heyjude said...
and oh yeah, I forgot to mention, in America croutons are much more common in salads.
Anonymous said...
I ate them last night straight from the sack, sans salad or soup. Had a V-8 to wash 'em down. Does that count as a soup?
This is why we let you win the War of Independence (or the rebellion, as it's known over here). There's just no civilising some people.
heyjude said...
I don't find that term in either the Oxfor or an Am. dict. Please explain.
Hardly surprising, since they are not English words. For an explanation, try here:
http://pages.zoom.co.uk/thuban/html/kaliyuga.html
and here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_Yuga
Prepare to be depressed.
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"There's just no civilising some people."
They got to want to be civilized. Why would we want that?
agreed anon. the supercilious pretentiousness of some of Brits is, to their chagrin, not something most Americans aspire to.
Do Americans aspire to anything other than the biggest cars and guns available? Perhaps the loudest shirt or the most plastic surgery? Haven't you learned anything from Michael Jackson's face?
Well, there's the current aspiration to have an empire. Take it from me - we tried it, it was a huge pain in the backside. It still is.
At least you can spell 'supercilious'. It's a pity you can't spell 'aluminium'. and many other English words.
We should send you all our administrators. They're more effective than any army at depressing an entire country.
So that's why you're so depressed? I wondered.
For your info - by choice I have neither a motor vehicle, nor any armaments, nor any plastic surgery and wear sedate clothing - though minimal since I live at the waterfront on a tropical island.
And you?
Nor do most of us aspire to the sort of world domination that the Brits tried and failed at!
As for aluminium - wake up and hear the lingustic progress.
al·u·min·i·um noun
A chiefly British variant of aluminum.
Excerpted from The American Heritage Dictionary
On a small island, it's no surprise that you don't have a car. Most American cars wouldn't fit. What does surprise me is that there are any non-irradiated islands left. Still, you'll submerge the rest with your stance on global warming.
As for 'failed', we merely left those places that did not suit us. A habit your military has not adopted - they're everywhere.
"they're everywhere."
Yep, and we're tired of it. We don't mind helping out the various nations the Europeans raped and left in chaos. But why should we spend our money and soldiers on the defense of Europe? Surely you civilized types can defend yourselves.
Oh, that's right, you've got a defense strategy. It goes like this...
"America! America! Something's wrong! Do something, America! It's your responsibilty! Fix it!"
Americans spend their money and lay down their lives.
"America, why did you do that?! Why are you always interferring? You're such a selfish bully!"
Whine, whine, whine. Nag, nag nag. That's the civilized approach.
Of course, we keep falling for it. Gullible.
Really? I don't recall anyone asking America for help in the invasion of Iraq? I rather recall it being the other way around.
I know history makes you yawn - but here's some anyway.
America did not intervene early in World War 2 because it suited them to have the European economy suppressed. You did not 'come in and save our behinds'. You came in when Hitler's pals in Japan forced you in. The Battle of Britain was done and won by then.
Gullible? Probably, if you believe what politicians tell you. Who did you help in Korea or Vietnam? Who are you about to help in Iran or Syria?
Just walk away? Suits me.
Spend our money on ourselves. Lots we could do with it. Mars. Moonstation One. Enough energy resources on the moon to make the Arab's resources of no interest to us.
Let those with different notions (kill anyone who converts religions, oppress more than half their citizens, etc.) grow stronger. Let them acquire nuclear weapons. We've got ours. We can defend ourselves.
Course the little guys are out of luck. But they'll admire our new attitude. And I'm sure they'll adore their new masters.
Sounds good. Do nothing and we'll never make a mistake. Then we can sit back and criticize with the rest of the arm-chair do-nothing-know-it-alls.
Course, isn't that sort of what Britian did with Hitler - ignore, appease, turn a blind eye - until it was almost too late. Then it became a fight to survive. Great you won that one. Hope your luck holds out.
Oh, and you're right. We didn't start WWII. You fought valiantly and we stayed out of it as long as we could. Back then we weren't as gullible. But finally we got pulled in.
Nope, we didn't start it, but we're the ones who finished it.
We could have had fun together. But nobody likes to have their country denigrated. Americans included.
Bye.
I merely respond to what I see here, in my own character. I agree, nobody likes to see their own country denigrated - yet I quote:
supercilious pretentiousness
We don't mind helping out the various nations the Europeans raped and left in chaos.
and so on.
I don't blame you, you can only work with what you're told. But can you say who you're defending Europe from? None of the Middle East nations pose a threat to us. Never have. In recent years our biggest loss of civilian life has been to Irish terrorists. The subway bombings happened after the Iraq invasion - and it was bound to happen.
There has never been any agreement on any of these subjects between British and American viewpoints. I doubt there ever will be. Neither of us can win this argument.
So let's argue about something else. What's the current American opinion of the French?
Didn't say we were defending Europe from anything, but we're spending a ridiculous amount of money guarding it. Guard it yourselves.
All right. I got my panies in a wad. Wiggle, wiggle. Calmer now.
What do you mean in your character? More than one personality?
And its okay to zing cultural stuff (big cars, loud clothes, bad food), but politics ruin the fun. Hot - good. Too hot - not.
French? They make a lot of wine/whine. They're talented, pretty, culturally wealthy sissies.
And if you're French and inclined to throw things (as we know the French are) throw a Chateau Lafite Rothschild, a bagette, some fruit and hard cheese. I'm hungry.
Ah, we haven't had a proper war with France for a long time. We used to fight them all the time, probably because they were next door so there wasn't much travelling involved. Did you know that when Germany invaded France, we promptly sailed over and sank the French navy?
The reasoning was that it was to prevent the Nazis using the ships, but I think it was just for old time's sake.
Should have asked the advice of your Australian brothers. They would have helped you steal the French fleet instead. Not wasteful those.
Unfortunately we'd already shipped all our second-best criminal minds to Australia. The best ones, of course, became politicians.
Besides, sinking French (and Spanish) ships is a long-standing British tradition. It was too good an opportunity to miss. If we merely stole them, we'd have to give them back after the war.
New coat of paint and you could've kept 'em.
romulus crowe said:
" we promptly sailed over and sank the French navy?
The reasoning was that it was to prevent the Nazis using the ships, but I think it was just for old time's sake."
"...sinking French (and Spanish) ships is a long-standing British tradition. It was too good an opportunity to miss."
These comments from the dude that wants to bring 'civilisation' to others? I think we'll keep our own brand - thanks, just the same.
We blow up their ships and then we leave. Sometimes we let them sink one of ours. It's a hobby.
Invading other countries and staying there is just plain rude. We realised that a long time ago.
And that's a CIVILIZED hobby?
Oh my!!!
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