What really annoys me is any variation on the phrase
'Americans are so fat/dumb/annoying'

Lazy, bigotted stereotyping from people who can't be bothered to see beyond their own limited worldview.

Me = Not American.

edit: See above. Because, yeah, it's only Americans that say that...
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 14:02, 3 replies)

But it's only the fat/dumb/annoying ones you remember.

( Bob Todd whee, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 14:22, closed)

Ironically, it's a valid criticism of [some] americans they they themselves cannot see beyond their own limited [world]view.

c.f.

"Hey, you're from England, is that in London?"
"Hey, you're from England? Do you know $person?"
"Hey, you're from England? What language do they speak there?"

I could go on....
(caescarna Hell's Roomba, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:32, closed)

And yet....
I met a lovely Texan couple on a tour of Rome. They were both retired from jobs in banking, and were better educated and read than me, with me fancy A levels and bits of a degree from the UK. They walked hand-in hand and quoted bits of Keats' and Byron's poetry as we walked past the museum where the poets used to live..Was a last blast at my one remaining prejudice, I can tell you...
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Sun 11 Apr 2010, 12:38, closed)