Ocean11 0 Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 Yeah, as if the people in your hometown could even make chips and curry sauce, eh? Let alone a delicious portion of No.38. Link to post Share on other sites
nori-chan 0 Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 It's embarrasing about like this guy. Link to post Share on other sites
RayInJapan 0 Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 So I take it that everyone is cool that db and woywoy were swearing with every other word coming out of their mouth (and likely a little loud considering they'd been drinking), and the japanese guy who said go home is the only guy who did something wrong? Interesting. I do agree the terms "go home", "if you can't speak 'XXXX'" etc are racist - no different than most Americans who believe that immigrants must speak english or "go back where you came from"... Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderbird2 0 Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 I was just about to post something along the same lines, you beat me to it. Good point. Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 That wasn't what I said. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted December 12, 2003 Author Share Posted December 12, 2003 Ray-I-J, I also agree, that is why I wrote: "At the end of the day, like I said, most Japanese don't like swearing, ultimately this wins out, and so it should" I would never attempt to win the debate that it is ok to do something that pisses off the locals. Sure, I do some things that are a little silly at times but I always know that I am a temporary visitor in someone else's pad. Even I wish that more visitors to Australia would remember the same applies to them as they leave their garbage on the beach and get in fights on the street. Admitting this probably won't stop me from being a good natured and harmless brat, but that is my (Australian) nature. I should add, I may have called myself a brat, but in this case we were swearing no more than the average guys after a couple of beers. We were hardly carrying on like pissed football hooligans. In fact we were being distinctly inoffensive relative to how I have seen many other foreign people behave. I should add that this guy also thought that we were……. Americans and for a moment lost his urgency to "get us out' when we mentioned Australia. Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderbird2 0 Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 You could even have maybe become friends once he know you weren't USers. Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 I got it now - you are basically a nice persona non grata Link to post Share on other sites
sweetaz 0 Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Quote: Originally posted by Siren: What is being chased a few blocks when you stole their country? Yeah, wish they just bloody stay on the reserve like they've been told! Link to post Share on other sites
night-mare 0 Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 I've had a similar experience. I just ignored the fool and he soon shut up. Idiot, wasn't even drunk as far as I could tell Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted December 13, 2003 Author Share Posted December 13, 2003 Quote: Originally posted by Siren: ...a nice persona non grata no, for the most I am not a nice person at all. As for being unwelcomed/unwanted... hhhhmpf, who cares Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 Sweet you are a mean bitch. You should have compassion for people who are less fortunate. db, I think you care but you just want to pretend you don't Link to post Share on other sites
sweetaz 0 Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 Quote: Originally posted by Siren: Sweet you are a mean bitch. You should have compassion for people who are less fortunate. I was joking Siren. Mind you, I'll never have compassion for individuals of any background/race/poverty stricken or otherwise, if i see them chasing women & babies with baseball bats!! Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted December 15, 2003 Share Posted December 15, 2003 Sweet, I was joking too even though I didn't put a smiley face at the end of the sentence. And of course I wasn't saying it is the right thing to do chasing women and babes (like you) with a baseball bat. Link to post Share on other sites
Wallie 0 Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 I had a great experience on the train once. Sitting next to this elderly lady, she really wanted to talk so it seemed even though my Japanese is really poor. Anyway, we had a pleasant on and off chat and when I got off the train she gave me this handkerchief. I thought it was just a handkerchief, but later found out there was a crisp new 10,000 yen in it!!! And I couldn't even say thank you! Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 see db what you get when you are nice to people. Link to post Share on other sites
Markie 0 Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 O.K., Wallie, that was my grandma, it was all a big mistake. I'll email you my address, and you can send that icchiman back to her through me. Life gets harder and harder now that they've exposed my Nigerian scam. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 How come I can never meet lovely older ladies like that. Link to post Share on other sites
HeatherLocklearRocks 1 Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 What did you do to get that then? Just be charming?! Link to post Share on other sites
base40 0 Posted December 20, 2003 Share Posted December 20, 2003 Wallie, I have had a similar experience, perhaps the same lovely grandma?! That was a really special experience, I just couldn't believe it at the time, still can't I suppose. That would just never happen back home. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted December 20, 2003 Share Posted December 20, 2003 > That would just never happen back home Good thing too - it's creepy behaviour. What, can't they say "It's been a pleasure talking to you" with sincerity, without paying you? Link to post Share on other sites
Markie 0 Posted December 20, 2003 Share Posted December 20, 2003 I think you're missing the point, Ocean. They have "accidentally" forgotten to mention the services they rendered to dear grannie during their conversation to receive that nice tip at the end! Link to post Share on other sites
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