That is the only misconception about New Jersey. All the other comments about value systems, income, attitude, etc, are dead on. It is a place where surly underachievement is considered an act of triumph, and where wrecking the environment is a sign of progress. It truly is a throughfaire between NYC and Philly, occupied by thugs who are just as happy mowing their lawns, screaming at sports games, or beating their children. There's only one good reason to go to New Jersey: to leave it again.jopperm2 wrote:Come on, fable.. Don't you live in New Jersey? There has to be something you could say about Jersey! Didn't we have a thread about that once.
Here's one about New Jersey.. People there, in general, don't call it Joysee..
And I thought that "Nanny" thing we use for interrogation here in our little totalitarian state was documentary! I'll have to tell the generals to use that "Queens"-something-or-other show instead.jopperm2 wrote:People there, in general, don't call it Joysee..
*shudders* I used to work with a tiny version of the female lead in the Nanny show. Same horrid voice and way of speaking, just packed into a frame which was half the size. It was torture.Silur wrote:And I thought that "Nanny" thing we use for interrogation here in our little totalitarian state was documentary! I'll have to tell the generals to use that "Queens"-something-or-other show instead.
That's right because Santa is from Finland!Moonbiter wrote:11. Santa is not Norwegian. Period. Just because we reached the North Pole first and have a lot of reindeers, that doesn't make him an ethnic Norwegian. In Norse tradition there is a species of elf called a Nisse. This critter is one of the "hulderfolk," the pagan spirits or faerie of Norse myth, and is related to trolls and other unpleasant beings. It is usually portrayed as a small man with a knitted red cap and a beard, living near farmsteads. That is basically where the resemblance to Santa ends.
)But I'm pretty sure they're called polandbears because they come from Poland!QuenGalad wrote:"Oh, I'd love to see those white bears!" or "It must be pretty cold, how are you coping with that?" by my mother's mother, Poland is NOT Workuta! We have really hot summers!
New Jersey is still thought of in some quarters as a Revolutionary war site, or a place of pristine universities famous for science and music. The first was when NJ was a wilderness, and the second refers to Princeton and Rutgers, two universities that have long been past their golden years. Both are non-entities at this time. The so-called "Garden State" (another error) is the most heavily populated state in the US, with many sections possessing no parks or "green spaces" within dozens of miles. It is often row upon row of low rent commercial and residential space, set up after WWII when vets got married and needed homes. The Allies may have won the war, but the Bauhaus won the race for architectural dominance.Moonbiter wrote:New Jersey, eh fable? Oh my! The misconceptions about that place are almost legendary!
You do? Oh, yeah, there's Helsingfors as wellKipi wrote:That's right because Santa is from Finland!
Finland
1) We DO have other cities than Helsinki as well.
By now I thought it was the other way around... Finland is a part of Nokia. Some day I am going to try too get support for my antique rubber boots at a Nokia repair shop.Kipi wrote: 3) Nokia is actually Finnish company, not from Japan (as many foreigners suprisingly seems to think...
I thought knife was the weapon of choice. That, and death by Sauna. I know the Swedish sauna champion from a few years back, but she's a Finnish immigrant, so I guess that's cheating. Besides, the rules are different here... only 100 degrees C and water on the stones once every two minutes. In Finnland it's 110 degrees C I believe. For all you who dont get this at all, Sauna in Finland is no joking matter - people can sit in a small room full of scalding hot steam for up to an hour. If you put a chicken in at the same time, it's cooked well before they come out.Kipi wrote:4) We do not chase everybody with axe if they come 10 km or nearer of our home...
If that isn't enough - when they do come out, they throw themselves into the water of a frozen lake....And next day she was found from sauna, driep to death...QuenGalad wrote:Well, jut like Terry Pratchett wrote:
"There isn't a stupid enough thing for not to be done by some foreigner somewhere"
WARNING: It's a JOKE
:devil:Yes, in some part of Finland. But there is those "myths" that earlier times when finnish man piece of wood in river he grapped his axe and went to hunt the intruder... Also, in one myth one peasant called Lalli killed a priest of some sort with axe when the priest had entered their house, eaten their food and payed with coins. In that time the normal peasant didn't even understand the term money, so the peasant thought it as a robbery...Silur wrote: I thought knife was the weapon of choice.
Too bad you didn't keep it up. Money and priests have been nothing but trouble ever since.Kipi wrote:Also, in one myth one peasant called Lalli killed a priest of some sort with axe when the priest had entered their house, eaten their food and payed with coins. In that time the normal peasant didn't even understand the term money, so the peasant thought it as a robbery...
As Fable said, practically no film is historically authentic (Kingdom of Heaven did some nice work on the combat and equipment). You should watch a film just for it's entertainment value (but Pathfinder looks like it's gonna be bad in a wrong senseMoonbiter wrote:Yes, I know!
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[/QUOTE]YES WE ARE, you hippie!Fiberfar wrote:Norway is not satanic and Varg Vikernes is not the king.
:laugh: We? We as in "We are satanic and Varg Vikernes?"Moonbiter wrote:YES WE ARE, you hippie!
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My impression is that the differences and similarities between Australia and New Zealand are somewhat analogous to comparisons between Canada and the US.Sir moosalot wrote:New Zealand:
2. we aren't exactly like our Australian counter-parts.
