100 things the brits like about the States

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:51 am

Bez wrote: Chips are British !

The USA have chips; they're just not the same thing as our chips.:rolleyes:

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:55 am

OpenMind wrote: The USA have chips; they're just not the same thing as our chips.:rolleyes:

I thought they had FRIES....or do they have some other kind of chips ?

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:00 am

Bez wrote: I thought they had FRIES....or do they have some other kind of chips ?

Their chips are our crisps.

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:10 am

OpenMind wrote: Their chips are our crisps.

Do they have CRISPS then ?

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:11 am

Bez wrote: Do they have CRISPS then ?

Yes, but they call them chips.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:22 am

We have Potato Chips(crispy potato flakes) and French Fries (about 2 3 inch long about 1/4 inch think potato stick fried)... !!

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:26 am

CARLA wrote: We have Potato Chips(crispy potato flakes) and French Fries (about 2 3 inch long about 1/4 inch think potato stick fried)... !!

Our chips (your fries) are great big chunky things. These are about as big as an average 'middle' finger....they come straight cut or crinkle cut or steak cut which are huge.

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:50 am

I love the style of American cars.....sorry, Automobiles

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:51 am

Clancy wrote: Donald Fagen & Walter Becker

More commonly known as.......

STEELY DAN

:yh_worshp

Who is that Gaucho amigo?

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:55 am

Lt. Columbo's wife

DesignerGal · Post by **DesignerGal** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:03 am

The first CHiPs refers to an old TV show about the California Highway Patrol, it was called CHiPs and Eric Estrada and that really white guy was in it.

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:15 am

DesignerGal wrote: The first CHiPs refers to an old TV show about the California Highway Patrol, it was called CHiPs and Eric Estrada and that really white guy was in it.

Now there ya go, I never checked the spelling of Arnie's CHiPs.:rolleyes:

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:55 am

Clancy wrote: Donald Fagen & Walter Becker

More commonly known as.......

STEELY DAN

:yh_worshp

I'm going to see them in concert in August. Hubby thinks they're GREAT!

woppy71 · Post by **woppy71** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:04 am

Harley Davidson!!!:-4:)

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 5:12 pm

cherandbuster wrote: I'm going to see them in concert in August. Hubby thinks they're GREAT!

Id love to see them in concert but for some reason I have difficulty listening to them on cd. Weird huh ?

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 5:55 pm

Well Irish people are not brits, but we are close enough I suppose, so what do we like about america.

1. It exists.

2. It was far easier to get potatos in America in the 1840s than it was here.

3. There are loads of us over there, god knows, I'm related to half of them, and the other half are related to me.

4. They actually let us run the place a couple of times, and OK it did nearly result in a nuclear war in 1962, but that was completely the Russians fault with that flippin dog in the sputnik freaking everyone out. We were just in it for more potatos. In fact I am sure that Kennedy was actually shot by other jealous Irish people who could see that he was keeping all the potatos for himself (take that Oliver Stone)

5. New York Citayyhhhh.

6. The fact that our Taoiseach (Prime Minister) always gets given a big bowl of shamrock on St Patricks Day off the president at a big fancy do in Washington, though a couple of potatos thrown in would be nice.

7. The invention of the Aeroplane, as that made it easier to find out where the best potatos were.

8. For letting us be the Police in America, its a steady job, and it made a nice change from being the criminals over here, though our criminal tendencies may have been what made us good at being the police in the first place.

There is lots more, but its not potato related and so I'm losing interest.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 1:04 am

Galbally wrote: Well Irish people are not brits, but we are close enough I suppose, so what do we like about america.

1. It exists.

2. It was far easier to get potatos in America in the 1840s than it was here.

3. There are loads of us over there, god knows, I'm related to half of them, and the other half are related to me.

4. They actually let us run the place a couple of times, and OK it did nearly result in a nuclear war in 1962, but that was completely the Russians fault with that flippin dog in the sputnik freaking everyone out. We were just in it for more potatos. In fact I am sure that Kennedy was actually shot by other jealous Irish people who could see that he was keeping all the potatos for himself (take that Oliver Stone)

5. New York Citayyhhhh.

6. The fact that our Taoiseach (Prime Minister) always gets given a big bowl of shamrock on St Patricks Day off the president at a big fancy do in Washington, though a couple of potatos thrown in would be nice.

7. The invention of the Aeroplane, as that made it easier to find out where the best potatos were.

8. For letting us be the Police in America, its a steady job, and it made a nice change from being the criminals over here, though our criminal tendencies may have been what made us good at being the police in the first place.

There is lots more, but its not potato related and so I'm losing interest.

Oh the praties they grew small

Over there over there

Oh the praties they grew small

Over there

Oh the praties they grew small

And we ate them skin and all

From the spring unto the fall, over there

One of the saddest songs I know. One in three Aussies has Irish ancestry too.

woppy71 · Post by **woppy71** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:15 am

Lovely, greasy, substantial food.........mmmMMMMMMmmmmmm:D:D

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:43 am

Clancy wrote: Your hubby has not only good taste in women, his choice of music is to be commended too

:-6

Awww Clance

Thank you :p

Hubby is a big fan of bluegrass music -- he thinks the guitar playing is done at such a high level of intricacy. And it's real American music.

woppy71 · Post by **woppy71** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 8:44 am

onsekiz wrote: Idea of being there some day

That goes for me too

woppy71 · Post by **woppy71** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:22 am

Billy Lane

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woppy71 · Post by **woppy71** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:29 pm

Diuretic wrote: Get a plane ticket and go. You won't regret a second of it.

Warning - incoming threadjack - Woppy - I am running Ubuntu on my second machine - very happy with it :-6

LOL!! Ubuntu is definately the "easiest" linux to get along with:)

woppy71 · Post by **woppy71** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:30 pm

Those long, long biking roads!!!

Adam Zapple · Post by **Adam Zapple** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:45 pm

Baseball

Hotdogs

Apple pie

and Chevrolet

and little roadside greasy diners

koan · Post by **koan** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:08 pm

Robert Johnson

...have we reached 100 yet? I know. I'm not British.

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:40 pm

Many many things are great, but I particularly love your pride in your flag and your ability to fly it everywhere!

We are not allowed to fly our Union Flag in case it upsets all our illegal immigrants! :p

woppy71 · Post by **woppy71** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 6:15 am

Pinky wrote: I'd agree with you...except that there are no roundabouts!

Where are the knee-down for the hell of it opportunities?

But they do have better roads than us.

LOL:wah:

My mum used to hate me having a bike, I used to have to take the knee sliders off my trousers and hide them - she used to look at them and have a go at me when she found new marks!!:-3:wah:

woppy71 · Post by **woppy71** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 6:24 am

Pinky wrote: Hehe!!! Si just looks at the pegs and shakes his head!:D
You havn't worn off your hero blobs, have you???!!!:-3:wah: