kinda weird

[Phil 0]

Well that means, that next time you're over this part of the world again, take your rig with you and we'll have to catch some air. I'll be able to do some realtime translation for you.

Do you like the black ones or do you prefer the white ones?

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how high can you fly with broken wings ...
life's a journey not a destination

[freeflir29 0]

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It's in Swiss German with a zurich dialect

I had guessed that but don't really know enough about all the languages in that area. I just know that they are all KINDA close....Kinda like English and Redneck or Bronx....

[freeflir29 0]

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Do you like the black ones or do you prefer the white ones?

ZOOM!!!! (sound of that one flying right overhead with hardly a notice.) Huh?

[Ifrinn 0]

Or a swiss german with a Basel dialect, which is a huge difference!!

[Phil 0]

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Do you like the black ones or do you prefer the white ones?

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ZOOM!!!! (sound of that one flying right overhead with hardly a notice.) Huh?

Schafe - hast Du lieber weisse oder schwarze Schafe?

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how high can you fly with broken wings ...
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Or a swiss german with a Basel dialect, which is a huge difference!!

thats right - basel dialect is not a language but a throat disease...

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[freeflir29 0]

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hast Du lieber weisse oder schwarze Schafe?

OK..I have poor language skills but here it goes...
The first part says "Do you have free beer or?" not sure what "schwarze Schafe" is. Hey...pretty good for an American that spent two weeks in Germany once in 1993. Where is Angelica when I need her?

[Phil 0]

Schafe = sheep
schwarz = black
weiss = white

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how high can you fly with broken wings ...
life's a journey not a destination

[Ifrinn 0]

thx ...
thats the same as if when you go to zurich and u have always this feeling that you are on a different planet, not any longer on earth.

[Dumpster 0]

Nope- Can't bail Paraguay on the library book issue - No oil involved, and they're not known for harboring terrorists. They do have a company that makes cool jumpsuits, so they're cool in my book!

Easy Does It

[Phil 0]

see - now you know what it feels like to move to higher sphere, it's like moving from jumping out at 1500 m/G to 5000 m/G.

I mean you guys can't even say our name right

ziircher - my ass We don't say biisler either...

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Schafe = sheep
schwarz = black
weiss = white

Ooohhh...got ya!! See....I was waaaayyy off. weiss and weizen are too close and I usually have beer on the brain anyway.


PS..Depends on the mood. I'm not racist so I like to try one of each every so often.

[Ifrinn 0]

hmmm ...
actually today we say zürcher and not ziircher anymore.
thx about the comparison, with biisler *gr*

[ernokaikkonen 0]

>Schafe - hast Du lieber weisse oder schwarze Schafe?

LMAO! I had just clicked on "translate" when I got it...

[Shiin 0]

hey, Basler duetsch isch's beschte wo's git *grins* gaell Ifrinn!
swiss german to high-german is like scottish to 'posh' english... hehehe...
O, I have drawn one deffinate conclusion from all of this: Politics suck!

Love is fragile; grasp it too hard and it will break, hold it too loosely and it will slip from your fingers and shatter.

[Dumpster 0]

Oh Yeah Ya got that right that politics suck!!!! You can discuss them for hours- or days- and never come to anything that even remotely resembles an intelligent conclusion - Ya really gotta have some respect for anyone who make it his or her profession!

It's beer thirty - I'm gonna kill some brain cells and see what GWB has been up to today - I wonder if he realizes he has the fate of a big chunk of our planet in his hands???

Man - for some reason I think the beer is going to be extra tasty tonite!

Easy Does It

[happythoughts 0]

"When u go to america, everyone loves Bush, or at least most of them do. "
Personally, I prefer shaven. Then, there's the third group that lives in San Francisco.

[freeflir29 0]

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I wonder if he realizes he has the fate of a big chunk of our planet in his hands???

and millions of people around the world saying....

"Well I wouldda..."

"Why donchya..."

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Then, there's the third group that lives in San Francisco

What are they.....the "Wooly Richards"

[SpeedRacer 1]

First of all...not every American loves & agrees with Bush...if you look at US newspapers you'll see a lot of disagreement with his policies (especially re. Iraq), even some within his own party. Maybe its hard to see that if you don't live here.

Um.. secondly, lets consider where America stands in the whole world situation. The USA has occasionally done some spectacular blunders but even if it always had taken the most correct course of action every time, we'd still be pissing SOME people off no matter what, simply because we have as much impact as we do economically & politically etc., and also, if there's some serious international military intervention that DOES have to be done (and I'm not saying that attacking Iraq right now is one of them) , its the USA that is expected to step in & get its hands dirty & consequently, suffer whatever political repercussions will come from it.

Try to understand: no matter what we do, we are a big, fat, target.

Speed Racer
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[cloud9 0]

"DO NOT FORGET." I sat in a movie theater watching
"Schindler's List,"
>asked
> > myself, "Why didn't the Jews fight back?" Now I know
why. I sat in a
>movie
> > theater, watching "Pearl Harbor" and asked myself, "Why
weren't we
> > prepared?" Now I know why. Civilized people cannot
fathom, much less
> > predict, the actions of evil people. On September 11,
dozens of capable
> > airplane passengers allowed themselves to be overpowered
by a handful of
> > poorly armed terrorists because they did not comprehend
the depth of
>hatred
> > that motivated their captors. On September 11, thousands
of innocent
>people
> > were murdered because too many Americans naively reject
the reality that
> > some nations are dedicated to the dominance of others.
Many political
> > pundits, pacifists and media personnel want us to forget
the carnage.
>They
> > say we must focus on the bravery of the rescuers and
ignore the
>cowardice
> > of the killers. They implore us to understand the
motivation of the
> > perpetrators. Major television stations have announced
they will assist
>the
> > healing process by not replaying devastating footage of
the planes
>crashing
> > into the Twin Towers. I will not be manipulated. I will
not pretend to
> > understand. I will not forget. I will not forget the
liberal media who
> > abused freedom of the press to kick our country when it
was vulnerable
>and
> > hurting. And I will not forget that ABC's Mark Halperin
warned if
>reporters
> > weren't informed of every little detail of this war,
they aren't "likely
>--
> > nor should they be expected -- to show deference." I
will not isolate
> > myself from my fellow Americans by pretending an attack
on the USS Cole
>in
> > Yemen was not an attack on the United States of America.
I will not be
> > comforted by "feel-good, do nothing" regulations like
the silly, "Have
>your
> > bags been under your control?" question at the airport.
I will not be
> > influenced by so called,"antiwar demonstrators" who
exploit the right of
> > expression to chant anti-American obscenities. I will
not forget the
>moral
> > victory handed the North Vietnamese by American war
protesters who
>reviled
> > and spat upon the returning soldiers, airmen, sailors
and Marines. I
>will
> > not be softened by the wishful thinking of pacifists who
chose
>reassurance
> > over reality. I will embrace the wise words of Prime
Minister Tony Blair
> > who told a Labor Party conference, "They have no moral
inhibition on
>the
> > slaughter of the innocent. If they could have murdered
not 7,000 but
> > 70,000, does anyone doubt they would have done so and
rejoiced in it?
> > There is no compromise possible with such people, no
meeting of minds,
>no
> > point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice:
defeat it or be
> > defeated by it. And defeat it we must!" I will force
myself to:
> > -hear the weeping
> > -feel the helplessness
> > -imagine the terror
> > -sense the panic
> > -smell the burning flesh
> > -experience the loss
> > -remember the hatred. I sat in a movie theater, watching
"Private Ryan"
>and
> > asked myself, "Where did they find the courage?" Now I
know. We have no
> > choice. Living without liberty is not living.
> >
> > Ed Evans, MGySgt., USMC (Ret.)
> > "Not as lean, not as mean, but still a Marine."

[quatorze 1]

5 word's left,
that kicks ass

"let's roll!"

I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle

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If they could have murdered not 7,000 but 70,000, does anyone doubt they would have done so and rejoiced in it?

It appeared that the intent of the attacks was not to hurt Americans, it was to hurt America. Americans were not attacked, American symbols were. If massive deaths were their goal, a jetliner into Yankee stadium or the Orange Bowl would have provided better results. They attacked the symbols of what Americans think makes American great; The World Trade Center (capitalism), the Pentagon (armed forces), and either the Capitol or the White House (government). I believe the death of thousands was just an added benefit for the attackers, not their prime motivator.

Shit happens. And it usually happens because of physics.

[rushmc 18]

I'm sorry, but I don't care what they "appeared" to do. America is her people and visa versa. Death to her people was a prime motivator. I believe that they went for both and if 911 was on a Saturday or Sunday last year they would have hit a target you suggested.

You can't rationalize these peoples actions! They are evil and they have to go. (I speak of the terrorists, not a people)

God bless America!

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[Skyrad 0]

'well guess what, they did not elect him, we did. '

Oh, really?

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca