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Bit long in the tooth to be playing "girlfirend" thing, the image of you a 56yo with an 18yo on your arm yuk, always thought you were a pervert.

[Kikapu]

Bit long in the tooth to be playing "girlfirend" thing, the image of you a 56yo with an 18yo on your arm yuk, always thought you were a pervert.

What makes you think a "girlfriend thing" ONLY means an 18 year old.

But you approve of this right, because you said you met him once or twice. Did you tell this old fart that he was a pervert.?

I doubt it. You once again chickened out.

[Filitsa]

True story.

Couple of years ago, my girlfriend and I flew to Seattle from San Francisco, rented a car and drove to Vancouver B.C., Canada. On our return back to the US few days later, we were met at the border by a young female border agent. Upon showing my US passport and my girlfriend's Swiss passport, the agent asked the usual boring question as to where and when we met. I told her.

Then she asked me, "where is Cyprus", since my birth place is written as Nicosia in the passport. I said "It's an Island".

She then said, "I didn't ask you what it was. I asked you where it was".

I said, "It's South of Turkey and off the coast of Israel in the Eastern corner of the Mediterranean" hoping that she would have at least heard of those two countries as an young American, and without a pause, I then said to her, "and it has been there for a while".

My girlfriend was discreetly nudging me gently as we sat in the car for me to stop making the border agent look foolish.

After few more questions as to where we had been and why and where we were going and why, we were allowed to cross into the US. I don't know whether she was testing me if i knew where Cyprus was, or whether she had never heard of the place. That's the reason why I said Israel and not Lebanon or Syria as the other countries closer to Cyprus than Israel. Most Americans have never left the state they were born in, let alone travel abroad or learn a second language.

My girlfriend was just happy we were not detained for few hours as a pun]ishment for my "smart aleck" comments to the border agent.

>>Most Americans have never left the state they were born in, let alone travel abroad or learn a second language.<<

Kikapu, it surprises me that you subscribe to this. I am representative of "most" Americans, y yo hablo Espanol kai Ellinika (3 generations removed from the "old country"). My family has collectively covered global territory inclusive of Europe, Asia, South America, and most of North America. Fifty percent of traditional American college students travel abroad during their studies. The typical high school curriculum requires a minimum of 2 years of a foreign language. Most 4-year colleges like to see 3 years on the applicants' transcripts. Are the only Americans you've associated with from rural Appalachia? I could, in return - but I know better - remark that most Cypriots, if they ever left the island, did so - as I'm guessing you did - because it has little to offer by way of preparing its people to compete in a Twenty-First Century global economy and that, should they know a second language, it was a consequence of it being forced upon them by occupiers or imperialists.

[Kikapu]

True story.

Couple of years ago, my girlfriend and I flew to Seattle from San Francisco, rented a car and drove to Vancouver B.C., Canada. On our return back to the US few days later, we were met at the border by a young female border agent. Upon showing my US passport and my girlfriend's Swiss passport, the agent asked the usual boring question as to where and when we met. I told her.

Then she asked me, "where is Cyprus", since my birth place is written as Nicosia in the passport. I said "It's an Island".

She then said, "I didn't ask you what it was. I asked you where it was".

I said, "It's South of Turkey and off the coast of Israel in the Eastern corner of the Mediterranean" hoping that she would have at least heard of those two countries as an young American, and without a pause, I then said to her, "and it has been there for a while".

My girlfriend was discreetly nudging me gently as we sat in the car for me to stop making the border agent look foolish.

After few more questions as to where we had been and why and where we were going and why, we were allowed to cross into the US. I don't know whether she was testing me if i knew where Cyprus was, or whether she had never heard of the place. That's the reason why I said Israel and not Lebanon or Syria as the other countries closer to Cyprus than Israel. Most Americans have never left the state they were born in, let alone travel abroad or learn a second language.

My girlfriend was just happy we were not detained for few hours as a pun]ishment for my "smart aleck" comments to the border agent.

>>Most Americans have never left the state they were born in, let alone travel abroad or learn a second language.<<

Kikapu, it surprises me that you subscribe to this. I am representative of "most" Americans, y yo hablo Espanol kai Ellinika (3 generations removed from the "old country"). My family has collectively covered global territory inclusive of Europe, Asia, South America, and most of North America. Fifty percent of traditional American college students travel abroad during their studies. The typical high school curriculum requires a minimum of 2 years of a foreign language. Most 4-year colleges like to see 3 years on the applicants' transcripts. Are the only Americans you've associated with from rural Appalachia? I could, in return - but I know better - remark that most Cypriots, if they ever left the island, did so - as I'm guessing you did - because it has little to offer by way of preparing its people to compete in a Twenty-First Century global economy and that, should they know a second language, it was a consequence of it being forced upon them by occupiers or imperialists.

Hi Filitsa

Oops. My mistake. I was in fact talking about young Americans, since I was talking about the young border agent as being the main topic. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

[Filitsa]

True story.

Couple of years ago, my girlfriend and I flew to Seattle from San Francisco, rented a car and drove to Vancouver B.C., Canada. On our return back to the US few days later, we were met at the border by a young female border agent. Upon showing my US passport and my girlfriend's Swiss passport, the agent asked the usual boring question as to where and when we met. I told her.

Then she asked me, "where is Cyprus", since my birth place is written as Nicosia in the passport. I said "It's an Island".

She then said, "I didn't ask you what it was. I asked you where it was".

I said, "It's South of Turkey and off the coast of Israel in the Eastern corner of the Mediterranean" hoping that she would have at least heard of those two countries as an young American, and without a pause, I then said to her, "and it has been there for a while".

My girlfriend was discreetly nudging me gently as we sat in the car for me to stop making the border agent look foolish.

After few more questions as to where we had been and why and where we were going and why, we were allowed to cross into the US. I don't know whether she was testing me if i knew where Cyprus was, or whether she had never heard of the place. That's the reason why I said Israel and not Lebanon or Syria as the other countries closer to Cyprus than Israel. Most Americans have never left the state they were born in, let alone travel abroad or learn a second language.

My girlfriend was just happy we were not detained for few hours as a pun]ishment for my "smart aleck" comments to the border agent.

>>Most Americans have never left the state they were born in, let alone travel abroad or learn a second language.<<

Kikapu, it surprises me that you subscribe to this. I am representative of "most" Americans, y yo hablo Espanol kai Ellinika (3 generations removed from the "old country"). My family has collectively covered global territory inclusive of Europe, Asia, South America, and most of North America. Fifty percent of traditional American college students travel abroad during their studies. The typical high school curriculum requires a minimum of 2 years of a foreign language. Most 4-year colleges like to see 3 years on the applicants' transcripts. Are the only Americans you've associated with from rural Appalachia? I could, in return - but I know better - remark that most Cypriots, if they ever left the island, did so - as I'm guessing you did - because it has little to offer by way of preparing its people to compete in a Twenty-First Century global economy and that, should they know a second language, it was a consequence of it being forced upon them by occupiers or imperialists.

Hi Filitsa

Oops. My mistake. I was in fact talking about young Americans, since I was talking about the young border agent as being the main topic. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

But that doesn't fly either, my friend. As I stated above, 50% of American college students do, at least, one semester abroad. Others join the Peace Corp. or do missionary work with church or charitable groups, and yet others are stationed abroad with the military. "Most" is a gross generalization.

[Kikapu]

True story.

Couple of years ago, my girlfriend and I flew to Seattle from San Francisco, rented a car and drove to Vancouver B.C., Canada. On our return back to the US few days later, we were met at the border by a young female border agent. Upon showing my US passport and my girlfriend's Swiss passport, the agent asked the usual boring question as to where and when we met. I told her.

Then she asked me, "where is Cyprus", since my birth place is written as Nicosia in the passport. I said "It's an Island".

She then said, "I didn't ask you what it was. I asked you where it was".

I said, "It's South of Turkey and off the coast of Israel in the Eastern corner of the Mediterranean" hoping that she would have at least heard of those two countries as an young American, and without a pause, I then said to her, "and it has been there for a while".

My girlfriend was discreetly nudging me gently as we sat in the car for me to stop making the border agent look foolish.

After few more questions as to where we had been and why and where we were going and why, we were allowed to cross into the US. I don't know whether she was testing me if i knew where Cyprus was, or whether she had never heard of the place. That's the reason why I said Israel and not Lebanon or Syria as the other countries closer to Cyprus than Israel. Most Americans have never left the state they were born in, let alone travel abroad or learn a second language.

My girlfriend was just happy we were not detained for few hours as a pun]ishment for my "smart aleck" comments to the border agent.

>>Most Americans have never left the state they were born in, let alone travel abroad or learn a second language.<<

Kikapu, it surprises me that you subscribe to this. I am representative of "most" Americans, y yo hablo Espanol kai Ellinika (3 generations removed from the "old country"). My family has collectively covered global territory inclusive of Europe, Asia, South America, and most of North America. Fifty percent of traditional American college students travel abroad during their studies. The typical high school curriculum requires a minimum of 2 years of a foreign language. Most 4-year colleges like to see 3 years on the applicants' transcripts. Are the only Americans you've associated with from rural Appalachia? I could, in return - but I know better - remark that most Cypriots, if they ever left the island, did so - as I'm guessing you did - because it has little to offer by way of preparing its people to compete in a Twenty-First Century global economy and that, should they know a second language, it was a consequence of it being forced upon them by occupiers or imperialists.

Hi Filitsa

Oops. My mistake. I was in fact talking about young Americans, since I was talking about the young border agent as being the main topic. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

But that doesn't fly either, my friend. As I stated above, 50% of American college students do, at least, one semester abroad. Others join the Peace Corp. or do missionary work with church or charitable groups, and yet others are stationed abroad with the military. "Most" is a gross generalization.

Point taken!

[Hermes]

Bit long in the tooth to be playing "girlfirend" thing, the image of you a 56yo with an 18yo on your arm yuk, always thought you were a pervert.

What makes you think a "girlfriend thing" ONLY means an 18 year old.

VP has some very strange ideas about relationships. It sounds like he leads a sheltered life. Just him and his goat.

[supporttheunderdog]

VP has some very strange ideas about relationships. It sounds like he leads a sheltered life. Just him and his goat.

Don't forget the Turkish Army!!!

[Pyrpolizer]

Things must have changed a lot Filitsa. I 've been in the USA for about 7 months, and what Kikapu said was in fact true back then. The Americans used to say "we are the best nation" and when asked "really, have you seen other nations, have you ever traveled" the typical answer was "yes I went to New York 2 times!"
As for exchange students there was only one in my University out of 7000 who' s been an exchange sort of student, to an American University abroad.
As for speaking foreign languages just forget it, some girls were fascinated by French though, albeit their knowledge was almost zero.
Let aside the fact that they thought of English as the only real language in the world. And what kind of English... the American English LOL.
I really felt sorry for a poor British professor we had there how the undergraduates were constantly giggling when he was talking.

Could you please clarify how the American students today spend one semester abroad? Do they do it as exchange students, or what? We haven't seen any in Cyprus btw, where do they go?

NB. I didn't like the US btw. Too dull of a place, too empty people, too much ignorance and arrogance, and a hidden racism everywhere

[B25]

True story.

Couple of years ago, my girlfriend and I flew to Seattle from San Francisco, rented a car and drove to Vancouver B.C., Canada. On our return back to the US few days later, we were met at the border by a young female border agent. Upon showing my US passport and my girlfriend's Swiss passport, the agent asked the usual boring question as to where and when we met. I told her.

Then she asked me, "where is Cyprus", since my birth place is written as Nicosia in the passport. I said "It's an Island".

She then said, "I didn't ask you what it was. I asked you where it was".

I said, "It's South of Turkey and off the coast of Israel in the Eastern corner of the Mediterranean" hoping that she would have at least heard of those two countries as an young American, and without a pause, I then said to her, "and it has been there for a while".

My girlfriend was discreetly nudging me gently as we sat in the car for me to stop making the border agent look foolish.

After few more questions as to where we had been and why and where we were going and why, we were allowed to cross into the US. I don't know whether she was testing me if i knew where Cyprus was, or whether she had never heard of the place. That's the reason why I said Israel and not Lebanon or Syria as the other countries closer to Cyprus than Israel. Most Americans have never left the state they were born in, let alone travel abroad or learn a second language.

My girlfriend was just happy we were not detained for few hours as a pun]ishment for my "smart aleck" comments to the border agent.

>>Most Americans have never left the state they were born in, let alone travel abroad or learn a second language.<<

Kikapu, it surprises me that you subscribe to this. I am representative of "most" Americans, y yo hablo Espanol kai Ellinika (3 generations removed from the "old country"). My family has collectively covered global territory inclusive of Europe, Asia, South America, and most of North America. Fifty percent of traditional American college students travel abroad during their studies. The typical high school curriculum requires a minimum of 2 years of a foreign language. Most 4-year colleges like to see 3 years on the applicants' transcripts. Are the only Americans you've associated with from rural Appalachia? I could, in return - but I know better - remark that most Cypriots, if they ever left the island, did so - as I'm guessing you did - because it has little to offer by way of preparing its people to compete in a Twenty-First Century global economy and that, should they know a second language, it was a consequence of it being forced upon them by occupiers or imperialists.

Well Filitsa, seems you have been living in the states too long and have become yankified.

http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/02/ ... assport-2/

Most Americans don't have a passport.

There are other li nks I could give, but you suffer the typical American dream BS, that no other country exists outside the US.

I watched a documentary not that long ago, a tv crew on the streets of the US asking every day people to point to various countires on a globe. The never had a clue, most didn't even realise the planet was spherical.

Kiks, you are right man, most yanks are full of shit, arrogant and stupid.

Thanks