tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28682028.post5518054011021507960..comments2023-10-12T13:58:00.225+00:00Comments on Diary of a Subcultural Refugee: North American ScumDave Knapikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17693473077028639750noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28682028.post-49501046821003576952007-04-23T15:33:00.000+00:002007-04-23T15:33:00.000+00:00damn. i hope i don't run into any of that in berl...damn. i hope i don't run into any of that in berlin! i'm from china but after years in LA i think i have a surfer accent :/zhaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14353325572641788305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28682028.post-3415721662343267452007-04-18T15:27:00.000+00:002007-04-18T15:27:00.000+00:00Oh how embarrassing - I apologise on behalf of my ...Oh how embarrassing - I apologise on behalf of my backward compatriots for such insulting behaviour.<BR/><BR/>We are a small-minded bunch and sadly our history and geography teaching is way off base, so arseholes like those you encountered think it is OK to deploy their ignorant broad-brush anti-US feeling as insulting ad hominem attacks.<BR/><BR/>It's strange because we all know the stereotypes about hicksville ignorance towards strangers, but I have never encountered anything other than damn nice, polite and friendly behaviour in the US, and nothing that would compare to the insults you describe. And in London too! So much for our cosmo city.<BR/><BR/>I know you're a right old anglophile, flat cap n'all, and I really hope you don't let this experience change that.<BR/><BR/>Barcelona? Pah! What do they have except culture, food, sun, Europe's best football , architecture, history, the glorious Spanish language, Catalan defiance, wonderful streets, pretty girls and a sophisticated urban identity?<BR/><BR/>Why don't you and your better 'arf come round to my house for a re-balancing dose of anti-English sentiment - we do it really well down in the 'hood ;-)Ali da Hodzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802938227332490469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28682028.post-599224035516409792007-04-17T07:00:00.000+00:002007-04-17T07:00:00.000+00:00I'll defend to my death bed that it's football, no...I'll defend to my death bed that it's football, not soccer. You play it with mostly your feet. Soccer is a silly word that makes me think of suburban mothers and minivans.<BR/><BR/>It's the greatest sport in the world and if I'm lucky, I'm going to South Africa in 2010 for the World Cup. It will be fun, however, to for once cheer on Argentina, for example, instead of England.<BR/><BR/>I've been unable so far to decide which football team I want to support here. None of the London teams inspire me at all. Then I realised that I just needed to think outside the box: I was restricting myself to English teams. <BR/><BR/>I think I'm going to be a Barcelona supporter. I love the city and Spanish people always welcomed me to their country. Come to think of it, I speak Spanish well, so why didn't I move there instead? It's much nicer than this island. They have this yellow thing in the sky there called the sun, too.Dave Knapikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693473077028639750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28682028.post-41339704774267209222007-04-17T03:41:00.000+00:002007-04-17T03:41:00.000+00:00And I know where I missed the "n". White Castle w...And I know where I missed the "n". White Castle will do that.MEETING NEIL IS EASYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07411898941916425206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28682028.post-69127395696632625572007-04-17T03:40:00.000+00:002007-04-17T03:40:00.000+00:00I shouldn't have read this while intoxicated. Nex...I shouldn't have read this while intoxicated. Next thing you know someone is going to try to convice me that soccer, oops - football - is a sport. Hiccup.MEETING NEIL IS EASYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07411898941916425206noreply@blogger.com