h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Interesting. I found the responses more educational than the original story, probably because the story is an almost word-for-word quote of an article written by the professional humorist Dave Barry. I guess Dave won't mind it being used as an example of the eternal conflict.
I agree that peace entails compromise and apology, but only so far. It helps know know what is important enough to stand one's ground on and what can be shrugged off. I haven't had too much luck resolving the romance question myself but I accept responsibility for that. I am a liberal Democrat and a feminist, in a career that throws me daily into a den of conservative, sexist Republicans. It can be said I am trying to mate outside my species. But I have friends who have made relationships work, so I have hope for the future.

You are absolutely right that Dave Barry wrote the thing, and I realize now that I have made a mistake by not saying so before the thing starts. I have, however, done so now.
Interesting. I too have been a political activist in Sweden, in the party that was once led by Olof Palme. This is where I met my wife. I am cuurently employed by The Equal Opportunities Ombudsman of Sweden.

I am a plumber to trade! but working as a gas service engineer and never been politically active. Although we here in Scotland are the proud 'owners' of the worlds newest parliament, both myself and my partner are supporters of Scottish independance from the Mother of All parliaments in Westminster. It is a divorce we both look forward to being a part of.

My sincere hopes that this will work out. As once a great listener to those two ugly scottish twin brothers that had a song about that the english ruling, I am a devoted fan of separatism.

Obviously The Proclaimers and all their music and their spectacles would be donated to England as a Fairwell present along with little tartan clad dolls and shortbread tin artwork.

You feel you are better off without these items?

Scotland needs to shed the touristee image of yesteryear, we are vibrant, intelligent nation with much to offer the tourist of today. We dont want or need to be thought of as hairy arsed drunkards prancing around in kilts tossing our cabers. We still get people from England amazed that we get the same TV programmes as them, some are even amazed that we have TV, even though we invented it. I will admit though if you have ever seen a Scottish international football crowd you could be forgiven for thinking we are a bunch of hairy arsed drunkards, but we are good natured and friendly ones!

Scotland is an amazing place to visit we have some of the most beautiful countryside (not just in the highlands either), a cultural heritage most nations would kill for and people only to willing to greet and befriend strangers. I, like a all nationalists, am not anti English. Their our neighbours and we share a very small island with them and the Welsh. I just don't believe we are similar enough to be governed by them.

Anyway this forum is supposed to be about men and woman, so I had better say there are both men and woman (and some sheep and things) living here.

Right, I'll be there next summer. Me and some ten friends and kids are going to drive about in northern England and southern Scotland in two minivans. This is great, since we all know the language and it would be a terrible waste not to once visit a country where they actually speak the thing...

Just don't expect to understand anyboby. The regional varaitions of the Queens English can make you think your visiting several countries all at the same time!

There has been a phrase book published recently that explains to the tourist what to expect and how to correctly tranlsate the various dialects.

I don't worry. I'm rather good at understanding the English language, even the spoken form, and even the scottish form. Met some scottish blokes in Spain in 1992, and at one point they tried to confuse me by talking really, really scottish, but managed to get a pretty good grip on what they were on about.

Any particular places you would like to visit here?

Or are you like me and just see where you end up!

I would surely like to take a trip over to Isla and see what they're up to there... Maybe even taste what they're up to. I would also like to do some fishing, have a look at nature and, yes, play me some rounds of golf...