Cultural Learnings Of United Kingdom To Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Hungary

Started by Tamas, December 03, 2013, 08:22:53 AM

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Syt

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 03, 2013, 09:47:46 AM
At least you don't have to deal with German toilets.

I'd call them Austrian toilets these days. When I left Germany in 2005, no toilet that I recall had a "ledge" anymore where you droppings would rest until you flushed - everything dropped into the water.

In Austria it's no longer in places built in the 2000s, but almost all older buildings/apartments still have them and you might encounter them occasionally in pubs or restaurants. The trick: put some toilet paper in the bowl before you flush, so you don't leave unseemly stains that require vigorous brushing.
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Quote from: Barrister on December 03, 2013, 11:30:37 AM
Quote from: Valmy on December 03, 2013, 11:28:30 AM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on December 03, 2013, 11:20:38 AM
I found Budapest rather quiet and somewhat melancholy.........I put that down to it not having as many people as it should  :hmm:

I was there in 1997 and I thought it felt a bit angry and foreboding.  I put that down to just recently emerging from under the boot of the hated Russians.  Man did those people hate the Russians.  That was the most pissed off history museum I ever went to  :ph34r:

I was there 10 years later, and rather liked Budapest because it was the only place in eastern europe that felt like it had once been a part of the Warsaw Pact.  Prague and Krakow felt very much like the west.

I was there in 89, before the wall came down.  At that time Budapest was going through its own kind of political spring and it had a feel of electric excitement.

Tamas

Quote from: crazy canuck on December 03, 2013, 12:56:19 PM
Quote from: Barrister on December 03, 2013, 11:30:37 AM
Quote from: Valmy on December 03, 2013, 11:28:30 AM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on December 03, 2013, 11:20:38 AM
I found Budapest rather quiet and somewhat melancholy.........I put that down to it not having as many people as it should  :hmm:

I was there in 1997 and I thought it felt a bit angry and foreboding.  I put that down to just recently emerging from under the boot of the hated Russians.  Man did those people hate the Russians.  That was the most pissed off history museum I ever went to  :ph34r:

I was there 10 years later, and rather liked Budapest because it was the only place in eastern europe that felt like it had once been a part of the Warsaw Pact.  Prague and Krakow felt very much like the west.

I was there in 89, before the wall came down.  At that time Budapest was going through its own kind of political spring and it had a feel of electric excitement.

That was before people learned that fall of communism doesn`t only mean freezers and VHS recorders, but also increased individual responsibility and actual expectations regarding their performances at work.

alfred russel

Quote from: crazy canuck on December 03, 2013, 12:56:19 PM
I was there in 89, before the wall came down.  At that time Budapest was going through its own kind of political spring and it had a feel of electric excitement.

Because they were finally getting electricity?
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Quote from: alfred russel on December 03, 2013, 12:59:39 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on December 03, 2013, 12:56:19 PM
I was there in 89, before the wall came down.  At that time Budapest was going through its own kind of political spring and it had a feel of electric excitement.

Because they were finally getting electricity?

:rolleyes: Your DGuller persona is supposed to be Ukrainian, you should know better.

CountDeMoney

Quote from: Syt on December 03, 2013, 12:37:25 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 03, 2013, 09:47:46 AM
At least you don't have to deal with German toilets.

I'd call them Austrian toilets these days. When I left Germany in 2005, no toilet that I recall had a "ledge" anymore where you droppings would rest until you flushed - everything dropped into the water.

In Austria it's no longer in places built in the 2000s, but almost all older buildings/apartments still have them and you might encounter them occasionally in pubs or restaurants. The trick: put some toilet paper in the bowl before you flush, so you don't leave unseemly stains that require vigorous brushing.

Jesus H Two-Ply Christ, no wonder you people lost wars in the 20th century.

Valmy

Quote from: Tamas on December 03, 2013, 12:59:13 PM
That was before people learned that fall of communism doesn`t only mean freezers and VHS recorders, but also increased individual responsibility and actual expectations regarding their performances at work.

Ok well that explains all the rage in 1997.
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Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 03, 2013, 01:11:55 PM
Quote from: Syt on December 03, 2013, 12:37:25 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 03, 2013, 09:47:46 AM
At least you don't have to deal with German toilets.

I'd call them Austrian toilets these days. When I left Germany in 2005, no toilet that I recall had a "ledge" anymore where you droppings would rest until you flushed - everything dropped into the water.

In Austria it's no longer in places built in the 2000s, but almost all older buildings/apartments still have them and you might encounter them occasionally in pubs or restaurants. The trick: put some toilet paper in the bowl before you flush, so you don't leave unseemly stains that require vigorous brushing.

Jesus H Two-Ply Christ, no wonder you people lost wars in the 20th century.

Hitler was too busy plying with his poop
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How the fuck they can refine combined arms and mobile warfare doctrine to an art yet not build a decent toilet...

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CountDeMoney

Quote from: The Brain on December 03, 2013, 01:34:42 PM
Fuck you. There is nothing strange about always inspecting your stool.

If it were necessary, your body would keep it.  Weirdos.

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Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 03, 2013, 01:38:25 PM
Quote from: The Brain on December 03, 2013, 01:34:42 PM
Fuck you. There is nothing strange about always inspecting your stool.

If it were necessary, your body would keep it.  Weirdos.

But you should inspect it.
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