Gracious me… on Wall of Mouths

Amsterdam was cool, but the bars just rip you off for being a foreigner. There are no pricelists in bars, and the prices differ from nationality to nationality. I saw a bar guy put down 2 x 3€ = 7,5€ on this tab he gave us, and I said something and he just laughed in my face.

Posted on Tue, 26 February 2008 at 08:32

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caffeinebomb wrote:

How can they tell that you’re a foreigner? I thought we were all europeans now?

Posted on Tue, 26 February 2008 at 08:35

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marja (sinner) wrote:

good point, but flemish people (like me) speak nearly the same language, but we don’t have that horrible accent and we sound a lot softer, so it’s very easy for them to tell.

dutch people make you believe that they’re tolerant, but they’re really not. Only towards their own people.

Posted on Tue, 26 February 2008 at 08:43

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marja (sinner) wrote:

oeps, i have to add to that that offcourse they’re not all the same (thank god). It’s a stereo type that from time to time is very very true.

Posted on Tue, 26 February 2008 at 08:44

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Taz94 (Tessa) wrote:

Belgians have generally better math skills, so you didn’t pay the 7,50 euros, did you? If the stupid guy can’t calculate that is his problem.
They do it to foreigners because they can get away with it (probably), a dutch person would make a fuss (and now i’m stereotyping as well of course)

Posted on Tue, 26 February 2008 at 09:27

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marja (sinner) wrote:

I couldn’t match the 6 euros so I had to give him a 10 euro note, i told him, he laughed in my face and only gave back 2,5 euros and than just walked away. boyfriend was already outside, so I didn’t say anything else.

and they do it indeed because they can get away with it. This is something that I have never had encountered before, and I’ve been to a few big cities as a tourist.

Posted on Tue, 26 February 2008 at 10:45

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The Wrong Type of Ladder... (Mr Kog) wrote:

I’m quite phlegmish at the moment…anyone want to buy some Lurgy?

Posted on Tue, 26 February 2008 at 14:04

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Dennis wrote:

get your lurgies here! 3 Euros each, 2 for 7.50…

Posted on Tue, 26 February 2008 at 15:00

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Igor Belanov wrote:

With those prices it’s no wonder people go to Tesco’s to get ill these days. You can get Tesco Value Smallpox for only £1.49 these days. Mind you, the incurable stuff will set you back a bob or two…

Posted on Tue, 26 February 2008 at 15:51

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mrs h wrote:

I bought a multipack of cat food the other day and when I pulled the lid off one of them it had obviously been bashed and the ‘meat’ inside was all green and furry.

FUCKING SOMERFIELD :mad: I should go to Vent Your spleen but if I don’t get an ulcer I’ll have a heart attack :mad:

Posted on Tue, 26 February 2008 at 22:09

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Gimme Back My Brainsaw wrote:

People still go to Somerfield?

I think the one by me had its window smashed and never reopened.

Posted on Tue, 26 February 2008 at 22:22

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Dennis wrote:

I haven’t been there since the Midsomerfield Murders was on BBC1. Put me right off the place.

Posted on Tue, 26 February 2008 at 23:43

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Taunty Dan wrote:

Gimme Back My Brainsaw wrote:
People still go to Somerfield?

I think the one by me had its window smashed and never reopened.

Thats the trouble with shops these days, bloody soft, cowering on the high street cos someones broken a window. Aw diddums. Made of brick, soft as shite.

Posted on Tue, 26 February 2008 at 23:53 in reply to an earlier post

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Dennis wrote:

You never got that job in the Victim Support Office did you, Dan…?

Posted on Tue, 26 February 2008 at 23:54

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Taunty Dan wrote:

no. :( Apparently they only support certain types of victim, and i didn’t fit any of their criteria.

Posted on Tue, 26 February 2008 at 23:58

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Dennis wrote:

I fitted their cafeteria. Mended a chair in the staff room too.

Posted on Wed, 27 February 2008 at 00:06

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Taunty Dan wrote:

yea. The one they hit me with no doubt. :(

Posted on Wed, 27 February 2008 at 00:18

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Dennis wrote:

Bastards! I specifically told them “Do NOT hit Dan with this chair!”

I mean, I MAY have said “NOT” very very very quietly, but they should have been listening more carefully shouldn’t theY?

Posted on Wed, 27 February 2008 at 00:30

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The Wrong Type of Ladder... (Mr Kog) wrote:

Igor Belanov wrote:
With those prices it’s no wonder people go to Tesco’s to get ill these days. You can get Tesco Value Smallpox for only £1.49 these days. Mind you, the incurable stuff will set you back a bob or two…

I wouldn’t know, I got mine off some dodgy Eastern European types on their way to an R. Kelly convention…

Posted on Wed, 27 February 2008 at 09:01 in reply to an earlier post

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Taunty Dan wrote:

An R Kelly “convention”? You mean “playground”?

Posted on Wed, 27 February 2008 at 20:01

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caffeinebomb wrote:

I used to be able to do the sign language to “I Believe I can Fly”

Not something I’m proud of, but I’ve done much worse, believe me. (Sorry Marja - I will get them cleaned I promise)

Posted on Wed, 27 February 2008 at 20:50

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mrs h wrote:

Taunty Dan wrote:
no. :( Apparently they only support certain types of victim, and i didn’t fit any of their criteria.

Aww. I’ll see if I can find a charity that looks after aggressive anti-social ‘victims’ with superiority complexes :)

Yay. I did!! Age Concern. I’ve booked you a place, you start in 35 years :)

@ Mr Bomb. That’s not the first time you’ve mentioned your … erm … ‘unique skill’. Did you work with deaf people or was there a campaign to stop you singing?

Posted on Thu, 28 February 2008 at 08:47

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marja (sinner) wrote:

caffeinebomb wrote:
I used to be able to do the sign language to “I Believe I can Fly”

Not something I’m proud of, but I’ve done much worse, believe me. (Sorry Marja - I will get them cleaned I promise)

don’t bother, I will buy some new ones with the dividend from the GM stock you gave me, there’s plenty :D

Posted on Thu, 28 February 2008 at 10:06 in reply to an earlier post

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Dennis wrote: