NationStates Jolt Archive

In the spirit of peace, love, reconciliation and all that drunken hippie crap...heres a toast to Europe- an entire thread devoted to whatever is still great about (Or why we shouldn't invade them next) that old continent across the sea ..

So go ahead, and tell everyone what you you think is the greatest thing about Europe...

French wine, maybe.. you can argue that. But French women... :? No thanks.. 8)

The best thing about Europe is there's an ocean separating it from the civilized world. :P

French wine, maybe.. you can argue that. But French women... :? No thanks.. 8)

You what? Have you ever met a French woman? They are very hot indeed... ;)

French wine, maybe.. you can argue that. But French women... :? No thanks.. 8)

You what? Have you ever met a French woman? They are very hot indeed... ;)

I would never argue for an absolute standard of beauty. :wink: Clearly, someone likes French women, or there wouldn't be any French. (though they are dying out at about the same rate as the rest of Europe.)

I would never argue for an absolute standard of beauty. :wink: Clearly, someone likes French women, or there wouldn't be any French. (though they are dying out at about the same rate as the rest of Europe.)

Well, I'm off to New York on Friday so I'll have to attempt an impartial "taste test" but with the French women I've known it's not looking good for the Americans :(

I would never argue for an absolute standard of beauty. :wink: Clearly, someone likes French women, or there wouldn't be any French. (though they are dying out at about the same rate as the rest of Europe.)

Well, I'm off to New York on Friday so I'll have to attempt an impartial "taste test" but with the French women I've known it's not looking good for the Americans :(

Are you going to try what we told you to do?

Are you going to try what we told you to do?

Lord Huffington Puffington?

The best thing about Europe is there's an ocean separating it from the civilized world. :P
No that's the English channel!

Are you going to try what we told you to do?

Lord Huffington Puffington?
:D

Yup, what else was there.....did we not say that you should demand a scone with every cup of tea?

I would never argue for an absolute standard of beauty. :wink: Clearly, someone likes French women, or there wouldn't be any French. (though they are dying out at about the same rate as the rest of Europe.)

Well, I'm off to New York on Friday so I'll have to attempt an impartial "taste test" but with the French women I've known it's not looking good for the Americans :(

That might be difficult, as there isn't an "American" ethnicity. I'm not a big fan of the traditional French traits in women, personally. However, what you'll see in New York will be a hodgepodge of European and other ethnicites. You've got to look at the root of a person's traits. France won't even be "French" in 20 years if you're talking demographics. Still, even after the French are breeded out of France, there will still be a set of traits described as "French." I'm not a fan. :wink:

Are you going to try what we told you to do?

Lord Huffington Puffington?
:D

Yup, what else was there.....did we not say that you should demand a scone with every cup of tea?

Carrying around a cricket bat, wearing tweed and a cravat, demanding tea and cake at four every day no matter where I happen to be. The list was huge...!

I found out recently that one of the last sites for Andy Warhol's factory is up for sale - I must get my "personal assistant" - arf - to call the real estate agents and arrange a look around.

Mmmm scones! Lovely!
Oh the fact that we can order a coffee without putting hundreds of other names like mocha, cappu, etc in there... We also don't call them skinny or fat... non-sizist us!
And I can get insulin for nothing. If I had to pay for every prescription I have had in the last 10 years I'd have no money left!

Clara Morgaine.... annnnnnnnnd good night.

What you lack to point out is that in countries where half your paycheck is taken (Like Switzerland for example) there is a very good comprehensive public healthcare provided, which for many people is a good thing.

That might be difficult, as there isn't an "American" ethnicity. I'm not a big fan of the traditional French traits in women, personally. However, what you'll see in New York will be a hodgepodge of European and other ethnicites. You've got to look at the root of a person's traits. France won't even be "French" in 20 years if you're talking demographics. Still, even after the French are breeded out of France, there will still be a set of traits described as "French." I'm not a fan. :wink:

:roll: There isn't a French ethnicity either. There is a French attitude and culture just as there is in any country that you visit but Europe is itself a "hodgepodge" of all the different tribes that marauded over the continent over the last couple of thousand years or so and subsequent immigration from all over our various empires.

That might be difficult, as there isn't an "American" ethnicity. I'm not a big fan of the traditional French traits in women, personally. However, what you'll see in New York will be a hodgepodge of European and other ethnicites. You've got to look at the root of a person's traits. France won't even be "French" in 20 years if you're talking demographics. Still, even after the French are breeded out of France, there will still be a set of traits described as "French." I'm not a fan. :wink:

:roll: There isn't a French ethnicity either. There is a French attitude and culture just as there is in any country that you visit but Europe is itself a "hodgepodge" of all the different tribes that marauded over the continent over the last couple of thousand years or so and subsequent immigration from all over our various empires.

Some of whom became 'Americans'

which-whom.. i think

Some of which became 'Americans'

Quite :D

And yet, when they say Davy Crockett had an irish jaw and a French nose, people seem to understand quite clearly. :wink:

And yet, when they say Davy Crockett had an irish jaw and a French nose, people seem to understand quite clearly. :wink:

*doesn't understand at all*

And yet, when they say Davy Crockett had an irish jaw and a French nose, people seem to understand quite clearly. :wink:

*doesn't understand at all*

Come on now, you know what French features look like.. Maybe you don't know much about Crockett, being British, but you get the idea. The French have a distinctive look, and I'm not putting it down. I'm just saying I'm not a big fan.

Come on now, you know what French features look like.. Maybe you don't know much about Crockett, being British, but you get the idea. The French have a distinctive look, and I'm not putting it down. I'm just saying I'm not a big fan.

None of the French people that I know have a distinctively different nose than any I'd expect on English, Dutch or indeed American people. Likewise with the Irish people that I know and their jaws...

*hums*

Davy, Davy Crockett.
King of the wild frontier...

Come on now, you know what French features look like.. Maybe you don't know much about Crockett, being British, but you get the idea. The French have a distinctive look, and I'm not putting it down. I'm just saying I'm not a big fan.

None of the French people that I know have a distinctively different nose than any I'd expect on English, Dutch or indeed American people. Likewise with the Irish people that I know and their jaws...

Maybe they've interbred somewhat, but there's a look, I've seen it. It's never good to look for it in people you know well, because you've been accustomed to them. It's like being asked to describe your mother or father.. you've never had to do it, you just *know.* Still, there's a distinct look, even if it's less common for a person to be less interbred nowadays. :wink:

Edit -- Isn't it the British expression: "He/She couldn't tell the difference between a Roman and a Pug." referring to noses? :wink:

What's the best thing about Europe?

Its overpopulation :lol:

The best thing about Europe is there's an ocean separating it from the civilized world. :P

Calling the Mediterranean Sea an ocean is being generous.

Edit -- Isn't it the British expression: "He/She couldn't tell the difference between a Roman and a Pug." referring to noses? :wink:

Not heard that one :lol:
A Roman nose is a different matter (although they seem to be spread quite liberally over the whole of Europe for some reason...)

Blonde buxom Swedish women! :D

Blonde buxom Swedish women! :D

Who play in swedish porn!!! :D

bump

It's name. How cool is "Europe"? Just oozes sophistication and random kinky sex acts.

Me!!! :D :D :D

Seriously, though, Europe is comprised of a large number of countries that all differ strongly. It's not easy to generalise. Still, I think that the majority of European countries (at least western Europe) have very well-structured social security, with health care, unemployment insurance etc. This of course leads to high taxes, but I'm willing to live with that.

The best thing about Europe is there's an ocean separating it from the civilized world. :P

Calling the Mediterranean Sea an ocean is being generous.

:lol:


Anyway, I'll go for the old inner cities. A city just isn't a city to me without an old inner city not made for heavy traffic congestion :)

The best thing about Europe is Britain!
That and, the Ocean sperating us from Countries who haven't even existed long enough to attain a civilisation status, never mind "Culture"
I mean, seriously, what is there? Just one war after another!
And even though you rarely come out of any (RARELY) better off, you won them all! Vietnam, 1812 (This is my favourite, I heard an American say this), The American civil war!

The best thing about Europe is there's an ocean separating it from the civilized world. :P


I'd say that if you count the UK as part of europe, and left its westernmost shore heading west, you'd cross two oceans and two continents before coming upon civilization.

The best thing about Europe (I say this as a Canadian) is their wealth of knowledge and wisdom over us in North America..who are simply infants compared to them. After all, both our nations Canada & United States are all from Europe, at least in the beginning we were, our very foundations are made from European settlers. However, I think Europe has wisdom that we haven't learned yet, they have seen great wars.. and they seem to have learned from them. Perhaps one day my country Canada and the United States will have the wisdom of Europe.

That's my $0.02

Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini.

Of course, then there's also Yugo, Volvo, and Peugeot.

Blonde buxom Swedish women! :D

Who play in swedish porn!!! :D

You know, most of those (in porn movies) are americans with lots of silicon and bleech... :wink:

more rail passinger service then any place in the western hemisphere

that and the kind of socialized capitolism or capitolized socialism that kept them running through the decades when we in the western hemisphere were throwing them out with the bath water

i think that's the best thing about europe and that there really
isn't anything else about it all that special at all
but that is itself more wonderful to me then most poeple who live
there can probably immagine as they
seem to have gotten sucked in by the privitization bandwagon and appear to be following the same ignorance we did several decades ago, which is the road to what we've screwed up here (in the u.s.) as far as i can see.

=^^=
.../\...

What's the best thing about Europe?
It's not America.

Best thing about Europe - Dosen't do whatever Bush tells it to, thinks for itself. Thank god for France and Germany (something I never thought I'd say beign an Australian of British decent, yes, my grandfathers fought the Germans in WWII and great-grandfathers in WWI). The fact that they have retained strong social security and haven't privatised essential services like we have is also damn good.

Blonde buxom Swedish women! :D

Who play in swedish porn!!! :D

You know, most of those (in porn movies) are americans with lots of silicon and bleech... :wink:

*feels cheated :evil: *

:wink:

The best thing about Europe, at least in the past year, is that none of the nations invaded Iraq.

Well, except the $%^&$& British!

The best thing about Europe is there's an ocean separating it from the civilized world. :P

Calling the Mediterranean Sea an ocean is being generous.

:lol:


Anyway, I'll go for the old inner cities. A city just isn't a city to me without an old inner city not made for heavy traffic congestion :)

Here, here, TBofN!

What else?... Good food! Good movies! A sense of style!

The best thing about Europe is there's an ocean separating it from the civilized world. :P

Calling the Mediterranean Sea an ocean is being generous.

:lol:


Anyway, I'll go for the old inner cities. A city just isn't a city to me without an old inner city not made for heavy traffic congestion :)

Here, here, TBofN!

What else?... Good food! Good movies! A sense of style!

Good food and good movies?? Come again?

The best thing about Europe is there's an ocean separating it from the civilized world. :P

Calling the Mediterranean Sea an ocean is being generous.

:lol:


Anyway, I'll go for the old inner cities. A city just isn't a city to me without an old inner city not made for heavy traffic congestion :)

Here, here, TBofN!

What else?... Good food! Good movies! A sense of style!

Good food and good movies?? Come again?

yes they are wrong. Fantastic food and great films.

Amsterdam. Prostitution and weed is legal

The best thing about europe is that italy looks like its going to kick scilly, heh heh heh :)

The best thing about Europe is there's an ocean separating it from the civilized world. :P

Calling the Mediterranean Sea an ocean is being generous.

:lol:


Anyway, I'll go for the old inner cities. A city just isn't a city to me without an old inner city not made for heavy traffic congestion :)

Here, here, TBofN!

What else?... Good food! Good movies! A sense of style!

Good food and good movies?? Come again?

yes they are wrong. Fantastic food and great films.

Great films? I can think of one great european film since the itallian job.

The best thing about Europe is there's an ocean separating it from the civilized world. :P

Calling the Mediterranean Sea an ocean is being generous.

:lol:


Anyway, I'll go for the old inner cities. A city just isn't a city to me without an old inner city not made for heavy traffic congestion :)

Here, here, TBofN!

What else?... Good food! Good movies! A sense of style!

Good food and good movies?? Come again?

yes they are wrong. Fantastic food and great films.

Great films? I can think of one great european film since the itallian job.

Ingmar Bergman, Francois Truffaut, Louis Bunuel, Federico Fellini, Francois Ozon, Pedro Almodovar, Guy Ritchie (yes! that man is a genius! :D ), Tom Tykwer, Krzysztof Kieselowski - take your pick.

The best thing about Europe is, that it shipped all its religious fanatics out a couple of hundred years ago. Look what American society is build on!

The best thing about Europe is there's an ocean separating it from the civilized world. :P

Calling the Mediterranean Sea an ocean is being generous.

:lol:


Anyway, I'll go for the old inner cities. A city just isn't a city to me without an old inner city not made for heavy traffic congestion :)

Here, here, TBofN!

What else?... Good food! Good movies! A sense of style!

Good food and good movies?? Come again?

yes they are wrong. Fantastic food and great films.

Great films? I can think of one great european film since the itallian job.

Ingmar Bergman, Francois Truffaut, Louis Bunuel, Federico Fellini, Francois Ozon, Pedro Almodovar, Guy Ritchie (yes! that man is a genius! :D ), Tom Tykwer, Krzysztof Kieselowski - take your pick.
Jean Paul Belmondo, Sir Peter Ustinov, John Rhys-Davies, Heinz Erhardt.

The best thing about Europe is, that it shipped all its religious fanatics out a couple of hundred years ago. Look what American society is build on!
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Americans wishing to get a slight idea of what Europe might be like should visit a couple of places in Canada.

We got your near-socialism, tolerance, gay marriage, state near-atheism, no death penalty, high taxes, low crime and multi-culturalism.

Quebec City is North America's only old walled city and apparently looks/sounds far more like Europe than North America. Vancouver has a nude beach near downtown, legal marijuana-smoking in a cafe or two, and a government-funded safe injection site for heroin addicts.

It feels very, very free here and I love it that :D

Mmmm scones! Lovely!
Oh the fact that we can order a coffee without putting hundreds of other names like mocha, cappu, etc in there... We also don't call them skinny or fat... non-sizist us!
And I can get insulin for nothing. If I had to pay for every prescription I have had in the last 10 years I'd have no money left!

You can order a coffee all right, but all you'll get is cold insipid pond water. Ugh!

Britain for tea, USA (and Latin America) for coffee.

French women are too hairy for me to be hot, and their wine I can't drink. Swiss watches are good (I wear one every day). And I just love Belgian chocolates! But my favorite on that poll are Ferraris, from my ancestoral homeland, Italy.
That's my favorite part in the hell called Europe, Italy. Where they live la dolce vita. The land of drunken laughter. The land of good food, and grandmothers who never want to see you hungry. The land of the Church and its beauty. The land of artists like Da Vinci, Michaelangelo, Titian, etc. The land of rampant socialism... okay, I'll look over that black mark. But other than that, Italy's good.

*Starts counting stereotypes mentioned in thread*