Subject: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: GUEST,interested party Date: 27 Jan 05 - 11:50 AM So what have they done for us, the A bomb, 3rd war poverty, strained relations in the middle east, Friends, Macdondalds. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: GUEST,Amos Date: 27 Jan 05 - 11:52 AM Who are you?Who do you mean by "us"? What is "3rd war poverty"?? And which Yanks are you talking about? A |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Blissfully Ignorant Date: 27 Jan 05 - 11:55 AM What the f**k has everyone got against beefburgers? Some of us like mechanically retrieved bits of BSE ridden cow. You don't have to eat them, do you? No? Well...leave them alone then...grrr... |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Rapparee Date: 27 Jan 05 - 11:56 AM This has been done before, too. Try a search. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Peace Date: 27 Jan 05 - 12:04 PM Half the friends I have are 'Yanks' as you put it. The one thing I am curious about though is this: why would you expect the 'Yanks' to do ANYthing for 'us'. Maybe this would be a more positive thread if you told us what you've done for yourself and others lately. That I would be interested in. This, no. Goodbye. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: George Papavgeris Date: 27 Jan 05 - 01:16 PM I think you got it wrong, Brucie, the troll asked what the "yanks" (small "y") did for "them" (whoever "us" is). No reference to the quasi-derogatory term for Emperor Bush's subjects, this - just the normal word. To which the answer therefore has to be: Given enough yanks you could achieve nirvana. Care is needed however to avoid yanking it off its root. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Big Mick Date: 27 Jan 05 - 01:21 PM Well done, El Greko. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Les in Chorlton Date: 27 Jan 05 - 01:28 PM Please stop this |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: GUEST,heric Date: 27 Jan 05 - 02:11 PM well, duh, Albert King, Willie Dixon, Willie Johnson, Sonny Williamson, Howlin' Wolf, Johnny Burnett, Jake Holmes, Otis Rush, Kansas Joe for starters. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Gedpipes Date: 27 Jan 05 - 02:58 PM Brucie Calm down! |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Peace Date: 27 Jan 05 - 03:11 PM OK, Gedpipes Thanks for reminding me that I am in a blissful state achieved through diligent application of the various principia devolved from the expression that all roads lead to Bakersfield, California, and that a household full of wombats gets really messy way far fast. Having said that, allow me to offer my deepest apology for responding in such an abusive manner to the *%#$@* who started another 'let's slag the yanks' thread. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: PoppaGator Date: 27 Jan 05 - 03:11 PM I know how my right-wing military-minded friends would respond, and I think that they have a valid point: If not for the US, all of Europe ~ including the "British Isles" ~ might well be goosestepping and speaking German today. I like GUEST,heric's answer better, though, listing all those blues artists. I might add a subsequent generation of R&B/RnR names without whose influence there would have been no Beatles, Stones, Kinks, Who, etc. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: WFDU - Ron Olesko Date: 27 Jan 05 - 03:12 PM The Yanks have never done anything for me. George Steinbrenner has ruined this game, but I hate them even before he took over. Let's go Mets!!!! |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Big Mick Date: 27 Jan 05 - 03:14 PM This is a troll. Why suck into it? Mick |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: WFDU - Ron Olesko Date: 27 Jan 05 - 03:15 PM ... and Mickey Mantle was a piece of trash! There! I said it!! He wasted his talent and he was a beligerent S.O.B. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: WFDU - Ron Olesko Date: 27 Jan 05 - 03:15 PM What they did to Casey Stengel was wrong. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Big Mick Date: 27 Jan 05 - 03:22 PM As a Red Sox fan, I will never forgive them for taking The Babe. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: WFDU - Ron Olesko Date: 27 Jan 05 - 03:32 PM You should never forgive the Sox for letting The Babe go! |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Little Hawk Date: 27 Jan 05 - 03:41 PM Well...they won quite a few ball games. They built good clipper ships and whaling ships in New England. They gave us Bob Dylan, Elvis, Buddy Holly, Hendrix, the Doors, Hank Williams, country music, the blues, pizza, hot dogs, popcorn, the first flyable airplane... Not bad, actually. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: WFDU - Ron Olesko Date: 27 Jan 05 - 03:50 PM Did you ever try the hot dogs at Yankee stadium? It has been 22 years, but I remember them as awful. The whole "House that Ruth Built" is getting tired. Give me Shea anytime! I love those airplanes! When did Hank Williams play Yankee Stadium?????? |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Les in Chorlton Date: 27 Jan 05 - 04:13 PM I cannot believe you people have nothing better to do. Lots of electrons have been running about like for the sake of this! |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: robomatic Date: 27 Jan 05 - 04:17 PM We sent Jerry Lewis to FRANCE. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Once Famous Date: 27 Jan 05 - 04:23 PM well, guest interested Party, I won't avoid you and I'll tell you that if it wasn't for us, you would be speaking nothing but fluent German. If it wasn't for us and our pact as an ally with your country, you probably would have already a few dirty bombs put right under your nose, but that hasn't happened and probably won't because Al Quaida knows we will at that point nuke them if they hurt your poor little kingdom. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Peace Date: 27 Jan 05 - 04:25 PM "Lots of electrons have been running about like for the sake of this!" Yes, Les, and now those electrons have a PURpose in life. Everybody is happy except the quarks and the nuons. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: WFDU - Ron Olesko Date: 27 Jan 05 - 04:25 PM Go easy on him Martin, he is probably a Phillies fan! |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: WFDU - Ron Olesko Date: 27 Jan 05 - 04:28 PM and what was up with Billy Martin? How many times did they hire and fire him? It was always Happy Hour with him. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: GUEST Date: 27 Jan 05 - 04:34 PM mg alot of us speak fluent German. It's called being educated. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Megan L Date: 27 Jan 05 - 04:38 PM Ah the war hmmm now didnt the brits french poles canadian australians newzealanders indian ghurkas and many others play some part? |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: WFDU - Ron Olesko Date: 27 Jan 05 - 04:39 PM If you are so educated then wise up and stop cheering for the Yankees. Mets, Red Sox or anybody but the Bronx Bums. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Joe Offer Date: 27 Jan 05 - 04:43 PM Hey, we made the world "safe for democracy." What the heck ELSE could you want?? -Joe Offer, who speaks fluent German- |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Peace Date: 27 Jan 05 - 04:43 PM GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PATRIOTS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PATRIOTS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PATRIOTS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PATRIOTS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PATRIOTS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PATRIOTS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PATRIOTS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PATRIOTS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PATRIOTS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PATRIOTS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PATRIOTS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PATRIOTS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PATRIOTS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PATRIOTS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PATRIOTS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PATRIOTS |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Once Famous Date: 27 Jan 05 - 04:47 PM Educated for learning fluent German guest. Not for it being your mother tongue because we did not stop the Nazis. For someone who thinks they are so educated, your statement made you look like a dope. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: PoppaGator Date: 27 Jan 05 - 04:52 PM Did the Beatles ever play Yankee Stadium? No way, Ho-Shea! |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: GUEST Date: 27 Jan 05 - 04:57 PM ich stimme zu, daß Sie der König des heißen Hundes sind |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: WFDU - Ron Olesko Date: 27 Jan 05 - 04:59 PM they played Shea twice |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Joe Offer Date: 27 Jan 05 - 05:10 PM Did they win? -Joe Offer- |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Georgiansilver Date: 27 Jan 05 - 05:31 PM Hey Poppa...even the Beatles have standards...LOL Best wishes. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Big Mick Date: 27 Jan 05 - 05:36 PM Martin Gibson ist ein Hauptbeispiel von, warum man achtgeben sollte mit, was sie zu dasselbe hassen oder machen. Seine Beschaffenheit zeigt zweifellos einen Proclivity für die gleiche Art des Verhaltens wie die Faschisten oder die nationalen Sozialisten an. Martin..... erleichtern oben. Mick |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Once Famous Date: 27 Jan 05 - 06:17 PM Sorry, don't understand, big M(d)ick Never took the gutteral language of the Nazi. wouldn't let my kids, either. do you understand this?: Eat shit. Maybe you conjoured up you pal Adolph. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Georgiansilver Date: 27 Jan 05 - 06:23 PM Je pense que le gibon ne comprends pas. Quelle heurere.... Il nya pas de quoi. Bon Chance mes amis. Michelle. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Georgiansilver Date: 27 Jan 05 - 06:24 PM Pardon c'est Michel! |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: GUEST Date: 27 Jan 05 - 06:27 PM Martin gibson ist ein sehr einsamer Mann. Niemand spielen mit ihm, weil er Endlosschrauben für das Mittagessen und die Geruche wie einen Abwasserkanal ißt. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: *Laura* Date: 27 Jan 05 - 06:32 PM They've made for some pretty interesting/heated/controversial conversations on here..........!?!? |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: s6k Date: 27 Jan 05 - 06:33 PM they gave us the blues and bob dylan, and thats good enough for me. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: GUEST Date: 27 Jan 05 - 06:34 PM Martin Gibson áóäåò çàäèðîé è óíûëûì ëþäñêèì ñóùåñòâîâàíèåì. Îí òàêæå î÷åíü òóïîóìí. Íå áóäåòå âû martin? |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: artbrooks Date: 27 Jan 05 - 06:35 PM Didn't they beat the Rebs...about 140-odd years ago? Seems like just yesterday in some parts of the country. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: GUEST Date: 27 Jan 05 - 06:48 PM DON'T MENTION THE WAR! I did but I think I got away with it... |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: GUEST Date: 27 Jan 05 - 06:50 PM Not to mention twas a yank what give us this here forum to spew on. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: number 6 Date: 27 Jan 05 - 06:52 PM This thread is absolutely ridiculous ! sIx |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: GUEST Date: 27 Jan 05 - 07:11 PM Martin sind wir aller Kranke der Welt entsprechend Ihnen. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 27 Jan 05 - 07:15 PM ... apart from the roads.... |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Chris Green Date: 27 Jan 05 - 07:20 PM If you remember the rest of the scene from the film though, they don't appear to have brought peace! |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: PoppaGator Date: 27 Jan 05 - 07:27 PM If it weren't for us monolingual yanks, you wouldn't have anyone to mock behind our backs in them furrin languages! |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: GUEST,Ooh-Aah2 Date: 27 Jan 05 - 07:30 PM By far the most valuable thing America has given us is black music. Then follows.... ummmm.... errr... Ah! I have it! Loony Tunes cartoons. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Chris Green Date: 27 Jan 05 - 07:31 PM Electing one as president was going a bit far, though... |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: WFDU - Ron Olesko Date: 27 Jan 05 - 07:32 PM They were also the second to last team to integrate. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Dead Horse Date: 27 Jan 05 - 07:45 PM Integrate!!!! You mean they allow Protestants!!!!!!! |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Big Al Whittle Date: 27 Jan 05 - 08:44 PM mudcat, they gave us mudcat |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: robomatic Date: 27 Jan 05 - 10:11 PM The Simpsons |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: beetle cat Date: 27 Jan 05 - 10:50 PM POTATOES! literally. and chocolate and corn and peanuts and maze and APPLEs (cider!) and things like that. but you gave us horses, so I think we are about even. and.. people. peace. mary |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: WFDU - Ron Olesko Date: 27 Jan 05 - 10:58 PM Many believe that the Yanks are responsible for the DH. For that alone they deserve our ridicule. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: GUEST Date: 27 Jan 05 - 11:07 PM bloody mc donalds kentucky chicken ford cars |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Peace Date: 27 Jan 05 - 11:34 PM America showed the world what a nation of immigrants could do. Did it do some bad stuff? Yep. Lots of good? Yep. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 28 Jan 05 - 02:41 AM duellingbouzoukis Pax Americana? :-P |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: GUEST,noddy Date: 28 Jan 05 - 03:52 AM the best thing about Americans is that only 10% of them have passports. .. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Big Al Whittle Date: 28 Jan 05 - 04:40 AM perhaps its nice over there. well obviously there must be one or two nice places in a place that big. I wonder why they don't want to come and see us. is it something we said? |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: alanabit Date: 28 Jan 05 - 04:59 AM Britain gave the world John Milton, William Shakespeare, Newtonian Physics and Common Law. We also gave it The East India Company, commercialised slavery, Sweeney Todd and Jack the Ripper. What about Germany? Gave the world Brecht, Schiller, Goethe, Einstein, Bach, Beethoven and Heinrich Heine. It also gave the world Kaiser Wilhelm II, Zyklon B gas and Adolf Hitler. I can't think of another country which has not produced good and bad on an equal scale. There is no reason to despise English because Jack the Ripper spoke it. It is also no reason to decry the German language because a neurotic little jerk like Hitler did. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 28 Jan 05 - 05:16 AM The Romans had Slaves long before that. Funnily enough, they also had the Pax Romana... enforced by force of arms... :-) |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Georgiansilver Date: 28 Jan 05 - 08:24 AM 69 |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: robomatic Date: 28 Jan 05 - 08:39 AM Was it Oscar Wilde who said (by memory): "The United States is the only nation that went from barbarism to decadence without an intervening period of civilization"? I believe the Brits ended slavery and actively discouraged the slave trade (The Romans never got to that) way ahead of the Yanks. I think it probable that without the US in the 20th century the Brits would not be speaking German, but they'd be using RSL (Russian as a Second Language). (Any why not, Russian is a SWELL language with many many folk songs) TAK PRAVDA! |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: GUEST,interested party Date: 28 Jan 05 - 09:50 AM I can't believe you lot fell for this, Martin Gibson & Amos Te he, Al Quaida, Pah, stopping my country from speaking German, Pah, my lttle Kingdom, pah, I'm from Iceland. Don't you think it just goes to prove the point about this subject. Throw them a rope and leave them to hang themselves. TE HE HE |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Peace Date: 28 Jan 05 - 10:08 AM Neat link: www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/black.shtml or Google Inventors and Inventions: African-American Inventors ... ALSO inventors.about.com/library/bl_by_state_inventors.htm or Google American Inventors - American Inventions by State |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: WFDU - Ron Olesko Date: 28 Jan 05 - 10:10 AM You Brits are yanking our chain. Sounds like a bunch of whining Cub fans. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Peace Date: 28 Jan 05 - 10:11 AM GO PATRIOTS |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: WFDU - Ron Olesko Date: 28 Jan 05 - 10:20 AM Lets go Mets! |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: GUEST,Larry K Date: 28 Jan 05 - 10:44 AM The Yanks gave us the Mudcat forum. Isn't that enough? |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: WFDU - Ron Olesko Date: 28 Jan 05 - 11:04 AM What??? Yankee fans run this thing???????? |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: el_punkoid_nouveau Date: 28 Jan 05 - 03:36 PM Even more crap TV than the Aussies? Except, of course MASH! |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: WFDU - Ron Olesko Date: 28 Jan 05 - 05:28 PM the movie and book were better IMHO |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Cluin Date: 28 Jan 05 - 06:38 PM A yank saved my life once when I was little. I'da walked in front of that bus if my dad hadn'ta yanked me back. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: GUEST Date: 28 Jan 05 - 08:34 PM Typical euro loser humor, very dry and it has no teeth |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Don(Wyziwyg)T Date: 28 Jan 05 - 08:50 PM Come on, be fair folks. They gave us burgers, hotdogs, two thirds of what we see on TV, and Jackie Mason. I like Jackie Mason! He's FUNNEEEE. Don T, |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: GUEST, Kiwi sailor Date: 28 Jan 05 - 09:13 PM Not sure who 'us' refers to ... but a yank once gave me a good hiding in a bar in Seattle. The same night another yank gave me a blow job for only $15! So on the whole, I say they're about the same as everyone else. Apples are from the Old World mary. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: WFDU - Ron Olesko Date: 28 Jan 05 - 10:22 PM and who can forget Dooley Womack? |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: GUEST,marks Date: 28 Jan 05 - 11:51 PM Ron- There is one good thing about the Yanks. They make it acceptable to hate Boston. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: WFDU - Ron Olesko Date: 29 Jan 05 - 12:00 AM Bite your tongue Guest,marks!!! Even though I am a Mets fan, I give the Red Sox credit. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: DougR Date: 29 Jan 05 - 01:24 AM Veteran Mudcatters still can't resist. They still have to feed the pot stirrers. DougR |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Tannywheeler Date: 29 Jan 05 - 01:24 PM Corn(maize), Potatoes, Tomatoes, Peppers; Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Woody Guthrie and Arlo, Pete Seeger, Sloop Clearwater, Carol Burnett, Danny Kaye, Eilleen Farrell, Grace Bumbry, Robert Merrill, Jan Peerce,Richard Wright, Samuel Clemens, Eugene O'Neill, the Moon,.... my hands are getting tired.... Tw |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: WFDU - Ron Olesko Date: 29 Jan 05 - 01:36 PM present company included Doug? |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Tannywheeler Date: 29 Jan 05 - 02:20 PM Blood transfusions. Tw |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: Big Mick Date: 29 Jan 05 - 02:36 PM If you are Irish, then you know what was done in Chicago, and other US cities, to help save the music and language of our people. That is not to say that us Yanks were solely responsible, just as we weren't solely responsible (despite what some of my countrymen believe) for the victories in Europe during two World Wars. But in all three instances, the outcome would have been very different without our contributions. I find the attempts to denigrate the contributions of the US to the world we live in to be every bit as insulting as I find the attempts by xenophobic Yanks to take credit for every good thing that has happened in the world. Mick |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: WFDU - Ron Olesko Date: 29 Jan 05 - 08:53 PM Stop giving the Yanks credit for anything. Other than buying a few dozen pennants and changing the face of baseball, they had nothing to do with saving Irish music, starting or stopping wars, or anything else that has been mentioned. They should stay and rot in the Bronx for all I care. |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: beetle cat Date: 30 Jan 05 - 01:18 PM what has iceland ever done for us, interested party??? |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: DougR Date: 30 Jan 05 - 03:08 PM Don't know, Big Mick, why did you? (suck into it) :>) DougR |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: robomatic Date: 31 Jan 05 - 01:24 PM Anyone who hates Boston has no kultchuh! |
Subject: RE: BS: what have the yanks ever done 4 us From: darkriver Date: 31 Jan 05 - 05:19 PM Larry "Bud" Melman Harry Lee Wigley |