Dang Furriners

In article >, Scott en Aztlán wrote:

> I wish these dang furriners would learn the rules of the road before
> the come here and start driving like arrogant little pricks...

It's easier to skip the step of learning the rules of the road and go
right to making up their own version and driving in a me first, ****
everyone else style just like so many of the born-here citzens.

Scott en Aztlán <newsgroup> writes:

> So I'm driving down Euclid in Anaheim. I need to make a left into a
> shopping center, so I turn on my left turn signal and merge into the
> center left turn lane. Waiting in the driveway of the shopping center
> is a dang furriner in an older Mercedes sedan;

A "dang furriner?" You mean a *slopehead Oriental ching-chong Chinaman?*

(AKA "SO/CCC"; compare "LS/MFT.")

We have them all over up here. They aren't bad people, all things
considered, but they really **** me off with their "Mister Magoo"
style of driving.


> I wish these dang furriners would learn the rules of the road before
> they come here and start driving like arrogant little pricks...

Where do I get off assuming he was an Oriental? From (a) the driving
style you described; (b) the fact that he was driving a relatively
prestigious car; and (c) from the way that you described the miscreant
not just as a "prick," but as a "*little* prick."

"It is not enough merely to look, Glasshoppa. You must also *see.*"



Geoff

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Scott en Aztlán <newsgroup> writes:

> So I'm driving down Euclid in Anaheim. I need to make a left into a
> shopping center, so I turn on my left turn signal and merge into the
> center left turn lane. Waiting in the driveway of the shopping center
> is a dang furriner in an older Mercedes sedan;

A "dang furriner?" You mean a *slopehead Oriental ching-chong Chinaman?*

(AKA "SO/CCC"; compare "LS/MFT.")

We have them all over up here. They aren't bad people, all things
considered, but they really **** me off with their "Mister Magoo"
style of driving.


> I wish these dang furriners would learn the rules of the road before
> they come here and start driving like arrogant little pricks...

Where do I get off assuming he was an Oriental? From (a) the driving
style you described; (b) the fact that he was driving a relatively
prestigious car; and (c) from the way that you described the miscreant
not just as a "prick," but as a "*little* prick."

"It is not enough merely to look, Glasshoppa. You must also *see.*"



Geoff

--
"New Years Eve is all about drinking, ****ing and just having a
good time. First Night is about being bored stiff by sensitive
pinkos and angry lesbians." --Julian Macassey

Obviously a liberal, Brent P >
tries to blunt the criticism:

> It's easier to skip the step of learning the rules of the road and go
> right to making up their own version and driving in a me first, ****
> everyone else style just like so many of the born-here citzens.


Except that as anyone with an ounce of perception would've picked up
on, this particular individual's problem wasn't aggressiveness but
ineptitude. Ignorance of the concept of "right of way," specifically.
By the sound of things, he should've been restricted to pulling a ricksha.




Geoff

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"New Years Eve is all about drinking, ****ing and just having a
good time. First Night is about being bored stiff by sensitive
pinkos and angry lesbians." --Julian Macassey

Geoff Miller wrote:

> Obviously a liberal, Brent P >
> tries to blunt the criticism:
>
>
>>It's easier to skip the step of learning the rules of the road and go
>>right to making up their own version and driving in a me first, ****
>>everyone else style just like so many of the born-here citzens.
>
>
>
> Except that as anyone with an ounce of perception would've picked up
> on, this particular individual's problem wasn't aggressiveness but
> ineptitude. Ignorance of the concept of "right of way," specifically.
> By the sound of things, he should've been restricted to pulling a ricksha.
>

I don't think that this is any special territory of foreigners. I am
almost amazed when I see *anyone* driving in a correct manner. Stop
signs are especially chaotic. Doesn't anyone teach the proper way to
handle a 4-way stop anymore? I've all but given up hope on the KRETP
issue, best it seems you can hope for is that the morons don't bunch up
so close that you can't get through at all. Directionals are
alternately treated as a) a sign of weakness b) a device for granting
oneself the right of way.

I used to enjoy driving, back when I lived in civilized redneckia...

nate

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Nate Nagel wrote:

> I don't think that this is any special territory of foreigners. I am
> almost amazed when I see *anyone* driving in a correct manner. Stop
> signs are especially chaotic. Doesn't anyone teach the proper way to
> handle a 4-way stop anymore?

I used to be proud of the way Californians handled dead traffic lights
-- queuing properly, taking turns, etc. We had a power outage the other
day which also blew the lights at the complex intersection up the
street. After only a few minutes I looked out and there were flashing
lights and smashed cars. Sic transit gloria competence.

> I've all but given up hope on the KRETP
> issue, best it seems you can hope for is that the morons don't bunch up
> so close that you can't get through at all. Directionals are
> alternately treated as a) a sign of weakness b) a device for granting
> oneself the right of way.
>
> I used to enjoy driving, back when I lived in civilized redneckia...

No going back, unfortunately...

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On Tue, 28 Dec 2004, The Real Bev wrote:

> Sic transit gloria competence.

Or, sick transit glorifies incompetence.

In article ich.edu>,
Daniel J. Stern > wrote:
>On Tue, 28 Dec 2004, The Real Bev wrote:
>
>> Sic transit gloria competence.
>
>Or, sick transit glorifies incompetence.

Shouldn't the OP have "Sic transit competence mundi" -- "Thus passes the
competence of the world" in fake Latin. "Sic transit gloria
competence" means "Thus passes the glory of competence" in fake Latin.

In article ich.edu>,
Daniel J. Stern > wrote:
>On Tue, 28 Dec 2004, The Real Bev wrote:
>
>> Sic transit gloria competence.
>
>Or, sick transit glorifies incompetence.

Shouldn't the OP have "Sic transit competence mundi" -- "Thus passes the
competence of the world" in fake Latin. "Sic transit gloria
competence" means "Thus passes the glory of competence" in fake Latin.

On Tue, 28 Dec 2004, The Real Bev wrote:

> Sic transit gloria competence.

Or, sick transit glorifies incompetence.