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Golightly
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What is the real reason for the numbers embossed in the glass of a bottle of raki? I know everyone looks out for a no.1 because 'it tastes better'; This is rubbish - I once did a blind test on a no. 1 and a no. 37 - no difference.
Why did Migros choose a kangaroo as their symbol? And why is it green? is it possibly a mouldy kangaroo?
Why do the staff at the Yesil Cafe look so miserable?
Why are there so many shops selling bridal dresses?
Is there so kind of Fagin-like character who doles out chewing gum and selpak to the street kids to sell? Where do they put their wares at the end of the day? Is there some kind of massive street urchin goods depositry somewhere in Istanbul?
Why do magandas wear their jackets draped over their shoulders? have they never worked out how to put their arms through the sleeves?
who on earth thought Hunkar Begendi was a good idea?
Does anyone actually have one of those little busts of Ataturk with the eyes that light up?
Following an odd trail of logic, the kids' cartoon 'sirinler' is called 'the smurfs in English; Following this, Sirineveler could be translated as 'Smurf Houses'.  Has Anyone seen any smurfs there? Or mangled little blue corpses on the E5? 
Failing that, what is so sirin (pleasant) about the houses in sirineveler?
Why do the vast majority of houses in Bachelievler have no gardens? |
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Golightly
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 9:26 am Post subject: |
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| beep = F4gin, the character from Oliver Twist. heavens sake, Dave, sort out the bleep function. |
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whynotme
Joined: 07 Nov 2004
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Location: istanbul
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Golightly wrote: |
| What is the real reason for the numbers embossed in the glass of a bottle of raki? I know everyone looks out for a no.1 because 'it tastes better'; This is rubbish - I once did a blind test on a no. 1 and a no. 37 - no difference. |
sure no difference ..the bottles are produced by Sisecam which is a complietely different company.
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| Why did Migros choose a kangaroo as their symbol? And why is it green? is it possibly a mouldy kangaroo? |
When kangurum first started it had no connection with Migros and then was taken over by them �why green .hımmmm interesting why not green �if it were brown you�d have asked why brown�human beings never satisfy.
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| Why do the staff at the Yesil Cafe look so miserable? |
do you think it is easy to serve the undismisqualified pissed off yabancı teachers?
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| Why are there so many shops selling bridal dresses? |
no not many�marriage is very important for Turkish people and it is a fair ..a big celebration ..no no not just 1 day simple celebration, some places it takes a week.
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| Is there so kind of *beep*-like character who doles out chewing gum and selpak to the street kids to sell? Where do they put their wares at the end of the day? Is there some kind of massive street urchin goods depositry somewhere in Istanbul? |
it is called mafia.
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| Why do magandas wear their jackets draped over their shoulders? have they never worked out how to put their arms through the sleeves? |
dare you ask it to a maganda?
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| who on earth thought Hunkar Begendi was a good idea? |
that name has a strong meaning and it sounds tough makes me feel like I have to eat �a very good idea..
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| Does anyone actually have one of those little busts of Ataturk with the eyes that light up? |
no �never seen it.
| Golightly wrote: |
| Following an odd trail of logic, the kids' cartoon 'sirinler' is called 'the smurfs in English; Following this, Sirineveler could be translated as 'Smurf Houses'. Has Anyone seen any smurfs there? Or mangled little blue corpses on the E5? |
we call Liverpool and do not follow a silly L1 logic and change it to �ciğer havuzu�
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| Failing that, what is so sirin (pleasant) about the houses in sirineveler?Why do the vast majority of houses in Bachelievler have no gardens? |
şirin means pretty in Turkish�..what about pretty houses? Does that make sense ? you know houses with wooden figures inside where there are small handmade goods everywhere �.very pretty houses
if you have any other crap thoughts about Turkey do not hesitate to ask me , i am here to answer your questions  |
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Golightly
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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Sagol whynotme You know I'm only joking. By the way, I HAVE seen the little busts of Atauturk with the eyes that light up, and very spooky they are too.
I'm going to call Liverpool Ciger Havusu from now on!
A few other English place names, rendered literally into Turkish (some of which I use the original Anglo-Saxon):
Manchester: Adam kale
Edinburgh: Edinhisari
Birmingham: Berma'nin ait bir Koy
Cardiff: Kizilkale
Swanea(Abertawe): Tavvi nehri agzi
Newbury: Yeniturbe
Oldham: Eskikoy
Burnley: Ormanarasindakicesme
Brighton: Ibnekoy
Guess which one I made up 
here's a crap thought for the Brits: if Typhoo put the T in Britain, who put the c*nt in scu nthorpe? |
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Golightly
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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| whynotme wrote: |
| Golightly wrote: |
| Why do the staff at the Yesil Cafe look so miserable? |
do you think it is easy to serve the undismisqualified pissed off yabancı teachers?
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| Why are there so many shops selling bridal dresses? |
no not many�marriage is very important for Turkish people and it is a fair ..a big celebration ..no no not just 1 day simple celebration, some places it takes a week.
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Undismisqualified! Wonderful word! so it means someone who...umm...has not been dimissed from a bad qualification?
My wedding ceremony, well the bit in Bakirkoy Evlendirme Merkezi, took about five minutes....
Presiding Officer: What's your name?
Me: Golightly
Presiding officer: What's your name?
Soon to be wife: Soon-to-be Mrs. Golightly
Presiding officer: You sure about this?
Me:Yes
Presiding Officer: You sure about this?
Soon to be wife: Yes.
Prseiding Officer: Oh well, if you must. (stamps book, we sign it, people clap frenziedly for one minute) |
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justme
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 5:30 am Post subject: |
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An excellent rendition of the Turkish wedding ceremony. Did you have strangers at yours, smiling indulgently?
I'd been told beforehand pretty much what would be said by the guy in the red robe, and that all I had to say was yes. So my wedding went something like, 'lkjfdghdlıygerhkgjhxcşklhgşdoıueşoırut562p4oıhkdfhgldfgh kabul eder misiniz?'
Fortunately I was able to recognise the yes-no question at the end... |
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Golightly
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 7:58 am Post subject: |
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Yes, there were a few strangers loitering....I expect they're employed by the office to smile indulgently at thinly-attended dos.
What really got my goat was driving to hte ceremony - all the bloody selpak kids getting om the car and expecting handouts  |
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Golightly
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:46 am Post subject: |
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why do kids insist on bawling 'Anne....Anne...Anne!....Aaaaannne..' at the top of their voices up fifteen floors of a high rise every three seconds to their harrassed and overworked mothers, when they could use the entryphone to the block of flats?
Why does each sucu have his own individual way of shouting, 'Su!' (Or 'Suuuuuuuuuuuu!', or 'Suuucuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!' etc)?
What kind of meat is in Dubious Pie, a type of pie sold by the pie booth in that side road off the main drag in Bakirkoy? |
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whynotme
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:27 am Post subject: |
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| Golightly wrote: |
| why do kids insist on bawling 'Anne....Anne...Anne!....Aaaaannne..' at the top of their voices up fifteen floors of a high rise every three seconds to their harrassed and overworked mothers, when they could use the entryphone to the block of flats? |
it is believed that tenors like Pavarotti,Caruso and Domingo started singing on the street and kids in Turkey want to be like them .
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| Why does each sucu have his own individual way of shouting, 'Su!' (Or 'Suuuuuuuuuuuu!', or 'Suuucuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!' etc)? |
yeah sucu, s�tc�, yogurtcu all have different way of shouting which shows where they come from or what sort of a social status they have..
eg. suuuuuuuuoooootc������: low class milkman who was born in Kars and live in Yenibosna
ssutcuooooooooooouuuuu : indeed not a milkman but doing it just for money and lives in asian side
siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitciiiiiiiiiiii : was born in Istanbul and sells milk in Bebek or Arnavutkoy ,never adds water to milk and could be named as "high society milkman"
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| What kind of meat is in Dubious Pie, a type of pie sold by the pie booth in that side road off the main drag in Bakirkoy? |
what pie are you talking about? |
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justme
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:29 am Post subject: |
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| In my old neighborhood in Bakırk�y, the water guy went 'Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-yup!'. All day. Then one day I looked out and saw it wasn't a water guy at all, just a guy sans cart, sans water who apparently just liked shouting that. There were a lot of freaks and halfwits on the street for some reason... |
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Golightly
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:49 am Post subject: |
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| why is simit called gevrek in Izmir? by the simitcis, I mean. |
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alterego
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what happens when there's a troll alert?
does anyone do anything about it?
is it similar to the terror alert system in the states? homeland security explained that color coded warning signs (red-orange-yellow-blue-green) are used to indicate the level of risk. does troll alert have levels? |
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sandyhoney2
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| Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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what happens when there's a troll alert?
does anyone do anything about it?
is it similar to the terror alert system in the states? homeland security explained that color coded warning signs (red-orange-yellow-blue-green) are used to indicate the level of risk. does troll alert have levels? |
Personnally, I don my army fatigues and practice doing drills with the rolling pin.
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Hector_Lector
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| Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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| It�s a sign that Thorn Yeti is still alive and kicking. |
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