Aww!!! Dude!!!

[Jand3rson]

motherland is russian, fatherland (das Vaterland) is german.

Makes me think of Robin Williams:

Homeland Security — they had to be careful with that name. They couldn't name it "Fatherland Security" or else there would be old Germans going, "Ja, thats a good one." But, Homeland Security, it sounds like (with British accent) "Homefront Security," which was England during World War II, we would have a bunch of Englishmen going "I did it! I captured Rudolph Hess personally, I threw my colostomy bag and covered him in shite and said 'get out of that fokker you fucker, get out!'"

[whiltebeitel]

Fo reals? I'd never heard there was a real defined sex to the countries.

Any idea on the way this works, or why it is what it is?

B/c Germany tried to get suprise buttsecks for Russia in WW@, then got B*tchslapped for it? :p

[LINUS]

motherland is russian, fatherland (das Vaterland) is german.

Fo reals? I'd never heard there was a real defined sex to the countries.

Any idea on the way this works, or why it is what it is?

[Jscotty]

I never eat or drink anything that is remotely close to the expiration date. Even if its still good, I might imagine smelling something bad.

My local supermarket is the disributor of their own private label store-brand dairy products and on their labels it says that its guaranteed to be fresh at least one week following the expiration date. That sounds good, however, I don't think that I ever want to test or redeem the guarantee.

[e30sd]

motherland is russian, fatherland (das Vaterland) is german.

[Vedubin01]

I think the B4 platform was the last of the cars built in Germany. But an 88 Jetta was built back in the motherland!

[LINUS]

88's (Jetta only) were still built in the Motherland. I don't remember VW going to MX until the A3 platform (aside from Bugs). A1's & A2's for us were Westmoreland,PA or Mamaland - if memory is serving me right today.

Golfs fell apart & leaked more than Jettas due to that sad fact.

[Charlie]

I hot NOTHING but problems with my 88 Jetta today. Most of which was due to horible German engineering. ;)

Polish & East German engineers doing it on the cheap, built in Mexico. I think you can give "german engineering" a pass on that one.

-Charlie

[AndrewBird]

Hey Andrew, if you cannot be trusted to discern what fucking YEAR a food item went bad in, how the hell are we supposed to trust you as to whether or not you are even DRIVING a car, much less if it is broken, or WHO had the bad engineering?


Huh? Answer that, tough guy!!!

Yeah, just giving you shit because it is easy and fun.

Luke

First of all, fuck off! ;)

Second, I kind of just read the month and day because I didn't think there was anything in the fridge that old.

Third, the bad engineering is not putting enough room to get the gauge cluster in and out without tearing your hands up and getting pissed off at the car.

My original post was kind of a rant though. That day was bad the whole way through. Hopefully today is better...

[LINUS]

Oh snap.

I took one bite of a bowl of cereal one day that I poured 2 week past the date milk on, and puked very quickly thereafter.

HAHAHAHAHA - I can't tell you how many times I've been making espressos @ home, and I'll be in the middle of steaming the milk - once that milk gets warm enough to give off some 'steamy smell vapor' I catch on the milk is past good - fricking nasty thing to start your morning.

If I have the presence of mind, I do the sniff test before pouring, regardless of the date on the jug.

I do that too with all canned stuff - for some reason I don't trust canned stuff without giving a sniff before adding it into something I'm making like adding a can of refried beans to meat for burritos or chip dip, etc.

[StereoInstaller1]

Hey Andrew, if you cannot be trusted to discern what fucking YEAR a food item went bad in, how the hell are we supposed to trust you as to whether or not you are even DRIVING a car, much less if it is broken, or WHO had the bad engineering?


Huh? Answer that, tough guy!!!

Yeah, just giving you shit because it is easy and fun.

Luke

[mtechnik]

Shame on you NitroRustlerDriver , shame!

j/k

Ur eyes played some tricks on ya.

Y'all remember that old cartoon (like a Popeye sorta cartoon) where these 2 sailors got stuck on a desserted island and hunger made see each other as hotdogs & hamburgers?

[ivo316]

i think old british sports cars a pretty cool, i have a 76 spitfire thats waiting for an engine. either 12A or 13B rotary

mmmm... a spitfire, why not a Messerschmitt ?

[atomic]

It's funny you say that. I've NEVER had anything on my MG fail on me other then maintenance items (read: waterpump, points, etc), yet today, I hot NOTHING but problems with my 88 Jetta today. Most of which was due to horible German engineering. ;)

sigh .....

[AndrewBird]

... So it's things like this that make you think it's a good idea to get an MG?

It's funny you say that. I've NEVER had anything on my MG fail on me other then maintenance items (read: waterpump, points, etc), yet today, I hot NOTHING but problems with my 88 Jetta today. Most of which was due to horible German engineering. ;)