does anyone else feel that they live in the wrong country.

i often feel like a am a square peg in a round hole, or is it the other way round, here in oz. i don't think i could ever live back in germany, too regulated that place. i think the us or the uk (except for the weather) could be the go.

UK is ok I guess. Shite weather but pretty cool.

liked Germany, very pretty place. Well the bits I saw anyway(north west), but I guess every country has it's shitholes.

Barney Army wrote: UK is ok I guess. Shite weather but pretty cool.

liked Germany, very pretty place. Well the bits I saw anyway(north west), but I guess every country has it's shitholes.

well i'm from the north west. still germany is the place of the verboten. it is verboten to walk on the grass. they hav signs in the public parks saying that. that is just an example.

Sweden is ok for me. I like the weather. Pretty much like the weather in UK. A little colder and more snow. Allthough I think that the government is a little to much pro-USA. The same could be said about England.

Wrong country????? Planet more like.

hear hear

Once I fix me TARDIS you can come with me :D (unless ya dunno what a TARDIS is, in which case, bog off)

Fook Deutschland. My friend's father who lived in Munich discovered he had cancer. The German Health Care System told him that he was old and was going to die any way. The man was 75 years old. She is very bitter about this since she lives in the States and knows that you can attempt to fight cancer.

Constantly. But it's been a lifelong thing, not a recent thing. I'd like to eventually see more of the world. Live somewhere else. Get accustomed to an entirely new set of rules, regulations and language. I'll get there.

Generic wrote:

melly wrote: Constantly. But it's been a lifelong thing, not a recent thing. I'd like to eventually see more of the world. Live somewhere else. Get accustomed to an entirely new set of rules, regulations and language. I'll get there.

just move to Bahston...

I actually lived up near there for 6 months with a friend. When people hear you are from Texas they expect things.. cowboy boots, a heavy accent, a ranch somewhere.

I left them confused. When all the stereotypes were shattered they didn't know how to deal with me.

I often feel i live in the right country but the wrong town.

bloddy ell ronald,if yer upset about verbotten on the grass signs in germany dont even think about getting on a plane to the uk m8. this place is decending into a police state by the day,comercial radio has terror tactic adverts on ALL DAY. examples are.

"not paid your car tax? then we will crush your car,with you in it if we could".

"dont get your tax returns in by (whenever)and we will fine you into oblivion"

"do you know anyone who hasnt paid tax" grass em up here at this number.

"you havent got a tv liscence eh? well we know where you live and we are coming to get you."

"are you illegally parked?, someone could die because of you".

theres tons more , each with its own vincent price thriller laugh at the end (well if i had my way they would).

stay in oz m8,people saty of the grass of there own free will,well plus the fact they might get bit by a snake.

If not for the weather, the UK or Canada would be very appealing to me. I've been in the sun too long. Can't take the cold.

Hell, Socrates died at 77, of course, he drank the hemlock, but still! I wouldn't be singing the praises of the United States corpo-medical racket any time soon either. All the good trustbusters have long since gone (sigh).

I'd like to think of myself as a stateless citizen, not in the illegal, Interpol-sought sort of way, but more in the thought that all notions of patriotism are more or less bullcrap. The country you happen to reside in determines who you are as an individual no more than the outdated, illusory concepts of "race" and ethnicity. Phenotypes, nothing more. You know, just like what Barney said, "It's like the color of your skin..."

That being said, America loves Aussies, have no idea what the hell you're saying 3/4ths of the time, but still, great folks.

Most definately, at the very least, in the wrong PART of the country. I'm in Minnesota and I'd give anything to be in New England. The UK also feels more like home.

Johnny wrote: I often feel i live in the right country but the wrong town.

How odd! I often feel like I live in the right city but the wrong country. Does that make any sense? Belgrade is cool, the rest of the country sucks ass.

Maya, your avatar is still STILL scaring me

Johnny wrote: Maya, your avatar is still STILL scaring me

Sorry for hijacking this thread but my email is broken and I've got no other way to talk to my distant friends so Johnny, if you're still reading this, I'll be online in half an hour assuming you still want that Guilt rmx I promised ya :)

twist wrote: Fook Deutschland. My friend's father who lived in Munich discovered he had cancer. The German Health Care System told him that he was old and was going to die any way. The man was 75 years old. She is very bitter about this since she lives in the States and knows that you can attempt to fight cancer.

I like Deutschland, I have some friends there.

Let me tell you about germans couple lived in US. They were just walkin around some park with their little girl-kid. The girl started screaming to piss to piss to piss, so young mother helped her to dress off and so on. Both mother and father were suspected by molesting her. How stupid is that. They had really huge problem, fortunately someone helped them to escape from US.

I stay here, the best place for me.

Probably the right country, possibly the wrong city. I hear some cities have these things called jobs. So maybe I should go check that out.

I think the best situation for me would be the money to travel frequently, rather than search for an elusive "something better."

But I am a square peg.

So why the square peg for you in Oz, Ronno?

Comrade Shampanyov wrote: Probably the right country, possibly the wrong city. I hear some cities have these things called jobs. So maybe I should go check that out.

I think the best situation for me would be the money to travel frequently, rather than search for an elusive "something better."

But I am a square peg.

So why the square peg for you in Oz, Ronno?

i dunno, exactly. Canberra just sometimes feels too small for me and so wrong for me. i miss all that history and culture stuff from Germany. it could just be that i'm living in the wrong city. it could also be that i don't have any family left here. my family, what's left of it these days is in Melbourne. Philadelphia, Germany and Italy.

Well, life is too short to spend it doing the wrong thing, Ronno. If Canberra's the wrong town, or OZ is the wrong country, no point wasting precious years. Maybe it's a good time for you to sort out what is right for you. Keep in mind that the grass tends to look greener on the other side of the fence, but if you'd genuinely be happier elsewhere, you should make that move.

Funny, but im quite set on doing a year or 2 in Germany in the next 2 or 3 years. I guess its what you are used to though. The grass is always greener and all that.

And yes Mike, the fucking secret police are everywhere in this country. I had been in my flat 3 weeks when the TV licence Nazis turned up. Read me my rights and everything! Now, fair enough i should have got one before i moved in, but if i didnt pay the gas or lekky, it would take them ages to bust me for it. Forget about the TV licence and you are in the shit before you can blink.

Edd Boland wrote: Funny, but im quite set on doing a year or 2 in Germany in the next 2 or 3 years. I guess its what you are used to though. The grass is always greener and all that.

And yes Mike, the fucking secret police are everywhere in this country. I had been in my flat 3 weeks when the TV licence Nazis turned up. Read me my rights and everything! Now, fair enough i should have got one before i moved in, but if i didnt pay the gas or lekky, it would take them ages to bust me for it. Forget about the TV licence and you are in the shit before you can blink.

shit it sounds like the uk is even more restricted than germany. we never paid our tv licence fee there.

that reminds me of my all time favourite (german)candid camera skit.

they pretended to be from german tv and were hounding these poor people in austria for receiving german tv for free. they were all shit scared.

I'd prefer to live in a social democracy, but Europe is too developed for my tastes. Still some wilderness left in the United States, but people cut their own throats at the polls.

Spotnick wrote: No, I do live in the right place, as there is only 7 million of us in the whole world ;)

But sometimes I blame Jacques Cartien for discovering this place and not Florida...

But seriously, having a winter makes you appreciate the other seasons a lot more...

But if I could do my job anywhere, I'd probably live in the country more than in the subburbs of a city.

comme dans la chanson de Robert Charlebois ?

Comrade Shampanyov wrote:

But I am a square peg.

sarah jessica parker? is that you!

as for me, the answer is a resounding YES.

AgentWood wrote:

Comrade Shampanyov wrote:

But I am a square peg.

sarah jessica parker? is that you under Comrade?

If only.

Comrade Shampanyov wrote:

AgentWood wrote:

Comrade Shampanyov wrote:

But I am a square peg.

sarah jessica parker? is that your husband--the very attractive matthew broderick--under Comrade?

If only.

well, i say!

AgentWood wrote:

Comrade Shampanyov wrote:

AgentWood wrote:

Comrade Shampanyov wrote:

But I am a square peg.

sarah jessica parker? are those your very attractive legs I see under Comrade?

If only.

well, i'm gay, so if she's not under you, let the carpet-munching begin!

Oh dear.

OH NO.

Comrade Shampanyov wrote:

AgentWood wrote:

Comrade Shampanyov wrote:

AgentWood wrote:

Comrade Shampanyov wrote:

But I am a square peg.

sarah jessica parker? are those your very attractive legs I see under Comrade?

If only.

well, i'm gay, so if she's not under you, let the carpet-munching begin!

Oh dear.

the only carpets i dare munch are ones that have been scotch-guarded.

AgentWood wrote:

Comrade Shampanyov wrote:

AgentWood wrote:

Comrade Shampanyov wrote:

AgentWood wrote:

Comrade Shampanyov wrote:

But I am a square peg.

sarah jessica parker? are those your very attractive legs I see under Comrade?

If only.

well, i'm gay, so if she's not under you, let the carpet-munching begin!

Oh dear.

the only carpets i dare munch are ones that have been scotch-guarded.

into Scottish soldiers.

kilts. mmmm.

AgentWood wrote: kilts. mmmm.

i knew i was doing something wrong wearing pants.

Try lederhosen.

Comrade Shampanyov wrote: Try lederhosen.

i haven't worn any of those since i was about five years old. i think they are still around here somewhere. one of these days i'm going to have to have a big clean out here.

Are those traditional throughout Germany? For some reason, I think of them as being particularly Bavarian.

Comrade Shampanyov wrote: Are those traditional throughout Germany? For some reason, I think of them as being particularly Bavarian.

it is a southern german and alpine thing. if it wasn't for the language southern germany might as well be a foreign country to me. it is just so different in culture, architecture, and even in religion, being predominantly catholic. all that slap dancing is just as foreign to me as it is to you.

Probably the accent too?

So what would be typically Bremen...Bremen-ese...How do you say it? Bremenian? What would be typical of the Bremen culture?

Comrade Shampanyov wrote: Probably the accent too?

So what would be typically Bremen...Bremen-ese...How do you say it? Bremenian? What would be typical of the Bremen culture?

politically as well. they are very conservative in bavaria.

yes also in accent. the closed i can compare it to would be the difference between received pronunciation an the english they speak in Scotland.

it is a Bremer. I don't know if there is anything culturally typical bremerish, except for a few old traditions. we are very much like the english. we are also very proud of our long history of independence. we are one of the oldest republics in the world, except for a few years in the 30s and 40s.

So is the Bremer accent closer to the received pronunciation?

Texas is a great country. I will never move anywhere where I can't posses a firearm.

Excuse me i am listening to "the idiot" for the first time and am having a real hard time getting it.