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You can imagine the reaction of the British press if drunken foreigners were urinating on the Cenotaph.
I suggest the Latvians electrify their monument.
It defies belief really. A small minority of d!ckheads ruining things for everyone else…
As a wise man once observed:
"Our neighbours shake their heads
And take their valuables inside
While my countrymen piss in the fountains
To express our national pride…"
– The Few, Billy Bragg[/color:1krr7r1r]Unfortunately it doesn’t defy belief at all. Just the latest episode in a lengthy series entitled "The British making Pigs of themselves Abroad"
the sick man of Europe
No, I guess the individual incidents in themselves are all too predictable, but it is the total lack of respect and collective selfishness which is pitiful.
could send them to Crete:
the bbc has now re-written the story !
the initial version was headlined "Woman ‘Torched Briton’s Genitals’ " and reported that he had been exposing and waving them at ladies passing by. whereupon she doused him in sambucca.
far more opaque now as to why she has the support of her countryfolk.
this is closer to the original report:
Great balls of fire!
Well played, that woman.
gc
Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
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