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March 22, 2014

Anti-Travel Open Thread [Y-not]
— Open Blogger

This is NOT your Travel Thread. This is just an Open Thread in which you may mock the French and talk about whatever you please until the next thread.

This thread brought to you by Â“How NOT to TravelÂ”:

Train passengers in France greeted their afternoon TGV service with horror yesterday when it pulled in to the station with the body of a dead cyclist crushed onto its front.
Drivers of the Paris to Mulhouse high-speed locomotive initially failed to notice the accident in the village of Petit-Croix, near Belfort, in eastern France, on Sunday.
Shockingly, the unidentified 48-year-old victim was therefore carried for 25 miles across the French countryside on the nose of the service before it was spotted at the end of the line.

Read more at The Daily Mail Online.

Mr. Y-not alerted me to this story, which he first read about at a French publication called The Local. Courtesy of that article, I love this quote from the conductor (emphasis mine):

The driver named Michel, who knows the spot where the cyclist was killed said: Â“After the level crossing the track is straight, but before it there are two curves, so we see nothing at all. This is an area with speed transitions, and we have a lot of manipulation to do inside.
Â“So we are looking at the speed controls and at the electrical equipment,Â” he said. Â“We cannot see a pedestrian by the side of the tracks. If someone throws himself under the train we are completely helpless. This is a train, not a wheelbarrow. It cannot stop in 100 metres,Â” Michel added.

Does anyone else get the feeling that the driver wouldnÂ’t have stopped even if he had time to do so? Gotta love them French public employees!

Open Thread.

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1 First. And stupid french.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 22, 2014 04:40 PM (GEICT)

2 One Frenchman down, 65 million to go.

Posted by: phreshone at March 22, 2014 04:41 PM (kFxpe)

3 How many Frenchmen does it take to defend Paris?

Posted by: Old Joke at March 22, 2014 04:41 PM (Aif/5)

4 Le zecond, mon ami.

Posted by: Pepe Lepew at March 22, 2014 04:42 PM (JQuNB)

5 Le fuque.

Posted by: Pepe Lepew at March 22, 2014 04:42 PM (JQuNB)

6 A perfect match .... The French and Moochelle and ger mother

Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at March 22, 2014 04:43 PM (xbx0d)

7 Her mother. ...

Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at March 22, 2014 04:43 PM (xbx0d)

8 I think Blackadder sums things up nicely: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRe_WE8ss1c

Posted by: Y-not at March 22, 2014 04:44 PM (zDsvJ)

9 It's a cyclist. And he was French! Bonus!

Posted by: EC at March 22, 2014 04:44 PM (doBIb)

10 A freight train at 55mph, or an Amtrak passenger train at 80mph take at least a mile to stop... The TGV is probably 4x that

Posted by: phreshone at March 22, 2014 04:44 PM (kFxpe)

11 Cheese eating surrender monkeys, the lot of them.

Posted by: toby928© at March 22, 2014 04:45 PM (QupBk)

12 Recipe for converting a cyclist to pate in 25 miles.

Posted by: Y-not at March 22, 2014 04:45 PM (zDsvJ)

13 So they didn't know they hit him but they know where they hit him?

Posted by: NCKate at March 22, 2014 04:46 PM (y7PFk)

14 If ze monsieur had worn ze helmut? Ehhh, such is ze life!

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 22, 2014 04:46 PM (oFCZn)

15 Hey, you know what we need here? High-speed rail!

Posted by: EC at March 22, 2014 04:46 PM (doBIb)

16 What's the last thing that goes thru a bugs mind when it hits the windshield?
It's ass.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at March 22, 2014 04:46 PM (DL2i+)

17
There is no complaint, the bicyclist rode without purchasing the EuroRail pass. He was a free rider.

Posted by: Doctor Fish at March 22, 2014 04:47 PM (nQjHM)

18 I actually don't hate the French. Parisiens as a group aren't my cup of tea, but I've gotten along well with most Frenchies. And Mr Y-not is half French (second generation). Other half is Italian, so I scored well in the food and lovin' department!

Posted by: Y-not at March 22, 2014 04:47 PM (zDsvJ)

19 The French? Shouldn't we be on strike by now or sumthin?

Posted by: tu3031 at March 22, 2014 04:47 PM (yagOO)

20 Of course it that had happened here the last words of the cyclist would be: "FUCK YOU I GOT THE RIGHT OF WAY!!" After you, dear cyclist.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 22, 2014 04:48 PM (oFCZn)

21 That is...kind of frightening. Poor guy. And if you want to be afraid of traveling, just watch the locked up abroad shows. Yeah, usually the ppl locked up were doing something dumb, like smuggling drugs, but seeing how the prison system works in other places is definitely nightmare inducing. I want to go to Japan someday, but do not plan to so much as jaywalk there. Yeesh their prisons are horrible.

Posted by: LizLem at March 22, 2014 04:49 PM (9++oZ)

22 well. crap. I already used up all my ugly stewardess comments 2 days ago.

Posted by: tangonine at March 22, 2014 04:49 PM (x3YFz)

Of course had the train be powered by an old fashioned steam engine, belching smoke and screaming whistle, the Tour-de-Paris guy would have seen, heard, and felt its approach and had time to GET OFF THE FUCKIN' TRACKS YOU NITWIT!!

Mon Dieu!

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 22, 2014 04:50 PM (BAS5M)

24 That bicyclist's mother was a hamster and his father smelt of elderberry!

Posted by: French Train Conductor at March 22, 2014 04:50 PM (AymDN)

25 Fastest way to stop a French bullet train is a general strike.

Posted by: Roy at March 22, 2014 04:51 PM (tiOTz)

26 I suspect that the accident investigation will find that the engineer made no attempt to swerve,

Posted by: kindletot at March 22, 2014 04:51 PM (LRUgq)

27 And Mr Y-not is half French (second generation). Other half is Italian, so I scored well in the food and lovin' department!

Posted by: Y-not at March 22, 2014 08:47 PM (zDsvJ)

Reminds me of a joke I read recently somewhere on the interwebs, maybe here: Greeks invented sex, Italians introduced it to women.

Posted by: Retread at March 22, 2014 04:51 PM (cHwk5)

28
If he was a bistro fag waiter, he got his just due, but if he was an acclaimed chocolatier, it was a crying shame and he will be missed.

Posted by: Doctor Fish at March 22, 2014 04:51 PM (nQjHM)

29 The part of the story they neglect to mention was that the guy smashed on the nose of the train was a mime.

Posted by: Roy at March 22, 2014 04:52 PM (tiOTz)

30 Le Splat.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at March 22, 2014 04:52 PM (DL2i+)

31 >>So they didn't know they hit him but they know where they hit him? They figured it was where they impounded his bike for being illegally parked next to the railroad tracks.

Posted by: Aviator at March 22, 2014 04:53 PM (3rrMW)

32 #14 for the win.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at March 22, 2014 04:53 PM (Ojzt3)

33 10 A freight train at 55mph, or an Amtrak passenger train at 80mph take at least a mile to stop... The TGV is probably 4x that Posted by: phreshone at March 22, 2014 08:44 PM (kFxpe) That sounds suspiciously like the beginning of a math problem, which I was told there would be none of!

if a train at 80 mph hits a cyclist biking 15 mph...

Posted by: LizLem at March 22, 2014 04:53 PM (vWh8x)

34 Like a bug on a windshield.

Oh and if he was on the nose, he wasn't on the side of the right of way. He most likely was trying to beat the train.

He lost.

(wouldn't they have noticed the thump? Guess not.)

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Waiting For SMODOT) at March 22, 2014 04:53 PM (i+yr+)

35 His fa la la pants were undamaged.

Posted by: Plumsackioso at March 22, 2014 04:54 PM (Hx3jP)

36 The body cleaned up quickly. The body odor will not come off.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 22, 2014 04:54 PM (oFCZn)

37 Let me guess; if he wasn't embedded with his cycle, then how do they know he was a cyclist?

Was he wearing spandex and that stupid helmet they all wear?

Or was the cycle embedded too?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Waiting For SMODOT) at March 22, 2014 04:55 PM (i+yr+)

38 LMAO, Retread!

Posted by: Y-not at March 22, 2014 04:56 PM (zDsvJ)

39 I guess it's time to stop laughing at Obama for wearing that child bike helmet. Nah, not yet.

Posted by: Roy at March 22, 2014 04:56 PM (tiOTz)

40 Hey all.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 04:56 PM (ojnk6)

41
The best feature of Japanese capital punishment is the wait. The prisoner is never told his execution date, and when the date is chosen. he's surprised at daybreak and hung within the hour.

Posted by: Doctor Fish at March 22, 2014 04:56 PM (nQjHM)

42 I guess WCW was right, So much depends upon a red wheelbarrow.

Posted by: Y-not at March 22, 2014 04:57 PM (zDsvJ)

43 What a way to go.

An International punch line.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Waiting For SMODOT) at March 22, 2014 04:58 PM (i+yr+)

44
If he was a peloton bicyclist, his club will miss his leadership.

Posted by: Doctor Fish at March 22, 2014 04:58 PM (nQjHM)

45 Here's a frog jump failing to stick the landing.

http://tinyurl.com/on6jn9k

Might have got that from here last week.

I dunno if you can keep a actual rally car level gyroscopically with the throttle and brake like you can with an RC model?

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at March 22, 2014 04:59 PM (DL2i+)

46 Of course it that had happened here the last words of the cyclist would be:

"FUCK YOU I GOT THE RIGHT OF WAY!!"

After you, dear cyclist.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 22, 2014 08:48 PM (oFCZn)

I always have the right of way.

Posted by: GE AC6000CW at March 22, 2014 04:59 PM (yh0zB)

47 *Cell door opens*

"Is it time for breakfast?"

"Not for you"

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Waiting For SMODOT) at March 22, 2014 05:00 PM (i+yr+)

48 How is the cyclist both "48 years old" and "unidentified"? Did they count the rings on his teeth?

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 22, 2014 05:00 PM (1xUj/)

49 I've done just enough travel to realize that, with the exception of some architecture and maybe a few museums, the rest of the world has got fuck-all to offer. There's more beauty in the US to see in a thousand lifetimes. If that makes me a provincial antisocial misanthrope, well.......fuck off. Who died and made you the Culture King?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 22, 2014 05:00 PM (c2oll)

50 Pardon my insensitivity, but stupid (dead) bicyclist killed by his own snotty French neighbors - made my day.

Posted by: West at March 22, 2014 05:01 PM (gtiZk)

51 Should they check under the trains for MH370?

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at March 22, 2014 05:01 PM (DL2i+)

52 The French are a relatively safe target of mockery. Little chance of being called a racist for hating on the frogs.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 22, 2014 05:02 PM (291hy)

53 We had a couple of dead hobos here a couple years back. Tried to jump a train, IIRC, while it was in motion. Moral: Darwin is a harsh judge of your life choices.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 22, 2014 05:03 PM (6Z70c)

54 Should they check under the trains for MH370?

Posted by: DaveA at March 22, 2014 09:01 PM (DL2i+)

Might as well.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 22, 2014 05:03 PM (yh0zB)

55 Posted by: cm9000 at March 22, 2014 09:02 PM (291hy)

Or any aggressive comeback.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Waiting For SMODOT) at March 22, 2014 05:03 PM (i+yr+)

One of the things on my "cool things I did" list is I was a NYC bicycle messenger for a couple of months. I discovered a Law of the Universe:

Mass * velocity = right of way

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 22, 2014 05:03 PM (1xUj/)

57 One french bicycle rider ~ 145 lbs

One TGV ~ 400 tons moving at 200 mph

They probably peeled him off like the Coyote

Posted by: phreshone at March 22, 2014 05:03 PM (kFxpe)

58 51 How is the cyclist both "48 years old" and "unidentified"? Did they count the rings on his teeth? Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 22, 2014 09:00 PM (1xUj/) The sweat rings on his beret.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 22, 2014 05:04 PM (oFCZn)

59 14 At last, a boyfriend! OK. THAT'S funny, right there McGyver, Out

Posted by: McGyver at March 22, 2014 05:04 PM (b6C60)

60 was therefore carried for 25 miles across the French countryside

Train kept a rolling all night long.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at March 22, 2014 05:05 PM (DL2i+)

61 Ah... would he stop if he had time? That's a whole heck of a lot of time so I'm not sure that the question is valid. Now, he might not even try to stop because he's decided that stopping isn't an option. If the train has time to stop... the pedestrian, car, bike, whatever, has many multiples of that time to get off the tracks... so you slammed on the brakes and broke the neck of some old woman from Nice who fell off her seat. Where is the win in that?

Posted by: Synova at March 22, 2014 05:05 PM (7/PU+)

62 At last, a boyfriend!

Posted by: Rachel Corrie at March 22, 2014 08:46 PM (KBvAm)

Uh...bonjour!

Posted by: Rachel Corrie's flat boyfriend that she met on the internet at March 22, 2014 05:06 PM (yh0zB)

63 The cyclist's friends now call him 'crepe'

Posted by: phreshone at March 22, 2014 05:06 PM (kFxpe)

64 Most times they bounce, sometimes they splatter, rarely do they stick.

Now I want to see pictures.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Waiting For SMODOT) at March 22, 2014 05:06 PM (i+yr+)

65 Okay, looked it up. Remember now. 17 year old student at Colorado State University. Lost her legs in Sept 2011 because she jumped that moving train. Moral still stands though. I'd show sympathy but first, I'm bad at sympathy and second, she shouldn't have done that.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 22, 2014 05:08 PM (6Z70c)

66 56 We had a couple of dead hobos here a couple years back. Tried to jump a train, IIRC, while it was in motion. Moral: Darwin is a harsh judge of your life choices. Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 22, 2014 09:03 PM (6Z70c) But they do it in movies all the time, and as we all know movies never lie! How can this be???

Posted by: LizLem at March 22, 2014 05:08 PM (rv3EA)

67 10 A freight train at 55mph, or an Amtrak passenger train at 80mph take at least a mile to stop... The TGV is probably 4x that Posted by: phreshone at March 22, 2014 08:44 PM (kFxpe) --- *scribbling furiously*

Posted by: Common Core math instructor at March 22, 2014 05:08 PM (zDsvJ)

68 What kind of dumbass tries to outrun a 200 mph train on a bike? Maybe he was trying to get hit.

Posted by: freaked at March 22, 2014 05:09 PM (JdEZJ)

69 BTW... I'll freely admit to the Scandi issue... but this is the only time I'll say this next bit... My married name is Pascal. For whatever that is worth.

Posted by: Synova at March 22, 2014 05:09 PM (7/PU+)

70 Of course hating the French will get you called a Franco-probe, but what is t hat worth with the LIVs?

Posted by: cm9000 at March 22, 2014 05:10 PM (291hy)

71 How's the Fire treatin' ya, Rachel? Personally I could do without all these fucking raisins. That's all they serve here

Posted by: tamerlin tsarnaev at March 22, 2014 05:10 PM (6Z70c)

72 67 Most times they bounce, sometimes they splatter, rarely do they stick. Now I want to see pictures. -- No pix, but coincidentally enough there IS a new line of pate expected to hit the shelves next month.

Posted by: Y-not at March 22, 2014 05:10 PM (zDsvJ)

73 55 The French are a relatively safe target of mockery. Little chance of being called a racist for hating on the frogs. Posted by: cm9000 at March 22, 2014 09:02 PM (291hy) ----------------------- That's one reason why they're so much fun to laugh at. Well, that and the fact that they are intrinsically funny.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 22, 2014 05:10 PM (dfYL9)

74 Not to defend the french, but he's right about trains not being able to stop. I take Metra here in the Chicago 'burbs, and people are killed so often that's it's a nuisance more than a shock. And 90% of them are suicides, not accidents. Last year a guy drove a fully loaded 5-axle gravel truck in front of an express train. It was like a baseball bat hitting a pinata. The truck was obliterated, and the gas tanks made a spectacular fireball as the train sped by. The front front car derailed, but stayed upright and on the tracks. The truck driver was killed, but no one in the train was even injured.

Posted by: Chris M at March 22, 2014 05:11 PM (4lyMJ)

75 No pix, but coincidentally enough there IS a new line of pate expected to hit the shelves next month.

Coincidentally his helmet will fall back to earth next month also.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at March 22, 2014 05:11 PM (DL2i+)

76 @59 Frumious Bandersnatch "Mass * velocity = right of way" I occassionally had to drive in big cities in South Korea in the 80's while doing a hitch in the army. Major intersections with no traffic lights? Easy-- biggest vehicle has right of way.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at March 22, 2014 05:12 PM (CIVNB)

Re: anti-travel, I am pro-travel. And I don't mean it's nice because the water in Aruba is warm. I just think it's cool to see shit.

Twenty years ago my job took me to Minsk a lot. Minsk is the worst city in the world. It was awesome. I love seeing places that are different, even if they suck. I hate conversations where snobs talk about whether the French side or the Dutch side of St. Maarten is better, but I love it when someone says "let me tell you about the time I was in Lubljana".

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 22, 2014 05:13 PM (1xUj/)

78 This is really the story of Obama.

Posted by: gebrauchshund at March 22, 2014 05:13 PM (WUFRY)

79 They treat criminals as...criminals. - When Oscar Wilde got some first hand experience with English criminal justice after being convicted of sodomy he said that if this is the way England treats her prisoners she doesn't deserve to have any. He also said it was impossible to convict anyone of sodomy because eleven of the jurors couldn't believe anyone would do that and the twelfth was doing it. He was wrong on that point.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 22, 2014 05:15 PM (Mogjf)

80 @77 Chris M "And 90% of them are suicides, not accidents." Same in Frankfurt. Used to ride the U-Bahn to work years ago. The odd thing is a high percentage tend to be young muslim women.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at March 22, 2014 05:15 PM (CIVNB)

81 Re: anti-travel, I am pro-travel. And I don't mean it's nice because the water in Aruba is warm. I just think it's cool to see shit. --- Devoted as I am to food, I love travel. And I'm basically a people-person, so I enjoy that aspect, too. My overseas traveling days are probably largely behind me, but back in the day it was fun to go to different countries to give talks or such because I usually had a local host. I'm more about the cultural travel than I am about the sight-seeing per se. That holds true in the U.S. as well, btw. Every place has something to offer.

Posted by: Y-not at March 22, 2014 05:17 PM (zDsvJ)

82 The odd thing is a high percentage tend to be young muslim women.

Allah is doing it wrong.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at March 22, 2014 05:18 PM (DL2i+)

83 It's cleaning up the goat sh!t that gets them.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Waiting For SMODOT) at March 22, 2014 05:18 PM (i+yr+)

84 Buckeye, when were you in FFM? I lived there most of 90-93.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 22, 2014 05:19 PM (1xUj/)

85 Kyle Larson had a hugely impressive win today in the Nascar Nationwide race in California.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 22, 2014 05:20 PM (ZPrif)

86 Just watched a toyota commercial. Apparently there are now 2014.5 models. I did not know that.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 05:20 PM (ojnk6)

87 I'm more about the cultural travel than I am about the sight-seeing per se. That holds true in the U.S. as well, btw. Every place has something to offer.

Posted by: Y-not at March 22, 2014 09:17 PM (zDsvJ)

I've never left the U.S., but I've always enjoyed talking to people who came here.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 22, 2014 05:21 PM (291hy)

88 88 Watched that, Costanza. Great last 20 laps. Larson is going places fast.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 05:21 PM (ojnk6)

89 Ace doesn't like it when we mock the French. He's threatened to go all Robespierre-y on our asses if we do.

Posted by: Get On Board The Pug Train! at March 22, 2014 05:22 PM (r7mtu)

90 I've been to Mulhouse; it's not far from Basel

looks more German than French ( like a lot of towns in Alsace ). Pretty countryside

Posted by: Jules ( counting down from zero ) at March 22, 2014 05:23 PM (omBWL)

91 I've never left the U.S., but I've always enjoyed talking to people who came here. -- Yep, I love that too. One of the really fun things about working in academic science all those years. Because my husband and I couldn't afford to fly back East for holidays when we were first married, we'd usually have a crowd of intl grad students and postdocs at our place for holidays. Had some eclectic meals!

Posted by: Y-not at March 22, 2014 05:23 PM (zDsvJ)

92 and yes it was German from 1871 to 1919

Posted by: Jules ( counting down from zero ) at March 22, 2014 05:24 PM (omBWL)

93 And in the weird racial calculus of the media: Last year Bubba Wallace won a Nascar Trucks race (Nascar's 3rd tier series). Wallace is half black (white dad, black mom) and the media went kinda nuts about the first black driver to win a Nascar race in 40 years. Kyle Larson won a Nascar Nationwide race toda (Nascar's 2nd tier series). Larson is half asian (white dad, japanese mom) and the media ... is not really interested at all that Larson is the first asian driver to ever win a Nationwide race in the entire history of Nascar. It's just one of these weird things about the Left (and most sports media is Left).

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 22, 2014 05:24 PM (ZPrif)

94 Well, to be fair, I'm really more mocking the train driver, who is probably a lazy public employee. Whether he could stop or not, there was not even a hint of regret in his quotes.

Posted by: Y-not at March 22, 2014 05:25 PM (zDsvJ)

95 Some of the best political discussions I have had have come with people from eastern Europe.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 22, 2014 05:25 PM (291hy)

96 I've never been to Spain but I kind of like the music.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 22, 2014 05:25 PM (Mogjf)

97 Trains only try to stop when the train and its passengers are in danger.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 22, 2014 05:25 PM (G8LR7)

98 I've been to Basel, but I didn't get to see much. Only there for a couple of days at the Biozentrum.

Posted by: Y-not at March 22, 2014 05:25 PM (zDsvJ)

99 Oscar Wilde failed to take into account that most educated Englishmen DID know people who did that, at least back when they were in what is called "prep school" across da pond. He also failed to take into account that Brits generally don't mind a harmless queer here and there, but they insist on drawing a few lines. First, if you're in your 30s, don't bugger the teenagers. Second, don't make a public spectacle of yourself.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo whut used to go to british public school at March 22, 2014 05:26 PM (6Z70c)

100 >>99 I've never been to Spain but I kind of like the music. Yes! And the food! I never managed to make it to Spain although I had some pals who were Spanish.

Posted by: Y-not at March 22, 2014 05:26 PM (zDsvJ)

101 btw, First

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 22, 2014 05:26 PM (G8LR7)

102 <> ...anybody remember the Great Heatwave of 2003?..the one where the able-bodied went to the beach en masse and left their elderly to fry to death in their apartments ? Right there's yer answer.

Posted by: RondinellaMamma at March 22, 2014 05:27 PM (EJ/Tn)

103 worst city in the world?

Cairo. Ugly, crowded, pungent, shabby, and f*ckin hot.

and did I mention the smell(s) ? One of those smells you never forget

Posted by: Jules ( counting down from zero ) at March 22, 2014 05:27 PM (omBWL)

104 Sorry for the cryptic post..should have read like this: "Does anyone else get the feeling that the driver wouldnÂ’t have stopped even if he had time to do so? " .anybody remember the Great Heatwave of 2003?..the one where the able-bodied went to the beach en masse and left their elderly to fry to death in their apartments ? Right there's yer answer.

Posted by: RondinellaMamma at March 22, 2014 05:29 PM (EJ/Tn)

105 Yeah, Larson has perhaps the most raw talent since Gordon or Stewart. He's legit as legit get. Those last 10-20 laps were incredibly impressive since he had top Sprint talents Harvick and Kyle Busch making run after run at him, dive bombing him in the corner. Nascar is tough. Hard to make it to the top without money and/or a famous Nascar name. Larson had neither. Larson is a middle class kid from Sacramento who made it on raw talent. At every level since he was a kid in go-karts he had to win to make it to the next. And he did. He's crazy good. Only 21.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 22, 2014 05:30 PM (ZPrif)

106 105 > ...anybody remember the Great Heatwave of 2003?..the one where the able-bodied went to the beach en masse and left their elderly to fry to death in their apartments ? Right there's yer answer. Posted by: RondinellaMamma at March 22, 2014 09:27 PM (EJ/Tn) I think something similar happened in Chicago around that time, too.

Posted by: Get On Board The Pug Train! at March 22, 2014 05:31 PM (r7mtu)

107 looks more German than French ( like a lot of towns in Alsace ) Yeah. Alsace is either Alsace or Alsach, depending on who won the last war.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 22, 2014 05:31 PM (1xUj/)

108 >>anybody remember the Great Heatwave of 2003? I think I was in Germany that summer and it was hotter than Houston, where I was living at the time. NO air conditioning, even in the laboratories. Utterly insane. OTOH, I lost a lot of weight that summer.

Posted by: Y-not at March 22, 2014 05:31 PM (zDsvJ)

109 At the speed the TGV travels, I'm surprised they recognized the remains as human. Last time I rode it, we were doing 300 KPH

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 22, 2014 05:32 PM (/i3Yt)

110 "Elsass" would be the German, pre 1914

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 22, 2014 05:32 PM (6Z70c)

111 @87 Frumious Bandersnatch "I lived there most of 90-93." I'm still here. What part of FFM?

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at March 22, 2014 05:32 PM (CIVNB)

112 I could think of better ways to commit suicide. Taking pills and falling asleep comes to mind. Very little localized clean up and you leave a nice clean, intact corpse. The Undertaker community appreciates such things.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at March 22, 2014 05:33 PM (jucos)

113 worst city in the world?

Cairo. Ugly, crowded, pungent, shabby, and f*ckin hot.

and did I mention the smell(s) ? One of those smells you never forget

--

Yes, I remember the smell of goat meat and hummus being cooked on diesel stoves.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 22, 2014 05:34 PM (/i3Yt)

114 Man, I thought for sure this thread would summon a stompening. *shrugs*

Posted by: Y-not at March 22, 2014 05:35 PM (zDsvJ)

115 @93 Jules Strassbourg and Colmar are fantastic. Wife and I make the drive when we have the time.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at March 22, 2014 05:35 PM (CIVNB)

116 "Elsass" would be the German, pre 1914 Right you are. I hate being wrong, but I'll be right from now on.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 22, 2014 05:35 PM (1xUj/)

117 Smart people from the formerly Soviet-block nations have better appreciation of freedom than the average LIV in America today.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 22, 2014 05:36 PM (291hy)

118 I was visiting people in Lorraine in the country. In the village, the townhall which was 400 years old, the paint had peeled so you could see the lettering on the building had changed from french to german back to french. It was Freman or Germench.

Posted by: Get On Board The Pug Train! at March 22, 2014 05:36 PM (r7mtu)

119 @111 Y-not Yeah I was in Frankfurt in 93'. After that summer the boss got air conditioning installed (a luxury in Germany).

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at March 22, 2014 05:37 PM (CIVNB)

120 I'm still here. What part of FFM? I lived in Sachsenhausen, worked in KÃ¶nigstein, then Kronberg. Where are you? And how long, and why, or whatever is interesting?

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 22, 2014 05:38 PM (1xUj/)

121 I want thank President Obama for everything he has done to fix all the stuff Bush screwed up. Thank You Sir !!!!!

Posted by: Ernstadt Blowfeld at March 22, 2014 05:38 PM (Ihjrr)

122 Day at the Beach Open Thread Compliance Pic http://tinyurl.com/kebyof7

Posted by: kbdabear at March 22, 2014 05:38 PM (aTXUx)

123 Nascar has been dominated by west coast and midwest drivers for 20 years now, yet still is thought of as a southern redneck sport. It's kinda weird. I'm not sure how the media is gonna transform Larson, the half-Japanese California kid, into a redneck from the deep south, but they'll probably try.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 22, 2014 05:39 PM (ZPrif)

124 Heh. We left FFM before the summer of 93, but it got wicked hot in 92, so we did what Americans used to do before everyone had air conditioning. We went to the movies. The movie theater wasn't air conditioned.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 22, 2014 05:40 PM (1xUj/)

125 @95 Jules "and yes it was German from 1871 to 1919" And from 1940-1945. I knew a few old Alsacians (long dead now) who spoke rough German, as they had to learn it in school as children.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at March 22, 2014 05:41 PM (CIVNB)

126 126 I don't think Larson has the appearance that would make the regualr media try to celebrate him. IMO, they will just ignore him.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 05:41 PM (ojnk6)

127 I just enjoyed one of my favorite modern conveniences: Curbside-To-Go service.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 22, 2014 05:41 PM (DmNpO)

128 In 2016, young dummies who just 3yrs old when Al Qaeda destroyed two 110 story buildings in Manhattan will be voting. In 2020...

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 22, 2014 05:41 PM (G8LR7)

129
Strassbourg and Colmar are fantastic. Wife and I make the drive when we have the time.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at March 22, 2014 09:35 PM (CIVNB)

Yes, and the area isn't overrun with tourists. Just the occasional French Person and Quebecker. It's funny that the French can hardly understand the Quebeckers, which annoys the Qs

Posted by: Jules ( counting down from zero ) at March 22, 2014 05:41 PM (omBWL)

130 Yeah I was in Frankfurt in 93'. After that summer the boss got air conditioning installed (a luxury in Germany). --- I may be lying (or misremembering) a little. I was working in Heidelberg, both at an EMBL lab and at a Max Planck Institute doing electron microscopy. I definitely remember the windows being open in the biochemistry labs (no screens, either!), but the EMs would have to be in somewhat cool, low humidity rooms for the work I was doing. So maybe they had a/c in parts of the lab buildings.

Posted by: Y-not at March 22, 2014 05:42 PM (zDsvJ)

131 UD, bitches.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at March 22, 2014 05:43 PM (rhhyX)

132 >>132 Strassbourg and Colmar are fantastic. Really loved the couple of day trips I took to Strasbourg. People were nice, too. And I was actually able to make myself understood using my rusty French.

Posted by: Y-not at March 22, 2014 05:43 PM (zDsvJ)

133 And from 1940-1945. I knew a few old Alsacians (long dead now) who spoke rough German, as they had to learn it in school as children.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at March 22, 2014 09:41 PM (CIVNB)

German-German? Or Vichy?

Posted by: Jules ( counting down from zero ) at March 22, 2014 05:45 PM (omBWL)

134 Kronenbourg 1664 is a French beer.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 22, 2014 05:45 PM (G8LR7)

135 @123 Frumious Bandersnatch "I lived in Sachsenhausen, worked in KÃ¶nigstein, then Kronberg. Where are you? And how long, and why, or whatever is interesting?" Sachsenhausen... partied your ass off, didn't you!? So you know the Irish Pub there? heh. KÃ¶nigstein? Rich little town with the nice castle between FRA and Wiesbaden? Family and I had lunch there last weekend. Long story, but suffice to say I am old American expat who has been here way too long.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at March 22, 2014 05:46 PM (CIVNB)

136 Having worked for a railroad for 39 years you see some hair raising stuff. My all time favorite was the dude who hitched a ride on the front of a locomotive only to discover that they can go very fast. When that train flew by at 70 mph with this guy spread eagle, face planted against the nose of the locomotive it looked like a scene from a Wiley-Coyote cartoon.

Posted by: c6dave at March 22, 2014 05:46 PM (3ewID)

137 My father used to work as a claim agent with the old B&O Railroad, which meant that he investigated accidents. I'm sure he saw some grisly things. I remember him telling me at a young age to never try to jump on board a moving train. If you missed, about the best you could hope for was to have your legs cut off. I guess people used to do that back in the day. There was a local story here a few years ago about a man who committed suicide by stepping in front of a commuter train. That was awful considerate of him. The train engineer got to look him right in the eye before he ran him over. Think he won't have nightmares about that for the rest of his life?

Posted by: rickl at March 22, 2014 05:46 PM (sdi6R)

138 I think we may be taking this train this summer. I will be on look out for cyclists. Glad to see Buckeye liked Colmar. I know this is the anti-travel post, but this freaked me out. I am surprised they identified him as a person.

As if I were not jittery enough of disappearing in a black hole on a plane, now this! Sacre bleu.

On the bright side! No sewing machines to be tied to!

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Bossy Redneck Queen at March 22, 2014 05:47 PM (baL2B)

139 Kronenbourg ia brewed in Strausbourg. Resistance is le futile.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 22, 2014 05:48 PM (G8LR7)

140 If he was wearing Lycra he deserved to die.

Posted by: Guido 'trigger happy' at March 22, 2014 05:48 PM (15qFH)

141 Comedians and entertainers have the advantage of asking their audience to suspend reality; while the comedian is communicating their version of a political, social or cultural issue. A Very convenient tool to shape perceptions while bypassing the logic functions of the mind. Entertainment and comedy can bypass a closed mind that can benefit from another perspective. Yet entertainment is also capable of transmitting irrational ideas, bigoted perceptions and false of information. It depends on the entertainer and their message. Having talent does not equate being ethical or educated. - thoughts while a famous comedian delivered a funny, but wildly inaccurate political slam.

Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at March 22, 2014 05:51 PM (zZrhw)

142 New BBQ place sampled tonight, actually an old place that has had several owners in the last few years. Real attractive name they got now "The Hot Pit". Food and service not quite as good as the nearby Texaco station. There is something odd about that little community there. Each visit leaves me longing for the sophisticated companionship of Wal-Mart shoppers.

Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at March 22, 2014 05:51 PM (kxSZr)

143 Serious, you guys, would Michel be any more competent if he was piloting a wheelbarrow? Je ne crois pas.

Posted by: Fritz at March 22, 2014 05:51 PM (PnMCP)

144 @132 Jules We make an annual visit for the Christmas market. Did you ever visit the cathedral? There is a plack thanking the Americans for liberating Alsace near the alter I always appreciate--especially with the American Military cemetary near St. Avold with over 10,000 graves

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at March 22, 2014 05:51 PM (CIVNB)

145 Lived around the corner from Textor 38. I would like to think it's still a happening place. It was a weird situation. I spent a year mostly in Germany but a week a month in NYC. Wife came over pregnant. No. 1 Son was born in FFM. Eventually couldn't handle being away from her family and such, so we repatriated. And the long distance marriage stuff led to it ending after No. 2 Son was born. "I got a wife in Chino baby and one in Cherokee".

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 22, 2014 05:53 PM (1xUj/)

146 @133 Y-not "I may be lying (or misremembering) a little. I was working in Heidelberg, both at an EMBL lab .." Ummm. I have an interview with EMBL in about 2 weeks. Small world. Moron horde has reach.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at March 22, 2014 05:55 PM (CIVNB)

147 I didn't have to travel tonight. My British host made Pimm's. It's a pretty tasty beverage.

Posted by: no good deed at March 22, 2014 05:56 PM (vBhbc)

148 Matilda the Hun picks up 15 big points by taking out a French bicyclist.

Posted by: Junior Bruce at March 22, 2014 05:57 PM (HxSXm)

149 I don't care much for traveling. I go from home to work to the supermarket to the beer distributor and back home. That's pretty much it for the most part. I drive a 1991 car with 160,000 miles on it. It had 80,000 when I bought it in 1999.

Posted by: rickl at March 22, 2014 05:57 PM (sdi6R)

150 We should all be proud of our black president for showing constraint for not starting another war like that idiot Bush. I love our black president, do you???

Posted by: Dorcus Blimline at March 22, 2014 05:58 PM (Ihjrr)

151 I think the engineers must become jaded, because their only alternative is to be traumatized. When someone gets killed by the train, it's a minimum 1 hour delay, so the passengers get jaded too. I got stuck in Palatine for 2 hours one night, and ended up eventually paying $50 for a cab ride. So much for saving money...

Posted by: Chris M at March 22, 2014 05:58 PM (4lyMJ)

152 THUMP

"What was that!?"

"You see anything?"
"Nah, gauges look good."
"humpff, wonder what it was"

Posted by: Agustus Smith at March 22, 2014 05:59 PM (2u20D)

153 >>Ummm. I have an interview with EMBL in about 2 weeks. Good luck! It was an interesting place. You know in the U.S. the stereotype is of the lazy American grad student (or postdoc) and the hard-working foreign students, especially the ones from Asia. But at the EMBL, the Americans were the hardest-working ones. Which makes sense, of course. If you've traveled overseas to study or pursue research, you're not going to waste your time fooling around. My friend (since departed) was a group leader there. He was a single, British dude who did not drive or speak any German. Lived in one of the EMBL guest houses (which I think are essentially studio apts or hotel rooms) and "dined" off the vending machines on the weekends when the cafeteria was closed. I do not recommend that strategy. By Sunday evening, all they'd have left in the machines were pickled herring sandwiches! As I mentioned, I lost a lot of weight during that stay.

Posted by: Y-not at March 22, 2014 06:01 PM (zDsvJ)

154 @136 Jules "German-German? Or Vichy?" Niether me thinks. Poor rural Kids in the early 40's-- they didn't have much choice at the time. Of course, one of the old men, who I really enjoyed his time, spent 3 years fighting in Algeria in the early 50's. He enlightened me on a few things regarding France and the colonies.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at March 22, 2014 06:01 PM (CIVNB)

155 Over 150 comments and no, "Pull a train," references yet?

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at March 22, 2014 06:01 PM (dwj/t)

156 Posted by: Chris M at March 22, 2014 09:58 PM (4lyMJ)

Was that Palatine, Illinois?

Posted by: cm9000 at March 22, 2014 06:03 PM (291hy)

157 Fingers crossed that the ONT goes up soon. BBL, I gotta go make a sammich. (Not herring)

Posted by: Y-not at March 22, 2014 06:04 PM (zDsvJ)

158 I can't travel to smelly places. I've got a very heightened sense of smell and having to marinate in Jacques BO for hours on end as I navigate my way through Paris or Achmed's unwashed ass emanations during a jaunt in Cairo is just not an option.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 22, 2014 06:04 PM (oFCZn)

159 161 You've obviously never take a flight from U.S. to Paris. My lawt one, back in coach, was next to two who apparently showered one a quarter whether they needed it or not, and drank coffee while talking the entire overnight flight.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 06:07 PM (ojnk6)

160 ChÃ¨rie Rachel, Je ne suis pas votre petit ami, je suis en train, et je ne me soucie pas si vous jetez-vous en face de moi et de mourir. SincÃ¨rement, Train Ã Grande Vitesse

Posted by: angel with a sword at March 22, 2014 06:07 PM (hpgw1)

161 @148 Frumious Bandersnatch The long distance relationships rarely endure. Wife and I are both expats and are seriously thinking of pulling up stakes... just don't seem to be getting ahead here.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at March 22, 2014 06:07 PM (CIVNB)

162 Fritz, why do you keep putting pickled herring sandwiches in the machine? They smell awful! *shrug* They keep selling.

Posted by: fluffy at March 22, 2014 06:07 PM (Ua6T/)

163 Sammiches...hmm... French dip with potato salad...yum!

Posted by: JeanQ at March 22, 2014 06:07 PM (82lr7)

164 Nood, but it's not ONT. It's something about booze.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 22, 2014 06:08 PM (1xUj/)

165 fun thread everybody. i have kill bill, one on in the background. the last time i watched was election day 2008... i kept playing it over and over avoiding any and all news.

Posted by: concrete girl at March 22, 2014 06:08 PM (1YgVg)

166 the penultimate anti travel book is innocents abroad by Mark Twain Â“As far as I can see, Italy, for fifteen hundred years, has turned all her energies, all her finances, and all her industry to the building up of a vast array of wonderful church edifices, and starving half her citizens to accomplish it. She is today one vast museum of magnificence and misery. All the churches in an ordinary American city put together could hardly buy the jeweled frippery in one of her hundred cathedrals. And for every beggar in America, Italy can show a hundred - and rags and vermin to match. It is the wretchedest, princeliest land on earth. Look at the grande Doumo of Florence - a vast pile that has been sapping the purses of her citizens for five hundred years, and is not nearly finished yet. Like all other men, I fell down and worshiped it, but when the filthy beggars swarmed around me the contrast was too striking, too suggestive, and I said. "Oh, sons of classic Italy, is the spirit of enterprise, of self-reliance, of noble endeavor, utterly dead within ye? Curse your indolent worthlessness, why don't you rob your church?Â”

Posted by: thunderb at March 22, 2014 06:09 PM (zOTsN)

167 164 You may want to survey the jobs landscape here before doing that. Not pretty.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 06:09 PM (ojnk6)

168 Â“We wish to learn all the curious, outlandish ways of all the different countries, so that we can "show off" and astonish people when we get home. We wish to excite the envy of our untraveled friends with our strange foreign fashions which we can't shake off.Â”

Posted by: thunderb at March 22, 2014 06:09 PM (zOTsN)

169 As soon as I read the title of this thread, I knew I had to read the comments. Le Horde never fails to bring Le funneh.

Posted by: hobbes at March 22, 2014 06:10 PM (NzPMC)

170 In SLC we have TRAX, above ground commuter trains. There are reports every week of cars or ppl accidentally getting hit. To be fair it can be a little confusing at first, especially for drivers. I love traveling; that is where the bulk of my excess money goes. Usually within my state or US, but I would like to save up and go to Europe again. Have never seen France or Italy or Turkey, want to return someday to UK and Switzerland.

Posted by: LizLem at March 22, 2014 06:11 PM (izCt9)

171 @156 Y-not Thanks for the tip. I would commute and wouldn't be working in the R&D field, but I know how it is when you don't speak the language and do not have a residence.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at March 22, 2014 06:12 PM (CIVNB)

172 and finally But we love the Old Travelers. We love to hear them prate and drivel and lie. We can tell them the moment we see them. They always throw out a few feelers; they never cast themselves adrift till they have sounded every individual and know that he has not traveled. Then they open their throttle valves, and how they do brag, and sneer, and swell, and soar, and blaspheme the sacred name of Truth! Their central idea, their grand aim, is to subjugate you, keep you down, make you feel insignificant and humble in the blaze of their cosmopolitan glory! They will not let you know anything. They sneer at your most inoffensive suggestions; they laugh unfeelingly at your treasured dreams of foreign lands; they brand the statements of your traveled aunts and uncles as the stupidest absurdities; they deride your most trusted authors and demolish the fair images they have set up for your willing worship with the pitiless ferocity of the fanatic iconoclast! But still I love the Old Travelers. I love them for their witless platitudes, for their supernatural ability to bore, for their delightful asinine vanity, for their luxuriant fertility of imagination, for their startling, their brilliant, their overwhelming mendacity!Â” sounds like Moo Moo

Posted by: thunderb at March 22, 2014 06:12 PM (zOTsN)

173 I have exciting news for everyone.. The town of Brattleboro has voted and decided to rename our town"Obamaboro" in honor of our greatest president. We are all so proud of our legislators for approving this measure.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstien at March 22, 2014 06:15 PM (Ihjrr)

174 I am so happy for you Mary. I'm sure Obamaboro has a long and prosperous future ahead of it.

Posted by: freaked at March 22, 2014 06:23 PM (JdEZJ)

175 BTW the eldest thunderboys girlfriend of two years is French She and her parents are lovely people. But they are from Brittany and love Americans and America

Posted by: thunderb at March 22, 2014 06:23 PM (zOTsN)

176 1994, I'm traveling around France for a couple of weeks with my sons who speak French. We go to a mall in Marseilles and park the rented Renault Clio in underground parking. Later we can't figure out how to get the crossbar to raise to let us out of the parking garage, and my 12yro son James asks a sweet, dignified looking older couple how to get out. This couple, both about five ft. tall, greatest generation, paid my parking ticket. All I could say was "merci" in my Texas accent. In my 2 weeks in France the only assholes I ran into were Arabs.

Posted by: Frankly at March 22, 2014 06:24 PM (krdD5)

177 >Does anyone else get the feeling that the driver wouldnÂ’t have stopped even if he had time to do so? Gotta love them French public employees!< fuck you idiot. trains running @ 100 -200 mph don't stop for a mile or two.

Posted by: newrouter at March 22, 2014 06:32 PM (dsgCY)

178 180 Nothing like newbies telling veteranos/coblogs fuck you idiot

Posted by: MAx at March 22, 2014 06:36 PM (b7yum)

179 >180 Nothing like newbies telling veteranos/coblogs fuck you idiot< yo physics loser you don't just "stop" a train

Posted by: newrouter at March 22, 2014 06:38 PM (dsgCY)

180

182 hahaha and then teaching me physics

Mama shoulda swallowed you like I told her to

Posted by: MAx at March 22, 2014 06:40 PM (b7yum)

181 183 tell her she left her collar and her bowl at my house

Posted by: MAx at March 22, 2014 06:41 PM (b7yum)

182 >Nothing like newbies telling veteranos/coblogs fuck you idiot< the science stupid is evident @ aoshq. you be proggtarded

Posted by: newrouter at March 22, 2014 06:41 PM (dsgCY)

183
Some days you're the windshield, some days you're the bug.

Posted by: mon Dieu at March 22, 2014 06:42 PM (YBusZ)

184 >then teaching me physics< e=0.5mv**2 clown

Posted by: newrouter at March 22, 2014 06:43 PM (dsgCY)

185 You missed the point, newrouter.

Posted by: Y-not at March 22, 2014 06:48 PM (zDsvJ)

186 >You missed the point, newrouter< what is the point? i know that trains are not run by off/on switches.

Posted by: newrouter at March 22, 2014 06:51 PM (dsgCY)

187 188 So brilliant he made himself retarded

Posted by: MAx at March 22, 2014 06:53 PM (b7yum)

188 here's a story @ the daily mail -Teenage boy killed and teen girl injured after being hit by train as they walked to high school dance -

Posted by: newrouter at March 22, 2014 06:54 PM (dsgCY)

189 189 The point is that coming after me and Y-not is not only ill-advised, it's a poor self-introduction

Posted by: MAx at March 22, 2014 06:54 PM (b7yum)

190 >190 188 So brilliant he made himself retarded< no idiot. you couldn't produce the "point"

Posted by: newrouter at March 22, 2014 06:55 PM (dsgCY)

191 >192 189 The point is that coming after me and Y-not is not only ill-advised, it's a poor self-introduction< oh fuck you god damn "victims" you say stupid stuff

Posted by: newrouter at March 22, 2014 06:57 PM (dsgCY)

192 193 Goddammit that's the last time I use a swap-meet condom

Posted by: MAx at March 22, 2014 06:57 PM (b7yum)

193 Internet he-man's ass is showing

Posted by: MAx at March 22, 2014 07:00 PM (b7yum)

194 >196 Internet he-man's ass is showing< nah you be clown. you be idiot who never run over things with a train and have to walk back and look at what you did. fucking stupid idiot.

Posted by: newrouter at March 22, 2014 07:05 PM (dsgCY)

195 worst city in the world? Cairo. Ugly, crowded, pungent, shabby, and f*ckin hot. and did I mention the smell(s) ? One of those smells you never forget The other thing that struck me about Cairo was that all the buildings looked like they'd had their top story lopped off by Godzilla. The roofs all had construction debris piled up everywhere.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 22, 2014 07:10 PM (c2oll)

196 197 Woot. I thought making you look stupid was MY job. You don't seem to understand the dance

Posted by: MAx at March 22, 2014 07:18 PM (b7yum)

197 197 You're right I never drove a train. But I pulled one once, go upstairs and ask your mom

Posted by: MAx at March 22, 2014 07:21 PM (b7yum)

198 >200 197 You're right I never drove a train. But I pulled one once, go upstairs and ask your mom< you be stupid punk. you lose argument then go proggtard alinsky 13. next.

Posted by: newrouter at March 22, 2014 07:23 PM (dsgCY)

199 >197 You're right I never drove a train. But I pulled one once, go upstairs and ask your mom< he you be sunstein?

Posted by: newrouter at March 22, 2014 07:25 PM (dsgCY)

200 200 The ribald implication is that you reside in your mother's domicile

Posted by: Professor Explaino at March 22, 2014 07:31 PM (b7yum)

201

201 Alinsky pulled a train on your mom TOO???

Bitch said I was her FIRST

Posted by: MAd MAx at March 22, 2014 07:33 PM (b7yum)

202 >201 Alinsky pulled a train on your mom TOO??? Bitch said I was her FIRST< you be proggtarded. that is all.

Posted by: newrouter at March 22, 2014 07:44 PM (dsgCY)

203 > MAd MAx< "ruining class" wannabe

Posted by: newrouter at March 22, 2014 07:46 PM (dsgCY)

204 That guy nailed it about Uncle Tom's Cabin. The concept of "Uncle Tom" character has been distorted by the left and has become a pejorative.

His analogy of Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton being modern-day equivalents of Sambo and Quimbo is spot on.

Sort of the same thing happened with "ugly American". The actual character in the book "The Ugly American" actually represented the US quite well, but was physically ugly.

But the left, being the left, turned things upside down again

Posted by: Albie Damned at March 23, 2014 06:47 AM (cGaCp)

205 ooops...wrong thread

Posted by: Albie Damned at March 23, 2014 06:48 AM (cGaCp)

206 #176 Vous me shittez!

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at March 23, 2014 06:56 AM (XO6WW)

207

American version:

The government employee named <secret>, who knows how all this works said: Â“After the level street crossing the sidewalk is straight, but after it there are two grades one being steps into the building and the other an elevator, so we see nothing at all. This is an area with coffee, and we have a lot of online shopping to do inside. Â“So we are looking at the computers and at the coffee cups,Â” he/she said. Â“We cannot see a citizen by the side of the counter. If some citizen throws himself into our office we are completely helpless. This is a GOVERNEMNT OFFICE, not a help desk. We cannot just stop what we are doing in a 100 minutes,Â” he/she added.

Posted by: thx1138v2 at March 23, 2014 06:06 PM (L5f2E)

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