Oh, those are just other stereotypes.
As for the report in the paper, sadly it's more women who love to get drunk. And people love to get drunk all over the world anyway, not just here in the UK.
I'm really not sure exactly what you mean by people being "cold" or "cool" rather than "warm", but it sounds like a load of rubbish to me. Can't speak about the past of course, but these days, it just isn't something I recognise to be true.
I agree with Aaron on this one (shock horror). Women don't really run the house anymore and I think that stereotype died out in the 1970s or 1980s.
Men can be cold anywhere but no more in Britain than in other countries.
Aaron..I live in the " Bible Belt" and in a dry county..no booze on sell here..But the coppers line up at the border inbetween the counties and pick off the drunks as they try to sneak back over the border..We have a boot leggger who sells booze outright down at the river in town..cops do not bother him..buy he is pricing himself out of business,Me I am a tee totaler and do not like the stuff..Give me chocolate or a diet coke.Both sexes drink here but our main problem in the States is "Meth" and I live in a state where it is the fastest growing drug of choice.Every country has problems..the bigger the country...the more the problems..now we are trying to separate the Bush from the shrub and weeds.yuk.Valentine
What about the men in Greece, France, and italy..now that is some kind of warm I can tell you..Valentine
Nick, have you ever lived any where other than where you are now???Valentine
No, I haven't lived in other countries but I have studied some and travelled to them. Believe me, if the men in Britain are cold then it is nothing compared to some in the Far East.
Quote: VALENTINE @ January 5, 2007, 5:22 PMMe I am a tee totaler and do not like the stuff..
As am I. Coca-Cola (not diet) is my vice.
Valentine, I think you may have stumbled upon this site and mistakenly thought it was an international penpals forum of some description.
Anyway... didn't Simon Pegg do a few things for Comic Relief. Those were always funny. The Milky Bar kid a couple of years ago. Was that Comic Relief?
Yes, with Alan Partridge. Green Wing also did two sketches which I liked.
I used to think the Comic Relief songs used to be alright but not so over the last couple of years. In fact, I can't remember the last time there was a really memeorable number.
Scott T No I am a published poet and writer, Mark is the one I was corresponding with and he had me go on this site to listen to what he said would be interesting Brits from all over England..I won't say what I have found so far. I find this site interesting and tantalizing and sometimes lewisrobert even tickles my funny bone with a very funny joke. I do like seeeing the difference between your country and mine I have to admit..Valentine
i aim to please,,,,,i don't mind comic releif, i will confess i'm guilty of not giving money, but i loved a quote from my Frankie Boyle when he said "i don't like these charity events, i've never seen why a guy has to sit in a bath tub of baked beans to raise money for starving people, you think to yourself send them the f**king beans!" or something along them lines, what a great comedian he is. i p*ssed off a charity worker at work, i asked him what logo he had on his jumper he replied "ow it's a childrens charity, and this month we are doing a campaign against cigarette makers, cause we have found that cigarette makers are giving out free cigarettes to children" i said "that is disgusting,,,they should have to pay like everyone else" he wasn't happy, therer is something about comedy on comic releif which isn't the same, like V o D it just seems different
Quote: VALENTINE @ January 7, 2007, 8:58 PM
Scott T No I am a published poet and writer, Mark is the one I was corresponding with and he had me go on this site to listen to what he said would be interesting Brits from all over England..I won't say what I have found so far. I find this site interesting and tantalizing and sometimes lewisrobert even tickles my funny bone with a very funny joke. I do like seeeing the difference between your country and mine I have to admit..Valentine
Valentine, i just re-read my post that you're responding to and i think i sounded very bitchy in it, sorry if that's how it came across didn't mean to.
are there comparable sites for wannabe comedy writers in the US? is comedy writing a respected aspiration in the US generally? I think it is here, most people I whine to about being rejected seem to think it's quite 'worthy'.
Quote: Mark @ January 4, 2007, 12:42 AMI have a soft spot for the Vicar of Dibley but the whole "this is definitely the last episode" is getting a bit tedious now - it's the 3rd of 4th time Richard Curtis has broken that 'promise' now.
I think Richard Curtis and Paul Mayphew Archer are just trying to copy the longevity of Fools and Horses. Think about it. Fools and Horses saw two leading characters die (Grandad and Albert) and made a funny situation out of it. Curtis kills off Liz Smith's character Mrs Cropley (even though the actress is still very much alive) in a bid to show how clever he [Curtis] can be. And then they have a five year hiatus (like Fools and Horses did - plus showing it on Christmas Day) before coming back. All the characters said Geraldine had been there for TEN years. But we only saw five of those years. And then in the last episode, David remembers the window episode and the animal service - two scenes from the first series - to emphasise how long it had been running. I just think Curtis keeps on bringing it back for no reason. If it's gonna finish, finish it! Don't leave it for two years and say it's all ended in the meantime.
Anyway, that's what I think.
There is one site called "urbis" that has all types of writers.. People watch that site and do ocassionall hire or publish someone off of it..Other than that I will have to check into for you, Valentine