could you please tell me what you think we in the UK think of as an American stereotype?

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It's good to be the King.

Work hard all day, then go to Mickey D's.

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"We are fighting today for our life, for our liberty, for our all, we cannot go on being led as we are. Somehow or other, we must get into the Government men who can match our enemies in fighting spirit, in daring, in resolution and in thirst for victory."~Leo Amery 1940, while staring at Chamberlain

As an American I could care less what you think of us.

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POLITICAL ACTIVISTS CREED
"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brushfires in people's minds"
-Samuel Adams

Strike one.

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It's good to be the King.

Homer Simpson, without his basically kind heart.

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"We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible." Barack Obama

Loud, rude, obnoxious, yet generous to a fault. Uneducated or at least under educated, lazy, and self centered.

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Come on roomy, put everyone out of their misery and spit it out.

And - of course - you have to acknowledge that while stereotypes have a grain of truth, national stereotypes are usually well off beam when you actually go to a nation and experience it.

Excuse me Bruce, I've gotta grab another ice-cold Foster's but first I'm off to point percy at the porcelain, have a chunder, grab some tucker and plonk me arse in front of the telly to watch us beat someone yet again at the cricket

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Blowhards-R-Us

Long as you don't drink that Victoria Bitters piss. Matter of fact, I think that might be what's wrong with Chips ....

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“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing” - Edmund Burke

Stereotypes are such a time saver huh?

What does the UK think about the average american....... hmmmm.......

I say ol boy, they ahr rude, crude, socially unacceptable, ill mannered louts. How they managed to kick our arses in the American War of Independence I shall never know.

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As a Public Service I placed an interactive election map on my blog. It'll be up for a week at least.

I'm Phil -- 40ish male, self sufficient, great with my kids, wed 25 years, and believe that ones actions have logical consequences. How much more out the box can you get nowadays? -- MSgt of Marines (ret)

Independent Glossary:
Poor - someone who has little;
Rich - someone who has lots;
Middle Class - Someone who has the problems of each w/o any of the advantages.

Middle of the road - Someone who gets hit by traffic in both directions.

Straight party ticket = Voting for dummies

We didn't follow the Napoleonic rules of engagement (in other words we cheated).

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“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing” - Edmund Burke

I think that was true even with Revolutionary War?

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"We are fighting today for our life, for our liberty, for our all, we cannot go on being led as we are. Somehow or other, we must get into the Government men who can match our enemies in fighting spirit, in daring, in resolution and in thirst for victory."~Leo Amery 1940, while staring at Chamberlain

What I was referring to.

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“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing” - Edmund Burke

I answered here, a day or two ago. Roomy ignored, why? I'm unsure. Bottom line, US and Europe had little in common 200+ years ago, less now.

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"We are fighting today for our life, for our liberty, for our all, we cannot go on being led as we are. Somehow or other, we must get into the Government men who can match our enemies in fighting spirit, in daring, in resolution and in thirst for victory."~Leo Amery 1940, while staring at Chamberlain

You know roomy. He'll come back in a month or two and answer and we'll be trying to figure out what he's talking about without re-reading the entire thread.

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“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing” - Edmund Burke

Jeez I don't reckon Chips would ever go near that slop! Bloody chemical crap it is! I drink one bloody can of that stuff and I get a splitting headache. I got on it big time though once, about September 1973 from memory. Never touched it since.

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Blowhards-R-Us