Michael Moore reports to fat camp

[cgannon64]

You mean you judged it to be worth noting, surely?

Yes.

Anyway, wouldn't you say that the quintessential englishman is someone who drinks tea, plays cricket, and says "poppycock" and "oh dear I seem to have dropped my monicle"?

No, I wouldn't. But, having met a bunch of Englishmen recently, the quintessential Englishman really does have a darling accent.

 

[Mise]

Bozo I never said that ALL americans were fat! I just said that the stereotype is that Americans are fat.

 

[Bozo Erectus]

Bozo I never said that ALL americans were fat! I just said that the stereotype is that Americans are fat.

I know Stereotypes can be funny. For years my mental image of Brits was Brideshead Revisited. Then it was Monty Python. Come to think of it, I dont think I have one any more, dunno if thats good or bad

 

[cgannon64]

For years my mental image of Brits was Brideshead Revisited.

The perfect image to have!

See the first part of my sig. That movie taught me that Brits are amazingly charming, smart, and a little gay - oh and Catholic.

 

[Mise]

I think John Cleese is an excellent ambassador for the UK! Just as long as he doesn't mention the war...

EDIT: what's scary is that those sorts of people (brideshead) actually exist

 

[Taliesin]

Brideshead Revisited was a fantastic book, too.

 

[Bozo Erectus]

I love all that old Victorian and Edwardian upper crusty British stuff.

 

[Taliesin]

The thought of attending Oxford and eating out every night on an expense account from one's idle father likewise appeals to me.

 

[Mise]

Sigh... How I wish I was an englishman

 

[Taliesin]

Mise, you might find another of Waugh's novels interesting-- try reading Decline and Fall for some hilariously outrageous invective against your countrymen.

 

[Bozo Erectus]

Well what are you then if not an Englishman? A pantomime Princess Margaret?

 

[Taliesin]

Mise hails from Wales. (I couldn't resist using that phrase.)

 

[cgannon64]

Besides being fun cuz of all the drinking and whorehouses and nice meals and fancy outfits, it's also a damn good Catholic salvation story...

 

[The Yankee]

Has he gotten out of drug rehab yet?

Last time I listened to his show, recently, as a check up, no he hasn't.

 

[Mise]

@Taleisin:
If I were an englishman I might read it under an apple tree on one lazy summer's day. Unfortunately I'm not so I hate reading Read the synopsis though, sounds classic

@Bozo, yeah, I'm "welsh" I suppose

 

[CurtSibling]

So the two Englishmen know what the average American looks like?

Oh come on!

Americans are seldom slow to hurl the stereotypes around!
You all just don't like getting them given back, it seems!

 

[Taliesin]

Besides being fun cuz of all the drinking and whorehouses and nice meals and fancy outfits, it's also a damn good Catholic salvation story...

It was also a superb tragedy. It's clear that Sebastian is the most important character, but Charles' grand descent from Arcadia to war was very moving.

 

[cgannon64]

Americans are seldom slow to hurl the stereotypes around!

Neither are you, apparently...

 

[CurtSibling]

Neither are you, apparently...

Hahaha!

You proved my point exactly!

x 1000

 

[Taliesin]

@Taleisin:
If I were an englishman I might read it under an apple tree on one lazy summer's day. Unfortunately I'm not so I hate reading Read the synopsis though, sounds classic

Okay, then I'll quote you some of the better bits:

'The Welsh,' said the Doctor, ' are the only nation in the world that has produced no graphic or plastic art, no architecture, no drama. They just sing,' he said with disgust, 'sing and blow down wind instruments of plated silver...'

"The Welsh character is an interesting study," said Dr Fagan. "I have often considered writing a little monograph on the subject, but I was afraid it might make me unpopular in the village. The ignorant speak of them as Celts, which is of course wholly erroneous. They are of pure Iberian stock-the aboriginal inhabitants of Europe who survive only in Portugal and the Basque district. Celts readily intermarry with their neighbors and absorb them. From the earliest times the Welsh have been looked upon as an unclean people. It is thus that they have preserved their racial integrity. Their sons and daughters rarely mate with humankind except their own blood relations. In Wales there was no need for legislation to prevent the conquering people intermarrying with the conquered ..."