Ops! You failed to notice my sarcasm. hehe

you see, i belong in america.

Only the US would have given the world Sonic Youth, and only the UK would have given the world The Smiths.

England gave the world The Beatles and The Rolling Stones
America gave the world Sonic Youth, and so they are better

But only after they came to England so we could tell them it was OK to like them.

ha ha ha ha ha, i think we have reached the end of this discussion

The Americans had Richard Nixon, and we had Tony Blair.

And I declare Hilda Ogden the winner. God bless you ma'am.

I know exactly what you mean. Being from England, I find it extremely surreal when somebody is nice to me. For some reason, being nice to strangers is somewhat normal in the US, as far as I've experienced. Like when I was flying to Denver from Philly in 2005, I was seated between these two businessmen, and the rest of my family was seated somewhere else on the plane. Immediately the two guys offered to swap so I could sit with my family, and they did, as everyone else on the plane congratulated them. Very strange indeed.

But yes, it's all in the letter 'R' and the vicious stereotypes. I have had a better time with Americans than I've had with any other people, so that's something to go by.

What kind of logic is that. That's like saying, if it weren't for traditional african music, the blues would have ceased to exist.
Bullshit, through and through.

The main difference that I've noticed between them is that it's been mainly British forum members posting on this thread. There must be some sort of message in that.

Oh yes, the Americans are only just waking up when the Brits are tucking into their lunches. Time. That's quite a major difference. Well spotted.

Was you flying in first class and making your family sit in economy?

I end up riding with Brits a lot. The whole scooter thing attracts lots of Brit ex-pats. Not much of a difference amongst us. The sense of humor thing is definitely there but we get used to each other. You Brits can get quite vulgar in the most hilarious ways at times...oh - and you guys (much like New Yorkers) have a very low tolerance for bullshit.

thats because america is asleep, at the moment.

Well. . . I met some Scots, Aussies, and Brits, the last 2 weeks. Here is as far as I can tell:

different accents

and Scots wear kilts when they dress up.

And 14 year old Scottish girls look much older than they appear. I met this really attractive Scottish girl and quickly found out she was 14.

The night.

I'm not that much of a tosser.

Thanks?

You're both cute.

alseep as in not awake.

I have this idea that people look American.

Are you kidding?

British cuisine has to be some of the worst in the world.

examples?

all your pubs cook the meat until it's leathery then drown it in gravy - if they could learn how to cook it right in the first place they wouldn't need to use that gloop. they don't know how to cook veggies either. Also not a big fan of black pudding.

You guys should also learn to use mayo sparingly. Of course, Americans have this problem too.

I don't get the baked beans on toast thing. Not that it's bad, just odd.

I figure most british people don't actually eat the traditional food anymore and mostly eat stuff from other countries, like Indian food.

In America we have this invention called the grill (the kind where the heat is under the food - not a broiler)- you guys should try it out sometime.

I thought it was pretty common knowledge that British food is the laughing stock of the world.

so basiacally your saying you dont like meat.

what exactly is amercan food? if we are talking laughing stock.

i love meat dude, but not when it's overcooked and drowned in gravy. it's supposed to be moist and tender and melt in your mouth. when meat is properly done, you don't need sauce.

I guess there are a few things that would count as American food: burgers, cheesesteaks, slow-cooked BBQ, fried chicken. We make way better sandwiches than you guys. And grilled veggies are much better than boiled ones in my opinion (but I guess that's not a totally American thing).

But there's no American tradition, we just take on the foods from all other cultures. The Asian food here is great. We also get a lot of good Latin American food. We also put spin on other cultures' foods - like southwestern food.

i am a vegetarian so couldnt give a toss about meat. the sandwiches i had in america all seemed to be based on european ideas and where pretty dissapointing. i liked the blue cheese dressing in one place though.

thing i noticed was the entire lack of choice you have. it seems to be fast food from some plastic take away or nothing at all.

where were you? Where I live (I'm in a medium sized city in the South - where people's lives' revolve around food) I can get seafood, greek/italian, middle eastern, all types of Asian, burgers/sandwiches, BBQ, typical fast food, and mexican food all within a 10 minute drive of my place.

Bias, patriotic babble!
You must have had a negative experience of English food.

haha and god damn american junk food.

Unless you're talking about michelin starred restaurants (which tend to serve French food anyway) my experience of American food is that it's far superior to British cooking.

The people are generally friendlier than the British. The real difference is definitely the humour. But I'd say that this has far less to do with any kind of Anglo-American divide and more to do with general cultural differences that distinguish most countries from one another.

One thing though: Americans that I've met just can't get their head around socialism in a way that most Europeans seem able to.

Of course I did, otherwise I wouldn't have said it was bad. The negative experience being having to eat it. ;)

That's because private property rights are one of the foundations of America, and they've worked out pretty well for us.

Funny - I laughed when I read this thinking it was sarcasm.
but then again...I'm eating French tonight.

The British judge American fast food by chains like McDonalds, KFC. The reality is far better. Anyone who's eaten a pastrami on rye sandwich at Katz deli in NY will have to agree with me there.

I just had one two weeks ago.

the experience i had of eating in america was not that great at all. lack of choice and fat filled are two things that spring to mind.

i travelled coast to coast and was pretty dissapointed in every city i went too, i did like begals with cream cheese. as for the english not eating traditional food then you simply cant have been looking very hard.

i generally have noticed that americans cant take a joke about things and the tv shows, news and adverts are like comedy shows except they are meant to be serious.

lucky cunt:D

I don't judge, just mocking the american junk food we get over here in my last post.
I think it is impossible to judge food, for there is so much good and bad foods out there all over the world, not just at Katz deli in NY. :p