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Really? I'm genuinely surprised by this statement.
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Really? I'm genuinely surprised by this statement.
Green Cross Code Man
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Me too. The Germans are much more like us. Everyone is asleep in Spain until silly o'clock whereas Germany is northern European like us but with a better climate. BTW I love both countries and peoples.
Which part of Liverpool are your in-laws from Herr? I've lived in 6 parts of the city. Great place but I'm glad to see the back of it.
Pogue Mahone
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[MENTION=20237]Davemania[/MENTION].
I think that if you don't get on with any Germans, and find them annoying, irritating and nerdy, then you must have made the decision not to get on with them prior to meeting them. You have decided not to like Germans.
A throwback to the Piers Morgan days of "Achtung Surrender!"
Some Germans are as you describe, as are some English, Spanish...whoever you care to mention. Most are not.
I find Germany to be one of the most welcoming, relaxed and comfortable places to visit. You really need to throw those prejudices away.
I think that if you don't get on with any Germans, and find them annoying, irritating and nerdy, then you must have made the decision not to get on with them prior to meeting them. You have decided not to like Germans.
A throwback to the Piers Morgan days of "Achtung Surrender!"
Some Germans are as you describe, as are some English, Spanish...whoever you care to mention. Most are not.
I find Germany to be one of the most welcoming, relaxed and comfortable places to visit. You really need to throw those prejudices away.
alfredmizen
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i LOVE liverpool , fantastic city, fantastic people , i spend a lot of time in the dingle when im up there.
No not at all, it's from my experience of meeting them. A certain type of person may well get on with Germans, if you're the fusspot sort of type then yes, they're probably right up your street. Hallo! Wilcommen even our language sounds annoyink. Personally I find them very irritating
Pogue Mahone
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You haven't met the same sort of German people as I have then. You have always met the annoying ones. What are the chances?
Quite. Pretty much all the Germans I've met have been great. Like a drink, like football, like a laugh - what's not to like?
Seems like most of the world feels that way, looks like Davemania is on his own with this one
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Just asked her: Skelmersdale, Bootle, Fazakerly and Netherton, or "all over" as she said.
There's truth in what you're saying. At the end of the day we meet a small proportion of any given population. Yes it's quite possible that I've only met ones that irritate and that I don't get on with. It is possible though to, in a sweeping generalization type of way, sum up charcteristics of a nationality, we're all quite distinct in our own ways and the Germans don't suit me whatsoever
Germans are very interesting. My German ex was prone to melancholy coupled with arrogance, but brutally logical. No regrets about the time together, or that its over. She'd say the same Lol! Anyone going to see Henning Wien at the Betsy Trottwood in September? I'm there Monday night. In my new Zamora shirt (which I haven't bought yet).
Pogue Mahone
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Is there a word that is more scouse than Fazakerly?
Green Cross Code Man
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Ha, I've got some mates in nearby Tocci and my kids were born there.
All to the north, the nearest I lived to those places was a stones throw from the Kop in Anfield.
I once heard an African lady try to ask the bus driver if the bus went to Fazza-curly. Lovely.
The name Fazakerly is Anglo Saxon as are the two infamous districts of Toxteth and Croxteth.
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Ha ha, very true. I love hearing scousers say this name. I also love it when they say Steven Gerrard. Panini said in a Scouse accent is good as well.
John Bumlick
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before the thread got derailed somewhat, i thought it was very one sided.
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Come on, that's an obvious photoshop, you can see the join around her face.
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Yep definitely got that irritating Germanic look to her face
Hampster Gull
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Hmz. He is going in an opposite direct here but i cant say i blame him