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<blockquote data-quote="Rocket Singh" data-source="post: 307737"><p>I'd point out that you are not stating your <em>race</em> when you say you are English, Irish, Scottish or Welsh but you are stating your nationality.</p><p></p><p>Remember, Britain is a Union of three nations and a province formed into one single nation state. "Ethnic" Irish for example can be split multiple ways from Ancient Britons who originally came across all the way through to "Old English" Irish who are descendents of the Normans who settled in the southern coast of the island. Scots can draw from descendents of Saxons, Picts, Celts and Vikings. </p><p></p><p>Thus there is no one single defined racial characteristic to any of the peoples of the British Isles but they each have a distinct national identity created over time through sustained cultural and ethnic immigration and change.</p><p></p><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jockstrap @ Mar 18 2010, 08:25 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=441326" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>Oh god I had a similar episode when I was in Japan last. I went to an Okonomiyaki resturant in the night time hell hole that is Roppongi and it was very nice. Okonomiyaki is a kind of savoury pancake and you can have it with a variety of toppings such as meat, vegetable and even curry. That night though I decided to have seafood. </p><p></p><p>In this resturant you sat at a table with a griddle in the middle and you could cook it yourself. A few eyebrows raised at the health and safety of it all but it was a good laugh. I cooked mine and tucked in and immediately started chewing on these big, greyish blocks of flesh which I couldn't put my finger on what they were. I thought they were Tuna at first but they were way too chewy and greasy for me liking. </p><p></p><p>In the end, I was so curious, I called over the waitress and a friend politely asked what was in the mixture. She listed through various fish before I shook my head and pointed at one of the greyish blocks in my pancake and said, still chewing this crap, "sorry I just wanted to know what this was?" </p><p></p><p>"OH that? Whale! ^_^" she beamed as if with national pride. </p><p></p><p>My reaction was "BLEARRRGH!!"</p><p></p><p>P.s. I'm going to Japan again in May. <strong>You hear that, Charles?! I'm comin' for ya so yer better start running like hell like your ancestors did at the Battle of Vitoria!</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rocket Singh, post: 307737"] I'd point out that you are not stating your [i]race[/i] when you say you are English, Irish, Scottish or Welsh but you are stating your nationality. Remember, Britain is a Union of three nations and a province formed into one single nation state. "Ethnic" Irish for example can be split multiple ways from Ancient Britons who originally came across all the way through to "Old English" Irish who are descendents of the Normans who settled in the southern coast of the island. Scots can draw from descendents of Saxons, Picts, Celts and Vikings. Thus there is no one single defined racial characteristic to any of the peoples of the British Isles but they each have a distinct national identity created over time through sustained cultural and ethnic immigration and change. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jockstrap @ Mar 18 2010, 08:25 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=441326']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Oh god I had a similar episode when I was in Japan last. I went to an Okonomiyaki resturant in the night time hell hole that is Roppongi and it was very nice. Okonomiyaki is a kind of savoury pancake and you can have it with a variety of toppings such as meat, vegetable and even curry. That night though I decided to have seafood. In this resturant you sat at a table with a griddle in the middle and you could cook it yourself. A few eyebrows raised at the health and safety of it all but it was a good laugh. I cooked mine and tucked in and immediately started chewing on these big, greyish blocks of flesh which I couldn't put my finger on what they were. I thought they were Tuna at first but they were way too chewy and greasy for me liking. In the end, I was so curious, I called over the waitress and a friend politely asked what was in the mixture. She listed through various fish before I shook my head and pointed at one of the greyish blocks in my pancake and said, still chewing this crap, "sorry I just wanted to know what this was?" "OH that? Whale! ^_^" she beamed as if with national pride. My reaction was "BLEARRRGH!!" P.s. I'm going to Japan again in May. [b]You hear that, Charles?! I'm comin' for ya so yer better start running like hell like your ancestors did at the Battle of Vitoria![/b] [/QUOTE]
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