Dear Americans

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  • mixedfeelings
    mixedfeelings Posts: 904 Member
    the last time there were this many americans in England, we were bailing you out of WWII.

    Americans, North or South? US involvement in WWII wasn't simply to bail "England" out.
  • TheDoctor90
    TheDoctor90 Posts: 461 Member
    the last time there were this many americans in England, we were bailing you out of WWII.

    Americans, North or South? US involvement in WWII wasn't simply to bail "England" out.

    I wouldn't try. They do like their revisionist history.
  • ZeroWoIf
    ZeroWoIf Posts: 588 Member
    Sounds like we gonna use the good ole war to discuss about olympic sports.

    yehhawww
  • chivalryder
    chivalryder Posts: 4,391 Member
    the last time there were this many americans in England, we were bailing you out of WWII.

    Americans, North or South? US involvement in WWII wasn't simply to bail "England" out.

    http://youtu.be/eQ9AC7GH9Sc
  • TheDoctor90
    TheDoctor90 Posts: 461 Member
    Sounds like we gonna use the good ole war to discuss about olympic sports. Guess that must be a redneck thing.

    :laugh:

    Also, Sir Chris Hoy I salute you!
  • jadedbutterfly71
    jadedbutterfly71 Posts: 83 Member
    Really??? Unless you are an athlete IN THE OLYMPICS, YOU have nothing to brag about. Just another smear America thread that doesn't belong on this website anyway. Grow up.
  • corn63
    corn63 Posts: 1,580 Member
    Sounds like someone has a spoon too small for the *kitten* they're stirring.
  • wolfehound22
    wolfehound22 Posts: 859 Member
    Not really trying to bash, but what's the point of creating a thread saying, hey you’re only beating us by a good bit, not by a lot. Either way, America still has more medals.
  • gym_king_carlie
    gym_king_carlie Posts: 528 Member
    Bailing us out or not, what matters is our grandfathers and or great grandmothers and grandfathers all fought for our independence, who cares about the rest, the rest is irrelevent, they were all hero's from the US or the UK. that herritage should not be a topic of debate but a topic of reflection and respect
  • watts7787
    watts7787 Posts: 16 Member
    Gold/Silver/Bronze TOTAL

    1 China 32 19 14 65
    2 United States 29 15 19 63
    3 Great Britain 19 12 12 43

    Population USA: 311,591,917
    Population GB: 62,641,000

    I'm not sure why population of the country matters when all it takes to win a gold medal is one person. One very excellent athlete that is. Someone who has trained very hard for a very long time and probably wouldn't want us bickering over which country is better. I think all of them who compete are great and should be VERY proud of themselves. But.... GO USA!!! haha :))
  • jenlarz
    jenlarz Posts: 813 Member
    Really??? Unless you are an athlete IN THE OLYMPICS, YOU have nothing to brag about. Just another smear America thread that doesn't belong on this website anyway. Grow up.

    THIS ^^
  • TheDoctor90
    TheDoctor90 Posts: 461 Member
    Really??? Unless you are an athlete IN THE OLYMPICS, YOU have nothing to brag about. Just another smear America thread that doesn't belong on this website anyway. Grow up.

    Don't be so sensitive. A bit of friendly banter never hurt anyone.
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    I'm an American and I think it's great. I don't care who wins the most gold medals, it's all about the athletes in the end. All this "who won more medals" mumbo jumbo can beat it.

    I'm with you. Whatever Lochte brings home or Phelps or anyone else is really not any reflection on me anyway. I celebrate the athletes for what they achieve, but I don't take credit for it.

    While we are on the subject of celebrating athletes, how about that guy from South Africa running 100m in 10 seconds! That is something to celebrate and I'm not even from South Africa!

    And I just want to add one more thing... a vast majority of Americans share a mutual heritage with the British in the first place so why are we even debating this.
  • ILoveTheBrowns
    ILoveTheBrowns Posts: 661 Member
    o beautiful for spacious skies
  • JPod279
    JPod279 Posts: 722 Member
    You know, I WAS rooting for GB to win any event in which the USA could not. Weak @ss trash talk like the OP makes me want to rethink that.
  • Nerple
    Nerple Posts: 1,291 Member
    The only Olympic sports that matter are Hockey and Short Track Speedskating, this thread is 2 years too early (or late).
  • ModoVincere
    ModoVincere Posts: 530 Member
    Sounds like we gonna use the good ole war to discuss about olympic sports.

    yehhawww

    What's the war of northern agression got to do with this?
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    geez, we're all having fun here.

    now, let's all go out for some bangers and mash!!
  • caladus
    caladus Posts: 1
    Gold/Silver/Bronze TOTAL

    1 China 32 19 14 65
    2 United States 29 15 19 63
    3 Great Britain 19 12 12 43

    Population USA: 311,591,917
    Population GB: 62,641,000

    Population China: 1,344,130,000
    Population USA: 311,591,917
    Population GB: 62,641,000

    A billion more people than the USA, but only 2 more medals.
  • TheDoctor90
    TheDoctor90 Posts: 461 Member
    You know, I WAS rooting for GB to win any event in which the USA could not. Weak @ss trash talk like the OP makes me want to rethink that.

    :sad: We will miss your support!!
  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member
    You may want to remember that the Yanks helped you win WW2......I know you're young, but England asked the US for help at the same time we were fighting the Japs in the Pacific.......The Germans literally had 80 % of Europe occupied and were invading Africa as well............

    You may be speaking German today if it were for the US.............just something to thik about........
    At least if Germany had won we wouldn't have to listen to egotistical American boasting.
  • TheDoctor90
    TheDoctor90 Posts: 461 Member
    You may want to remember that the Yanks helped you win WW2......I know you're young, but England asked the US for help at the same time we were fighting the Japs in the Pacific.......The Germans literally had 80 % of Europe occupied and were invading Africa as well............

    You may be speaking German today if it were for the US.............just something to thik about........
    At least if Germany had won we wouldn't have to listen to egotistical American boasting.

    And we'd be more efficient :tongue:
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
    You may want to remember that the Yanks helped you win WW2......I know you're young, but England asked the US for help at the same time we were fighting the Japs in the Pacific.......The Germans literally had 80 % of Europe occupied and were invading Africa as well............

    You may be speaking German today if it were for the US.............just something to thik about........
    At least if Germany had won we wouldn't have to listen to egotistical American boasting.

    Not an American but gonna play the Devil's advocate.

    You wouldn't be speaking English to understand the ego boasting :)
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    You may want to remember that the Yanks helped you win WW2......I know you're young, but England asked the US for help at the same time we were fighting the Japs in the Pacific.......The Germans literally had 80 % of Europe occupied and were invading Africa as well............

    You may be speaking German today if it were for the US.............just something to thik about........
    At least if Germany had won we wouldn't have to listen to egotistical American boasting.

    so we're rooting for hitler now??
  • ModoVincere
    ModoVincere Posts: 530 Member
    You may want to remember that the Yanks helped you win WW2......I know you're young, but England asked the US for help at the same time we were fighting the Japs in the Pacific.......The Germans literally had 80 % of Europe occupied and were invading Africa as well............

    You may be speaking German today if it were for the US.............just something to thik about........
    At least if Germany had won we wouldn't have to listen to egotistical American boasting.

    so we're rooting for hitler now??

    What sport is he competing in?
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
    You may want to remember that the Yanks helped you win WW2......I know you're young, but England asked the US for help at the same time we were fighting the Japs in the Pacific.......The Germans literally had 80 % of Europe occupied and were invading Africa as well............

    You may be speaking German today if it were for the US.............just something to thik about........
    At least if Germany had won we wouldn't have to listen to egotistical American boasting.

    so we're rooting for hitler now??

    What sport is he competing in?

    hunger games
  • TheDoctor90
    TheDoctor90 Posts: 461 Member
    You may want to remember that the Yanks helped you win WW2......I know you're young, but England asked the US for help at the same time we were fighting the Japs in the Pacific.......The Germans literally had 80 % of Europe occupied and were invading Africa as well............

    You may be speaking German today if it were for the US.............just something to thik about........
    At least if Germany had won we wouldn't have to listen to egotistical American boasting.

    so we're rooting for hitler now??

    What sport is he competing in?

    hunger games

    Not since Microsoft took away his Xbox Live.
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    You may want to remember that the Yanks helped you win WW2......I know you're young, but England asked the US for help at the same time we were fighting the Japs in the Pacific.......The Germans literally had 80 % of Europe occupied and were invading Africa as well............

    You may be speaking German today if it were for the US.............just something to thik about........
    At least if Germany had won we wouldn't have to listen to egotistical American boasting.

    so we're rooting for hitler now??

    What sport is he competing in?

    hunger games


    HAHAHAHA!!!
  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member
    You may want to remember that the Yanks helped you win WW2......I know you're young, but England asked the US for help at the same time we were fighting the Japs in the Pacific.......The Germans literally had 80 % of Europe occupied and were invading Africa as well............

    You may be speaking German today if it were for the US.............just something to thik about........
    At least if Germany had won we wouldn't have to listen to egotistical American boasting.

    so we're rooting for hitler now??
    Did you forget the First World War, 1914-1918?
  • EmCarroll1990
    EmCarroll1990 Posts: 2,832 Member
    I'm just a Canadian who's going to sit out of this. Hell, one of our runners fell on the track the other day, I couldn't help but laugh.
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