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icon7.gif A moment of levity for all you former Boy Scouts..  [message #64637] Sun, 31 October 2010 22:35 Go to next message
chrisjames147 is currently offline  chrisjames147

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I am showing this to you in condifence....LOL



We all need a laugh now and then.

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Re: A moment of levity for all you former Boy Scouts..  [message #64638 is a reply to message #64637] Sun, 31 October 2010 23:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I an SO glad my son never got into posting videos. I can hear him doing this video. I have to watch his others now. I'm going to have to kill you for wasting my time so glorious;y


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Re: A moment of levity for all you former Boy Scouts..  [message #64647 is a reply to message #64638] Mon, 01 November 2010 09:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Very funny, I have been amused for ages by translations into English on various items at my Asian supermarket. ("Boil your noodlings in hot water for ten minutes until soft.")

Nothing really beats the sheeps though.

Unfortunately, I am sure it is politically incorrect to bring these things to the notice of whoever wrote them. In the case of the boy scouts, I am sure they appreciate the tuition. They would, wouldn't they?


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Re: A moment of levity for all you former Boy Scouts..  [message #64649 is a reply to message #64638] Mon, 01 November 2010 12:47 Go to previous message
chrisjames147 is currently offline  chrisjames147

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I cannot help but be enamored of English schooboys, I was almost one myself in the primary years. I am speaking about the mid to late 1950's and my living overseas in Tokyo more than half a century ago...yikes!

It was in fact a private school taught by Catholic Christian Brothers from Canada who would just as soon slap you up side the head as smile at you. But it was still the best education in town. I studied English and French at the same time, the English being quite old country and not at all American. Hell, we played soccer on the field and it was called football.

The accent I carried upon my return to America in 1960 was viewed as odd at my public funded school. At age 12 this was certainly a cause for concern, no one wants to be the odd man in the crowd. I had the gay feelings begin about that time as well, so the accent had to go.

My fondness for English things certainly stemmed from the crush I had on a fellow student, the British Ambassador's son, David. He was the ultimate English schoolboy, it was just friends at that stage in life.

In the early stages of loving men I feel my crush on him began to allow certain thoughts to be formed, things I would not address until much later. But David was adorable and I still have my school yearbook from fifth grade with his photo. Sigh...what might have been if I had remained in his company for just a few more years, or maybe not. Razz

And since Des' comment on mangling the English language I certainly recall a sign that was hung in a shop window right up the street from my house in Tokyo. A barber shop, and I am certain he never got any business from English speaking customers. The sign read: "Come in and get your head cut." Maybe a Frenchman could appreciate that Smile

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