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Old Apr 11th 2012, 8:56 pm
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Originally Posted by kimilseung
Few drunks looking for a fight
Ordered crowd at the footy
Dicks burgers
Child friendly drinking establishments
(As a >21) the lack of <21 on a bender in the pub
That's cos they're not really pubs.
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Old Apr 11th 2012, 8:57 pm
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Originally Posted by tilz
What happened to the OP asking for a positive thread !!
Yes there are lots of bad things too but the ask was to point out the positive ...
I did post my favourite things about the US.

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Old Apr 11th 2012, 9:02 pm
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Default Re: What's your favorite thing about the US?

Originally Posted by kimilseung
Few drunks looking for a fight
Ordered crowd at the footy
Dicks burgers
Child friendly drinking establishments
(As a >21) the lack of <21 on a bender in the pub
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Originally Posted by lansbury
The fact that the people in the town where I live have treated me as an equal since I arrived, and not as a newcomer with no right to be part of the town until I've lived here 40 years.

Also that Oregon is as big as the UK but with just under 4 million people living here.
+1 --same for me - well put!
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
From the Knob Grill.
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Originally Posted by Sally Redux
From the Knob Grill.
I remember that! Knob the grill ...
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
I remember that! Knob the grill ...
Still haven't tried that place...I wouldn't be able to keep a straight face.
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Originally Posted by Sally Redux
Still haven't tried that place...I wouldn't be able to keep a straight face.
Me neither. For that reason I haven't ventured to the bar by me called 'Liquor Hole'.

Have I unwittingly stumbled upon my second favourite thing after the airports? The unintentional double entendre ... ?
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
Dicks Yummy!
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
Me neither. For that reason I haven't ventured to the bar by me called 'Liquor Hole'.

Have I unwittingly stumbled upon my second favourite thing after the airports? The unintentional double entendre ... ?
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Default Re: What's your favorite thing about the US?

Originally Posted by Sally Redux
That's cos they're not really pubs.
You are absolutely right.
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Default Re: What's your favorite thing about the US?

Originally Posted by kimilseung
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That's a hell of an admission!
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Default Re: What's your favorite thing about the US?

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing


That's a hell of an admission!
My wife likes getting her lips around them too. Worryingly so does my six year old.

My MiL's maiden name was Dick, so that and the burgers, I am fresh out of Dick jokes.
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There's no miserablist Brits sucking the joy out of everything.
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Default Re: What's your favorite thing about the US?

Originally Posted by kimilseung
My wife likes getting her lips around them too. Worryingly so does my six year old.
There really is no reply to that.
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