Sure, we were taxed without representation, but we had all of that sweet lacy shit coming out of our sleeves.

I am so ahead of the game on this one.

would ye like a mutton chop?

nah the food sucks

what are you talking about? They have curry now that they found the real India.

Don't know about England but is it true that in Italy the whole country will just take off work for a whole month?

Don't they get a whole week off for Easter as well?

Why stop in England? Why not go all the way to Greece, where the world actually began.

By the way, why doesn't the US have siesta? I wouldn't mind a nap right about now.

most of europe takes august as a holiday.
except probably the germans. fucking workaholics.
the siesta concept is so great.

mmmm.....siestas.

that's the best idea ever.


i used to bug our old hr lady all the time about giving us a 'nap room'. ...she wasn't buying it.

Why am I just now hearing about this?

This is a lazy man's paradise. My whole life has been a lie.

nice, we can The Coral on their upcoming tour.

and eat curry and chips.

will be there in September! counting the days.

My sister who, lives in Greece, works a total of 15 hours per week. And in the summer works even less. This, and free healthcare.

wait we should all totally go to Iraq.

i know a spot there.

Nah it's just that Americans are greedy and workaholics which explains why our children have more problems growing up and the divorce rate is higher.

I wouldn't mind living in France or Italy. I like the culture and I most definitely could eat the food. I hear England is rather expensive housing wise. And I certainly wouldn't have wanted to live there a few hundred years ago, they seemed to cut yer head off way too little a thing(been reading up on Tudor/Elizabethan years so it's stuck in my head).

erm, the divorce rate is pretty high in the UK as well.

and guess what? there are greedy people all over this wide world.

workaholics? head to japan.

"You don't boil pizza!" ( Bill Hicks )

yeah, Italy is ridiculousy lazy. My mom is from there, and I visited relatives twice. They don't work. Seriously my uncle goes in from 6-10am. Has 10 -3 off for lunch. Goes back works 3-5, and when he gets busy he occasionaly works till 6. Just try to find something open besides places to eat from noon to 3. Absolutely nothing is open. I got sick on a Sunday, which was bad news because only 1 pharmacy for 150,000 people was open. It rotates on which stay open so that they don't have to work on sundays. And they take the whole month of august off.

Ok.

But, the brits don't take August off. Gotta learn another language to get that sweet schedule.

Yeah, just ask the Mexican army at San Jacinto.

Seriously, I'd rather stay and gather round the liberty tree here. I can do the lacy sleeve thing without actually having to go back there.

London in August is dead

Paris is the same way from Bastille Day through the end of summer.

German, Italian and French workers get about 40 vacation days compared to two weeks for most Americans.

I'm still staying put.

Steve

One of my friends is getting married in Cuernavaca at the end of may to a nice guy, a salsa instructor. She currently works 10 hours a week, dances 15 hours a week, and live comfortably and happily. It sort of makes me want to reconsider things . . .

who exactly takes it as a holiday? I have been to a handful of countries in the august month and I ran into no real problems with places being closed and such. maybe I am not understanding...

I know of Greece and Italy doing this but can't tell you about other countries. France perhaps? And Spain?

Most people with office jobs in western europe take august off. Shops and such are still open.

For those of you who wouldn't move overseas, here's a typical day for a European living in the Mediterranean.

Wake up around 8:00.
Go and open the shop at 9:00.
Work until 12:00 and close the shop.
Go home and have lunch.
Sleep until 4:00 (This is a general way of living. Everyone in town does it.)
Wake up, and go to the beach.
Sit on the beach until dark (around 8:00)
Go home, shower, get dressed and go out dancing, drinking, fucking, etc.


Now this is living.