*giggles* (apologies to the Welsh... ;))

TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING AMERICAN!
1. You can have a woman president without electing her.
2. You can spell color wrong and get away with it.
3. You can call Budweiser beer.
4. You can be a crook and still be president.
5. If you've got enough money you can get elected to do anything.
6. If you can breathe you can get a gun.
7. You get to be really obese.
8. You can play golf in the most hideous clothes ever made and nobody seems to care.
9. You get to call everyone you've never met "buddy".
10. You can think you're the greatest nation on earth.

TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING ENGLISH !
1. Two World Wars and One World Cup.
2. Warm beer.
3. You get to confuse everyone with the rules of cricket.
4. You get to accept defeat graciously in major sporting events.
5. Union jack underpants.
6. Water shortages guaranteed every single summer.
7. You can live in the past and imagine you are still a world power.
8. Bathing once a week - whether you need to or not.
9. Ditto changing underwear.
10. Beats being Welsh.

TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING SCOTTISH
1. You ain't English!
2. You ain't English!
3. You ain't English!
4. You ain't English!
5. You ain't English!
6. You ain't English!
7. You ain't English!
8. You ain't English!
9. You ain't English!
10. You ain't English!

TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING AUSTRALIAN!
1. Know your great-grand-dad was a murdering bar steward that no civilized nation on earth wanted.
2. Fosters Lager.
3. Dispossess Aborigines who have lived in your country for 40,000 years because you think it belongs to you.
4. Cricket captain not afraid to cry live on TV.
5. Tact and sensitivity.
6. Bondi Beach.
7. Other beaches.
8. Liberated attitude to homosexuals.
9. Drinking cold lager on the beach.
10. Having a bit of a swim and then drink some cold lager on the beach.

TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING CANADIAN!
1. It beats being an American.
2. Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground.
3. You can play ice hockey 12 months a year, outdoors.
4. Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground.
5. Where else can you travel 1000 miles over fresh water in a canoe?
6. A political leader can admit to smoking pot and his/her popularity ratings will rise.
7. Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground.
8. Kill Grizzly bears with huge shotguns and cover your house in their skins.
9. Own-an-Eskimo scheme.
10. Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground.

TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING WELSH!
1. You've got to be having a laugh, haven't you?

You know we are not all raging alcoholics, you are obviously a stereotype American, let me guess you think I have kangaroo's in my backyard and that I use a boomerang as a weapon right?

*giggles helplessly at poor, poor Surfacing* Actually, no, I'm wearing my Union Jack knickers and waiting for the hosepipe ban... ;)

It's a JOKE, you dope! *bats him on the head* I KNOW not all Australians are like that, its a bit of harmless fun (unless you take is seriously)

At least I'm not Welsh.

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1. Yeah... *looks at the temperature meter* Only 21 celsius degrees. I'm freezing out here! ;)

4. Well that's why I put it in there... I have heard exactly the same things as you, but I haven't ever been to the Southern States and I don't plan on going, so I can't tell if it's correct, or not...

5. :rolleyes:

6. Yes, I do. *yam* Well you should try it for yourself and stop believing everything Danny says! :p He's a whisky drinker, for christ's sake... And of course he wouldn't know what good cider is, because he hasn't drunk any Finnish or Swedish cider. Now they're delicious, when British cider is awful!

That's probably because most of the yankees have never heard of it... Anyway, Europeans have loads of them...

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1. Hmm. So it's warmer than the UK. I thought Northern places were colder...

4. I wouldn't go if I were you! Full of religious freaks!

Good ones, Teal...

Christ, Surf, don't be such a tightass all of the time... You take every thing so incredibly serious. They were only jokes... Besides, Americans think every one are alcoholics. ;) (for the record, Teal isn't American...)

Interesting, though, last night, I watched this horrible film about killer pigs that was set in Australia... It was an American film, and of course it was set in the outback with kangaroos and camels running around every where, Australians covered in dirt and grime... An American came, asked about showers, and I couldn't help saying (in a cheesy, fake, stereotypical Australian accent) "Sorry, mate.. None of those in Australia!" I don't really think that, but it was funny seeing as the Americans who made the film obviously thought along those lines...

Actually, we're lucky, Luke... He's Australian! :p

Hehe... Probably true... But still, even the ones who do know of Finland don't stereotype it... Well, they probably would, if they knew more about it... :P

They wernt in America.

I'd go, and then sneak into the local cinema and put 'The Exorcist' on for all the little kids who went on a school trip to watch a shitty remake of the film ET...it would be called sumat like...'ET finds God'.

I like religious people...they are entertaining, especially when they talk. They'r even more hilarious when they believe what they talk about...*Giggles to himself* Ahhh, yes.

Technically speaking, though, that was us! :D

Britain used to have a fantastically arrogant military:

We were at war with the US, so we wandered in and burnt down the White House...

We were at war with Denmark, so we snuck into their harbour and stole their fleet...

A Turkish ship fired on one of ours, so we "promptly sank the entire Turko-Egyptian fleet"...

Did you know that the British even has a set of tables for their Navy, saying how many enemy ships they could take on? One British ship was worth Two French ships, Four Spanish ships, or 10 Turkish ships... So if you went out there with 10 ships, and you had your arse kicked by 99 Turkish ships, you'd be shamed and ridiculed by the other officers back home... :D

Oh, well that just sucks for us then! God, I hate the people in this country...
Sorry to insult you by calling you an American, Leon! ;) And in that case, stop acting so American! :D

Unfortunatly for America they have a dumbass President who, although, cannot be felled by a Twat from Israel. Can be felled by a Pretzel.

Unfortunatly for the Brits we have a Prime Minister who is the American Presidents lapdog...Ohh, the shame.

If I may quote the inimitable Elvis Costello:

What's so funny about peace, love, and understanding?

Fosters LAGER???

No Australian would ever call beer lager.
Oh, and by the way, Foster's is owned by a british company, made mainly for export to the world as "the australian beer". If you really want an australian beer, drink VB.

OK, back to the topic:

Though i guess Xavier would be the expert on belgium, I just want to put my two cents worth in. Last year we had an exchange student from Belgium living with us and he was one of the nicest guys I've met, not at all like the french. In fact he spent his spare time telling us how much he loathes french people and hates being compared to him.

And one last thing: I'm a quarter Transylvanian. What does that make me?:fuzvamp: :fuzvamp:

Nathan

My German exchange student was nice to, he was jsut like us, except I got used to speaking slightly broken english:| He said that the Turkish people were annoying and stuff, and they were like stupid:| And he agreed with my brother the French don't do much of anything:| And although my brother would hate to admit it, I agree with Danny, the British used to have a kick ass army;)

And no Brit would ever call lager beer... :p Surely you can't claim that Fosters is Beer? It's about as generic an example of Lager there is...

I have done some extensive research and got my slide rule out of the bottom of my drawer and after many calculations and much thoughtful contemplation, I have concluded that it makes you:

One quarter Transylvanian.


In the United States, all lager is beer, but not all beer is lager.

Your right and look at them now! Fat and lazy! I mean my gawd!:fuzcool: :D

Wrong side of the Atlantic, Pinky... :D

Australians are often stereotyped as being lazy, laid-back and lacking in culture, but I guess this image is what other nations get through television & movies. It isn't true.

Americans are often seen as overweight, overly-sentimental, overly-patriotic and excessive in everything they do. Can any Americans confirm this?

Nah. Not true. We are a variety type of folks. Places sometimes really don't determine your personality.

I know you aren't all patriotic but I've only been to California, I couldn't tell you how many American flags I saw... One in every car, on every building...
How patriotic can you get?

Its got like that abit in England...since the World Cup is here all the peeps who are overly hyped about football are going to be putting England flags up and stuff...how patheticly sad. What losers, i feel so sorry for the wives. I, infact, have to go round to one of my friends houses when the football comes on to talk to the mum cos she gets exiled when footy comes on (Bless her th0, she'z lovely)

Well that's California. Doesn't mean that all the 49 states are like that. I've been to Japan and some of the areas are like that too, with there flags all around and stuff.

The Queen is soooo lucky that her Jubilee falls during the World Cup, so she can pretend that all this Patriotism is for her...

hmmmmmm don't get any of it! I wish i were European.

oh, and Stadikk should be castrated.

IT IS SPELT WITH A T!!!!!!!!(Sorry, got a little carried away there.) Why should I be castrated? Anywho, I would probably adopt. Who wants to go through a the trouble of finding true love and then have a divorce. Nope. Not gonna do it. Plus, single living is the best! Gee, single with a kid. That could be strange. You got to get 'em when they're young, so you can fill their heads with all sorts of crazy things. Otherwise you get someone crazy who wants to be a real estate selling mime or something equally insipid. And the things I said in my last post here aren't what I think. Which should be obvious to anyone who isn't a TOTAL retard.