JM, you're not alone in questioning the validity of St. George as England's patron saint. There's a whole movement dedicated to replacing him with a more suitable martyr. I suppose by now, it's come to symbolise the 'stiff upper lip' (as others have pointed out), beautifully portrayed in this speech...

I now recall another ripoff........... One of the chicks said she could get me 2 beach towels at the market for $10. The next day she came in with the two towels and a big ass grin. She said that she had drove a hard bargain and gave me $5 in change. :thumbsup: Let's hope you taught her how to use ...

"'Urry up, 'Arry, come on son
We're going dahn the pub!"

Jimmy Pursey

You need an 'expediter' to walk through customs? How much does he get paid for that?? We work for the U.S. Embassy. There was an issue with the Diplomatic passports and Visas so they sent someone to handle whatever it was that was wrong. No charge. A true blue American, arrives in a foreign country...

Competition is good. What's wrong with the prices?

Sorry, just twigged! How much for the nosh? (Got carried away with the deals on Gin & T____.

I think he means Melton Mowbray - a town in Leicestershire.

Edit: here's a link: http://www.porkpie.co.uk/

(If you're hungry, DON'T go in there!)

Perhaps beer is for the Germans and Ale for the British. I love this quote: "Ale is made of malte and water; and they the which do put any other thynge to ale than is rehersed, except yest, barme, or goddesgood [three words for yeast], doth sophysticat there ale. Ale for an Englysshe man is a natura...

'Tis most splendid! http://www.medieval-faire.com/speak.html

While we're at it, we can sup a pint of goodly ale to celebrate Shakespeare's 448th an' all.

Who's Australia's patron saint, anyway - Rolf Harris?

Wild Horses couldn't drag me away...

Well we have finally made the move here. We are staying at the Himawari Hotel for about 10 days until we move into our house. I think we are going to like this place alot. Well off to find the Mall and a good burger. :thumbsup: A fine way to kick off your Cambodia experience! :? I'm sure you will e...

Tosser being the operative word.

But Vlad, oink, we must lap up, oink, those pearls of wisdom that Andy kindly tosses in our way. Lucky us!

Buddhism - religion = nothing special. Whitewash job failed. Vlad - the Khmer Rouge followed the Maoist doctrine espoused by Phuket above - 'religion is poison'. They were anti-Buddhist. Read the wiki article to see how Buddhism suffered. Come on, you're ignoring the facts I've placed before you to...

but overall the Buddhist record on violence-tinged abuse is miniscule compared to other major belief-systems, whether it be Christianity, Islam, communism, fascism or neo-Amerikano-'freedom'. The Buddha's teaching could hardly be more explicit in its condemnation of violence, far more so than any o...

And now I am dying to know who it is. Sunsan, jm, vlad, dengchao, Aia, KL, LTO? Binky? Me? More seriously, I am genuinely sorry to hear that. I have been there, so I know it's not easy. My understanding from a previous thread is that you need to go to your local sangkat. I hope you are fluent in Kh...

So many of the teachings focus on the lesson of avoiding greed, pride and superstition. According to the stories the Buddha had the ability to bring proud and arrogant people to humility and understand.... ...........Francis is unique in that despite being Roman Catholic, he has many ardent admirer...