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These doubts have surfaced soon after the 9/11 events. For those who love conspiracies => L'Effroyable Imposture by Thierry Meyssan (he was one of the first who claimed that the Pentagon was not hit by Flight 77) => Conspiracy Theory Grips French: Sept. 11 as Right-Wing U.S. Plot => More...

Occasionally, we also do these things, lolol.

"Erdaepfel" = "pomme de terre" in French :-) Another word making my German friends crack with laughter is "Gewand" for "clothes". Or "Kuess die Hand" (kissing your hand) when we greet a lady, lolol. Believe me, I sometimes have difficulty in understanding their bumpkin-speak, too. :hey:

I have to underscore that we also speak Hochdeutsch in Austria, although the Austrian pronunciation of German is slightly different from German pronunciation. Whenever I talk to Germans they are amused to find out that Austrians still use vocabulary that's considered "antiquated", but charming...

Here's an admin swinging his axe.... I advise everyone emotionally involved in this thread to take a deep breath and relax! I have browsed through the posts and couldn't find anything that justified a closure. This forum is meant for discussion. While topics, views and opinions may be highly...

Don't tell anyone, but we thought it would fit nicely behind our JREF CEO chair. :D

Guys, I urge you to keep this thread friendly. Controversial discussions are perfectly fine, but if they get out of hand we will not hesitate to lock this thread and warn any members involved. Thank you. :souka:

R&B music legend Ray Charles dies (BBC News)

Aaah, the Iran-Contra affair, Olli North, Gorbachev, the Empire of Evil, ICBM talks and the final days of Cold War. RIP, Ronny.

Excellent post, bossel. Very interesting!

I have to agree to that. I find the procedures people undergo just to adapt to beauty ideals imposed by I don't know whom quite shocking. Must be sheer horror to know you're kissing or touching silicon or revamped body parts, ugh. :wave:

So much for Israeli peace efforts. Beati sunt pauperes spiritu.

Just read about that survey. Believe me, here in Austria people are already sharpening their knives! :D Haydn, Freud: definitely Austrians. Beethoven: welp, at least he composed most of his pieces in Austria. There are a few personalities being "claimed" by two or more countries. Take for...

As far as I know there are only two countries officially practicing sharia: Saudi-Arabia and Iran. Other countries allow sharia laws to govern the lives of their Muslim population (Nigeria, Indonesia, Malaysia to name just a few). Thus, sharia can only be applied to Malaysians of Muslim faith...

So lasagna is British? Oh well, I am still crazy for it, lol. As for parma ham: there will certainly be more brawl between the WTO and the EU in regard to geographical indications: More info => http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/external/wto/officdoc/geogr_en.htm

According to my limited observations (I have lived in Muslim countries for about ten years) bathroom habits largely depend on social origin ( = level of education, urban population vs. countryside). The higher social strata are quite "westernized" in their behaviour, also bathrooms with Western...

The arrogance of power Excellent post as well as interesting articles, Maciamo! A few unstructured personal thoughts: I do differentiate between government and country. I share your views on the government 100%, but I am certain that there are a lot of U.S. citizens that do not feel...

It's a straight fact that no WMD have been found yet. Remember, that was the main reason to start action against Iraq.

I was under the impression that people from certain Caucasus regions (Georgians, Azeris) have a tendency to grow over 120 years old. Then again, most of them do not hold birth certificates. > A man in the Indian state of Rajasthan has been collecting a > pension for the past 65 years, it has...

Cough, cough... that's what I assumed too. ;)