>> Heh. I go to Switzerland - to the *tourist* parts of Switzerland - and 
>> in all the years I've been going I've met *one* other person from 
>> England.
> 
> I think you misunderstood what I meant.  I meant that in *every* country 
> there are all sorts of people, intimidating, friendly, evil, fun, 
> Haskell lovers, bikers etc.  IME the UK doesn't have massively lower 
> numbers of intimidating people compared to the rest of the world.

Like I said, I think I just find foreign accents intimidating.

Hell, I visited Liverpool and it took me a while to figure out why I 
couldn't understand anybody... I guess I'm not very bright.

> Where 
> would you feel more intimidated, a Haskell meet in San Francisco or a 
> Harley Davidson pub meet in the UK?

Amusingly (or not?), both of those would have approximately the same 
number of beards. o_O

One guy told me that Hell's Angels are "actually really friendly 
people". But I don't know whether that's actually true...

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