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Old 09-02-2004, 11:11 AM   #22
mattwakeman
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Originally Posted by rkmsuf
Trekkies Around The World

He says French trekkies are very secretive about their sci-fi passions because, he admits, "the culture looks down on television in general."

However, Germans consider being a trekkie "almost cool because it's a country of mechanical engineers." Plus, German women are more open to being trekkies than the ladies in other countries.

Meanwhile, Italian trekkies are the most communal -- whole conventions stop at lunch and dinner so that Vulcans, Klingons and Romulans can dine together.

wow, way to wheel out those national stereotypes, who could ever argue with the thought of the French looking down their noses whilst the Germans are all methodical types. At least we Brits were spared...
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