A quick explanation about what "Europe" means

[Othello]

We live close to each other and we fucking hate each other.

I love you too

[damned1974]

This will likely fall on deaf ears but I think that a few especially younger yanks should learn exactly what Europe means:

It means a massive sack of fuck all. A disparate collection of nations who banded together for fiscal reasons by virtue of inhabiting the same continent. The last 70 years since the end of WWII marks the longest period of time that at least some of the nations in Europe have not been attempting to kill each other.

When the football is on do you think that everyone goes "Oh well Italy versus France is just for japes because whoever wins, we're all European right chaps?" Because if you do then you're completely wrong. There is an annual rugby tournament called the Six Nations. Those nations are Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland, France and Italy. Is it called "The One Nation cup"? No. Because there are six nations.

We live close to each other and we fucking hate each other. We spent the last 1500 years conquering each other. Our sporting competitions are surrogate wars.

With that in mind it makes as much sense saying "LAMO teh American fiters r 2 gud 4 da EURO fiters LAMO" as it does for a Dutch boxing fan to claim some sort of moral victory over the United States because Carl Froch beat Pascal Jean.

So let's put it this way: If you want to call, say, an English boxer or a German boxer a "Euro" then I can legitimately refer to any boxer from the Americas as "American" or "Mexican" or "Canadian" interchangeably.

After saying all that-it is only pure irony that when a fellow European wins against an American-you all seem to find the unity to rejoice and "share" the win though,eh?

[Poet682006]

After saying all that-it is only pure irony that when a fellow European wins against an American-you all seem to find the unity to rejoice and "share" the win though,eh?

Don't confuse the man! You might call attention to the fact that he hates "Yanks" and that's all that matters to him

Poet

[damned1974]

yeah **** europe and **** the UK.


Wales was tearing up the SMW division.

lol-you mean the same guy who admitted to doing drugs? No wonder Calzaghe had fast hands-he was all "speeded" out!

[Mugwump]

[COLOR="DarkOrchid"]The squeaky wheels get the grease. [/colour]

That's good. Although it would be nice if you'd make this clear from the offset. I don't have my crystal ball handy, you see.

BTW, the phrase "thick as thieves" is a figure of speech that goes back centuries. It does not imply in any way that the objects of the term is are thieves. The key word in the phrase is "AS": Namely it's a simile, a literary device.

Poet

I'm perfectly well aware of its meaning. It's the negative connotations I object to.

[squealpiggy]

After saying all that-it is only pure irony that when a fellow European wins against an American-you all seem to find the unity to rejoice and "share" the win though,eh?

Not really. I don't rejoice when Wladimir Klitschko spoils his way to another 11 round victory against an American who can't hurt him, I never rejoiced when Sven Ottke managed to steal another fight... for me it's about styles. I like Arthur Abraham's style more than Dirrell's for example. But it has nothing to do with his Armenian/German background.

[squealpiggy]

Don't confuse the man! You might call attention to the fact that he hates "Yanks" and that's all that matters to him

Poet

Well the one thing that can unite Europe is that arrogant yanks piss everyone off. But if that's your yardstick then you can count Canada as part of Europe.

[PensionKiller]

Ok. A simile is a literary device used to convey meaning. For example, saying a flower is "pink as a pig". It does NOT indicate that the flower is in any way a pig, but rather that the flower is pink and using the pig as an example of something else that is pink. Most figures of speech in the English language have a literary device of some sort as their root: Simile, metaphore, analogy, ect. Most are also quite ancient, and in a reading of Chaucer (1300s) you can find some that are still in use to this day.

Poet

OK I get that. Thanks

What about thick as thieves then?

****** in what way? Or does it mean physical thickness?

Heck I could just google it thinking about it but I like you

[GoogleMe]

Remember, you'd all be native americans, if it weren't for Europe.

[damned1974]

Well the one thing that can unite Europe is that arrogant yanks piss everyone off. But if that's your yardstick then you can count Canada as part of Europe.

So if an American is arrogant than it's an abomination,but when a European is as well,then it is tolerated???
Let me guess-you dislike the humble Froch,eh???