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Post by everso on Jan 9, 2009 17:03:27 GMT
1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the English.
2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the English.
3. The Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than the English.
4. The Italians drink a lot of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than the English.
5.. The Germans drink a lot of beers and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than the English.
CONCLUSION
Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.
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Post by riotgrrl on Jan 9, 2009 19:19:11 GMT
Your theory falls down I'm afraid.
People in Glasgow suffer disproportionate numbers of heart attacks, and they don't speak English.
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Post by everso on Jan 9, 2009 19:35:44 GMT
Your theory falls down I'm afraid. People in Glasgow suffer disproportionate numbers of heart attacks, and they don't speak English. As always, you are, of course, correct. |
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Post by Patrick on Jan 9, 2009 19:42:22 GMT
The one I heard that the Germans are/were very good at doing - is/was; Whilst on holiday in Spain - Eating huge amounts of lunch, washed down with huge amounts of alcohol - they will then go back to their rooms - have copious amounts of sex - and then have a massive heart attack and snuff it!
This was quite a high death rate this way, apparently.
I can think of worse ways to go of course.
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Post by riotgrrl on Jan 9, 2009 19:44:15 GMT
The one I heard that the Germans are/were very good at doing - is/was; Whilst on holiday in Spain - Eating huge amounts of lunch, washed down with huge amounts of alcohol - they will then go back to their rooms - have copious amounts of sex - and then have a massive heart attack and snuff it! This was quite a high death rate this way, apparently. I can think of worse ways to go of course. Than having sex with a German? |
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Post by Patrick on Jan 9, 2009 19:50:40 GMT
 It's the men who cop it - apparently. Hey! Perhaps it's an evil plot by German women to take over the country and the world by luring their men to Spain and doing them in!
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Post by riotgrrl on Jan 9, 2009 21:14:42 GMT
Ah . .another hole in Everso's theory.
Men have more heart attacks than women. Do they speak more English?
(Actually, although it's supposed to be women who talk too much, if you ever observe a meeting work out just which gender it is which cannot shut the fk up!!!!)
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Post by everso on Jan 10, 2009 0:28:08 GMT
Ah . .another hole in Everso's theory. Men have more heart attacks than women. Do they speak more English? (Actually, although it's supposed to be women who talk too much, if you ever observe a meeting work out just which gender it is which cannot shut the fk up!!!!) Oh tell me about it. This thing about women talking is a complete fallacy. Quite a few men I know can talk the kind leg off a donkey |
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Post by everso on Jan 10, 2009 0:31:45 GMT
The one I heard that the Germans are/were very good at doing - is/was; Whilst on holiday in Spain - Eating huge amounts of lunch, washed down with huge amounts of alcohol - they will then go back to their rooms - have copious amounts of sex - and then have a massive heart attack and snuff it! This was quite a high death rate this way, apparently. I can think of worse ways to go of course. Than having sex with a German? Germans have a very laid back attitude to nudity and sex. My sister-in-law is German and when we were on holiday in Germany, was quite keen for us all to shimmy off to the mixed sauna - nude naturally. Eff that. She needs to adopt the British way - uptight. I'm still trying to convert her. |
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Post by sesley on Jan 13, 2009 19:04:02 GMT
haven't you seen those nazi pre war films of healthy germans doing out door sport nude?
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Post by trubble on Jan 13, 2009 20:34:59 GMT
Wasn't that Carry On Up the Reich?
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Post by everso on Jan 14, 2009 0:20:56 GMT
Wasn't that Carry On Up the Reich? We thrashed out WW2 with our German in-laws very early on in our relationship, but we never came to an amicable agreement about the 1966 Football World Cup. Incidentally, my sister-in-law's dad (now sadly no longer with us) spoke not a word of English. Mr. E. speaks no German yet the pair of them got on like a house on fire (and I'm not talking about Dresden - that's still a sore point with most Germans). It always seemed that whenever we met up we would drink copious amounts of beer and vodka and there would come a point in the evening when Mr. E. would start to translate, for my benefit, from German to English. |
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Post by trubble on Jan 14, 2009 10:59:17 GMT
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Post by Patrick on Jan 14, 2009 11:07:01 GMT
Wasn't that Carry On Up the Reich? We thrashed out WW2 with our German in-laws very early on in our relationship, but we never came to an amicable agreement about the 1966 Football World Cup. Incidentally, my sister-in-law's dad (now sadly no longer with us) spoke not a word of English. Mr. E. speaks no German yet the pair of them got on like a house on fire (and I'm not talking about Dresden - that's still a sore point with most Germans). It always seemed that whenever we met up we would drink copious amounts of beer and vodka and there would come a point in the evening when Mr. E. would start to translate, for my benefit, from German to English. So the context is; "German - a language written by alcoholics!"  Something I've often suspected myself. Mind you, the Dutch have got that down to a T as well - It really does sound like drunken English! One of my favourites being 2,222 "Twee duizend twee honderd tweeëntwintig |
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Post by everso on Jan 14, 2009 21:40:41 GMT
And it's funny but when you listen all evening to virtually just German being spoken, you go to bed and (especially if you've had one over the eight) you just keep hearing German words over and over inside your head.
I love hearing my sister-in-law telling my nephews off in German. Wow, it makes me almost poop my pants, so goodness knows what it does to them.
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Post by Patrick on Jan 14, 2009 21:47:03 GMT
Hearing an Italian swear is poetic too.
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Post by everso on Jan 14, 2009 21:56:12 GMT
Hearing an Italian swear is poetic too. Now I just LOVE to hear Italian spoken. Especially by the chaps. |
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Post by Patrick on Jan 14, 2009 22:04:12 GMT
Oh yes? Like a bit of serenading do you!? ;D I'll send Alpha round! Hey! Alph! - Can you sing? - Right - got a job for yer!  |
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Post by everso on Jan 14, 2009 22:43:04 GMT
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Post by Patrick on Jan 14, 2009 23:04:37 GMT
...........but not "this" Italian, I suspect.......... ;D
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