Weird Things about Europe

[Kneel B4 Zod]

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That picture has porn scene lighting. Nice.

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too bad you didn't get that Treo 650, or you could take porn pictures of your own

(fyi I like mine)

[The DaveR]

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That picture has porn scene lighting. Nice.

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too bad you didn't get that Treo 650, or you could take porn pictures of your own

(fyi I like mine)

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I did get one. (Don't tell Diablo). It works great.

[talentdeficit]

in glasgow they have guys whose job it is to guard the aisles in the supermarket where they keep the alcohol during the period it's illegal to sell it (10pm to 11am i think?) they won't even let you approach the alcohol.

[LittleOldLady]

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Edit: This thread amazes me with its revelation how weird america is. You aren´t allowed to drink beer in public over there?

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I think that post was talking about the superiority of European sidewalk cafes.

America was founded by Puritans, we aren't supposed to have fun. But yes, we can drink outside in most cities; within the bounds of a bar or cafe. You aren't allowed to walk down the street with a beer, except for.......

New Orleans, which was well known for public drinking and debauchery.

That's why God destroyed it. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

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How come God preserved the debauched parts of the city and destroyed Lakeview?

You can still walk in the French Quarter with your go cup as if nothing had ever happened.

[LittleOldLady]

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Something that's rather weird about Belgium, Holland and I think France to Americans is that we eat raw hamburgermeat.

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Odder still is that (at least in Holland) they call this "filet Americain"

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In America it's called steak tartare. WHen I first encountered the name filet Americain, I was amused by the equivalence of Americans with Tatars....

[manpower]

Everywhere I've been, American this or that, is never even close to what it's supposed to be. I had some pizza americana the other day, and these douchebags didn't even know what pepperoni was.

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I am an expat currently in Scotland.
Weird crap here...at least to me
When people give money to a cashier they say "thank you"
"American-style" pancakes for sale in the bread aisle.
These people eat an amazing amount of bread.
Dryers here take for-f'in-ever to dry a damn sock.
Damn near impossible to find charcoal year-round here...like you aren't supposed to grill anything if it's chilly outside WTF?

[LittleOldLady]

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On a somewhat opposite view:

Weird things about Canada (or at least Ontario):

- The toilet is in the same room as the shower and the sink. (granted I've seen this in some places in Europe too)


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HUH!?!?!?!?!?!?! Where have you been where this isn't standard?

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Think I've mentioned enough times in this thread now that I'm Belgian? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

The vast majority of places I have lived in or visited there tend to have the toilet in it's own seperate room. This may be a sample size thing but out of all my friends and families homes I've been to (roughly 40 homes) only 2 had the toilet in the bathroom.

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My house in Nijmegen had the toilet, sink, and showerhead in the same room, as did my friend's house in the Brabant (he had both tub and shower stall). But what I thought was strange was that every house in the Netherlands that I ever visited (except for the one I rented) had a tiny room with toilet and itty-bitty sink right inside the front door (sometimes this was the only toilet in the house). I never figured out exactly why a toilet was wanted right at the doorway (go before you go?).

OTOH a Dutch woman of my acquaintance showed me the scrapbook of her trip to America--pictures of every public toilet she had encountered. She was entranced by the water in the bowl--which she attributed to ubiquitous clogged pipes...

Well, travel can be considered adventures in plumbing--or in many parts of the world, lack of plumbing.

[Riverman]

I get really annoyed at how in nice restaurants they will not give you more than one or two cubes of ice.

[mostsmooth]

heres a couple weird things i noticed in finland:
1. people always wait for the crosswalk signs to switch before they walk, even if theres no cars coming in either direction for miles. they just sit there and wait. i think one of the people told me the cops will bust you if you dont obey the walk/dont walk signs.
2. they had public port-a-potties that were concave on all 4 corners. they were for men only. there were no doors. you would just walk up to it and pee. kinda like using an ATM. everybody could see you.(they had these in amsterdam as well)
3. people there playing blackjack would split tens like it was a law. didnt matter what the dealer had, they split 20 all day.
4. there are no fat people in finland. none.
5. shops closed at like 5pm the latest m-f religiously. only food and bars were open. sundays, everything was closed all day, except food and bars.
6. they have a special week or so that almost everybody walks around in a sailor cap, like the one the skipper wore on gilligans island. they were on the manequins in the stores as well and as decorations in spots. apparently they have something to do with high school graduation. it just so happens i arrived in finland for the first time during this special week. it was a little weird seeing 75% of the people walking around in skipper caps. i couldnt imagine everybody liked boats that much?