What's your LEAST favorite thing about the US?
Jun 12th 2012, 6:05 pm
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Jun 12th 2012, 8:06 pm
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Re: What's your LEAST favorite thing about the US?
And seeing as he regards the fee of £250k for his Torygraph column as "chicken feed" potentially he could have faced a big tax liability from the US too. IIRC he said that he never realised he was a USC until a CBP officer asked why he wasn't using his US passport to enter the country.
Jun 12th 2012, 8:08 pm
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Jun 13th 2012, 2:23 am
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This is my main source of frustration - it amazes me how prevalent it is too. That and the fact it's often found alongside the assumption that 1776 is the most important year in British history and that we must treat each 4th July as a day or mourning.
Though that said, I'm sure Germans find life in Britain obnoxious at times for similar reasons.
Though that said, I'm sure Germans find life in Britain obnoxious at times for similar reasons.
Jun 13th 2012, 2:33 am
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It smells like dog shit.
And tastes like Vegimite.
That's too kinds of evil, in just one lump...
Jun 13th 2012, 2:35 am
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FFS - I paid my tax, I paid my stamp... Where's my effing Death Panel? Reserved for rich bastards no doubt... B@stards.
Jun 13th 2012, 2:36 am
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Re: What's your LEAST favorite thing about the US?
Least favorite has to be the total tossers driving SUV's with a cellphone in one hand, Starbucks in the other and the crowning glory, a freakin poodle on their laps. 
Anyone who drives with a live animal on their lap should have their car crushed into little pieces, be banned for life and have "I'm too stoopid to drive" tattooed across their foreheads.
Anyone who drives with a live animal on their lap should have their car crushed into little pieces, be banned for life and have "I'm too stoopid to drive" tattooed across their foreheads.
Jun 13th 2012, 3:06 am
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Re: What's your LEAST favorite thing about the US?
And here's me thinking the dogs looked happy cos they got to put their noses out the window.....
Jun 13th 2012, 4:01 am
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Oh yeah...the friggin' imperial measurement system. Helping your kid with their homework when the answer is in ft/sec, or square inches, or yards, or pounds. FFS! Get into the 21st century!
Jun 13th 2012, 11:42 am
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Re: What's your LEAST favorite thing about the US?
Just got an alert on my phone about someone being diagnosed with bubonic plague just down the road. I know this place is in the dark ages but that's taking it to extremes more than a little.
http://www.ktvz.com/news/31180725/detail.html
http://www.ktvz.com/news/31180725/detail.html
Jun 13th 2012, 12:44 pm
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Re: What's your LEAST favorite thing about the US?
That said, I think there should be a '4th of July Retorts' thread where we all share tips on what to fire back at smart arses.
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Jun 13th 2012, 2:19 pm
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Re: What's your LEAST favorite thing about the US?
By far the best one I've heard is 'we also celebrate the 4th of July in the UK. We call it Thanksgiving ...'