Google Groups no longer supports new Usenet posts or subscriptions. Historical content remains viewable.
Dismiss

Is Europe any good?

0 views
Skip to first unread message

skeptic

unread,
May 18, 2006, 10:16:32 AM5/18/06
to
Are there any places where I can watch skinhead race riots, knights being
shot off horseback with crossbows, royal executions? Are there churches
that are at least 1000 meters tall? how about oil paintings that are worth
$10 trillion, statues of naked men taking a shit, or the virgin mary that
cries and makes catholics scratch themselves bloody in religious frenzy?
Are there volcanoes that bury Italian cities at 3PM every day, or the Irish
alps that require oxygen masks to climb, or blimps made out of Swiss cheese
that fly over the Grand Mosques of France?


Ranazu

unread,
May 18, 2006, 10:55:40 AM5/18/06
to

"skeptic" <ske...@igs.com> wrote in message
news:4l%ag.89275$dW3....@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...

<<Are there naked men talking shit.>>

No, only you apparently.


Miss L. Toe

unread,
May 18, 2006, 11:01:34 AM5/18/06
to

"skeptic" <ske...@igs.com> wrote in message
news:4l%ag.89275$dW3....@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
> Are there any places where I can watch skinhead race riots,

LA - just look under the hoods

> knights being
> shot off horseback with crossbows,

what are knights ? shirley you mean nites ?

> royal executions?

JFK in dallas.

> Are there churches
> that are at least 1000 meters tall?

The Twin towers - church to the god of capitalism.

> how about oil paintings that are worth
> $10 trillion,

a barrell ?
They way the dollar is crashing it wont be long.

> naked men taking a shit,

just watch those who elected Bush.

> or the virgin mary that
> cries

Sorry no virgins here

> and makes catholics scratch themselves bloody in religious frenzy?

No catholics either - they all got shot by the UDF in NI funded by you know
who.

> Are there volcanoes that bury Italian cities at 3PM every day,

St helens

> or the Irish
> alps that require oxygen masks to climb,

Julie Andrews had an oxygen mask when she climbed every mountain in Europe
in a day with Rick Stevens.

> or blimps made out of Swiss cheese

Try wisconsin

> that fly over the Grand Mosques of France?

Did you know there is a secret mosque hidden in the statue of liberty.


skeptic

unread,
May 18, 2006, 11:15:03 AM5/18/06
to

"Miss L. Toe" <missltoe...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:446c8c85$0$14626$892e...@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net...

>
> "skeptic" <ske...@igs.com> wrote in message
> news:4l%ag.89275$dW3....@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
>> Are there any places where I can watch skinhead race riots,
> LA - just look under the hoods

Is that in Spain?

>> royal executions?
> JFK in dallas.

Did dallas join the EU?


>> Are there churches
>> that are at least 1000 meters tall?
> The Twin towers - church to the god of capitalism.

They weren't 1000 meters tall, though.


>> and makes catholics scratch themselves bloody in religious frenzy?
> No catholics either - they all got shot by the UDF in NI funded by you
> know
> who.

So how come Europe still has churches if nobody believes in it anymore?

>> or the Irish
>> alps that require oxygen masks to climb,
> Julie Andrews had an oxygen mask when she climbed every mountain in Europe
> in a day with Rick Stevens.

Is she Irish?


>> or blimps made out of Swiss cheese
> Try wisconsin

Does Eurail go there?


>> that fly over the Grand Mosques of France?
> Did you know there is a secret mosque hidden in the statue of liberty.

Cool, are they planning nuclear tests?


Richard

unread,
May 18, 2006, 10:59:39 AM5/18/06
to
"skeptic" <ske...@igs.com> wrote in message
news:4l%ag.89275$dW3....@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...

> Are there any places where I can watch skinhead race riots,

Yes! Everything you've mentioned can be seen any day, anywhere in Europe.
You can even rent those Swiss cheese blimps from kiosks conveniently located
next to any of the attractions you listed. They're a truly convenient way of
getting from one tourist attraction to the next. If you're willing to pay a
little extra, you can even hire a roaming clans of Swiss history-teachers in
traditional lederhosen yodelling sarcastically deflating versions of history
to guide you through your travels. Please don't hesitate to contact Runge at
phi...@bigfoot.com should you need any further information.

Richard


Message has been deleted

skeptic

unread,
May 18, 2006, 11:32:08 AM5/18/06
to

"Martin" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:sk4p62tg4q6nue83d...@4ax.com...
> How much are you willing to pay a guide to show you all these things?

I'll pay $10 trillion with suitcases full of money. Do any of the Swiss
cheese blimps come equipped with arbalests, trebuchets, or mangonels to hurl
cheese balls at people? Can I join a European farmer demonstration by
throwing dead cows at government buildings?

eetinBelgië

unread,
May 18, 2006, 11:46:43 AM5/18/06
to

we do it all the time in Belgium !

The Reid

unread,
May 18, 2006, 11:53:03 AM5/18/06
to
Following up to skeptic

>So how come Europe still has churches if nobody believes in it anymore?

we also have castles that aren't used for wars any more.
--
Mike Reid
Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site
Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap

Message has been deleted

Ingeborg Denner

unread,
May 18, 2006, 12:14:00 PM5/18/06
to

"skeptic" <ske...@igs.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:4l%ag.89275$dW3....@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...

> Are there any places where I can watch skinhead race riots, knights
> being shot off horseback with crossbows,

You bring the horse and armour, I'll bring the crossbow.

inge

Message has been deleted
Message has been deleted

Runge

unread,
May 18, 2006, 2:01:33 PM5/18/06
to
Was sure he would answer that one

"Martin" <m...@privacy.net> a écrit dans le message de news:
dt6p629o140u3p3a6...@4ax.com...

> LOL
> Copied to u.r.h
> --
>
> Martin
>


David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy

unread,
May 18, 2006, 3:28:38 PM5/18/06
to
Ingeborg Denner <wild...@gmx.de> wrote:

I'll have a Strongbow.

--
David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net
usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk
http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org

David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy

unread,
May 18, 2006, 3:29:41 PM5/18/06
to
skeptic <ske...@igs.com> wrote:

[]


> So how come Europe still has churches if nobody believes in it anymore?

Give it time. They haven't all been turned into apartment buildings yet.

Dave Frightens Me

unread,
May 18, 2006, 5:42:42 PM5/18/06
to

Damn, just what this place needed - some good trolling!

My guess is it's a regular. Fess up guys, who is it?
--
---
DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com
---
--

Des Small

unread,
May 18, 2006, 4:34:27 PM5/18/06
to

Maybe it's "Cathy and Bill"'s curtain call?

Des

Gregory Morrow

unread,
May 18, 2006, 5:59:04 PM5/18/06
to

Dave Frightens Me wrote:


It's Mixi -- he finally decided to "let loose" and smoke some good Moroccan
black hash...

--
Best
Greg

Tim C.

unread,
May 19, 2006, 3:02:31 AM5/19/06
to
Following up to "Miss L. Toe" <missltoe...@hotmail.com> :

>what are knights ? shirley you mean nites ?

LOL!
--
Tim C.

Tim C.

unread,
May 19, 2006, 3:03:47 AM5/19/06
to
Following up to this_address...@yahoo.com (David Horne, _the_
chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy)
:

>Ingeborg Denner <wild...@gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> "skeptic" <ske...@igs.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>> news:4l%ag.89275$dW3....@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
>> > Are there any places where I can watch skinhead race riots, knights
>> > being shot off horseback with crossbows,
>>
>> You bring the horse and armour, I'll bring the crossbow.
>
>I'll have a Strongbow.

Mine's a pint. Cheers!
--
Tim C.

The Reid

unread,
May 19, 2006, 5:23:06 AM5/19/06
to
Following up to David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of

besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy

>> You bring the horse and armour, I'll bring the crossbow.


>
>I'll have a Strongbow.

I can never get on with cider, might be something to do with my
worst ever hangover being cider related.

Message has been deleted

David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy

unread,
May 19, 2006, 5:32:24 AM5/19/06
to
The Reid <don...@fell-walker.co.uk> wrote:

> Following up to David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of
> besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy
>
> >> You bring the horse and armour, I'll bring the crossbow.
> >
> >I'll have a Strongbow.
>
> I can never get on with cider, might be something to do with my
> worst ever hangover being cider related.

I almost never get hangovers. Strongbow is not a particularly great
cider though IMO- but it's often the only one available on draught. A
lot of people think it odd I drink cider- even some of my students have
ribbed me for it- as they feel they 'grown out' of that stage of their
lives. :)

Message has been deleted
Message has been deleted

eetinBelgië

unread,
May 19, 2006, 6:19:30 AM5/19/06
to

David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and
prestwich tesco 24h offy wrote:
> The Reid <don...@fell-walker.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Following up to David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of
> > besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy
> >
> > >> You bring the horse and armour, I'll bring the crossbow.
> > >
> > >I'll have a Strongbow.
> >
> > I can never get on with cider, might be something to do with my
> > worst ever hangover being cider related.
>
> I almost never get hangovers. Strongbow is not a particularly great
> cider though IMO- but it's often the only one available on draught. A
> lot of people think it odd I drink cider- even some of my students have
> ribbed me for it- as they feel they 'grown out' of that stage of their
> lives. :)
>
> --
its not really cider, its just fizzy sugar water
http://www.ukcider.co.uk/features/oldreal.htm

The Reid

unread,
May 19, 2006, 6:45:06 AM5/19/06
to
Following up to David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of
besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy

>> I can never get on with cider, might be something to do with my


>> worst ever hangover being cider related.
>
>I almost never get hangovers

you probably haven't drunk as much genuine west country draught
cider as I did that night :-)

David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy

unread,
May 19, 2006, 6:57:42 AM5/19/06
to
Martin <m...@privacy.net> wrote:

> Cathy rides again?

The Ride of the Valcathy, grabbing a slice of pizza on the way to the
British Museum.

Tim C.

unread,
May 19, 2006, 7:05:16 AM5/19/06
to
Following up to The Reid <don...@fell-walker.co.uk> :

>>I almost never get hangovers
>
>you probably haven't drunk as much genuine west country draught
>cider as I did that night :-)

I *vaguely* remember a party in Salisbury some years ago drinking local
cider. That was the time we all ended up at Stonehenge for the sunrise.
(that was when there were no real fences).
I had a serious hangover then.
--
Tim C.

Cochon Capitaliste

unread,
May 19, 2006, 8:00:10 AM5/19/06
to

skeptic wrote:
> Are there any places where I can watch skinhead race riots, knights being
> shot off horseback with crossbows, royal executions? Are there churches
> that are at least 1000 meters tall? how about oil paintings that are worth
> $10 trillion, statues of naked men taking a shit, or the virgin mary that
> cries and makes catholics scratch themselves bloody in religious frenzy?
> Are there volcanoes that bury Italian cities at 3PM every day, or the Irish
> alps that require oxygen masks to climb, or blimps made out of Swiss cheese
> that fly over the Grand Mosques of France?

Go to Baghdad, dress like an tourist. We look forward to seeing you on
the nightly news. Be brave, no tearful begging.

The Reid

unread,
May 19, 2006, 8:18:33 AM5/19/06
to
Following up to Tim C.

>>you probably haven't drunk as much genuine west country draught
>>cider as I did that night :-)
>
>I *vaguely* remember a party in Salisbury some years ago drinking local
>cider.

I remember looking for the light switch to the loo and
accidentally flood lit the pub (for it was a lock in) we agreed
to visit the blacksmith at dawn to see a horse shod, it didnt
happen.
Couldn't eat breakfast, had a cheese sandwich for lunch, tried a
glass of wine with dinner and I'm told I turned white and started
sweating profusely.

>That was the time we all ended up at Stonehenge for the sunrise.

Are you, or have you ever been, of a hippy tendency? :-)

Message has been deleted
Message has been deleted

David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy

unread,
May 19, 2006, 8:37:07 AM5/19/06
to
Martin <m...@privacy.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 19 May 2006 11:57:42 +0100, this_address...@yahoo.com
> (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and


> prestwich tesco 24h offy) wrote:
>
> >Martin <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 18 May 2006 22:42:42 +0100, Dave Frightens Me
> >> <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
> >>
> >> >On Thu, 18 May 2006 14:16:32 GMT, "skeptic" <ske...@igs.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>Are there any places where I can watch skinhead race riots, knights
> >> >>being shot off horseback with crossbows, royal executions? Are there
> >> >>churches that are at least 1000 meters tall? how about oil paintings
> >> >>that are worth $10 trillion, statues of naked men taking a shit, or
> >> >>the virgin mary that cries and makes catholics scratch themselves
> >> >>bloody in religious frenzy? Are there volcanoes that bury Italian
> >> >>cities at 3PM every day, or the Irish alps that require oxygen masks
> >> >>to climb, or blimps made out of Swiss cheese that fly over the Grand
> >> >>Mosques of France?
> >> >
> >> >Damn, just what this place needed - some good trolling!
> >> >
> >> >My guess is it's a regular. Fess up guys, who is it?
> >>
> >> Cathy rides again?
> >
> >The Ride of the Valcathy, grabbing a slice of pizza on the way to the
> >British Museum.
>

> or gripping Bill's bratwurst on the way to the leaning tower of Pizza?

I was about to LOL, when I remembered she did actually refer to Pizza.
Well, LOL anyway!

Message has been deleted

Ingeborg Denner

unread,
May 19, 2006, 8:46:12 AM5/19/06
to

"David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and
prestwich tesco 24h offy" <this_address...@yahoo.com> schrieb:

> skeptic <ske...@igs.com> wrote:
>
> []
>> So how come Europe still has churches if nobody believes in it
>> anymore?
>
> Give it time. They haven't all been turned into apartment buildings
> yet.

Nor will they. I'd hurt tourism.

inge

Richard

unread,
May 19, 2006, 10:04:13 AM5/19/06
to
"Ingeborg Denner" <wild...@gmx.de> wrote in message
news:e4kemk$mt9$1...@mail1.sbs.de...

Yes, we know you would: one tourist at a time with your crossbow, according
to your offer.

But tell us, what effect would the conversion of churches into apartments
have on tourism?

Richard


The Reid

unread,
May 19, 2006, 10:44:21 AM5/19/06
to
Following up to Richard

>But tell us, what effect would the conversion of churches into apartments
>have on tourism?

more places to stay?

Dave Frightens Me

unread,
May 19, 2006, 7:09:38 PM5/19/06
to
On Fri, 19 May 2006 13:18:33 +0100, The Reid
<don...@fell-walker.co.uk> wrote:

>Following up to Tim C.
>
>>>you probably haven't drunk as much genuine west country draught
>>>cider as I did that night :-)
>>
>>I *vaguely* remember a party in Salisbury some years ago drinking local
>>cider.
>
>I remember looking for the light switch to the loo and
>accidentally flood lit the pub (for it was a lock in) we agreed
>to visit the blacksmith at dawn to see a horse shod, it didnt
>happen.
>Couldn't eat breakfast, had a cheese sandwich for lunch, tried a
>glass of wine with dinner and I'm told I turned white and started
>sweating profusely.

At least you can verbalise the feeling. In Italian there's not even a
word for hangover.

Dave Frightens Me

unread,
May 19, 2006, 7:11:43 PM5/19/06
to

Come on, they could remove 90% of Europe's churches, and tourism
wouldn't be affected. Seen one, seen them all.

(depends which one of course!)

Padraig Breathnach

unread,
May 19, 2006, 6:08:38 PM5/19/06
to
Dave Frightens Me <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:

>... In Italian there's not even a word for hangover.

Do the Italians need such a word?

--
PB
The return address has been MUNGED

Dave Frightens Me

unread,
May 19, 2006, 8:11:38 PM5/19/06
to
On Fri, 19 May 2006 23:08:38 +0100, Padraig Breathnach
<padr...@MUNGEDiol.ie> wrote:

>Dave Frightens Me <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>
>>... In Italian there's not even a word for hangover.
>
>Do the Italians need such a word?

Why use just one when twenty can convey the sense.

Tim C.

unread,
May 22, 2006, 3:24:44 AM5/22/06
to
Following up to The Reid <don...@fell-walker.co.uk> :

>Couldn't eat breakfast, had a cheese sandwich for lunch, tried a


>glass of wine with dinner and I'm told I turned white and started
>sweating profusely.

:-) I know that feeling all too well.

>>That was the time we all ended up at Stonehenge for the sunrise.>
>Are you, or have you ever been, of a hippy tendency? :-)

Only in a very general sense. ;-)
Lots of parties with Genesis, Zappa and Hawkwind soundtracks.
--
Tim C.

Tim C.

unread,
May 22, 2006, 3:25:22 AM5/22/06
to

>>I *vaguely* remember a party in Salisbury some years ago drinking local
>>cider. That was the time we all ended up at Stonehenge for the sunrise.
>>(that was when there were no real fences).
>
>I think I remember you :-)
:-)
--
Tim C.
Message has been deleted

The Reid

unread,
May 22, 2006, 4:22:06 AM5/22/06
to
Following up to Tim C.

>>Are you, or have you ever been, of a hippy tendency? :-)


>
>Only in a very general sense. ;-)

possibly the general sense that you're ears pricked up (excuse
the expression) when you heard of people who believed in free
love?

Tim C.

unread,
May 22, 2006, 6:45:52 AM5/22/06
to
Following up to The Reid <don...@fell-walker.co.uk> :

>Following up to Tim C.

>
>>>Are you, or have you ever been, of a hippy tendency? :-)
>>
>>Only in a very general sense. ;-)
>
>possibly the general sense that you're ears pricked up (excuse
>the expression) when you heard of people who believed in free
>love?

"no, no, no, no no, ...yes"
--
Tim C.

0 new messages