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    So as I write this I'm sitting in the student lounge in the Art building for my local (ish) college that I will be attending this fall. I came to speak to the Admissions office and stayed because my friend gets out of class soon and we're going to grab some dinner. Anywho, this isn't really a sighting per say, but it annoyed me none the less.

    Anywho, I was sitting here minding my own business, surfing the mighty interwebs on my laptop when a rather obnoxious couple of boys came in. I say boys because the conversation they were having was so ignorant and down right stupid I cannot categorize them as men. Anyway, we all suffered through most of their rants, mainly because none of us minding our own business really wanted to get involved in a conversation. I don't know why it took them getting onto the French to set me off, but finally I snapped

    Boy1: Why are the French so afraid of war?
    Boy2: I dunno, why?
    Boy1: You would be too if you had never won one!
    Boy2: Hahaha, like they have even contributed to any sort of war *rants*
    Me: *gets fed up and turns towards the pair* "Really, who do you think saved our ass so you could have a country in which to feign supperiority?"
    Boys 1 and 2: huh....? *both are caught off guard in their rant and look over at me*
    Me: Revolutionary War bitches, look it up.

    I was so proud of myself, mainly because at that moment three of the other four people in the room burst out laughing so hard that the boys could do nothing but gather their things and leave.

    I don't want to hear your opinions of the french, or any other culture. I just hate when people do that, I won't lie, I make fun of everyone and everything, I think we all should have a sense of humor, but when you *truly* get hateful is when I run out of steam. As quoted from Nigel Powers "There's only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch" (:P)
    "I just figured you would be terrified, and I would be sarcastic about it."

  • #2
    Quoth Enigma View Post
    Me: Revolutionary War bitches, look it up.
    Yeah, but what have they done for us lately?

    Pretty sure we're even after those two world wars, dontcha think?

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    • #3
      Quoth Record Store Tough Guy View Post
      Yeah, but what have they done for us lately?

      Pretty sure we're even after those two world wars, dontcha think?

      As I said this isn't the kind of thing I wanted posted here, because it will only lead to a debate that could possibly spin out of control. If you want to honestly discuss it, you can PM me, lol.
      "I just figured you would be terrified, and I would be sarcastic about it."

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      • #4
        But but but ... I'm Dutch!


        Seriously though. Nice going.

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        • #5
          Dumb kids probably never cracked a history book in their lives.

          They also probably spent their history classes trying to look up the skirts of their attractive feminine classmates.
          Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.

          "I never said I wasn't a horrible person."--Me, almost daily

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          • #6
            Yes, but those Eeeeevil French stole the name French Fries!

            French fries were invented in Belgium!

            Quelle catastrophe!
            "Always stand near the door." -- Doctor Who

            Kuya's Kitchen -- Cooking, Cooking Gadgets, and Food Related Blather from a Transplanted Foodie

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            • #7
              Quoth Record Store Tough Guy View Post
              Yeah, but what have they done for us lately?
              Berets? Marcel Marceau? French toast? Croissants, baguettes, -other tasty foods that I can't remember at the momment....
              Honestly.... the image of that in my head made me go "AWESOME!"..... and then I remembered I am terribly strange.-Red dazes

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              • #8
                Nah, I was just being snarky. For serious discussion, we could go to Fratching.

                On topic, it's been said that the American Revolution was started in the North, fought in the South, and won by the French. Without LaFayette's help, the Continental Army would have never been turned around.

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                • #9
                  Quoth BlaqueKatt View Post
                  Berets? Marcel Marceau? French toast? Croissants, baguettes, -other tasty foods that I can't remember at the momment....
                  Okay, you got me there. (Also cajun food, in a roundabout way. ^_^)

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                  • #10
                    Quoth Record Store Tough Guy View Post
                    Yeah, but what have they done for us lately?
                    Quoth BlaqueKatt View Post
                    Berets? Marcel Marceau? French toast? Croissants, baguettes, -other tasty foods that I can't remember at the momment....
                    I've always heard that coissants originated in Vienna.

                    As for the original question, my Great-Grandfather came from France (I am 1/8 French). And in keeping with my user name and avatar, one of the most powerful ironclads in the US Civil War was made in France, the CSS Stonewall. Too bad it arrived too late to do anything. The French also built the first modern ironclads during the Crimean war, and in 1858 built the ironclad La Gloire.

                    Enough with the historical stuff. More recently we have the Asterix books, a very positive contribution to the graphic novel genre.

                    There is also Bridgitte Bardot, for those old enough to remember her. In the food area, there is crab bisque and lobster bisque, and my personal favorite Gougere Bourguignonne. I make these and they are delicious. Think of them as cheese puffs.
                    "I don't have to be petty. The Universe does that for me."

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                    • #11
                      Your last line you said to them reminds me of a friend of mine. She would have said the same, exact thing. Are you her? lol Reasons why I like her...
                      When it comes to getting things done, we need fewer architects and more bricklayers. ---Colleen C. Barrett---

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                      • #12
                        I'm not sure it's really hateful. A silly joke of poor taste, yeah. We crack stupid jokes like that all the time around here. For some strange reason, our target of choice are the Belgian. But they have the same jokes about us and came up with some pretty smart ones in retaliation ("How do you kill a French man ? Aim 20cm above his head. Right in his superiority complex.").

                        As to what the French provided to America lately... Well, if you have to remember Brigitte Bardot, I guess the whole Audrey Tautou / Amélie Poulain craze didn't live long. I heard that The Triplettes of Belleville and Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis were pretty big overseas too, but maybe I'm ill informed.
                        "I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."

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                        • #13
                          Quoth thehippie777 View Post
                          Your last line you said to them reminds me of a friend of mine. She would have said the same, exact thing. Are you her? lol Reasons why I like her...
                          Lol, I doubt it but it's good to know there are more out there like me. I tend to start off my rants really well, and then just cap them off like that. My friends find it endearing too.


                          And to Samaliel-

                          It's hard to convey it through writing, that wasn't there only comment, about any race, and certainly not about the french. I make jokes too, like I said, about everything. I guess it just got to the point where ignorance took charge, they were being real assholes, I just didn't want to type out the entirity of the convo.
                          "I just figured you would be terrified, and I would be sarcastic about it."

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                          • #14
                            Point taken.
                            "I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."

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