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# that's awesome. in a shit sort of way.
jack: can someone please explain to me how alexander graham bell, a scot, and albert einstein, a german, can be counted in the 100 greatest americans?
plus, washington was technically british...
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 15:42, archived)
# These reasons
are many fold!

1. Americans are thick

2. Albert Einstein was actually naturalised to teh US.

3. Americans are cunts

4. Americans are thick!
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 15:44, archived)
# 2. ah, thought so, but never got it confirmed
still...
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 15:45, archived)
# Also,
Did I mention Americans are thick?

I have to say, when I saw Eddie Izzard his joke along the lines of yes, im from Europe, Where the history comes from made me emit a little bit of yellow fluid. And it wasnt kia-Ora.
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 15:48, archived)
# You find Eddie Izzard funny
and you think *americans* are thick

oh the irony
(I helped save b3ta! Purple Onion, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 15:52, archived)
# ^ this
Hehe ;-)
(I helped save b3ta! benryves Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 15:54, archived)
# but eddie izzard is funny!
(I helped save b3ta! Ironman tetsuo Back once again with the renegade mastah!, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 16:06, archived)
# *slap*


(I helped save b3ta! Purple Onion, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 16:08, archived)
# Must be an American..
(I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 16:17, archived)
# damn it!
he is!!
well he was, i havent seen anything by him in the last two years

but his star trek phaser joke and cats diggin
behind the couch cracked me up

no im not fookin american!!!!!
(I helped save b3ta! Ironman tetsuo Back once again with the renegade mastah!, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 16:22, archived)
# Americans just re-define anything they want to claim
It's quite amusing, in a sad kinda way.

edit; PS. ask them who won any wars
(I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 15:46, archived)
# they won both english civil wars
you know
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 15:48, archived)
# They've probably lost count
of the amount of times they've
saved the world by now, I mean,
happens practically everytime
they see a movie!
(I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 15:54, archived)
# See what happened in Vietnam when we didn't help them?
10 years of pointless struggle and both sides lost.
Wouldn't have happened if the SAS had gone in...
(I helped save b3ta! The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 15:49, archived)
# Reminds me a bit if the old google trick actually.
Got o Google.

type in French Military Victories.

hit I'm feeling lucky.

It made me piss myself. Sorry for Glasscock.
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 15:51, archived)
# talking of google
javac -cp ~/languages/googleapi/googleapi.jar No.java
java -cp ~/languages/googleapi/googleapi.jar:. No
noo = 179000
nooo = 136000
noooo = 120000
nooooo = 54100
noooooo = 32200
nooooooo = 26300
noooooooo = 17900
nooooooooo = 14200
noooooooooo = 16700
nooooooooooo = 8880
noooooooooooo = 7200
nooooooooooooo = 6630
noooooooooooooo = 5790
nooooooooooooooo = 4020
noooooooooooooooo = 3520
nooooooooooooooooo = 3020
noooooooooooooooooo = 2630
nooooooooooooooooooo = 2470
noooooooooooooooooooo = 1970
nooooooooooooooooooooo = 1900

edit: this is a list of "NooOOOoooOOO"s, and how many are found by google. I have the source if. um. nevermind
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 15:53, archived)
# excellent!
and yay for Java ha-favva

edit: hehe source would be cool ;)

edit 2: and set your bloody classpath properly, will ya!
(I helped save b3ta! Reckless_Rik, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 16:03, archived)
# no
noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo - 710
(I helped save b3ta! staz1000, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 20:45, archived)
# when it comes to famous people
everyone re-invents them to be 'theirs'.

it's a bit like the olympic games, when losers are scotish, welsh, etc but winners are british! :)
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 15:52, archived)
# True,
history is always slanted towards whom ever writes it, but there are
such things as checkable facts too, and it's VERY annoying when they
just decide to ignore them and slot themselves in on top somehow.
(I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 15:58, archived)
# U-571?
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 16:06, archived)
# not as annoying as listening to

the brits whinge on and on about it.
(I helped save b3ta! Purple Onion, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 16:07, archived)
# Actually no
What with the British... being right.

And the Americans... not so much with the whole 'accuracy' thing in cases like this.




Edit: Is it fluffy time yet?
(I helped save b3ta! Spunk Murphy Tchaikovsky is a synonym for fanny, apparently, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 16:14, archived)
# Aye, good point

and let that be an end to it!
(I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 16:19, archived)
# Ditto the oscars
"Yay Maureen O'Hara, you good old british stallion you!"
(I helped save b3ta! Spunk Murphy Tchaikovsky is a synonym for fanny, apparently, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 16:00, archived)
# I believe Bell ended up with both American and Canadian citizenships.

He was recently up for nomination in Canada's 'Greatest Canadians' too.
(I helped save b3ta! Evil Prof. Pixel Masher I made this!, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 15:45, archived)
# can you be two things?
isn't that cheating?
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 15:46, archived)
# Well Americans
are thick AND they're cunts!
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 15:48, archived)
# As entertaining as yank-bashing is,
there really isn't much difference between that and any other form of racism/generalization.

I don't agree with a LOT of their policies, but to generalise them all as thick cunts is missing the point a bit.
(I helped save b3ta! Evil Prof. Pixel Masher I made this!, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 15:56, archived)
# But without some generalisation
it becomes impossible to discuss something casually,
otherwise we all gotta carry a library around with us!

And they DID vote for Bush last time! C'mon!
(I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 16:00, archived)
# there was quite a bit of yank-bashing
back when Clinton was president.

So it has litle to do with policy
and a lot more to do with people's
feelings of inadequacy.
(I helped save b3ta! Purple Onion, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 16:04, archived)
# Agreed.

I've no problem saying that they generally make very agressive, sort sighted, really fucked up political decisions and their people are generally xenophobic with no global perspective.

But to call them all idiots and cunts is just not doing them justice.
(I helped save b3ta! Evil Prof. Pixel Masher I made this!, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 16:06, archived)
# It's not racism
American is a nationality, not a race.

So it's not racism, it's just good, old fashioned nationalistic bombast and xenophobia. Not racism.
(I helped save b3ta! Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 16:01, archived)
# Yes
and as such, we're merely dishing out as good as we get
(I helped save b3ta! Spunk Murphy Tchaikovsky is a synonym for fanny, apparently, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 16:03, archived)
# Just say The English to an American
they say Teeth, at length, 'cos in the grand scale of things,
THAT"S obviously all that matters, innit? That's ALL we've ever accomplished.

Someone should give Bush a book on the British Empire, so he can see:

A: How things used to be, and
B: Why it's such a bad idea!
(I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 16:09, archived)
# yes yes
but by your logic, we then wouldn't be able to point out that EVERY french man rides a bike whilst wearing a black and white stripey top with onions round his neck, and we wouldn't be able to say the germans nick the sun beds.

stereotypes are fun.
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 16:04, archived)
# Of course steriotypes can be fun.


Being British in Canada leads to lots of people coming up with fun steriotypes about the British, of which I play into sometimes, other times I pretend to be offended by their 'racism'.

It's tough to be offended by steriotypes if you're secure in your identity as a person or a race, but they *can* lead to skewed thinking.
(I helped save b3ta! Evil Prof. Pixel Masher I made this!, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 16:10, archived)
# Yep, you can be two things if both countries have agreements to allow such things.

I'm British/Canadian. I believe I'd have to give up the British if I ever wanted to become American though (which I'll never do).
(I helped save b3ta! Evil Prof. Pixel Masher I made this!, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 15:53, archived)
# Arnie's on that list too.
(I helped save b3ta! benryves Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 15:45, archived)
# yes
but he is an american citizen now, i believe
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 15:46, archived)
# ...and that makes him American?
Oh well.
(I helped save b3ta! benryves Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 15:47, archived)
# Laura Bush...?
LAURA BUSH - greatest American??
What are these people on??
(Pearly Pearl, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 16:07, archived)