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sheikh radlinrol
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 Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:32 pm Post subject: Spanish interest in UK people. |
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| Some of you will have seen that ''El Mundo'' has given prominence to Blair's conversion to the Church of Rome. Can't say I give a t*** which religion Tony chooses but I never cease to be amazed by the interest aroused in Spain by our countrymen. The Beckhams, Kate Moss, Pete Docherty, Kate Moss, McCartney, Jagger, the Royals etc. The list is endless. We don't give a f*** about their Royal Family, do we? Why are they so curious about us? |
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Moore
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| Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Dunno, but it's a hell of a lot better than them associating us with random Brit hooligans and that Costa del Sol murderer/rapist Tony King... |
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QatarChic
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| Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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Why on earth anybody would be interested in Pete Doherty is beyond me  |
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Moore
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| Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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"Why on earth anybody would be interested in Pete Doherty is beyond me"
... the only Brit who does more coke than the average Spaniard...? |
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QatarChic
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| Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Moore wrote: |
"Why on earth anybody would be interested in Pete Doherty is beyond me"
... the only Brit who does more coke than the average Spaniard...? |
Is coke taking more common in Spain? How things have changed...... |
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Moore
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Takahiwai
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| Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 9:17 am Post subject: |
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As the Spanish press isn't allowed to report any scandal about the Spanish Royal family, don't they just use the British mob as substitute laughing-stocks  ? |
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SirKirby
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| Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 7:29 am Post subject: |
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| Moore wrote: |
"Why on earth anybody would be interested in Pete Doherty is beyond me"
... the only Brit who does more coke than the average Spaniard...? |
A remark likely to be offensive to Spanish people viewing this forum. |
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Moore
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| Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 8:42 am Post subject: |
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quote "A remark likely to be offensive to Spanish people viewing this forum."
...I didn't realize any Spanish people read this forum, but just in case they do then I'm sure they realize it was a joke with no offence intended  |
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SirKirby
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| Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 9:12 am Post subject: |
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| Moore wrote: |
| ...I didn't realize any Spanish people read this forum, but just in case they do then I'm sure they realize it was a joke with no offence intended |
One in very poor taste... And the assumption that no Spanish people read this forum is also questionable. |
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Moore
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| Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 10:28 am Post subject: |
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quote "One in very poor taste"
...er ...just a bit of humour, relax, it's Christmas, really. |
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SirKirby
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It may be Xmas, but you seem to be forgetting -- like the original poster, perhaps -- that (a) you Brits (etc) depend on Spanish people for your jobs and (b) that a large number (majority?) of English teachers in Spain are not native speakers and are Spanish themselves.
Your assumption that no Spanish person reads this forum is a false one. |
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sheikh radlinrol
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| Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 2:20 pm Post subject: |
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| SirKirby wrote: |
It may be Xmas, but you seem to be forgetting -- like the original poster, perhaps -- that (a) you Brits (etc) depend on Spanish people for your jobs and (b) that a large number (majority?) of English teachers in Spain are not native speakers and are Spanish themselves.
Your assumption that no Spanish person reads this forum is a false one. |
Come on SirKirby! Moore's comments were innocuous.
Anyway, getting back to my point. Why are Spanish people so interested in ''Madeleine'' and not in ''Yeremi'', the unfortunate little boy who disappeared in Canarias months ago. |
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alexcase
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| I don't think it's most people, it's just the Burberry wearing Oxbridge wannabe elite who write the newspapers- I think they must like the fact that class is out in the open in the UK whereas they have to pretend they are all the same in Spain |
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JakeJakeJake
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It does depend on where you go. This summer every ticket booth, shop window, cafe etc had a picture of Madelaine....on the south coast.
However when I hiked through northern Spain for 7 weeks this summer I'm pretty certain I didnt see one picture of her apart from in the English papers. Yeremi however was in most cafes in the smallest village in Navarra to the big towns like Leon and Burgos.
Sirkrkby, you made me laugh out loud. I'm glad you were only joking else i would have had to mock you
and the Spanish sure do know how to put away the beak |
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