07-23-2009, 09:49 AM
Quote:Don't be so hard on yourself(ves). Due to an accident of geography, you happen to be situated on the door step of at least 3 former super powers. They've been walking over you for hundreds of years. It's hard not to develop a thick skin much like that of a door mat. When I travel to Europe, I usually fly into Amsterdam, then spend a few days in the N-L-B area to shed my jet lag. The Netherlands is a very nice welcoming entry way into the continent.
Come on, I was joking. The Romans could only take half, just like the spanish (while we kicked there ass on the seas), we invaded england, not the otherway around, the French....well Ok, but we all know what happened to Napoleon. Then ww1 we were neutral, and the 2nd as well...untill the germans decided they didn't care about that.
Then we have a few caribean islands. We used to own Indonesia untill the US found we had to give that up (which lead it to become the biggest islamic country....where did we see that later again?). Of course we were the cradle of modern natural sciences (17 century) and of market economy. I don't think we are doing that bad.
And we all know what you people visit us for.....it isn't because we are so welcoming.:lol:
O and we are also known for exagerating things.:lol: