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Why do British people drink so early in the day?
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Most Americans don't have a passport because they don't need to. They can travel HOURS, or days and still be in the U.S.
But go for it with the silly one downmanship.
'because they don't need to' - you realise you are flaunting your American big headedness.. Do you really think that just because you are from the United States that there is nothing worth seeing outside. Thank GOD for the UK.0 -
Don't need it? Because Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, anywheere else in the world isn't worth seeing? You can travel far but it's not really travel if younot expanding your horizons.Most Americans don't have a passport because they don't need to. They can travel HOURS, or days and still be in the U.S.
But go for it with the silly one downmanship.0 -
Aaaaw!! I have only just clocked this is a troll/joke thread!! You got me too, I was even a little mad! I probably would have realised sooner if I wasn't so bloody drunk!0
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You obviously learnt everything you know about Britain from Hugh Grant. And Family Guy. We would beat you all in a fight, you all soft... just so chirpy and nicey nicey omg.
We should go to a Tim McGraw concert, and then a bar. Then we can go to a pub on a night I dunno... what's a good chav team, Man U gets beat by some out of towners. You wear an Obama shirt, and I'll wear an opposing club shirt. We'll clear this up quickly!
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I have a passport. As you may note (if you read the thread) I posted about my EUROPEAN travels a few posts ago. You know what happens when you assume, as the saying goes.
'because they don't need to' - you realise you are flaunting your American big headedness.. Do you really think that just because you are from the United States that there is nothing worth seeing outside. Thank GOD for the UK.
Many people don't have the luxury of a $1400 (USD) plane trip to go to Europe. So yes. Many people don't "need" to have a passport. In the US you could (until very recently) drive into and out of Canada and Mexico (yes, those are countries too) without a passport. Many people don't need a passport here. They can go their whole lives without needing one.
WOuld they want to travel overseas? I suspect many would. If they could afford that luxury.
But please, feel free to insult me some more.0 -
Friends is widely watched, which includes dumb people.
British food is bland because we don't see food as ultimately that important. Which is why America is fatter, because you eat rainbow coloured cereal for breakfast, and bacon in syrup.
I don't know anything about Massechussets, just like you wouldnt know about Sunderland. I
Why does American think it the centre of the universe?
I don't actually beleive all these negative stereotypes but they do annoy me so much when people are anti british that it provokes me to say it. Slagging off someones country is so RUDE. I want to show you what its like.
Americans can't handle their drink, nor the rough and tumble of British bar culture. We laugh at how you expect a waitress to bring you your drink in a BAR, Babies
I salute you!
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Don't need it? Because Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, anywheere else in the world isn't worth seeing? You can travel far but it's not really travel if younot expanding your horizons.
Pfffft. Good ol' US ingenuity... we already remade those in Florida, and the people from those countries were nice enough to come here and add local flavor.0 -
We should go to a Tim McGraw concert, and then a bar. Then we can go to a pub on a night I dunno... what's a good chav team, Man U gets beat by some out of towners. You wear an Obama shirt, and I'll wear an opposing club shirt. We'll clear this up quickly!
I have literally no idea what you are talking about. But chav is our word, actually came from charver which is from my area, and it is no bad thing.0 -
I have traveled. I'd like to see Africa next. Did you enjoy your travels there?Don't need it? Because Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, anywheere else in the world isn't worth seeing? You can travel far but it's not really travel if younot expanding your horizons.0 -
Because it sucks over there and it's their only way to cope.
Wow 'SoDamnHungry', maybe if you ate something you wouldn't be such a judgemental *kitten*.0 -
Pot, meet kettle.
Wow 'SoDamnHungry', maybe if you ate something you wouldn't be such a judgemental *kitten*.0 -
So, uhm, you guys done yet?0
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Like yourself, I have not been, but want to go some time in the next several years.I have traveled. I'd like to see Africa next. Did you enjoy your travels there?0 -
I have literally no idea what you are talking about. But chav is our word, actually came from charver which is from my area, and it is no bad thing.
Well, all kinds like to claim all kinds of stuff.
I didn't think you'd get my point.
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Wow, your only way to cope with how awful America is is numbing the pain with burgers.
Wow 'SoDamnHungry', maybe if you ate something you wouldn't be such a judgemental *kitten*.0 -
Because we can......... Ever been to the rest of Europe??!!0
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Many Americans *would* like to travel. What would a ticket to Australia from the U.S. cost these days, about $2,000? Kinda hard for many folks to do. Even Europe is a stretch for a lot of folks. My last ticket, steerage was about 1400 (USD).Like yourself, I have not been, but want to go some time in the next several years.
I'm sorry you apparently mis-understood my post as saying Americans are perfectly content in the U.S. and have no desire to travel.
I was only speaking of actual necessity. It is not necessary for many Americans to have a passport. For better or worse. I posted in reply to the rude young british lass who got her knickers in a knot and started hurling insults at Americans. :drinker:0 -
When I want to eat at a pub when touristing in the UK I have to make sure I go super early or all the pubs are filled with drunk people.. what's up with that?
Why do you just go straight to the pub? Shouldnt you go home first? Change clothes, say hi to the family.. you know, normal stuff!
That's a bit of a stereotype.
When I watch TV, I see Americans in certain parts of the country smoking crack, drinking, shooting each other and having sex with each others siblings. Does that mean ALL Americans are like that?0 -
Many Americans *would* like to travel. What would a ticket to Australia from the U.S. cost these days, about $2,000? Kinda hard for many folks to do. Even Europe is a stretch for a lot of folks. My last ticket, steerage was about 1400 (USD).
I'm sorry you apparently mis-understood my post as saying Americans are perfectly content in the U.S. and have no desire to travel.
I was only speaking of actual necessity. It is not necessary for many Americans to have a passport. For better or worse. I posted in reply to the rude young british lass who got her knickers in a knot and started hurling insults at Americans. :drinker:
Oh, I wonder why us Brits have become the slightest bit annoyed....0 -
That's a bit of a stereotype.
When I watch TV, I see Americans in certain parts of the country smoking crack, drinking, shooting each other and having sex with each others siblings. Does that mean ALL Americans are like that?
I've not yet shot anyone today. It's early yet though.0 -
Of course I don't, you talking about American comedians, I don't know who they are, because uuum... your culture isn't the world's culture. I don't see anything wrong with that young lady. And if I did, I'd point you towards your own 'trailer trash'. But I'm not a snob.
Well, all kinds like to claim all kinds of stuff.
I didn't think you'd get my point.
BTW, my favourite is on St Patrick's day, or 'Saint Patties day' as stupid Americans call it- they celebrate even though they are not Irish. An Irish man, or indeed an Englishman wouldn't dream of drinking GREEN beer, it is so babyish, and just proves how infantilised americans are. They talk about how CRRRRAAAZZZYY they get but this probably means having 2 and a half pints and feeling dizzy and going home. Because you all light weights.0 -
Oh, I wonder why us Brits have become the slightest bit annoyed....
Well, I know it started in the mid 1700s, and we've been insolent ever since.0 -
so much furniture on this page0
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Because folks are hurling ridiculous, ignorant and rude generalizations and stereotypes your way. So she responded "in kind" with a ridiculous, ignorant comment. I opted to try to reply with a bit of contextualization. She opted to call me a fat head, among other things.
Oh, I wonder why us Brits have become the slightest bit annoyed....
I won't bother with her. cheers.
I get why folks are getting bristled, yet I (personally) have not posted anything insulting toward the UK as far as I see.0 -
In London, most of us live in the greater london suburbs and therefore it wouldn't make sense to commute all the way home and come back out to drink. My commute takes me 1 and a half hours one way.
Also a drink after work is very socially acceptable, and sometimes it will only be 'just for one' drink anyway so you would not go home.
As a a young English adult, I would say that social drinking takes up 90% of my social calenday. I also get the impression that if someone likes to drink in America, they are seen as an alcoholic with a problem. Where as in the UK it is ok to go out a few times in the week after work for a swift round before hometime, and then go out on an all night bender at the weekend. It's a different social culture and we have different attitudes towards drinking but I feel that your attitude is coming from a 'socially superior' highground.
It is also socially acceptable to drink early as in after midday, I think, at a music festival, your birthday and christmas or at a barbeque if it starts early. 5pm is the official drinking hour over here. Ever heard of the song 5 o clock somewhere? Yeah - 5pm is not early.
lol, not ALL of us are haughty prudes.
CHEERS!0 -
Of course I don't, you talking about American comedians, I don't know who they are, because uuum... your culture isn't the world's culture. I don't see anything wrong with that young lady. And if I did, I'd point you towards your own 'trailer trash'. But I'm not a snob.
BTW, my favourite is on St Patrick's day, or 'Saint Patties day' as stupid Americans call it- they celebrate even though they are not Irish. An Irish man, or indeed an Englishman wouldn't dream of drinking GREEN beer, it is so babyish, and just proves how infantilised americans are. They talk about how CRRRRAAAZZZYY they get but this probably means having 2 and a half pints and feeling dizzy and going home. Because you all light weights.
More like musician, but that's ok. Honestly though, how the hell do you know that's a woman?! Are you sure? I do like the snob comment, you did level up your satire score right there.
Now, throw this around in your empty firkin and give it a think. When I lived in Boston, the only folks I knew drinking green beer where the illegal irish immigrants I knew. So babyish indeed!
As a brewer, I do have to thank you guys... you guys did up ales a bit proper, and then left it to us to really polish them up and make them something worth drinking. 0 -
While as everyone knows, God is an Englishman, well leave that to one side for the moment.
Class is, and always has been, a stronger determinant than nationality. By and large, fat British and fat Americans are low class.
I'm slim, upper middle-class and drink a lot. My American friends are mostly the same.0 -
depends on your time zone. It's getting late here. I best fetch my gun.
I've not yet shot anyone today. It's early yet though. 0 -
Heaven and HellWhile as everyone knows, God is an Englishman, well leave that to one side for the moment.
Heaven Is Where:
The French are the chefs
The Italians are the lovers
The British are the police
The Germans are the mechanics
And the Swiss make everything run on time
Hell is Where:
The British are the chefs
The Swiss are the lovers
The French are the mechanics
The Italians make everything run on time
And the Germans are the police0 -
depends on your time zone. It's getting late here. I best fetch my gun.
I've got to head down to the local redneckeria, so I can buy some new Anti-Tory rounds.0
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