "peh-cahn" or "pee-can"?
Is Incest Best ?

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[ENTITY2000]

pe-cahn:D i'm from the deep south

[Vodstok]

Originally posted by urgeok
now i mean, no


You are funny. You should move down here, get a house between Dan Akroyd and Jim Carrey :D


Michael J Fox is just down the road.

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

From Canada:

Do you ever feel as if you are in competition with America over anything?
We stopped caring.

Do you really like fries with Gravy?
You forgot the cheese I think. Poutine is only in Quebec and Ontario.

Does it make you mad if an american snickers at your national animal being the beaver?No, I don't care.

have you ever been mistaken for an american by someone from another country? If so, did it offend you?
Yes, no I don't see how you could tell the difference anyway.

Does it bother you that Americans who dont want to serve their country think it is okay to run to your to hide out?
Nope

have you ever noticed that your pronounciation of words with the "ow" sound tends to be different from ours?
Not sure what words you mean.

[tachii]

Originally posted by Vodstok


From the South (US):
Do some southerners really think they won the civil war?
If you are one of them, does it piss you off that we think we did?
Is it aggravating that people not from the south sometimes assume that everyone down there is a redneck?
Is it obvious to you when someone not from the south tries to speak with a southern accent?
Do you pronounce pecan "peh-cahn" or "pee-can"?



don't give a shit about the civil war
believe the south lost

i actually believe most southern people are hicks

don't care about the southern accent copy cats; i often exaggerate mine as a joke and it does annoy other.

pe-con

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Vodstok
You are funny. You should move down here, get a house between Dan Akroyd and Jim Carrey :D


Michael J Fox is just down the road.

dan akroyd is funny as hell, i love that guy

[newb]

Vod, I live just a few short hours from you and there are cultural differences.
I live in Rhode Island......NO...its not an island.

"I'm gonna pawk the ca in the yaad"should read" I'm going to park the car in the yard."

A grinder is a sandwich.
coffee milk is a common drink here.
NY System hot weiners are also very popular.
we put vinagar as well as ketchup on our fries.

[Vodstok]

Originally posted by X¤MurderDoll¤X

have you ever noticed that your pronounciation of words with the "ow" sound tends to be different from ours?
Not sure what words you mean.

Out, About, House.

Most Canadians i have known look at us like our heads are on backwards when we bring it up.

my personal observation is that Canadians say the "ou" sound as a round "o" in certain words, so "about" sounds like "abote", so on. I know, it's weird.

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

Originally posted by Vodstok
Out, About, House.

Most Canadians i have known look at us like our heads are on backwards when we bring it up.

my personal observation is that Canadians say the "ou" sound as a round "o" in certain words, so "about" sounds like "abote", so on. I know, it's weird.

noooo, we don't talk like that. :mad: That's like newfie talk.

[Vodstok]

I never would have guessed it before i lived here, nbut New Hmapshire is by far the most backwoods, hickish state i have ever encountered.

Tachii was very close to the mark saying that they are hicks up here. The town i live in has an alarming number of inbreds (not kidding... Seriously...a LOT)


They take the state motto ("LIve free or Die") way to seriously. fo rthe most part people here are very "my way or fuck off" with everything they do. Cut them off driving and they call the cops on you. They cut you off, they treat you like you are retarded for not just letting them in...

[urgeok]

Originally posted by X¤MurderDoll¤X
noooo, we don't talk like that. :mad: That's like newfie talk.

i always figured that's where they got it from ..someone met a newfie

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

Originally posted by urgeok
i always figured that's where they got it from ..someone met a newfie

It's like a disease!

[Vodstok]

Sorry folks.... Everyone i have met from Canada sounds like that.

Speaking of Newfies though...

When i libved in germany, one of the families at the NATO base we were at was all Newfie...


The other Canadians were fucking BRUTAL to them...

What gives?

[urgeok]

Originally posted by X¤MurderDoll¤X
It's like a disease!

friendly people though ...

and they can drink pure gasoline like it's perrier

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

Originally posted by Vodstok
Sorry folks.... Everyone i have met from Canada sounds like that.

Speaking of Newfies though...

When i libved in germany, one of the families at the NATO base we were at was all Newfie...


The other Canadians were fucking BRUTAL to them...

What gives?

Fuck them, they make us look bad. :mad:

[Haunted]

From the South (US):

Do some southerners really think they won the civil war?

No one in my family is that stupid.

If you are one of them, does it piss you off that we think we did?

I'm glad you did

Is it aggravating that people not from the south sometimes
assume that everyone down there is a redneck?

Yes.

Is it obvious to you when someone not from the south tries to

Most entirely definitely.

Do you speak with a southern accent? No, and I don't know why/

you pronounce pecan "peh-cahn" or pee-can"

I say, "pee-can."

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Haunted
From the South (US):


Is it aggravating that people not from the south sometimes
assume that everyone down there is a redneck?

Yes.




waaaiiiiiiit a second here ...

are you saying - they ain't ?

[Haunted]

They most certainly are not "rednecks," thank you so very much.

[newb]

A REDNECK CAR ALARM

http://www.spinningloft.com/multimedia/images/Redneck%20Car%20Alarm.jpg



sorry....I couldn't resist.:D

[zwoti]

Originally posted by Haunted
They most certainly are not "rednecks," thank you so very much.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Haunted
They most certainly are not "rednecks," thank you so very much.

dont feel bad .. up here in canada we think everyone in the entire USA are rednecks :D

[urgeok]

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[Vodstok]

Im waiting for Kpro to put in his 2 cents. :)

Hearing him talk, there is absolutely no doubt he is from the south :)

And urge, we pretty much are all rednecks in one way or another.

Shit, Im a hardcore computer nerd and programmer, whihc is very non-redneck, but i live in a "Mobile Home co-op", which translates into "A trailer park. but with gardens and no axels on the houses"

[Vodstok]

:D

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by Vodstok


From the South (US):
Do some southerners really think they won the civil war?
If you are one of them, does it piss you off that we think we did?
Is it aggravating that people not from the south sometimes assume that everyone down there is a redneck?
Is it obvious to you when someone not from the south tries to speak with a southern accent?
Do you pronounce pecan "peh-cahn" or "pee-can"?

they don't think they won they just can't stand that they lost, and it really pisses me off everytime I see the confederate flag. It's stupid to keep flying a flag after you lost a war, it's over get over it. My dad and I took a road trip through Tenn.,North Carolina,Georgia and Miss. and in alot of areas you see flags,t-shirts,bumber stickers ect. that say dumb shit like ''the south will rise again''. All that's telling people is that you wish you would've won and that you don't mind slavery.

yes it is Aggravating that people think we're all rednecks, don't get me wrong there's alot of 'em down here but it's not all of us, the jackasses that wave the confederate flag around qualify as top of the line rednecks though.

Yes it's painfully obvious when somebody tries to speak with a southern accent, after you've heard it all your life from people who you know are southern when you hear it from somebody who's faking it's completely obvious.

as for the last question, yes.

[babygirl20]

I'm from the boon docks!;) I could care less who won the civil war although I am gald the North did to get rid of all the hostility and shit.

I talk with an accent that I am very proud of.....ain't, ya'll, yonder.

It doesn't piss me off when people assume we are rednecks........what can I say, I'm a redneck woman.

It's funny to me when people try to impersonate a southern accent, just can't be done right.

On the real. Love Bama and wouldn't trade it for shit!;) :D

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by urgeok
waaaiiiiiiit a second here ...

are you saying - they ain't ?

I'd say it's about 65-35

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by babygirl20
I am gald the North did to get rid of all the hostility and shit.

They did? you could've fooled me.

[Vodstok]

I always got a kick out of how the north fought for freedom for the slaves, then once they all got free, the north joined the badwagon and wouldnt hire them for anything. fucking priceless.....:rolleyes:

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

Originally posted by urgeok
dont feel bad .. up here in canada we think everyone in the entire USA are rednecks :D

lol it's true.

[AUSTIN316426808]

We think you're all...all...hockey freaks, I just couldn't come up with anything that could match up with redneck.

[ItsAlive75]

Dude, I miss hockey...

I have a Blackhawks jersey, I feel like I should be framing it.

Damn greedy athletes.:(

[Vodstok]

hey, cmon... at a 1-5 mill a year, those overgrown high-school jocks are getting robbed.....

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by ItsAlive75
Dude, I miss hockey...

I have a Blackhawks jersey, I feel like I should be framing it.

Damn greedy athletes.:(


it's not the athletes' fault, do I think they really need to make 2,7,4 and in one case 16 million dollars a year to play a game? no, but you have to realize that the owners did it to themselves. Hockey had no salary cap and the salaries weren't that high but the owners got greedy and wanted to start signing all good players so they started competing over them, steadily raising their salary until the other team gave up and that's how it started, I guess you could say that the owners created monsters that they can no longer control.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
We think you're all...all...hockey freaks, I just couldn't come up with anything that could match up with redneck.


uhm ...

beaver humpers,
moose fuckers
maple syrup junkies
poutin pigs
french caretakers

touque wearin snowball eatin hockey playin snowshoe havin polar bear wrasslin' REAL BEER drinkin' igloo dwellers.


thats a start .. i havent even gunned my engine yet :D

[ItsAlive75]

Originally posted by Vodstok
hey, cmon... at a 1-5 mill a year, those overgrown high-school jocks are getting robbed.....

That was VERY subtle sarcasm..:D

[babygirl20]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
They did? you could've fooled me.

Not necessarily the hostility, just all the slavery bullshit. That was sum jank ass shit if u ask me!

[Vodstok]

Oh, come now, i dont have the slightest ptroblem with pro-athletes....

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by babygirl20
Not necessarily the hostility, just all the slavery bullshit. That was sum jank ass shit if u ask me!

''jank ass shit''

what the hell is a jank? just asking.

[ItsAlive75]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
it's not the athletes' fault, do I think they really need to make 2,7,4 and in one case 16 million dollars a year to play a game? no, but you have to realize that the owners did it to themselves. Hockey had no salary cap and the salaries weren't that high but the owners got greedy and wanted to start signing all good players so they started competing over them, steadily raising their salary until the other team gave up and that's how it started, I guess you could say that the owners created monsters that they can no longer control.

I guess I can see where you're coming from. It just pissed me off because the owners made a final offer which I think was 5 million less than the players wanted. They were soooooo close....

I guess the plus side is that the little amount of hockey memorabilia I have is gonna be worth a lil' somethin'.

[babygirl20]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
''jank ass shit''

what the hell is a jank? just asking.


JANK (Juh-ank) adj- Word stemming from alabama which means stupid, or making no sense in ones point of view.
;) :D :cool:

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by babygirl20
JANK (Juh-ank) adj- Word stemming from alabama which means stupid, or making no sense in ones point of view.
;) :D :cool:

oh so that's a redneck word from Alabama.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by ItsAlive75
I guess I can see where you're coming from. It just pissed me off because the owners made a final offer which I think was 5 million less than the players wanted. They were soooooo close....

I guess the plus side is that the little amount of hockey memorabilia I have is gonna be worth a lil' somethin'.


i honestly couldnt give a shit if the nhl complegtely collapsed now ..

i used to watch hocky all the time .. i'm fed up with it now.

[babygirl20]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
oh so that's a redneck word from Alabama.

Not necessarily a "REDNECK" word. Actually, it is an Alabama "HOOD" word.

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by babygirl20
Not necessarily a "REDNECK" word. Actually, it is an Alabama "HOOD" word.


''redneck'' ''hood'', they're both the same thing just a racial or lifestyle difference that's all.

[babygirl20]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
''redneck'' ''hood'', they're both the same thing just a racial or lifestyle difference that's all.

Not really. Rednecks use sawed off shotguns, Hoods use pistols.......................................BIG difference.;)

[babygirl20]

please don't nobody get mad at that ^^^^^. I wuz just bein funny.;)

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by babygirl20
please don't nobody get mad at that ^^^^^. I wuz just bein funny.;)

''don't nobody'' you are southern lol.

[babygirl20]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
''don't nobody'' you are southern lol.


ANYBODY................Don't anybody. There ya go. Is at better soundin'?;)

[urgeok]

THE STARS AT NIGHT ARE BIG AND BRIGHT ......

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by babygirl20
ANYBODY................Don't anybody. There ya go. Is at better soundin'?;)

hey I'm in New Orleans, we say stuff like ''who dat say dey gon beat dem Saint's''

[kpropain]

Originally posted by Vodstok
From the South (US):


Originally posted by Vodstok
[B]Do some southerners really think they won the civil war?

Yeah kinda sad really but there are some folks down here that kinda think that way. Personally I think it's fucking ignorant to think so though.


Originally posted by Vodstok
If you are one of them, does it piss you off that we think we did?

Not one of them.


Originally posted by Vodstok
Is it aggravating that people not from the south sometimes assume that everyone down there is a redneck?

Yeah actually this does piss me off, NOT everyone in the south is a redneck and you are fucking ignorant if you think that way.

Rednecks aren't just in the south they are everywhere, they are known as white trash.

Originally posted by Vodstok
Is it obvious to you when someone not from the south tries to speak with a southern accent?

Yeah it's really obvious, kinda funny to.


Originally posted by Vodstok
[B]Do you pronounce pecan "peh-cahn" or "pee-can"?

I say "Pee-Can"



Ok I have a question for people in the north.

Do you get offended by someone calling you a Yankee?



And here is a question to people from California.

Do you get offended if someone thinks that everyone from Califorinia is either an idiot or a homo?


The only culture issues I really have a problem with are these.

If you move to the United States from another country, IE:
Mexico, Middle East, Asia etc, etc, etc....

1. learn to speak ENGLISH, if you wanna speak your language that's fine but learn to speak ours also...I wouldn't move to your country and not learn the language you speak.

2. Pay your goddamn taxes, I work my ass of and pay my taxes you should have to also.

3. Get fucking auto insurance!!!


Originally posted by Vodstok
Im waiting for Kpro to put in his 2 cents. :)

Hearing him talk, there is absolutely no doubt he is from the south :)
:D Damn right I'm from the south, and proud of it :p

[Vodstok]

:D Now if i can just get shanks, zwoti and cheeba to answer, i will feel complete.


I have yet to see anyone up here get mad about being called a Yankee. Christ, they have "Yankee" magazine up here...


The funny thing is, i get irritated at people calling me a new englander or saying that i am "from" new Hampshire. It's true, i have lived here almost 13 years, but i never really integrated into the world up here. Everyone says "wicked" to mean "really" or "very", i never have. i never adopted an accent, so i have never really fit in completely here. Probably why im such a shut-in :D

[urgeok]

Originally posted by kpropain
1. learn to speak ENGLISH, if you wanna speak your language that's fine but learn to speak ours also...I wouldn't move to your country and not learn the language you speak.



ohhh buddy you have no idea !!

in my last job i worked with a team of engineers ..all from mainland china.

they barely spoke english and would speak mandarin in the office constantly.
I could go 3 weeks before anyone would say a damn thing to me.

The asian population in toronto is greater than the 'white' population.

I love the food and some of the culture it brings to the city, but i hate the way thse people segregate themselves. There is no desire to participate as a canadian - instead they create the environment they are used to around them.

Not everyone - but enough to be plainly noticable.

like kpro said .. if i was in Hong Kong or China for work i'd be learning cantonese or mandarin as fast as possible to integrate with the community i'm working in ...

much more rewarding that way..

[kpropain]

Vod wern't you an Air Force brat and moved all over alot as a child? Wouldn't that make you sort of a cultural mutt?:D


Ok here's a few questions for other cultures?

I'll add one more to the UK questions.

Are some brits still pissed that Britain lost the revolutionary war?




Asians

1. If you are from Japan are you pissed that the U.S. dropped not one but 2 atomic bombs on Japan?

2. Do you get offended by the generalization that all asians have tiny dicks?


Mexicans

1. Do you get offended by everyone thinking that all Mexicans
live in a trailer with thirty other Mexicans?


Middle Easteners

1. Do you get offended by people thinking that everyone from the middle east is a terrorist?

[urgeok]

does anyone even care about canadians ?

[Vodstok]

There were almost 2 pages of canandian talks :)


Yeah, kpro, that is how i have always seen it. I am from everywhere. I was born in california, but i have lived in germany a full 3rd o fmy life (2 different occasions), and lived in washington and indiana.

A big problem i had with a lot of people i met from other countries was that they would insist that in their country you had to do things their way, because it was their culture (and often had no respect for ours). Those same people in the opposite setting would refusde to make any changes, claiming they were holding on to their culture..... :rolleyes:


People suck the world over....

Urge, we have a similar issue with the company i work for. There is one particular guy who uses his "inexperience" with english as an excuse to skirt policies. He has been in this country for almost a decade, and actually understands you just fine until you tell him something he doesnt want to hear. Then he gets a really stupid look on his face and his ability to understand english fades away.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Vodstok
actually understands you just fine until you tell him something he doesnt want to hear. Then he gets a really stupid look on his face and his ability to understand english fades away.


i see that happen to a lot of people ..
even ones that were born here and spoke english all their lives :)

[kpropain]

Originally posted by urgeok
does anyone even care about canadians ?

I couldn't really think of any questions to ask you Cannucks that Vod hadn't already asked... :D


But I know what you are talking about with the language thing...

The Mexican popultaion is really huge here in the south, and we have "little mexico" trailer parks and such all over here...And they seperate themselves also...

Back when I used to climb trees for a living I had a few mexicans that worked on my crew as groundmen, and none of them could speak a lick of english, and it could have been dangerous for them also....I mean how in the fuck am I supposed to tell someone that can't understand english they better watch out cause I'm fixing to cut the top out of this 100 foot white oak tree and they better not be in the way or they are gonna get seriously fucked up?

[urgeok]

Originally posted by kpropain
Back when I used to climb trees for a living ...



many people don tknow this - but for 2 years Kpro was a professional monkey :D

[Vodstok]

Hey, i learned German when i lived in Germany.

Isnt it interesting that "Politically correctness" has managed to segregate people in this country? Everyone is allowed to do or say what ever they want, because they are different.

You cant say anything bad to or about anyone if they arent a white male. We, on the other hand, are in the line o ffire for everything. "You guys had it too good for too long."

ReallY? We did? Where is my million dollar house and porsche then? If i have to endure the jokes and bullshit, i may as well get the perks that my "White Dude" card affords me.

That being said, racists and skinheads are just pissed off that they really really really want to have sex with mexican/asian/black homosexual jews, but are afraid that they will come off as a little less manly if they admit to it.

[kpropain]

Originally posted by urgeok
many people don tknow this - but for 2 years Kpro was a professional monkey :D

Actually it was seven years lol:p

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Vodstok
Hey, i learned German when i lived in Germany.

Isnt it interesting that "Politically correctness" has managed to segregate people in this country? Everyone is allowed to do or say what ever they want, because they are different.

You cant say anything bad to or about anyone if they arent a white male. We, on the other hand, are in the line o ffire for everything. "You guys had it too good for too long."

ReallY? We did? Where is my million dollar house and porsche then? If i have to endure the jokes and bullshit, i may as well get the perks that my "White Dude" card affords me.

That being said, racists and skinheads are just pissed off that they really really really want to have sex with mexican/asian/black homosexual jews, but are afraid that they will come off as a little less manly if they admit to it.

whites definately dont hold a monopoly on racism but holy shit we were quite the leaders for a huge part of this worlds short history.

the pendulum has swung the other way and now we dont like it..

Call me a bleeding heart but i cant feel too bad about and descrimination shown towards me ...
not until the day someone throws a net over me .. takes me to the other side of the world and makes me work for free .. only to possibly lynch my ass if i'm ever given my freedom.

i know it was a long time ago by other people .. but the effects are still being felt today ...

Seriously - i dont feel too hard done by ..

[urgeok]

Originally posted by kpropain
Actually it was seven years lol:p


7 years of dropping trees on mexican guys ?

you just cant buy job satisfaction like that !!


(that was a joke kids ... i know 2 mexicans .. played volleyball with one and he was a super guy - and my friend is married to the other and she is smart and beautiful)

[Vodstok]

My wife is half-mexican.. you bastard :D


Kpro:

Crazy Badass Chainsaw weilding Monkey man:

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Vodstok



Kpro:

Crazy Badass Chainsaw weilding Monkey man:


hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe

[kpropain]

Originally posted by urgeok
7 years of dropping trees on mexican guys ?

you just cant buy job satisfaction like that !!


LOL no never dropped anything on anyone, but I did watch a buddy of mine cut a huge ass limb on an oak tree the wrong way and it came back and crushed both of his calves...Trust me it wasn't a pretty sight.


Personally I have no problems with anyone of any cultures, I think the difference in cultures makes the world an interesting place, I mean if we were all alike the world would get pretty boring.


My only beefs are mainly about moving here to the U.S.,
I.E.: Learn english, pay your taxes, and get auto insurrance.

[Vodstok]

I agree. The funny thing is, the people in this world who want everyone else to be like them are the most humorless, snotty assholes on earth.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by kpropain

My only beefs are mainly about moving here to the U.S.,
I.E.: Learn english, pay your taxes, and get auto insurrance.

and make a fucking attempt to appreciate the place you moved to ..
it had to be better than the place you left - or you wouldnt be here !!!

[kpropain]

Originally posted by Vodstok
Kpro:

Crazy Badass Chainsaw weilding Monkey man:

LMFAO :D HAHAHAHAHAHA that's awesome

[Vodstok]

Originally posted by kpropain
LMFAO :D HAHAHAHAHAHA that's awesome
Glad you like it :D

[kpropain]

Originally posted by urgeok
and make a fucking attempt to appreciate the place you moved to ..
it had to be better than the place you left - or you wouldnt be here !!!

Yeah I would have to agree with that also.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by kpropain
Yeah I would have to agree with that also.

i sure hope so - you of all people :D

[Vodstok]

Actually, i have seen quite a few people (more from india than anywhere) that move to America and make a ton o fmoney, then move back to their home country. Cant say i blame them. if i had to move someplace i didnt particularly care for for a short period of time to make a shitload of cash, i may do it...

[kpropain]

Originally posted by urgeok
i sure hope so - you of all people :D

:D


Something else that pisses me off is that people think that everyone that likes NASCAR is a redneck hick....:mad:

[Vodstok]

Originally posted by kpropain

Something else that pisses me off is that people think that everyone that likes NASCAR is a redneck hick....:mad:

They arent? :D


In my defense, everyone in New Hampshire IS a redneck who loves Nascar, so you can understand my confusion :D

[kpropain]

Originally posted by Vodstok
They arent? :D


In my defense, everyone in New Hampshire IS a redneck who loves Nascar, so you can understand my confusion :D

LOL my point exactly obviously everyone else loves nascar so much that they are taking away our races from the south to make more dates for races out west and up north...

I mean damn they took away both of the races from Rockingham North Carolina, and another one from Darlington SC to make dates for races at tracks out west and up north, and I used to go to just about every race at both tracks, grrr...

[Vodstok]

You strike me as thekind of person who likes the fresh air, beer, and thrill of watching the race, rather than someone who keeps their fingers crossed that someone is going to lose a tire and blow up.

Am i right?

[kpropain]

Originally posted by Vodstok
You strike me as thekind of person who likes the fresh air, beer, and thrill of watching the race, rather than someone who keeps their fingers crossed that someone is going to lose a tire and blow up.

Am i right?

Of course I am:D

But I do like to see wrecks and people blowing up, especially if it involves Jeff Gordon or Jimmy Johnson.:p

[urgeok]

Originally posted by kpropain
Of course I am:D

But I do like to see wrecks and people blowing up, especially if it involves Jeff Gordon or Jimmy Johnson.:p

god damn redneck ! :D

[kpropain]

Originally posted by Vodstok
You strike me as thekind of person who likes the fresh air, beer, and thrill of watching the race, rather than someone who keeps their fingers crossed that someone is going to lose a tire and blow up.

Am i right?

Does this look like an office of someone who just likes to see wrecks and cars blow up?:p

And this is only about 1/4th of my collection:D

http://img68.exs.cx/img68/7784/diecast10zl.jpg

http://img101.exs.cx/img101/7282/diecast24en.jpg

http://img218.exs.cx/img218/3792/diecast34sr.jpg

http://img219.exs.cx/img219/2739/diecast45mc.jpg

http://img222.exs.cx/img222/3311/diecast57cb.jpg

[Vodstok]

Jesus... Sell a bunch of thsat in 20 years and you'll be rich :)

[kpropain]

Originally posted by urgeok
god damn redneck ! :D

MOOSE FUCKER:p

[kpropain]

Originally posted by Vodstok
Jesus... Sell a bunch of thsat in 20 years and you'll be rich :)

LOL the last time I added up the value of all the race stuff I have, Die-cast cars, cards and various other stuff was around $35,000

:p

[Vodstok]

Holy shit..... Gives me an idea for a new thread. Brb. :D

[ChEEbA]

From Australia:

Doe sit bug you if someone from another country calls you an "Aussie"?

- Doe Sit?? HAHA...
Not really...I mean, I think we're the ones that first started using that phrase anyway. "Australian" sounds a little uppity if you ask me. One thing that DOES bother me is the accent in which Americans say it.
Like "ousies" and really pronounce the "au" a little too much, so that they almost say "Orstralia", It's more like
"Ozzy"
And
"Osstralia"...the "au" bit is spoken quickly.
If you were to pronounce it phonetically...



Do you ever actually use the term "Down under"?

- If you're a tourist, that kinda thing seems to appeal, no doubt someone trying to sell you something would lay it on thick.
Here, no, we don't.



Doe sit bother you that America thinks everyone in your country is a clone of Steve Irwin or Crocodile Dundee? Or do you even care what we think?

- It bothers me that nothing is really being done to CORRECT this.
It's all to do with the tourism bit though, nowadays at least...that, and American made "Australian" films that typecast.


Nature chasnnels would have us believe that Australia is swarming with snakes and spiders that will kill you in minutes. Are Funnel webs, redbacks, sea wasps, blue ringed octopuses and all those wonderful snakes really THAT big a problem?

- We DO have a lot of spiders here, yes. Funnel webs are not big in anything but rural areas with plentiful trees. Snakes are in the more "country" areas too.
If you are living in these areas, you grow up learning the precautions eg: check under beds, upturn shoes before you put them on, check under outdoor toilet seats...etc, wear gloves and boots when doing certain types of hands-on work.
They're not much of a problem, if you are bought up in the country, you know these things. The horror stories are mainly to hammer this kind of caution into the heads of little ones, however, these things HAVE happened.
Vaccines are available for most of these things, and most people living in these areas will stock a supply at home/in vehicles.
There are only funnel webs, brown snakes, and red/yellow belly black snakes that are a cause for MAJOR concern, and if they bite you, you will likely die if it's not taken care of.
All of these creatures also inflict notoriously painful stings/bites.
Red backs HAVE killed, but are more of a problem in that they HIDE in places humans dwell...they're quite poisonous, but not nearly as much as the three abovementioned creatures.

Sea wasps can't be that big a thing, as I've never seen one.

I don't know too much about blue ringed octopi...I mean, I know not to touch them as they have a VERY potent and fast acting poison, but incidences of this actually happening are pretty minimal...mainly among small children that have touched them in rock-pools and whatnot, they're quite attractive.

Up towards the north-east (qld) we have a rather dangerous species known as the box jellyfish...aka the portuguese man-o-war in other parts of the world? There's a lot of those up there...I know little of them other than they have insanely long tentacles which can wrap around you and deliver multiple stings. Apparently a lot of people have drowned, as they close your airways.

In urbanised areas, these poisonous species are not a big problem. We have rather large spiders, but they either don't attack and stay outside, or the ones that sometimes venture inside (huntsman) are not very poisonous, and rather scared of confrontation.

Also, just thought I'd throw this in:
Koalas and kangaroos do not roam our streets. We do not keep them as pets. They are unfriendly, smelly creatures that keep to themselves, and are more abundant where we are not.
Koalas are stoned a lot of the time, as eucalyptus leaves contain a chemical that sedates...no, humans don't smoke it or anything, it's poisonous. The koalas have some kinda defense mechanism going on that enables to eat them.
We actually eat kangaroo here, it's quite good, and allegedly has less than 2% body fat - I buy it as my preferred red meat due to this. Another thing, there is also a problemati overabundance of them in certain areas, to the point that certain places actually send out culling squads to exterminate them in a calculated way.
Not nice, but true.

- B.

[Vodstok]

I though sea wasps were a type of box jellyfish.

I knew i would get some good, lengthy answers form you, cheeb :D

Yes, that was a compliment.

I asked these questions because i hate being ignorant. Glad to see i didnt piss anyone off too much :)

I also ahd not realised just how many godamn spelling mistakes and typos i made. im also suprised Austin wasnt all over it :D

[kpropain]

Originally posted by ChEEbA


Koalas are stoned a lot of the time, as eucalyptus leaves contain a chemical that sedates...no, humans don't smoke it or anything, it's poisonous.
- B.


LOL I wonder who is gonna be the first darwin winner here that tries that...:D

[kpropain]

Originally posted by Vodstok

I also ahd not realised just how many godamn spelling mistakes and typos i made. :D

LOL I almost forgot about your most excellent grammar skills.:D :p

[urgeok]

Originally posted by kpropain
LOL I wonder who is gonna be the first darwin winner here that tries that...:D


ohhhh wow man ... these fukin' eucalyptus leaves are fukin' awsome dude ....

ohhhh fuck yeah bro .... don't bogart those euc's !

[taylorsmommy]

[i]Doe sit bother you that America thinks everyone in your country is a clone of Steve Irwin or Crocodile Dundee? Or do you even care what we think?

- It bothers me that nothing is really being done to CORRECT this.
It's all to do with the tourism bit though, nowadays at least...that, and American made "Australian" films that typecast.

Another thing, there is also a problemati overabundance of them in certain areas, to the point that certain places actually send out culling squads to exterminate them in a calculated way.
Not nice, but true.

- B. [/B]

When I think of Australia, I think of Hugh Jackman.

We do the same thing with the deer population.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by taylorsmommy
When I think of Australia, I think of Hugh Jackman.

We do the same thing with the deer population.


we do the same with french people here in canada.

a bit gamey though .... you have to be really hungry to eat a whole one.

[taylorsmommy]

Originally posted by urgeok
we do the same with french people here in canada.

a bit gamey though .... you have to be really hungry to eat a whole one.

:D :D :D :D ROTFLMAO

[ChEEbA]

When I think of Australia, I think of Hugh Jackman.

YES!!!
That's more adequetly reprasentative of the majority of Australians in terms of accent and speech.
Him, and the guy on "LAX"...? I think they had an aussie guy on sex and the city once, he sounded like most AUS. people do too.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by ChEEbA
YES!!!
That's more adequetly reprasentative of the majority of Australians in terms of accent and speech.
Him, and the guy on "LAX"...? I think they had an aussie guy on sex and the city once, he sounded like most AUS. people do too.

he's highly thought of .. in the entertainment industry too ..

my sister worked with him for a bit on x-men .. he was the only star that took lunch with the crew ...

australians have always been compared to canadians - or vice versa - as being laid back .. down to earth .. hard drinkers.

[Vodstok]

Originally posted by ChEEbA
YES!!!
That's more adequetly reprasentative of the majority of Australians in terms of accent and speech.
Him, and the guy on "LAX"...? I think they had an aussie guy on sex and the city once, he sounded like most AUS. people do too. Crikey! That one's a Beauty!

I do an obnoxiously accurate impersonation of Steve Irwin. It would probably get me beaten up in Australia....

[ChEEbA]

No, we'd probably just let you go on...I mean, we like a good laugh.
I can do the Irwin accent, but I HATE doing it...nope, noway, not doing it. In fact, I was doing it to piss someone off...

[Vodstok]

Originally posted by urgeok
he's highly thought of .. in the entertainment industry too ..

my sister worked with him for a bit on x-men .. he was the only star that took lunch with the crew ...

australians have always been compared to canadians - or vice versa - as being laid back .. down to earth .. hard drinkers. You saying americans can be arrogant assholes?

Well.... I am not going to gratify that with a response. I am above that and you.

Molson drinking scumbag :D

[taylorsmommy]

Originally posted by urgeok
he's highly thought of .. in the entertainment industry too ..

my sister worked with him for a bit on x-men .. he was the only star that took lunch with the crew ...

I saw him on "Inside the Actor's Studio" quite a while ago and was very impressed with the kind of human being he is, along with his acting skills. Every interview I've ever seen with co-stars he's had they've all had great things to say about him. And I love the fact that he's crazy about his wife. It's so rare in Hollywood these days.

What does your sister do? I'm jealous!

[urgeok]

Originally posted by taylorsmommy
I saw him on "Inside the Actor's Studio" quite a while ago and was very impressed with the kind of human being he is, along with his acting skills. Every interview I've ever seen with co-stars he's had they've all had great things to say about him. And I love the fact that he's crazy about his wife. It's so rare in Hollywood these days.

What does your sister do? I'm jealous!

she's a second AD (assistant director) in Vancouver

she's worked with a lot of cool people .... Ian McKellen was one ...
keifer sutherland, tom berringer,

she said the nicest one of all was tom skerrit

[urgeok]

Originally posted by ChEEbA
No, we'd probably just let you go on...I mean, we like a good laugh.
I can do the Irwin accent, but I HATE doing it...nope, noway, not doing it. In fact, I was doing it to piss someone off...


my buddy who married the australian gal .. we always talk in horrible australian accents around her .. she laughs her head off and my wife gives me shit..

she says every accent i do - sounds like a pirate.

[taylorsmommy]

Originally posted by urgeok
she's a second AD (assistant director) in Vancouver

she's worked with a lot of cool people .... Ian McKellen was one ...
keifer sutherland, tom berringer,

she said the nicest one of all was tom skerrit

You just mentioned 4 of my favorite actors in one post! Now I'm really jealous! I've liked Ian McKellen since seeing him in "And the Band Played On". Kiefer since "Lost Boys". Tom Berenger since "Big Chill". Tom Skerritt since "Aliens".

[Vodstok]

Im glqad to hear Tom Skerrit is a good guy. He was a little too convincing in Contact, and i was afraid that he might really be that kind of an asshole.

[Vodstok]

Originally posted by urgeok
my buddy who married the australian gal .. we always talk in horrible australian accents around her .. she laughs her head off and my wife gives me shit..

she says every accent i do - sounds like a pirate.

I have actually been told i am a pretty talented voice actor. I can mimic accents and characters (and people) pretty well. One of my favorite bar tricks was to impersonate Jeff Goldblum. Someobody once said i didnt so much pretend to be him as i became him.

I suppose i could market it if i wanted to, but i always thought people who made their living doing impressions were pathetic (Rich Little anyone....)

[taylorsmommy]

Originally posted by Vodstok
I have actually been told i am a pretty talented voice actor. I can mimic accents and characters (and people) pretty well. One of my favorite bar tricks was to impersonate Jeff Goldblum. Someobody once said i didnt so much pretend to be him as i became him.

I suppose i could market it if i wanted to, but i always thought people who made their living doing impressions were pathetic (Rich Little anyone....)

But you would do very well as a voice-over actor for TV or movies!

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Vodstok
Im glqad to hear Tom Skerrit is a good guy. He was a little too convincing in Contact, and i was afraid that he might really be that kind of an asshole.

my sister didnt just say he was the nicest actor she ever met - he was the nicest MAN she ever met ...

i guess there are a few out there ..

Keifer was a really decent guy too according to her.


My dad was visiting my sister when she was working with mckellen on Emile, the film he did after LOTR ..

Ian took the entire cast and crew to see two towers at a special advanced screening .. my dad go to go too.

My dad went to see The Two Towers ... with freaking Gandalf.

you want to get really pissed ? neither my dad or my sister EVER showed any interest in movies ...

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Vodstok
I have actually been told i am a pretty talented voice actor. I can mimic accents and characters (and people) pretty well. One of my favorite bar tricks was to impersonate Jeff Goldblum. Someobody once said i didnt so much pretend to be him as i became him.

I suppose i could market it if i wanted to, but i always thought people who made their living doing impressions were pathetic (Rich Little anyone....)

did you ever see Kevin Spacey do Cristopher Walken ? its uncanny .... not an easy guy to immitate.


me - i could do all of the muppets at one time ... mostly cartoon voices .. plus a couple of singers

[Vodstok]

Or magneto, depending on your point of view ;)

[taylorsmommy]

Originally posted by urgeok
my sister didnt just say he was the nicest actor she ever met - he was the nicest MAN she ever met ...

i guess there are a few out there ..

Keifer was a really decent guy too according to her.


My dad was visiting my sister when she was working with mckellen on Emile, the film he did after LOTR ..

Ian took the entire cast and crew to see two towers at a special advanced screening .. my dad go to go too.

My dad went to see The Two Towers ... with freaking Gandalf.

you want to get really pissed ? neither my dad or my sister EVER showed any interest in movies ...

And for most of us here it would be a dream job! That's just not right!! LOL

[Vodstok]

Hey, just think, when i am rich and famous, you all can say "I knew that guy when he was just a nerd who talked shit on the internet" :)

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Vodstok
Hey, just think, when i am rich and famous, you all can say "I knew that guy when he was just a nerd who talked shit on the internet" :)

Vod Gates :D

[taylorsmommy]

Originally posted by Vodstok
Hey, just think, when i am rich and famous, you all can say "I knew that guy when he was just a nerd who talked shit on the internet" :)

And authored great stories!;)

[Vodstok]

HAHA!

If i make that kind of money, i'll give everyone on the board $1000.


Actually, i would probably do McDonald's gift certificates, but only because i think it would be funny :)

[taylorsmommy]

Originally posted by Vodstok
HAHA!

If i make that kind of money, i'll give everyone on the board $1000.


Actually, i would probably do McDonald's gift certificates, but only because i think it would be funny :)


Make it Arby's and you've got a deal!:D

[Vodstok]

I wouldnt know where to pick them up. there arent any Arby's around here :(

[zwoti]

Originally posted by Vodstok
HAHA!

If i make that kind of money, i'll give everyone on the board $1000.


Actually, i would probably do McDonald's gift certificates, but only because i think it would be funny :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/zwoti/scans/mcdonaldscoupon_1.jpg

[taylorsmommy]

Originally posted by Vodstok
I wouldnt know where to pick them up. there arent any Arby's around here :(

Ever since I watched "Super Size Me" I'll never touch McDonald's again!

[BH14]

seriously, i was drunk when watching it... it made me hungry. then , i went to mcdonalds to pick up some mcdonalds breakfast and watched it.... McDonalds is nasty though... its crazy how much damage it does to your liver. And the french fries that were left out does not get mold on em... as compared to other fries. Weird

[Vodstok]

Originally posted by taylorsmommy
And authored great stories!;) I somehow managed to over look this until just now :)

thankyou :)

[taylorsmommy]

Originally posted by Vodstok
I somehow managed to over look this until just now :)

thankyou :)


You're welcome!;)

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by urgeok
did you ever see Kevin Spacey do Cristopher Walken ? its uncanny .... not an easy guy to immitate.


me - i could do all of the muppets at one time ... mostly cartoon voices .. plus a couple of singers


I saw Spacey on Conan O'Brien a couple days ago doing Walken and it was hilarious.

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by Vodstok

I also ahd not realised just how many godamn spelling mistakes and typos i made. im also suprised Austin wasnt all over it :D


I let it slide from time to time:D

[AUSTIN316426808]

I have a few things to say about New Orleans.

I hate when people think everybody down here is a voodoo priest.

and I can't stand when people think that you have to show boobs to get beeds(although I don't mind when girls take that route:D ) floats have about 10 people on them who's sole purpose is to throw beeds all you have to do is stand there and catch 'em.