2 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

I wonder what the little man with the funny toothbrush would think of his birth country now

He probably want to paint a different picture 

5 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

He probably want to paint a different picture 

originally celtic, then romanised, then germanised..........hmmmm....reminds me of another european country

24 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

originally celtic, then romanised, then germanised..........hmmmm....reminds me of another european country

You mean the Sassenachs?

1 hour ago, daisycutter said:

well doc  i never claimed he was croation. i'd class him as ethnically austrian with a technical claim to croatia and a 50% genetic claim. With croatia currently having a good dose of nationalism i'm sure they'd readily claim him, but that's a different story

I don't know whether the Croatians outdo the New Zealanders in laying claim to people and achievements from elsewhere but it probably says enough that they never seem to have noticed Steiner.

13 hours ago, dieter said:

That's why I love ya, Mr Biff, despite your tendencies to exaggerate.It's the weird factor.

Are you, by chance of Slavonic Origin?

Pure mongrel.

5 minutes ago, Dr John Dee said:

I don't know whether the Croatians outdo the New Zealanders in laying claim to people and achievements from elsewhere but it probably says enough that they never seem to have noticed Steiner.

I've been to Vienna many times.

Mostly on my way to Budapest.

I thought Franz Kafka was From Prague.

There is the minuscule chance I could be wrong.

43 minutes ago, Biffen said:

I've been to Vienna many times.

Mostly on my way to Budapest.

I thought Franz Kafka was From Prague.

There is the minuscule chance I could be wrong.

I think maybe you should read dieter's post again.  

19 minutes ago, dieter said:

You mean the Sassenachs?

you're good dieter

18 minutes ago, Dr John Dee said:

I don't know whether the Croatians outdo the New Zealanders in laying claim to people and achievements from elsewhere but it probably says enough that they never seem to have noticed Steiner.

seems they do, doc. see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Croats

39 minutes ago, dieter said:

You mean the Sassenachs?

learn something here everyday...lol

Ich bin ein sassenach

21 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

seems they do, doc. see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Croats

You've got too much time on your hands, daisy, but well picked up. Also seems they well and truly trump New Zealand (following the Croats in NZ link), being responsible for anyone who's anyone in that country as well, including several All Blacks.

Most of those associations are at best nominal, or probably more accurately fanciful. Interesting what can be done with this sort of exercise.

30 minutes ago, Dr John Dee said:

You've got too much time on your hands, daisy, but well picked up. Also seems they well and truly trump New Zealand (following the Croats in NZ link), being responsible for anyone who's anyone in that country as well, including several All Blacks.

Most of those associations are at best nominal, or probably more accurately fanciful. Interesting what can be done with this sort of exercise.

you should see the arguments on history fora regarding ethnic connections/ownership to alexander the great. at least 6 balkanic countries claim a slice of the pie. the arguments make demonland look like a haven of calm and reason. lol

1 hour ago, dieter said:

You mean the Sassenachs?

But they are not Europeans any more

2 hours ago, daisycutter said:

originally celtic, then romanised, then germanised..........hmmmm....reminds me of another european country

You left out Vikingised and Normanised (and Pommified for that matter)

1 hour ago, beelzebub said:

learn something here everyday...lol

Ich bin ein sassenach

Didn't know you identified as a sausage, BB

23 minutes ago, Red and Bluebeard said:

Didn't know you identified as a sausage, BB

Took it to be 'outlander' ...English. ( wherefore lil ol me heralds from )

Lest im not a Frankfurter lol

38 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

Took it to be 'outlander' ...English. ( wherefore lil ol me heralds from )

Lest im not a Frankfurter lol

Mine ancestors hail from Pommieland as well, although far enough back that I try to forget this as often as possible ... Slagging off Poms with terms like 'Sassenach' is a habit that comes surprisingly easily after living in Scotland during the reign of one Ms. Thatcher.

It is also good that you are not a Hamburger

3 hours ago, Biffen said:

I've been to Vienna many times.

Mostly on my way to Budapest.

I thought Franz Kafka was From Prague.

There is the minuscule chance I could be wrong.

He wrote in German:the Hapsburgs/Austria/Hungary ruled what becamse Czechoslovakia.

On 1/13/2017 at 11:39 AM, special robert said:

I'm back from Tassie. In my opinion Uncle Bitter would make an excellent teacher. On that subject I noticed in Launceston there was a Steiner school.

My question is .........How is it we fought two world wars to have a German education system?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Uncle Bitter as you have been lauded as a fine teacher I wonder if you could instruct me as to a problem which is vexing me each and every time I go on the Land.... That picture advertisement on the right home page with two buxom blondes has me befuddled! The inscripted message "Play Now" has me further intruigued. As a well travelled Gent does anything like this exist in the quiet hamlet of Romsy! I hope you can assist as I am feeling more than a little concerned about this type of add appearing on Demonland! Yours PF!

Edited January 15, 20179 yr by picket fence

2 hours ago, Red and Bluebeard said:

But they are not Europeans any more

Good riddance.

 

2 hours ago, Red and Bluebeard said:

You left out Vikingised and Normanised (and Pommified for that matter)

True: in fact most of the east coast of Scotland and England has more Viking gene that any other.

The salutary aspect of this is the relevance that boat people have to civilization and the evolution of the human species. Dutton, Turnbull, Abbott, Shorten, please take note.

Edited January 15, 20179 yr by dieter

1 hour ago, Red and Bluebeard said:

Mine ancestors hail from Pommieland as well, although far enough back that I try to forget this as often as possible ... Slagging off Poms with terms like 'Sassenach' is a habit that comes surprisingly easily after living in Scotland during the reign of one Ms. Thatcher.

It is also good that you are not a Hamburger

Especially one with the lot.

3 hours ago, Dr John Dee said:

You've got too much time on your hands, daisy, but well picked up. Also seems they well and truly trump New Zealand (following the Croats in NZ link), being responsible for anyone who's anyone in that country as well, including several All Blacks.

Most of those associations are at best nominal, or probably more accurately fanciful. Interesting what can be done with this sort of exercise.

Just had a geek at so-called Croats: they even claim Marta Agerich and Joseph Haydn.

Agerich has Catalonian background on her father's side, Russian Jewish on her mother's.

Whatever, let's claim her!

3 hours ago, Red and Bluebeard said:

But they are not Europeans any more

they never really were r&b......it was always "abroad"

1 hour ago, daisycutter said:

they never really were r&b......it was always "abroad"

But which broad? And the wogs start at Calais, Carlisle and Cardiff (not to mention Croydon)