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[Natty]

Whos the new guy on the block called Denis? Anybody know him?

Oh yeah, me and him are best mates! Great guy...

Oh, right!

Yeah Oracle introduced us a while back...again GREAT guy...

You know, I reckon you two would get on really well, especially seen as though your names are so similar...

[denizaksulu]

Whos the new guy on the block called Denis? Anybody know him?

Oh yeah, me and him are best mates! Great guy...

Oh, right!

Yeah Oracle introduced us a while back...again GREAT guy...

You know, I reckon you two would get on really well, especially seen as though your names are so similar...

My colleagues call me Denis, as they cannot pronounce Deniz. They make it sound like Denise. Thats why I grow a beard to remind them.

[Natty]

Whos the new guy on the block called Denis? Anybody know him?

Oh yeah, me and him are best mates! Great guy...

Oh, right!

Yeah Oracle introduced us a while back...again GREAT guy...

You know, I reckon you two would get on really well, especially seen as though your names are so similar...

My colleagues call me Denis, as they cannot pronounce Deniz. They make it sound like Denise. Thats why I grow a beard to remind them.

And what an impressive beard it is! Although I thought it was just to make life easier, as I can imagine keeping a smooth face would entail shaving at least what, five times a day? Seen as though Cypriot men seem to grow facial hair ten times faster and thicker (as well as ten years earlier) than most other men. I have a friend who was literally born with a bit of a beard and moustache, but he was a late starter...

Don't get me wrong, Deniz is a great name, but I may have to start calling you Denise from now on, it's just so much prettier...

[denizaksulu]

Whos the new guy on the block called Denis? Anybody know him?

Oh yeah, me and him are best mates! Great guy...

Oh, right!

Yeah Oracle introduced us a while back...again GREAT guy...

You know, I reckon you two would get on really well, especially seen as though your names are so similar...

My colleagues call me Denis, as they cannot pronounce Deniz. They make it sound like Denise. Thats why I grow a beard to remind them.

And what an impressive beard it is! Although I thought it was just to make life easier, as I can imagine keeping a smooth face would entail shaving at least what, five times a day? Seen as though Cypriot men seem to grow facial hair ten times faster and thicker (as well as ten years earlier) than most other men. I have a friend who was literally born with a bit of a beard and moustache, but he was a late starter...

Don't get me wrong, Deniz is a great name, but I may have to start calling you Denise from now on, it's just so much prettier...

Thats ok Agapi mou. mwua. What ever pleases you. As long as their is no other by that name; we must avoid confusion.

[Bucksboy]

[quote="Des"]Hi everybody, I came across this forum whilst surfing the net. Looks interesting.


Des,
Yes, welcome as well from me and I;m European and proud of it but what the hell? It doesn't matter who or what you are! I feel ashamed of thugs like "get real" who have an enormous chip on their arab like shoulders.
Don't take any notice Des as some particularly nondescript specimens of the human race like to hide behind their mothers skirts on this forum!

[tessintrnc]

I suppose being a foriegner I have to be careful what I say.I don't want to unintentionally inflame passions. I obviously don't know as much about Cyprus as you guys. Just my little slice of life between 1960 and 1963 as I observed it from the perspective of a 12 to 15 year old boy.

I'm sure kids in adjoining areas must have mixed and there was probably the usual gang fights that kids have. As far as tension goes, we did get some sour looks from the occasional nationalist Greek and no doubt they had plenty reasons to be bitter towards the British After all it wasn't that long after the EOKA struggle.

I remember going to the museum and reading all about the resistance fighters and reading about the ones that were hung. They even had the very rope that was used to hang so many of them. All a bit morbid but not that different from what one would see in Kilmainham Prison museum in Dublin, Ireland where all the heroes of the 1916 uprising against the British were executed.

Not wishing to sound biased but we always felt the Turks were more friendly towards us. I can understand why to a point. There was no nationalistic graffiti on the Turkish side of town though we did see Turkish flags everywhere and there seemed to be a very smartly uniformed contingent of Turkish troops stationed in Nicosia. I presume they were mainland Turks. They always looked much smarter than the Greek soldiers that we saw who tended to wear winkle picker , fashionable shoes and Tony Curtis hairstyles with their rather shabby uniform. The Turks looked very American with their helmets and white gaiters and proper army boots and jeeps. We were impressed.

I really don't know who were the better or braver soldiers. The Turks just looked more professional.

There always seemed to be a lot of nightclubs and glamourous nightlife on the Greek side. There were lots of international singers and artistes doing the rounds of the hotels and clubs.
I also recall a lot of Egyptian shopkeepers too.

Maybe some of the older Greeks will remember this song. It was very popular at the time. The chorus sounded like this, phonetically......"Vasilo, verika vasilo da da da."... we used to hear that all the time and it stuck in my memory. Any ideas?

Des,those who led the so-called 'Easter Rising' in 1916 were not heroes at all,but scumbags who deserved nothing but their executions.It's a shame that the isle of Ireland's equivilant of Adolf Hitler (Gerry Adams) & Josef Goebbels (Martin MacGuinness) didn't get put to death though.They've had thousands of innocent people killed.There's only one good member of Sinn Fein/I.R.A. - a dead one,which has been shot,blown up,or given the Saddam Hussein treatment! The same thing goes for the murderers of EOKA & EOKA-B as well!

Aidan.

You really are an ignorant little sod aren't you Aiden? You know NOTHING about Irish history !!!! Have you got a picture of Ian Poisonous Paisley next to your bed by any chance?

[BC Numismatics]

Tess,you know nothing about the anti-Protestant policies of successive Irish Governments.Perhaps,you ARE extremely ignorant!

You should read this; www.ianpaisley.org .

Aidan.

[Natty]

Whos the new guy on the block called Denis? Anybody know him?

Oh yeah, me and him are best mates! Great guy...

Oh, right!

Yeah Oracle introduced us a while back...again GREAT guy...

You know, I reckon you two would get on really well, especially seen as though your names are so similar...

My colleagues call me Denis, as they cannot pronounce Deniz. They make it sound like Denise. Thats why I grow a beard to remind them.

And what an impressive beard it is! Although I thought it was just to make life easier, as I can imagine keeping a smooth face would entail shaving at least what, five times a day? Seen as though Cypriot men seem to grow facial hair ten times faster and thicker (as well as ten years earlier) than most other men. I have a friend who was literally born with a bit of a beard and moustache, but he was a late starter...

Don't get me wrong, Deniz is a great name, but I may have to start calling you Denise from now on, it's just so much prettier...

Thats ok Agapi mou. mwua. What ever pleases you. As long as their is no other by that name; we must avoid confusion.

Oh that would most definitely please me! Thank you agapi mou...

In fact I'm jealous that I don't have such a pretty name..

Oh and don't worry, I've checked and you are the one and only...Denise that is...

[denizaksulu]

Whos the new guy on the block called Denis? Anybody know him?

Oh yeah, me and him are best mates! Great guy...

Oh, right!

Yeah Oracle introduced us a while back...again GREAT guy...

You know, I reckon you two would get on really well, especially seen as though your names are so similar...

My colleagues call me Denis, as they cannot pronounce Deniz. They make it sound like Denise. Thats why I grow a beard to remind them.

And what an impressive beard it is! Although I thought it was just to make life easier, as I can imagine keeping a smooth face would entail shaving at least what, five times a day? Seen as though Cypriot men seem to grow facial hair ten times faster and thicker (as well as ten years earlier) than most other men. I have a friend who was literally born with a bit of a beard and moustache, but he was a late starter...

Don't get me wrong, Deniz is a great name, but I may have to start calling you Denise from now on, it's just so much prettier...

Thats ok Agapi mou. mwua. What ever pleases you. As long as their is no other by that name; we must avoid confusion.

Oh that would most definitely please me! Thank you agapi mou...

In fact I'm jealous that I don't have such a pretty name..

Oh and don't worry, I've checked and you are the one and only...Denise that is...

[Natty]

Whos the new guy on the block called Denis? Anybody know him?

Oh yeah, me and him are best mates! Great guy...

Oh, right!

Yeah Oracle introduced us a while back...again GREAT guy...

You know, I reckon you two would get on really well, especially seen as though your names are so similar...

My colleagues call me Denis, as they cannot pronounce Deniz. They make it sound like Denise. Thats why I grow a beard to remind them.

And what an impressive beard it is! Although I thought it was just to make life easier, as I can imagine keeping a smooth face would entail shaving at least what, five times a day? Seen as though Cypriot men seem to grow facial hair ten times faster and thicker (as well as ten years earlier) than most other men. I have a friend who was literally born with a bit of a beard and moustache, but he was a late starter...

Don't get me wrong, Deniz is a great name, but I may have to start calling you Denise from now on, it's just so much prettier...

Thats ok Agapi mou. mwua. What ever pleases you. As long as their is no other by that name; we must avoid confusion.

Oh that would most definitely please me! Thank you agapi mou...

In fact I'm jealous that I don't have such a pretty name..

Oh and don't worry, I've checked and you are the one and only...Denise that is...

Is Denise embarassed?