So the Germans have voted to recognise the Turkish genocide of the Armenians?

[Burney]

And the Turkish ambassador's been recalled as a result. :rolleyes:

Seriously, Turkey, who do you think you're kidding here? We all know you done dem fings. Denying it just makes you look silly and creates awkwardness. Just own up and we can all move on. :kebab:

[Sir C]

And the Turkish ambassador's been recalled as a result. :rolleyes:

Seriously, Turkey, who do you think you're kidding here? We all know you done dem fings. Denying it just makes you look silly and creates awkwardness. Just own up and we can all move on. :kebab:

One starts to wonder whether Erdogan might not take them all the way to the dark side. I must say, my experience of Turkey has always been poor; it's a third world ****hole, populated by savages, masquerading as a bulwark against the Asian Hordes.

[Burney]

One starts to wonder whether Erdogan might not take them all the way to the dark side. I must say, my experience of Turkey has always been poor; it's a third world ****hole, populated by savages, masquerading as a bulwark against the Asian Hordes.

This is hardly limited to Erdogan, to be fair. They've always been a bit touchy about the fact that they murdered a million or so Armenians. Odd, really. Nobody'd make a fuss if they just admitted they did it.

I would dearly love to go to Istanbul for all the history and that. I accept it's full of Turks and so wouldn't dream of taking any womenfolk, but I would like to see it.

[Sir C]

This is hardly limited to Erdogan, to be fair. They've always been a bit touchy about the fact that they murdered a million or so Armenians. Odd, really. Nobody'd make a fuss if they just admitted they did it.

I would dearly love to go to Istanbul for all the history and that. I accept it's full of Turks and so wouldn't dream of taking any womenfolk, but I would like to see it.

It's ****ing ****e, history notwithstanding.

[Burney]

It's ****ing ****e, history notwithstanding.

What of the Golden Horn? What of Aya Sofia? What of the Topkapi Palace? The Suleymaniye Mosque?

Just saying '****e' doesn't really help me here.

[The Jorge]

What of the Golden Horn? What of Aya Sofia? What of the Topkapi Palace? The Suleymaniye Mosque?

Just saying '****e' doesn't really help me here.

You're both missing the crucial point here, the schwarma, the donner, the shish, the shami, it's basically ground zero for the kebab lovers.

[Sir C]

What of the Golden Horn? What of Aya Sofia? What of the Topkapi Palace? The Suleymaniye Mosque?

Just saying '****e' doesn't really help me here.

I've been to all of 'em. I've attended a sumptuous banquet in a palace on an island in the Bosphorous. I've watched the faithful at prayer in the Blue Mosque on a Friday afternoon. I've eaten sweetmeats whilst belly dancers gyrated for my pleasure.

Every single moment of it was ****.

Allans, you see.

I watched as an old man in the street noticed my Europeanness, cocked a pretend machine gun, and, like an air guitarist, air shot me down. I fended off scammers, thieves and beggars literally by the dozen.

Stay away, for your physical and mental health.

[IUFG]

and ground zero for poor quality footballing placards

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[Burney]

I've been to all of 'em. I've attended a sumptuous banquet in a palace on an island in the Bosphorous. I've watched the faithful at prayer in the Blue Mosque on a Friday afternoon. I've eaten sweetmeats whilst belly dancers gyrated for my pleasure.

Every single moment of it was ****.

Allans, you see.

I watched as an old man in the street noticed my Europeanness, cocked a pretend machine gun, and, like an air guitarist, air shot me down. I fended off scammers, thieves and beggars literally by the dozen.

Stay away, for your physical and mental health.

I have to say that this bears no resemblance to the experience described by the fragrant Judith Chalmers all those years ago. She seemed to have a lovely time there. :rubchin:

[The Jorge]

and ground zero for poor quality footballing placards

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Sure, back in the 90s maybe. Stamford Bridge is the new now for that sort of thing.

http://41.media.tumblr.com/2297a3880211ecac6e9bfa3b2b8dfd7e/tumblr_nzte95NUum1somhtso1_500.png

[The Jorge]

I've been to all of 'em. I've attended a sumptuous banquet in a palace on an island in the Bosphorous. I've watched the faithful at prayer in the Blue Mosque on a Friday afternoon. I've eaten sweetmeats whilst belly dancers gyrated for my pleasure.

Every single moment of it was ****.

Allans, you see.

I watched as an old man in the street noticed my Europeanness, cocked a pretend machine gun, and, like an air guitarist, air shot me down. I fended off scammers, thieves and beggars literally by the dozen.

Stay away, for your physical and mental health.

Presumably you played along and did the juddering impact/"aaaaiiieeeeeeee!" thing when the old man fake shot you.

[Ash]

One starts to wonder whether Erdogan might not take them all the way to the dark side. I must say, my experience of Turkey has always been poor; it's a third world ****hole, populated by savages, masquerading as a bulwark against the Asian Hordes.

They ARE the Asian Hordes, if you're a Macedonian or a Serb living under the Turkish jackboot for hundreds of years.

[Burney]

Presumably you played along and did the juddering impact/"aaaaiiieeeeeeee!" thing when the old man fake shot you.

I do think he ought to have done. All just bantz, really imo.

[Burney]

They ARE the Asian Hordes, if you're a Macedonian or a Serb living under the Turkish jackboot for hundreds of years.

Well actually, the Turkic tribes they were the Asian hordes when they got to the middle east.

[Ash]

Sure, back in the 90s maybe. Stamford Bridge is the new now for that sort of thing.

http://41.media.tumblr.com/2297a3880211ecac6e9bfa3b2b8dfd7e/tumblr_nzte95NUum1somhtso1_500.png

:hehe: This never stops being funny. The care. The preparation. The planning. The spelling.

[The Jorge]

I do think he ought to have done. All just bantz, really imo.

Rude if you ask me, when in Byzantine and all that

[The Jorge]

:hehe: This never stops being funny. The care. The preperation. The planning. The spelling.

Indeed, never forget

[7sisters]

I've been to all of 'em. I've attended a sumptuous banquet in a palace on an island in the Bosphorous. I've watched the faithful at prayer in the Blue Mosque on a Friday afternoon. I've eaten sweetmeats whilst belly dancers gyrated for my pleasure.

Every single moment of it was ****.

Allans, you see.

I watched as an old man in the street noticed my Europeanness, cocked a pretend machine gun, and, like an air guitarist, air shot me down. I fended off scammers, thieves and beggars literally by the dozen.

Stay away, for your physical and mental health.

I wonder how they're fareing with the whole human rights and equality legislation in their attempts to join the EU.
It's been a few years since my Effesus and Pamukkale jaunt but the sight of young girls making rugs with their bruised fingers, the dancing bears, open trucks passing by with the blokes in the cabin while the women were shoehorned in amongst the sheep in the trailer. The second hand treatment and general disdain for the Kurds. The lack of any meaningful roadside barriers around mountain roads.. OK, I'll stop there...

[7sisters]

Indeed, never forget

What do they have against Eddie Izzard ?

[redgunamo]

What do they have against Eddie Izzard ?

He's a Crystal Palace fan, I think.

[Burney]

He's a Crystal Palace fan, I think.

Yes. The poor chap doesn't seem to be managing menopause very well, though. :-\

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[redgunamo]

Yes. The poor chap doesn't seem to be managing menopause very well, though. :-\

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Well, I think he looks very nice.

You think he should've gone with their away shir .. blouse?

[Burney]

Well, I think he looks very nice.

You think he should've gone with their away shir .. blouse?

In fairness, he wouldn't have been the worst looking woman in that Palace crowd.

[Herbette Chapman - aged 15]

I've been to all of 'em. I've attended a sumptuous banquet in a palace on an island in the Bosphorous. I've watched the faithful at prayer in the Blue Mosque on a Friday afternoon. I've eaten sweetmeats whilst belly dancers gyrated for my pleasure.


You didn't go try 'n score some kif in the Pudding Shop then? Big pussy.

All the Turks I encountered in Istanbul, as well as as the gasters I met in Germany were delightful and charming but clearly quite capable of slitting you from belly to throat if you crossed them. I think we need to recruit them to our side for the impending biblical showdown with the Allans - just promise 'em a share of the old old western wealth 'n that.

[Sir C]

You didn't go try 'n score some kif in the Pudding Shop then? Big pussy.

All the Turks I encountered in Istanbul, as well as as the gasters I met in Germany were delightful and charming but clearly quite capable of slitting you from belly to throat if you crossed them. I think we need to recruit them to our side for the impending biblical showdown with the Allans - just promise 'em a share of the old old western wealth 'n that.

I'm afraid we're going to find that they are very much on the side of the Allans, actually.

[Burney]

I'm afraid we're going to find that they are very much on the side of the Allans, actually.

Well yes. What with actually being Allans and everything - albeit non-Arabic, nominally secular ones.

[Sir C]

Well yes. What with actually being Allans and everything - albeit non-Arabic, nominally secular ones.

They're about as secular as the Pope's arse.

[Herbette Chapman - aged 15]

They're about as secular as the Pope's arse.

I think engineering an 'off' between the Kathy Burkes and the IS massive will be simple. Just point out that their secularism marks them out as infidels in the eyes of the zealots. Manipulate IS into publicly insulting old Atatürk and watch it all go off like Clock End.

[Sir C]

I think engineering an 'off' between the Kathy Burkes and the IS massive will be simple. Just point out that their secularism marks them out as infidels in the eyes of the zealots. Manipulate IS into publicly insulting old Atatürk and watch it all go off like Clock End.

IS aren't going to take them on, though. They've got more tanks than Pets R Us.

[Herbette Chapman - aged 15]

Rude if you ask me, when in Byzantine and all that

Old Charlie went to Istanbul - Constantinople once
And didn't like the people much - the dirty turkish ****s

[Sir C]

Old Charlie went to Istanbul - Constantinople once
And didn't like the people much - the dirty turkish ****s

I say, that's really rather good.

[Burney]

I say, that's really rather good.

:nod: Kiplingesque, I thought.

[The Jorge]

:nod: Kiplingesque, I thought.

Yeah, though the Fondant Fancy chap