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Post by Nats on Jul 23, 2015 1:21:02 GMT
As of this week, all new Euros are to be printed on Greece-proof paper.
Syria has appealed for international assistance today, after a boatload of 500 Greeks arrived seeking a better life.
What are the first three letters of the Greek alphabet?
I.O.U.
I'm investing in a new currency...the George Foreman Euro. Same as the other Euro, but no Greece.
Alex Tsipras has said that Greece will "Bounce Back". Just like it's cheques.
My son wanted to know what it was like to live in Greece, so I took his pocket money off him.
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Post by missyaggravation on Jul 23, 2015 2:55:17 GMT
Ooh!
Poor Greece huh.
Seat of western democracy and its fucked.
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Post by Jez on Jul 23, 2015 3:05:57 GMT
An amazing country Nat.
I loved it there and the people are such nice relaxed people.
I blame a lot of it on the bastards at the top having deep pockets that were always being lined.
Hope it comes right for them but not sure how that will be achieved
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Post by catweasel on Jul 23, 2015 20:47:58 GMT
the greeks are guilty
of shitting in their own nests
dodging taxes is a greek pastime
their political system is so convoluted
with multiple small party players
that little or nothing gets done
they are so busy being 'democratic'
getting everyones opinion
and voting on this and that
that they have become wishy washy
in their leadership
no one taking the blame
for anything
because they all voted it
no blame equals
no consequence for incompetence
equals incompetence flourishing unchecked
this is where greece finds
itself today
and its no one elses fault
but their own
if they have to live like 3rd world citizens for a while
it might wake them up to the fact that
you dont get nothing
for nothing
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Post by missyaggravation on Jul 23, 2015 21:22:38 GMT
But their food's good.
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Post by catweasel on Jul 23, 2015 23:30:03 GMT
meh
adequate at best
greek food is way better
when you arent in greece
their fruit and veg sub par
meat expensive
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Post by Jez on Jul 23, 2015 23:53:46 GMT
I found their food to be ok, but nothing to equal the Italians who have super super nice food.
Greece was very very run down when we were there.
No money hence no one doing anything.
Streets not cleaned of rubbish and their wonderful tourist sites littered to the max.
No one getting paid so no one does it.
They seem to not have a realization of what beauty they actually have there and as said no one seems to take responsibility or pride in their own patch like we do here in NZ.
Too many top men dipping into the coffers which has made the little guys guard their money and avoid taxes.
I loved Greece and the people are wonderful, I would go back in a heart beat.
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Post by catweasel on Jul 24, 2015 1:06:53 GMT
yes it is a lovely place
picture postcard pretty
in places
filthy and decrepit in others
they were still getting paid
when i was there
and there was shit everywhere
the bus driver tore my ticket
in half
gave half back to me
and threw the remainder out the window
ramshackle is the word that
springs to mind
almost every house has a bunch
of building supplies
stacked around it
but no visible building going on
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Post by missyaggravation on Jul 24, 2015 8:24:45 GMT
Athens was paru
Islands were nice
One of the yummiest things I ever ate was on a ferry in Greece
These go any flat baked bean things
Never been able to find them anywhere since
As for the ferry
A few weeks afterwards it sank, drowning 82 people.
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