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OT: You know your British and new in the states if……
You know your British and new in the states if……
You still unlock the car then have to walk round the car to get in the drivers seat You are only half way through testing the salad dressings to see which you prefer – tomorrow its ranch You have bruises on your left hand from trying to change gear In shops you still stand there for 5 minutes with the product in your hand while you stare into space and try to divide the price by 3 then double it. You get beeped when your sat at right turns on red At the supermarket checkout, after the cashier has run everything through, you and the cashier stare at each other blankly for 30 seconds until she realises you are not going to produce any coupons. When asked for your SSN you pull out a scrap of paper and read it slowly You’re the only one who doesn’t understand what the big deal with Joe Millionaire is! You go to a bar drink 10 beers and all you get is the urge to go to the toilet a lot The car has air conditioning and you are driving with the window rolled down You’re the only person in your sprawling metropolis of tarmac who doesn’t have a 4x4. You wonder why someone with a huge truck with a dog in the cab and their wife in the back would need a bumper sticker saying “Redneck and Proud� People stare at you when you say “it’s the dogs� You tried watching NASCAR but can’t help thinking “these guys wouldn’t last 2 minutes on the North Circular� |
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Originally posted by Patrick You know your British and new in the states if…… You still unlock the car then have to walk round the car to get in the drivers seat You are only half way through testing the salad dressings to see which you prefer – tomorrow its ranch You have bruises on your left hand from trying to change gear You get beeped when your sat at right turns on red At the supermarket checkout, after the cashier has run everything through, you and the cashier stare at each other blankly for 30 seconds until she realises you are not going to produce any coupons. When asked for your SSN you pull out a scrap of paper and read it slowly You’re the only one who doesn’t understand what the big deal with Joe Millionaire is! The car has air conditioning and you are driving with the window rolled down |
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Originally posted by Patrick You know your British and new in the states if…… The car has air conditioning and you are driving with the window rolled down When I picked Dave (now my husband) up from the airport the first time we met...it was 90 degrees in July and I had the A/C on full blast. We drove all the way home...about an hour...with his window down because I didn't have the heart to tell him. :D :D Ang |
Re: OT: You know your British and new in the states if……
Originally posted by Patrick You know your British and new in the states if…… At the supermarket checkout, after the cashier has run everything through, you and the cashier stare at each other blankly for 30 seconds until she realises you are not going to produce any coupons. Also try getting fries at a drive through and end up with a Sprite instead. LOL! After 4 plus years Steve knows his social by heart like most of us Yanks do. ;) |
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Originally posted by KissingtheBrit When I picked Dave (now my husband) up from the airport the first time we met...it was 90 degrees in July and I had the A/C on full blast. We drove all the way home...about an hour...with his window down because I didn't have the heart to tell him. :D :D Ang Steve learned quickly that air conditioning is his friend in the summer...both in the house and the car. Thought his family was nutters wanting to sit outside in August ....temps 98F and high humidity! (one thing to be at the beach....but just to sit outside and suffer....yuck!) |
Re: You know your British and new in the states if..
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I'm glad to see you are enjoying yourself too with the strange habbits of the Americans :D |
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> When asked for your SSN you pull out a scrap of paper and read it slowly
I memorized mine ASAP. If your wallet ever gets stolen you can pretty much kiss your identity goodbye! This crime is running rampant in the US right now, and is seemingly perpetual to the victims. > The car has air conditioning and you are driving with the window > rolled down This one applied to me big time. The summers can regulary get well over 100 degress F. Everyone else has the windows rolled up while driving except me! Suprisingly enough, I'm from igloo-land (Canada), but absolutely love the heat. > You're the only person in your sprawling metropolis of tarmac who > doesn't have a 4x4. Better to join them! I wouldn't want to be in a collision with one in some tiny little auto. Most of these apply to me as well, and I'm from Canada. One other thing I would add to this, from my perspective anyways, is that "You are still amazed at the way people drive over here" (here being the US). So far, I've spent about 20% of my driving life in the US, but have seen unprecedented driving stupidity. |
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Originally posted by Duran One other thing I would add to this, from my perspective anyways, is that "You are still amazed at the way people drive over here" (here being the US). So far, I've spent about 20% of my driving life in the US, but have seen unprecedented driving stupidity. |
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Patrick,
Have you noticed the lack of roundabouts here, i've only seen two here since I arrived and I went round both twice just for nostalgic reasons. And do you get the 'are you from Australia' thing, jesus more people said I sounded like I was from Oz than I care to recall. Rob |
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Originally posted by Patrick You tried watching NASCAR but can’t help thinking “these guys wouldn’t last 2 minutes on the North Circular� It seems like you are having a lorra lorra laffs in the states! What do they make of the eye patch though? Debbie :) PS Did you eat pancakes today? It's Shrove Tuesday!! |
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stevelisaw wrote in
news:[email protected]: > Wait till some silly US female cashier asks you to repeat something only > because "I just wanted to hear you say it again". Heh. When I got to Atlanta I missed my connection and had to call around to tell people. When I rang 411 to get a number the person who answered wanted me to keep asking for numbers so they could continue to listen to my accent. Then when I was boarding for the flight I was pulled up for a "random" security check. The woman checking started by saying "you just keep on talking while I'm doing this" I've not had quite so much attention paid to it since then, but it was quite a diverting introduction ;) -- Targaff |
You know you are a Brit in the USA when you speak perfectly clearly to a USC and see a panic stricken, hunted look come into their eyes as they look around for someone to translate. If only I could have a buck for every time I have heard "Say again?"
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LO@ this thread... Too funny & a great read. heh
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Re: OT: You know your British and new in the states
abba48uk wrote:
> > You know you are a Brit in the USA when you speak perfectly clearly to a > USC and see a panic stricken, hunted look come into their eyes as they > look around for someone to translate. If only I could have a buck for > every time I have heard "Say again?" My British wife has the opposite problem and cannot understand many people when spoken to. I have to 'translate' since she thinks many Americans mumble and don't speak clearly. She even tells me that sometimes and I speak perfect American English with no accent at all :-) |
Re: OT: You know your British and new in the states if……
[i]Did you eat pancakes today? It's Shrove Tuesday!! |
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