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> On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:52:12 +0200, Artemisia wrote:
>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/14/world/europe/14bikes.html
>>
>> "In the Netherlands, Life Runs on 2 Wheels (Sometimes 3) "
>>
>> A pleasant illustrated discussion of what is considered by many as
>> Cyclists' Eden.
>>
>>
>> EFR
>> Ile de France
>
> Well, there's no way I'm going to register for nyt just to read this
> article. However, in all the 8 years I lived in the Netherlands, I rode no
> more than 500km. This was solely due to the supreme arrogance and
> offensiveness of your average Dutch cyclist. Touch me and you're dogmeat.
>
> And when you've had to stop in the road on the way to work for the
> millionth time because there's only about a metre of free road as the rest
> is full of schoolkids coming towards you, then you may change your mind as
> well.
>
> Steve
That is a very interesting observation Steve, the sort of observation we
seldom get from the Europeans.
Well, I guess I would fit right in there as I could be just as big a *******
as any Dutchman. And we all know that the English are the greatest slobs in
the world. Yea, I would just love to cycle around Europe and show them how
we Americans react to uncouthness and vulgarity.
The main thing is to learn how to swear and cuss in at least half a dozen
languages since those European nations are like our counties here in the
U.S. In order to be at home in Europe, you have to think small, talk small
and be small. Yea, that is the secret!
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
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[email protected]...> On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:52:12 +0200, Artemisia wrote:
>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/14/world/europe/14bikes.html
>>
>> "In the Netherlands, Life Runs on 2 Wheels (Sometimes 3) "
>>
>> A pleasant illustrated discussion of what is considered by many as
>> Cyclists' Eden.
>>
>>
>> EFR
>> Ile de France
>
> Well, there's no way I'm going to register for nyt just to read this
> article. However, in all the 8 years I lived in the Netherlands, I rode no
> more than 500km. This was solely due to the supreme arrogance and
> offensiveness of your average Dutch cyclist. Touch me and you're dogmeat.
>
> And when you've had to stop in the road on the way to work for the
> millionth time because there's only about a metre of free road as the rest
> is full of schoolkids coming towards you, then you may change your mind as
> well.
>
> Steve
That is a very interesting observation Steve, the sort of observation we
seldom get from the Europeans.
Well, I guess I would fit right in there as I could be just as big a *******
as any Dutchman. And we all know that the English are the greatest slobs in
the world. Yea, I would just love to cycle around Europe and show them how
we Americans react to uncouthness and vulgarity.
The main thing is to learn how to swear and cuss in at least half a dozen
languages since those European nations are like our counties here in the
U.S. In order to be at home in Europe, you have to think small, talk small
and be small. Yea, that is the secret!
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
