How Other Contries See Us ..
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Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: I mean it both ways. Americans think everyone wants to be them. And that's kinda true too. No offence, but if I was making $3 an hour, I'd want to be American as well. As it stands, I don't think there's anything *wrong* with being an American ( just so I'm not misunderstood ), but there's nothing I'd rather be than an Aussie. Christian I have come to clean zee pooollll. - Michael Martin Dec 30, 2001 Picture the daffodil. And while you do that, I'll be over here going through your stuff.
I personally think it is more of "who wouldn't want to live here" than "everyone wants to be an American". (Well, I am sure there are assholes who think everyone wants to be an American, but I haven't met them.) In my mind there is a huge difference between the two statements. The former says that the USA is a nice place to live. The later has that nasty tone of "You country sucks, you know it, we know you know it, I bet you want to come to the USA". I can do without the later. There is so much grand stuff in the world. It would be VERY boring if everyone was American. Other cultures, religions, attitudes, etc make the world an interesting place. Europe has great history. Australia has... Well, New Zealand has beautiful landscape. Australia has... Egypt has some of the great wonders of the world. Australia has... Hmm... Australia has a lot of GOD DAMN POISONOUS CREATURES!!!! :) Tim Smith Descartes Systems Sciences, Inc.
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****Christian Graus wrote: Do the French still have nuclear ambitions ? I thought all the French did was sit around all day with scantly clad girls, drinking wine. Nuclear weapons are just so passé nowadays. ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves" - August Strindberg
Hopefully the French have shutdown their old air collect nuke power plants. Back when I worked at the EPA in the radiation division, only France, Russia, and American military was still using those damn things. (can you say Chernobyl?) I saw the data from Chernobyl. It wasn't media hype. That was a huge disaster. The radiation cloud circled the earth twice before it dispersed to much to be detected over normal radiation levels. Tim Smith Descartes Systems Sciences, Inc.
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It's easy - the major failing most Americans have is they seem to think everyone else wants to be one. Christian I have come to clean zee pooollll. - Michael Martin Dec 30, 2001 Picture the daffodil. And while you do that, I'll be over here going through your stuff.
http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/foreign/p20-534/tab0201.txt that's 11,200,000+ coming to the US since 1990. :) -c
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****Christian Graus wrote: Do the French still have nuclear ambitions ? I thought all the French did was sit around all day with scantly clad girls, drinking wine. Nuclear weapons are just so passé nowadays. ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves" - August Strindberg
the French can piss and moan safely, cause they know the US and UK will protect them. -c
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qomi wrote: No offence to Americans because I have met a few nice ones I think there is an official count of 12 living americans [nice ones] at any one time in world history. If you already know all 12 of them, dont go abt looking for more, cause there arent any more :-) Nish p.s. Qomi, I had to edit this. Forgot to put the stuff in square brackets. Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
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We worship them too - cows are revered as some of the tastiest animals around. So delicious. -c
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****Christian Graus wrote: I don't see any Aussie wanting to play a game where you need to cover yourself in protective armour like a wussy girl. feel free to send over 12 of your toughest. let 'em go five minutes against a team that is wearing pads. :) -c
Chris Losinger wrote: feel free to send over 12 of your toughest. let 'em go five minutes against a team that is wearing pads. I'd accept that your guys would need an unfair advantage, but the point is more take the girly pads off and get your guys into a rugby game, see how THEY go. Christian I have come to clean zee pooollll. - Michael Martin Dec 30, 2001 Picture the daffodil. And while you do that, I'll be over here going through your stuff.
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Americans' ideas on Canada. The movie "Canadian Bacon" (last movie of the great John Candy) put all the stereotypes together and so obviously so (to me at least). The best thing was watching it with an american friend of mine and how she didn't get all the stereotypes.;P It was a good movie that poked fun of both Canadians and Americans.
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qomi wrote: No offence to Americans because I have met a few nice ones I think there is an official count of 12 living americans [nice ones] at any one time in world history. If you already know all 12 of them, dont go abt looking for more, cause there arent any more :-) Nish p.s. Qomi, I had to edit this. Forgot to put the stuff in square brackets. Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: cause there arent any more They tell me that sometimes even the nice ones get lucky enough to have kids, though. You might want to check back every ten years or so...
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Actually, not that many countries are trying to build nukes. I can think of Chian, India and Pakistan. Do the French still have nuclear ambitions ? Christian I have come to clean zee pooollll. - Michael Martin Dec 30, 2001 Picture the daffodil. And while you do that, I'll be over here going through your stuff.
****Christian Graus wrote: Do the French still have nuclear ambitions ? Do the French actually have ambitions?
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I personally think it is more of "who wouldn't want to live here" than "everyone wants to be an American". (Well, I am sure there are assholes who think everyone wants to be an American, but I haven't met them.) In my mind there is a huge difference between the two statements. The former says that the USA is a nice place to live. The later has that nasty tone of "You country sucks, you know it, we know you know it, I bet you want to come to the USA". I can do without the later. There is so much grand stuff in the world. It would be VERY boring if everyone was American. Other cultures, religions, attitudes, etc make the world an interesting place. Europe has great history. Australia has... Well, New Zealand has beautiful landscape. Australia has... Egypt has some of the great wonders of the world. Australia has... Hmm... Australia has a lot of GOD DAMN POISONOUS CREATURES!!!! :) Tim Smith Descartes Systems Sciences, Inc.
Tim Smith wrote: (Well, I am sure there are assholes who think everyone wants to be an American, but I haven't met them.) We try to keep them contained in Texas and Congress... The difference between a Texas cowboy and an Arizona cowboy? In Arizona the bulls#$t is on the outside of the boot.
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11. One died in a barroom fight with one of the 400,000,000 asshole Americans. :) Tim Smith Descartes Systems Sciences, Inc.
LOL Okay qomi, that's one less for you :-) Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
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He;s got 1 billion curry munchers upset with him. Good thing he is at the south pole. These curry munchers hate the cold :-) Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
We have lots of curry munchers here, too. The government provides it to old people, as it helps cover the flavor of the pet food they're forced to live on because they can't afford food and medication.
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Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: cause there arent any more They tell me that sometimes even the nice ones get lucky enough to have kids, though. You might want to check back every ten years or so...
Roger Wright wrote: You might want to check back every ten years or You mean by the age of 10, an american is considered an adult? Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
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I've now lost my appetite X| qomi "Don't compromise yourself. It's all you've got." - Janis Joplin
You don't eat beef? Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
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We worship them too - cows are revered as some of the tastiest animals around. So delicious. -c
Beef is quite popular in Trivandrum. Personally I prefer mutton or chicken. Have you tried mutton brain? It's kinda gooee gooee but very tasty :-) Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
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****Christian Graus wrote: Do the French still have nuclear ambitions ? I thought all the French did was sit around all day with scantly clad girls, drinking wine. Nuclear weapons are just so passé nowadays. ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves" - August Strindberg
Frankly that's what I think too after watching all these french channels where we see stunning sets and beautiful women wearing beautiful costly looking clothes. A rich people with nothing to do except watch the French Open once a year :-) Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
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the French can piss and moan safely, cause they know the US and UK will protect them. -c
Chris Losinger wrote: they know the US and UK will protect them. Huh? How does that go? Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
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****Christian Graus wrote: Do the French still have nuclear ambitions ? Do the French actually have ambitions?
Roger Wright wrote: Do the French actually have ambitions Their ambitions revolve around designing better clothes and TV talk-show sets. Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
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I personally think it is more of "who wouldn't want to live here" than "everyone wants to be an American". (Well, I am sure there are assholes who think everyone wants to be an American, but I haven't met them.) In my mind there is a huge difference between the two statements. The former says that the USA is a nice place to live. The later has that nasty tone of "You country sucks, you know it, we know you know it, I bet you want to come to the USA". I can do without the later. There is so much grand stuff in the world. It would be VERY boring if everyone was American. Other cultures, religions, attitudes, etc make the world an interesting place. Europe has great history. Australia has... Well, New Zealand has beautiful landscape. Australia has... Egypt has some of the great wonders of the world. Australia has... Hmm... Australia has a lot of GOD DAMN POISONOUS CREATURES!!!! :) Tim Smith Descartes Systems Sciences, Inc.
Tim Smith wrote: Australia has... Shane Warne. That's one reason alone that is worth being an Australian for. Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut