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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 07:32 PM Original message |
What one bumper sticker on a rental car in Europe might make me look non-American? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. No bumper sticker |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Good advice, Nadine... |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. oops! |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 07:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. I was one of the few pilots at my airline that NEVER wore any pins on my lapels. |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. That's what i figured. |
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pbca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Agreed |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Damn. I was going to put my DU bumper sticker on my car |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. You know, don't bother with the charade |
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Happyhippychick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. Canadian flag on the dashboard. Works every time. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 07:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. sure. So many Americans do it, just still act like the "ugly American" |
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pbca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Bad advice on several fronts |
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Happyhippychick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 08:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. Really? You have a Canadian flag as your avatar - does that mean you're American or Israeli? |
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pbca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. I don't have one |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. Listen to Nadine, Mac. |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
44. Dr. D. and I took the Eastern & Oriental Express from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur in 1994 .. |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 02:43 AM Response to Reply #44 |
75. You got it, Mac.... |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. Nothing, Europeans don't use bumper-stickers |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
57. Europeans don't use bumper-stickers. Ever? |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
11. Buy some Roots clothing and pass for a Canadian. |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
63. Since I'm often mistaken for an Englishman or Frenchman, I'll stick to that! |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. I went through this while backpacking through Europe in 1973. How about "1/20/09"? |
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pbca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
14. The Reality is |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
64. That does not make much sense. |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
15. So, instead of being the "ugly American"... |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Neither. |
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MaryCeleste (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
47. No really possible, unless you speak the lanuage like a native |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #47 |
59. Welcome to DU .. stay a while |
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MaryCeleste (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Thanks |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
16. bumper stickers on RENTED cars is a big No-No..n/t |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
60. WHY? You with Hertz? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
17. i just tell people i'm from new orleans |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Well, actually .. I used to get beaucoup mileage when I told Europeans I was from Texas. |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. I was in Europe the day of the 2004 election and for the following week and it was hell. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 08:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. Bigots are everywhere - French friends of mine had problems in Atlanta, too |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
23. Be yourself, let other people deal with their own bigotry |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
24. Sorry |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 08:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Great philosophy .. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 08:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Well said and welcome n/t |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
25. putting a bumper sticker on a car you do not own would be considered "damage" |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Well, hell! It wasn't the first damn-fool idea I've ever had. |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
28. Please tell me you're kidding about the beret. |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 08:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Oh no! I wear it all the time. |
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idovoodoo (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 09:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Nobody outside France will know who Serge Dassault was |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Anyone who has ever flown a Mirage or Falcon jet would! |
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idovoodoo (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Great airplanes! Not so much the Dassault ultra-right-wingers though |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #42 |
53. Oh yes. Ultra right. Do you know that the name Dassault is affected? |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #28 |
67. Reminds me of my favorite PA as an airline captain .. on the way to Wally World! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
29. If you're driving around Italy in a car with Italian plates, |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. See post #27 |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
33. If I was really wanting to look other-than-American... |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
50. That will work just fine |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 10:42 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. When in Rome... |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
37. You might want to consider stocking up on these |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 09:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. That "movement" was in Germany. I remember the story well. |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
40. OK! OK! OK! Dumbass idea. Now, how about the Prius? Maybe an Alfa? |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
43. Why not just be a good American instead? |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Best advice yet! |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. i'm going back to Europe next month and Blondee's advice is the best imo. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 11:26 PM Response to Reply #48 |
69. I see renting a Ford explorer or a Hum-vee in your future |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 11:27 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. who me? |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 11:32 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Sorry wrong reply |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 11:35 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. sadly i wont be in one place long enough to rent a car, the tubes, i'll be on it. |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 11:43 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Hard to get to Lugano and Como on the tubes ... |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 11:45 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. i'll be in London, then Scotland and the last stop and the one i am so excited about is Prague. |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
46. Don't worry about it... |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Oh, I have been hundreds of times (as a pilot and writer). |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. I never went before 9/11 |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 10:34 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I've been to Florence many times. |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. Ain't it? |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 11:09 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Never, ever stand in those lines! |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Hey I'm a traveler.. |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. That is what I mean! |
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many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
51. Here are some bumper stickers for ya |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 10:38 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. But .. but .. some expert above says you NEVER see bumper stickers in Europe . |
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many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. If you notice, they're on the hatch, not the bumper! |
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