Taking sides: UK vs US

We helped. But we didn't compromise on our constant hot water supply.

But it's not a foreign concept to Americans, either, even if you've lived much of your life in a two-story suburban house with a boiler the size of a Dalek.

we have a neat electric shower thingy so we always have hot water. actually, this bathroom is the largest ever.

however, american breakfasts are fantastic. they just don't 'get' waffles here. same with tex-mex food

When it comes to drinking to the point of throwing up, I really don't think we have anything to teach the British. I'll see your Australians in Willesden and raise you 3,000 brawling, lobster-red pommie yobs in Bondi!

i hate it because there are currently roadworks (LIKE EVERYWHERE BLOODY ELSE ON MY REGULAR LONDON ROUTES) obscuring the 266 bus stop. and there should be an Old Oak station for North Acton to interchange with thus giving me access to the Silverlink without having to get that fecking bus (they always insist on changing drivers just 2 stops after i get on).

Unfortunately, I don't think we Aussies have it in us to win this year. But England's been a bit disappointing too. I've a funny feeling the French might come through.

What! You're telling me Willeden isn't a microcosm of your great British nation?!

I lived in Oxford as a kid. I've travelled around the country a bit. The pissy shower thing is a cultural constant.

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You need to live somewhere touristic like... Oxford... where it is unnaturally misty and rainy and damp (and beautiful, romantic, mysterious etc)

If we let you!

You can't stop me. I hold a UK passport. Mwa-ha-ha!

OK, so what's the joke?

It is/was on the high street, not far from a pizzeria whose name I think was Marco's. I'm thinking this bar's called Rachel's, but that's hardly a Spanish name so perhaps I've got it wrong.

I also remember a jolly few pints at the Bread & Roses after a vigorous swim at the pool down the road.

"Talk too loud": That's because we have to shout over all the progress that's happening herein. Continually. (Or we could all have mothers like mine, who constantly prod us to "speak up" or "speak louder".)

"Invade countries": No we don't. We liberate them. Difference! :)

"Don't let you smoke in restaurants": Dependent on the location, this one is. My city just recently enacted new ordinances that would make restaurants have to meet stringent guidelines in order to have a "smoking" section. But by default, most restaurants locally are "smoke-free". Thank God! (Though there is some kind of insanity behind banning smoking in bars, IMHO.)

"Don't know much about other cultures": I don't know about that. We're all so many different cultures and peoples that we're all too keenly aware of differing cultures. If you were to run into me on the street, you'd probably think I wasn't American. But *surprise*, I am!

"Have crap coffee": I've had excellent coffee. I've had bad coffee. This happens. Good coffee can be found herein, again IMHO. But I end up relying on soft drinks for most of my caffeine intake. Robert D. Kaplan put it best when he said that coffee has a destabilizing effect on one's stomach in a hot climate. This is true. I live in a climate that could accurately be described as "hot" 75% of the year or so. Yay for sodas!

It's just that some of them were called 'Americans' afterwards.

Nonsense, I've hardly read anything. I'm like a college student, only 20 years older and with a more stupid hairstyle.

http://www.imomus.com/dailyphoto101103.html

Coming to a theatre near you.

i thought the thread was pretty light-hearted up to that point, and oops jibe was just a jibe...and then *kapow*, er, what?

Good point stence - also, gaz did (quietly) point out his customs experience was in 1994, well before any of this current terrorist hoo-ha.

And for bitchiness' sake, I'll point out that I've had my stuff rudely searched by Spanish airport security upon leaving two times now, but hey I still love Spain and would go back in a minute if I could. One rude person in a country /= all people in a country

I wasn't sure wether to be relieved or insulted! =)

What the fuck planet are you on?

I don't understand what's so goddammed funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzj1OF7d9m4

I mean, they're the ones who drink tea from gas cans.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3782563/I-lost-husband-sacred-ground-m-disgusted-British-stag-cause-outrage-taking-selfies-NAKED-BLOW-DOLL-Ground-Zero-eve-15th-anniversary-9-11-police-order-leave.html

OK, fine. Limeys win.

https://i.imgur.com/8fMzRjL.jpg