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Paulus, I found this one and thought particularly of you:
Europeanness by Kevin
My Europeanness bothers some Yanks:
I loathe baseball, I don't like Tom Hanks,
And I don't get my kicks
On their Route 66.
Californian wine? Mais non, thanks!
Je suis européen, oui, c'est vrai:
Français, néerlandais et anglais.
Allemand? Oui, aussi,
Et j'adore le chichi
Plus un Saint-Emilion, s'il vous plaît.
Europäer, der bin ich, jawohl!
In Deutschland, da lieb' ich den Kohl,
In England den Shandy,
In Frankreich den Brandy
Und in Holland Amanda van Dool.
Ik spreek Nederlands thuis op de laan.
Ik kan Frans, Duits en Engels verstaan.
Ik mag doughnuts niet eten
En baseball vergeten—
Ik ben helemaal Europeaan.
Thank you, that's a brilliant piece of poetry. Kevin is good with languages. I can understand and read all four of them (French with some difficulty, I admit), but I only manage limericks in English and Dutch.
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Quote by authorised1960Quote by Rebellious_Soul
We go dutch. We'll i try to.
Know what going dutch means?
It's actually an insult to the Dutch;
"The phrase "going Dutch" probably originates from Dutch etiquette. In the Netherlands, it is not unusual to pay separately when dating. The Dutch were already internationally known as scrooges, and English rivalry with The Netherlands, especially during the period of the Anglo-Dutch Wars, gave rise to several phrases including Dutch that promote certain negative stereotypes, i.e. Dutch Courage, double Dutch, Dutch Uncle, etc."
That scrooge image still exists. We Dutch and our southern neighbours the Belgians use eachother as victims in jokes, we state Belgians are dimwits, they state we're scrooges, neither of which is true ofcourse..
Belgian joke: Who inventend copperwire? Two dutchmen, fighting over a cent.
Dutch Joke: What happens when the dummest Dutchman moves to Belgium? The IQ-average goes up in both countries.
Quote by Rebellious_Soul
Why are the happiest of people are usually the most depressed?
They are not really happy, they pretend to be, to mask their depression, both from the rest of the world and from themselves.
Who was the first one, you ever fell in love with and how did that end?
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Quote by Rebellious_SoulQuote by Entangled_FateQuote by paulusQuote by Entangled_FateBeats me then. Could be anything edible or drinkable. The more you consume, the less of it remains visible. Or alcohol. Although, if you have enough of that, you'll see twice as much (though half as sharp).Quote by paulus
Sleep
nope that's not the answer
I'll give you the answer. It is darkness.
No riddle was given sooo.
A hill full, a hole full,
But you can't catch a bowl full.
But a riddle was given:
They go everywhere, yet they don't move. What are they?
so now we have two riddles
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Quote by Entangled_FateBeats me then. Could be anything edible or drinkable. The more you consume, the less of it remains visible. Or alcohol. Although, if you have enough of that, you'll see twice as much (though half as sharp).Quote by paulus
Sleep
nope that's not the answer
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Quote by DreamcatcherI first saw it as a qoute in a post by AvrgBlkGrl, out of context. I already edited my postQuote by paulusQuote by DirtyMartiniI resent that remark, and for once I take that personal. I guess you are refering to this thread in particular. You basically say, that in all the time this thread exists, 9 pages by now, nobody posted anything of positive value here. You say, all the random poetry posted here by various authors is actually worthless crap, that adds nothing to the site. With that, you degrade everything in this thread and anyone who contributed to it.
in order for something to dwindle, there has to be a positive value in the first place, and by all accounts, that has never been the case...around here at least...
Re-read his post again Paul in its entirety.. I believe you have misinterpretted it..
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Quote by DirtyMartiniI resent that remark, and for once I take that personal. I guess you are refering to this thread in particular. You basically say, that in all the time this thread exists, 9 pages by now, nobody posted anything of positive value here. You say, all the random poetry posted here by various authors is actually worthless crap, that adds nothing to the site. With that, you degrade everything in this thread and anyone who contributed to it.
in order for something to dwindle, there has to be a positive value in the first place, and by all accounts, that has never been the case...around here at least...
On second thought, I may have misunderstood you, maybe you referred to the number of friends Andy has. Some math then, 1 is a positive number, always was, always will be. And anyone is better off with one true friend, than with a dozen that will drop you when you step out of line. I too had my fights with Andy, but I never saw any poem nor any opinion as a reason to attack someone like Andy was attacked here. People that expect attacks will always find something they can interpret as such and see that as justification to launch their own attack. The mere fact that someone attacked him and he responded to that seems to justify attacks on him by others and to top it all, a ban from the site. Andy isn't always the easiest person, but some people seem to be on the lookout for a chance to get to him. Apparently, they succeeded. Maybe you should go back in this thread and really read what was written and by who. Maybe you'll discover who was the first to launch a personal attack. It wasn't Andy, I can tell you that.
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I love the eight beautiful children, my wife carried into my life
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Quote by fewniksQuote by Entangled_FateQuote by fewniks
A person
The beginning of eternity,
The end of time and space,
The beginning of every end,
And the end of every place.
Letter E
A man was found murdered on Sunday morning. His wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and got these alibis:
The Wife said she was sleeping.
The Cook was cooking breakfast.
The Gardener was picking vegetables.
The Maid was getting the mail.
The Butler was cleaning the closet.
The police instantly arrested the murdered. Who did it and how did they know?
It's maid, since you won't get mail on Sundays and she is lying
If the murdereD was arrested, he obviously was not murdered. That means he played dead and was arrested for something related to that.
forgive me, I can't think of a good riddle (that's suitable for this forum anyway)
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Quote by maryruth
I kept my mouth shut when person talk bad to me. I smile threw tears and told them I was sorry.
then went home and cried like baby.
I wanted to tell them the truth and make them see
but I didn't want them to feel bad....
Mer, I just wrote an entry here in response to something Justine wrote. Read it. What I say there goes for you too.
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Quote by Entangled_FateYou may have changed that avatar, but you still put yourself beneath people. You say it's nice to let people talk you down, but I disagree, totally. First of all, and its not the first time I tell you this, you do NOT belong down there. Second, you basically give them the message, that it's okay to downtalk people, particularly you. It is not, not to you, not to anybody.
Let people talk down on me, so they can feel better about themselves
Do me, and yourself, a favor, never allow yourself to be degraded by anyone, and never give anyone the message, it is okay to do so.