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Offline Naso

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« Reply #30 on: January 16, 2001, 02:18:00 AM »
Eh eh eh, nice flamefest.  

But I know, you can do better !!

 

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« Reply #31 on: January 16, 2001, 03:06:00 AM »
   
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So they weren't happy to see us?    
I allready answered that. I just hate it when some people think that the americans were the only and unstopable mega-force in WW2. Kiwis, Aussies, and brits had been fighting the japanese in the pacific well before the americans showed up. The americans did very little until their own naval base was attacked.


   
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Them NZ were plenty happy to see us not all that long ago. Just like all the rest of 'em that find it so easy to scorn us now.

So does this mean i have no right to post a *joke* on a "less serious topics forum"? The americans helped in the pacific and the *allies* won.

And what does "just the like the rest of them" comment mean? who else are you insulting? everyone who is not american?

"find it so easy to scorn us now." I wasnt scorning anyone - it was humour (not even by my pen)


 
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You are reading something into that from your own personal bias.

My bias? Maybe so, i get the feeling your are too.

 
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Ever been to the Punchbowl in Hawaii? Great place for folks like him to visit.
Please enlighten me as to what the punchbowl is.

"place for folks like him", there you go again with your 'us and them' attitude again.


Im not really a bigot, just a stubornly argumentative  

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« Reply #32 on: January 16, 2001, 05:38:00 AM »
the sad fact is pongo is 100% correct... its amazing what you can learn when you read history books written by a non-american author.

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« Reply #33 on: January 16, 2001, 08:46:00 AM »
Spatula. How long did NZ fight alone against the Japanese. Pearl was almost the first target in the war in the pacific...Was NZ hit befor Pearl harbour? In the first 15 hours of the war in the pacific the US was attacked at Pearl and the Philipines. Over 2000 men where killed. How many Kiwis died in the first 15 hours? How  many Brits? How many Auzies. Have you even read anything about it?  

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« Reply #34 on: January 16, 2001, 09:07:00 AM »
Loser, did you read the same reply from Pongo that I did?  One of us isn't understanding what he said.

It is amazing how how big some people's chips can be.  Its also amazing how often someone shows up to try to knock them off.

Spatula, the amount of people that think we save NZ's bellybutton in WW2 is comparable to the the amount of people in NZ that resent the idea that the US was an unstopable mega-force in WW2.  Both groups solely exist because of the other.

Americans have a tendancy to forget who stopped the advances of Japan and Germany during WW2.  Many others tend to forget who pushed them back.  Is one effort greater than the other?  I don't think so.

So... why do jokes like Spatula's bother me after a while?  Because behind every joke is an undertone.  Its amazing how quickly the author of a friendly joke gets defensive and starts slamming views of US participation in WW2.  If you are going to tell a joke, and get upset because people don't maintain a sense of humor about it.. you'd better be prepared to maintain a sense of humor yourself.

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« Reply #35 on: January 16, 2001, 09:24:00 AM »
Guys !!! Guys!!!

I think we're straying here, to everyone who is everyone no matter what your country of origin.

1/ for those countries who got involved in WW2 THANK YOU  for helping the WORLD to rid itself of Hitler

2/ for those countries involved in any other armed conflict in the last 200 years

                THANK YOU
                 SO MUCH

 Now it was a joke i'm sure of it but lets put the shoe on the other foot here.


ARE YOU A BRIT TEST

1/ you want end a relationship, do you
a/ leave a note slip quietly away
b/ sit down and discuss where it has gone wrong
c/ Murder her in cold blood, disppear, reappear to got on TV to appeal for her killer to come forward;.

2/ you and your mates want to play football in the park
what do u take
a/ a ball, 2 coats and bottle of drink
b/ a ball, 2 coats, a bottle of drink and your g/f to sit and watch
c/ a ball, no coats 3.5 litres of strong ciser half your street and a large lump of marajuana.

3/ you are driving along a country road and you run over a rabbit what do u do:

a/ stop, to check its ok
b/ stop, move it to the road side to die peacefully
c/ stop, stop?! what's that?

4/ you wake in the morning with  a stiff neck what do u do

a/take saspirin and get on with things
b/ignore it
c/take the next 3 months of work saying it's stress related.

5/what do u have for breakfast
a/cornflakes 2 slices of toast cup of tea
b/ croissant, cappucino
c/ a slice of last nights left over pizza, and a cigarette

6/you and your partner decide to get married what sort of ceremony is it?

a/one with beautiful church ,flowers ,sunshine
b/ quiet registry office with best mates as witnesses
c/invite whole family to small chuech get everyone into the social club afterwards where warm sandwiches and even warmer beer are served, get drunk and tell the mother in law what you really thibk of her.

7/ your 14 yr old son is being disruptive at school
a/ ignore him its just a phase
b/ speak to teachers and him to sort it out
c/ buy him a playstation and take him out to TGI fridays for a slap up meal and then sy just as you've finished eating "you must try harder at school son" he says "i will"

8/you want a quiet night in in front of the TV waht comedy do u wanna watch
a/ a comedy like fawlty towers
b/ vintage morecombe and wise
c/ a comedy about an old man who is very horrible and makes eveyones life a misery , and moans about just about everything.

9/ whilst getting ready for bed you stub your toe on your wifes dresser do you
a/ swear and hobble around hoping the pain will ease
b/ swear loudly and throw the dresser across the room
c/ swear loudly and cry, spend the next three hours at the hospital convinced its broken.

10/you are responsible for the election of the next british govenrment do you:

a/ ask the people and have a ballot and elect a government
b/ ask the present government who they think should go in
c/ get the two leaders of the party for a  mashed potato wretling bout 2 falls or a submission.

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« Reply #36 on: January 16, 2001, 10:13:00 AM »
ARE YOU AN ITALIAN TEST

1/ you want end a relationship, do you

a/ leave a note slip quietly away
b/ sit down and discuss where it has gone wrong
c/ Go take her in your car with a beautiful blonde, and when she enter the car say "this is my NEW girlfriend".

2/ you and your mates want to play football in the park
what do u take

a/ a ball, 2 coats and bottle of drink
b/ a ball, 2 coats, a bottle of drink and your g/f to sit and watch
c/ a ball, stabs and chains to solve the question about the penalty soon or later has to be called.

3/ you are driving along a country road and you run over a rabbit what do u do:

a/ stop, to check its ok
b/ stop, move it to the road side to die peacefully
c/ stop, exit the car and check if there is damage, then spit on that SOB (same has to be done for humans victims too).

4/ you wake in the morning with a stiff neck what do u do

a/take saspirin and get on with things
b/ignore it
c/Start thinking you are going to die and make a complete check up using the public wellfare's money.

5/what do u have for breakfast

a/ cornflakes 2 slices of toast cup of tea
b/ Sausage, eggs, orange juice.
c/ No less than 10 espresso, nothing else.

6/you and your partner decide to get married what sort of ceremony is it?

a/one with beautiful church ,flowers ,sunshine
b/ quiet registry office with best mates as witnesses
c/invite whole family, friends, even people meeted along the way for a minimum of 300 people (better if you are more than thousand) to small church, rent a rolls royce for the bride, then make a no less than 6 hours party in an expensive restaurant getting drunk, singing, and crashing everything, for a total expense amount of no less than 30.000 US$ equivalent.

7/ your 14 yr old son is being disruptive at school

a/ ignore him its just a phase
b/ speak to teachers and him to sort it out
c/ Speak with the mafia local boss, your boy has quickly found a job

8/you want a quiet night in in front of the TV waht comedy do u wanna watch

a/ a comedy like fawlty towers
b/ vintage morecombe and wise
c/ A stupid sit-comedy with recorded public laughs.

9/ whilst getting ready for bed you stub your toe on your wifes dresser do you

a/ swear and hobble around hoping the pain will ease
b/ swear loudly and cry, spend the next three hours at the hospital convinced its broken.
c/ swear loudly and throw the dresser across the window, then beat the squeak.

10/you are responsible for the election of the next italian govenrment do you:

a/ ask the people and have a ballot and elect a government
b/ ask the present government who they think should go in
c/ elect the one offering more.


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« Reply #37 on: January 16, 2001, 10:25:00 AM »
Spat,

I don't want to hijack your "joke" thread. I will address/answer your questions from your last post in a new thread, "The Pacific War".

As far as this thread, I will stand back and let DejaVu's commentary speak for me as well. I think he's covered my reaction pretty well and I can't add anything to his replies.

Pongo also hit the bullseye in both of his posts. Very well said and to the point. Thanks.

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« Reply #38 on: January 16, 2001, 10:39:00 AM »
LOL!  Good one, Spatula  

Don't mind my fellow Americans on this board.  There's plenty more who would find this quite funny    Many Americans actually do have a sense of humor - even for themselves  

To my fellow grumpy Americans:  Aren't you guys a little young to be acting like snotty, old men?  


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« Reply #39 on: January 16, 2001, 12:36:00 PM »
Kudos to the Kiwis, the Italians, and the Brits on this board that seem to have a sense of humor.

Additional thanks to the Americans that seem to be able to laugh at themselves and the world.

Maybe sometimes the problem is that the shoe fits too well, eh?

And as far as this "we saved your ass" crap, and the "you waited until the last minute to do diddly" stuff, man, this is about the 4th UBB where I've seen this fight.

There was a big war.  A lot of people died.  It changed the world.  We are on the same side.  Repeat as necessary until you grasp the concept.

Yep, the Italian and British representatives on this board seemed to understand perfectly.  As a further demonstration as to how one handles a post like Spatula's, I give you:

SLOGANS CURRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED BY THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT TO INCREASE TOURISM:

1.  "New Zealand - We're Almost As Much Fun as Australia!  Well, Kind Of!"

2.  "New Zealand - Not Just For Sheep Anymore!"

3.  "You'll Love Us! - We Used to be Owned by Britain Too!"

4.  "You'll Love Us! - We Subjugated a Native Population Too!"

5.  "We Need Your Money! - We'll Act Like We Don't Have a Sense of Humor if we Have to!"

6.  "New Zealand - Buy us a Drink, And We'll Tell You About How, For Brief Moments in the History of the World, we Actually Contributed to the Overall Good of Humanity!"

7.  "New Zealand - We've Got New Jersey Beat All to Hell!"

8.  "Kiwi's - The Animal, Not the Fruit!  (And No, You Can't Shoot Them!)

9.  "New Zealand - Visit Us, or We'll Come Over There!"

10. "New Zealand - Working Towards Someday Making Your NZ Vacation a Tax-Exempt Charitable Contribution!"

And finally:

"New Zealand - Proud Home of the Lucy Lawless Museum!"


There.  That's better.

: )

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« Reply #40 on: January 16, 2001, 12:55:00 PM »
 
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Kudos to the Kiwis, the Italians, and the Brits on this board that seem to have a sense of humor.

Modify that to.. "Kudos to the Italians and Brits that have offered introspective commedy commentary in regards to their own country".  That's maintaining a sense of humor.

Less kudos to those that took the liberty to tell jokes about another country then get defensive when theirs is brought up.

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« Reply #41 on: January 16, 2001, 01:09:00 PM »
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« Reply #42 on: January 16, 2001, 01:17:00 PM »
Oh my, so NZ is the REAL bishland!!!

 

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« Reply #43 on: January 16, 2001, 01:19:00 PM »
Thanks Nate, you reminded me that I forgot one!


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« Reply #44 on: January 16, 2001, 01:41:00 PM »
Quite a storm i stirred up  

Sorry, if i came across too defensive, or offended anyone, it wasnt my intention at all. My last reply was 1:00 in the morn and was tired.

I do get defensive, and so should all of you, about your own country. <S>
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