Happy Fourth! And now....a question...

[tabaqui]

Hello. Yes, another ficless update! Aren't i cool.

Anyway - Cat and i were talking and Cat was wondering something and now i'm wondering it so...

If you are from the UK, is there some lingering...national sentiment that sure, they've got James Marsters and Supernatural and 31 Flavors but...that should all be *ours! ours!!* those rat bastards?

I personally cannot conceive of such a thing but...does such a sentiment exist anywhere? When Bollywood tosses out hottie singing guys in eyeliner and chicks who are just so curvey and perfect is there a smoldering *grrrrr* anywhere?

Idle curiousity, folks. I think the answers are gonna be fun. If i get any.

And hey - now's your chance to tell me *every tiny thing* about America that bugs the crap out of you!

*just for the record, i despise The Shrub*
*so you'll be preachin' to the choir on *that* subject*

In other news? Deadwood!!!
OMFGILUFFIT!!!
*smoooches killerweasel*

Comments

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

On the Canada/US thing: some Americans think Canada is very different.
My boss had to go to a conference from the UK to Canada, and some US citizens on the mailing list, who were also going, posted to ask whether anyone knew if credit card machines were available anywhere in Canada ...

[tabaqui]

*snerk*
OMG, some people are *morons*.

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

... and these were probably people with science degrees.

[realtsunamigirl.livejournal.com]

That's especially funny since we went electronic way before the Yankees. I once went to a fast food joint and tried to pay with my debit card. The girl looked at me like I'd grown another head.

Even now I don't think that the US have caught up with the sheer level of saturation. It's gotten to the point up here that stores put up signs if they *don't* have the Interac system.

They tend to either think that we're identical or barely the same species. I'm not sure which is worse. For reference I don't live in an igloo and I have no idea where I'd even put a team of sled dogs. I barely have room for my cat!

[tabaqui]

I never notice much, since i don't actually have a debit card *or a credit card*...

And i usually associate igloos and sled dogs with Alaska... Canada is all about *beer*!!
:)

And Toques.

[realtsunamigirl.livejournal.com]

Well yes. There is the beer. Alchohol in general is better up here but also quite a bit more expensive. On the other hand "malt beverages" are unheard of. Up here, Mike's Hard Lemonade is made with vodka.

And you can decide between Macintosh, Spartan and Granny Smith if you want some apple cider. Or if you're feeling really wild, try some Apple-Lime (all one company.)

Never forget the toques. What do people call them besides toques? I've heard balaclava but I thought that was mostly UK usage.

My favorite "Great White North" story is a couple who came up to an Ontario border crossing with skis strapped to the roof of their car. The border guard asked them where they thought they would use them. They replied that the forecast for the southern province had been for very cold weather. Summer weather in Southern Ontario generally hovers in the mid 90s Farenheit.

After much confusion it was revealed that the local TV station had been putting up their weather map without bothering to convert Celcius to Farenheit. To make matters worse it gave the American numbers alongside it in Farenheir It had the forecast for 35 degrees with no accompanying explanation.

I'm still not sure if they didn't bother or simply didn't *know*.
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[tabaqui]

Most people around here would call them a knit cap or a ski cap.

And yeah - the scary thing is if they really *didn't know*.
Yeeesh.