Bi-Sexual Clown Slut

[Misanthropical]

I have had people ask me what country I'm in when talking to them on the phone. I guess I don't have an American accent, even though my husband swears I have a Midwestern one (the Midwest in America) and it gets stronger the madder I get.

I have had people speak Spanish to me and when I told them I don't speak Spanish they would start yelling at me in perfect English about not knowing Spanish. They never liked my answer to that.

The few times I took the bus to work it was always the weirdest people who would sit next to me and act like I was their best friend.

I thought I heard everything, but I had never heard of a bi-sexual clown slut before. I'm going to have to use that one some time.

[Becks]

I never get to see bisexual clown sluts.

At least, outside of porn.

[Kerry]

If at first you don’t succeed try, try, try, try, try, try again until everyone else involved is looking at you like you’re trying to lick your elbow.

Nice.

[MilitantLibrarian]

The clowns

During research (yeah right) I was watching a late night TV show we get here called Sexcetera which had a feature on clown sex, seems it's a big thing over near you (in the States). Cue bizarre footage of interestingly dressed people with baloons and such frolicking madly. At the time, I thought "whatever turns you on", but after hearing about Harold I'm now worried. I hope this is one export we don't get from the US.

[Jester]

I've had people ask me if I was French. I nearly punched them.

I once had a table I was waiting on ask me if I was Russian.

Now, you have to understand. I usually speak very clearly, with no accent, as I was a broadcasting major and have learned to do just that. Though sometimes I speak too quickly, and perhaps things get jumbled. Even then, though, people usually just think I am from New York, not Moscow. When I get drunk, I sometimes get more of a Western drawl, but by Western I mean Phoenix, not Minsk.

I guess technically they were partly right, seeing as my grandmother's family did come from White Russia (now Belarus) a hundred and thirty years ago. I can see where that might confuse some people. Well, some mentally challenged aurally challenged halfwit imbeciles, anyways. Since I sound about as Russian as Charlie Sheen!

I never get to see bisexual clown sluts.

At least, outside of porn.

I should be surprised to read that you have seen bisexual clown sluts IN porn. Sadly, I am not.

[Becks]

I should be surprised to read that you have seen bisexual clown sluts IN porn. Sadly, I am not.

Don't blame me. Blame the porn industry.

[Andara Bledin]

I hope this is one export we don't get from the US.

Oh, you already have them, no matter where you are.

It's just that the ones over here were geographically convenient and would take money to show off their fetish for some bizarre fetish program.

Every other non-fetish member of the clown fandom now hates them, I'm sure.

^-.-^

[Hyena Dandy]

I once had a table I was waiting on ask me if I was Russian.

Now, you have to understand. I usually speak very clearly, with no accent, as I was a broadcasting major and have learned to do just that. Though sometimes I speak too quickly, and perhaps things get jumbled. Even then, though, people usually just think I am from New York, not Moscow. When I get drunk, I sometimes get more of a Western drawl, but by Western I mean Phoenix, not Minsk.

I guess technically they were partly right, seeing as my grandmother's family did come from White Russia (now Belarus) a hundred and thirty years ago. I can see where that might confuse some people. Well, some mentally challenged aurally challenged halfwit imbeciles, anyways. Since I sound about as Russian as Charlie Sheen!


I should be surprised to read that you have seen bisexual clown sluts IN porn. Sadly, I am not.

Sometimes I get asked if I'm Russian. I'm not... But I do get the accent sometimes.

Maybe you were using weird grammatical constructions? Like only the present tense?

[Samaliel]

I've had people ask me if I was French. I nearly punched them.

Hey, don't feel insulted! We're not that bad.

[Nohbody]

Hey, don't feel insulted! We're not that bad.

Said by the guy living in the city that is, from an admittedly unscientific survey of things I've read over the years, the source of a majority of the stereotype about French people being rude, stuck-up snobs.

(I've never directly interacted [that is, in person, not online] with anyone actually from France, AFAIK, so it's all hearsay to me.)

[dalesys]

Said by the guy living in the city that is, from an admittedly unscientific survey of things I've read over the years, the source of a majority of the stereotype about French people being rude, stuck-up snobs.

(I've never directly interacted [that is, in person, not online] with anyone actually from France, AFAIK, so it's all hearsay to me.)

Montreal?

My Quebecois ancestors figured 200+ years was enough and moved to Illinois in 1840.

[Samaliel]

Said by the guy living in the city that is, from an admittedly unscientific survey of things I've read over the years, the source of a majority of the stereotype about French people being rude, stuck-up snobs.

Funny you should mention that, but yeah, Paris is a place of its own... A local newspapers, Le Parisien (like the people living in Paris), even had one ad campaign the tagline of which would roughly translate to "Le Parisien: you'll like the newspaper better". To some Paris dwellers, anything beyond the périphéprique (Paris orbital road) is foreign country, and God help you if you want to go outside Ile-de-France.

But for some reason, the stereotype for French people being rude, stuck-up snobs always struck me as depicting people from Paris... and from 30 years ago.

Just like any population, we have our fair share of assholes, jerks, pricks and just downright unpleasant people, and I would very much appreciate it if I were not associated with that bunch on the sole ground that I have the same nationality. I also hope that my presence here might somewhat debunk the myth according to which French people can't be bothered to learn any other language.

[Jester]

Sometimes I get asked if I'm Russian. I'm not... But I do get the accent sometimes.

Maybe you were using weird grammatical constructions? Like only the present tense?

My grammar is pretty much straightforward, intelligent, educated American English, just like I type it here. I may drop the occasional Southwesternism ("y'all," "dude," etc.), but nothing that could even vaguely be considered Russian. Not in accent, construct, grammar, or vocabulary. Nada. (I would have said that in Russian, to be funny, but I don't know the word for "nothing" in Russian, and I don't think "nyet" would have carried the same weight.)

(I've never directly interacted [that is, in person, not online] with anyone actually from France, AFAIK, so it's all hearsay to me.)

I have interacted directly with many people from France. One of them was a lovely lady from France who lived here with her American husband and their two children, and if all French people were like her, there would be no stereotype of rude French people. (Though the wine-swilling stereotype would still be alive and well. ) Sadly, many (not all) of the French people I have dealt with were tourists who did, in fact, fit that stereotype, and added to it the common one within the restaurant industry of them being cheap as well.

But for some reason, the stereotype for French people being rude, stuck-up snobs always struck me as depicting people from Paris... and from 30 years ago.

Just like any population, we have our fair share of assholes, jerks, pricks and just downright unpleasant people...

Just like any population. Lots of New Yorkers are friendly, helpful, wonderful, gracious people. But enough of them are rude arrogant New York-centric assholes to help prolong the stereotype. There are plenty of well-educated, intelligent, pleasant, friendly, gracious Americans who travel abroad. But there are enough loud, boorish, idiotic, uninformed asshole Americans traveling to give rise to the "ugly American" stereotype as well. I am Jewish. I am neither wealthy nor cheap nor miserly. But I certainly no some Jews, including members of my own family, that are. I could go on and on about any number of groups of people: Southerners, Arabs, Muslims, Christians, Mexicans, Canadians, Germans, Brits, etc. Within every one of these groups, I have met people who fit the stereotypes attributed to them, but also people who defied and refuted said stereotype.

Most stereotypes are based somewhat in fact, i.e., there are people of the particular group being stereotyped that do, in fact, fit the stereotype being used. That in no way means that any stereotype is, in fact, true and fitting for the entire group. This, my friends, is why we call them "stereotypes" and not "classifications."


Okay, enough soapbox for me. Where'd those free bagels go?

[Samaliel]

Sadly, many (not all) of the French people I have dealt with were tourists who did, in fact, fit that stereotype, and added to it the common one within the restaurant industry of them being cheap as well.

If this is in regards to tips they might leave, I'd like to point that tipping is very optional around here. It's been forever since it's been made mandatory for restaurants to include the service fee in their listed prices. But I do think that tips has been going downwards ever since, which doesn't help either.

I don't think many people do the research regarding tipping habits for the country they'll be visiting, even though they really, really should.

[Jester]

If this is in regards to tips they might leave...

If it was just about tipping, I wouldn't have mentioned it. It is that, and more.