Why can't the Spanish invent?

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Re: Why can't the Spanish invent?

Postby olive » Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:25 pm

Didn't the Spanish invent the Gestor?

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Re: Why can't the Spanish invent?

Postby silver » Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:56 pm

Some claim that coca-cola was a Spanish invention..recipe sold
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Re: Why can't the Spanish invent?

Postby frank » Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:03 pm

Others claim that "In May, 1886, Coca Cola was invented by Doctor John Pemberton a pharmacist from Atlanta, Georgia. John Pemberton concocted the Coca Cola formula in a three legged brass kettle in his backyard."
I know which claim I believe. :)
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Re: Why can't the Spanish invent?

Postby frank » Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:09 pm

olive wrote:Didn't the Spanish invent the Gestor?
They might have invented "el cobrador del frac", he's a very busy man in Spain nowadays! :lol:
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Re: Why can't the Spanish invent?

Postby Bongtrees » Wed Feb 25, 2009 2:04 pm

Was only talking about the FRAC man this morning and it would appear that the opposite is now true in Valencia because the people know that they are throwing good money after bad by using his services.

People either wont or cant pay now and arent bothered by him anymore.

In the good old days the preferred method here was to stalk the debtors wife especially if they had kids at private school and ate at good restaurants. The husband soon paid up.
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Re: Why can't the Spanish invent?

Postby alaninspain » Wed Feb 25, 2009 4:19 pm

Did not the Spanish invent the garotte ? It's popularity seems to have waned of late, but perhaps it is because the Spanish prefer to use cars to kill people. It is much less effort, just put your foot down and point. :shock: :?
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Re: Why can't the Spanish invent?

Postby Babby » Thu Feb 26, 2009 3:29 pm

Maybe they haven´t invented much but they are good sportsmen - Rafa Nadal, football, I discovered yesterday that 5 of the Liverpool team are Spanish !!!
I used to be indecisive but now I´m not so sure.

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Re: Why can't the Spanish invent?

Postby Bongtrees » Thu Feb 26, 2009 3:42 pm

Looks like the only inventions involve a stick :lol:
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Re: Why can't the Spanish invent?

Postby julian » Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:40 pm

if it was the spanish that invented the siesta, then that alone is worth a lot more than many other more complicated inventions that other countries have come up with !

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Re: Why can't the Spanish invent?

Postby JAWG » Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:58 pm

According to what I read on this and other forums, I thought they did a pretty good job of inventing multi-layers of red tape!
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Re: Why can't the Spanish invent?

Postby frank » Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:00 pm

Babby wrote:Maybe they haven´t invented much but they are good sportsmen - Rafa Nadal, football, I discovered yesterday that 5 of the Liverpool team are Spanish !!!
They're not even that good at that! :D
What about the other sports? We had more gold medals in the last Olympics than they had medals in total! :D

4 Great Britain (GBR) 19 13 15 47
14 Spain Spain (ESP) 5 10 3 18
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Re: Why can't the Spanish invent?

Postby frank » Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:14 pm

julian wrote:if it was the spanish that invented the siesta, then that alone is worth a lot more than many other more complicated inventions that other countries have come up with !
Might be worth more to the Spanish, but given that I can't think of too many countries that have adopted the siesta, just could be that it's the Spanish that are out of step. Not ever having been a fan of the siesta, personally I'd rather work straight through and finish at 5pm, than go home, have a sleep, go back to work, and then work until 8-9pm. :(
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Re: Why can't the Spanish invent?

Postby julian » Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:16 pm

you don´t know what you´re missing !! you are allowed a siesta on your days off and holidays you know! try it !

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Re: Why can't the Spanish invent?

Postby silver » Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:29 pm

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Re: Why can't the Spanish invent?

Postby JAWG » Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:32 pm

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Re: Why can't the Spanish invent?

Postby K chameleon » Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:55 pm

No credit card number needed to make your claim? :lol:

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Re: Why can't the Spanish invent?

Postby mantequilla » Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:02 pm

Frank, excuse me but how can you say Rafa Nadal is no good? Who is the number 1 at tennis at the moment in the world?


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