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Posted by Els on 09/22/05 02:29
Neredbojias wrote:
>>>> Trying to learn Dutch should be the ultimate experiment for you.
>>>
>>> How about this:
>>>
>>> "Yeep glocken! Thoust feet-glumps maket da awful racket and t'smell
>>> like stinky bottomland, toot!"
>>
>> Not quite.
>
> Ohhh, I'm so disappointed.
Tough.
>> Although it does remind me of a series of Oranjeboom ads on the London
>> Underground. They don't seem to be documented anywhere online, or at
>> least I can't find any other info than just people on Usenet who, like
>> me, are trying to find them.
>> They were short sentences, made up from actual Dutch words, which only
>> made sense in English. Can't stand the fact I can't find them on the
>> web though, they were funny imo.
>
> Such as "I like corn flakes. I edam everyday."?
Almost, except that that's only one Dutch word, and it results in
American English, while the ads were in English.
More like "Hou dus won drink Oranjeboom wit uit spil link half?"
> Or "The old codger had a windmill in his pants."?
>
> Um, kinda juvenile.
Kinda, yes.
>>>>> I'm more of a beer-and-pork-rinds person when it comes to condiments.
>>>>
>>>> I'll just have the pork rinds thanks, you can have the beer.
>>>
>>> Wow, most women I've met can't stand pork rinds.
>>
>> I don't see why, really, don't they eat bacon either then?
>
> Sometimes the man don't bring it home in time for the peak of their
> appetite.
Those men aren't very smart. Should never let a woman wait.
>> I tried to make them myself, but never got them as good as the ones
>> you get from the butcher's. No idea what I was doing wrong.
>
> Over here we call 'em fried pork rinds and they come in a bag like
> potato chips. They're light and crispy and definitely not procured from
> a butcher (-unless the clerk is a serial killer, of course.)
We get both - the ones in the chips bag, from the supermarket, and the
butcher's got them 'home made'.
>> I do like the pricey drinks, true - but cheap vodka will do just as
>> well. I learnt to drink it in Israel, where it was a lot cheaper than
>> beer.
>
> We got something over here called "hootch" which is probably rather
> equivalent. If you live, it's great.
I lived :-)
>>> I learned that one morning after apparently having climbed
>>> upon 200 pounds of nefarious night-lifer.
>>
>> Sounds like a very good reason to limit the alcohol intake on a night
>> out.
>
> Not hardly. Now I just keep a scale in the trunk.
If you can't tell without a scale, you're probably too drunk to use
one.
>>>> If I have to believe television and women's mags, a strong
>>>> de-fertilizer would be the wearing of white socks and loafers.
>>>
>>> Yes, but knee socks and patent-leathers would probably be worse.
>>
>> No idea, never heard/read that - maybe those are so bad, that they
>> can't even be talked about.
>
> Who usually wears knee socks and patent leather shoes? -Young girls.
> If a man wore them...
http://tinyurl.com/7n6nr
>>>>>>> Let's face it, both sexes are just victims of biological impulses beyond
>>>>>>> their ability to mitigate so the best thing to do is to "go with the
>>>>>>> flow" and be happy. As they say in Germany, "the wurst comes first."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <g>
>>>>>> If you'd make that 'as they say in Holland', you wouldn't have had to
>>>>>> change the vowel :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> "Wirst"?
>>>>
>>>> Bad, worse, wirst? What's that, American English?
>>>
>>> Oh, you meant "worst". Now I get it. Sort of.
>>
>> German wurst is Dutch worst.
>>
>> Only I didn't intend that pun; trying again:
>>
>> "worst" is Dutch for what the Germans call "wurst"
>
> Do you always manifest this much interest in the sausage field?
Not always, no.
>>> Men are only foolish when they start to take women seriously.
>>
>> You're sure that isn't the other way round?
>
> Okay, have it your way: "When they start to take women seriously is the
> only time men are foolish."
<g>
>>>> (and then maybe have Amsterdam for dessert)
>>>
>>> Mmm, don't think so. Sex arcades don't impress me.
>>
>> Amsterdam is more than just that. You don't think I would go to the
>> red light district when I go to Amsterdam, do you?
>
> Is this a trick question, too?
There are no trick questions outside the red light district.
Or at least, there shouldn't be.
>> I go to look at the
>> tourists, have a picknick in the park, enjoy the buskers' acts, browse
>> the markets, sometimes I go for concerts.. mostly for the atmosphere
>> though. Very different from other places in Holland.
>
> It sounds like you like to travel.
True, but since I'm sort of house-bound by two small humanoids, I have
to fake travel by visiting Amsterdam or London.
> I used to, but now I'm more of a
> "home-body" type. And, personally, I get all the atmosphere I want in
> the bathroom.
Reading atmosphere and bathroom in the same sentence gives me images
of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Bathrooms like that only exist on
TV afaik.
>>>>> It's better to be specific when you're calling something "nice".
>>>>
>>>> I meant to call the man himself 'nice'. So far I haven't seen any men
>>>> who like that.
>>>
>>> They likely interpret it as a lessening of their chances for a romp in
>>> the hay. Next time look down a little and say "Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!"
>>> and you'll probably get a more positive response.
>>
>> No kidding.
>
> Seriously! -Aw, you're just trying to pull my leg.
Sorry, hope you didn't fall over?
>> Not all men are like that. Some actually would like to be married for
>> life.
>
> What on earth for? That's the same as saying "I like
> liverwurst/worst/wirst and I'm not going to consume anything else for my
> entire life." Wouldn't it be nice to have a pizza once in awhile, or
> even a can of tuna?
Marrying the right person gets you all that and more.
>>>>> I may avoid a glob of vomit on a sizzling summer sidewalk, but I'm
>>>>> not afraid of it.
>>>>
>>>> Only cause you haven't seen 'The Blob'.
>>>
>>> Seen the original with Steve McQueen.
>>
>> I've seen neither version, and have no intention to watch it later
>> either.
>
> Perhaps you suffer from globular blobophobic discombobulation.
Sounds about right - except for the discombobulation. That still
sounds funny.
>>> Didn't scare me one bit. I even
>>> munched on a booger when I got home to prove it.
>>
>> I bet you did your best to ignore the semi-conscious idea of it
>> growing while you chewed it.
>
> No problemo. That's something a man must always consider no matter what
> he's doing.
<g>
>>>>> (To be honest,
>>>>> though, if I see maggots, my stomach churns a little.)
>>>>
>>>> Maggots should be banned from visibility. Nay, make that banned from
>>>> existence. All they do is turn into flies anyway.
>>>
>>> But without flies, who would eat all the dog poop?
>>
>> I don't think we really need dogs either.
>
> Oh, but we do! They provide good camouflage for those delightfully
> fluidic nights I come home and don't quite make it into the house before
> having to unload.
You're not getting it - you don't need 'delightfully fluidic nights'
that urge you to 'unload' either. Really, there is no need :-)
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