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I really dont care all too much for pathetic comments about what some gender-confused europeans think about my country. But, While we are on this subject, lets face it you have some idiotic stuff going on in europe.

1. Have you seen the tv shows in the UK? Ok...seeing 1 guy in a dress is a little funny, but come on!

2. Of all the nasty food in the world - What the heck are drippings?!?!

3. Teeth should be white and streight, (not yellow). Beer should be cold and women should be shaven... nuff said.

4. We have had ONE currency for a long time... congratulations on getting that right after most of your countries could not stand alone against the dollar or the pound. (oh wait...it was for closer ties between countries, right? ha!)

5. I am aware that we did not play a starting role in WWII, but if we did not commit our troops to the war effort, where would you be?

6. I will NOT learn french, so $%#@ off!

7. Give up the idea that we will ever play nice with any country. If they piss us off enough, we WILL take action. If you dont like it, dont piss us off.

8. 9/11 was horrific. And yes we do not take well to terrorism - oh wait this happens every day in some european countries... YOU must be used to not being safe in public places - We are not - Nor will we ever get that way.

9. Not just police and security carry guns over here, buddy. Most of us have a rifle, a handgun and a large knife. And we like it that way. =)

10. Most of your movies come from the U.S. entertainment industry so does your music - does that mean YOU actually have a culture? - or that you emualte ours and change what you dont like?

11. Snails should be outside on a tree or something, not on my figgin plate!

12. I dont care what you think about the U,S, being in Iraq - yes its not the best idea, but I didnt see YOU doing anything about it but talking. - Oh lets do another trade embargo and let his people starve for a while and give france another oppertunity to ignore it and get cheap oil.- Yeah, that'll get the job done.

13. I do apologize if we seem nice - trust me, we DONT have the same complaint when we visit YOUR country. Except for your women, pehaps your sister would be cool if she shaved & got some work done on her teeth.

14. I like to drive a car that is not a shoebox with wheels.

15. Hockey, Football & Baseball are fun. Soccer is really strage sport played by damaged people. WTF is with the cards??

16. What in the world is the meaning of a friggen traffic circle? And who was the idiot that placed them everywhere???

17. If your entire country is less than 100 miles in diameter - why even be a country? Really.

I know a most this does' not pertain to a lot of west-europen countries. However I cannot see myself visiting any country that the men state: women are for babies, men are for pleasure (yes they mean that in the homosexual way.) - you know who you are if i am referring to you.

This may anger some people, oops. FWIW if anything I said in this post angered you, think about this before replying - becuase its not like im going to read this thread - I dont care what some foreigner has to say about my country. It has its problems, but Id rather be here than anywhere else.

Can someone start locking these please? They're pointless and only lead to flames and trolling.

I wonder why there are so many anti-American threads on NS?

Oh, because of anti-Europe threads like this.

Why does everyone say 'Europe' and mean 'England' ? :confused:

If it was not for Europe the us would not even exist.

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Why does everyone say 'Europe' and mean 'England' ? :confused:
I've never noticed anyone saying Europe when they mean just England.

1. Um… try Doctor Who.

2. Please, go to France or Italy. Or Spain.

3. I have crooked yellowish teeth… I don't see the point in braces and teeth are naturally yellow.

4. You forgot aggressive northern nationalism.

5. Just so long as you realise it actually began in 1939. ;)

6. Fine by me. We're not too fond of the French here… don't see why you're not, though!

7. We'd better get ready tying sacks of piss to trees, then, like the Vietcong.

8. Stiff upper lip, wot!

9. I prefer broadswords and double bladed axes, meself.

10. You are seriously confusing cause and effect here! :)

11. Not Europe, France.

12. We talk very well in Europe. Quite articulate.

13. Have you only been to France? Really, they display the most appalling racism towards English-speakers there.

14. Ils ont mignon!

15. Feck all of them.

16. Not sure.

17. Because we're bloody-minded.

Come to Britain and bring some of your automatic weapons to cleanse the chavs, please.

I've never noticed anyone saying Europe when they mean just England.
...at least half of Xenose's points apply to England, but most certainly not to some other parts of Europe. Same goes for the other 'things i hate about...' threads.

I love those great American bands like Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, The Rolling Stones, The Who, and The Beatles. All the greatest music comes from the USA.

However I cannot see myself visiting any country that the men state: women are for babies, men are for pleasure (yes they mean that in the homosexual way.) - you know who you are if i am referring to you.

Ancient Greece has been dead for 2000 years.

I love those great American bands like Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, The Rolling Stones, The Who, and The Beatles. All the greatest music comes from the USA.

The Beatles are from England

Don't feed the troll

I really dont care all too much for pathetic comments about what some gender-confused europeans think about my country. But, While we are on this subject, lets face it you have some idiotic stuff going on in europe.
Your country? Don't fool yourself, it's just a colony and you know it!
I know a most this does' not pertain to a lot of west-europen countries. However I cannot see myself visiting any country that the men state: women are for babies, men are for pleasure (yes they mean that in the homosexual way.) - you know who you are if i am referring to you. That's called Ancient Greece. You're a little behind the times aren't you?

Incidentally, Greece is amazing… go there.

Don't feed the troll

This transvestite speaks words of wisdom. Ye shall listen.

The Beatles are from England
But all those other bands he mentioned are from the good old USA though, right?

But all those other bands he mentioned are from the good old USA though, right? Actually, the best bands tend to come from Northern Europe. See In Flames, Dimmu Borgir, Therion, Nightwish, Rammstein (well not always Northern), etc.

The Beatles are from England

Whooooosh!

The Beatles are from England

And Sdaeriji thought he could fool all of us.

And Sdaeriji thought he could fool all of us.
That silly Sdaeriji

PS: DON'T FEED THE TROLL!

Actually, the best bands tend to come from Northern Europe. See In Flames, Dimmu Borgir, Therion, Nightwish, Rammstein (well not always Northern), etc.
Plenty of good US bands too. Marilyn Manson, NIN, Metallica (before they were castrated), Anthrax, Pantera (RIP Dimebag), Ramones, Circle Jerks, and the list goes on.

I wonder why there are so many anti-American threads on NS?

Oh, because of anti-Europe threads like this.


There arent as many of these as anti-American,though. Its like a 25:1 ratio of Anti-American to Anti-AnyThingElse.

12. I dont care what you think about the U,S, being in Iraq - yes its not the best idea, but I didnt see YOU doing anything about it but talking.

Current affairs quiz time for you: what do these countries have in common? - United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, Romania, Denmark, Bulgaria, Latvia, Albania, Lithuania, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia and Norway.

16. What in the world is the meaning of a friggen traffic circle? And who was the idiot that placed them everywhere???

What the heck is a 'traffic circle'?

What the heck is a 'traffic circle'?
Roundabout I guess

There arent as many of these as anti-American,though. Its like a 25:1 ratio of Anti-American to Anti-AnyThingElse.
Maybe, maybe not, but this thread seems to have been a reaction to the joke thread yesterday about "things I hate about America". That thread wasn't serious. It was meant to be humorous. This thread's just some guy trying to offend various European nations.

What the heck is a 'traffic circle'?

It's a type of road, like what's around Big Ben in London. Really annoying, they are (they have a massive one in Monterrey, Mexico).

Roundabout I guess

Ah, right, I see. Invented by an American I believe...

Maybe, maybe not, but this thread seems to have been a reaction to the joke thread yesterday about "things I hate about America". That thread wasn't serious. It was meant to be humorous. This thread's just some guy trying to offend various European nations. The time-warping and geographical uncertainty is, I will admit, VERY irritating.

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What the heck is a 'traffic circle'?
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Traffic circles are circular stretches of roadway where several straight roads come together. One simply drives around the circle until he comes to the road he wishes to continue traveling on and turns his car down that path. We have some of 'em in New Jersey, and they tend to confuse the hell out of drivers from other states.

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Traffic circles are circular stretches of roadway where several straight roads come together. One simply drives around the circle until he comes to the road he wishes to continue traveling on and turns his car down that path. We have some of 'em in New Jersey, and they tend to confuse the hell out of drivers from other states.
Pretty common over here. Though all the Germans in Venlo can't seem to drive on it the right way. Keeping in the right lane all the time even if they have to get the 4th exit :rolleyes:

What the heck is a 'traffic circle'?


Roundabout I guess

Actually according to the US Federal Highway Administration, the US traffic circle is a poor man's version of of the European roundabout. :)

http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/fall95/p95a41.htm

I'm off to california for a month is a couple of weeks. I have been challenged to find an intelligent american while i'm over there ;)

I'm sure I shall, but it might be a good idea not to give people like the original poster a passport - they're too good at giving the country a bad name. :rolleyes:

Can someone start locking these please? They're pointless and only lead to flames and trolling.
first couple were pretty amusing. this would be if it wasn't old, and just not as funny (sorry OP poster)

i mean this could just as easily been a reply in either of the 21 reasons threads rather than its own new thread :rolleyes:

I know I should know better than reply to this, but what the hell?
1. Not got a clue what show you're on about, but we produce a lot of good stuff. Little Britain is not good stuff. The Office is. The American version of The Office is wank. As is the American version of Red Dwarf.
2. That should be 'what is dripping'. Not entirely sure, but as it's animal-related, I don't eat it.
3. Do you understand the concept of the NHS? Free healthcare - includes basic dentistry. Pre-NHS, maybe you'd have a point. But that was over 50 years ago. Keep up, please. Beer should not be cold. Lager should be cold, but lager is only a type of beer. Women should be shaven, yes. Which is why our women shave...
4. We (in England) have had one currency for a long time as well. Longer than you've had the $ in fact. So lack of economic strength is a reason to change or revaluate currency? And switching from the gold standard is basically revaluating your currency...oh...hang on...didn't America do that?
5. Not sure, though I know the citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki would be a lot better off.
6. Ok. Learn English instead. That's proper English, not 'US English'.
7. The thing is, to the people in charge in the US, 'pissing us off' means 'not giving us full access to every single last bit of your natural resources.' God forbid a country may want to use their resources to actually develop themselves economically.
8. You're going to have to with that attitude.
9. Do you ever wonder why America has the highest murder rate in the developed world?
10. Where did your culture come from? You emulated the Europeans...and, erm...changed what you didn't like. Does that mean YOU actually have a culture? (By the way, the majority of music doesn't come from America, and there is a sizeable chunk that isn't influence by America).
11. Matter of taste. Cows should be outside in a field or something, not minced up in a bun.
12. Or, let's give Iraq billions of dollars in military aid, let them buy weapons of us, then go to war with them.
13. So we're moody bastards? Shit happens.
14. And I like to drive a car that doesn't contribute tonnes of poisonous emissions into the atmosphere each year.
15. It's something called discipline. Do you not understand that?
16. Roundabouts, to give them their proper names, are a much better idea than intersections. They slow you down, meaning less chance for an accident.
17. If your entire country is more than 1000 miles in diameter, why not split it into smaller ones? Much easier to control.

4. We (in England) have had one currency for a long time as well. Longer than you've had the $ in fact.

I guess that depends on whether you count our current system as starting in 1971 or the C16th.

Actually, the best bands tend to come from Northern Europe. See In Flames, Dimmu Borgir, Therion, Nightwish, Rammstein (well not always Northern), etc.
Seconded. Except for the last two.

I guess that depends on whether you count our current system as starting in 1971 or the C16th.
We have had the pound sterling since at least the 13th century...

4. We have had ONE currency for a long time... congratulations on getting that right after most of your countries could not stand alone against the dollar or the pound. (oh wait...it was for closer ties between countries, right? ha!)
What the hell does this mean? You have had a single currency for a long time? Of course you did, you're a country and not a continent.
The pound is European, and you included England in all your topics: am I to understand the English couldn't stand alone against the pound?

Seconded. Except for the last two.
Well if you don't like the music of ", etc." then you can just get out!
5. Not sure, though I know the citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki would be a lot better off.
As would the citizens of Nanking, of course. I mean, Japan and the places it conquered were just wonderful under Hirohito and his generals and anyone who can't see that should get out with the people who don't like ", etc."

I am British myself and also consider myself European so you have insulted me doubly in your statements. I don't generally have a problem with citizens of the United States (from your tone I'm assuming you're not Canadian) so I think it is very foolish on your part to try and stereotype an entire continent into a mere 17 points, perhaps meaning I have a problem with you, Xenose.
All countries, however, have their problems, and even if you have seen other threads insulting the USA, I haven't so I am going to list for you a few points I dislike about certain aspects of the USA. By no means does this apply to everything in the USA but mostly to corporations and politicians.
First of all, what's the deal with free trade. I mean, anyone with any conscience at all knows that it is morally wrong for a company, for whom profits are all that matter, to have more say than laws, people, or governments. Fair trade is the only system of international trade that can be considered.
Then, what about the politicians, an essay could be written on George Bush's Republican Party. It is funded by ExxonMobil or as we call it E$$O, the largest and least environmentally conscientious oil company on the planet. Also, Dick Cheney I believe worked for the oil company, Halliburton, and he is now Vice President of the USA. Is it any wonder that until very recently the Bush Administration has denied outright the existence of climate change and not even signed the lenient Kyoto Protocol.
Here's another thing, why are so many people obsessed with hunting, killing anything that breathes, owning guns or any other weapon that makes them feel "big". The NRA is nothing but an organisation of fascists. I mean, I generally respect people's opinions and feelings but my God for someone to enjoy putting a creature through great pain and suffering purely for enjoyment and not even to eat it is just sick! By the way, I realise there are also hunters in the UK and I long to see the day when it dies out.
Finally, do you actually consider McDonalds, 50 Cent and the Blair Witch Project (or any other combination) to be good "culture"? Personally I would not wish these burdens upon anyone, anywhere in this world.

Just to add, these cases are not limited to the USA and if you agree with me on these topics then you had clearly just had enough of people slagging off your country. This I can understand but if not then I must say that I am in full support of the European Union would not like to hear any more about it.

We have had the pound sterling since at least the 13th century...

IIRC we had Sterling from C12th, but not the Pound Sterling until later.

Well if you don't like the music of ", etc." then you can just get out!

Good point :D

Anybody point out that there's already a thread countering the one this one is supposedly countering?

One box of Troll Food..... freshly steamed and served:

1. Have you seen the tv shows in the UK? Aparetly not. So what's popular in the states? All the shows by Mark Burnett? Where's he from again?

2. Drippings? Dunno. Do they go well with grits?

3. OK, I'll grant you thouse statements. and both the straight white teeth I saw in Mississippi on my last visit were lovely indeed.....

4. YEs, you've had one currency. Well, except for that whole debacle with te $2 bill....

5. Good question. Where do you think you would have been if you didn;t eventually get with the program?

6. But will you please learn English? Thanks.

7. Yes. We know. The fact that you expect people to play nice with you is what's the funny part.

8. Exactly. Americans like to feel just as safe as they always do... at midnight..... in Compton.

9. We know. You don;t let anyone forget it. So what's your point? Didn;t help much on 9/11 though did it?

10. And a good chunk of your stars and writers come from overseas. Where would action movies be without what you took from Bruce Lee, JAckie Chan, etc? Does this mean that you have no culture of your own? Or that you are emulating theirs?

11. To each there own. I feel that way about ketchup...

12. Not a debate worth rehashing here, save that the offered notion that doing ANYTHING is neccessarily better than doing nothing is hilarious on its very face.

13. Oh yes, you seem VERY nice....

14. No, it's a BIG shoe box that tips over on curves. Big improvement

15. Same thing that's with stupid orange flags.

16. Sorry. Must be too complicated for you. We'll try again in another decade...

17. No reason. Just to give you one more place to look silly about because you can't find it on a map. That sort of thing amuses us.


Oh, and you couldn't possibly anger ANYONE with lame-assed tripe like that. You see, it takes brains to actually create worthwhile insults.....

I'm off to california for a month is a couple of weeks. I have been challenged to find an intelligent american while i'm over there ;)

I'm sure I shall, but it might be a good idea not to give people like the original poster a passport - they're too good at giving the country a bad name. :rolleyes:

Go to the boring suburbs, you'll find plenty.

5. I am aware that we did not play a starting role in WWII, but if we did not commit our troops to the war effort, where would you be?
A lot better off. Apart from anything else, the UK would have actually acquired some German industry when Berlin was partitioned, and wouldn't still be paying off wartime loans from America today.

Esperantus: in fact, Gore signed the Kyoto treaty before the election in 2000, so Bush's ignoring it seems even more offensive, given that the States is one of the document's signatories.

10. And a good chunk of your stars and writers come from overseas. Where would action movies be without what you took from Bruce Lee, JAckie Chan, etc?
I believe that both of those are Asian, and if you look at a map you'll notice that there is this line sort of thing that goes between Europe and Asia. A better argument would have been to bring up Arnold Schwartziwhatsits and Sean Connery.
Does this mean that you have no culture of your own? Or that you are emulating theirs?
And I don't think that he was refering to importing individuals, but more to the fact that the end products of Hollywood and whatever place music comes from are devoured world over and emulated.
15. Same thing that's with stupid orange flags.
I like oranges . . . What were we talking about?
16. Sorry. Must be too complicated for you. We'll try again in another decade...
This idea, I like. In the Fall of 2015, there will be confusion. There will be traffic hold-ups. There will be . . .
ROUND ABOUTS!!!
DUN-DUN-DUN-Duuuhhhn-dun-dun!
"Turn Right! Turn Right!"
People drive in, and they don't drive out!
"Damn, you missed it. We'll have to take the turn next time we come around."
. No reason. Just to give you one more place to look silly about because you can't find it on a map. That sort of thing amuses us.
No, the reason why every country in Europe is so small is it allows continental Europeans to be smug world travelers that have been to a dozen countries when, in fact, they've travelled fewer miles away from home than an American whose most exotic trip was Canada.
Oh, and you couldn't possibly anger ANYONE with lame-assed tripe like that. You see, it takes brains to actually create worthwhile insults.....
The two of you are proving the negative of that statement quite efficiently, my darlings.

I believe that both of those are Asian, and if you look at a map you'll notice that there is this line sort of thing that goes between Europe and Asia. A better argument would have been to bring up Arnold Schwartziwhatsits and Sean Connery.
There is also a huge blue blob between america and asia. Asia is overseas as well, no?

There is also a huge blue blob between america and asia. Asia is overseas as well, no?
No its not. Asia right over there.
*points out window*
The whole overseas thing is just a conspiracy invented by Freemasons, the Illuminati, and Jews because if people knew that they could walk to Asia, then they wouldn't pay money to get on "boats" that would carry them there.
And even if you were right, the response still makes more sense if it uses Arnold and Connery, since they are European and the argument is largely Europe vs. America.

I really dont care all too much for pathetic comments about what some gender-confused europeans think about my country. But, While we are on this subject, lets face it you have some idiotic stuff going on in europe.

1. Have you seen the tv shows in the UK? Ok...seeing 1 guy in a dress is a little funny, but come on!

2. Of all the nasty food in the world - What the heck are drippings?!?!

3. Teeth should be white and streight, (not yellow). Beer should be cold and women should be shaven... nuff said.

4. We have had ONE currency for a long time... congratulations on getting that right after most of your countries could not stand alone against the dollar or the pound. (oh wait...it was for closer ties between countries, right? ha!)

5. I am aware that we did not play a starting role in WWII, but if we did not commit our troops to the war effort, where would you be?

6. I will NOT learn french, so $%#@ off!

7. Give up the idea that we will ever play nice with any country. If they piss us off enough, we WILL take action. If you dont like it, dont piss us off.

8. 9/11 was horrific. And yes we do not take well to terrorism - oh wait this happens every day in some european countries... YOU must be used to not being safe in public places - We are not - Nor will we ever get that way.

9. Not just police and security carry guns over here, buddy. Most of us have a rifle, a handgun and a large knife. And we like it that way. =)

10. Most of your movies come from the U.S. entertainment industry so does your music - does that mean YOU actually have a culture? - or that you emualte ours and change what you dont like?

11. Snails should be outside on a tree or something, not on my figgin plate!

12. I dont care what you think about the U,S, being in Iraq - yes its not the best idea, but I didnt see YOU doing anything about it but talking. - Oh lets do another trade embargo and let his people starve for a while and give france another oppertunity to ignore it and get cheap oil.- Yeah, that'll get the job done.

13. I do apologize if we seem nice - trust me, we DONT have the same complaint when we visit YOUR country. Except for your women, pehaps your sister would be cool if she shaved & got some work done on her teeth.

14. I like to drive a car that is not a shoebox with wheels.

15. Hockey, Football & Baseball are fun. Soccer is really strage sport played by damaged people. WTF is with the cards??

16. What in the world is the meaning of a friggen traffic circle? And who was the idiot that placed them everywhere???

17. If your entire country is less than 100 miles in diameter - why even be a country? Really.

I know a most this does' not pertain to a lot of west-europen countries. However I cannot see myself visiting any country that the men state: women are for babies, men are for pleasure (yes they mean that in the homosexual way.) - you know who you are if i am referring to you.

This may anger some people, oops. FWIW if anything I said in this post angered you, think about this before replying - becuase its not like im going to read this thread - I dont care what some foreigner has to say about my country. It has its problems, but Id rather be here than anywhere else.

America has many wonderful points, so does Europe. However, your list is basically an argument for Europe - American TV is coma-inducing whilst 'UK TV' is, as someone I can't quite remember put it, the least worst in the world, we aren't filled with guns, we play the worlds most popular and brilliant sport (If your sports were so brilliant, how come they haven't caught on? and cheers for calling the rest of the world crazy. A 'everyones crazy, I'm the only sane one scenario?), all culture comes from the U.S then? The greatest band ever were European, as was the greatest writer ever but no, as you're chucking dollars at whatever Lindsay Lohan or whichever irrelevant piece of crap is the flavour of the month you clearly lead the world. The french don't want to speak English so that's ok, what's your point? You like to drive a car that is selfish, polluting and one of the reasons there are so many anti-American threads. Our Woman do shave (and diet if I wanted to be as stereotypical as you).

Also: ask yourself what would have happened to YOU if Britain hadn't intervened in WW2.

So, if you're just a wind-up merchant you're an idiot, if you actually believe that I'm surprised (and disapointed) you can actually use a keyboard at all.

Oh, and before I forget a big :D :D :D :D :D to:

- The very idea of an American lecturing us on alchohol
- The implication the people of Iraq are basically SO grateful to the US for the invasion.
- All your music and films are in ENGLISH (there's a clue in the name), so basically whatever you come up with, saying we're just carrying on from you is a little rich?

I wonder why there are so many anti-American threads on NS?

Oh, because of anti-Europe threads like this.

Very wise, I agree 100%

5. I am aware that we did not play a starting role in WWII, but if we did not commit our troops to the war effort, where would you be?

I suggest you read up on WW2 history, specifically the battle of Britain.

Edit: here's a link for you (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Britain#American_Contribution)

It's a type of road, like what's around Big Ben in London. Really annoying, they are (they have a massive one in Monterrey, Mexico).
The only thing that's around Big Ben is the Palace of Westminster (and the Thames) :p

I'm guessing you mean roundabouts. They're everywhere here, nobody really gets confused by them.

The only thing that's around Big Ben is the Palace of Westminster (and the Thames) :p

I'm guessing you mean roundabouts. They're everywhere here, nobody really gets confused by them.

I'm guessing you haven't been to the magic roundabout, Swindon :D

Can't see one here. (http://hulubei.net/tudor/photography/photos/BigBen-1000x1500.jpg)

I'm guessing you haven't been to the magic roundabout, Swindon :D

Ah, well if we're going to have to wait another century before the americans can understand ordinary roundabouts, we'll have to try a century before magic roundabouts! :D :D :D

Can't see one here. (http://hulubei.net/tudor/photography/photos/BigBen-1000x1500.jpg)

Yeah, but you can't see Big Ben in that picture either.

I suggest you read up on WW2 history, specifically the battle of Britain.

Nazis woulda won without the US being involved, dude. Unless you're suggesting the RAF could've taken down an entire force of jet fighters that the Germans would've had by 1946-7. Propeller planes don't do very well against jets.

whoa! this WAS supposed to be sarcasm...(you know, ignorant americans) so therefore i will not reply to any of the comments...(some of wich are really funny) but man! i never ment for it to go this far! Ok...guys we all have our good annoyances with other nations... but wow!

- so you can let this thread die already and get back to doing something productive - (that is, if you have a life, hobby, pet, etc...)

Here is a question:
In the U.K. - if someone said: I went to a chemist to get a rubber and then picked up some fags on the way home. what would it mean? (One of my brittish friends told me it has a totally different meaning in the U.K. than it does in the U.S.)

1. Um… try Doctor Who.

2. Please, go to France or Italy. Or Spain.

3. I have crooked yellowish teeth… I don't see the point in braces and teeth are naturally yellow.

4. You forgot aggressive northern nationalism.

5. Just so long as you realise it actually began in 1939. ;)

6. Fine by me. We're not too fond of the French here… don't see why you're not, though!

7. We'd better get ready tying sacks of piss to trees, then, like the Vietcong.

8. Stiff upper lip, wot!

9. I prefer broadswords and double bladed axes, meself.

10. You are seriously confusing cause and effect here! :)

11. Not Europe, France.

12. We talk very well in Europe. Quite articulate.

13. Have you only been to France? Really, they display the most appalling racism towards English-speakers there.

14. Ils ont mignon!

15. Feck all of them.

16. Not sure.

17. Because we're bloody-minded.

Come to Britain and bring some of your automatic weapons to cleanse the chavs, please.

this is prolly the best...had me laughing :)

I really dont care all too much for pathetic comments about what some gender-confused europeans think about my country. But, While we are on this subject, lets face it you have some idiotic stuff going on in europe.

1. Have you seen the tv shows in the UK? Ok...seeing 1 guy in a dress is a little funny, but come on!

2. Of all the nasty food in the world - What the heck are drippings?!?!

3. Teeth should be white and streight, (not yellow). Beer should be cold and women should be shaven... nuff said.

4. We have had ONE currency for a long time... congratulations on getting that right after most of your countries could not stand alone against the dollar or the pound. (oh wait...it was for closer ties between countries, right? ha!)

5. I am aware that we did not play a starting role in WWII, but if we did not commit our troops to the war effort, where would you be?

6. I will NOT learn french, so $%#@ off!

7. Give up the idea that we will ever play nice with any country. If they piss us off enough, we WILL take action. If you dont like it, dont piss us off.

8. 9/11 was horrific. And yes we do not take well to terrorism - oh wait this happens every day in some european countries... YOU must be used to not being safe in public places - We are not - Nor will we ever get that way.

9. Not just police and security carry guns over here, buddy. Most of us have a rifle, a handgun and a large knife. And we like it that way. =)

10. Most of your movies come from the U.S. entertainment industry so does your music - does that mean YOU actually have a culture? - or that you emualte ours and change what you dont like?

11. Snails should be outside on a tree or something, not on my figgin plate!

12. I dont care what you think about the U,S, being in Iraq - yes its not the best idea, but I didnt see YOU doing anything about it but talking. - Oh lets do another trade embargo and let his people starve for a while and give france another oppertunity to ignore it and get cheap oil.- Yeah, that'll get the job done.

13. I do apologize if we seem nice - trust me, we DONT have the same complaint when we visit YOUR country. Except for your women, pehaps your sister would be cool if she shaved & got some work done on her teeth.

14. I like to drive a car that is not a shoebox with wheels.

15. Hockey, Football & Baseball are fun. Soccer is really strage sport played by damaged people. WTF is with the cards??

16. What in the world is the meaning of a friggen traffic circle? And who was the idiot that placed them everywhere???

17. If your entire country is less than 100 miles in diameter - why even be a country? Really.

I know a most this does' not pertain to a lot of west-europen countries. However I cannot see myself visiting any country that the men state: women are for babies, men are for pleasure (yes they mean that in the homosexual way.) - you know who you are if i am referring to you.

This may anger some people, oops. FWIW if anything I said in this post angered you, think about this before replying - becuase its not like im going to read this thread - I dont care what some foreigner has to say about my country. It has its problems, but Id rather be here than anywhere else.

1) We British find toilet humour funny. And anyway, i like our TV.

2) Jeez....you'd think all we British people eat Black Puddings and Yorkshire puds for every meal. Actually, we don't we mostly eat junk that we buy from the supermarket. Nice low in fat junk, that you Americans wouldn't touch with a ten-foot-barge pole.

3) Teeth not yellow? I don't know what you mean by that. And our beer is cold, fool.

4) And i care about the dollars decreasing value against the Euro because...?

5) Battle of Britain, silly. We won it, and therefore that meant Hitler couldn't invade. We would have won eventually, but it would have dragged on till about 1948.

6) Me neither. At least something we agree on. And the correct phrasing is naff off, not $%#@.

7) You mean you'll pretend to get pissed off with a country and use it as an excuse to take all their oil to power along your gigantic gas guzzling 'SUVs'.

8) You created terrorism fool. Remember the Afghan-Soviet war? You financed people like the Taliban and Osama to fight the Soviets, and you ultimately paid the price, moron.

9) Truncheons beat guns anyday.

10) We created Culture. Ever seen the Mona Lisa? How about most of the worlds most beautiful buildings?

11) Actually, believe it or not, the French barely eat snails. It may as well be an urban myth.

12) Irony alert, beep beep beep!!

13) That's because you don't visit our country's. You just see a few rather biased documentaries, saying that we all drink tea at 4 o'clock in the afternoon and take it for the truth.

14) I like to drive a car that doesn't cost me a years wages whenever i fill up.

15) If those sports are so fun, how come they haven't spread across the world like (proper, not soccer) football? And anyway, your sports are just glorified versions of sports we've had for years.

16) As many people have said before, they're called roundabouts, and they're very efficient. If you miss a turning, you can just go round again.

17) If your country is 2000 miles wide and mainly consists of wasteland, why be a country? Really?

And why are you calling us all gay? We're not the ones with incredibly gay cities like San Francisco.

Anyway, sorry for that, but i had to defend Britain and the Continent. Honestly, Americans wonder why no one likes them.

Nazis woulda won without the US being involved, dude. Unless you're suggesting the RAF could've taken down an entire force of jet fighters that the Germans would've had by 1946-7. Propeller planes don't do very well against jets.
Not actually true.
1: The Nazis would have won if they'd consolidated the territory they'd gained through the rest of mainland Europe before invading Russia in late autumn. If any one nation can be said to have saved Europe from the Germans, it was the USSR: they demolished most of the German army, leaving it possible for the D Day landings to take place. (And if they had gone after us rather than Russia, they'd have taken the UK without any serious problem.) Something like three out of every five German soldiers killed during the second world war died in Russia. America, on the other hand, wasn't involved in the war in Europe until after the D day landings apart from a few regiments in Italy.
2: By the time the Germans started turning their attention to jets they no longer had the funds to produce large numbers of the things. They'd have hardly waited until 1946 to start doing so if they were still cpabale of doing so. The battle of britain did nearly as thorough a demolition job on the Luftwaffe as the cauldron of steel did on the german armour during the early stages of the invasion of Russia.

Yeah, but you can't see Big Ben in that picture either.

You're kidding......right?

Not actually true.
1: The Nazis would have won if they'd consolidated the territory they'd gained through the rest of mainland Europe before invading Russia in late autumn. If any one nation can be said to have saved Europe from the Germans, it was the USSR: they demolished most of the German army, leaving it possible for the D Day landings to take place. (And if they had gone after us rather than Russia, they'd have taken the UK without any serious problem.) Something like three out of every five German soldiers killed during the second world war died in Russia. America, on the other hand, wasn't involved in the war in Europe until after the D day landings apart from a few regiments in Italy.
2: By the time the Germans started turning their attention to jets they no longer had the funds to produce large numbers of the things. They'd have hardly waited until 1946 to start doing so if they were still cpabale of doing so. The battle of britain did nearly as thorough a demolition job on the Luftwaffe as the cauldron of steel did on the german armour during the early stages of the invasion of Russia.

A comprehensive argument. Case closed on that subject :)

guys please refer to page 4 of this post...and let it die.
:headbang: :sniper:

Oh, so everyone else gets their say and we can't?

Edit: Ten Important Reasons Why Germany Lost The War (http://www.angelfire.com/ct/ww2europe/lost.html)

Oh, and you couldn't possibly anger ANYONE with lame-assed tripe like that. You see, it takes brains to actually create worthwhile insults.....


We're still waiting on your brainy "worthwhile insults".

In the U.K. - if someone said: I went to a chemist to get a rubber and then picked up some fags on the way home. what would it mean? (One of my brittish friends told me it has a totally different meaning in the U.K. than it does in the U.S.)

Translated into english - I went to the chemist to get a condom and then picked up some cigarettes on the way home.

The funniest instance of americans misunderstanding english slang was when one of my friends nearly getting arrested for saying this is a bar:

"Excuse me guys, I'm just going outside to smoke a fag."

methinks this thread will never die...
and no one answered my question on page 4 yet...
hmmm...oh well im off to work on ns battle...
have fun roasting each other!

You're kidding......right?
Nope, he is 100% correct.

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17) If your country is 2000 miles wide and mainly consists of wasteland, why be a country? Really?

Anyway, sorry for that, but i had to defend Britain and the Continent. Honestly, Americans wonder why no one likes them.


Wasteland? You mean where major amounts of the world's food is grown?

Thats a defense of Britain and the Continent?

We dont wonder why people dont like us. There are a few mealy-mouthed yappers telling us this, and most of us dont pay attention or care.

Translated into english - I went to the chemist to get a condom and then picked up some cigarettes on the way home.

The funniest instance of americans misunderstanding english slang was when one of my friends nearly getting arrested for saying this is a bar:

"Excuse me guys, I'm just going outside to smoke a fag."
LOL! thats good! but, isnt chemist slang for drugstore or druggist and rubber slang for an eraser in the UK?

Nope, he is 100% correct.

Score one to us NI pedants.

Big Ben is one of the bells inside the clock tower, not the tower itself.

I am an American living in Poland, at the moment, studying. I find that most americans have a negative attitude toward Europe. I personally like Europe, with the exception of France (but then everyone dislike the french), and find that most countries are very opened minded and have a drive to seek advances in education and of technology that the US has, in my belief, lost. The average American couldn't tell you where Switzerland is. When I first found out I was moving to Poland and told some friends one of the asked, "Isn't that in Africa?"

I for one do have pride in my nation, but at the same time wish Globalization was a faster process.

LOL! thats good! but, isnt chemist slang for drugstore or druggist and rubber slang for an eraser in the UK?
No, it isn't slang. It's what we call them over here.

I am an American living in Poland, at the moment, studying. I find that most americans have a negative attitude toward Europe. I personally like Europe, with the exception of France (but then everyone dislike the french), and find that most countries are very opened minded and have a drive to seek advances in education and of technology that the US has, in my belief, lost. The average American couldn't tell you where Switzerland is. When I first found out I was moving to Poland and told some friends one of the asked, "Isn't that in Africa?"

I for one do have pride in my nation, but at the same time wish Globalization was a faster process.
That's an attitude that does you credit, but I fear that you're mistaken as to the point of Globalisation. It's a homegenising force hellbent in establishing the same outlets in identical looking shopping malls all over the world.

Nazis woulda won without the US being involved, dude. Unless you're suggesting the RAF could've taken down an entire force of jet fighters that the Germans would've had by 1946-7. Propeller planes don't do very well against jets.

Let's say that Britain had stayed out of it, without the distraction of the Battle of Britain and needing to cover France and given how close Germany got to winning in Russia (the biggest credit as things were must go to them, despite America insistence) we assume that Germans would have won. What position would the U.S be in then?

I am an American living in Poland, at the moment, studying. I find that most americans have a negative attitude toward Europe. I personally like Europe, with the exception of France (but then everyone dislike the french), and find that most countries are very opened minded and have a drive to seek advances in education and of technology that the US has, in my belief, lost. The average American couldn't tell you where Switzerland is. When I first found out I was moving to Poland and told some friends one of the asked, "Isn't that in Africa?"

I for one do have pride in my nation, but at the same time wish Globalization was a faster process.
No, I like them. Honestly. I was some times in France and never had a bad experience. They were very nice and polite people and not a bit arrogante. I would say that of every country I saw.

You're kidding......right?

I seriously hope so

Translated into english - I went to the chemist to get a condom and then picked up some cigarettes on the way home.

The funniest instance of americans misunderstanding english slang was when one of my friends nearly getting arrested for saying this is a bar:

"Excuse me guys, I'm just going outside to smoke a fag."

No translated into english - I went to the chemist to get a condom and then picked up a gay on the way home.

Unless im missing some joke here..appologies if i have lol