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Hi, Siggy!Hi Blunt!
Thank you very much.
I am shambolic. Ha! (But, not an adjective.) (Or...am I?)
Peace.
I thought they felt that way about everybody!
Looks like my poop after Oreos!
That's fair enough. Except, here, if you say to someone "I don't like you" (and mean it/see it as being honest and courteous in it's way - which, tbh, it is), you'll get some pithy/sarcastic response, a fair dollop of ridicule (e.g. 'you still in the f****** playground or something?', or, for the toffee-nosed 'Oh dear. Whatever will I do? But such openness does you no credit, you know...')...and that's really just for starters.
Your way's arguably the best and easiest...but it just doesn't fly over here (at least, not where I am; might be different 'dahn saahf', but I doubt it).
We learn "better" early on. Just one of the differences between the cousins.
Hey! I'm incredibly nice to everyone. Until they irritate me.....As I said earlier, I fully understand (as best I can as an outsider) the Brit mindset, mostly from having several friends from the Isles over the years. And I've actually had this conversation before with a couple of them. I can tell you that they missed a fundamental key difference of why Americans are the way they are in this respect. Which, before I complete this point, I will say that growing up in the "backwoods" and small towns of this nation, people are not just overtly rude. In fact I'd also say that in California, where Shasta is from (I was also born and lived there until 6 yrs old or so... Berkeley/SF area), people are about as friendly as anywhere I've been in the US. Now in L.A. and SoCal, that might be a bit different (just one of many differences in SoCal and NorCal... I kid, Shasta... ).
Also, when we tell someone we don't like them here, we rarely just say "I don't like you". If you've gotten to the point you feel you need to say that, most's American mindset will not let them miss an opportunity to be verbose and creative as possible with the kiss off. And people here are just a apt to reply with sarcasm and possible violence. So, in that respect, we are quite the same.
Hey! I'm incredibly nice to everyone. Until they irritate me.....
I'm just about to tuck into half a tiger loaf with real butter and loads of marmite, after getting in from the weekly shop where I thanked the cashier four times and apologised to the hag who bumped my heels with her trolley.
I don't get it.....Your keyboard must be broken. You put an "s" instead of "z" in that word...
I don't get it.....
I've seen pics of you... I'll take these kisses any day!!
I'm just about to tuck into half a tiger loaf
I thought Spotted Dick was strange........
I treat it with lots of butter and brown sugar.It is, but you can get treatments these days.