Comments on The Croydonian: The gift of seeing ourselves as others see us

More later, but 52% of Americans think the French ...

2008-03-24T09:40:00.000Z

More later, but 52% of Americans think the French snobbish. The rest have not got as far as Paris yet....

Paris Hilton?

My pet stoat algernon has a toothpick stuck up his...

2008-03-23T20:48:00.000Z

My pet stoat algernon has a toothpick stuck up his butt

Don't mention the war, Mr. C.

2008-03-22T13:03:00.000Z

Don't mention the war, Mr. C.

Geoff - And yet we still seem fairly favourably di...

2008-03-20T13:48:00.000Z

Geoff - And yet we still seem fairly favourably disposed towards the Poles...

Globus - Shades of the old JB Priestly West Brom vs Florence idea. Very patriotic of you.

Unsworth - I do wonder, but note that it is the odious Kinnock in charge
these days.

Serf - When I have been accuded of being manipulative I have to stop myself from replying, 'and that's a bad thing?'

The Turks do not seem very keen on Albion - 49% t...

2008-03-20T13:33:00.000Z

The Turks do not seem very keen on Albion - 49% think us manipulative

To be fair to the Turks, they are a somewhat innocent nation, who let it all hang out. What we regard as diplomatic, they see as two faced. They really are no match for our insidous ways.

What the hell is the British Council doing? Has i...

2008-03-20T12:20:00.000Z

What the hell is the British Council doing? Has it suddenly decided that its role is to tell the Brits what others think of them? I know that it's full of crackpots, but these people are supposed to be telling other nations about Britain - why this reversal of policy? All of a sudden 'The UK has a lot to learn from other cultures'. Like effing what, exactly?

And anyway, who gives a toss about what other nations think of us? We're British, after all. As such we're supposed to be the role models for these peoples, aren't we?

globus wishes more illegal immigrants and dodgy mi...

2008-03-20T12:16:00.000Z

globus wishes more illegal immigrants and dodgy migrant workers would stop seeing us as a soft touch. globus still however believes it's better to be blighted in blighty than on the eastenders microcosm that is the costa del brit.

The Spanish don't like us because we own most of t...

2008-03-20T11:30:00.000Z

The Spanish don't like us because we own most of the coastal bits and are rapidly colonising inland.

We've left them the mountains and the desert areas so far but if you try to order a beer in Spanish in Duquesa, Estepona, Sotogrande etc etc etc the English barstaff look at you very strangely.