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Okay all you rude Englishmen, listen up. Your government is issuing the rules for running an Olympics in 2012, so you better get a copy and pay attention. Who knows what will happen to your snarky (whatever that means) Englishness?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100811/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_london2012_warm_welcome
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Rude Englishmen? The English aren't rude, in my experience - well, except for my English Son-in-law that is. But he's a Pommie Git.
Anyway Chris, the guide didn't mention New Zealand! Just so you know, the Kiwis will be the nice ones - until we're confused with our brash neighbours from across the ditch. (Hey Aussie!)
cheers
Commas matter - 'Party on Dudes' is not the same as 'Party on, Dudes'
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ray2x
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First, they should get rid of those mascots. Eliminate any attempts at saracastic talk about them.
Raymundo
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Benji
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I should think that when one is in Rome, one should adhere to roman customs. The rules the Brits put out should also apply back to the other countries. It is ludicrous that the host country should bend over backwards that far. The guests should also be respectful of the host nation.
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Going out on a limb here, but I believe the customs of so many nations are different enough to cause chaos when they all come together. I understand the desire for "rules of behavior" but seriously doubt the average shopkeeper or taxi driver will follow them.
Too many nations are male dominated, think of the Middle East. Countries like China are filled with short tempered people and the younger they are the worse they behave. Not that the English speaking nations are exempt from behavior issues, in some cases I don't understand our youth at all.
But the Olympics is an expensive habit in a time of strained economy, Greece sure found that out the hard way. Let's hope England has a good time, it is after all a great tourist attraction outside of the competition. I always look at the events when I can, so many pleasing sights from around the world in tight costumes. 
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. (Sir Francis Bacon 1561-1626)
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TRY NOT TO PUNCH TOURISTS, BRITAIN REMINDED
12-08-10
TOURISM chiefs have unveiled a new guide reminding Britons not to just punch people who are here on their holidays.
Their hate is driven by fearThe glossy A3 booklet Dealing with Temporary Scum will give tips and advice to UK citizens in the run up to the 2012 Olympics and the influx of a load of foreign tourists looking for a right good kicking.
The 36-page publication tells the story of a drunken night out with violent Olympic cyclopses Wendigo and Hemlock, as they complete a circuit of chain bars with their mates, drinking as much Stella as possible and encountering various other nationalities en route.
Wendigo takes the 'good cop' role, remonstrating with Hemlock after he indulges in a series of misdemeanours such as repeatedly smashing a Metz bottle over the head of someone he believes to be French but who is actually Japanese, or offering some Canadian girls the opportunity to see his 'other one-eyed bodypart'.
A spokesman for Visit Britain said: "It's easy to forget that casual violence can offend, and that in some countries you can go into town Saturday night without having first completed a will.
"Similarly many foreigners do not consider any oily, ambiguous matter to be food simply because it's in some pitta bread, shows no visible signs of life and is slathered with 'the hottest fuckin' sauce you've got mate'."
He added: 'It's important to remember that many tourists will have arrived in Britain without any idea of how utterly vile it is."
The leaflet also gives general advice on issues such as language: "Do not judge foreigners harshly because they are too lazy to learn English, the one true language of proper humans.
"Use their faltering attempts to request simple information as a source of humour, and point them in the direct opposite direction to Ripley's Believe It Or Not, and then check the next day's Evening Standard to see if they got mugged."
Commas matter - 'Party on Dudes' is not the same as 'Party on, Dudes'
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Oh, I see you've been to England, Kiwi.
Hugs
Nigel
I dream of boys with big bulges in their trousers,
Never of girls with big bulges in their blouses.
…and look forward to meeting you in Cóito.
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