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Eating in the Britainlands.; What?
Topic Started: Mar 23 2012, 01:36 PM (6,953 Views)
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hjk561
Mar 28 2012, 02:47 PM
Haha! Got this one first :P

Not really, at least not in what i watch. You would probably get them in comedies and such, but otherwise we tend to be as politically correct as possible. At least on the BBC :P

Because of an AGE old rivalry :P We have been at war with France for at least hundreds of years in total. They've invaded us (William the Conquerer), we've invaded them (Henry V, Battle of Agincourt), we've both had pretty damn big empires at roughly the same time, and we are only a few miles of water apart :) Imagine local sports team rivalries, and then times it by about 100 :D

Maybe, I suppose that could be a reason. We do have french fries around in our shops, but we still tend to call them chips :)

Because the were good, loyal subjects :P Didnt get any silly ideas about independance :P
Well with some help from the French, we got our independence didn't we? The only war between our countries, and look who won! Us, the US. Look who has proper rights, us. Look who has the seriotype of crap food, and who has the steriotype (And reality) of amazing (if extremely unhealthy) food. You, and us in that order. I think we know who wins. :P

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hjk561
Mar 28 2012, 02:47 PM
Greysoul
Mar 28 2012, 02:42 PM
Nice to have you back. :)

I has questions for the lime

Are there as many stereotypical Americans in your media?

Is there as much hatred for the French as stereotypes show?

Is this hatred why you don't call them "french fries"?

Why are the Canadians so much more popular then us? :P
Haha! Got this one first :P

Not really, at least not in what i watch. You would probably get them in comedies and such, but otherwise we tend to be as politically correct as possible. At least on the BBC :P

Because of an AGE old rivalry :P We have been at war with France for at least hundreds of years in total. They've invaded us (William the Conquerer), we've invaded them (Henry V, Battle of Agincourt), we've both had pretty damn big empires at roughly the same time, and we are only a few miles of water apart :) Imagine local sports team rivalries, and then times it by about 100 :D

Maybe, I suppose that could be a reason. We do have french fries around in our shops, but we still tend to call them chips :)

Because the were good, loyal subjects :P Didnt get any silly ideas about independance :P
Hahaha damn you. I was too busy watching Barcelona Vs Milan :P

Yeah, I agree. That is quite true. It depends though, as I have no idea what is stereotypical of Americans apart from regurgitating fat jokes. In terms of rabid, blind patriotism? Yeah, that is how Americans are portrayed over here. It is a sharp contrast to the cynic attitude of most Englishmen.

In all honesty, this is the real story of WW2. Germany and the UK had a fight. Germany phones UK to apologise and says "we're gonna invade France if you fancy it", then we got all our friends and on D-Day we shipped over to France with all our mates to kick the crap out of some Frenchies! :P Pity the Germans were lying...

Haha exactly, HJK. And they're kinda quirky. Quirky is fantastic in Europe. Most nations in Europe have some quirk or another :P Plus, they have Infernocanuk and Gix! (Let's players!)
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Greysoul
Mar 28 2012, 03:08 PM
hjk561
Mar 28 2012, 02:47 PM
Haha! Got this one first :P

Not really, at least not in what i watch. You would probably get them in comedies and such, but otherwise we tend to be as politically correct as possible. At least on the BBC :P

Because of an AGE old rivalry :P We have been at war with France for at least hundreds of years in total. They've invaded us (William the Conquerer), we've invaded them (Henry V, Battle of Agincourt), we've both had pretty damn big empires at roughly the same time, and we are only a few miles of water apart :) Imagine local sports team rivalries, and then times it by about 100 :D

Maybe, I suppose that could be a reason. We do have french fries around in our shops, but we still tend to call them chips :)

Because the were good, loyal subjects :P Didnt get any silly ideas about independance :P
Well with some help from the French, we got our independence didn't we? The only war between our countries, and look who won! Us, the US. Look who has proper rights, us. Look who has the seriotype of crap food, and who has the steriotype (And reality) of amazing (if extremely unhealthy) food. You, and us in that order. I think we know who wins. :P

Ha, the only war between our countries and you did win. Lets remember though that it was only the West coast that we owned at the time, and to be honest, you werent really that valuable to us :P
Yeah, you have rights. We have a functioning government that can get things done and isnt anywhere near as corrupt as yours can be :)
Haha, the STEREOTYPE of crap food? Where was fast food actually created? Where is famous for obesity? You, and you again :P
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Mar 28 2012, 03:08 PM
Well with some help from the French, we got our independence didn't we? The only war between our countries, and look who won! Us, the US. Look who has proper rights, us. Look who has the seriotype of crap food, and who has the steriotype (And reality) of amazing (if extremely unhealthy) food. You, and us in that order. I think we know who wins. :P

Lmao. I was going to say "and who are the brainwashed sheep who vote in the illusionary popularity contest called "democracy"?.. But we suffer from that problem too :( We generally have good food, but it's usually other people's food :P (India/Chinese/French/Italian)

Our Government is almost as bad as theirs for upper class corruption! Almost ;)
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Dantos4
Mar 28 2012, 03:22 PM
Greysoul
Mar 28 2012, 03:08 PM
Well with some help from the French, we got our independence didn't we? The only war between our countries, and look who won! Us, the US. Look who has proper rights, us. Look who has the seriotype of crap food, and who has the steriotype (And reality) of amazing (if extremely unhealthy) food. You, and us in that order. I think we know who wins. :P

Lmao. I was going to say "and who are the brainwashed sheep who vote in the illusionary popularity contest called "democracy"?.. But we suffer from that problem too :( We generally have good food, but it's usually other people's food :P (India/Chinese/French/Italian)

Our Government is almost as bad as theirs for upper class corruption! Almost ;)
While I must agree democracy is just a breeding groud for corruption, Royalty is worse. Much much worse. And you're the only 'real' monarchy left.
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The only war between our countries, and look who won!


It's funny because there is an another war between your two countries and the capitol was burned. :P
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Kagurodraven
Mar 28 2012, 03:25 PM
Dantos4
Mar 28 2012, 03:22 PM
Greysoul
Mar 28 2012, 03:08 PM
Well with some help from the French, we got our independence didn't we? The only war between our countries, and look who won! Us, the US. Look who has proper rights, us. Look who has the seriotype of crap food, and who has the steriotype (And reality) of amazing (if extremely unhealthy) food. You, and us in that order. I think we know who wins. :P

Lmao. I was going to say "and who are the brainwashed sheep who vote in the illusionary popularity contest called "democracy"?.. But we suffer from that problem too :( We generally have good food, but it's usually other people's food :P (India/Chinese/French/Italian)

Our Government is almost as bad as theirs for upper class corruption! Almost ;)
While I must agree democracy is just a breeding groud for corruption, Royalty is worse. Much much worse. And you're the only 'real' monarchy left.
Hey now, its not as bad as everyone supposes! Though, in light of recent events my arguement can be pretty easily beaten down :P

And it depends who is the monarch. Not every monarch was a corrupt fatty thats useleas at governing a country :P And we are not a real monarchy at all! Our monarch has no power whatsoever, and theres plenty of monarchs left in the world.

And i forgot about that :P Good old canadians.....
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If my history books are correct (I expect they are not actu-*Smacks self*) You made quite the pretty penny off our natural resources. Granted so did Spain and inflation pretty much destroyed their econom-*Smacks self*

Dende, THAT was Canada... silly Belgian.

I Never agreed with the tea party (The modern one, not that little party we had 200 years ago.)

Ahh Canadian let's players. So funny are they, to bad they all sound the same to me. Seriously the Canadian accent is almost unsurmountable for me.

Yea, we have a lot of fat people. Get allll those jokes out there.

Yea, we have a bi-partisan government. Get alll those jokes out there.

Blind patriotism, we got that yea. Not everyone, but alot of people.
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Kagurodraven
Mar 28 2012, 03:25 PM
While I must agree democracy is just a breeding groud for corruption, Royalty is worse. Much much worse. And you're the only 'real' monarchy left.
I agree very much, democracy has too many flaws for me... but then there are very few viable alternatives in the modern world. Political evolution much needed.

In terms of Royalty I agree with HJK. Our Queen is no more than a figurehead to be honest. She does have some power, but does not use it at all. Ever.

Haha yeah. I honestly don't trust the government at all. In my opinion, they're all just silver spoon fed rich boys who are too busy looking after the country's money (and therefore, their own money) than it's people.


EDIT: God dammit I'm always a message behind xD
Edited by Dantos4, Mar 28 2012, 03:38 PM.
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hjk561
Mar 28 2012, 03:30 PM
Hey now, its not as bad as everyone supposes! Though, in light of recent events my arguement can be pretty easily beaten down :P

And it depends who is the monarch. Not every monarch was a corrupt fatty thats useleas at governing a country :P And we are not a real monarchy at all! Our monarch has no power whatsoever, and theres plenty of monarchs left in the world.

And i forgot about that :P Good old canadians.....
"House of lords". Point given.

A certain king Henry comes to mind.

It's true. They are all over in Africa and the middle east and Asia.
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