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Discussion => Off topic => Topic started by: DSiddious on May 16, 2012, 12:49 pm
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Random...I know. Just thought the answers will be interesting.
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As they wouldn't be there talking our language if it wasn't for us then I think they should hold us in high esteem. They must do otherwise they wouldn't steal our history, Princess Diana and tea and crumpets. :P
Love you really America, you're alright.
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Unfortunately, I think were going to get a lot of the old Tea and crumpets and bowler hat thing.
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Unfortunately, I think were going to get a lot of the old Tea and crumpets and bowler hat thing.
Yes but they can't take them from us. They will always be ours but what we can do is lend them our culture for a bit and then they can feel a bit cultured. :P
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I think that Great Britain is worse than USA in several aspects. Surveillance obsessed, the media is full of extremely blatant propaganda, etc. GB takes these things even further than the USA does. I don't get quite the same Christian fundamentalist vibe from GB as I do from the USA though, and GB seems less hell bent on transforming the entire world to be in line with its moral crusades, although that is probably largely because USA works ultra over time at that.
I see GB as a modern era fascist police state and the USA as a modernized, slightly watered down Christian version of radical Islamic countries.
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As far as I'm concerned the UK is alright in my book. Don't know too terribly much politically to really bring anything up but thank you guys for Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Laurie and Monty Python (amongst a plethora of others) :)
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True most watched state in Europe. But we do have the one thing the USA want, History.
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I like Great Britain for their fish and chips, corned beef and cabbage, and of course icy cold guiness lager.
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I think their brand of colonialism was pretty cruel, but then again Belgium and Leopold II... and our brand of colonialism was/is disgusting as well.
I think we've imported a lot of great media from you guys, I think working class accents are sexy, I think Americans who try to use British phrases and fake accents, who are the GB equivalent of Japanese weeaboo are idiots, I think Cockney rhyming slang is interesting linguistically
I hate how in our media any kind of British accent = automatic bad guy
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I see GB as a modern era fascist police state and the USA as a modernized, slightly watered down Christian version of radical Islamic countries.
Lol...if you like mate. Clearly you haven't spent much time here.
And yeah we are the most watched state in the E.U but to be fair we do have the most bastards in the E.U so whilst it is a stupid reaction it's to be expected from the politicians that capitalize on fighting crime.
And Joeyjojojr you are forgetting the English Breakfast and the Beef Wellington. :)
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I also like the fact that police don't usually carry guns (is that still true?)
ALSO! Even though I'm a vegetarian sometimes i wish i could get properly drunk and get a curry
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I also like the fact that police don't usually carry guns (is that still true?)
ALSO! Even though I'm a vegetarian sometimes i wish i could get properly drunk and get a curry
Most don't but some do in certain circumstances. We also have vegetarian curries, they are lush.
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bloody wanker
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i wish i could stomp the shit out of the bnp
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I think that Great Britain is worse than USA in several aspects. Surveillance obsessed, the media is full of extremely blatant propaganda, etc. GB takes these things even further than the USA does. I don't get quite the same Christian fundamentalist vibe from GB as I do from the USA though, and GB seems less hell bent on transforming the entire world to be in line with its moral crusades, although that is probably largely because USA works ultra over time at that.
I see GB as a modern era fascist police state and the USA as a modernized, slightly watered down Christian version of radical Islamic countries.
That's pretty spot on IMO. As much as the media in the US pisses me off, I wouldn't be able to handle it in the UK - they seem to invent the news on a regular basis. I couldn't stand being on surveillance cameras so frequently, nor could I stand being that close to Ireland.
I noticed a huge surge of anti-US sentiment shortly after the Iraq and Afghanistan wars broke out. Not saying they weren't deserved, but it felt any discussions on the topic left Americans having to defend themselves, even if they didn't agree with the decisions made.
I like British actors in American movies, but like very few British movies. Most US television shows are imported or duplicated; we're both suffering from bombardment of 'reality' television, more so in the US. We have American Idol, they have Britain's Got Talent, even the likes of Hoarders, they have a nearly similar show called Hoarder Next Door.
What the UK is missing is America's heartland, the backwater hillbilly hole-in-the-wall towns. Well you have Scotland, but it's not the same, they make scotch not moonshine, spend their weekends playing/watching rugby not Nascar, and while they both live off fried and deep-fried foods I don't think they're on the same level until they start deep frying Oreos, Twinkies and Pickles.
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Aparently the people over the pond like spotted dick.
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I see GB as a modern era fascist police state and the USA as a modernized, slightly watered down Christian version of radical Islamic countries.
Lol...if you like mate. Clearly you haven't spent much time here.
And yeah we are the most watched state in the E.U but to be fair we do have the most bastards in the E.U so whilst it is a stupid reaction it's to be expected from the politicians that capitalize on fighting crime.
And Joeyjojojr you are forgetting the English Breakfast and the Beef Wellington. :)
I don't need to spend much time there, there are an order of magnitude more surveillance cameras than there are citizens, GB courts even sentence people to have surveillance cameras installed inside of their homes. Also you must hand over encryption passwords at the demand of a law enforcement official. Also isn't it illegal to photograph police there despite having essentially every square inch of the country under surveillance? I read that they even have spy microphones all over the place and are starting to put up speaker systems so people who watch the cameras / listen to the microphones can remotely issue orders to people. Plus GCHQ has British internet traffic watched to just as much an extent as NSA has US internet traffic watched. The bias in British media is even more blatantly obvious than in US media and it seems ultra-sensationalism is the in thing there amazingly to even a greater extent than in the USA. GB appears to be a lot like USA but with out even having pretend restrictions on government power. Not to mention data retention is required by law for between six months and two years. Not to mention you are behind the great firewall of Britain, which blocks access to the pirate bay among other things. I could probably go on and on about examples of how Great Britain is a police state, but I think this list is enough.
Also I shouldn't forget to mention how everything there is ultra-government-regulated in the stupidest ways, GB is like the love child of Orwell and Kafka.
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I don't think they're on the same level until they start deep frying Oreos, Twinkies and Pickles.
You can take pretty much anything to a British fish and chips shop and have them deep fry it for you. One in my area even sells deep fried mars bars.
Dank
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I think Americans who try to use British phrases and fake accents, who are the GB equivalent of Japanese weeaboo are idiots.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
I mean yes.
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I don't need to spend much time there, there are an order of magnitude more surveillance cameras than there are citizens, GB courts even sentence people to have surveillance cameras installed inside of their homes. Also you must hand over encryption passwords at the demand of a law enforcement official. Also isn't it illegal to photograph police there despite having essentially every square inch of the country under surveillance? I read that they even have spy microphones all over the place and are starting to put up speaker systems so people who watch the cameras / listen to the microphones can remotely issue orders to people. Plus GCHQ has British internet traffic watched to just as much an extent as NSA has US internet traffic watched. The bias in British media is even more blatantly obvious than in US media and it seems ultra-sensationalism is the in thing there amazingly to even a greater extent than in the USA. GB appears to be a lot like USA but with out even having pretend restrictions on government power. Not to mention data retention is required by law for between six months and two years. Not to mention you are behind the great firewall of Britian, which blocks access to the pirate bay among other things. I could probably go on and on about examples of how Great Britain is a police state, but I think this list is enough.
Ok, but they have The Economist. Surely that counts for something?
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As an american I never really thought of GB, well, because I'm an american and know we're better. ;)
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I don't think they're on the same level until they start deep frying Oreos, Twinkies and Pickles.
You can take pretty much anything to a British fish and chips shop and have them deep fry it for you. One in my area even sells deep fried mars bars.
Dank
Lol that's pretty gross, I've heard of deep fried Snickers, I can't imagine how awful that would be.
One thing I'm curious about is Chinese food in the UK. In the US, we have Americanized version of Chinese food with things like crab rangoon, a bunch of cream cheese with a few pieces of crab meat wrapped in a wonton and deep fried.
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The UK IS a police state it's just noone thinks its a police state because noone actually gives a shit.
For the most part, as long as people have their football, beer, and the weekend - they don't give a shit about anything else. I'm kinda like that with coke/mdma/and pussy. In fact I'm exactly like that
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I'm glad this isn't turning into one of those stupid "we saved you in the war" conversations turn into that shit should end. One things Americans are is ignorant so no matter what their view is of us its not going to change (no matter haw wrong it is.)
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I like the coffee shops with the legality of weed and such too. ;)
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I like the coffee shops with the legality of weed and such too. ;)
Lmao, that's in Germany you idiot!
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I like the coffee shops with the legality of weed and such too. ;)
Haha, good old US geography for you. Gotta love the shit education system here (K-12 wise, we do have some decent universities).
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Oh shit my bad. Then i really like DAS BOOT! and the beerfests, and those cool ass steins in britain.
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One thing about Brits that bugs me is their frequent use of the term 'Yanks'. That would be similar to us referring to all Brits as a Geordies.
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I like the coffee shops with the legality of weed and such too. ;)
Lmao, that's in Germany you idiot!
You are either joking, or you are proving the stereotypical characteristics of an American who know nothing about Europe. ( Who watched the youtube video where people were asking random Americans to point out on a map where they think named countries in europe are?) :)
I love UK for their underground squat raves, country drug history, the multi coultured London, the good and the bad people who make UK what it is now.
Despite the fact weed is illegal, you can easily get away with it, as long as you are caught by the right po-po. Of course, there are the cunt types, but also the good ones who will tap you on the back and say
"try not to make it so obvious next time" smile and walk away. Happened to me while we were smoking weed in central London.
I know this isn't an Americans opinion, but I wasn't born in here either. The only worrying thing about UK is that it might be getting a bit too multi coultured, I personally think religion is a threat to the UK, and we will probably find out why in a few years. I am not BNP or a racist, but if i saw people trying to convert others in my own country, on such a big scale with so much sense of freedom, I would start worrying. Believe in what you want, but don't try convert others, especially in an aggressive way!
Anyway I have been to the NY once, I liked it but it reminded me of London a bit to much, next time I will go to the US, I will definitely hit up on some wild west shit, America always looked exciting to me.
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England? do you still walk around with wigs and wooden shoes?
Just kidding, don't really think much of it, for me it's a lot like USA, even if none of the sides want to agree.
Some day we'll have to hold hands again.
(When China eventually takes over)
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I think you would be disappointed going outside of any major city in the US, unless your going for outdoor activities (boating, fishing, hunting, hiking, etc). The closest thing we have to the 'Wild West' now is certain areas around the Mexican border.
If your into the outdoors, then I'd highly recommend Colorado - great and easy to find bud, and the scenery is similar to the Swiss Alps. Montana and Alaska might give Colorado a run for it's money though, I very much want to go on a 1 month excursion in Montana's wilderness one day.
If your looking for a beach, I'd forget California and Miami, best beach I've been to in the US is Destin Florida. If your looking for a club scene, then I'd say South Beach, Miami - it's Friday night 7-days a week with people from all around the world rolling and partying for days on end.
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True most watched state in Europe. But we do have the one thing the USA want, History.
And quite a violent and bloody one too.
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True most watched state in Europe. But we do have the one thing the USA want, History.
And quite a violent and bloody one too.
that just makes USA want it even more
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I was definitely joking my friend. Just like when i said that England was famous for guiness and corned beef and cabbage ;D.
I love the uk and have fought side by side with some good chaps overseas. Jolly good show!
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I was born in America but when i was 5 we moved to Germany where i spent the next 7 years. Germany is cool as fuck. I miss Europe overall, I never had the chance to go to GB, but i've seen it as quite similar to the US, more so than any other European nation that i know of.
As someone said we have more Christian fundamentalist bullshit but you guys are all about surveillance. We both have ignorant and trashy people, just like I'm sure both countries have some cool ass motherfuckers too.
I grew up in Germany as a kid,so we did a lot of traveling and shit to France, we went Belgium a lot, Belgiums cool, I'm a fiend for their fucking chocolate, those truffles man. I used to play in a league where we'd travel to Belgium a lot, we'd always stock up on chocolate.
Great Britain is cool, but if i was in Europe I'd live in Germany or Holland or Belgium, thats the part of Europe I really dig.
Now that i live in America though I'm trying to check out the cool places we have. Some major cities can be hit or miss, I'm not too big a fan of Chicago, although St.Louis is cool.
I love Colorado. My buddy lives out there and i go out an visit every chance i get. Even in their big cities its not crowded, not skyscrapers or anything, gorgeous landscape, AND cheap, amazing legal weed. Also Red Rocks Amphitheatre is out there, which is the coolest venue I've been to. Me and my girlfriend are actually saving up to go out there.
I wish America would develop huge bullet trains that span states...
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It's hard to get to know people in the UK. There seems to be an unspoken requirement that to have a conversation with someone you must know them first, or have a mutual friend. But the flip side of that is in the US people just walk up to you and start talking. "Hi there, how ya doin'?" You can travel through the UK and not be annoyed by people who have nothing to say.
While Britain's police-state measures concern me, I always found it contradictory that most UK policemen patrolling the street are usually approachable and sometimes, even easy going. I was at an event in London and was standing on a crowded sidewalk trying to get a picture. I backed up into the street as I tried to frame the shot and a policeman said to me "Careful sir, you're stepping into traffic." How helpful. In the US the cops probably would have yelled at me or pushed me one way or the other (In the US it seems common for cops to be suffering from 'roid rage).
Also, people in the UK seem more sensitive to police use of force. During the running of the Olympic torch through London several years ago (when China was hosting the Olympics) the streets were lined with protesters. As runners took their turn carrying the torch protesters would occasionally run alongside the torchbearer and shout anti-Chinese slogans. These protesters were quickly tackled and held by the police. The next day the British newspapers were filled with people denouncing the heavy-handed actions of the police. Shit, that's just the way things would be done in the US, and nobody would give it a second thought.
I really admire the design and directions for the tube system in London. It makes traversing the city so much easier, and figuring out how to get from point A to point B takes a minimum of brain power. Contrast this to Los Angeles, where the car traffic is nightmarishly heavy. LA once had the beginnings of a public transit system but the automobile companies squashed it so that everyone would buy a car to get around town.
All in all I like the UK, and would love to get a job transfer to somewhere in the London area or perhaps Scotland.
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I think most Americans think of the British as being essentially like us, only with a bunch of cosmetic differences. Calling this different things, doing things slightly different, but basically being us, even speaking the same language. Politically we assume you'll be on our side, especially when any real hit shits the fan and generally there are feelings of trust and wellbeing towards the brits.
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The bad teeth is probably the most popular and worst stereotype Americans have of the British. Doesn't help the matter when they put girls like on the 'London Look' eyeliner commercial with a Michael Strahan gap between her teeth, of course I'd still tongue the shit out of that gap and hit it for sure.
Worst stereotype British have of American's is that we're all fat. Well, that one's pretty spot on.
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The bad teeth is probably the most popular and worst stereotype Americans have of the British. Doesn't help the matter when they put girls like on the 'London Look' eyeliner commercial with a Michael Strahan gap between her teeth, of course I'd still tongue the shit out of that gap and hit it for sure.
Worst stereotype British have of American's is that we're all fat. Well, that one's pretty spot on.
I used to be suspicious of those obesity statistics because i did not see that many obese people. then i went to texas and the midwest and i see the scales are tipped a bit. My god "we" really are fucking fat.
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I think most Americans think of the British as being essentially like us, only with a bunch of cosmetic differences. Calling this different things, doing things slightly different, but basically being us, even speaking the same language. Politically we assume you'll be on our side, especially when any real hit shits the fan and generally there are feelings of trust and wellbeing towards the brits.
You see Britain sees the American's as basically a wayward Grandchild lol. We watch you do things and roll our eyes but essentially we love you and like to indulge you in your favourite treats (our culture, history and our eccentric celebrities that you steal from us like Gordon Ramsey and Jamie Oliver etc). We go to war with you just so we can keep an eye on things while you do most of the work because now we have had our day it's your turn and we have to supervise you a bit while you take over from us. For example you didn't need us in Iraq or Afghanistan but you got us for moral support.
But yeah, by and large we are very fond of you but we occasionally roll our eyes when you go a bit over the top. :)
And the London Look girl is BUFF. The tooth thing is a sexy quirk.
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Long live the Queen!!!
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Long live the Queen!!!
And may princess Kate's fanny stay smooth and hairless forever! :D
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And may princess Kate's fanny stay smooth and hairless forever! :D
LOL, and just in case the Americans in this thread think Limetless is concerned about the hirsute nature of our princess's backside...
Let me point out that fanny = pussy in UK English!
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Lol. I thought he was talking about her asshole. Funny either way though!
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The bad teeth is probably the most popular and worst stereotype Americans have of the British. Doesn't help the matter when they put girls like on the 'London Look' eyeliner commercial with a Michael Strahan gap between her teeth, of course I'd still tongue the shit out of that gap and hit it for sure.
Worst stereotype British have of American's is that we're all fat. Well, that one's pretty spot on.
funny thing is that i've read the NHS takes pretty good care of teeth there, whereas if you don't have dental in the US you're totally fucked
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state of insurance and medical care in the us is basically fucked
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The bad teeth is probably the most popular and worst stereotype Americans have of the British. Doesn't help the matter when they put girls like on the 'London Look' eyeliner commercial with a Michael Strahan gap between her teeth, of course I'd still tongue the shit out of that gap and hit it for sure.
Worst stereotype British have of American's is that we're all fat. Well, that one's pretty spot on.
funny thing is that i've read the NHS takes pretty good care of teeth there, whereas if you don't have dental in the US you're totally fucked
Yeah, I think the big difference is in cosmetic procedures.
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All I know is that I enjoy Top Gear, among other things. Mr. Bean is always a classic as well, such a great show. ;D Seriously, everyone should watch at least on episode of Mr. Bean on shrooms! It has the greatest expressions in the world. :P
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i would rather live in britain than america. this place is a hell hole. UK has way way way better TV as well.
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i would rather live in britain than america. this place is a hell hole. UK has way way way better TV as well.
Whoa whoa whoa... I can handle a lot of comparisons between the countries, I would even be on British side of football vs football - but TV? Really? Mindless programs on everything imaginable is what America does best, no country could even compare. Sitting on the couch with chips and beer, flipping through 500 channels claiming nothing is on is now America's favorite pastime.
Even the copycat shows aren't as good, The Office vs The Office? Can you really tell me that stale bland UK version even holds a candle to my beloved over the top American comedy antics of Michael and Dwight??!!
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Although i'm gonna regret this because of not beeing asked and shit and might be called a spammer.. i'm high as fuck and don't care (why doesn't ask someone the German?) - as a German all i want so say about the UK is that your TV-Culture is superior (i'd love to forget all seasons of dr. who in order to watch them again - in fact that's the reason for me taking drugs..want to damage enough, you know?) your women are hot (not that big-headed as those hairy beasts running around our corners) and can make make their stand in a dispute (ours just start screaming or crying or..nah..) and know - and yes, thats meant sexually - what they want (at least the one i had the pleasure of beeing fucked by..(yes..beeing fucked)..hell..never mind.
I like your "language" (or better to speak of pronunciation) doesn't sound as one could peel of an apple with it - have heard of many foreign friends of mine that the German language sounds kind of .. jeah... the apple thing.
Just my 2btc ..
Cheers,
Ct
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Can we please keep the Germans out of this, i mean god forbid we should offend the Germans. Were still 2-0 on that little old one arnt we :) At least that's one thing we can all do together telling the Germans what to do.
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Aww..man, you hurt my feelings. I'm going to get a bratwurst, some Sauerkraut and lock myself up in a bunker. Damn.. :) Alright..i'm out of this..
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Can we please keep the Germans out of this, i mean god forbid we should offend the Germans. Were still 2-0 on that little old one arnt we :) At least that's one thing we can all do together telling the Germans what to do.
Hey! Don't be hating on my Germans now boy! I love me some Germans....
I'm so excited to see Rammstein in concert for my birthday tomorrow! It's going to be the fucking bomb! 8)
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Hold up, hold up....
I'm gonna have to throw my 2p's worth in here... The Office vs The Office, The American version was created the way it was by Ricky Gervais because he KNEW that Americans would not understand the 'subtle' humor of the British version, and you've proved him right with your sweeping statement!!
I LOVE the American office.... But I also think the British office is just as funny... Just in a different way! (Watch for facial expressions.. Our actors act!!)
Rant over.... ;)
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Aww..man, you hurt my feelings. I'm going to get a bratwurst, some Sauerkraut and lock myself up in a bunker. Damn.. :) Alright..i'm out of this..
Don't be sad, if there is a WIII then pine is on your side. (3rd time lucky!)
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Thank you for the neg karma who ever that was, i feed of that.
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Can we please keep the Germans out of this, i mean god forbid we should offend the Germans. Were still 2-0 on that little old one arnt we :) At least that's one thing we can all do together telling the Germans what to do.
fawlty towers "the germans" episode
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I see GB as a modern era fascist police state and the USA as a modernized, slightly watered down Christian version of radical Islamic countries.
Lol...if you like mate. Clearly you haven't spent much time here.
And yeah we are the most watched state in the E.U but to be fair we do have the most bastards in the E.U so whilst it is a stupid reaction it's to be expected from the politicians that capitalize on fighting crime.
And Joeyjojojr you are forgetting the English Breakfast and the Beef Wellington. :)
I don't need to spend much time there, there are an order of magnitude more surveillance cameras than there are citizens, GB courts even sentence people to have surveillance cameras installed inside of their homes. Also you must hand over encryption passwords at the demand of a law enforcement official. Also isn't it illegal to photograph police there despite having essentially every square inch of the country under surveillance? I read that they even have spy microphones all over the place and are starting to put up speaker systems so people who watch the cameras / listen to the microphones can remotely issue orders to people. Plus GCHQ has British internet traffic watched to just as much an extent as NSA has US internet traffic watched. The bias in British media is even more blatantly obvious than in US media and it seems ultra-sensationalism is the in thing there amazingly to even a greater extent than in the USA. GB appears to be a lot like USA but with out even having pretend restrictions on government power. Not to mention data retention is required by law for between six months and two years. Not to mention you are behind the great firewall of Britain, which blocks access to the pirate bay among other things. I could probably go on and on about examples of how Great Britain is a police state, but I think this list is enough.
Also I shouldn't forget to mention how everything there is ultra-government-regulated in the stupidest ways, GB is like the love child of Orwell and Kafka.
Serious?! There are not more surveillance cameras than citizens, we have a lot of cctv around which is used 99% of the time to collect evidence of crime, not to monitor people
"GB courts even sentence people to have surveillance cameras installed inside of their homes" - ABSOLUTE BOLLOCKS
" I read that they even have spy microphones all over the place and are starting to put up speaker systems so people who watch the cameras / listen to the microphones can remotely issue orders to people" - More bollox i'm afraid. A shop in norwich played classical music via an outside speaker to discourage teenagers from hanging around but thats as close as it got
"Not to mention data retention is required by law for between six months and two years. Not to mention you are behind the great firewall of Britain, which blocks access to the pirate bay among other things. I could probably go on and on about examples of how Great Britain is a police state," - Were did you get this shit from? Good dependable USA Media?
Sorry for any misconceptions but thought it my right as an Englishmen to protect my country.
I'm English, I live in England and I speak English (maybe don't type so well though)
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Hold up, hold up....
I'm gonna have to throw my 2p's worth in here... The Office vs The Office, The American version was created the way it was by Ricky Gervais because he KNEW that Americans would not understand the 'subtle' humor of the British version, and you've proved him right with your sweeping statement!!
I LOVE the American office.... But I also think the British office is just as funny... Just in a different way! (Watch for facial expressions.. Our actors act!!)
Rant over.... ;)
Lol I appreciate British humor but just like all humor, some of it just isn't funny. I don't think it's that subtle, they just take one semi-funny instance and try to draggggg it out for an entire episode. I've watched over a dozen episodes of it, it's definitely watchable, but I've never laughed out loud at it.
For comedy, I'd go with Canada on this, for such a smaller population there sure are a fuck load of absolute top notch comedians and actors trying to escape that country. Mexicans try to escape their shithole by jumping the border, Chinese by loading into cargo freight, Cubans on flimsy rafts, but Canadians are the smartest infiltrators, they entertain us and we throw millions of dollars their way. Genius.
Trailer Park Boys is maybe the funniest damn series ever created. I used to love Kids in the Hall too. Seth Rogan, Mike Meyers, Jim Carrey, list of Canadian actors and comedians is huge for their population.
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I've always wanted to go to America... Would love to go to some wild parties! However, I'm a Brit... I'd be the only one there to finish 8 pints and still seem completely sober to others.
Gotta love the drinking age being 18 here! If it was 21 here I'd only just be drinking hehe.
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I've always wanted to go to America... Would love to go to some wild parties! However, I'm a Brit... I'd be the only one there to finish 8 pints and still seem completely sober to others.
Gotta love the drinking age being 18 here! If it was 21 here I'd only just be drinking hehe.
Last Posting heer (keep the negative Karma comin' :P
Hold it...watch out for the Germans - legally beer and wine when you turn 16.. lol. And once again, last men stending you and the Germans ^^
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I've always wanted to go to America... Would love to go to some wild parties! However, I'm a Brit... I'd be the only one there to finish 8 pints and still seem completely sober to others.
Gotta love the drinking age being 18 here! If it was 21 here I'd only just be drinking hehe.
Last Posting heer (keep the negative Karma comin' :P
Hold it...watch out for the Germans - legally beer and wine when you turn 16.. lol. And once again, last men stending you and the Germans ^^
I don't know what Germany is like but in the UK (well where I live) there's at least 8 pubs within a 4 mile walk ;) I can drink for England (and that's saying something considering a lot of us can handle a drink) The fact I've been brought up near pubs certainly gives me a head start.
Besides, does the legal age matter? Me and my mates use to drink on the streets with a big bottle of white cider each. Gotta love the UK.
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lol @ you two arguing over who can drink more, that's like arguing who is better at having autism.
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lol @ you two arguing over who can drink more, that's like arguing who is better at having autism.
It's just a bit of banter :P
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... However, I'm a Brit... I'd be the only one there to finish 8 pints and still seem completely sober to others.
Oh you have a point there. I've heard stories of British "pub crawls" where a group starts at the end of one street and stops in each pub on the street to have a pint (and not a mere half pint, that's for amateurs). By the time they're at the other end of the street everyone's too drunk to walk a straight line.
Yeah, I fear that, in general, Brits could drink the Americans "under the table," as they say.
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... However, I'm a Brit... I'd be the only one there to finish 8 pints and still seem completely sober to others.
Oh you have a point there. I've heard stories of British "pub crawls" where a group starts at the end of one street and stops in each pub on the street to have a pint (and not a mere half pint, that's for amateurs). By the time they're at the other end of the street everyone's too drunk to walk a straight line.
Yeah, I fear that, in general, Brits could drink the Americans "under the table," as they say.
Well you Americans could probably smoke us under the table :) (Smoke more weed than us) It's legal in a lot of your country ;). Though saying that, my area is full of potheads...
But I hate weed anyway, half a J gets me pretty stoned... Naturally low tolerance to it I guess.
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The drinkers in America just aren't as public as they seem to be in the UK I guess. I think it has a lot to do with the fact you can't really find good beer in most clubs/pubs, it's usually the restaurants and taprooms that have the quality brewed beer. Also, other than in a few cities, public transportation is rarely used, meaning drunk driving is a true epidemic in the US.
So rather than pubs, the real beer drinkers pickup theirs and take them home rather than having a public pub to drink at. Microbrews are HUGELY popular in the US now, more than ever. Whereas I used to have to always stick to German or Belgium beers (or I do like Newcastle, but Guiness is absolutely disgusting) now I can get some great beers from the thousands of microbreweries in the US that match the quality.
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The drinkers in America just aren't as public as they seem to be in the UK I guess. I think it has a lot to do with the fact you can't really find good beer in most clubs/pubs, it's usually the restaurants and taprooms that have the quality brewed beer. Also, other than in a few cities, public transportation is rarely used, meaning drunk driving is a true epidemic in the US.
So rather than pubs, the real beer drinkers pickup theirs and take them home rather than having a public pub to drink at. Microbrews are HUGELY popular in the US now, more than ever. Whereas I used to have to always stick to German or Belgium beers (or I do like Newcastle, but Guiness is absolutely disgusting) now I can get some great beers from the thousands of microbreweries in the US that match the quality.
Yeah, I agree. I've seen all the movies (with wild house parties) Though I try not to believe movies... I would love America to actually be like that. Also, I'd love to try crystal meth (not around in UK - or if it is I've never had connections for it)
When I come over I'll be expecting some abuse about our queen... Or one of the other stereotypes... So I'll have to remind them where a lot of them came from :D
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Lol well if your at a wild house party you'll be lucky if you can find someone who knows who the Queen is, most will have never heard of a Prime Minister and will think England is led by King Henry.
There are some stellar clubs in the US of course, the best are in Miami if you ask me. During the 90's and early 00's, the rave scene in the US was spectacular, then it all but died off other than the diehards and underaged. Techno clubs converted to hip hop, it's been ugly. But it seems to be on a resurgence, in my city at least there are several underground rave groups that have one monthly.
As for meth, that's not a problem, no matter where you are. In my area meth was always around, you can't turn on the news without a meth story of some sort each day. Heroin is making a huge comeback as well, for high schoolers especially. Several high schools in my area are having quite a problem with heroin, and it's the affluent schools as well with kids that have money to support the habit.
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Haha, that would be quite amusing. The phrase 'dumb Americans' would certainly come to mind. :D Though I think Americans are quite smart... you stay in school longer than us Brits. I left school at 16 with nothing in my name other than 5 GCSE's and haven't bothered since.
However I'm still young, there's hope! I'll have to pay for my education now though :( = less time and money for other things!
In my area getting a job is near impossible... all the unskilled jobs tend to hire 16 year old's since they have a lower minimum wage. And 18 if it involves anything that could be dangerous (or selling alcohol) Again 18 year olds tend to cost less!
Haha I'll certainly be able to track down a dealer by the sounds of it! I've always been quite good at it... Got a lot of mates in my area who know people from other areas etc... (how do you think I survived before SR)
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Well, just to put you in the right direction to find meth, you'll want to find the shittiest trailer park on the outskirts of whatever city your in.
I don't even defend the American education system, college/university was the biggest waste of time I've ever had. The classes are a joke, you'll run into a few hardass professors that really make you work (usually in core classes) but more often than not it's either a lot of hand holding or a lot of nothing. If your going to school for engineering then that's different, but I went for computer science and IT management.
The problem I see with the 'dumb American' terminology is a combination of the facts that we have more very young adolescent children on the internet more than any other country and that we enjoy laughing at idiots so cameras always seem to find them, or follow them (Jersey Shore), which both perpetuate the idea.
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Same here mate, visit a rough part of the city and it's not too hard. I do live in a city where drugs are a problem. There was a documentary about how much easier it is to get heroin than getting a pizza. They did a test and this guy got heroin within 10 mins... whereas a pizza delivered can take an hour on a busy night.
I agree with you about the problem with the net. I'm partly less motivated by playing WoW (online game World of Warcraft) As much as I hate to feed the medias stereotypes, that one is quite true... with me anyway =) Gotta love the original Wow...
Still I've never had a bad long term reaction from drugs (honestly) The next day maybe being tired and slow (lack of sleep I take mainly stimulants) It's never been a problem.
All these horror stories make me laugh =) It's silly people who overdo it for long periods of time... There was a a guy who took 40,000 XTC pills in a period of nine years... (look it up on google) They claim he suffers from depression, paranoia and hallucinations. The fact he's alive automatically puts it behind alcohol in terms of long term damage) Damn, 40,000 bottles of vodka in nine years would have killed him.
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Fuck beer....drink Vodka.
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Still I've never had a bad long term reaction from drugs (honestly) The next day maybe being tired and slow (lack of sleep I take mainly stimulants) It's never been a problem.
All these horror stories make me laugh =) It's silly people who overdo it for long periods of time... There was a a guy who took 40,000 XTC pills in a period of nine years... (look it up on google) They claim he suffers from depression, paranoia and hallucinations. The fact he's alive automatically puts it behind alcohol in terms of long term damage) Damn, 40,000 bottles of vodka in nine years would have killed him.
How old are you? When i was a young whippersnapper, I could party like a rockstar all day and night, and wake up and be fine. Enjoy it while it lasts chum.
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What I've heard about Great Britain is what my father's told me from his travels. He says it rains a lot and the people are mostly unhappy.
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The folks in my part of the US love the Brits. We see them here on vacation all the time.
I would like to point out to the English man who said that the UK is 2-0 vs the Germans.
Fact: The UK has been conquered by Germanic peoples 2 times (the Angles and Saxons and then later by the Normans, who were Danes living in France). The fucking Royal Family is a bunch of Germans who changed their names to be more English. Plus Germany has more World Cups than you do. That don't mean shit to me, but it should to you guys.
Aside from that, I am an American of German ancestry.
Due to online gaming, I have made friends with many a Brit over the years. I have to say, mostly pretty similar. They asked me if I liked that fucker George W Bush, and I liked them if they liked that fucker Tony Blair. Then they would say... oh yea.
I got to say I do like David Cameron a lot, and Thatcher is one of my favorite world leaders of the second half of the 20th century.
Barak Obama is an incompetent educated idiot.
Got to give national leader edge to GB at the moment.
Food: AMERICA, FUCK YEAH! I really thought I liked English food, until I went to England. Fish and fries are pretty decent over there, but its so bland. Even your beef sucks, and it will make you mad as a cow too.
Beer: Northern half is amazing, southern half is about like America was before the Micro Brew boom.
Lowerclasses: You have Wales, we have Alabama. We have niggers, you have sand-niggers (arabs)
My favorite British city is Edinborough, I like the Scots more than the English. As an American from the South, I can identify with a region of one country that has been economically pillaged and raped by the other half after losing a war(s). And Scottish chicks only have to start talking to give me a boner. Also the geography of Scotland reminds me of home.
History: Well, we dont have to envy English history, we have some of our own. Congratulations, you guys lived through the dark ages. You allowed someone to chop off your heads and do as he wished for a thousand years because his daddy did it. Furthermore, the only link you have to those folks are your ancestors, who are also our ancestors. That is a wash. Our histories diverge post 1789, I know I can't be objective, but as an American I like ours better.
Internal politics: The UK is ran by a party(s) much like Soviet Russia or China, other than it is more answerable to the public. In America, there is a very strong element of local representation in our national government due to the way our House of Rep's use districts. You guys vote for a Party that selects its candidates (if I recall my international comparative politics class correctly).
Enough has been said about the UK's tendencies toward a police state, all I can say to that is thankfully that is one thing the US is several years behind the UK in. Although with the winding down of hostilities in Iraq and Afghan a lot of drones are coming home and being purchased by police departments across the country.
Thats all for now.
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Food: AMERICA, FUCK YEAH! I really thought I liked English food, until I went to Englad. Fish and fries are pretty decent over there, but its so bland. Even your beef sucks, and it will make you mad as a cow too.
You my friend, have never had a Beef Wellington.
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Food: AMERICA, FUCK YEAH! I really thought I liked English food, until I went to Englad. Fish and fries are pretty decent over there, but its so bland. Even your beef sucks, and it will make you mad as a cow too.
You my friend, have never had a Beef Wellington.
Yes I have, one with Domestic USA Certified Prime Beef! America Fuck Yeah!! There are so many good basic flavors in a Beef Wellington that are simple individually which combine to be amazing that I am sure it is great over there also.
It isnt just a British thing, as an American I have found my pallet is very disappointed when I travel to Europe. I've not been to Spain, maybe with their intensive northern African influence the local food is better.
Its ok though, German food is way worse than English.
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Food: AMERICA, FUCK YEAH! I really thought I liked English food, until I went to Englad. Fish and fries are pretty decent over there, but its so bland. Even your beef sucks, and it will make you mad as a cow too.
You my friend, have never had a Beef Wellington.
Yes I have, one with Domestic USA Certified Prime Beef! America Fuck Yeah!! There are so many good basic flavors in a Beef Wellington that are simple individually which combine to be amazing that I am sure it is great over there also.
It isnt just a British thing, as an American I have found my pallet is very disappointed when I travel to Europe. I've not been to Spain, maybe with their intensive northern African influence the local food is better.
Its ok though, German food is way worse than English.
Lol ArmTrax I think we are going to have to agree to disagree my friend. :P
Anyway Spanish food is fucking A, I go to Spain quite regularly and I LOVE Spanish food. Highly recommend it. :)
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Food: AMERICA, FUCK YEAH! I really thought I liked English food, until I went to Englad. Fish and fries are pretty decent over there, but its so bland. Even your beef sucks, and it will make you mad as a cow too.
You my friend, have never had a Beef Wellington.
Yes I have, one with Domestic USA Certified Prime Beef! America Fuck Yeah!! There are so many good basic flavors in a Beef Wellington that are simple individually which combine to be amazing that I am sure it is great over there also.
It isnt just a British thing, as an American I have found my pallet is very disappointed when I travel to Europe. I've not been to Spain, maybe with their intensive northern African influence the local food is better.
Its ok though, German food is way worse than English.
I'm also gonna have to disagree with you, I lived in Germany for 7 years when i was young, I looved the food. And if you don't like their food there's really good foreign food. The best Italian food and Asian food i've had was in Germany.
And those Doner Kebob things, maan those are fucking to die for.
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I find it odd that all of the potentially insulting things I said about England, you pick the food section of my rant to disagree with me about.
Can I take your silence on the topic of German supremacy over England as your acknowledgment of its truth?
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Doner Kebabs are awesome.
And nah German's aren't better than England, what it all comes down to is that Hitler couldn't invade us or bomb us into submission, doesn't matter what happens after that, Britain will always be more awesome than Germany.
I do recognize that England has a lot of faults but I am a really passionate cook so that's where I stand my ground. I cook every day, it's sort of like my version of meditating with a tasty treat at the end. :)
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Food: AMERICA, FUCK YEAH! I really thought I liked English food, until I went to Englad. Fish and fries are pretty decent over there, but its so bland. Even your beef sucks, and it will make you mad as a cow too.
You my friend, have never had a Beef Wellington.
Yes I have, one with Domestic USA Certified Prime Beef! America Fuck Yeah!! There are so many good basic flavors in a Beef Wellington that are simple individually which combine to be amazing that I am sure it is great over there also.
It isnt just a British thing, as an American I have found my pallet is very disappointed when I travel to Europe. I've not been to Spain, maybe with their intensive northern African influence the local food is better.
Its ok though, German food is way worse than English.
I'm also gonna have to disagree with you, I lived in Germany for 7 years when i was young, I looved the food. And if you don't like their food there's really good foreign food. The best Italian food and Asian food i've had was in Germany.
And those Doner Kebob things, maan those are fucking to die for.
I'm sure you guys love European food, you're European after all. It just doesn't suit my pallet.
I will say this... The food probably isn't as bad as I am letting on. I just am always disappointed when I go into a nice restaurant in Europe, I can't get any fucking ice in my drink, the waiters are almost always rude, and the food is terribly expensive.... and not amazingly good.
I have always enjoyed the more basic foods in Europe. Amsterdam has some of the best french fries on the planet. And street crepes are great all over too.
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Food: AMERICA, FUCK YEAH! I really thought I liked English food, until I went to Englad. Fish and fries are pretty decent over there, but its so bland. Even your beef sucks, and it will make you mad as a cow too.
You my friend, have never had a Beef Wellington.
Yes I have, one with Domestic USA Certified Prime Beef! America Fuck Yeah!! There are so many good basic flavors in a Beef Wellington that are simple individually which combine to be amazing that I am sure it is great over there also.
It isnt just a British thing, as an American I have found my pallet is very disappointed when I travel to Europe. I've not been to Spain, maybe with their intensive northern African influence the local food is better.
Its ok though, German food is way worse than English.
I'm also gonna have to disagree with you, I lived in Germany for 7 years when i was young, I looved the food. And if you don't like their food there's really good foreign food. The best Italian food and Asian food i've had was in Germany.
And those Doner Kebob things, maan those are fucking to die for.
I'm sure you guys love European food, you're European after all. It just doesn't suit my pallet.
I will say this... The food probably isn't as bad as I am letting on. I just am always disappointed when I go into a nice restaurant in Europe, I can't get any fucking ice in my drink, the waiters are almost always rude, and the food is terribly expensive.... and not amazingly good.
I have always enjoyed the more basic foods in Europe. Amsterdam has some of the best french fries on the planet. And street crepes are great all over too.
Pssh I'm not European yo, I was over in Germany cus my dad was in the Air Force, I was born in America and live there now. And i've never really been to any fancy restaraunts over there, but we went to little local places in the villages around where we lived, dank food, not too expensive.
I remember we went to Planet Hollywood and ate dinner one night when we were in Paris, worst cheeseburger and fries i've ever had, probably most expensive too, i guess thats what i get for ordering a fucking cheeseburger and fries in France though..
Living in Europe made me a chocolate fiend though
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I grew up in a tourist town in the states... food there is considerably less good than non-tourist places. I guess I've fallen into the tourist traps in Europe. I'm not exactly a local over there.
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I grew up in a tourist town in the states... food there is considerably less good than non-tourist places. I guess I've fallen into the tourist traps in Europe. I'm not exactly a local over there.
Yeah this is what I mean dude, if you get out of the tourist traps and you see the REAL U.K and E.U you can find some gems.
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Please excuse the long post, just found this thread and it is hilarious. I am just going to duck in and duck out, let the rants fly...
Unfortunately, I think were going to get a lot of the old Tea and crumpets and bowler hat thing.
You you guys aren't all wearing bowlers over there?? Damn, my mental pictures of you are now all fucked up...
True most watched state in Europe. But we do have the one thing the USA want, History.
hey, we have history, it's just that it all came from England, France and Spain...except for the Native Americans, who everyone seems to forget about
Lol that's pretty gross, I've heard of deep fried Snickers, I can't imagine how awful that would be.
Actually pretty deliciously decadent. You need to go to an all weekend, beer and drug filled deep fry fest to really apprecite it, though. Went to one last year, it was on a farm in the woods and lasted three days. By the end we were deep frying anything that didn't move. The best was deep fried bacon.
One things Americans are is ignorant so no matter what their view is of us its not going to change (no matter haw wrong it is.)
Wow, fuck you, too.
But the flip side of that is in the US people just walk up to you and start talking. "Hi there, how ya doin'?"
I actually like that about the US. part of my fun in traveling is having fun/weird/interesting people experiences.
You can't have those if you don't start talking to people. On the other hand, I try no to be an annoying asshole, so maybe that makes a difference.
You see Britain sees the American's as basically a wayward Grandchild lol. We watch you do things and roll our eyes but essentially we love you and like to indulge you in your favourite treats (our culture, history and our eccentric celebrities that you steal from us like Gordon Ramsey and Jamie Oliver etc).
Hey, I love you guys for sending us Gordon Ramsey, but please take back Jamie Oliver. A little too white bread for my taste.
state of insurance and medical care in the us is basically fucked
Agreed.
I've always wanted to go to America... Would love to go to some wild parties! However, I'm a Brit... I'd be the only one there to finish 8 pints and still seem completely sober to others.
Dude, then you need to come and party where I am lol. We hold our liquor quite well and party like muthafuckahs. If I described the last party I went to (last weekend) you would think I was making it up.
Aaaaand I'm outta here.
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If all of their school are like Hogwarts....then damn that's rad. 8)
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American women are better looking, particularly American women from the south eastern part of the US.
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American women are better looking, particularly American women from the south eastern part of the US.
You should check out some Arizona girls. Tan, busty, and beautiful...what's not to love? ;)
Oregon/Washington is top-notch if you're into geeky and artsy girls though. Not to mention the best scenery in America. :P
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One thing I'm curious about is Chinese food in the UK. In the US, we have Americanized version of Chinese food with things like crab rangoon, a bunch of cream cheese with a few pieces of crab meat wrapped in a wonton and deep fried.
What? That's if you actually patronize those disgusting hybrid American Chinese cuisines. That's gross. Chinese food is usually best found in Chinatown where American-Chinese cuisines wouldn't survive.
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Great Britain is pretty cool... Sometimes I wonder how legitimate the whole "equal countries" thing is when it comes to Wales and Scotland compared to England... it always felt like England just sort of imposes their will on everyone else.
I do think they are just about the most trustworthy nation in Europe, outside of perhaps Poland, when it comes to following through on international agreements and having each other's back. And they are one of just a handful of European countries that keeps a credible military these days... I get the sneaking suspicion that a lot of Europeans just sort of assume that European warfare is pretty much over forever, and that NATO is going to protect them anyways... so the USA/UK/Germany/France are basically subsidizing defense in a bunch of anti-military countries.
The history is neat... but I'm a huge European history buff, primarily from ~600AD-1800AD so it's hard to narrow down anything in particular. The dual monarchy is interesting, as is the Norman invasion... but I'm partial to the old Holy Roman Empire and minor states like Ragusa, Epirus, Corfu and Moldavia. The information on some of them is so hard to find that it's quite rewarding when you do stumble across some... while most of us have gotten most of the history of the major colonizers.
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American women are better looking, particularly American women from the south eastern part of the US.
You should check out some Arizona girls. Tan, busty, and beautiful...what's not to love? ;)
Oregon/Washington is top-notch if you're into geeky and artsy girls though. Not to mention the best scenery in America. :P
LOL like fuck are American birds better than English ones. You bastards must be blind! Our women are better looking and have more class. ;)
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I see GB as a modern era fascist police state and the USA as a modernized, slightly watered down Christian version of radical Islamic countries.
Lol...if you like mate. Clearly you haven't spent much time here.
And yeah we are the most watched state in the E.U but to be fair we do have the most bastards in the E.U so whilst it is a stupid reaction it's to be expected from the politicians that capitalize on fighting crime.
And Joeyjojojr you are forgetting the English Breakfast and the Beef Wellington. :)
I don't need to spend much time there, there are an order of magnitude more surveillance cameras than there are citizens, GB courts even sentence people to have surveillance cameras installed inside of their homes. Also you must hand over encryption passwords at the demand of a law enforcement official. Also isn't it illegal to photograph police there despite having essentially every square inch of the country under surveillance? I read that they even have spy microphones all over the place and are starting to put up speaker systems so people who watch the cameras / listen to the microphones can remotely issue orders to people. Plus GCHQ has British internet traffic watched to just as much an extent as NSA has US internet traffic watched. The bias in British media is even more blatantly obvious than in US media and it seems ultra-sensationalism is the in thing there amazingly to even a greater extent than in the USA. GB appears to be a lot like USA but with out even having pretend restrictions on government power. Not to mention data retention is required by law for between six months and two years. Not to mention you are behind the great firewall of Britain, which blocks access to the pirate bay among other things. I could probably go on and on about examples of how Great Britain is a police state, but I think this list is enough.
Also I shouldn't forget to mention how everything there is ultra-government-regulated in the stupidest ways, GB is like the love child of Orwell and Kafka.
Serious?! There are not more surveillance cameras than citizens, we have a lot of cctv around which is used 99% of the time to collect evidence of crime, not to monitor people
"GB courts even sentence people to have surveillance cameras installed inside of their homes" - ABSOLUTE BOLLOCKS
" I read that they even have spy microphones all over the place and are starting to put up speaker systems so people who watch the cameras / listen to the microphones can remotely issue orders to people" - More bollox i'm afraid. A shop in norwich played classical music via an outside speaker to discourage teenagers from hanging around but thats as close as it got
"Not to mention data retention is required by law for between six months and two years. Not to mention you are behind the great firewall of Britain, which blocks access to the pirate bay among other things. I could probably go on and on about examples of how Great Britain is a police state," - Were did you get this shit from? Good dependable USA Media?
Sorry for any misconceptions but thought it my right as an Englishmen to protect my country.
I'm English, I live in England and I speak English (maybe don't type so well though)
It's true about the CCTV operators linked up to microphones. I think it was just a test run in one council. They were using it to brake up fights, saying 'YOU, in the purple shirt. STAND STILL. The police have been called...' And, telling people to pick up the litter they'd dropped. I don't know if they thought it was 'successful' enough to roll it out across the UK.
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American women are better looking, particularly American women from the south eastern part of the US.
You should check out some Arizona girls. Tan, busty, and beautiful...what's not to love? ;)
Oregon/Washington is top-notch if you're into geeky and artsy girls though. Not to mention the best scenery in America. :P
LOL like fuck are American birds better than English ones. You bastards must be blind! Our women are better looking and have more class. ;)
Whatever, at least we were blessed with girls like Olivia Wilde and Zooey Deschanel. 8)
But then again you guys have Emma Watson......Agree to disagree? :D
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American women are better looking, particularly American women from the south eastern part of the US.
You should check out some Arizona girls. Tan, busty, and beautiful...what's not to love? ;)
Oregon/Washington is top-notch if you're into geeky and artsy girls though. Not to mention the best scenery in America. :P
LOL like fuck are American birds better than English ones. You bastards must be blind! Our women are better looking and have more class. ;)
Whatever, at least we were blessed with girls like Olivia Wilde and Zooey Deschanel. 8)
But then again you guys have Emma Watson......Agree to disagree? :D
I'll see your Olivia Wilde and Zooey Deschanel and raise you Jessica-Jane Clement, Michelle Keegan and Rosie Jones....
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American women are better looking, particularly American women from the south eastern part of the US.
You should check out some Arizona girls. Tan, busty, and beautiful...what's not to love? ;)
Oregon/Washington is top-notch if you're into geeky and artsy girls though. Not to mention the best scenery in America. :P
LOL like fuck are American birds better than English ones. You bastards must be blind! Our women are better looking and have more class. ;)
Whatever, at least we were blessed with girls like Olivia Wilde and Zooey Deschanel. 8)
But then again you guys have Emma Watson......Agree to disagree? :D
I'll see your Olivia Wilde and Zooey Deschanel and raise you Jessica-Jane Clement, Michelle Keegan and Rosie Jones....
Ew, haha! I'll stick to my choices, I'm not much of a fan of those three. :P
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American women are better looking, particularly American women from the south eastern part of the US.
You should check out some Arizona girls. Tan, busty, and beautiful...what's not to love? ;)
Oregon/Washington is top-notch if you're into geeky and artsy girls though. Not to mention the best scenery in America. :P
LOL like fuck are American birds better than English ones. You bastards must be blind! Our women are better looking and have more class. ;)
Whatever, at least we were blessed with girls like Olivia Wilde and Zooey Deschanel. 8)
But then again you guys have Emma Watson......Agree to disagree? :D
I'll see your Olivia Wilde and Zooey Deschanel and raise you Jessica-Jane Clement, Michelle Keegan and Rosie Jones....
Ew, haha! I'll stick to my choices, I'm not much of a fan of those three. :P
Gaz are you fucking blind. Go to Google and search them now lol. That is an order!
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American women are better looking, particularly American women from the south eastern part of the US.
You should check out some Arizona girls. Tan, busty, and beautiful...what's not to love? ;)
Oregon/Washington is top-notch if you're into geeky and artsy girls though. Not to mention the best scenery in America. :P
LOL like fuck are American birds better than English ones. You bastards must be blind! Our women are better looking and have more class. ;)
Whatever, at least we were blessed with girls like Olivia Wilde and Zooey Deschanel. 8)
But then again you guys have Emma Watson......Agree to disagree? :D
I'll see your Olivia Wilde and Zooey Deschanel and raise you Jessica-Jane Clement, Michelle Keegan and Rosie Jones....
Ew, haha! I'll stick to my choices, I'm not much of a fan of those three. :P
Gaz are you fucking blind. Go to Google and search them now lol. That is an order!
Way ahead of you buddy, way ahead. :P Yes, they're bloody gorgeous, but they just aren't my type. It might be a cultural difference, or maybe I'm just into nerdy girls, but I wouldn't so much as look at them if I had a chance with Zooey Deschanel. 8)
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American women are better looking, particularly American women from the south eastern part of the US.
You should check out some Arizona girls. Tan, busty, and beautiful...what's not to love? ;)
Oregon/Washington is top-notch if you're into geeky and artsy girls though. Not to mention the best scenery in America. :P
LOL like fuck are American birds better than English ones. You bastards must be blind! Our women are better looking and have more class. ;)
Whatever, at least we were blessed with girls like Olivia Wilde and Zooey Deschanel. 8)
But then again you guys have Emma Watson......Agree to disagree? :D
I'll see your Olivia Wilde and Zooey Deschanel and raise you Jessica-Jane Clement, Michelle Keegan and Rosie Jones....
Ew, haha! I'll stick to my choices, I'm not much of a fan of those three. :P
Gaz are you fucking blind. Go to Google and search them now lol. That is an order!
Way ahead of you buddy, way ahead. :P Yes, they're bloody gorgeous, but they just aren't my type. It might be a cultural difference, or maybe I'm just into nerdy girls, but I wouldn't so much as look at them if I had a chance with Zooey Deschanel. 8)
Haha I think I obviously like my girls a bit more obvious than you Gaz.
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What about Cheryl Fergison???
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What about Cheryl Fergison???
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Yeah I'd smash it for points son! Big photo with thumbs up and a cheesy grim while I make ripple on all fours! 8)
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What about Cheryl Fergison???
Fwaaaaaaaaaaappppaaaaaa
Dank
Yeah I'd smash it for points son! Big photo with thumbs up and a cheesy grim while I make ripple on all fours! 8)
BOOM SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE THE ROOM!!!! TIK TIK TIK BOOOOOOMMM!!!!
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What about Cheryl Fergison???
Ahaha! What about her? She looks like Jabba the motherfucking Hutt! ;D
Also Limetless, you have to admit the US is lucky to have Kate Upton. ;)
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What about Cheryl Fergison???
Ahaha! What about her? She looks like Jabba the motherfucking Hutt! ;D
Also Limetless, you have to admit the US is lucky to have Kate Upton. ;)
I'll see your Kate Upton and raise you Jorgie Porter... ;)
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She has one wonderful asset.....her ass. :P But I'd rather have a shag with Upton. Hell, there's nothing wrong with threesomes though. ;D
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Is it true French babes don't shave their pits?
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Is it true French babes don't shave their pits?
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Yeah of course they do lol, French birds are hot as well.
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Most Americans think you guys are alright. We do like to make stereotype jokes like "British have bad teeth" or "Every British person has a butler," but it's all in good fun. It's like how people say every American is fat and all that.
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Most Americans think you guys are alright. We do like to make stereotype jokes like "British have bad teeth" or "Every British person has a butler," but it's all in good fun. It's like how people say every American is fat and all that.
I do have a butler....his name is Jeeves.
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Most Americans think you guys are alright. We do like to make stereotype jokes like "British have bad teeth" or "Every British person has a butler," but it's all in good fun. It's like how people say every American is fat and all that.
I do have a butler....his name is Jeeves.
The only American I know of with a butler is the Batman, but the government tries to cover up his existence so most people doubt he's real. Damn shame too, he rescued my dog from Mr. Danks sex dungeon. :-[
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Most Americans think you guys are alright. We do like to make stereotype jokes like "British have bad teeth" or "Every British person has a butler," but it's all in good fun. It's like how people say every American is fat and all that.
I do have a butler....his name is Jeeves.
The only American I know of with a butler is the Batman, but the government tries to cover up his existence so most people doubt he's real. Damn shame too, he rescued my dog from Mr. Danks sex dungeon. :-[
You mean the Bumgeon? The one in Austria where he locked his daughter in a cellar for years? The one where his daughter had kids that couldn't speak properly because they weren't exposed to the outside world and didn't receive socialization like normal children do? The one that Joseph Fritzel rented out to him for 500 euros a month?
Yeah I heard of that...
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I see GB as a modern era fascist police state and the USA as a modernized, slightly watered down Christian version of radical Islamic countries.
Lol...if you like mate. Clearly you haven't spent much time here.
And yeah we are the most watched state in the E.U but to be fair we do have the most bastards in the E.U so whilst it is a stupid reaction it's to be expected from the politicians that capitalize on fighting crime.
And Joeyjojojr you are forgetting the English Breakfast and the Beef Wellington. :)
I don't need to spend much time there, there are an order of magnitude more surveillance cameras than there are citizens, GB courts even sentence people to have surveillance cameras installed inside of their homes. Also you must hand over encryption passwords at the demand of a law enforcement official. Also isn't it illegal to photograph police there despite having essentially every square inch of the country under surveillance? I read that they even have spy microphones all over the place and are starting to put up speaker systems so people who watch the cameras / listen to the microphones can remotely issue orders to people. Plus GCHQ has British internet traffic watched to just as much an extent as NSA has US internet traffic watched. The bias in British media is even more blatantly obvious than in US media and it seems ultra-sensationalism is the in thing there amazingly to even a greater extent than in the USA. GB appears to be a lot like USA but with out even having pretend restrictions on government power. Not to mention data retention is required by law for between six months and two years. Not to mention you are behind the great firewall of Britain, which blocks access to the pirate bay among other things. I could probably go on and on about examples of how Great Britain is a police state, but I think this list is enough.
Also I shouldn't forget to mention how everything there is ultra-government-regulated in the stupidest ways, GB is like the love child of Orwell and Kafka.
Serious?! There are not more surveillance cameras than citizens, we have a lot of cctv around which is used 99% of the time to collect evidence of crime, not to monitor people
"GB courts even sentence people to have surveillance cameras installed inside of their homes" - ABSOLUTE BOLLOCKS
" I read that they even have spy microphones all over the place and are starting to put up speaker systems so people who watch the cameras / listen to the microphones can remotely issue orders to people" - More bollox i'm afraid. A shop in norwich played classical music via an outside speaker to discourage teenagers from hanging around but thats as close as it got
"Not to mention data retention is required by law for between six months and two years. Not to mention you are behind the great firewall of Britain, which blocks access to the pirate bay among other things. I could probably go on and on about examples of how Great Britain is a police state," - Were did you get this shit from? Good dependable USA Media?
Sorry for any misconceptions but thought it my right as an Englishmen to protect my country.
I'm English, I live in England and I speak English (maybe don't type so well though)
It's true about the CCTV operators linked up to microphones. I think it was just a test run in one council. They were using it to brake up fights, saying 'YOU, in the purple shirt. STAND STILL. The police have been called...' And, telling people to pick up the litter they'd dropped. I don't know if they thought it was 'successful' enough to roll it out across the UK.
Speakers yes, microphone no!!!!! They are two different things.
All the fucking paranoid tin foil hat wearers can believe what they like. I'm talking from an informed position and can happily state there are no microphones attached to any public cctv equipment in the UK.
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There's things I like and hate about the UK. It's not perfect by any means, but no country is. I could cobble together a perfect country though......
Spanish weather
French style
Italian architecture
Japanese food
Scandinavian values
Dutch drug laws
South american women
and...
British cool
Gotta admit it, we're the coolest fuckin; dudes around.
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There's things I like and hate about the UK. It's not perfect by any means, but no country is. I could cobble together a perfect country though......
Spanish weather
French style
Italian architecture
Japanese food
Scandinavian values
Dutch drug laws
South american women
and...
British cool
Gotta admit it, we're the coolest fuckin; dudes around.
definitely, I'm with you on there, when I can I move there? lol
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I see GB as a modern era fascist police state and the USA as a modernized, slightly watered down Christian version of radical Islamic countries.
Lol...if you like mate. Clearly you haven't spent much time here.
And yeah we are the most watched state in the E.U but to be fair we do have the most bastards in the E.U so whilst it is a stupid reaction it's to be expected from the politicians that capitalize on fighting crime.
And Joeyjojojr you are forgetting the English Breakfast and the Beef Wellington. :)
I don't need to spend much time there, there are an order of magnitude more surveillance cameras than there are citizens, GB courts even sentence people to have surveillance cameras installed inside of their homes. Also you must hand over encryption passwords at the demand of a law enforcement official. Also isn't it illegal to photograph police there despite having essentially every square inch of the country under surveillance? I read that they even have spy microphones all over the place and are starting to put up speaker systems so people who watch the cameras / listen to the microphones can remotely issue orders to people. Plus GCHQ has British internet traffic watched to just as much an extent as NSA has US internet traffic watched. The bias in British media is even more blatantly obvious than in US media and it seems ultra-sensationalism is the in thing there amazingly to even a greater extent than in the USA. GB appears to be a lot like USA but with out even having pretend restrictions on government power. Not to mention data retention is required by law for between six months and two years. Not to mention you are behind the great firewall of Britain, which blocks access to the pirate bay among other things. I could probably go on and on about examples of how Great Britain is a police state, but I think this list is enough.
Also I shouldn't forget to mention how everything there is ultra-government-regulated in the stupidest ways, GB is like the love child of Orwell and Kafka.
Serious?! There are not more surveillance cameras than citizens, we have a lot of cctv around which is used 99% of the time to collect evidence of crime, not to monitor people
"GB courts even sentence people to have surveillance cameras installed inside of their homes" - ABSOLUTE BOLLOCKS
" I read that they even have spy microphones all over the place and are starting to put up speaker systems so people who watch the cameras / listen to the microphones can remotely issue orders to people" - More bollox i'm afraid. A shop in norwich played classical music via an outside speaker to discourage teenagers from hanging around but thats as close as it got
"Not to mention data retention is required by law for between six months and two years. Not to mention you are behind the great firewall of Britain, which blocks access to the pirate bay among other things. I could probably go on and on about examples of how Great Britain is a police state," - Were did you get this shit from? Good dependable USA Media?
Sorry for any misconceptions but thought it my right as an Englishmen to protect my country.
I'm English, I live in England and I speak English (maybe don't type so well though)
It's true about the CCTV operators linked up to microphones. I think it was just a test run in one council. They were using it to brake up fights, saying 'YOU, in the purple shirt. STAND STILL. The police have been called...' And, telling people to pick up the litter they'd dropped. I don't know if they thought it was 'successful' enough to roll it out across the UK.
Speakers yes, microphone no!!!!! They are two different things.
All the fucking paranoid tin foil hat wearers can believe what they like. I'm talking from an informed position and can happily state there are no microphones attached to any public cctv equipment in the UK.
You bumped this thread from months ago to pull me up on that! ::) It was a test run, it happened, get over it... Dickhead....
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This is from a Brit's perceptive, but thought I would share it with Americans, fellow Brits, and anyone else that would like to hear, I'm proud...
I'm proud that Great Britain was the first country in the world to abolish slavery.
I'm proud that our ancestors fought and died in the name to save Europe from Totalitarianism.
I'm proud that, although we're far from perfect, we're 'probably' the most racially integrated and tolerant nation in the world. I'm proud that homosexuality is legal, and that our laws support the principle that nobody can be discriminated against for reasons of gender, race, sexual orientation, religion or disability.
I'm proud that we pretty much invented the idea for the NHS, via Aneurin Bevin.
I'm not proud about hearing this bad news (clearwebalert)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/9593300/No-laughing-matter.html c'mon Great Britain, we need to start laughing more, six minutes a day is just not good enough!
There's plenty to moan about in Great Britain, and I'm often the first to do it. I moan not because I hate this country, but because I am proud to be a part of our society, and I want to make it better place :)
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Done, done, and done, *feels embarrassed*, must back away from the Sambuca now, sorry for any inconvenience caused StExo ;)
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Aaaah :) Much better :) Thanks :-*
Most welcome, cheers mate for making me look twice, Sambuca does crazy things to my spelling lol! ;) :-*
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The Yanks love us. You inherited a beautiful country, language and of course most important of all, we have given you the Silk Road. 8)
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In Britain, if you publicly call for the invasion of a foreign army, you commit high treason. Its an old law from the 1800s thats still in force.
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This is from a Brit's perceptive, but thought I would share it with Americans, fellow Brits, and anyone else that would like to hear, I'm proud...
I'm proud that Great Britain was the first country in the world to abolish slavery.
I'm proud that our ancestors fought and died in the name to save Europe from Totalitarianism.
I'm proud that, although we're far from perfect, we're 'probably' the most racially integrated and tolerant nation in the world. I'm proud that homosexuality is legal, and that our laws support the principle that nobody can be discriminated against for reasons of gender, race, sexual orientation, religion or disability.
I'm proud that we pretty much invented the idea for the NHS, via Aneurin Bevin.
I'm not proud about hearing this bad news (clearwebalert)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/9593300/No-laughing-matter.html c'mon Great Britain, we need to start laughing more, six minutes a day is just not good enough!
There's plenty to moan about in Great Britain, and I'm often the first to do it. I moan not because I hate this country, but because I am proud to be a part of our society, and I want to make it better place :)
YES YES YES.
i spend an inordinate amount of time saying to people that they shouldn't moan about GB, its an amazing place when you look at the alternatives.
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I only think about individual people. I know some Britons who are awesome, and I know some who are total cock-sprockets.
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Are we talking about England, the United Kingdom, or Great Britain? Also, of those three which one does the queen live in?
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I think Britain's great. love the television programming there. worlds better than the shit on american TV. I like the accent, people I have talked with have always been polite (limetless excluded ;p) I give lots of shit about them being just like another american state, but in reality, I don't know much about their policies, LE, anything other than the stereotypes that we all hear...and I think there food (before the Indian influence) was complete garbage (other than shepherds pie) the Indian influence in current british food makes it worth a go in any kitchen. (I enjoy cooking to relieve stress, and clear my mind when working on complex problems) I would love to visit one day, probably not london, but some countryside burg or village or whatever the Brits call their small farm towns (cobblestone streets if possible)
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The cobbles are almost all gone now dude, dug up by Gypos' along time ago =[
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Thanks for Bentley!
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Are we talking about England, the United Kingdom, or Great Britain? Also, of those three which one does the queen live in?
This relationship best described with a Van diagram l feel...
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Everything I know about Great Britain was derived from the Austin Powers series.
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... And your princess has rockin tits. Definitely motorboat-able.
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I'm a bit jealous of Britain, to be honest.
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Much luv for all our friends in the UK!!
The UK is Americas strongest ally in Europe and quite possibly the world.
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I did go to American a few time on holiday.
Because my accent is not of the real
English (it sounds South American) people did look at me different than my freinds who were all white English peoples.
Also, one could not notice how big the Americans were!
Even the food size of the portion, was not of the European or South American!
Amerricans are nice peoples but do not like Mexicans and some thought I was which is wrong!
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Amerricans are nice peoples but do not like Mexicans and some thought I was which is wrong!
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We don't all dislike Mexicans/Hispanics!!! I lived in Texas for a while and worked construction with some of the finest cabrones around. Good people and many are the most hardworking SOBs I've met. Not to mention Hispanic girls ARE THE SHIT!!!!! No women in the world are more beautiful.
... And your princess has rockin tits. Definitely motorboat-able.
Which one? I hope you don't mean Anne :')
If you mean Kate, she's the Duchess of Cambridge. A Princess is sovereign blood (ie, direct daughter, grand-daughter or other direct blood descendent of the sovereign) whereas a Duchess or Countess has married in to the royal family as is the case of Kate.
Duchess.... My bad... I knew she was called "Duchess" but I didn't know why.... Anyway.... yes I would motor boat the shit out of those titties. American style, making a little boat motor noise whilst proceeding with the act.
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... And your princess has rockin tits. Definitely motorboat-able.
You haven't seen her sister then?
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Much luv for all our friends in the UK!!
The UK is Americas strongest ally in Europe and quite possibly the world.
Fuck you, yankee tosser.!!
(only joking....it's good ol' British irony don't ya' know)
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I find my opinions on the U.K in limbo of late.
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I am from the USA but I appreciate a lot of British things, well blood pudding doesn't sound that great...
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I used to like Brits till Limetless came around. :o
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Lmao, sorry for killing the dream mate.
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Lmao, sorry for killing the dream mate.
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Your up early Lim, or are you on a late one?
Have a good day mate, I'm off to work now (boo). :)
On topic: One of my best mates is American. There are more things our countries share in common than things which separate us.
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Lmao, sorry for killing the dream mate.
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Your up early Lim, or are you on a late one?
Have a good day mate, I'm off to work now (boo). :)
A late one, been a long week and still got lots to do. Have a good day fella. :)
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I like Great Britain, I'd live there if I could afford it... well, for a while anyway. Until I got sick of it, then I'd probably move somewhere else (again if I could afford it).
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I like Great Britain, I'd live there if I could afford it... well, for a while anyway. Until I got sick of it, then I'd probably move somewhere else (again if I could afford it).
Yep, it's the sheer depth of thought that I really like about you yanks!
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I used to like Brits till Limetless came around. :o
Actually Lim is a Kosovan refugee who settled in the UK in 2001 on a temporary visa and has evaded Immigrations ever since. That's why he doesn't come across as an average Brit. Hope that clarifies the situation.
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I used to like Brits till Limetless came around. :o
Actually Lim is a Kosovan refugee who settled in the UK in 2001 on a temporary visa and has evaded Immigrations ever since. That's why he doesn't come across as an average Brit. Hope that clarifies the situation.
How did you know? :o
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Bad teeth, ugly women, not a fun place to vacation.
On the other hand people were generally nice and liked to joke at least the guys. I just didn't have much fun when I went to England and wish I would of saved my money and days and just went straight to Italy. I spent a week in London and a two weeks in Italy.
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I used to like Brits till Limetless came around. :o
Actually Lim is a Kosovan refugee who settled in the UK in 2001 on a temporary visa and has evaded Immigrations ever since. That's why he doesn't come across as an average Brit. Hope that clarifies the situation.
How did you know? :o
I've been tracking your activities since 2001. I'm just glad that you've given up your sex slave trafficking and arms dealing in favour of your current focus on Silk Road. You and your shady underground Kosovan organisation can run, but we'll catch up with you....oh yes....
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I like Great Britain, I'd live there if I could afford it... well, for a while anyway. Until I got sick of it, then I'd probably move somewhere else (again if I could afford it).
Yep, it's the sheer depth of thought that I really like about you yanks!
hahaha, you're not the first person who's made that sort of response to something i've said lol
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They aight. Heard they dont celebrate the fourth of July though :P
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They aight. Heard they dont celebrate the fourth of July though :P
Yeah we do, it's the day we got rid of you fuckers. :)
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You English/British created "Eggs Benedict" right? if so i owe you eternal gratitude. This has been my favorite breakfast for over 8 years now! i make it weekly at least and create a special offering of a human sacrifice for whoever created it ;)
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You English/British created "Eggs Benedict" right? if so i owe you eternal gratitude. This has been my favorite breakfast for over 8 years now! i make it weekly at least and create a special offering of a human sacrifice for whoever created it ;)
Yeah we did. You can also buy us a drink for Christmas Dinner and the Sunday Roast too. You may as well add Thanksgiving Dinner to the list too because that's basically Sunday Dinner with added extras.
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I stayed in Kensington Gardens just a few block from the mall called Harrod's I think. Cool mall by the way. A lot better than the ones here,
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I stayed in Kensington Gardens just a few block from the mall called Harrod's I think. Cool mall by the way. A lot better than the ones here,
Sorry, did you just call Harrods a "mall"?
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Doe department store sound better?
It is a mall though many stores under one roof where shopping goes on is a mall to me. It just had different themed floors. I liked the Egyption themed one.
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Doe department store sound better?
It is a mall though many stores under one roof where shopping goes on is a mall to me. It just had different themed floors. I liked the Egyption themed one.
Harrods ain't a fuckin store, it's an institution. You know they will get you WHATEVER you want if it's possible to do so? Calling Harrods a "mall" or a "store" is like saying Father Christmas is an "enthusiastic postman".
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Maybe you should notify them, because by their own admission they are a department store.
I really enjoyed the watches and blew 4 grand on a Versace watch.
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I shall be writing to them shortly!
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I love the UK! Or, I should say, I love it as much as it is possible without having ever been there. I've just never had the funds to visit, sadly.
The sense of humor is probably my favorite aspect. And the rebooted Top Gear is, quite frankly, the best show... in the world!
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Doe department store sound better?
It is a mall though many stores under one roof where shopping goes on is a mall to me. It just had different themed floors. I liked the Egyption themed one.
Harrods ain't a fuckin store, it's an institution. You know they will get you WHATEVER you want if it's possible to do so? Calling Harrods a "mall" or a "store" is like saying Father Christmas is an "enthusiastic postman".
It's an institution for sure, but it's so fuckin kitsch. It's got no class just like its owner. No Fortnum and Mason...there's a British institution with class...
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Doe department store sound better?
It is a mall though many stores under one roof where shopping goes on is a mall to me. It just had different themed floors. I liked the Egyption themed one.
Harrods ain't a fuckin store, it's an institution. You know they will get you WHATEVER you want if it's possible to do so? Calling Harrods a "mall" or a "store" is like saying Father Christmas is an "enthusiastic postman".
It's an institution for sure, but it's so fuckin kitsch. It's got no class just like its owner. No Fortnum and Mason...there's a British institution with class...
I disagree, only on the fact that they sell their own-brand body cream in Asda over christmas; thats not classy.
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My favorite place I've ever lived. :( I miss it so much it's ridiculous. The parties were amazing, cool stuff to see, always football, more social drinking atmosphere, love the accent... I'm trying to get a tier two working visa to move back. Used to think it was expensive, but surprisingly it's not so bad. I think you can live much cheaper over there than in the States.
The only downside is the weather is truly awful. We all got really excited because it was 23 in march. Then it pissed rain for the next three months and only started to get sunny-ish when I left mid-Summer. I missed the sun and heat a lot while I was there.
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Doe department store sound better?
It is a mall though many stores under one roof where shopping goes on is a mall to me. It just had different themed floors. I liked the Egyption themed one.
Harrods ain't a fuckin store, it's an institution. You know they will get you WHATEVER you want if it's possible to do so? Calling Harrods a "mall" or a "store" is like saying Father Christmas is an "enthusiastic postman".
It's an institution for sure, but it's so fuckin kitsch. It's got no class just like its owner. No Fortnum and Mason...there's a British institution with class...
I disagree, only on the fact that they sell their own-brand body cream in Asda over christmas; thats not classy.
That's only because ASDA gave Harrods an excellent blow-job for the privilege.
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I stayed in Kensington Gardens just a few block from the mall called Harrod's I think. Cool mall by the way. A lot better than the ones here,
Sorry, did you just call Harrods a "mall"?
THIS, my friends is why Britain and the USA will NEVER understand each other !!!!!!
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Doe department store sound better?
It is a mall though many stores under one roof where shopping goes on is a mall to me. It just had different themed floors. I liked the Egyption themed one.
Harrods ain't a fuckin store, it's an institution. You know they will get you WHATEVER you want if it's possible to do so? Calling Harrods a "mall" or a "store" is like saying Father Christmas is an "enthusiastic postman".
I just notice you used the word ain't and that intrigues me since I was always under the impression that it was an American made up word for an improper conjunction probably derived from the hills of West Virginia, but since your English then I assume it was already a word of bad grammer and brought over to America instead of created here.
Really interesting. I can't believe I missed that before. You learn something new everyday!
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Nope, ain't is our creation but it's just something the U.S robbed along with Princess Diana, our legal system and our history every time you run short of your own. :p
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Does the word have a negative cognitation there like it does here? If you use the word ain't here the assumption is that you are undeducated, hill billy, country, or ghetto. Basically impoverished and ignorant because you your education level.
You do get all kinds of people saying it especially if you do live in the rural areas of the US even college graduates say it if they grew up in a small town like it is ingrained in them, so obviously that is a stereotype, but when growing up that is what school teaches you that it is a wrong term and poor uneducated people who live in stick houses in the mountains use it and not proper children that bathe and have running water.
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Nope, ain't is our creation but it's just something the U.S robbed along with Princess Diana, our legal system and our history every time you run short of your own. :p
How did the US take Princess Diana? and UK history?
I am not defending the United States, I just have no idea what you are talking about so I'm eager to know..
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Doe department store sound better?
It is a mall though many stores under one roof where shopping goes on is a mall to me. It just had different themed floors. I liked the Egyption themed one.
Harrods ain't a fuckin store, it's an institution. You know they will get you WHATEVER you want if it's possible to do so? Calling Harrods a "mall" or a "store" is like saying Father Christmas is an "enthusiastic postman".
Limitless is the funniest cunt on this forum!
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Does the Queen still not get her cake from Harrods anymore? what was that all about anyway?
And I think Great Britain in general is more polite and civilized than the US. However, I can't share the details of my experience and can only wonder if certain areas of Great Britain can be equated to certain states in the US as far as education/demeanor of the individual. OR, maybe is it a class thing over there? (I hear on the Ricky Gervaise show how one of the guys dumbs down how he speaks when he's around hired help like plumbers or the such).
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... They must do otherwise they wouldn't steal our history, Princess Diana and tea and crumpets. :P ...
You forgot that we have also stolen everything that has ever appeared on the BBC, hardly an original show or show concept on American television, it's all been jacked from the BBC :)
I seem to like all things British: Your Queen, Kate Middleton, William, Harry, Buckhouse, Piccadilly, Oxford Street, Bond Street, The Mayflower Hotel, Hyde Park, Concerts in Hyde Park, Beatles, Stones, U2, Slow Hand, David Gray, Adele, all that glorious music from the 1980's , your school system, Dickens, Austin, Collins, Yeats, the Wordsworths, Dove Cottage, the Lake District, the proximity to France, your castles, estates, villages, architecture & countryside, fish & chips and your breakfast bacon is to die for - ours is much different...
Maybe I'm an Anglophile. I've experienced nothing yet that I don't like about the United Kingdom of Great Britain :-*
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This thread is like many chats I've had in dive bars all over the wonderful USA. As an Irishman living in the UK but who's been to most of the states in the union I have to say that when you scratch beneath the skin there's not that much difference.. Intelligence, wealth, ignorance, charity, poverty, authoritarianism, freedom and a mutual love of booze (excluding a sizeable chunk of west Texas) are present in similar amounts in both nations. The climate does suck in the UK but having said that bad weather instills character. America has religious scrutiny, the UK has technological scrutiny and it's fair to say that the Brits like their American cousins like to get cunted....Just like the Irish.
In my perfect Multiverse existence I'd be living in West Cornwall from May to October and the rest of the time in Austin TX.
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Austin is a fun town, except for the shitty traffic.
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I always liked the UK's history, as it predates the USA's by many many years. However, I feel like America is more "free" if you will.
Your cars' steering wheels are on the wrong flippin' side though!!! ;)