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Turkish Taxi Drivers? You’re on notice.

October 16th, 2009 · No Comments

Psycho-freak nutjob assholes. That’s Turkish taxi drivers in a nutshell. You guys want to join the E.U.? Learn to fucking drive.
I flew into Istanbul, Turkey last night. 3 taxi trips. 3 sessions of WTF?
From the airport to the hotel, the driver kept telling me about various sights and points of interest. At least that’s what [...]

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Tags: Miscellaneous

Culture Crap: Learning to Kvetch for Fun and Profit

December 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Reading the Rocky Mountain News letters to the editor, I came across this little gem:

Intent of degrading the utility of English
Larry Breeden
… I also find it sardonically amusing that he is helping spread the knowledge of English to other parts of the world while here, in the largest concentration of English-speaking people in the world, [...]

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Tags: Culture War