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Re: Randomness

Postby panyasan » Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:17 pm

Escriba wrote:Well, it's not exactly censorship (that's when you prevent somebody to give an opinion), it's more like:

Russia (after hearing a joke about them): Hey, I resent that!
European Union: Oh, c'mon, don't be touchy.
Russia: What?!
EU: It's just a joke.
Russia: Just a joke? Hmmm, I see... So you don't need our gas.
EU: What?!
Russia: It's just gas.
Eu: Eh... Mmmmm...
Russia: Gaaaaaas.
EU: That's... that's unfair.
Russia: Oh, really?
EU: We are free countries with liberty and freedom of speech and--
Russia: And dependency on our gas, crude oil, money, caviar... whatnot...

The members of the EU go away and talk among themselves.

Germany: I say we apologize.
Sweden: What? Why? It's just a stupid joke in a stupid music contest.
Germany: Whatever.
Poland: To hell with the ruskies.
Germany: Do you want to eat sashimi for the rest of your life?
Sweden: (mumbling) Can't we even joke a little?
Poland: Don't repress me, you Nazi!
Germany: Don't call me that!
Poland: Nazi, Nazi, Nazi, Nazi...
Sweden: (mumbling) Besides, it was a good joke.
France: Beg to differ.
Sweden: We are funny, you know? We are known for our sense of humor.
France, UK, Italy and Spain: Really? Who says that?
Denmark: Me.
UK: 'Nuff said.
France: You know, we could have several meeting, talk about this, let journalists take pictures and write about all this...
Germany: And then?
France: And then nothing. Probably another problem would arise and everybody will forget about this.
Germany: And what would we achieve doing so?
France: We will look like we do something.
Italy: Count me in!
Germany: *sigh* What do you say, Spain?
Spain: *snif* Sorry, I'm just too depressed right now *snif* USA is angry with me *snif, snif* They think we have abandoned them in Kosovo. But we need to take soldiers from somewhere to send them to Afghanistan! What do they think we have? 10 million of soldiers?
Germany: Ooookeeey... And you, Greece?
Greece: Sorry, I'm still suffering the hang-over of thousands of students destroying street furniture.
France: I could help you with that.
Rest of EU: Shut up.
Germany: What do you say, Holland?
Holland: Mmmm... well... offhand... I don't know... Every stance has its pro and cons...
Germany: As neutral as always, I see. Austria?
Austria: Too busy being great and magnificent.
Germany: Fantastic. The newcomers don't count...
Newcomers: Hey!
Germany: And you, UK?
UK: I'm not really part of the Union so...

The rest of the countries glare.

Germany: Has anybody got a good plan?
Poland: Me, me!
Germany: Anybody?
Poland: Right here, right here!
Germany: It doesn't mind if it sounds a little silly.
Poland: Ohhh, c'mon... Here, here!
Germany: Yes, Pol?
Poland: I say, burn them!
Germany: Just one word: Georgia.

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You made my point exactly! But.... the Dutch have a stance. Yes, we have. We have to, we are the founding fathers of the EU! And we have lots of gas too, so we don't care about the Russians, it just that we also are the Ferengi's of the EU. And you know what the Great Negus always says: always agree with your customers. 8)
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Re: Randomness

Postby panyasan » Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:18 pm

Double post and no idea how to delete my already posted message :shock:
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Re: Randomness

Postby Escriba » Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:41 pm

Alelou wrote:Ah, you can even make the EU funny!

Well, I try 8) It was longer, with Spain and Finland getting drunk, Belgium totally schizophrenic yelling four different things at once, Ireland sulking because nobody asked them, Norway complaining about the same (and Sweden answering back)

Sweden: Do you know how they call you? "Sweden and that other country that is beside it."
Norway: (crying) That's mean!

And Italy shouting at Romania "Don't come close to me!" But, you know, with what I wrote I think it was enough :lol:

panyasan wrote:You made my point exactly! But.... the Dutch have a stance. Yes, we have. We have to, we are the founding fathers of the EU! And we have lots of gas too, so we don't care about the Russians, it just that we also are the Ferengi's of the EU. And you know what the Great Negus always says: always agree with your customers. 8)

Ah, I was going to write this, but thought it was too much:

Germany: What do you say, Holland?
Holland: I pass, they annoy me. Do you want some chocolate?
Germany: W-what?!
Holland: It's from Kenya. Best chocolate ever.
Germany: *munch, munch* It's good... But that's not the point! *munch, munch* Chocolate...
Holland: I can bring them to you and take you 20 % off.
Germany: (whispering) We'll talk later. (Out loud) *Aheam* Austria?
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Re: Randomness

Postby anaM » Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:59 pm

Escriba, it's been quite a while that I read something so funny! Even though I should be embarassed that you exposed my country's perpetual hangover!

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Re: Randomness

Postby JadziaKathryn » Tue Mar 24, 2009 3:58 pm

:guffaw: That is absolute genius!
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Re: Randomness

Postby justTripn » Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:58 pm

:lol: Not that I get any of it, but I want to hang out with you sophisticated Europeans. ;) And the American international traveling history scholar.
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Re: Randomness

Postby Linda » Tue Mar 24, 2009 6:12 pm

I'm with you, JT. I think I am getting a political education here!
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Re: Randomness

Postby Asso » Tue Mar 24, 2009 8:18 pm

Ah, I adore this damn Basque woman! But why the hell she doesn't write a story for my taste? With this damn ability she has!?! :bitch:
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Re: Randomness

Postby Kevin Thomas Riley » Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:07 pm

Escirba, that was about the funniest thing I've read in quite a while! :guffaw: :guffaw: :guffaw: :thumbsup:

And it's so spot on! Europe in a nutshell...
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Re: Randomness

Postby Escriba » Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:01 pm

Glad everyone liked it 8)

anaM wrote:Escriba, it's been quite a while that I read something so funny! Even though I should be embarassed that you exposed my country's perpetual hangover!

No worries, Spain has its hangovers too, like any other country :wink:
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Re: Randomness

Postby JadziaKathryn » Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:33 pm

I just got back from my Europe Since 1945 lecture. (It's a great class. The professor says things that are sort of jokes and besides him I'm usually the only other one grinning, because I have a dorky history sense of humor.) Anyway, the subtopic was the end of dictatorship in Western Europe and he started talking about Basque separatists, mentioning the ETA. ("Which stands for something, I don't know the translation, but it basically means We Want Out of Spain.") So I'm just curious - obviously this would be an issue in Spain, but is it something the rest of you Europeans hear a lot about now? And is the Basque language that hard?
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Re: Randomness

Postby Kevin Thomas Riley » Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:44 pm

JadziaKathryn wrote:So I'm just curious - obviously this would be an issue in Spain, but is it something the rest of you Europeans hear a lot about now? And is the Basque language that hard?

Ever since the crackdown on the terrorists and the decline in attacks, there hasn't been that much reporting of Basque affairs. At least not here in Sweden.

As for the Basque language, I've heard it's quite difficult to learn since it's not a part of the Indo-European family.

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Re: Randomness

Postby Alelou » Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:39 pm

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Re: Randomness

Postby Aquarius » Thu Mar 26, 2009 12:27 am

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Re: Randomness

Postby JadziaKathryn » Thu Mar 26, 2009 6:51 pm

Kevin Thomas Riley wrote:
JadziaKathryn wrote:So I'm just curious - obviously this would be an issue in Spain, but is it something the rest of you Europeans hear a lot about now? And is the Basque language that hard?

Ever since the crackdown on the terrorists and the decline in attacks, there hasn't been that much reporting of Basque affairs. At least not here in Sweden.

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