From Portugal News section of this weeks Resident

"Portuguese are the most irritable and bad tempered people"


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Traffic jams, badly behaved children, disagreements between couples, red tape and queues all add up to make the Portuguese the most irritable, bad tempered and explosive nation in Europe.

This is the shocking results of a public survey carried out in 17 countries throughout the European Union by Reader’s Digest in conjunction with leading universities. But the British aren’t far behind, coming a close second according to the study. The reasons? Traffic jams, train and metro delays, work pressure, stress and, of course, the unpredictable wet weather

Bear in mind that polls are in general carp. My evidence for this is that Bill Gates was voted 'Top Jumper Wearer of the Year 2001', a title previously held by Giles Brandreth and Albert Speer, and that Robbie Williams was voted 'the man most likely to restore peace and democracy in Iraq' by a bunch of PR types.

I believe Bill gates was the top jumper wearer in 2001. Giles's star was already on the wane and as for Albert the fairisle pattern was becoming passe by then especially on a corpse. As for Robbie and Iraq my guess is he probably has as much chance as Bush or Blair of getting things sorted

This topic should be on chit chat and is very boring, Mike

Question for 'Mike'

If you find it boring why don't you go and do something you don't consider boring instead of making stupid little remarks. Nobody gives a bugger whether you find something boring or not.

Do you take delight in being rude to all and sundry pm?
Does that make your day,give you joy?
Id rather have the company of the spider man any day than yours.At least he has humour.Has yours being surgically removed?

He cannot be excused but at least he is venting his moaning and waffling on here and not some poor human,.....shame

Sofi and John.
Actually I think it is quite rude for someone to reply 'move this it is boring'.
Maybe you think differently.
I also think that your remarks are very rude, much more so than mine.

Perhaps you would like to explain why it is ok to say 'move this it is boring' and not alright to say what I said.

In fact why don't you both go and do something more useful. I replied to a posting and got told I was 'boring' and I reacted. Which is reasonable. What you two think you are contributing I can't imagine. I suppose Countdown isn't on so your afternoon is so dull you decided to type some random arsey comment.

Well done. Why don't you have another go

PM, this is boring and should be on Chit Chat, it has nothing to do with Carvoeiro. What a pity you do!

Sorry didn't log on, Mike,Chislehurst

It's about Portuguese people, some of whom live in Carvoeiro.

Hmmmm....so it is the Portuguese who are the most irritable and bad tempered in Europe is it?

How about us Carvoeiro.com forum users? Do we score?

Anonymous wrote:PM, this is boring and should be on Chit Chat, it has nothing to do with Carvoeiro. What a pity you do!

Mike,Chislehurst, a "Guest" can't post on Chit Chat.

The last time I looked at a map, Carvoeiro was in Portugal.

The topic is no more boring, or intersting, than, say, barking dogs.

…and Sky News have their own interpretation ….. putting Britain top
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THE GREAT GRIPE LIST

People in 17 countries across Europe have been surveyed to discover which everyday annoyances angered them most.
Those polled were given a list of 20 common annoyances and asked to rank them in terms of the ones which were the most infuriating.
The following list shows the ranked annoyances with the percentage of Britons who found it infuriating.
The figure in brackets is the percentage across the rest of Europe.

Dog Mess 90% (82%)
People who drop litter 89% (86%)
Spitting in public 85% (76%)
Queue-jumpers 84% (81%)
People who don't say please/thankyou 80% (62%)
Automated telephone switchboards 79% (52%)
Telemarketers 78% (62%)
Poor personal hygiene 75% (74%)
Tailgaters 75% (73%)
People talking loudly on mobile phones 69% (51%)
Noisy neighbours 68% (61%)
Incomprehensible manuals 67% (63%)
People who swear 64% (52%)
Plastic wrapping you can't open 62% (57%)
Internet pop-up ads 61% (59%)
Smoking in public places 60% (50%)
Unpunctuality 60% (68%)
Graffiti 54% (51%)
Roadworks 52% (35%)
People who display too much flesh 25% (22%)

pm, thank you for attempting to point out the true value of these surveys

People who display too much flesh 25% (22%)

Oooh, they would hate Austin in the summer.