Not sure where I got this from but it has stuck
"The main difference between the British and the Americans is that the Americans think 100 years is a long time and the British think 100 mile is a long way"
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 4 Jun 2013, 9:41, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

ha!
I like this. My mate Stu was in the Royal Navy asnd used to come up against Yank sailors saying their Navy was the best in the world.

Retort: "We had a Navy before you had a country"
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 4 Jun 2013, 9:43, Reply)

One of my friends was also in the Navy
He shown me this photo of a message in a shared navy port bar somewhere in the Caribbean

"WARNING TO US NAVY PERSONNEL
Do not try to outdrink or out fight the British"
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 4 Jun 2013, 9:46, Reply)