Why Is It That Americans Here Never..... (page 2)

Mommie Dark

The superior man never denigrates his inferiors. He remains secure in the knowledge that he is the superior person, and he doesn't need to elevate himself by stepping on those less fortunate.

You have me confused. I know, I know, it doesn't take much to confuse a guy from Oz, but I couldn't help notice your address and yet you continually refer to 'we' when speaking about the great pommie land. Why is that? Don't you want to stay in Holland? Come on, it's not so bad, is it? I've been told it's "Mooi".

Cheers,
Ozzie

"If our hopes for peace are placed in the hands of imperfect people, they are bound to evaporate."

- Ron Hutchcraft Surviving the Storms of Stress

borgfree

I certainly wouldn't disagree that England has been the best in many things, and is no doubt still the best in many things. Fortunately for us, the English brought all of that good over here, and we (US) improved on them.

Borgfree

"True patriotism doesn't exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others" Queen Elizabeth II

Englishman

Abaddon,

Sure, were crap at cricket but we have the number 1 rugby side and a pretty good chance of doing well in the football world cup.

The Health service is an option to private care nowadays. Most countries don't have a health service at all.

OK, trains. The infrastructure has been down for 150 years, where you gonna put new routes? The 150 year old bends limit top speed to 125 mph, so how bad's that?

English cuisine is great, only the restaurants that serve it are bad because Brits resent serving anybody.

I agree that we are naturally lawless, a Brit would be quite happy to tell the Queen to piss off if he felt it was justified.

Most of the rest that you wrote was correct, IMHO.

Englishman.

Truth exists;only falsehood has to be invented. -Georges Braque

mouthy

Pass me a plate of Steak & kidney pudding please & a dish of jellied eels OOOOh Loverley mate!!!

Celia

EMan,
British have the best cuisine ???
Bwaahh... You must be kidding, right ? !

TR

Comf and Mommy D- you ROCK!

TR

I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way.
--Robert Frost, 1935

Abaddon

Okay, I am starting a contest to se if anyone else thinks a certain poster is Beavis escaped from cartoon land...

That aside;

E'man;

It's about time one of the British teams started playing world-beating rugby, Gone are the days when me and my dad would bay at the TV 'Come on Gareth', or take residual pride in sharing a surname with two of the best Rugby players on the planet. Wales may be a spent force in Rugby, but it's nice that England have done so well of late.

I have a big thing for the Health Service. It's a good idea it done properly. The Dutch have a fairly good compromise going.

Good point about the rails. However, I personally think essential public services should be nationalised; privatised services cannot compete as they have to make a profit, provide a service and invest for the furture. A nationalised service with equivalenly efficient management HAS to be better, as it needs no profit.

The National Health Service and educational system are only as bad as they are because of stupid greedy voters and dumb-ass politicians.

You need to pay for what you want. If someone puts going to a slightly better hotel on holiday above a decent educational system and health service, that's their look out really.

It's when they start bitching about the poor state of the health service and education system caused by tax cuts they voted for that I have a problem.

Politicians make it worse by pretending you can have both, but the voters believe them...

ozzie; I'm British, but I live in the Netherlands, not out of falling in love with the country, but with a Dutch girl. I have pointed out she could have been a bloody Brazilian so I got to live somewhere warmer, but she shows no sign of changing nationality.

Thus the 'we' when talking about what will always be my homeland, even if I make my home elsewhere.

People living in glass paradigms shouldn't throw stones...

GinnyTosken

Englishman,

Barbaric and moronic as we Neanderthal Americans are, we do have the sense to realize the futility of slagging Brits. Whatever we say, you Brits are sure to be above it all and will carry on with a stiff upper lip.

I'll give it a go anyway, just so you won't feel slighted.

Ginny

from The Boomer Bible by R.F. Laird
THE BOOK OF BLOODY BRITS
Chapter 1
1 There was an island called Britain located off the northwest coast of Europe, where it was in an ideal position to cause lots of trouble for everyone else.
2 The weather is very bad in Britain all the time, which makes clothes very important,
3 And explains why the people who lived there became obsessed about being properly dressed for every occasion,
4 Although there is much about these people that cannot be explained,
5 As we shall see.
6 Anyway, the Brits worked hard to become the Chosen Nation of Europe and the World,
7 And actually succeeded for quite a while,
8 Against all odds,
9 Which was their favorite way,
10 And the reason why they are so heartily detested by almost everyone.
11 This is their story.
Chapter 26
1 But fortunately for the Brits, there were other parts of the world,
2 Places where there were vast numbers of brave natives willing to outnumber the Brits in defense of their homelands,
3 Which enabled the Brits to fight in the proper way,
4 Against great odds,
5 Wearing very nice uniforms,
6 Except for the ones that included short pants,
7 Which turned out to be okay anyway because the Brits have never understood that short pants are not nice, but silly.
8 And so, as the dim-witted Georges gave way to dim-witted monarchs with other names,
9 Brit power and influence expanded enormously,
10 Until there were huge Brit colonies in Africa,
11 And India,
12 And Asia,
13 And Indochina,
14 And Australia,
15 And Canada,
16 And Ireland,
17 And Wales,
18 And Scotland,
19 And wherever else there were non-white or non-Brit people who needed to be taught how to do everything the hard way,
20 Including honor and tradition and fair play and so forth,
21 Even if they all had to be slaughtered to the last man, woman, and child in order to learn it properly,
22 So that eventually there came a day when the sun never set on the British Empire,
23 And no matter where you went in the world,
24 You could hear people talking at great length about their views on Brit honor and tradition,
25 And fair play,
26 Not to mention Brit uniforms.
Chapter 27
1 But the Brits also had a great sense of humor,
2 Meaning that they never took the criticisms of foreigners too seriously,
3 Because you had to consider the source . . .
Chapter 36
1 The invention of reason convinced a lot of well-educated Brits that they could think,
2 Which is how the Brits came to invent irony . . .
Chapter 59
1 And now the Brits have been above it all for years,
2 And they like it,
3 Because it's a brand-new kind of misery to be poor and inept and unemployed,
4 And when you're the nation that invented misery in the first place,
5 It's pretty wonderful to find a new type of misery at this late date.
6 And so, the chances are that the Brits will go on being above it all,
7 Until the world comes to an end,
8 Because it's the only way to go,
9 When you have a terrible climate,
10 A tired, mongrel race,
11 A ruined economy,
12 A bloody, bloody past,
13 And no more world to rule.

Mulan

I admit the Americans are a whiney lot. (did someone say that yet?) "We whine and complain about standing in line at airport security, we whine because we're fat, we were attacked, etc. etc. and why does the rest of the world hate us?"

Those were all quotes from a war journalist, on Oprah Winfrey's show yesterday.

The answer is, we are spoiled, and the world has caught up with us. Our economy stinks, insurance system is embarrassing (more complaints), the political system is corrupt, and standing in line at airports is no news to Europe and Asia. Anyone who has traveled the world knows that.

Solution? ...........I should say "the new world" shouldn't I?

Seriously, I love England, Scotland, and hope to see Ireland one day. I can't wait to go back to England. I really felt home there...probably genetic memory, eh?

Marilyn (aka Mulan)
"No one can take advantage of you, without your permission." Ann Landers

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