Americans

Donnah · « **Reply #60 on:** 20/05/2004 19:12:32 »

quote:
Originally posted by neilep
....am I the only tea-totaller on this site ?

Nope, I don't drink either. I used to, but most commercial beer and wine gives me a raging headache before I get to the bottom of the glass. Hard liquor is an open invitation for candida. No fun, so I just don't bother. Like you, I don't need booze to behave ridiculously and have a good time.

neilep · « **Reply #61 on:** 20/05/2004 19:50:41 »

Donnah...we are kindred sober spirits !!

'Men are the same as women...just inside out !'

roberth · « **Reply #62 on:** 21/05/2004 00:09:35 »

Hi Chris,

I think the next trip will be on the 3rd July. It's gunna be hard if Rich is returning that day! Let me know what you think. Are you still interested? I've already tentatively included both your names on the list. What about Sarah?

tweener · « **Reply #63 on:** 21/05/2004 04:04:23 »

quote:
Originally posted by neilep

...*sigh*....am I the only tea-totaller on this site ?

I can't say I don't drink, but the six pack I bought last summer still has 4 in it. I enjoy a beer or glass of wine once in a while, but usually it's too expensive and too much hassle to bother with. And then I forget I even have any at home.

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John - The Eternal Pessimist.

qpan · « **Reply #64 on:** 21/05/2004 20:19:00 »

quote:
Originally posted by tweener

I can't say I don't drink, but the six pack I bought last summer still has 4 in it.

*Gasp!*

"I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it."
-Edgar Allan Poe

tweener · « **Reply #65 on:** 22/05/2004 03:03:22 »

qpan, you can have it if you want to come over and pick it up. [

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John - The Eternal Pessimist.

qpan · « **Reply #66 on:** 23/05/2004 13:13:03 »

lol- i'll be right over!

"I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it."
-Edgar Allan Poe

ebzZzZ · « **Reply #67 on:** 26/05/2004 19:45:02 »

I'm from the liverpool in england
I've worked in philadelphia for a year on
pharmaceutical plants. most people are really
nice and i made alot of friends.

but the daftest thing i ever got asked was

"when's your independance day"

ebz

Dan B · « **Reply #68 on:** 26/05/2004 21:17:09 »

Daftest thing that has happened to me:

got refused to buy beer in Wegmans because my id was supposed to be fake. The "licence" in driving licence was spelt wrong.... [

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tweener · « **Reply #69 on:** 27/05/2004 05:12:35 »

So, Dan, where did you buy that licenSe? Could you get your money back?

ebz, at least they didn't ask you "When is your 4th of July?". I've heard that question in a little different phrasing.

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John - The Eternal Pessimist.

Donnah · « **Reply #70 on:** 27/05/2004 16:07:51 »

Our "Independence Day" used to be called "Dominion Day" and is now called "Canada Day", celebrated on the 1st of July. It's very nice that the country has fireworks to celebrate my birthday.[8D]

neilep · « **Reply #71 on:** 27/05/2004 16:28:43 »

I was behind an American today at a Post Office, he was queuing to buy a stamp for a post card, he knew he wanted a 30 Pence stamp, when he got to the counter....he asked 'How much is a 30 pence stamp ?'......ho hum !!...we all kinda giggled !!

'Men are the same as women...just inside out !'

OmnipotentOne · « **Reply #72 on:** 08/06/2004 22:55:04 »

haha was i just insulted? Im proud to be american, but i try to educate myself with some outside culture......But unfortunatly it is true, alott of americans are clueless[

] I knew where Cambridge is, BOO YAH

But then again do people in the UK know theres a cambridge in the USA as well??

OO

qpan · « **Reply #73 on:** 09/06/2004 02:55:14 »

Of course. In Massechusettes, home of Harvard and MIT.
Also one in Ontario Canada too!

"I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it."
-Edgar Allan Poe

chris · « **Reply #74 on:** 09/06/2004 03:34:03 »

What's 'America' - sorry, I've never heard of it, I thought the world ended at the shores of Europe. Silly me. [

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Chris

"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception"
- Groucho Marx

Quantumcat · « **Reply #75 on:** 10/06/2004 11:30:01 »

the american exchange student asked me if kids in australi really rode to school in the pouches of kangaroos. not sure if she was joking or not.

Am I dead? Am I alive? I'm both!

OmnipotentOne · « **Reply #76 on:** 15/06/2004 03:40:25 »

quote:
Originally posted by Quantumcat

the american exchange student asked me if kids in australi really rode to school in the pouches of kangaroos. not sure if she was joking or not.

Am I dead? Am I alive? I'm both!

I've always wanted to be an exchange student to somwhere out of the USA. Just to prolong the stereotypic view of Americans if I ever do travel outside the states, I'm going to ask a stupid question like that![

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To see the world through a grain of sand.

valley · « **Reply #77 on:** 15/06/2004 19:12:04 »

On my first full day in the US, I met a man who said "Hi, I'm Randy". I can't believe that life can be so perfect, surely there is an organisation that plants such people around for the benefit of us Brits? (That was the only time anyone ever said it to me despite my being there over ten months).

bezoar · « **Reply #78 on:** 17/06/2004 04:29:34 »

OK Valley, I don't get it. No one said, "Hi, I'm Randy," to you in ten months? Maybe you just didn't meet another Randy. Why would any organization plant a person around to say, "Hi, I'm Randy?"

chris · « **Reply #79 on:** 17/06/2004 08:28:34 »

Erm, 'Randy' means "horny" in English English, which is why valley was titillated by the introduction, fnar fnar !

Chris

"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception"
- Groucho Marx

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