2014, day after day

[Anthea]

Lovely photo of you both

You look very young for your age

Perhaps this is what talsor has got against you - because many Kurdish men look much older than their years - especially those who smoke

[Piling]

Perhaps this is what talsor has got against you - because many Kurdish men look much older than their years - especially those who smoke

When they are not from the sort 'here-moron-no-brain-signal' I appreciate Kurds for that : I have always been gerontophile ; even when I was young I did not like youth

[Anthea]

Perhaps this is what talsor has got against you - because many Kurdish men look much older than their years - especially those who smoke

When they are not from the sort 'here-moron-no-brain-signal' I appreciate Kurds for that : I have always been gerontophile ; even when I was young I did not like youth

Granddad snatcher

Older men are generally much more intelligent

I do like a man I can have an intelligent conversation with - someone who enjoys expanding their knowledge - someone who has a wide variety of interests - someone who loves animals and the countryside - someone with a sense of humour (very important that last one)

Most important of all: someone who enjoys cooking as much as I enjoy eating

[Piling]

Concerning cooking that's ok, I am the Chef.

Trying to watch 2 episodes of Southcliffe series. Annoying. I watch 1 Wallander, not bad.

If I am not lazy this evening, I could begin to watch 'Le salon de musique'

[Anthea]

Concerning cooking that's ok, I am the Chef.

French have much more interesting and flavoursome food than we do in UK

Trying to watch 2 episodes of Southcliffe series. Annoying. I watch 1 Wallander, not bad.

I always watch Wallander and have read many of the book

If I am not lazy this evening, I could begin to watch 'Le salon de musique'

Thank you for that I absolutely love old Indian films

[Anthea]

France is the world's capital for cuisine

Everyone knows that French food is the best and sets the standard for all the world's top chefs

I have never understood why so many Muslims have chosen to live in France when they are not able to eat all that delicious food - nor enter into the food based social lifestyle

France has the top chefs - people in many other countries would love to have the choice of all France's fantastic restaurants

Mealtimes in France are the centre of family and business life

Want to have a contract signed just take your client to a good French restaurant 3 hours later they will sign anything

It must be very difficult living with such culinary delights and not be able to even taste any of them

[Piling]

I have never understood why so many Muslims have chosen to live in France when they are not able to eat all that delicious food - nor enter into the food based social lifestyle

Many people with muslim origins are eating like us (Arabs as Kurds or Africans). And they drink wine and enjoy it. Religious people are a minority (as for all French population).

Whatever are our origins (Christian, Jews, Budhist or Muslims) France is a Kafiristan

In France, religion is a very private and personal choice, and has nothing to do with public life and citizenship. For that reason any sort of religious 'coming-out' (from all religion) is seen as uncommon. For France, you are a Muslim IF you do not eat pork, do not drink wine and prays, etc. If not, you are not Muslim, you are… 'normal'.

Jews are the same. They follow mosaic laws even if they believe in it. My uncle married a Jewish French woman (so technically my 2 cousins are also jews), she is not at alla religious and does not care of Jewish rules for eating.

Most of Kurds I know do not care of islamic halal stuff and so on. If one of them does, it is by real faith, not by social rules.

In fact, far-right political parties like FN are more obsessed by islamic rules than 'Muslims' themselves.

[Anthea]

In the UK most of the Kurdish friends I have from Kurdistan are very well educated and a great many of them are practising Muslims

The opposite is true of Kurds who came from Turkey - most of them look down on Muslims and believe them to be very backward thinking - I only know a handful of genuine practising Muslims from Turkey

[Piling]

The opposite is true of Kurds who came from Turkey - most of them look down on Muslims and believe them to be very backward thinking

The same from Western Kurds. But it could be only a question of different generations. In 70s - 80s, islam was considered as very backward for revolutionary Kurds. The youth now can adopt Islam as their elders were Marxists.

[Anthea]

The opposite is true of Kurds who came from Turkey - most of them look down on Muslims and believe them to be very backward thinking

The same from Western Kurds. But it could be only a question of different generations. In 70s - 80s, islam was considered as very backward for revolutionary Kurds. The youth now can adopt Islam as their elders were Marxists.

Marxism was a really stupid idea - if Ocalan had not have tried using Marxism as the basis on which to build Ocalanistan he would have had a great deal more support

[Piling]

Moreover, if YOU don't want to eat that :



or that :



or that :



You can't eat French

[Anthea]

You forgot Larry the lamb and Bambi

[Anthea]

Nor do I eat crabs or lobsters

[Piling]

I have a passion for oysters, in fact :

[Piling]

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