So you support the evil of monarchym, you support the deaths of 200million people, you sicken nme, you sicken me.

Don't the Canadians have the queen on their money too?

"Don't the Canadians have the queen on their money too?"

Yes and telling us we're British is like telling us we're polite Americans.

BTW, Queen Liz is on the 1,5,10,25 & 50 cent coins, 1 & 2 dollar coins and the 20 dollar bill.

Canadians and Mexicans claim that they feel more European than they do American.

I am not sure about the fun-loving Aussies. What with Ruport Murdock and the conservative trend in Australia, they might be feeling more American these days. If Yank in Oz were here, he might clarify.

Yeah, I made the mistake as an idiot American of referring to an Englishwoman as a Brit one time. She me straight, straight off. :-D

Support the monarchy, are you humor impaired or just looking for a fight. The title of the post was meant to be satirical.

Oh Norm. Come, leave the waste-land for a while. Seriously, I'll fix you a french dinner here in Germany with Tuscany wine that will wet your tongue till tomorrow and leave the next chess match for Sunday before cricket. This, my friend, is satire:

http://worstwriter.wordpress.com/2006/05/29/cheesy-letter-to-martha-i-regret/

At least as best as my limited capacity can muster.

tgs

Oh God I think that i am going to throw up. Tommi, Mr sans humeur, is going to give Norm a lesson on satire.. ugh...

The Canadians put a loon on their money.

"The Canadians put a loon on their money."

The loon is the national bird of Canada. The name is from the sound of its cry.

"The Canadians put a loon on their money."

Why would they put George W. Bush on their money?

I dig House dishing out this comment, being the English Brit acting like an American insulting an Austrailian that he is.

I prefer the subtler joke from the first season:

House: "[your father] flies all the way across the Atlantic..." Chase (annoyed): "Pacific!"

As an Aussie, I'd rather be associated with the UK than the US just now, given that twit you have loitering in the White House. That said, Tony Blair is equally loathsome. Hell, let's face it people, 99.9% of politicians are loathsome self-serving maggots and have been since the dawn of time and will be until the end of time, so we might as well all go down to the beach for a swim and a BBQ. That's definitely the Australian perspective!

I am so addicted to House - it's nice to even see this quick clip.

Whenever we kiwis are overseas and getting messy, we tell everyone we are Aussies. It's true, Australia is more US centred than european. But at least they still play civilised sports. lol

Americans have a picture of the pyramid of Cheops on their money, bloody Egyptians they are. Who'd a thunk it?

According to the History Channel last night the pyramid on the dollar is alledgedly a masonic symbol.

Re: I am not sure about the fun-loving Aussies...

Even though we're still mostly inundated with American TV... there's still a fair bit of Anti-American sentiment here... particularly with anyone opposed to the 'war on a noun.' I've personally had more problems with being mistaken for an American (as opposed to Brittish, even though I've got a bit of an English accent myself)... but thats more because of the Anti-Amiercan sentiment in the countries I've been visiting. For example, quickly learning how to say "No! Not American, Australian" in Korean was a great way to get people to start talking to me rather than avoiding me.

Granted, we're Anti- the American stereo type... the loud, arrogant, stupid, self-righteous and aggressive American that your current President keeps advertising (and unfortunately, our prime-minister keeps supporting and brown-nosing)... not nessicarily the ones that actually think for themselves (and I've met quite a few of them too).

Not a hint of irony in the fact that House is played by an Englishman, then?

Hey, Tommi!

Writing satire is tricky.

I think you may be really good or really bad. For instance, in your post you unabashedly brag about how another needs to take lessons from you. Then, you point out, in a fit of born-again humility, of At least as best as my limited capacity can muster. I think I saw a person like you once, he was eating his cake and having at the same time--it was amazing.

By the way, before you send your work to any professionals, learn punctuation.

Good point, Rob. Given the tenious relantionship between GB and its penal conlony, one has to wnder how Laurie felt saying something like that.

"Canadians and Mexicans claim that they feel more European than they do American."

I've heard you say a lot of stupid things (or, rather, read you write a lot of stupid things). But claiming that Mexicans feel more European than American is just asinine and shows clearly that you don't know what you're talking about. I suggest you read a little history. Europe did far more damage to Mexico than the US ever did. Austria even still has the headdress of Montezuma and won't return it!

As for Canada ... fuck Canada.

I think you're just pandering, as usual ...

"I made the mistake as an idiot American"

Why don't you just move?

"As an Aussie, I'd rather be associated with the UK than the US just now, given that twit you have loitering in the White House."

Interesting, since Blair not only knew about the falsehood of the information used to trick the US into war - he and his government helped conceal proof that it was false. But we're just worse because we're Americans, right?

By the way, where are your troops right now?

Hypocrite.

Hey, Average Joe. A couple of suggestions, if I may. Read my post. The entire post. You'll note I'm not kind to, or supportive of, Tony Blair. From there, and my point about the White House, you could perhaps extrapolate that, wow, maybe I don't support the war. Gee, maybe that's why I didn't vote for the election of the current Australian Prime Minister (yet another loathsome twit) and am frustrated and enraged that Australia has troops in Iraq. As for feeling a stronger association the UK over the US, well, for starters, a considerable majority of Britons are NOT Bible-thumping, wild-eyed Creationist wingnuts who push a message of intolerance, ignorance and oppression. However, rather than follow your (and the White House administration's) example of wholesale condemnation based on taking comments out of context, making intelligent debate and the world in general totally black and white rather than resplendent with the gray areas that make life interesting and curious and rich, I'll also point out that, in my view, America is a beautiful country populated with a considerable number of good people. Rather like most countries, really. But, hey, what do I know? I live in France, after all.

Below-Average-Joe said //Europe did far more damage to Mexico than the US ever did. Austria even still has the headdress of Montezuma and won't return it!//

And? The Mexican culture is still more closely resembles that of Europe than that of the United States.

I go to Mexico often. The last time that I went there with a friend from France and we were speaking French, I noticed how much more polite everyone one was to us, than the times that I have gone there and they know that I am an American.

In Mexico, soccer is as popular as it is in Europe. They don't play American football. Again, this is because their culture is more European than American.

Mexican television new's stations give a lot of air time to news around the world, as do the Europeans, whereas the American media give very little air time to international news. Want to know what's happening in Europe? Turn on Mexican television because you won't find it on American television.

Even the border city, Juarez, feels more like Europe than it does like the United States with its out-door cafés and public transportation. All you have to do is cross the border to notice how quickly things begin to look more American.

As for dumb comments, how about your brilliant conclusion that the military had cleared the marines who killed the civilians in Haditha?

Below-Average-Joe said //Austria even still has the headdress of Montezuma and won't return it!//

And the United States still has Texas, New Mexico and California and won't even return them!

I suggest you read a little history about the Mexican war.

queen on the money = british?

by that logic I'm a christian (in god we trust).

oh noes :0

"And? The Mexican culture is still more closely resembles that of Europe than that of the United States."

That's so funny. See, this is the fundamental problem with idealogues: even when you repeatedly point out their errors, they can't admit it. They just make it more and more subjective to confound the issue. Notice how you now refer entirely to your personal experiences and 'feelings'. Brilliant!

Mexicans hate Europeans. I suggest rather than relating your personal, obviously flawed impressions of them strange brown-skin people you ask for shooters on your Club Med holiday, you ask a Mexican what they think of - for example - the Spaniards. Hell, Argentinians are actually quite hated in Mexico because they consider themselves more European than Latin.

Let me just skip ahead to the anti-American comment I know I'm going to find ...

"I noticed how much more polite everyone one was to us, than the times that I have gone there and they know that I am an American."

Bingo! So I guess that's why everyone there is wearing Beckham t-shirts, not Kobe? Why there's a fish n' chip stand on every corner, not a McDonalds?

"Even the border city, Juarez, feels more like Europe than it does like the United States with its out-door cafés and public transportation."

Yeah, just like Europe with the cactii, taco stands, random nun shootings, and mass burials. Some call it picturesque.

Even Los Angeles has numerous outdoor cafés and public transportation. That's not a European conceit - Seattle has one of the best modern public transit systems in the country, and even started that whole latte fad.

By the way, did you not notice the streets teeming with cars? Mexico City has so many cars that it is one of the most polluted cities on the Earth! They even have on/off days for driving to try to reduce pollution.

Why am I talking to you anyway? It's a waste of effort.

"As for dumb comments, how about your brilliant conclusion that the military had cleared the marines who killed the civilians in Haditha?"

Entirely my error. I misread a 'breaking news' banner that said 'Marines cleared in civilian killings'. Rather troubling that there's more than one incident, no? So yes, I made the mistake of misreporting the news.

See how easy that is?

Average_Joe, I note that you did not address the Mexican-American war.

Jo Ann said//"As for dumb comments, how about your brilliant conclusion that the military had cleared the marines who killed the civilians in Haditha?"//

Average_Joe said//Entirely my error. I misread a 'breaking news' banner that said 'Marines cleared in civilian killings'. Rather troubling that there's more than one incident, no? So yes, I made the mistake of misreporting the news.

See how easy that is?//

Easy for a moron such as yourself.

The marines were cleared of an inicident which occured on Nov 19, 2005. The Haditha incident occured on May 26, 2006. Average_Joe, if you had the mental capacity to be able to reason, it would have been obvious to you that given that this incident had just taken place, the military could not have conducted the investigation necessary to clear them.

Last time I checked, many Canadians speak French and identitfy with its culture along with having the same views as the Europeans that the US waged an illegal invasion of Iraq.

Last time I checked, South America is commonly referred to as Latin America, which comes from the Spanish word "latinoamericano" and most of the Latin Americans speak a native form of Spanish.

Last time I checked, many Canadians speak French and identitfy with its culture along with having the same views as the Europeans that the US waged an illegal invasion of Iraq.

Last time I checked, South America is commonly referred to as Latin America, which comes from the Spanish word "latinoamericano" and most of the Latin Americans speak a native form of Spanish.

Mexican attitudes towards Americans.

http://www.freedomalliance.org/viewarticle.php?aid=667

Specifically, according to the survey by the New York-based Zogby International and the Centro de Investigacion para el Desarrollo AC in Mexico City, 62 percent of Mexicans questioned said the United States is more wealthy than Mexico because "it exploits others' wealth." Only 22 percent said it was because the United States is "a free country where people have plenty of opportunity to work." *** The Times reported, "Among Americans, 78 percent saw Mexicans as hardworking, and 44 percent saw them as tolerant. Among Mexicans, just 26 percent saw Americans as hardworking, 16 percent saw them as honest and 73 percent said Americans are racist."

This ethnocentric sense of moral superiority into which Americans have been inculcated by their educational system and their culture makes them particularly vulnerable to government deception. *** Moreover, the American people have perpetuated this phenomenon by not correcting their history books which tell American schoolchildren that in 1846 President Polk declared war against Mexico because Mexico had "shed American blood on American soil" whereas in fact Polk and an elite group of landowners were anxious to get their hands on half of Mexico.

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/798/op2.htm

"I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually." - James Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son