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BigPapaDean

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  1. Congratulations, my fellow Americans! We’re not the rudest nation on the planet. We’re not even in the top five. USA! USA! The travel search site Skyscanner.com surveyed its users about where the locals never smile and people are particularly unfriendly, and the nation with the most votes for rudest locals was… Wait for it… France (félicitations, mes amis!), followed by Russia. The survey received over 1,200 responses, 65 percent from the UK and Ireland, plus elsewhere in Europe, North America and Australia. The World's Rudest Nations for Travelers 1. France 2. Russian 3. British 4. German 5. Other Rounding out the top five rudest countries were the U.K., Germany and “Other” (those Others are the worst, don’t you think?). The U.S. placed 7th, behind China. Some of the perceived rudeness may be attributable to cultural differences rather than anything intentional. For example, says Tatiana Danilova, Skyscanner’s Russian Market Manager, “the Russian language is not as polite as English, so when Russians translate directly from Russian to English, it can sound rude to an English speaker even if they don’t mean it to.” “We were surprised to see Russians come in second place,” says Skyscanner’s Travel Editor, Sam Baldwin. He attributes this in part to the “familiarity breeds contempt” phenomenon. Although Russia doesn’t compare with the Mediterranean as a tourist destination, as visa regulations have relaxed, Russian holidaymakers are increasingly flocking to the Mediterranean and coming into contact with people from other countries. The same principle may apply to the French: “As our closest neighbors, there has long been a familiar rivalry between the U.K. and France,” Baldwin says, and the preponderance of responses from the British Isles may have contributed to this result. Still, Baldwin says, “Even the French acknowledge that the way they are perceived is not entirely without basis.” (In France’s defense, I’ve always found Parisians to be just as rude to each other as they are to foreigners. Outside of Paris – and even within the city – people can be as gracious as anywhere.) The British, for their part, voted themselves “world’s worst tourists” in a previous Skyscanner survey. The countries rated as having the least rude locals were Brazil, the Caribbean and the Philippines. Skyscanner claims to be Europe’s leading travel search site, operating in over 25 languages with more than 25 million visits and over 11 million unique visitors per month. It has offices in Edinburgh, Scotland and Singapore. Here’s the complete list of responses: Nationality Percentage of votes French 19.29 Russian 16.56 British 10.43 German 9.93 Other 6.37 Chinese 4.30 American 3.39 Spanish 3.15 Italian 2.24 Polish 2.24 Turkish 2.15 Indian 1.90 Swiss 1.90 Greek 1.74 Croatian 1.57 Austrian 1.41 Cypriot 1.24 Egyptian 1.24 Korean 1.24 Norwegian 0.99 Australian 0.91 Dutch 0.83 Irish 0.83 Swedish 0.83 Japanese 0.66 Danish 0.50 Canadian 0.41 New Zealander 0.41 Indonesian 0.41 Portuguese 0.33 Thai 0.25 Filipino 0.17 Caribbean 0.08 Brazilian 0.08
  2. My friend is moving starting today from Arkansas to Nevada and this is sitting in the front seat beside him with a seat belt on! I would love to be a passenger just to see the looks he gets along the way! Lol!
  3. I amma english shorthaired trained to sniff out beaver! I dive into the pools and go into the deepest dens! Sure its wet but I love that feeling it gives me when I bite that beaver and hear them squeal!
  4. Its the time of year when traditions are an important part of most peoples lives and I was just wandering what kinds of things do you do to celebrate Easter of a similar holiday at this time of year. I know a lot of people go to church this one day out of the year. Children love to hunt Easter eggs. I have heard of families have a traditional dinner of baked glazed ham and deviled eggs. I would love to learn about things you do to remember this season!
  5. All I got is the one that got away and of course it would be banned anyway as she has boobs on top!
  6. But mercy have mercy his is only a simplemod! Lol!
  7. Welcome fresh meat oh and roguekill!!!
  8. Hey hxtr I do tell kids am Santa's brother and most really believe me! Lol! I love it!
  9. Just make sure your daughter is near by! Lol! j/k you are an idiot! lol
  10. Wildthing! Reading this brought tears to my eyes! I am so happy you did the right thing for those kids. They will come to understand completely and its so cool that now they can get to know you as the father they have always loved in their hearts! Gats bro!
  11. I finally got the money to go have my hair cut and my beard trimmed. You wouldn't believe how good a simple thing like a shampoo feels until you cannot do it anymore! I took before pix and after pix so yopu can see the huge difference!
  12. http://www.facebook....1O9zefKcaWuINGw
  13. BnB You are the QUEEN girl! You rock!
  14. I am excitedly waiting to kick ya'll's ass in the poker room tonight. All soldiers must report or have there family jewels surgically removed! By order of the BMD! Lol!
  15. I was just talking to Princess on facebook and she was able to play COD4 for the first time in months yesterday. She said the play was good except her computer would just shut clear down> I am looking for any ideas what this could be but remember she knows nothing about computers and she will be reading all responses so PLEASE make them layman language so she can understand what the possibilities are and what if she can do anything about fixing it! Dr House isn't with her at the moment he is out serving our country! Lets help this sweet lil lady the IDIOT style as only we can! OooAaaaa!
  16. love it Olive! I shared on Facebook! Lol!
  17. Lmfao! Chavez you look so dumbass with that gun up to your ass!
  18. Last I seen of him was with Sgt Carter! You might try the barracks!
  19. mine got na nhairy slut with pimples all over her ass! Oops! That was Chili's favorites that I hacked! Bad link anyway!
  20. Ok Hans you didn't show me cutting your frigging ass! I want a retake! Lol! Great job! Very nice vid!
  21. selling his vote/soul! Lmao!!!
  22. Cool! I had heard this happened but never saw it! One question tho! Why did you post it in the Jokes forum? Lol! I guess thats the joke! Lmao I am an idiot!
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