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Get your own Rowland today! He's like a eurotrash cabbage patch kid.
You'll love the stereotypical anti-American antics!

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-slunky

On Oct 27, 7:59 am, slunky wrote:

Get your own Rowland today! He's like a eurotrash cabbage patch kid.
You'll love the stereotypical anti-American antics!

Link?

IOW as politically incorrect as Golly Wog dolls.

There are a lot of good things that come from Europe.
The range of ciders and beers is pretty cool.

I'm not interested in their motor vehicles though, they
are overpriced, and in my view difficult to work on, and
not suited to conditions here, and the styling generally
unattractive :-p

_/ the_dawggie wrote \_
Link?

IOW as politically incorrect as Golly Wog dolls.

There are a lot of good things that come from Europe.
The range of ciders and beers is pretty cool.

I'm not interested in their motor vehicles though, they
are overpriced, and in my view difficult to work on, and
not suited to conditions here, and the styling generally
unattractive :-p

I like Europe too.

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-slunky

the_dawggie wrote:

slunky wrote:

Get your own Rowland today! He's like a eurotrash cabbage patch kid.
You'll love the stereotypical anti-American antics!

Link?

IOW as politically incorrect as Golly Wog dolls.

I'm not aware that anyone's objected to the Isle of Wight on such
grounds.

There are a lot of good things that come from Europe.
The range of ciders and beers is pretty cool.

The range of beers in Belgium alone knocks that produced in the USA for
six. Not that there isn't some good beer brewed in the USA, mind. You
just won't find any of it brewed by large breweries.

I'm not interested in their motor vehicles though, they
are overpriced, and in my view difficult to work on,

You've never looked at an air cooled VW Beetle, then? Or a Morris
Minor? Or a 2CV? Many European cars are designed to be very easy to
work on - and that approach started in the 1930s, hence my selected
examples. It's old hat here.

and
not suited to conditions here, and the styling generally
unattractive :-p

To my eyes, American cars are mostly hideously ugly, so I suppose if you
like that sort of thing, you wouldn't like the generally either graceful
or funky lines of most European cars.

On the other hand, it seems that many USAians do rather like European
styling - take these comments from a US commentator about an archetypal
English car:

http://www.materialevents.com/db9.htm

`Now before I get carried away with the driving, I feel obligated to
express to you how truly beautiful this machine is. Not in a flashy,
pretentious "look at me", kind of way, but in that "I don't need you to
look at me" kind of way. Those who appreciate a finely crafted and
engineered vehicle such as the DB9 will notice the artistry in the
design. The uncluttered, flowing lines of it's body flow so seamlessly
from nose to tail, that it seems as though it was crafted from a solid
piece of metal. It's low stance and menacing grill portray the essence
of what the soul of this car is about: speed and power. A picture is
worth a thousand words, and can do the DB9 far more justice than words
can, but you really need to experience it in person to fully appreciate
the care and artistic skill that has gone into its design. Every
interior surface is either encased in gleaming, handcrafted fine wood or
wrapped tightly with soft, supple leather. In fact, the elegance of the
interior might even be distracting, if the performance wasn't so
impressive.'

Grace and elegance - or a bit of humour, especially from the French - is
what characterises European car styling; and all are missing from
typical US car designs. Not to mention the fact that most US cars over
here are very poor quality compared to similarly priced European or
Japanese offerings - you get something that's less good for your money
by buying American. Tacky ill-fitting interiors seem standard in US
cars, along with less reliability, and so on.

Admittedly, US cars are no longer the bad jokes they were in the 1970s
and 1980s, so you do see a few on the streets over here - but not many.

(okay, okay, it's hard to love the styling of BMWs or Mercs - but they
have a kind of bland German elegance about them)

Rowland.

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On Oct 26, 10:02 pm, (Rowland
McDonnell) wrote:
the_dawggie wrote:
slunky wrote:

Get your own Rowland today! He's like a eurotrash cabbage patch kid.
You'll love the stereotypical anti-American antics!

Link?

IOW as politically incorrect as Golly Wog dolls.

I'm not aware that anyone's objected to the Isle of Wight on such
grounds.

There are a lot of good things that come from Europe.
The range of ciders and beers is pretty cool.

The range of beers in Belgium alone knocks that produced in the USA for
six. Not that there isn't some good beer brewed in the USA, mind. You
just won't find any of it brewed by large breweries.

I'm not interested in their motor vehicles though, they
are overpriced, and in my view difficult to work on,

You've never looked at an air cooled VW Beetle, then? Or a Morris
Minor? Or a 2CV? Many European cars are designed to be very easy to
work on - and that approach started in the 1930s, hence my selected
examples. It's old hat here.

and
not suited to conditions here, and the styling generally
unattractive :-p

To my eyes, American cars are mostly hideously ugly, so I suppose if you
like that sort of thing, you wouldn't like the generally either graceful
or funky lines of most European cars.

On the other hand, it seems that many USAians do rather like European
styling - take these comments from a US commentator about an archetypal
English car:

http://www.materialevents.com/db9.htm

`Now before I get carried away with the driving, I feel obligated to
express to you how truly beautiful this machine is. Not in a flashy,
pretentious "look at me", kind of way, but in that "I don't need you to
look at me" kind of way. Those who appreciate a finely crafted and
engineered vehicle such as the DB9 will notice the artistry in the
design. The uncluttered, flowing lines of it's body flow so seamlessly
from nose to tail, that it seems as though it was crafted from a solid
piece of metal. It's low stance and menacing grill portray the essence
of what the soul of this car is about: speed and power. A picture is
worth a thousand words, and can do the DB9 far more justice than words
can, but you really need to experience it in person to fully appreciate
the care and artistic skill that has gone into its design. Every
interior surface is either encased in gleaming, handcrafted fine wood or
wrapped tightly with soft, supple leather. In fact, the elegance of the
interior might even be distracting, if the performance wasn't so
impressive.'

Grace and elegance - or a bit of humour, especially from the French - is
what characterises European car styling; and all are missing from
typical US car designs. Not to mention the fact that most US cars over
here are very poor quality compared to similarly priced European or
Japanese offerings - you get something that's less good for your money
by buying American. Tacky ill-fitting interiors seem standard in US
cars, along with less reliability, and so on.

Admittedly, US cars are no longer the bad jokes they were in the 1970s
and 1980s, so you do see a few on the streets over here - but not many.

(okay, okay, it's hard to love the styling of BMWs or Mercs - but they
have a kind of bland German elegance about them)

Rowland.

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He's Australian.
so you convicted him....in a kangaroo court.


frett

On Oct 26, 10:02 pm, (Rowland
McDonnell) wrote:

I'm not aware that anyone's objected to the Isle of Wight on such
grounds.


that was a very good concert... Leonard Cohen, Kris Kristofferson,
Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, Emerson Lake and Palmer,
the Doors, Donovan, Joan Baez etc... all were there... It's a shame
there wasn't more footage included in the movie...


-"Jordy"

jordy wrote:

(Rowland McDonnell) wrote:

I'm not aware that anyone's objected to the Isle of Wight on such
grounds.

that was a very good concert...

Which one?

Leonard Cohen, Kris Kristofferson,
Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, Emerson Lake and Palmer,
the Doors, Donovan, Joan Baez etc... all were there... It's a shame
there wasn't more footage included in the movie...

Hawkwind was outside the gates.

Rowland.

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On 26 Oct, 22:59, slunky wrote:
Get your own Rowland today! He's like a eurotrash cabbage patch kid.
You'll love the stereotypical anti-American antics!

--
-slunky


Anyone who disagrees with Rowly is automatically treated to an essay,
relevant or not. And if you're from the US you're obviously a bigot, a
racist and more than likely mentally challenged. He's also got a wee
pal who, on any particular day (any particular hour), either loves him
or hates him and is even less rational than he is.

BoredToTears wrote:
On 26 Oct, 22:59, slunky wrote:
Get your own Rowland today! He's like a eurotrash cabbage patch kid.
You'll love the stereotypical anti-American antics!

--
-slunky


Anyone who disagrees with Rowly is automatically treated to an essay,
relevant or not. And if you're from the US you're obviously a bigot, a
racist and more than likely mentally challenged. He's also got a wee
pal who, on any particular day (any particular hour), either loves him
or hates him and is even less rational than he is.



Doesn't he think the Irish/Scots/Welsh etc are also lesser beings or
have i got that wrong?

He comes across as very bigoted.

On 27 Oct, 01:37, e3b1 wrote:
BoredToTears wrote:
On 26 Oct, 22:59, slunky wrote:
Get your own Rowland today! He's like a eurotrash cabbage patch kid.
You'll love the stereotypical anti-American antics!

--
-slunky

Anyone who disagrees with Rowly is automatically treated to an essay,
relevant or not. And if you're from the US you're obviously a bigot, a
racist and more than likely mentally challenged. He's also got a wee
pal who, on any particular day (any particular hour), either loves him
or hates him and is even less rational than he is.

Doesn't he think the Irish/Scots/Welsh etc are also lesser beings or
have i got that wrong?

He comes across as very bigoted.


We're not quite as lesser as the Yanks. Or the Germans or the French.
He quite likes Canadians.