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Urban Hat€monger ? 05-17-2008 04:09 PM
It's bad to enforce stereotypes on an entire nation ........
 
But sometimes they just don't help themselves...

Quote:
Cat and mouse blamed for blackout

Albanians may have found a new villain to blame for the frequent power cuts that have been blighting their lives.

The country's main electricity company says a cat chasing a mouse caused a 72-hour blackout in parts of the capital, Tirana.

The animals ran into an area of high-voltage cables and were electrocuted, a spokeswoman for the firm - Kesh - told Reuters news agency.

"We took pictures because we've never had anything like this," she said.

Power cuts have been endemic in Albania for many years.

The authorities usually blame drought and the dilapidated state of the communist-era grid, which appears to be buckling under the strain of the extra demand caused by the Albanians' recent access to modern amenities.
:laughing:

bsmix 05-17-2008 05:06 PM
more like continent. hahaha

adidasss 05-17-2008 05:08 PM
I don't get it...

right-track 05-17-2008 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by adidasss (Post 480925)
I don't get it...
It's a bit like when you turn on your PC and the lights in Zagreb go dim.

It's a capitalist pig thing Marijan.

jackhammer 05-17-2008 05:42 PM
They have electricity in Albania? I thought it was a country full of pikeys. Well I never.

adidasss 05-18-2008 01:58 AM
You guys are a bit xenophobic aren't you?

right-track 05-18-2008 02:46 AM
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Originally Posted by adidasss (Post 481005)
You guys are a bit xenophobic aren't you?
Xenophobic???
What gives you that impression, you commie peasant?

Rule Britannia!http://www.tafn.org.uk/images/animflag.gif

adidasss 05-18-2008 03:07 AM
Your joking aside, I'd like an honest answer from Lee and Richard. During the years I've gotten a distinct feeling Brits look down on east Europe and east Europeans...which I obviously don't care for.

I fail to see the humor in mocking an impoverished country. What's the title supposed to imply anyway, shit like that never happened in the west?

Urban Hat€monger ? 05-18-2008 07:22 AM
The title implies that most westerners see Albania as somewhere that's 50 years behind the rest of Europe with a Norman Wisdom obsession. Hence the title.

adidasss 05-18-2008 07:51 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger (Post 481047)
The title implies that most westerners see Albania as somewhere that's 50 years behind the rest of Europe ...
So you're kind of a xenophobe aren't you?

I have no idea who Norman Wisdom is.


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