• Random differences between the UK and the US
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[QUOTE=MachiniOs;22712654]Hey guys wanna go smoke a fag?[/QUOTE] In the UK "Smoke a fag" means to smoke a cigarette. In the US "Smoke a fag" means to kill someone. [editline]05:39PM[/editline] Although, alternatively it could mean to leave them behind or defeat them, like in a race.
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;22713051]In the UK "Smoke a fag" means to smoke a cigarette. In the US "Smoke a fag" means to kill someone. [editline]05:39PM[/editline] Although, alternatively it could mean to leave them behind or defeat them, like in a race.[/QUOTE] Indeed.
[QUOTE=redonkulous;22709636]What? US Rugby is exactly like your rugby. At no point in time did anyone ever called Football (as used in the American way) US rugby.[/QUOTE] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke[/url]
U.S. has quite an impressive history in space research and exploration. U.K. uses the metric system (better in my opinion). The U.K. elects their prime minister quite faster than the U.S. elects their president. The U.S. typically uses NTSC for television encoding, while the U.K. uses PAL This thread isn't really a contest.
The US has Morgan Freeman. London has a cool accent.
[QUOTE=darkmerc;22713031]Brits:[img_thumb]http://screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/daniel-craig-bond-22.jpg[/IMG_thumb] Americans:[img_thumb]http://jimfairthorne.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/fat-american.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] ^Can't take a joke
We have good comedy.
[QUOTE=Awesomedude2142;22662047]^Yup. A lot of Americans...id hate to say it, but aren't as educated as they should be. Take me for example, i barley try in school, but i get mostly A's (Religion i got a C in this year :downs: ) and score above the 93% for 8th grade on scantron, which is the test results from a whole grade in the country. But the reason our schools lack is because of the unwillingness. Teachers dont want to teach, students dont want to be in school, etc. We can make the schools better in the US. All we have to do is find teachers that want to teach students, and students who want to learn should exede their class and match their abilities. Also, another difference: -Affirmative Action (which basically states this: You hire 200 White people. You [B]MUST[/B] hire 5 black people. Even if the 201 white guy went to college, got a degree, etc,and the 5th black guy applying for the job dropped out of high school, but the black guy would get the job. It is a retarded law.) -oh, and the [I]USA Team Goal keeper [/I]is worse because he's American. :fag:[/QUOTE]
American women don't faint all the time
[QUOTE=Cheesedragon;22714791]American women don't faint all the time[/QUOTE] what? we don't still live in jane austen novels.
I'd be so paranoid in UK cities from all the cameras...
Alice in Chains. [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sKzlZFp7lE[/url]
[QUOTE=MultiPurpose;22713200] U.K. uses the metric system (better in my opinion). [/QUOTE] Actually, we use any measurement system going depending on what is being measured. EU laws were changed to allow things like milk and beer to be measured (And more importantly, be sold) in pints. It gets quite confusing when some distances are measured in Feet, miles and kilometres (At the same time), or fuel which is stored in gallons (IE a fuel tank can hold x gallons) and sold in litres.
[QUOTE=Anti Christ;22675770]We have god damn deep fryers everywhere man. God damn deep fryers. Beat that, UK :smug:[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3t6QaeRDpUc/R5fIX6T-iyI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/JGSvQrwWbAM/s1600/deep-fried%2Bmarsbar.jpg[/IMG] Deep fried mars bars, bitch. [QUOTE=Wikipedia]It is said to have been invented in the Haven Chip Bar in Stonehaven, near Aberdeen on Scotland's North-East coast[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Janus Vesta;22667064]In the UK rugby is played by massive men who love to kick the shit (and teeth) out of other men. In the US rugby is called "football" and is played by pussies who need to wear padding all over.[/QUOTE] All they wear are shoulder pads, thigh or knee pads, and a helmet, completely understandable if you value your teeth/don't want your shoulder dislocated after every game + the additional shoulder padding allows them to hit harder without having to worry about their shoulders being dislocated and the helmet does the same, so you'd probably see harder hits in gridiron. Rugby and Gridiron are both cool and all, but saying one is more manly than the other because of the pain is silly, they both require a large amount of agility, stamina and strength, and are both great games to play/watch.
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