by newwavepunkgirl » Tue Dec 05, 2006 1:44 am
[quote][i]Originally posted by ExRat[/i]
<br>I have far too many and have come to the realization that I am quickly turning into a horrible curmudgeon.
A few that [i]really[/i] incur my wrath and get my dander up:
British tourists - Especially of the 18-30 year old male variety. It's funny that Americans are often seen as jingoistic, obnoxious visitors abroad. I can say that with absolute certainty, young Brits on holiday are the most obnoxious, the loudest, the whiniest, the rudest and most disparaging, drunken bastards to ever shuffle drunkenly through continental Europe and loudly proclaim that "everything is crap". Young Americans on the other hand, when I encounter them are usually always polite, interested in their surroundings and eager to engage with locals out of genuine curiosity. The Brits shouldn't be allowed to travel until age 30 or so however. I'd like nothing more than to see half of them locked up in Murru Prison for a year or two. The British are so polite and so very reserved? HA! That is surely some American stereotype formed by someone who never encountered a small slobbering pack of them . . . hooligans.
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As a half-Irish British lady who has been to America 4 times before the age of 30 I can honestly say that I didn't drink much at all and was very well-behaved, of course 2 of those times was when I visited family! But I also hate the wwhole 18-30 holiday crowd and agree with that culture sucking! It never appealed to me, it always seemed of an excuse to go out, get wasted and get laid and I can do that at home alot cheaper LOL! (Not that I do well, not too often LOL![}:)])I think Americans are more polite than the English actually!They don't stare as much either I have noticed! The big bonus for me abotu America is the toilets and streets are very clean and the meals are generous portions, you get alot more for your money in the States. If I could I'd move there! I'd fit in great I think![:)]
Devolution is real