tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post4848926869765312763..comments2023-10-31T08:22:51.995-07:00Comments on Gadjo Dilo: History Today #2Gadjo Dilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-86808477965576438242010-05-07T01:05:30.865-07:002010-05-07T01:05:30.865-07:00O Kirios Dilo,
I applauded particularly hard at th...O Kirios Dilo,<br />I applauded particularly hard at the bit about stuck up Austrians, as Mrs Nikos has just escaped from a labour camp there having fallen foul of. inter alia, a nasty dose of campylobacter jejuni, male bigotry, nazi denial etc etc.<br /><br />Good game - we actually joined in at home!Nikoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03119901226987582553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-43178655653518385542010-05-03T23:42:34.376-07:002010-05-03T23:42:34.376-07:00Boyo, this Filthy McMillen clearly knows his onion...Boyo, this Filthy McMillen clearly knows his onions. All we then need is a particularly menacing close-up of Bela Lugosi in the centre of the Transylvanian flag and a Latin motto which translates as something like "Vampires Is Us". We'll co-opt our Moldovan brethren to do all the hard work in the new state, and demand protection money from Serbia, Slovakia and Hollywood California for keeping our Magyar hoards within our borders.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-60559249450778688422010-05-03T15:43:51.700-07:002010-05-03T15:43:51.700-07:00My chum Filthy McMillen once suggested that Transy...My chum Filthy McMillen once suggested that Transylvania ought to declare itself an independent vampire state, and that's the best idea I've heard on the subject.<br /><br />The Romanians can then concentrate on getting the idiot cousins in Moldova back on board the national hay cart and Hungary can remind Serbia that, no, Kosovo is not the end of their problems.No Good Boyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859104068516964533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-7380913958203790342010-05-02T22:11:22.922-07:002010-05-02T22:11:22.922-07:00倫惟, too right, mate.倫惟, too right, mate.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-46606973139855099452010-05-01T23:50:51.994-07:002010-05-01T23:50:51.994-07:00Samus, p.s., I wanted to give readers a flavour of...Samus, p.s., I wanted to give readers a flavour of the Romanian resentment about what they see as "Hungarian chauvinism"; yes, it didn't have to be Horthy - I could have referenced one of the 19th Century Hungarian politicians who were intent on denying other ethnicities the rights to their cultures within the borders of the Empire. Though Ceasescu's crimes do tend to look worse as they are more recent.<br /><br />It occurs to me that nothing about this post was funny for you if you have never seen the UK television programme The Generation Game!Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-13584944332803267182010-05-01T22:57:00.822-07:002010-05-01T22:57:00.822-07:00Samus, do you mean the URL 'http://www.youtube...Samus, do you mean the URL 'http://www.youtube.com/vF9NprhgSkg'? It says 'Not Found' when I try it. Please send me a full URL that works for you. Yes, I do realise that for some people it was a nightmare living under those regimes, but I wanted to tell my readers - who probably won't know too much about it - some basic facts, and it seemed better to start with immediate ones rather than things that happened many centuriess ago (bad and wrong things happened many centuries ago in <i>all</i> parts of the world). I apologise if I offend anybody. It's very good that we can joke: I don't know what your ethnicity is or where you are from, but you seem to have a very healhty and balanced attitude to these matters.<br /><br />Kevin: "you get nothing for a pair if this game.... or so they say!"Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-68892117766621216682010-05-01T12:45:28.246-07:002010-05-01T12:45:28.246-07:00It's the lovely Anthea. Give us a twirl dear. ...It's the lovely Anthea. Give us a twirl dear. Very nice, now the other one.<br /><br />Good game, good game, let's have a look at the old scoreboard...Kevin Musgrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14472110857057175327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-4510040787490195232010-05-01T09:46:57.062-07:002010-05-01T09:46:57.062-07:00It's OK to joke about these things, we both Ro...It's OK to joke about these things, we both Romanians and Hungarians do it all the time just that, my humble thought, the characters you chose are too "contemporary" with us.<br />There are many people alive who's lives were a never ending nightmare because of people like Ceausescu or Horty.<br /><br />P.S. After reading your article I've got the impression that you mention Horty just to somehow balance the reference about Ceausescu. <br />Please watch this YT documentary if you have the time (vF9NprhgSkg, this is part 1/5).Samushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15201968897467544382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-59085518237865073312010-04-30T23:58:57.222-07:002010-04-30T23:58:57.222-07:00Daph, thanks, I needed a liyttle reasurance htat i...Daph, thanks, I needed a liyttle reasurance htat it was amusing and not just weird :-) Exactly, one can bring people together by reminding them of something they hate/distrust than each other. But banning the burka.... maybe they should have also banned Brucie's wig.<br /><br />Eryl, did you never see The Generation Game with Bruce Forsythe? Are you from Britain?? Were you in cryogenic storage during the 1970s??? ;-)<br /><br />Samus, I was hoping that you'd visit, and please don't hestitate to get annoyed with me and tell your view if you think I'm misjudging things! Yes, the joke does work :-) Though if one hasn't lived in Eastern Europe and experienced the misrepresentation of history at first hand, then I don't know if one can appreciate it fully ;-)Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-89733831705215753222010-04-30T19:23:22.752-07:002010-04-30T19:23:22.752-07:00There is a joke here about Michael the Brave (kill...There is a joke here about Michael the Brave (killed by general Giorgio Basta, Albanian ethnic :) ) at the command of the Austrian monarchy in 1601.<br /><br />Two peasants, old neighbors and friends George(Romanian-Gheroghe) and John(Hungarian-Janos) casually meet and a short conversation takes place:<br /><br />John: How are you George?<br />George: I'm very angry and I'm contemplating about killing you!<br />John: Why would you want to do such a thing and why me, we are friends since forever!<br />George: You Hungarians killed Michael the Brave! <br />John: But George that was 400 years ago!<br />George: Well, that may be but I just heard about it!<br /><br />I'm curious if the humor is still there after my rough translation and without knowing the local social & political background?Samushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15201968897467544382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-23215759670995756632010-04-30T16:20:45.760-07:002010-04-30T16:20:45.760-07:00I have no idea what you are going on about, but pl...I have no idea what you are going on about, but please can I wear a silver bikini for the next show?Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-51645459472752973682010-04-30T06:17:24.390-07:002010-04-30T06:17:24.390-07:00Most amusing, Gadj! It would take Anne Robinson t...Most amusing, Gadj! It would take Anne Robinson to sort out the Belgians. They've been temporarily united in their common dislike of Moslems in a symbolic banning of the the burka - with no government in charge!Daphne Wayne-Boughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10581048408996935564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-51374826984461699592010-04-30T00:22:07.099-07:002010-04-30T00:22:07.099-07:00Lulu, yes I supposed it might seem a bit warped - ...Lulu, yes I supposed it might seem a bit warped - always a danger when one wants to make some serious points but be vaguely entertaining at the same time.<br /><br />worm, I can't find 'frumut' in any Romanian- or Hungarian-English online dictionary - I hope it doesn't mean something insurrectionary! Yes, and matching his and hers monogrammed luggage.<br /><br />Pat, Bruce is a national treasure, and a good deal funnier than the subject matter I've tried to reference here. Satire is indeed a good survival mechanism.<br /><br />zmkc, either a top-class optimist or a very very silly boy. Indeed, and they'll have no option but to enjoy themselves - if only it were that simple :-)<br /><br />Gaw, you can be my agent if you like! I've always thought that that Michael Wood's "In Search of..." programmes would have been better done in the manner of Cilla Black's "Blind Date".Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-26662548355472141562010-04-29T06:56:03.396-07:002010-04-29T06:56:03.396-07:00Blimey, talk about making history accessible. I...Blimey, talk about making history accessible. I'd be careful or the BBC might be giving you a call about the potential for that particular format...Gareth Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058241057385364459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-15451186585952694602010-04-29T06:18:37.130-07:002010-04-29T06:18:37.130-07:00You are clearly a top-class optimist.
(And anyway ...You are clearly a top-class optimist.<br />(And anyway what will everyone do, should you ever solve the problem - they will be bored witless, without a central preoccupation gnawing at them night and day.)zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-67336474098808219692010-04-29T03:46:34.642-07:002010-04-29T03:46:34.642-07:00You certainly know your Brucie as do I but the nas...You certainly know your Brucie as do I but the nasty under belly I'm not very familiar with so feel a little out of my depth. I think satire is a very effective way of dealing with horrors.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-19402540655097236212010-04-29T02:00:11.955-07:002010-04-29T02:00:11.955-07:00Brucie: Nice to see you; to see you...
Assembled ...Brucie: Nice to see you; to see you...<br /><br />Assembled Masses of Romanians and Hungarians (in unison): Frumut!!<br /><br /><br />Hmm..doesn't quite have the same ring to it...<br /><br /><br />Do any of the winners get a matching his and hers monogrammed towelling set?wormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802335627720182532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-8545081597736876122010-04-29T01:10:48.162-07:002010-04-29T01:10:48.162-07:00that was like a surreal dream - a warped version o...that was like a surreal dream - a warped version of Saturdays watching telly with my parents. <br /><br />I liked the master classes: how to make a tree out of newspaper - fabLulu LaBonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546286547273386382noreply@blogger.com