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A little bird was flying south for the Winter. It was so cold the bird froze and fell to the ground into a large field.
While he was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on him.
As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, he began to realize how warm he was.
The dung was actually thawing him out!
He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy.
A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate. Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him.
Morals of the story:
(1) Not everyone who s***s on you is your enemy.
(2) Not everyone who gets you out of s**t is your friend.
(3) And when you're in deep s**t, it's best to keep your mouth shut!
I'm from the US however, and I'm a little curious as to Boncuk's post and possible intentions with it, I just don't get it's implications.
A great idea poorly implemented is a bad idea.
I think with the concerns of Greece and the general discord of financial issues in the Euro union as a whole it boils down simply to basic mismanagement. They instituted guidelines without enforcement, and many countries ignored them.
@Boncuk, I'll make a gentleman's wager that the Euro will be gone or clearly on its way out before the end of 2016, if not sooner. The fear I have is whether Western economies will survive the collateral damages from that change as well as from inflation in China.
Not my experience at all. I sense only warmth towards Germany and German people. But I guess that watching films might give a distorted impression.As a leftover from world war 2, in British popular culture there is under the surface a feeling the the German is the "bad guy".
Can you mention one powerful country which is white as snow ? Which didn't have colonies ? That's the word that was used to call invaded countries once upon a time.
Canada?
At least the UK weren't stupid enough to join the Euro
As a leftover from world war 2, in British popular culture there is under the surface a feeling the the German is the "bad guy".
The less well educated the Brit, the more he looks on the Kraut* as the bad guy.
From my own point of view, Germany is a good place to visit and the poeple who I have met there have been fine.
However, when the guy at the airport asks to see my passport saying "ausweiss bitte!" I cannot help but think of the old war films where the escaped POW is trying to get past some check point or other and the guard want to see his (forged) documents.
* Can I say Kraut on ETO? Ooops I think I just did.
For thse who do not know, Kraut is a derogatory term for a German person.
Boncuk, is there similar term in German for us Brits?
I know that the Frogs (French) call us "le ros bif", (the roast beef).
Any other nationalities I can rub up the wrong way?
Lets here from the rest of the world what you call us Brits when we have behaved badly!
JimB
(currently on a tropical island in the South China Sea)