RugbyRebels

rowan wrote:After 12 years, I have a few gripes about Turkey to get off my chest:

1 Replying in Tarzan English when I am speaking perfectly good Turkish to them
2 Pushing in at the grocer because they think a Yabanci (foreigner) will take all day due to language obstacles
3 Waiters swiping my food and drink away before I am finished with it
4 Not stopping at pedestrian crossings. I realise this applies to the entire Mediterranean region, but in Turkey they actually speed up!
5 Taxi drivers blasting their horns every time they see a Yabanci (like all we do is ride taxis everywhere)
6 Totally unnecessary noise - ie blasting horns (in lieu of indicators, for example), shouting into mobile phones (esp. in cafes and restaurants) and announcing the Call to Prayer over loud-speakers at defeaning volume (esp. the dawn edition)
7 Ferocious political speeches, as if roaring like a WWF wrestler on anabolic steroids somehow makes you a trustworthy legislator
8 Constant use of the terms 'terrorists' and 'Martyrs' in TV news bulletins
9 The assumption a Yabanci knows nothing about Turkey and therefore holds no right to an opinion (like Turks don't have opinions on the West...)
10 The assumption Turkish historical figures are household names all over the world and - more than anyone else, apparently - determined the course of history

canta_brian wrote:

rowan wrote:After 12 years, I have a few gripes about Turkey to get off my chest:

1 Replying in Tarzan English when I am speaking perfectly good Turkish to them
2 Pushing in at the grocer because they think a Yabanci (foreigner) will take all day due to language obstacles
3 Waiters swiping my food and drink away before I am finished with it
4 Not stopping at pedestrian crossings. I realise this applies to the entire Mediterranean region, but in Turkey they actually speed up!
5 Taxi drivers blasting their horns every time they see a Yabanci (like all we do is ride taxis everywhere)
6 Totally unnecessary noise - ie blasting horns (in lieu of indicators, for example), shouting into mobile phones (esp. in cafes and restaurants) and announcing the Call to Prayer over loud-speakers at defeaning volume (esp. the dawn edition)
7 Ferocious political speeches, as if roaring like a WWF wrestler on anabolic steroids somehow makes you a trustworthy legislator
8 Constant use of the terms 'terrorists' and 'Martyrs' in TV news bulletins
9 The assumption a Yabanci knows nothing about Turkey and therefore holds no right to an opinion (like Turks don't have opinions on the West...)
10 The assumption Turkish historical figures are household names all over the world and - more than anyone else, apparently - determined the course of history

Emoticons.

OptimisticJock wrote:People who whinge about people whinging on a thread for whinging.

belgarion wrote:Hate that at work when a female colleague gets pregnant we have to put into
a collection when they go on maternity leave yet when a male colleagues other half
gets pergnant we don't have a collection when the bloke goes on paternity leave.
I do put in to the collections on the proviso that if the female comes back to work
I get my money back. Strangley I don't get asked to donate a lot

Len wrote:I say awesome and epic all the time. Soz brah (does that annoy you?)

People who say 'literally' all the time for everything.

The word Brexit fucks me off too. Its not clever. You old cunt. Die quietly.

belgarion wrote:

Len wrote:I say awesome and epic all the time. Soz brah (does that annoy you?)

People who say 'literally' all the time for everything.

The word Brexit fucks me off too. Its not clever. You old cunt. Die quietly.

Which is wrong anyway as it's not Britain that's leaving the EU it's the UK. it should be Ukexit

rowan wrote:Dogs with docked tails. Dude, there was a reason for that tail! 3rd most ghastly sight known to human eyes.

Mikey Brown wrote:That Benny Hill music.

It just isn't funny.