Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!auvm!PRIME1!CHE5SB From: CHE5SB@PRIME1.UCS.LEEDS.AC.UK Newsgroups: bit.listserv.hellas Subject: Eurwpaika kai alla... Message-ID: Date: 9 Feb 90 04:18:35 GMT Sender: The Hellenic Discussion List Reply-To: The Hellenic Discussion List Lines: 56 Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM Gateway Via: 000012000024.SPCP.FTP.MAIL; 9 FEB 90 0:30:25 GMT Antigrafw apo to "The Guardian Impact", periodiko tou Guardian gia foithtes: GREECE area: 131,944 sq km exports: tobacco, fruit(incl. black currants), vegetables, olives, olive oil, textiles currency: drachma(257.03=1GBP Dec 1989) population: 9,930,000(1985)annual growth rate 0.5% life expectancy: men 72 women 76 language: greek religion: Greek Orthodox Christian 97% literacy: 96% male/89% female GNP: $32.4bn (1984) $3,260 per head of population (3rd poorest after Portugal with $1,930 and Belgium with $3,040 in the EEC) The "stereotypograph" of Greece is this: There are basically two types of Greek: porking great millionaires like George Michael and Ari Onassis or shepherds. Your average Greek can expect a lifetime of herding goats, drinking goat milk and eating goat milk yoghurt. National pastimes: Owning a fleet of oil tankers or delivering baby goats. The stereotype of the UK: While most other countries fight each other, the British- bullies by nature- prefer to fight among themselves. There are so many other classes and regions to pick on. All British people hate all other British people (but not as much as they hate foreigners or themselves), but put up with them in order to avoid embarrassment. British men look like Ronnie Corbett, but with spots. British women look like Hilda Ogden, but not so pretty. The British argue all the time, think that bottoms and winkles are funny, and like being told what to do by Mrs Thatcher. No wonder everyone else hates them too. National pastime: Pretending they still own the world. About the Irish: Don't open your mouth unless you're intending to fill it with Guinness. The Irish are quick to take offence at anything you might say. Verbose to the extreme, they manage to fool everyone into thinking that they can write English literature better than the English. National pastime: Drinking. And finally, about Portugal: As the Belgians are to the French, so are the Portugese to the Spanish. But for some reason, the Portugese appear to speak Spanish the wrong way round, and end up sounding like they've got half a bottle of port stuck in their windpipe. National pastime: Playing golf. Kurie Saka, ti lete gia ola auta. ____________________________________ Stelios Bikos Department of Chemical Engineering The University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT ENGLAND tel (0532)332444 e-mail: CHE5SB@UK.AC.LEEDS.UCS.PRIME1 =====================================