Comparing countries is ridiculous.

I like America but there is a scary Xian Fundamentalist thing going on that also happens to be running the goshdarn country. I like Britain but somehow it has ended up where no-one can actually afford to live here because of genuinely terrifying housing prices.

I cannot think of a solution to either of these seemingly insurmountable problems.

I agree, country comparison is ridiculous.

Both have ridiculous faults and glorious achievements.

*coughAmericacough*

hasn't this been already decided?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Sta ... dependence

Sorry British people, you lost, I mean we had Frances help, but we named some bread and potatoes after them for it...

burun wrote:Answer me this, please.

Why is the candy bar Yorkie "Not For Girls!"?

Yorkie bars are hell of tasty, not for girls, get yr cooty covered mitts off 'em more for me

The House of Lords.

Done.

Uncle Ovipositor wrote:The House of Lords.

Done.

As a matter of fact, the House of Lords and the likewise elitist judiciary are two of the biggest brakes on our slide towards a police state.

They are a perverse source of oversight, but currently I am very grateful for them. They've managed to curb or at least slow a number of draconian measures that our current government have brought in under the pretext of anti-terrorism.

Also, Arnie.

Uncle Ovipositor wrote:The House of Lords.

Done.

That band sucked.

-A

sparky wrote:As a matter of fact, the House of Lords and the likewise elitist judiciary are two of the biggest brakes on our slide towards a police state.

They are a perverse source of oversight, but currently I am very grateful for them. They've managed to curb or at least slow a number of draconian measures that our current government have brought in under the pretext of anti-terrorism.

Finally did something good for the country, eh? It only took them 700 years to get around to it.

These guys and the royals I will never understand. There is much I love about the UK (not the least of which is Chris Morris), but then there's this crap. I mean, when we have inbred beflippered half-wits in office it's because we voted them in, not because they have a birth right to it.

I'm an American, and I think England is the coolest fucking country in the world.

I mean, where else can you find cookies that are called "biscuits"?
Where else can you find girls with such delicious white skin and pink fingertips?
Where else can you find such a fascinating history of royalty?
Where else can you find weather that stays overcast for three-hundred days out of the year?
Where else can you find such a quaint, cute selection of idiosyncratic communities, all of them with funny names (proles, Cockneys, etc.) and weird behaviors?

England, you are my God.

Also, let's not forget about the Brits' courage during the bombing of London during WWII.

Top-notch fellows! I tip my hat to you tea-drinkin', fanny-slappin', ulster-wearin' sonuvabitches.