From: Steve Davies (Steve365@btinternet.com)
Date: Fri Sep 05 2003 - 12:03:13 MDT
Whoops! Should read until 1870! Glad to see Anders has mentioned the Swedish
contribution - the Germans are doing their bit as well. It isn't just males
though, hen parties are just as bad if not worse. SD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Davies" <Steve365@btinternet.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: Crazy British...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert J. Bradbury" <bradbury@aeiveos.com>
> To: "Extropy List" <extropians@extropy.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 9:21 PM
> Subject: SHT: Crazy British...
>
>
> >
> > SHT = "Stupid Human Tricks"
> >
> > Can anyone on the list who understands British culture
> > better than I explain this phenomena:
> >
>
> (link to story about the boorish and crazy behaviour of Brits abroad)
>
> I think there's two main reasons for this. The UK is very expensive,
> particularly if you live in London, so if you want to spend a weekend out
on
> the lash it is actually cheaper to go to places like Prague. Also, there's
> the well known phenomenon of being less inhibited in a strange place.
>
> Having said that, it looks as though the British are reverting to their
> historical stereotype (which applied until about 1970) - crazy, aggressive
> and belligerent, drunken, boorish, and randy. I had to laugh at the
> reference to fights breaking out when parties from Leeds, Manchester, and
> Birmingham found themselves in the same establishment while being
supporters
> of their local teams - that's asking for trouble! The ones from Manchester
> can't have been Man United fans that's for sure.
>
> Steve Davies
>
>
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