Living in America.
I once had the misfortune of spending my teen years in an American high school where ultimate frisbee was a team sport. Panzies. I guess that would make me the stupid tourist, or so you would think. The best thing that amazed me was the Yank inablility to detect irony and/or sarcasm. Picture the scene if you will... We had spent 6 months in a physics class constructing a radio controlled aeroplane, that meant 6 months of me burning, bending and smelling just burnt and bent perspex. Hmmm nice. The end result was a technological advance our school had never seen before despite the fact we were two mins down the road from Bill Gates old high school, Lakeside High. Imagine everyones excitement when said finished product was taken out to the sports field for it's maiden flight. The engine was started and revved up, it sort of sounded like a cross between a black and decker garden strimmer and a rabid mosquito. And it was off tearing across the sun burned, arrid grass of our field. 5,10,20,30,60 seconds passed and still the product of our sweat, blood and tears would not get airborne. All we had was this device that made the noise of a rabid mosquito and kicked up a lot dust. After 5 mins watching this piss of shit zip about erratically around our playing field in every direction, I said dryly and sarcastically as any British person could 'Take the wings off it might go faster'. This sarcasm went right over my classmates head and his response to this was 'Then it won't fly stupid'. I didn't know wheter to laugh or cry. I sort of sympathise with the two fellas who went mental at Columbine now.

Also has someone ask me what language we spoke in England. My repsonse of Japanese was taken seriously.
(TwoLeftFlipFlops, Tue 12 Jul 2005, 11:34, Reply)