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[planetqueen]

I have to choke on my nationalistic pride... and tell you that the English and Belgians make the best ale I've ever tasted. And I have travelled on five continents, and sampled many different ales.

Yep - I thought that was the case, but I am not a big ale or beer drinker. Seems like we make a lot of different sorts over here.

 

[planetqueen]

I'm just trying to get beer and sites out of you.

I love a good conversation about books so you would be well in there. I know fata is the same so we could have a good old threeway chinwag.

 

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[planetqueen]

Hey, I come from a long line of waggers and to think of you guys on the chin....BONUS.

You know what a delicate English rose I am. I am shocked.

 

[ChinaBandit]

I have to choke on my nationalistic pride... and tell you that the English and Belgians make the best ale I've ever tasted. And I have travelled on five continents, and sampled many different ales.

I've traveled on 5 continents too and I there are heaps of beers and ales superior to those from England. Belgium, of course, ranks. Hell, a fucking Duvel as better than anyting from England.

 

[Sean]

This weekend I'm definitely missing Notting Hill. Used to go every year when I lived in W London.

 

[planetqueen]

This weekend I'm definitely missing Notting Hill. Used to go every year when I lived in W London.

I was going to do it - but my son and his friends are all there and I had partied my arse off. Am knackered.

I don't live too far from London but stayed in a hotel so I could stagger back from the pub. It was fun.

You up north or back down south now? Do you miss living in London?

 

[Sean]

I was going to do it - but my son and his friends are all there and I had partied my arse off. Am knackered.

I don't live too far from London but stayed in a hotel so I could stagger back from the pub. It was fun.

You up north or back down south now? Do you miss living in London?

I'm in Northern Ireland atm. And, yeah, I miss the smoke sometimes.

 

[planetqueen]

I'm in Northern Ireland atm. And, yeah, I miss the smoke sometimes.

Fuck - that really is a change. A massive change.

I have spent quite a bit of time in NI. Interesting place. Hope you have someone spectacularly lovely to keep you warm. As consolation. Some of those Irish women are lovely.

 

[colddiesel]

I've traveled on 5 continents too and I there are heaps of beers and ales superior to those from England. Belgium, of course, ranks. Hell, a fucking Duvel as better than anyting from England.

So what, heaps of us have traveled all over the world. Seeing that over 1000 different beers are made in the UK I'm betting you know fuck all about them and have probably spent five minutes outside London for all your travel bullshit.

I'm the second Scot on this thread to admit that the English brew better beer than we do. I have also lived in OZ for 30+ years, and they, without fear of contradiction make the worst beer in the world. In fact the chemical concoction they produce is not allowed to be called beer in many countries.

Fosters is the worst of all; it was brewed by a specially imported American expert. Basically he added more liquid sugar to the brew than you get in a coke. The idea was to wean youngsters away from coke. Tragically he succeeded.

 

[ChinaBandit]

So what, heaps of us have traveled all over the world. Seeing that over 1000 different beers are made in the UK I'm betting you know fuck all about them and have probably spent five minutes outside London for all your travel bullshit.

I'm the second Scot on this thread to admit that the English brew better beer than we do. I have also lived in OZ for 30+ years, and they, without fear of contradiction make the worst beer in the world. In fact the chemical concoction they produce is not allowed to be called beer in many countries.

Fosters is the worst of all; it was brewed by a specially imported American expert. Basically he added more liquid sugar to the brew than you get in a coke. The idea was to wean youngsters away from coke. Tragically he succeeded.

You would lose the wager. You're wrong about Oz beer too. James Squire has several outstanding brews.

 

[Catastrophist79]

It's definitely incredibly difficult to beat a decent English ale

 

[Adre]

I love London, but Christ it's hard to find a decent cup of coffee. I'm not really a beer drinker but in England I always ask the barman for his best bitter. And the curry is out of this world. Then there's my weakness for British ladies.

 

[Sean]

Fuck - that really is a change. A massive change.

I have spent quite a bit of time in NI. Interesting place. Hope you have someone spectacularly lovely to keep you warm. As consolation. Some of those Irish women are lovely.

I fell for another yank.

 

[kotori]

if you ask for a Budweiser, you're more likely to get the original Czech Budweiser Budvar than the poor US attempted imitation. The US company stole the name. But they can't make real Pilsner lager. Only the Czechs, and maybe the Germans, can manage that.

Oh that's bullshit. The "Americans" that "stole" the name were Germans who settled in Missouri and tried to replicate Bohemian lager. They brought their craft with them and did the best they could with locally available ingredients. And now it's owned by InBev. I'm not defending the brand, it's never my first choice, but to accuse the brewers of some kind of insidious plot is absurd. Or bullshit.

 

[marshalt]

To be honest it was the way they were dressed.

I think that your government should invest in some public information adverts suggesting American tourists abroad wear something other than checked shorts, baseball caps and a camera around the neck.

Have you been to London?

And this horseshit attitude is why I'm never spending a dime on foreign soil again. All I heard was people whining about American tourists. Sorry for taking pictures, since this is a once in a lifetime deal for me, I thought I'd like to have photos to remember it by. Sorry for being "loud" but I've been dreaming of being here for years so I am excited. And I'm sorry for getting excited when seeing something that I've only seen pictures of. Sorry that my definition of casual and comfortable clothes are not the same as yours. Sorry for ordering an American beer, but I know that as an American, you'll give me hell no matter what I order, so I might as well go with what I know. Sorry for not becoming a master of the local language and customs.

Basically, sorry for going over to your little shitbox country and spending money. You don't have to worry about that happening ever again.

 

[Sean]

And this horseshit attitude is why I'm never spending a dime on foreign soil again. All I heard was people whining about American tourists. Sorry for taking pictures, since this is a once in a lifetime deal for me, I thought I'd like to have photos to remember it by. Sorry for being "loud" but I've been dreaming of being here for years so I am excited. And I'm sorry for getting excited when seeing something that I've only seen pictures of. Sorry that my definition of casual and comfortable clothes are not the same as yours. Sorry for ordering an American beer, but I know that as an American, you'll give me hell no matter what I order, so I might as well go with what I know. Sorry for not becoming a master of the local language and customs.

Basically, sorry for going over to your little shitbox country and spending money. You don't have to worry about that happening ever again.

Good. The less we see of shit like you, the better we'll be off.

 

[marshalt]

Good. The less we see of shit like you, the better we'll be off.

Then stay the fuck out of my country.

 

[Sean]

Then stay the fuck out of my country.

Meh, I go there occasionally. I well remember your spiel about how all the unemployed are lazy bastards that don't want to work. You're nothing but another RW redneck dickhead.

 

[marshalt]

Meh, I go there occasionally. I well remember your spiel about how all the unemployed are lazy bastards that don't want to work. You're nothing but another RW redneck dickhead.

You confuse me with someone else.

 

[Sean]

You confuse me with someone else.

Want me to find the post?

 

[marshalt]

Want me to find the post?

Yes, I'm interested in what I had to say.

 

[Sean]

Yes, I'm interested in what I had to say.

and only the shittiest can't get hired at McDonalds or the grocery store.

No sympathy.

You may have to read the thread for context.

 

[marshalt]

You may have to read the thread for context.

Ah yes, I recall that.

My own experiences of being unemployed and homeless for a good portion of the past 3 years has only reinforced that position. But that's another thread.

 

[Sean]

Ah yes, I recall that.

My own experiences of being unemployed and homeless for a good portion of the past 3 years has only reinforced that position. But that's another thread.

It was because you're lazy and don't want a job, right?