"worldly people," what do you like about north america? (besides music)
 

I like maple cookies, thanksgiving, pumpkin pie, corn bread, the wildlife, the remaining wilderness, hockey, and the dead US revolutionary leaders (leaders with actual testicles and integrity)

free markets, fool.

the geography, that many great places in one country.

oh, and THE CONSTITUTION used to be pretty great, but there's little left of it these days.

A decent fucking all beef hotdog.

But I'm not worldly.

Lots of s p a c e.

space is the place...

uh....

driving on the right side?

There, to get the point across.

:mad:

I know.

The $/£ exchange rate.

Also, they have the largest member of the deer family and the strongest carnivore on the planet.

dental floss/dental plans....internet access....some decent policeman...celebrities....tv [it all sucks, but at least usa has some good stuff]....sense of humour....free markets...cost of electronic goods/machinery....all the inventions which the rest of the world buys, allowing US to still be most powerful country in world....

Watch it, Limey. If it weren't fer us, y'all be speaken German.

Edit: "Incorrect. That only applies to the mainland of Europe.
We Brits had the Spitfire to help us keep the krauts at bay, and win the war.
Long live the Supermarine!"

I don't know. Hitler really didn't have a huge desire for England, but after taking over the rest of europe he might have got hungry.

Actually it's pretty much all incorrect. Becuase it was a united effort. Except, like you said, Battle of Britain.

what the brits really had was the russians fucking germany's ass--otherwise it was just a matter of time.

but yeah, the RAF + radar saved the day.

---

anyway, back to topic.

unlike europeans, americans have less of an "establishment" of taste & social convention-- which on the negative side makes them uncivilized yahoos, but on the positive side makes them freer & more creative than most people on the planet. eventually, adaptation is the key to survival-- hence american's success.

I don't know, Germany might have been able to win on the Eastern front if the US didn't get involve and put pressure on them in the West.

no, it was the failure of barbarossa that fucked germany up for good. well actually it was hitler himself. so i correct myself

--

LUCKY FOR ENGLAND, HITLER WAS THE CHIEF GERMAN STRATEGIST.

thank fate for incompetent megalomaniacs!

Coffee refills, Richard Pryor and pastrami on rye sandwiches.

Hunting.

oh yeah, coffee refills reminded me: free ketchup! hell yeah, i can walk into any fast food chain [and most restaurants], line my pockets with their shitty sauce and nobody will bat an eye...in australia, youll be charged 30-50 cents for a thumb-sized container...assholes...

There's a chip shop near me that's so tight they won't even let you put your own vinegar on your chips. Vinegar for fucks sake. And their chips are crap too. How can you fuck a chip up? Well, I can, but I'm not in the chip business, so I can afford to. It's their livelihood though. They really should know better.

in no particular order:

- people are usually very, very kind with me. I dunno why is that. I like it.
- the many friends I have made there
- the common sense of urbanity, the dynamic enviroments
- music is still largely perceived as culture (as opposed to this place)
- I love a bunch of American film directors
- after wandering lost in Chicago after PITCHFORK, police brought me home - to my megasurprise
- the cheap guitars + music instruments available practically everywhere
- € / $ conversion, oh yeah - that's always cool.

are we considered "worldly" if we came from outer-space?

if yes, I'm going to answer THE RED MAN.

eat my ghostdance, palefaces.

- A western harvest field by moonlight
- Classic cars rusting under a tree with a tire swing
- Denny's
- Chainlink fencing alongside a frontier-style wooden home
- A mailbox with your name on it
- Honest emotion
- Corn Dogs
- Trey Parker and anybody sharing his sense of humour
- Cryptowonderdruginvogue

Really?

...

Really really?

I think he likes to pretend it says "Danny's".

It was originally called 'Danny's Donuts'. But yeah. I like eating breakfast there, it makes me feel like I'm in a Tarantino film.

I just felt a honest emotion when I read the whole of this thread. hehe.

Zinger.

pics or it didn't happen.

i lol'd....

lawl

<3

Yeah a cop drove me home once when I was walking home and was still about 4 miles away at 3 am.

From what I've heard and seen, it appears that italian cops don't really do anything.

damn! once this girl and i were walking to her apartment drunk, in the snow, and a cop stopped to ask if we were ok we said sure but can we get a ride? and he said no, unless it's an emergency. i said i needed to piss, but he took off.

ps- donuts are nasty.

pancakes on the other hand are the rulers of weekend breakfasts

For life, you heard?

The cops in San Francisco can be iffy. The majority of them come from large, conservative Irish families dating back to the goldrush. Some can be pretty resentful of the "liberal" San Francisco scene while others can be very reasonable.

Then again, my Irishness could be the cause of said reasonability. Hell if I know.

I'll second the Denny's thing. Maybe it's a British thing; makes us feel like we're in an episode of The Rockford Files.

Another fave moment: I went to this 24 hour shoe shop in Ohio at like three in the morning, and it was packed with guys who looked like Mike Watt, all trying on work boots. I felt like I was in a Killdozer video.