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I’ve just got back from Israel. Whilst there I was talking to some Russians. I’d not heard this one of theirs before. “ Il leave like an English man”. Quite a common saying for them apparently when they are planning on leaving a social gathering lol 😂
Any one else heard any gems?
How does an Englishman leave?
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Originally Posted by Jeremy67
Before it is his round……………………….. :distrust:
I'm aware of a French or Irish exit - you leave quietly without announcing your departure.
Maybe an English exit is more of a commentary on recent events - announce it as loudly as possible and then trip as the door hits you on the way out, and then get rained on.
According to them very quietly without saying goodbye.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeremy67
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Originally Posted by blackal
Probably because the Scottish have drunk it all.......https://forum.tz-uk.com/images/icons/icon10.png
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Originally Posted by BEZELBOY
You snooze………………………… you lose!:applause:
On all fours throwing up in the shrubbery...Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeremy67
What were their views on Putin's special operation in Ukraine?Quote:
Originally Posted by lew07
Bit of a typo there. FTFYQuote:
Originally Posted by Onelasttime
Separately I think leave like an Englishman means once they've squeezed every drop worth having out of the country and filled up the British museum with loot.
Surely that's a Scotsman 🤔Quote:
Originally Posted by blackal
There is a French expression, «*filer à l’anglaise*» which amount to the same thing and which you amusingly translate as taking a French leave :icon_biggrin:
Same thing with capote anglaise and French letter.
Good question. We largely avoided that subject but when we did touch on it they bought up the fact that The Ukrainians are by no means angels and have chapters in their history they would rather everyone forgot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Onelasttime
Not sure "invading your neighbours and razing cities to the ground then deporting inhabitants to the frozen East" is one of them though.Quote:
Originally Posted by lew07
Anyway yes, leaving like an Englishman refers to leaving quietly without saying goodbye
I’d have left when I’d found out they were Russian.
Especially when they started trying to justify the 'special military operation'. Beasts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maris
I was asking a French girl that very question today.
She was polite and diplomatic,I would say woke and stupid.
The big building site near my house told me they couldn't turn of the lights (bright enough to light the south of England and dazzle aircraft overhead) at night in case someone broke in and injured themselves.
I mean what on earth is this nonsense.
Meanwhile in Germany.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwZmv4MsebQ
Care to elaborate?Quote:
Originally Posted by bwest76
its all around, I gave 2 examples in my post.Quote:
Originally Posted by Onelasttime
I assumed it involves curtains & polishing but…Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeremy67
You know where this is going.........Quote:
Originally Posted by Onelasttime
Are you even English?
Where are Raffe and Daddel when you need them. Usually you can’t shut them up.Quote:
Originally Posted by wileeeeeey
I know what you did as well,it’s probably time I told the forum.Quote:
Originally Posted by wileeeeeey
So being polite is woke and stupid?Quote:
Originally Posted by bwest76
Is it the Irish goodbye, the French exit, or to leave “the English way”? Depends where you liveQuote:
Originally Posted by Saint-Just
So is being diplomatic apparently.Quote:
Originally Posted by Onelasttime
I would say posting before thinking is clearer evidence of stupidity.
I am dying for it. Please please.Quote:
Originally Posted by bwest76
+1Quote:
Originally Posted by Raffe
r u a dj?Quote:
Originally Posted by bwest76
I think recently we've come to be viewed by much of the so called developed world with not a little pity having shattered a couple of generally accepted notions about our capabilities, pragmatism and statecraft. I suspect some in the ROW see us as an opportunity for exploitation.
More colloquially, historically speaking as a people with a penchant to drink excessively and misbehave in public.
Curious now, spill beans bwest...
When I lived in Germany some 20 years ago, I was told they referred to the uk as Monkey Island - I think the literal translation is island monkeys (Inselaffe)
Hang on, let me get my popcorn and get comfortable!Quote:
Originally Posted by Raffe
Other countries probs see Britain following the course of the landed gentry/aristocrats from the1940s. Desperate enough to marry in to money, but not yet desperate enough to admit that we will need to admit their extended families also.
Via the kebab house?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeremy67
I know from a business perspective sometimes Brits annoy people from other countries as we frequently don't say what we think. It particularly bamboozles our Dutch colleagues as in the Netherlands people tend to be very direct and to the point and when they engage with Brits they think a meeting has gone really well, nobody has raised any objections and everyone appears to be happy and then after the meeting you never hear from the Brits again!
My wife (who is originally from Thailand) admires the road etiquette here - particularly how we go out of our way to let ambulances past (will never happen in Thailand) or wait for someone to park. She also has travelled across Europe and thinks the UK is far more organised than most countries and is much cleaner. She was shocked in particular at how bad and disorganised the German rail system was compared to the UK. Overall for her the UK is the best country in Europe to live in (and far better than the US).
However food is better in much of Europe compared to the UK - not at a produce level but at an individual knowledge level - she observed the average Brit hasn't got a clue about seasonal local priduce and instead will think of themselves as a foodie for cooking some fancy foreign dish using imported ingredients whereas true chef skills in many countries come from knowing what is in season locally and making the best of that and that skill isn't common in the UK. The actual words were 'how can you be so close to France and Italy and yet get food so wrong?!!?' [emoji3]
Amazed at the ambulance in Thailand, but also laughing at the comment about being so close to France & Italy and getting the food so wrong - I can completely agree with the simplicity and flavours of dishes there.Quote:
Originally Posted by ryanb741
He BrExitsQuote:
Originally Posted by Jeremy67
Any update, lord cretin?Quote:
Originally Posted by bwest76
:popcorn2: