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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
What of the Golden Horn? What of Aya Sofia? What of the Topkapi Palace? The Suleymaniye Mosque?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by 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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
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.
and ground zero for poor quality footballing placards
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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:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Sure, back in the 90s maybe. Stamford Bridge is the new now for that sort of thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
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Presumably you played along and did the juddering impact/"aaaaiiieeeeeeee!" thing when the old man fake shot you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
They ARE the Asian Hordes, if you're a Macedonian or a Serb living under the Turkish jackboot for hundreds of years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I do think he ought to have done. All just bantz, really imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Jorge
Well actually, the Turkic tribes they were the Asian hordes when they got to the middle east.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
:hehe: This never stops being funny. The care. The preparation. The planning. The spelling.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Jorge
Rude if you ask me, when in Byzantine and all thatQuote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Indeed, never forgetQuote:
Originally Posted by Ash
I wonder how they're fareing with the whole human rights and equality legislation in their attempts to join the EU.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
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...
What do they have against Eddie Izzard ?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Jorge
He's a Crystal Palace fan, I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7sisters
Yes. The poor chap doesn't seem to be managing menopause very well, though. :-\Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
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Well, I think he looks very nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
You didn't go try 'n score some kif in the Pudding Shop then? Big pussy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbette Chapman - aged 15
Well yes. What with actually being Allans and everything - albeit non-Arabic, nominally secular ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
They're about as secular as the Pope's arse.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
IS aren't going to take them on, though. They've got more tanks than Pets R Us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbette Chapman - aged 15
Old Charlie went to Istanbul - Constantinople onceQuote:
Originally Posted by The Jorge
And didn't like the people much - the dirty turkish ****s
I say, that's really rather good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbette Chapman - aged 15
:nod: Kiplingesque, I thought.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Yeah, though the Fondant Fancy chapQuote:
Originally Posted by Burney