The Traveler's Tavern VI : Othor Games

» Mon May 14, 2012 12:00 pm

In the wacky world of English place names, Dorking is pretty mild.

Granted, I was born in Missouri just a few miles away from Humansville. Yeah aliens, we're really going to buy that one. :confused:

» Mon May 14, 2012 9:00 am

Surely by definition the stereotype about Brits having crooked teeth is BS? Why would more people be born with crooked teeth in one nation than any other...?

Genetics.

» Mon May 14, 2012 11:57 am

Genetics.

I guess

I'm inclined to agree with Turns' explanation, however.

» Mon May 14, 2012 12:58 am

I believe it is the American obsession with whitening and straightening that causes that perception.

Not really. Plenty of nationalities have straight teeth. (Americans not so much, because a lot are of English decent.)

I hope people aren't getting offended by this talk. My ancestry gave me a big-ish nose.

(Not Adrian Brody big, but still.) :shrug:

There's not much I can do about it, and I can't really be offended when people say, "race X" or "nationality Y has big noses".

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:32 pm

Granted, I was born in Missouri just a few miles away from Humansville. Yeah aliens, we're really going to buy that one. :confused:

Its the perfect disguise for a town full of aliens wanting to blend in.

» Mon May 14, 2012 9:14 am

how much ice cream is readily available at any given point in malta?

» Mon May 14, 2012 3:52 pm

Is this true that most cars in the USA have automatic gearbox?

» Mon May 14, 2012 3:33 am

Is this true that most cars in the USA have automatic gearbox?

i would not say most but they are popular.

» Mon May 14, 2012 5:12 pm

I have naturally straight and white teeth. I noticed that the Chinese had absolutely awful teeth as a general rule when I visited. Funny how that's not a stereotype.

» Mon May 14, 2012 7:33 am

I have naturally straight and white teeth. I noticed that the Chinese had absolutely awful teeth as a general rule when I visited. Funny how that's not a stereotype.

It's not a stereotype? I'm pretty sure it's a stereotype...

» Mon May 14, 2012 2:19 am

It's not a stereotype? I'm pretty sure it's a stereotype...

That chinese have bad teeth? I've never heard of it. Brits having bad teeth and bad food seems to be a lot more common. It's complete rubbish though.

» Mon May 14, 2012 4:10 pm

That chinese have bad teeth? I've never heard of it.

I'm constantly being told how poor Chinese dental hygiene is. I think the reason you don't hear about it much is because it's not an English/Western culture. And the Chinese that you (the UK) do run into have usually undergone acculturation.

Brits having bad teeth and bad food seems to be a lot more common. It's complete rubbish though.

The bad teeth thing I can attest to. I have a lot of English friends and acquaintances, and a lot of them do have or have had bad teeth that they need to correct with braces/surgery. :shrug:

As for the food -- it used to be bad years ago, but it's changed a lot over the passed two or three decades.

» Mon May 14, 2012 8:45 am

Not really. Plenty of nationalities have straight teeth. (Americans not so much, because a lot are of English decent.)

Yeah that's true. My dad's side of the family is German, they have straight white teeth. My mom's side is Welsh and almost all of them have crooked teeth, me and my siblings had slightly crooked teeth because of this but we all ended up getting braces at one point or another. The stigma svcks, in the US if you have crooked teeth you're an inbred and if you have braces you're a geek.

» Mon May 14, 2012 11:27 am

Just a note: Dark Knight, I don't mean to give the impression that I know better than you what your country's like. I'm just saying that I'm under the impression that X, Y and Z...

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:54 am

Is this true that most cars in the USA have automatic gearbox?

Yes, most are automatics. You will have to actively seek to find a manual transmission.

I don't mean to sound rude, but you realize that most (if not all) stereotypes do come from at least a tiny percentage of a group having those characteristics. People don't usually just pull them out of their hats and say "hey! I think will be known as !" However unflattering that might be. :wink:

Edit: English helps when used correctly.

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:16 pm

how much ice cream is readily available at any given point in malta?

You and wanting to know the uses of Ice-Cream in malta :rolleyes:

Ice-cream here (though not Malta) is really common and we even have icecream vans delivering it on rainy and freezing days because we just love our http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/99_ice_cream.jpg

(Apparently it's a hockey team so I imaged it incase)

» Mon May 14, 2012 7:00 am

You and wanting to know the uses of Ice-Cream in malta :rolleyes:

Ice-cream here (though not Malta) is really common and we even have icecream vans delivering it on rainy and freezing days because we just love our http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/99_ice_cream.jpg :biggrin:

(Apparently it's a hockey team so I imaged it incase)

is that a peperoni stick in the middle of that ice cream?!

» Mon May 14, 2012 7:29 am

is that a peperoni stick in the middle of that ice cream?!

Yes.

» Mon May 14, 2012 7:11 am

is that a peperoni stick in the middle of that ice cream?!

Yes.

No it's not lol
Thats a neat party trick Vometia I actually thought you thought it was

It's a http://ratherjollytea.com/product_images/e/426/cad_flake_2__41295_zoom.jpg :drool:

...Cadbury chocolate..... :drool:

» Mon May 14, 2012 3:15 pm

is that a peperoni stick in the middle of that ice cream?!

What is a pepperoni stick?

Flakes are awesome.

» Mon May 14, 2012 9:29 am

What is a pepperoni stick?

http://www.dailycomedy.com/images/jokes/b/slim_jim.jpg

» Mon May 14, 2012 3:50 am

What is a pepperoni stick?

Flakes are awesome.

I'd assume theyre the same as a http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Peperami_Mexicano.jpg ?

http://www.dailycomedy.com/images/jokes/b/slim_jim.jpg

I can't look at that for more than 5 seconds before thinking its so dodgey fetish picture.

» Mon May 14, 2012 11:40 am

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Peperami_Mexicano.jpg ?

lol, those look rediculous

» Mon May 14, 2012 4:55 am

http://www.dailycomedy.com/images/jokes/b/slim_jim.jpg

I had to look up what that was. http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/17-09/st_whatsinside Why would anyone eat that?

» Mon May 14, 2012 10:43 am

I had to look up what that was. http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/17-09/st_whatsinside Why would anyone eat that?

i do, however i hear that if you go without eating it for long enough the ghost of macho man randy savage will put you into a head lock.