Is there any specialty (whether food, or a drink or some other similar product) that is considered worldwide to be your country specialty, but is not that popular among the locals?
In Poland, over the last two decades vodka has become such thing. Poles do not drink it that much any more - most prefer beer or wine, and if we want to go for something harder, tequila seems just as a popular choice. Yet, if you go abroad, you are being asked to bring a bottle of vodka or half a dozen. :P
Buicks.
For the UK it is probably intelligence. British expats get up to all sorts of exciting projects abroad but here in Blighty itself things are resolutely dumb and second-rate.
Paella and flamenco, unless you are in Valencia or Andalucía.
Maple syrup. Labatt's Blue.
Cuckoo clocks.
Radiation from Chernobyl.
Quote from: DGuller on August 03, 2011, 05:17:44 PM
Radiation from Chernobyl.
But you are also the primary consumer.
Yi: good thinking.
Well, you Euros seem to pay way more attention to Glenn Beck than the average American does...
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on August 03, 2011, 05:31:34 PM
Well, you Euros seem to pay way more attention to Glenn Beck than the average American does...
The problem is that below-average Americans pay a lot of attention to Glenn Beck.
CdM does mention him and Rush alot....
Celine Dion. She's just a warning. Piss off for real, do it. You'll regret it.
McDonald's. I see lots of people at the ones overseas, but hardly see anyone going there here in America.
Quote from: grumbler on August 03, 2011, 06:22:34 PM
McDonald's. I see lots of people at the ones overseas, but hardly see anyone going there here in America.
I see them here. It's almost impossible to not see them.
Quote from: grumbler on August 03, 2011, 06:22:34 PM
McDonald's. I see lots of people at the ones overseas, but hardly see anyone going there here in America.
Don't really care for McDonald's myself.
Quote from: Razgovory on August 03, 2011, 06:34:22 PM
Quote from: grumbler on August 03, 2011, 06:22:34 PM
McDonald's. I see lots of people at the ones overseas, but hardly see anyone going there here in America.
Don't really care for McDonald's myself.
:yes: I'm a fan of Triple Stackers myself.
Now that you mention it, every McDonald's I've ever seen overseas was packed with people.
Hegemony. It's pretty sweet.
Quote from: Barrister on August 03, 2011, 05:14:32 PM
Maple syrup. Labatt's Blue.
and weed. you forgot weed.
Quote from: HVC on August 03, 2011, 08:35:34 PM
and weed. you forgot weed.
Hey High Times, did you read the question?
Quote from: katmai on August 03, 2011, 06:05:14 PM
CdM does mention him and Rush alot....
Everyone loves Rush.
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Quote from: Admiral Yi on August 03, 2011, 08:51:20 PM
Quote from: HVC on August 03, 2011, 08:35:34 PM
and weed. you forgot weed.
Hey High Times, did you read the question?
no, no i did not. But canadians eat maple syrup too so BB fails as well :lol:
Freedom.
The stuff that you guys consume in many Chinese take-aways isn't really consumed in China.
It will be. It will be.
Quote from: Martinus on August 03, 2011, 05:02:55 PM
Is there any specialty [. . .] that is considered worldwide to be your country specialty, but is not that popular among the locals?
Couldn't come up with food/drink, but for Germany: weapons and weapons technology. Unpopular in Germany (like most things military), popular with regimes around the world.
Pork, pork and more pork...
Quote from: Ideologue on August 03, 2011, 07:26:53 PM
Hegemony. It's pretty sweet.
I think it's more the case of a monopoly. McDonald's (and to a lesser extent, Burger King) is probably the only restaurant of that type (I guess you could also count stuff like KFC or Subway but they are somewhat different) that we get here - we don't get dozens of burger chains. So if people (mostly kids) want to eat some shit like that, they go to McDonald's.
World peace. Barring that, oil with less guilt.
Outside of Northern Portugal, Port is not that popular in Portugal.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on August 03, 2011, 06:38:00 PM
Now that you mention it, every McDonald's I've ever seen overseas was packed with people.
I live in New York so...
Anyway, you also have a lot of awful Americans that travel abroad and then only want to eat the "familiar." :x
Quote from: Norgy on August 04, 2011, 01:53:37 AM
World peace. Barring that, oil with less guilt.
Does it mean Norwegians do not use oil or that they have guilt about using it nonetheless? :P
Quote from: Martinus on August 04, 2011, 02:49:48 AM
Does it mean Norwegians do not use oil or that they have guilt about using it nonetheless? :P
Our oil is more democratic and peaceful. :sleep:
Quote from: Norgy on August 04, 2011, 02:52:43 AM
Quote from: Martinus on August 04, 2011, 02:49:48 AM
Does it mean Norwegians do not use oil or that they have guilt about using it nonetheless? :P
Our oil is more democratic and peaceful. :sleep:
What I meant this does not necessarily answer the premise of this thread - i.e. an export that is considered a national specialty abroad, but one that locals do not quite care for. :P
My grandparents owned a Buick. Course, they were naturalized Canucks. :hmm:
Quote from: garbon on August 04, 2011, 02:49:32 AM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on August 03, 2011, 06:38:00 PM
Now that you mention it, every McDonald's I've ever seen overseas was packed with people.
I live in New York so...
Anyway, you also have a lot of awful Americans that travel abroad and then only want to eat the "familiar." :x
I don't think that's it. In Poland McDonald's are filled mainly with Poles, and the places are usually quite packed.
It's not the situation from the early 90s (when people would go to McDonald's for a "Sunday family dinner" :yuk: ) but they are still quite popular. I am not sure if this is because there are not that many of them (there are 258 McDonald's restaurants in Poland, according to the website I just checked, I don't know if this is a lot or not, with over 30 million Poles), or because they still attract people with their "American" appeal (admittedly, people just go to McDonald's now to have a quick meal, not to "go out"), or because you don't have many places where you can have a meal for a relatively low price like that especially in cities like Warsaw, so a lot of poor people go there.
Interesting.
Quote from: Martinus on August 04, 2011, 02:54:52 AM
What I meant this does not necessarily answer the premise of this thread - i.e. an export that is considered a national specialty abroad, but one that locals do not quite care for. :P
I don't think there's really such a thing, except the warning signs along the roads for moose. They were huge a decade or two ago among German tourists.
Jarlsberg I guess is bigger abroad than in Norway. Smoked salmon is a luxury some places, while here it's cheaper than bacon.
Quote from: Martinus on August 04, 2011, 02:59:37 AM
I don't think that's it. In Poland McDonald's are filled mainly with Poles, and the places are usually quite packed.
It's not the situation from the early 90s (when people would go to McDonald's for a "Sunday family dinner" :yuk: ) but they are still quite popular. I am not sure if this is because there are not that many of them (there are 258 McDonald's restaurants in Poland, according to the website I just checked, I don't know if this is a lot or not, with over 30 million Poles), or because they still attract people with their "American" appeal (admittedly, people just go to McDonald's now to have a quick meal, not to "go out"), or because you don't have many places where you can have a meal for a relatively low price like that especially in cities like Warsaw, so a lot of poor people go there.
Well, from my personal experience are the McD's in Polland better than here in Denmark. Fast and with good service, not something you will ever find at a McD here in Denmark...
Quote from: Norgy on August 04, 2011, 03:28:30 AM
Quote from: Martinus on August 04, 2011, 02:54:52 AM
What I meant this does not necessarily answer the premise of this thread - i.e. an export that is considered a national specialty abroad, but one that locals do not quite care for. :P
I don't think there's really such a thing, except the warning signs along the roads for moose. They were huge a decade or two ago among German tourists.
Jarlsberg I guess is bigger abroad than in Norway. Smoked salmon is a luxury some places, while here it's cheaper than bacon.
Possibly influenced by the fact that with a lot of Norwegian produce the quality stuff is exported while the B-assortment gets consumed by the dumb fucking natives.
"So what are we going to do with all this stuff the buyers refuse because of the poor quality?" :cry:
"Don't worry, we'll repackage it, call it 'ecological', and increase the price." :uffda:
Some of the salmon and trout sold here is for the lack of a better word "asplutly aplanling".
Quote from: Norgy on August 04, 2011, 03:28:30 AM
Quote from: Martinus on August 04, 2011, 02:54:52 AM
What I meant this does not necessarily answer the premise of this thread - i.e. an export that is considered a national specialty abroad, but one that locals do not quite care for. :P
I don't think there's really such a thing, except the warning signs along the roads for moose. They were huge a decade or two ago among German tourists.
Jarlsberg I guess is bigger abroad than in Norway. Smoked salmon is a luxury some places, while here it's cheaper than bacon.
Same with Norwegian cod/clip fish I guess.
Quote from: Syt on August 04, 2011, 12:31:33 AMCouldn't come up with food/drink, but for Germany: weapons and weapons technology. Unpopular in Germany (like most things military), popular with regimes around the world.
Big infrastructure projects is another one. We are quite good at building airports, bridges, tunnels or big industrial plants, but thanks to NIMBYism you can't really build those at home anymore.
Lipton's Yellow Label tea :x
In every hotel room in every country on the world, but makes a far too plishy cuppa for British tastes.
Quote from: Zanza on August 04, 2011, 04:40:43 AM
Quote from: Syt on August 04, 2011, 12:31:33 AMCouldn't come up with food/drink, but for Germany: weapons and weapons technology. Unpopular in Germany (like most things military), popular with regimes around the world.
Big infrastructure projects is another one. We are quite good at building airports, bridges, tunnels or big industrial plants, but thanks to NIMBYism you can't really build those at home anymore.
That explains why the ICE is faster in France than in Germany with less(er) high-speed lines to add insult to injury.
Manchester United.
Fish, aluminum, quirky bands. Oh, and let's not forget horrendous banking collapses mixed with ash. :lol: :Embarrass:
One thing I was surprised to hear that a Polish chocolate bar called "Prince Polo" (which dates back to the communist era so no, it doesn't need to make sense in English) is apparently very popular in Iceland.
It scored higher than rotten shark?
Quote from: The Larch on August 03, 2011, 05:11:44 PM
Paella and flamenco, unless you are in Valencia or Andalucía.
Sevillanas, bullfighting ...
Bullfighting is pretty much non-existent in most countries. I don't think you're understanding the question right.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 04, 2011, 08:21:55 AM
Bullfighting is pretty much non-existent in most countries. I don't think you're understanding the question right.
And is seen as a negative thing around here.
Quote from: Cecil on August 04, 2011, 08:26:01 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 04, 2011, 08:21:55 AM
Bullfighting is pretty much non-existent in most countries. I don't think you're understanding the question right.
And is seen as a negative thing around here.
Because it's non-existing?
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 04, 2011, 08:21:55 AM
Bullfighting is pretty much non-existent in most countries. I don't think you're understanding the question right.
As far as I know there are or have been fights in France, Portugal and some Latinoamerican countries. The concept itself is well-known around the world.
Yet I've never seen one. And neither have most of my friends. The only time a bullfighter is on the news is when he's received a gruesome injury.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 04, 2011, 08:21:55 AM
Bullfighting is pretty much non-existent in most countries. I don't think you're understanding the question right.
It's recognized worldwide as typically Spanish but not very popular at home, I'd say that it fits the bill.
Poutine, of course. Not the Vladimir kind. And cute little starlets. We even intruded in Mad Men with Jessica Paré. :P
We stopped dumping exporting our rural dregs in New England by the start of the 20th century.
Quote from: Iormlund on August 04, 2011, 09:40:40 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 04, 2011, 08:21:55 AM
Bullfighting is pretty much non-existent in most countries. I don't think you're understanding the question right.
As far as I know there are or have been fights in France, Portugal and some Latinoamerican countries. The concept itself is well-known around the world.
Yet I've never seen one. And neither have most of my friends. The only time a bullfighter is on the news is when he's received a gruesome injury.
It's not the same bullfighting (rules are different) in Portugal, though. In France, it's only a recent import (Second Empire) and an ersatz of the Spanish one.
Wild west cowboy stuff I guess.
Though I think people still like that crap in the rural areas and strange places like Fort Worth.
Quote from: Drakken on August 04, 2011, 10:01:15 AM
Poutine, of course. Not the Vladimir kind. And cute little starlets. We even intruded in Mad Men with Jessica Paré. :P
We stopped dumping exporting our rural dregs in New England by the start of the 20th century.
I have no idea who eats poutine. Increasingly it is offered, but I've never seen anyone actually order any. ;)
flags for American backpacks.
I don't know what you're talking aboot. :whistle:
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on August 04, 2011, 03:58:36 AM
Same with Norwegian cod/clip fish I guess.
Actually, that is a big deal, but mostly due to Norwegians getting a taste for bacalao. :licklips:
Peace.
Quote from: Drakken on August 04, 2011, 10:01:15 AM
Poutine, of course. Not the Vladimir kind. And cute little starlets. We even intruded in Mad Men with Jessica Paré. :P
We stopped dumping exporting our rural dregs in New England by the start of the 20th century.
The Quebeces I know are always complaining about how they can't get a proper poutine out west.
I always confuse Poutine with Poultice.
Quote from: Martinus on August 04, 2011, 07:13:27 AM
One thing I was surprised to hear that a Polish chocolate bar called "Prince Polo" (which dates back to the communist era so no, it doesn't need to make sense in English) is apparently very popular in Iceland.
Poland's second greatest gift to civilization that. Right after the Witcher. :contract:
I wonder if people in Switzerland put Nestle Quick in their milk.
Quote from: Monoriu on August 03, 2011, 10:27:26 PM
The stuff that you guys consume in many Chinese take-aways isn't really consumed in China.
same goes with Italian food. And restaurants around here advertising "canadian food" are actually serving traditional New England foods.
But I'm surprised at you Mono. You should have opened an "American restaurant" and start selling what passes for Chinese food here. You would have cornered the market in fake Chinese food in no time!
I've told this story before, but who cares.
When they tried to open a Benihana's of Tokyo (one of those places where the chef cooks your food at your table and flips his knives around) in Tokyo it bombed. So they renamed it Benihana's of New York.
Quote from: Malthus on August 04, 2011, 12:30:57 PM
I have no idea who eats poutine. Increasingly it is offered, but I've never seen anyone actually order any. ;)
It's just like pot at first, everyone was hiding to smoke it, now, everyone smokes this shit outside of bars. Give it some time. In less than a decade from now, all stoners of Canada will crave for a big pout' after their smoke :)
Quote from: viper37 on August 04, 2011, 05:34:09 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on August 03, 2011, 10:27:26 PM
The stuff that you guys consume in many Chinese take-aways isn't really consumed in China.
same goes with Italian food. And restaurants around here advertising "canadian food" are actually serving traditional New England foods.
But I'm surprised at you Mono. You should have opened an "American restaurant" and start selling what passes for Chinese food here. You would have cornered the market in fake Chinese food in no time!
I thought the food I got in Italy was pretty similar to what you'd get at a reasonably decent Italian restaurant in Canada. :mellow:
Quote from: Admiral Yi on August 04, 2011, 05:36:49 PM
I've told this story before, but who cares.
When they tried to open a Benihana's of Tokyo (one of those places where the chef cooks your food at your table and flips his knives around) in Tokyo it bombed. So they renamed it Benihana's of New York.
They're not familiar with teppanyaki?
Quote from: citizen k on August 04, 2011, 05:47:53 PM
They're not familiar with teppanyaki?
I think that was the problem. They already had teppanyaki joints so Benihana's wasn't any big deal.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on August 04, 2011, 05:26:18 PM
I wonder if people in Switzerland put Nestle Quick in their milk.
No, they put Nesquik :contract: :D
Quote from: Admiral Yi on August 04, 2011, 05:50:33 PM
Quote from: citizen k on August 04, 2011, 05:47:53 PM
They're not familiar with teppanyaki?
I think that was the problem. They already had teppanyaki joints so Benihana's wasn't any big deal.
Ah so, it was so mundane, they were unimpressed.
Our biggest export is actually inflation.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on August 04, 2011, 09:48:43 PM
Our biggest export is actually inflation.
Hah, with our debt level, I was going to say U.S. treasury bonds are our biggest export. :P
Austria: Politicians.
And another one for Germany: Tourists. :P
Quote from: Admiral Yi on August 04, 2011, 05:36:49 PM
I've told this story before, but who cares.
When they tried to open a Benihana's of Tokyo (one of those places where the chef cooks your food at your table and flips his knives around) in Tokyo it bombed. So they renamed it Benihana's of New York.
Heh, reminds me of another point I've mentioned before: restaurant chains in Canada often use American names to indicate that they serve plentiful fare (Montana's, Boston Pizza, etc.)
So add "a reputation for huge portions" to the US list of exports. ;)
Quote from: Malthus on August 05, 2011, 09:30:54 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on August 04, 2011, 05:36:49 PM
I've told this story before, but who cares.
When they tried to open a Benihana's of Tokyo (one of those places where the chef cooks your food at your table and flips his knives around) in Tokyo it bombed. So they renamed it Benihana's of New York.
Heh, reminds me of another point I've mentioned before: restaurant chains in Canada often use American names to indicate that they serve plentiful fare (Montana's, Boston Pizza, etc.)
So add "a reputation for huge portions" to the US list of exports. ;)
I knew Boston Pizza was a Canada-only chain, but didn't realize that Montana's was the same.
Quote from: Barrister on August 05, 2011, 09:49:04 AM
I knew Boston Pizza was a Canada-only chain, but didn't realize that Montana's was the same.
Yup - headquartered in good old Mississauga, Ontario. :D
The reasons for these names are that the selling-point of these places (particularly Montana's) is that they serve US-style portions - that is,
huge. The association is: US name = lots and lots of food.
I've never associated BPs with huge portions.
Incedentally I was amused that during the Vancouver-Boston Stanley Cup series BPs was advertising on the rink boards with the word "Boston" stroked out, and calling themself Vancouver Pizza instead. :)
Quote from: Barrister on August 05, 2011, 10:56:26 AM
I've never associated BPs with huge portions.
Incedentally I was amused that during the Vancouver-Boston Stanley Cup series BPs was advertising on the rink boards with the word "Boston" stroked out, and calling themself Vancouver Pizza instead. :)
I hadn't either until my recent trip to TO... My cousin was in a newly developing area, very few restaurants, we ended up a BP a couple of times. I found the portions huge, and the food itself was reasonably decent for the price.
Quote from: Barrister on August 05, 2011, 10:56:26 AM
I've never associated BPs with huge portions.
Incedentally I was amused that during the Vancouver-Boston Stanley Cup series BPs was advertising on the rink boards with the word "Boston" stroked out, and calling themself Vancouver Pizza instead. :)
I dunno, whenever I've been to BP the portions have been big. It's a sort of somewhat upscale "strap the pizza feedbag on the whole family" kinda place. ;)
Not, admittedly, to the degree of Montana's. That place is just obscene in terms of the amount of food they lay out. :lol:
Quote from: Malthus on August 05, 2011, 12:59:03 PM
Quote from: Barrister on August 05, 2011, 10:56:26 AM
I've never associated BPs with huge portions.
Incedentally I was amused that during the Vancouver-Boston Stanley Cup series BPs was advertising on the rink boards with the word "Boston" stroked out, and calling themself Vancouver Pizza instead. :)
I dunno, whenever I've been to BP the portions have been big. It's a sort of somewhat upscale "strap the pizza feedbag on the whole family" kinda place. ;)
Not, admittedly, to the degree of Montana's. That place is just obscene in terms of the amount of food they lay out. :lol:
I've also never, ever associated the word "upscale" with Boston Pizza either. :lol:
Quote from: Barrister on August 05, 2011, 03:03:51 PM
I've also never, ever associated the word "upscale" with Boston Pizza either. :lol:
Sure, in relation to fast-food type places.
Belgium exports surrealism.
Ceci n'est pas un pays. And yet it's on the maps! And a vacationdestination!
Man, I can totally read French. I'm putting that on my resume. Of course it won't matter because I never raped a Pathan girl in the Khyber Pass.
Quote from: Malthus on August 05, 2011, 12:59:03 PM
Quote from: Barrister on August 05, 2011, 10:56:26 AM
I've never associated BPs with huge portions.
Incedentally I was amused that during the Vancouver-Boston Stanley Cup series BPs was advertising on the rink boards with the word "Boston" stroked out, and calling themself Vancouver Pizza instead. :)
I dunno, whenever I've been to BP the portions have been big. It's a sort of somewhat upscale "strap the pizza feedbag on the whole family" kinda place. ;)
Not, admittedly, to the degree of Montana's. That place is just obscene in terms of the amount of food they lay out. :lol:
there used to be a place like that in Quebec city, in the 80s, a restaurant with mega-huge plates. Went bankrupt in the end, they were probably in advance of their time.
the Dutch disease.
Football violence.
Quote from: Brazen on August 08, 2011, 04:11:51 AM
Football violence.
You seem to be lacking in this department lately though. Ages since I heard of any serious cases of hooliganism.
Quote from: Ideologue on August 05, 2011, 10:17:20 PM
Man, I can totally read French. I'm putting that on my resume. Of course it won't matter because I never raped a Pathan girl in the Khyber Pass.
Then you have never really lived.
Quote from: Ideologue on August 05, 2011, 10:17:20 PM
Man, I can totally read French. I'm putting that on my resume. Of course it won't matter because I never raped a Pathan girl in the Khyber Pass.
:huh:
Quote from: Malthus on August 08, 2011, 08:21:17 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on August 05, 2011, 10:17:20 PM
Man, I can totally read French. I'm putting that on my resume. Of course it won't matter because I never raped a Pathan girl in the Khyber Pass.
:huh:
Just sour grapes; I received a rejection letter from the SSA indicating that they're not even looking at applicants who don't have a veteran's preference.
Seems kinda in bad taste
now.
Quote from: Ideologue on August 08, 2011, 09:32:53 AM
Quote from: Malthus on August 08, 2011, 08:21:17 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on August 05, 2011, 10:17:20 PM
Man, I can totally read French. I'm putting that on my resume. Of course it won't matter because I never raped a Pathan girl in the Khyber Pass.
:huh:
Just sour grapes because I lack veteran's preference, and hence was not referred for consideration for a job.
Seems kinda in bad taste now.
I understood. Cross reference your complaint in the OTT thread.
Quote from: garbon on August 08, 2011, 09:35:15 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on August 08, 2011, 09:32:53 AM
Quote from: Malthus on August 08, 2011, 08:21:17 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on August 05, 2011, 10:17:20 PM
Man, I can totally read French. I'm putting that on my resume. Of course it won't matter because I never raped a Pathan girl in the Khyber Pass.
:huh:
Just sour grapes because I lack veteran's preference, and hence was not referred for consideration for a job.
Seems kinda in bad taste now.
I understood. Cross reference your complaint in the OTT thread.
:)
I mean, I sort of get it, it's part of the compensation you get for agreeing to maybe be shot at. In retrospect, I think it might have been far more profitable to gamble the other possibility, that of getting paid to dick around in Barksdale or wherever for four years, than leverage years of future earnings that now seem very remote for a J.D.
But of course there are a lot of personal choices and mistakes that cloud that particular scrying pool.
Quote from: Ideologue on August 08, 2011, 09:32:53 AM
Just sour grapes; I received a rejection letter from the SSA indicating that they're not even looking at applicants who don't have a veteran's preference.
You know there is a way to fix that problem...
Quote from: Barrister on August 08, 2011, 09:38:35 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on August 08, 2011, 09:32:53 AM
Just sour grapes; I received a rejection letter from the SSA indicating that they're not even looking at applicants who don't have a veteran's preference.
You know there is a way to fix that problem...
Technically, I suppose, although I'm rather old for the military (albeit not for the JAG offices). Still, that's how Colonel Kurtz got started, you know. Ten years from now, I'd be hacking off insurgent limbs and leaving them in big piles in the village square, or at least giving bad advice on the legality thereof.
Quote from: Ideologue on August 08, 2011, 09:41:15 AM
Quote from: Barrister on August 08, 2011, 09:38:35 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on August 08, 2011, 09:32:53 AM
Just sour grapes; I received a rejection letter from the SSA indicating that they're not even looking at applicants who don't have a veteran's preference.
You know there is a way to fix that problem...
Technically, I suppose, although I'm rather old for the military (albeit not for the JAG offices). Still, that's how Colonel Kurtz got started, you know. Ten years from now, I'd be hacking off insurgent limbs and leaving them in big piles in the village square, or at least giving bad advice on the legality thereof.
But Kurtz turned out to be right. He was the prophet of the professional military.
RE: writing "fuck" on your airplane.
Question presented
Can you write "fuck" on your airplane?
Brief answer
You can't, because it's obscene.
Not only is it obscene, but it also encourages people to do obscene things in public.
EDIT: Bah, Ide edited his "fuck on your airplane".
Quote from: DGuller on August 08, 2011, 09:49:29 AM
Not only is it obscene, but it also encourages people to do obscene things in public.
EDIT: Bah, Ide edited his "fuck on your airplane".
Typo. :P
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It's been an eventful couple of years, but the rotting shark and rams testicles really doesn't do well in export.
Highschool dropouts who become millionaires playing pro sports.
Teenage pregnancy.