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[RouxBelle]

from the pictures he took it looks amazing! i'd love to go to the church that he took a picture of...it is absolutely breath taking...=) plus...drinking and not seeing Lederhosen sounds fun as well haha

You must mean the Kölner Dom (in English that translates to something like the Dome of Cologne, which sounds rather silly xD ) - truly a magnificent edifice to behold!
By the way, if you feel the urge to visit Cologne at a time when people are going batshit bonkers, book a flight around February, that's carnival time over here... and nobody parties harder during carnival than Cologne, they're actually famous for that over here. ^^

hahahaha sadly i will still be in school...but i'm guessing that is like Mardi Gras in New Orleans and luckily I'm about an hour away from NOLA! =)

and i think that might be the church...it's really tall and pointy...haha he didn't tell me the name of it

 

[Dramatic Flare]

also to americans in high school do you really have such defined cliches as we see on TV and in films....?

Yes and no. They're not easily definable, and they're not going to break out in song and dance the way they do in "high School musical" ... *shudders* but we do have them. The real trick is not to find the cliches, but to find those who ignore them. I've kinda gone to three different high schools, and a bigger city with a more intellectual school usually results in better people. Just sayin', the schools that like to think they are "ghetto" are usually filled with a very different sort of person than the ones where drama class is the hardest to get into. And small town schools tend to result in VERY defined cliches, and those who come from outside the town are sorta permanent outcasts.

 

[Dramatic Flare]

i dunno what i want to ask yet...
im from canada, ask away

is everything really done in both french and english...?

also to americans in high school do you really have such defined cliches as we see on TV and in films....?

It depends on the high school. At my school we really don't have the cliches and the problems that come with them. We are all kinda just laid back (like the rest of Oregon really), but I'm there are some high school in my country that are like that (probably in California or Florida).

that's just because Oregon kicks ass at everything other than economy.
On the other hand, there are a few schools with cliches in Portland. Namely some of the poorer ones.

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

do you have to be a buddhist to learn monkey style in japan?

 

[Antlers]

@ resistance, are you northern or southern and do u support the ira

I'll answer it too. Southern and eh... No. No one I know supports the IRA (that I know of).

 

[Archemetis]

For the US, is it really true that you can acquire a gun license at the age of 14, like I've heard or was that a ridiculous rumour?

If it is true I can kinda understand why school shootings happen now...


I mean, 18 to have sex (As far as I'm aware) 21 to drink (Again, as far as i'm aware) but 14 to be a lisenced Gun-owner...
Think about how much sexual tention is let out by shooting shit...


(what i've heard is likely bullshit, but I figure an american knows better.)

 

[Wildrow12]

I am an island born, Miami raised Cuban with experience in bartending and psychology.

My question directed to my British Escapists (specifically those who are Pub goers) and it is thus:

How much will a meal at a pub cost on average, and what will be the most common dish served?

 

[DoctorWhat]

I'm Irish too, so that makes *counts* at least 4 of us on this thread... Ask away!

Anyway, I have 2 questions.
Americans: Is it true that anyone who lives within 100miles of you is considered a neighbour?

German speakers: Does "Das leften blinken auft mein klankenwagon ist kaput" really mean "the left indicator (blinker) of my ambulance is broken" ?

 

[Dramatic Flare]

To US citizens...do that many of you really have a gun in your house? Is it pretty much everybody like we are led to believe? I'm aware that it may well be more common in some of the southern states, but really...how many of you don't have a gun somewhere in the house?

As a general rule (mostly for people in their 20's):
Rural people will have guns
Suburban people will sometimes have guns, sometimes just a house alarm
City people have knives.

Americans: Is it true that anyone who lives within 100miles of you is considered a neighbour?

... About as true as me being King of England.
It definitely isn't so within the city, though rural areas might operate differently.

 

[Lord Beautiful]

I'm from the United States and I'm southern. Feel free to ask whatever comes to mind.

 

[Sonicron]

from the pictures he took it looks amazing! i'd love to go to the church that he took a picture of...it is absolutely breath taking...=) plus...drinking and not seeing Lederhosen sounds fun as well haha

You must mean the Kölner Dom (in English that translates to something like the Dome of Cologne, which sounds rather silly xD ) - truly a magnificent edifice to behold!
By the way, if you feel the urge to visit Cologne at a time when people are going batshit bonkers, book a flight around February, that's carnival time over here... and nobody parties harder during carnival than Cologne, they're actually famous for that over here. ^^

hahahaha sadly i will still be in school...but i'm guessing that is like Mardi Gras in New Orleans and luckily I'm about an hour away from NOLA! =)

Yes, I suppose it's like Mardi Gras, right down to the people puking their guts out where they stand. xD
The only real difference I see is that during carnival in Germany many people dress up, especially the little kids. The streets and parties are full of cowboys, bees, heroes, movie characters etc... weird, but fun. I went as a Juggalo last time since virtually nobody knows them in our country - I was the weirdest clown at the party! xD

 

[jh322]

To US citizens...do that many of you really have a gun in your house? Is it pretty much everybody like we are led to believe? I'm aware that it may well be more common in some of the southern states, but really...how many of you don't have a gun somewhere in the house?

Not all of us have guns. If we do, it's probably a hunting rifle.

We're also not aloud to shoot anybody with them unless they're a threat to our or someone else's immediate safety. I get the impression that people think you can shoot someone if they break into your house and try to walk out with your tv.

I was under the impression that if someone breaks into your house, usually, he won't go upstairs because he knows you have a gun, and you won't go downstairs because you know he's got one, so nobody gets shot but he gets some stuff.

That was what an old american friend of mine told me. He was from Cleveland, Ohio so I don't know what that says about different places or even that town because his dad was from alabama so that might just be the case there.

 

[Antlers]

I'm Irish too, so that makes *counts* at least 4 of us on this thread... Ask away!

I'm forever seeing Irish people since I joined. I have a question for you. Do you know Seamus?

 

[Sonicron]

I'm Irish too, so that makes *counts* at least 4 of us on this thread... Ask away!

Anyway, I have 2 questions.
Americans: Is it true that anyone who lives within 100miles of you is considered a neighbour?

German speakers: Does "Das leften blinken auft mein klankenwagon ist kaput" really mean "the left indicator (blinker) of my ambulance is broken" ?

I suppose people might understand what you're trying to say if you're very lucky since phonetically it's somewhat correct. The correct wording would be "Der linke Blinker an meinem Krankenwagen ist kaputt."

 

[darkless]

I'm Irish too, so that makes *counts* at least 4 of us on this thread... Ask away!

I'm forever seeing Irish people since I joined. I have a question for you. Do you know Seamus?

Yes i do it is both my brother's and my fathers name.

 

[Deathsong17]

I'm from Wales so... ask away.

Should be intresting.

 

[MagnetoHydroDynamics]

This is for anyone outside of Sweden to answear.

When I tell people Im swedish, sometimes I get the question "oh, are you blonde and have huge breasts?"

Is that REALLY how you think swedish girls look, people? Really?

I am from Denmark (which is right next to sweden, as in we have a bridge connection), so no.

Guess I should say I'm from Ireland if anyone has any questions.

Can I kiss you?

---------- Anyway.

Dane here (that means I am from Denmark).

@Americans: Are american people really as bad at geography as you're rumoured to be?

 

[Antlers]

I'm Irish too, so that makes *counts* at least 4 of us on this thread... Ask away!

I'm forever seeing Irish people since I joined. I have a question for you. Do you know Seamus?

Yes i do it is both my brother's and my fathers name.

Oh cool. Tell your brother I say hey (he was my housemate in second year. Logically assuming it's the same Seamus.)

 

[DoctorWhat]

I'm Irish too, so that makes *counts* at least 4 of us on this thread... Ask away!

I'm forever seeing Irish people since I joined. I have a question for you. Do you know Seamus?

Ah, Séamus! Sure, he's a regular round here! He always has a story or two, and a pint or 12 on him if ya know what I mean![/bad attempt at...irony?]

But I do know a few Séamus's...

 

[ScarlettRage]

i dunno what i want to ask yet...
im from canada, ask away

Do you really pronounce "about" as "aboot"?

no.