Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Calis Beach Forum => Calis Beach Questions and Information => Topic started by: Scunner on January 16, 2008, 22:56:21 PM
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Old habits die hard for us Brits in Turkey. We left the frustration, crime and expense of the UK behind us forever, to embrace a whole new way of life and culture in a new country.
So why can none of us buy eggs from the sunday market unless we get 6 or 12 :D
Some of the egg men hardly speak a word of English but they all know "DOZEN" :)
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:o You've got Eggs on the brain Keith :D
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:DAnd why did everything used to be cheaper than asda, now they say cheaper than Oxfam. ;)
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Because Asda is cheaper than Calis Market now
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:)Probably is, Asda were advertising mens suits that are comung in for £15, they expect to sell out in 6 days, when asked how they could do them that cheap, they said that they bought the material by the mile, and what about Primark, nobody will want to buy clothes in Turkey anymore, ;)
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:) It'll soon be 'Cheaper than Harrods' ;)
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So Asda's the place for all men who are a mile long then
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Ahhh the eggs in Turkey market are so fresh and tasty.
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I remember looking for eggs in Migros a couple of years ago (not knowing they were out of stock). At that time i did'nt know the word yamurta. You try asking a turk where the eggs are using your body language only.
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Where on earth is the market for a crappy suit worth only £15? The Daily Mirror has the answer already:
"Robert McLauchlan splashed out on a new suit to go to court in yesterday - a £15 special from Asda"
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man at adsa? I don't think so. I thought you could spot a brit because he wears socks when in sandles. had sports gear on ie football shirt XXXL size to prove he knows about football of rugby depending on the logo on the front, wears shorts only to show of some lousy tats. Anybody else got any other ideas of how to spot a brit?
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An easy test is to beep your horn as if you have seen someone you know as you drive along - only Brits turn round and look :)
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The Brits that haven't moved over to Turkey can always be spotted when the temperatures are over 18C. They sport T shirts or light clothes when everyone else is wearing layers of clothing.
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Red faces and white legs are a give away too.
Matalan & Primark clothing.
People laughing at a Kamel Koc coach.
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:-\Giggling at the Arcelik vans.:D:D
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I do know how to spot an old married couple they sit and try to stare each other out LOL:D. I do agree though a brit has his ankle socks stretched to the limit and wears a daft hat!! :-\
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Ah, hats...
Tell me this, why do older British men (I guess I mean 60+) wear Navy/Captain style hats on the Rhodes ferry?
I never used to carry a flag and whistle when I caught the train to London :)
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Taking pictures of all the satellite dishes from a certain electrical company.
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:)Someone buying The Sun newspaper,(defo not me), or talking louder in English thinking the waiter will understand better. ;)
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as we do in life, we walk too fast
Tinx
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Union Jack shorts, grotesque tattoos, beer bellies and five O'clock shadows.
If you think that sounds scary, you should see the blokes :D
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if you see anyone wearing a Leeds shirt, they'll be English:D
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Originally posted by Scunner
Union Jack shorts, grotesque tattoos, beer bellies and five O'clock shadows.
If you think that sounds scary, you should see the blokes :D
Cheeky!!!:D
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They pronounce Calis like its a french harbour port.
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and they think all the waiters are called Lutfen
and I think drinking Efes is a give away
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I was told you could spot a brit because they had their dog on a lead.
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and their Mrs off of it
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Easy if they are tourists - they're the ones complaining that the locals don't speak English, that they don't understand the "funny money" and only eat the local food once during their fortnight.
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:)Greatest give away has got to be the bloody huge gold chains hanging from their necks and wrists which are big enough to tie a Harley up, Mete must be in bulk when he gets some of his orders, dont know how he keeps his face straight,:P
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I think the best way to spot us brits (tourists) is to look at a croud of people and spot the ones wearing next to nothing but a pair of swim shorts or a bikin you could call a piece of string!
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They're the people sitting on their balcony on their first morning with cornflakes covered in ayran
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Male teenage tourists - those being extremely rude to waiters and thinking that they can move like Turkish men.
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Originally posted by Scunner
They're the people sitting on their balcony on their first morning with cornflakes covered in ayran
I have seen that a few times my self :D
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Originally posted by Highlander
Male teenage tourists - those being extremely rude to waiters and thinking that they can move like Turkish men.
:DThere are a few forum members guilty of that one can you name them, If you dare. ;)
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Laffa - I presume you mean thinking that they can move like Turkish men and not the rude to waiters part
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:)You presume correctly Sir. ;)
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In a shop, you can spot the Brit.
He's at the till, two hands cupped and full of coins, with the shopkeeper taking two or three out to cover the nitty gritty of the purchase.
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following on from Scunners 'in a shop' post...
In a shop, you can spot a Brit
He's at the till, demanding his 3 Kurus change and 'NO, I DON'T WANT A *UCKING CHEWING GUM, I WANT ME CHANGE!!'
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You saw Crabbit in a shop and didn't say hello?
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Originally posted by laffa
:)You presume correctly Sir. ;)
Used to be guilty, but hopefully I've seen the light now. The zimmer certainly helps to focus the mind.
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Originally posted by Scunner
In a shop, you can spot the Brit.
In a shop :o - spending money :o - I feel faint.
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Unless it's a jewellers of course
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:DTheres another fine you've got yourself into. ;)
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A Brit in a carpet shop. Easily spotted. He's the guy watching a Turkish salesman running a lighter up and down a rug.
Similarly found in markets, spot the Brit buying a new belt.
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Originally posted by Scunner
A Brit in a carpet shop. Easily spotted. He's the guy watching a Turkish salesman running a lighter up and down a rug.
Similarly found in markets, spot the Brit buying a new belt.
Or three genuine "label" tee-shirts
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Brit man and women in a shop. Man frantically trying to convert the price of the item into GBP. He flatly refuses to believe the shopkeeper's conversion and only relents after a huge domestic with the wife who had worked out exactly the same price in GBP's as shopkeeper twenty minutes previously. Man eventually agrees that the cost is £ 7.29 which is approximately half what it would cost back home. Man grabs wife by the arm and frog-marches her out of the shop muttering under his breathe "bloody foreingers - rip-off merchants the lot of them"
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:)Or the Irish holiday maker, who barters them up, ;)
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HOW MUCH ???????????
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Sorry Laffa
Do the Forum rules allow such blatant racism?
(once did that ayram thing though - never again!)
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Asking for an Ayram.
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Originally posted by JacM
Sorry Laffa
Do the Forum rules allow such blatant racism?
(once did that ayram thing though - never again!)
:)Not racism Jac nor was it blatant,it was afollow up from Highlanders self admission about buying in a shop,don't say you have never heard an Irish joke,
Anyway another way to spot a Brit is the white socks as someone said, but with one pulled up and the other round his ankle. ;)
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In the 80's it was dead easy- matching his n hers shell suits and new for the hols perms( both men and women). The people buying from the beach vendors- either the snide perfume or the apple pies ( spot the apple).
Being suprised on the beach when theyre charged for the beds and umbrellas.
Actually enjoying Ian Rush's patter
Looking scared on dolmus a) no idea how much, b) where to get off c) at how packed it is
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The way this topic reads it seems that you can tell the Brits in Turkey because they are the ones sneering at their fellow Brits.
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Not at all, I've done a good number of the examples I posted myself ;)
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OK then, I think driving on the left-hand side of the road is a bit of a giveaway.
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Ah, but have you done that yourself
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think you are missing the obvious.....sat in an english bar at 3 oclock in the afternoon 114 degrees with a full english breakfast and a pint of efes
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How do you spot a British person who has had a holiday in Turkey?
He is wearing a Fake Rolex, smoking fake Golden Virginia roll up cigarettes, wearing a fake Man Utd shirt and his kids have fake Henley T shirts on and Burberry caps and the missus is drenched in fake perfume and carrying a fake Louis Vitton bag, telling everyone they had a great holiday and it was so cheap apart from the beer in the airport.:D and complaoi ning that the fresh milk is a bit salty :-\
Apart from the smoking bit I think I describe my family perfectly:D. Oh and the Man Utd shirt, over his dead body 8).
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we have noticed that all the brits walking seem to walk in the middle of the road...... I am talking about calis sideroads not the main roads but these roads are still used by traffic.Group of us friends all guilty of it
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Originally posted by Scunner
Ah, but have you done that yourself
Yes, but not for long. Some helpful motorists going in the opposite direction kindly pointed out to me the error I had made.
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GB - I've never bought anything fake in Turkey ;)
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Originally posted by Highlander
GB - I've never bought anything fake in Turkey ;)
:oI didn't realise you buy anythig real :-\
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no, we are the shockingly white vision you see appear on the beach (in far too skimpy an outfit, three sizes too small and held together by knots) that sit out and say, I've got to get a nice tan to take home, and they lay out, sweating and suffering, and by 5.00 they have turned a beautiful florescent and vibrant pink colour. By 8.00 that evening they have to sit in a cold shower to keep cool and cover themselves in cooling yoghurt to take away the pain...... the next couple of days are spent in the hotel room, curtains drawn cos they can't take the heat................. ;):(
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How to spot a Brit? Well the men all proudly saunter around following their beer bellies.(well they do stick out some! Ok not all but most!) Oh and they also have this thing about holding their wives hand! Now you can walk around your local town and only see either young or 'not been in this relationship long'type of people doing this, but get Brits abroad and holding the wife's hand is a must! The British women? Look in any of the bag,shoes,leather shops and there we are.
I shall people watch in August for more Brit traits while watching my own hubby rest his Efes on his tum & then insist on holding my hand back to the hotel. Bless!