No one has mentioned the obvious…
Beer is nasty tasting (like drinking aspirin water) and only low classed people drink it, anyway.
You know, it’s always the obvious things you miss, ain’t it.
Prat.
It’s my understanding that the Brits aren’t “armed” anymore.
It’s my understanding that the Yanks are armed, and intend to remain so.
Isn’t it interesting how that’s turned out?
p.s. The Brits do have much better beer than the crap offered stateside.
p.p.s. The Brits do have much better parties in the pool with bar maids (in an unnamed hotel in Newquay, Cornwall) than you’ll ever find in South Carolina.
p.p.p.s The Brits can drive on the wrong side of the road legally.
If Americans have to drink a lot of beer before they get drunk it’s not too weird to consider that they have to eat a lot more food before they full.
Jinxie: I think I’m beginning to understand a little better. The American houses (large, wooden, picturesque) and towns that seem so idyllic were built quite a long time ago weren’t they? Architects and townplanners seem to have different ideas about how people should live these days - they do in my country as well. It’s strange because so many people hark back to the “Golden Age of the Family” and want a return to the values people seemed to hold 50 years ago. Why don’t they see spacious surroundings as being a part of all that? I don’t believe in the Golden Age of the Family but it does occur to me that when Americans get it right they really get it right. I think that those idyllic U.S. towns movie producers are so fond of showing off seem to many foreigners to represent townplanning perfection. Also: A television series about people who live in trailer parks would be cool.
One huge difference that has come to me concerning the British vs. Americans.
The Americans seem to focus most dearly on the new…new houses, new highrises, new cities, young people…
While the British seem to hold dearer the traditional…16th century houses, old buildings, old ways, and a whole lot less emphasis on youth.
Actress Kate Winslet has said that the only place a heavy-set actress, or one over that “certain age”, can get work, is Britain.
Interesting.