lev29 Loc: Born and living in MA.

Umh, actually Steve (and this is the 3rd time I typing this,) the OP denied putting it in the Introduce Yourself section. This has been confirmed by Mac and myself, the 2nd & 3rd, respectively, members to post on his Topic before it was moved to the Chit Chat section. But Chaman did make a massive tzimis out of it! Me? I just assumed the OP goofed. I admit it. I did the following action which is invariably not followed by every Hog member at the same time: I gave the OP the benefit of the doubt!My own personal observations and experience (the hard way,) are both in accordance with the above highlighted in red. Right or Wrong, that is how some of the membership think. Not everyone will give you the benefit of the doubt at all times here, period.

theobennett Loc: Sumatra

Ah, the joys of being Spanish.
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Manuel (Andrew Sachs): Que...? Pero... No sé nada..!"

Basil Fawlty (John Cleese): "He's from Barcelona, you know..!"

- 'FAWLTY TOWERS' , Brit TV sitcom

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ken hubert Loc: Missouri

Put your big girl panties on and move along.

lateron Loc: Yorkshire, England

Thank you - Well-said. Hubert is a troll!

tshift Loc: Overland Park, KS.

YOU are another idiot to put on my list of hogs to not read at all and to go on to our normal people and not waste my time.

:thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown:

chaman

Eunuchs....a lot of them. Always knew that. With mouths bigger then brains.

They now resort to name calling and some to back peddling....yep, immature eunuchs.

Vincef Loc: Buffalo Grove, IL

[quote=Mac]Wrong forum section.[/quo

Grow up. I am tired of you people that can't see humor in anything.

ken hubert Loc: Missouri

Oh! You just broke my heart, NOT!

lev29 Loc: Born and living in MA.

Vincef, you are entitled to your opinion, but I suggest you consider that you are likely employing the old "retrospectoscope" and that your attempt to excoriate Mac, whom I don't know, for stating a simple fact, is fraught with potential errors! HOW do you know that Mac didn't find the piece funny (as it's now apparent that this work was probably not written by John Cleese)? Per se, Mac was actually performing a service to both the OP and the membership at large by informing the OP.

What? That's too self-righteous to do? Who does Mac think he is? A cybercop? I might have done the same as Mac and/or I might have just clicked on the "Report Issue" soft key and then checked the box for Wrong Forum section, needs to be moved. Does that make me a cybercop? If so, why is the Report Issue present? For show? Or to be used when appropriate?

As to my current opinion of chaman; he probably has a hair up his proverbial anal canal. Why he had to excoriate the OP is beyond me. Perhaps he lost his lover. All he had to do was use the "Report Issue" soft key and at his option, post a sterile, factual comment like Mac did.

YOU, Vincef, are a classic example of "you people," who never give any member the benefit of the doubt ... I suggest that you read & digest my post at the top of page 7 of this Topic.

Mellow out. :D 8-)

gwdupree

I thought it was knee slapping pee in the pants funny. The only thing funnier are the reactions to it and everyone using big words to show they are smarter and therefore know what is right or wrong with someone else's opinion, word choices, and grammar. I think it's time to disengage and return to photography which you are all very good at.

Jackdoor Loc: Huddersfield, Yorkshire.

[quote=chaman]My primary language is spanish. Trying to nit pick everything I say comes a bit as racist? That the intention? Hope I am getting that wrong though because such an intelligent and distinguished group of people would never try to go there, right? Funny thing is I bet my english is much better than your spanish.
quote]

You misunderstand my motives. In a forum such as this it's reasonable to assume that people are intelligent and enjoy learning, and would therefore appreciate correction when there's an obvious mistake. If I were learning Spanish, I would certainly appreciate correction from a native speaker.

The fact that you would take a very cheap and hurtful shot about racism says more about you than it does about me.

denoferth Loc: Portsmouth, NH

[quote=theobennett]Ah, the joys of being Spanish.
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Basil Fawlty (John Cleese): "He's from Barcelona, you know..!"

- 'FAWLTY TOWERS' , Brit TV sitcom

Ah, Barcelona! There's a lovely ridge above the city where the locals fly model sailplanes. Google ME163 GLIDER OVER BARCELONA to view it.

theobennett Loc: Sumatra

{[quote=denoferth]}


Agreed... And yet there's a developing surreality in this thread that echoes the most biting of John Cleese/Basil Fawlty satire.

As Manuel might have said:
"Ohhhhh... ¿qué? ... ¡No! ... ¡No!... ¡Pero mi Mi cebola Española es grande¡ "

Husband and wife comedy writers and perormers John Cleese and Connie Booth displayed near anthropological genius in their brillant 'Fawlty Towers' series. Andrew Sachs was the superbly played Manuel, a Spanish innocent abroad whose misadventures were amplified by the self-conscious faux racism of the pretentiously bumbling Basil Fawlty.

And we loved them all.

As we embrace rational Spaniards who don't cling to the viciously arrogant colonial facsim of Cortes and Franco.

The Spanish region is richly rewarding. And not all 'Spanish onions' are
difficult to swallow.

BTW Cleese, Booth and Sachs are keen photographers. As were the
late Spike Milligan and his muralist brother Pat.

I'd somehow like to think that the Milligans and the Cleeses would be
delighted with this thread and its implosively unconcious comedy.

And does it really matter if JC was the original author, or not..?

Surely pedantry and xenophobia have no place in intelligent satire.

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markar Loc: Michigan

Very funny...as is most anything coming from John Cleese.

Texcaster Loc: Queensland

A keen observation from one of the masters

"Comedians "used to be able to be sillier than the world", reflects John Cleese, but in the case of Donald Trump, "you can't get more ridiculous" than the Republican front-runner."

http://www.watoday.com.au/video/video-entertainment/video-entertainment-news/cleese-you-cannot-be-funny-about-trump-20160321-4ca7m.html