Well thats a bolt out the blue

[Snin]

etc :hehe: Chinese betting syndicate no doubt imo
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/34077210

[Berni]

They really are a ghastly lot.

[Mo Britain less Europe]

[Rich]

they expect you to get out of their way.

Well I have now started holding a line so that my shoulder will clatter theirs. If they don't want to move slightly as well, they get my shoulder clattering into them.

Arseholes.

[Billy Goat Sverige]

[Rich]

of three of them. They were in dinner jackets taking photos by a red phone box. I understand that this is typical London behaviour of the Chinesers.

[Peter]

They are not english and they are not you. British manners and etiquette are not a universal guide obeyed by all. Different people display different customs and approaches to social interaction.

In short, they are not being rude, you are just racist :-)

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

you will find that they were lucky enough to receive lessons in manners from us, especially when we sailed gunboats right up their Yangtze.

No, I am afraid there is no excuse for them. We've told them how to behave in the past, if they choose to ignore this instruction then they may be classified as rude.

[Classic Jorge]

[Rich]

there needs to be a bit of give and take.

Holding doors open is another one. I occasionally work in a hospital and when following one down a corridoor they will never - and I repeat NEVER - hold a door open for you. They simply allow it to close in your face.

I don't even think about whether or not I should. I was bought up being taught that you hold the door open if someone is following you.

[Classic Jorge]

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/28/trigger-warning -is-fear-being-offesnive-killing-free-speech-mick-hume-revie w (http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/28/trigger-warning-is-fear-being-offesnive-killing-free-speech-mick-hume-review)

[redgunamo]

a result of a certain French Exchange guest's hilarious attempts to pronounce the name correctly.

[Berni]

No. Going to another country and expecting others to conform to your standards of behaviour is ignorant, arrogant, rude and obnoxious.

[Peter]

Failing to do so would be tantamount to spitting in their faces but the chances are they will probsbly let it pass, assuming you just dont understand.

Yes,cthere has to be give and take but that needs to start by accepting that what you consider rude might not accord with somebody else's view.

Or you can just hate a billion people because you dont like the way they walk. The trouble is your world does start to get quite small quite quickly when you choose this path.

It isnt as if i dont have to deal with it as well. Have you ever been on a flight full of indians?

[Berni]

eldest? What if you assume it's a woman because she looks oldest and then she takes offence because she's not the eldest? It's a minefield imo. These people need to get better conventions.

[Peter]

There is a difference between acting however the hell you like and simply not understanding aspects of etiquette.

Like the moment you reach the first escalator at heathrow after an international flight. Do you really expect all the foreigners to immediately grasp which side of the escalator is for standing and which for walking? Some people seem to..

There is a difference betweenn adapting your social behaviour around ingrained, every day activities and steaming round marbella on the piss in a football shirt looking for a fight and a f**k.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

No. One shouldn't pander to their unchristian ways. They will never learn.

[Rich]

path for them wherever they go.

This is surely rude wherever you go. What would happen were I in Beijing? Would people clear a path for me as I am the guest in their country? Or would they expect me to leap around the pavement in an attempt to clear a path for them as I am an inferior white man.

[Berni]

difference. You don't need to take a course in etiquette not to block a roadway or barge into people or hold a door open for someone, you just need to be a half-decent human being.

[Peter]

Woman in malaysia and she refused. My fault, she is not comfrtable touching the skin of a man but in my defence there were two other muslim women innthe room who had offered me their hand and it felt rude not to extend the offer. A mistake but nobody was offended and we all laughed it off.

Obviously i wrote to the Principal of the college afterwards and got her fired. We cant have that sort of nonsense :-)

The point is that different cultures will always clash on these issues. The important thing is the the attitude we take to what we see as transgressions.

Us british didnt just invent gunships and footballs, b. we also invented a sense of fair play and tolerance and those who do harm to these principles do themselves and great Britain a grave injustice.

Love thy neighbour an all that *******s

[Classic Jorge]

I bet it's the fighting that puts them off

[Peter]

Winner.

Have you ever tried queueing for something abroad?

I am not saying they are right, or thst their behaviour is funny or 'acceptsble'. I am trying to point out to you thst they are not being deliberately rude. For instance, if i slam a door in your face you know full well i am being rude and are entitled to be highly offended.

They are not trying to offend you. That is all.

[Rich]

are Chinese.

I cannot envisage a culture where expecting others to get out of your way is considered normal.

Anyway, with the way their economy is going, hopefully we'll see a reduction in the number of them in London.

[Peter]

Perspective.

Some people dont give a f**k whether you hold the door open for them or not but would consider it the height of bad manners to let a woman buy a round of drinks in a pub (not that i have ever seen that happen anyway).

Sorry b, you dont get to decide on the world's behalf what constitutes good and bad manners or consideration.

[Luis Anaconda]

[Luis Anaconda]

Berenice Marlohe

the women seem to like him

[Rich]

purse on the floor because she had her hands full of bits. I picked it up for her and handed it to her. Not a word of thanks or even acknowledgement. It left me feeling rather deflated, tbh.

[Peter]

Other and saying ooh good lord, no , after you.

Put it to a global vote and i assure you we would come out as the weirdos. That said, we should be proud of it. People who refuse to queue are complete c**ts.

[Classic Jorge]

[Peter]

Did you check her ID before handing the purse over?

[Luis Anaconda]

might have to watch the fillum again this weekend

[Classic Jorge]

https://33.media.tumblr.com/757df63cdecc6ea44aeb1f28db07d48a/tumblr_nr0juh5fa51rsaxqho1_400.gif

[Rich]

[Berni]

Of course their decades-long civil war and consequent war crimes rather gave the lie to all that, but we all have our faults.

[Peter]

[Rich]

a delightful fellow. We invited him to dine with us every night but he always politely declined until the final evening when we insisted. He looked fantastic - turned up in all of his traditional finery and told us all sorts of amusing tales. Great man.

[Berni]

Are you sure you didn't mishear?

[Rich]

[Berni]

abused in that lovely sing-song accent.

[Brentwood]

[Peter]

I dont particularly like having people under my nose while batting.

[Berni]

I don't mind it too much. The occasional time when you smash a cricket ball hard into their shins or knees makes it all worthwhile :cloud9:

[Peter]

Fortunately it popped back out. He recovered in time for lunch :-)