Do Americans have sense of humor?

[Herrmannek]

Do Americans have sense of humor?

[Seoulstriker]

Do Americans have sense of humor?

yes.

[Herrmannek]

Do Americans have sense of humor?

yes.

So why I didn't hear any joke about americans from american? :)

[Seoulstriker]

Do Americans have sense of humor?

yes.

So why I didn't hear any joke about americans from american? :)

don't make me beat you mad-style wit' mah blingin' ciupaga. :bash:

:hug:

[buckeyedoc]

Why, yes. Americans do have a sense of humor. We elected Bill Clinton didn't we.

[Herrmannek]

This topic is only for fun. I'm just checking what other think, and how you will react :)

[Seoulstriker]

This topic is only for fun. I'm just checking what other think, and how you will react :)

do you carry a ciupaga? :D

[Kriz]

Why, yes. Americans do have a sense of humor. We elected Bill Clinton didn't we.
And you we're even funnier when electing Bush Senior and then sometimes later the even more retarded version Bush Junior !

You guys are the greatest woot

[Herrmannek]

This topic is only for fun. I'm just checking what other think, and how you will react :)

do you carry a ciupaga? :D

No. I wield my Pen.., they say it is stronger than sword.

[XASA]

Do Americans have sense of humor?

yes.

So why I didn't hear any joke about americans from american? :)

Sorry to say, we have the tendency to make jokes about ethnic groups and nationalities; i.e., there are hundreds of "Polish" jokes. Nothing to be proud of but they are funny.

[Haiw]

they've got humor..except that they are kinda hypocrythical in it..i mean, they're always bashing everyone and everything around them in their jokes, but when you crack a joke at the americans they get all fired up about it... :|

[Herrmannek]

Sorry to say, we have the tendency to make jokes about ethnic groups and nationalities
Tell me who not follow that tendency :)



There are hundreds of "Polish" jokes. Nothing to be proud of but they are funny.

Germans about Poles:
Move to Poland your car is there already.

[XASA]

they've got humor..except that they are kinda hypocrythical in it..i mean, they're always bashing everyone and everything around them in their jokes, but when you crack a joke at the americans they get all fired up about it... :|

Isn't that characteristic of all nationalities and not just Americans? When I was stationed in Berlin, for example, the Germans loved to make fun of the Kaesekopfe (Cheeseheads) in Holland.

[martinexsquaddie]

there amazingly easy to wind up and they take so long to get a joke :lol:

[EvanL]

Americans indeed have a sense of humour, but most of the time its about other people. They arent used to having jokes about them. So when they hear an american joke, they get offended, and many of the immature ones on this board immediately cry anti-americanism which isnt true at all. Just some thoughts.
And after all we know that the funniest people on SNL were canadian ;)

[Deuterium]

We express our humor in forcing you to accept our popular culture as your own. We make you eat our fattening hambergers at McDonalds, Burger King and KFC. We make you watch our scantily clad singers. We make you buy our computer games.......Muhahahahahahahaha!!!!! The joke is on you!!!!!!!!!

[pinkeye]

they've got humor..except that they are kinda hypocrythical in it..i mean, they're always bashing everyone and everything around them in their jokes, but when you crack a joke at the americans they get all fired up about it... :|

Isn't that characteristic of all nationalities and not just Americans? When I was stationed in Berlin, for example, the Germans loved to make fun of the Kaesekopfe (Cheeseheads) in Holland.

but do the dutch get hot and bothered about these jokes? haiw mentions that many american members are quick to laugh at others, but they can't take their own medicine, even if it's laced with sugar.

[XASA]

there amazingly easy to wind up and they take so long to get a joke :lol:

It would help if the joke was funny :P

[pinkeye]

We express our humor in forcing you to accept our popular culture as your own. We make you eat our fattening hambergers at McDonalds, Burger King and KFC. We make you watch our scantily clad singers. We make you buy our computer games.......Muhahahahahahahaha!!!!! The joke is on you!!!!!!!!!

for once i agree with you deuterium, damn yankees always have the last laugh!!

[XASA]

they've got humor..except that they are kinda hypocrythical in it..i mean, they're always bashing everyone and everything around them in their jokes, but when you crack a joke at the americans they get all fired up about it... :|

Isn't that characteristic of all nationalities and not just Americans? When I was stationed in Berlin, for example, the Germans loved to make fun of the Kaesekopfe (Cheeseheads) in Holland.

but do the dutch get hot and bothered about these jokes? haiw mentions that many american members are quick to laugh at others, but they can't take their own medicine, even if it's laced with sugar.

Some of the best known American comedians deal in what's called "insult humor" that's aimed at their audience. There's even a dog puppet comedian who does nothing but insult his audience. I think sometimes the humor gets lost in the translation. What's funny to one nationality may not be to another. Are we sensitive? I think you might be basing your opinion on the responses of a few and make the mistake of seeing the American populace as a monolithic entity. For example, an insecure American teenager who participates in this forum certainly will react differently than someone who is older and perhaps more mature. That same teenager might find, for example, a fart joke hilarious, while someone older might find it gross. On the other hand, older folks might be considered lacking a sense of humor because they just don't get it.

[Fargin]

American Stand up is killer fun.

[Haiw]

ye the germans call us Käsekopfe...but honestly i or anyone else can't really get bothered by it...i mean...why wud we? everyone knows they simply ain't got any humour :D

[pinkeye]

they've got humor..except that they are kinda hypocrythical in it..i mean, they're always bashing everyone and everything around them in their jokes, but when you crack a joke at the americans they get all fired up about it... :|

Isn't that characteristic of all nationalities and not just Americans? When I was stationed in Berlin, for example, the Germans loved to make fun of the Kaesekopfe (Cheeseheads) in Holland.

but do the dutch get hot and bothered about these jokes? haiw mentions that many american members are quick to laugh at others, but they can't take their own medicine, even if it's laced with sugar.

Some of the best known American comedians deal in what's called "insult humor" that's aimed at their audience. There's even a dog puppet comedian who does nothing but insult his audience. I think sometimes the humor gets lost in the translation. What's funny to one nationality may not be to another. Are we sensitive? I think you might be basing your opinion on the responses of a few and make the mistake of seeing the American populace as a monolithic entity. For example, an insecure American teenager who participates in this forum certainly will react differently than someone who is older and perhaps more mature. That same teenager might find, for example, a fart joke hilarious, while someone older might find it gross. On the other hand, older folks might be considered lacking a sense of humor because they just don't get it.

you are referring to, among others, triumph the insult dog, right? damn funny. however, in the context of this thread, i think many are referring to members of this message board. many will bash france, arabs in general, etc., etc., yet they cry foul when someone makes an anti-us joke.

[GLax]

Sorry to say, we have the tendency to make jokes about ethnic groups and nationalities; i.e., there are hundreds of "Polish" jokes. Nothing to be proud of but they are funny.

we Polish ppl dont take it personally, after all, look at the ppl making the jokes... thats right... the dagoes (Italians) rofl and how can we not have a sence of humor? ever hear of Jeff Foxworthy? and his "you might be a redneck if..." jokes? i've never heard of a redneck from europe, so theyre clearly aimed at making fun of Americans...

[XASA]

Triumph is a funny dog.

I don't deny there are people on this forum who can dish it out but can't take it. I get upset, though, when critics quickly state "all" French, Germans, British, Poles, Russians, etc. are the same just as much as when someone says "all" Americans are the same. Assholes come in all sizes, shapes and nationalities :P

[Kriz]

ye the germans call us Käsekopfe...but honestly i or anyone else can't really get bothered by it...i mean...why wud we? everyone knows they simply ain't got any humour :D

Germans just lack general taste :)

[Skaman]

Americans dont mind making fun of themselves, yet other nations cannot do it.

[Vance]

Americans dont mind making fun of themselves, yet other nations cannot do it.
That's right you hoser! Now go back to your igloo and your pet penguin.

[Jack Mehoff]

Americans dont mind making fun of themselves, yet other nations cannot do it.

Who isn't? :roll:

My best buddies can call vulgar names and i know it was a joke. But if some ****tard stranger call me vulgar names then it's not a joke. It's not an American thing, it's a human thing. But you are obviously too stupid to understand that concept.

[pinkeye]

Americans dont mind making fun of themselves, yet other nations cannot do it.
That's right you hoser! Now go back to your igloo and your pet penguin.

pet penguin? aside from the fact that penguins do not live in the north pole, how come i, as a fellow canuck, was not notified that i was apparently entitled to a pet penguin?

[Skaman]

Americans dont mind making fun of themselves, yet other nations cannot do it.

Who isn't? :roll:

My best buddies can call vulgar names and i know it was a joke. But if some f*** stranger call me vulgar names then it's not a joke. It's not an American thing, it's a human thing. But you are obviously too stupid to understand that concept.

Lets see, jack mehoff and his band of pro ameican know it-alls(stangers) make fun of Canada. I Laugh because it is a humorous stab and gross exeration of the truth. One parts laughs beacuse they are indeed moronic fools, the other laughs because, well its funny. I dont take it too seriously. Im not gonna jump on the penguin joke because it is lame. There is a fine line between a joke, and serious ingorance with a stab at ones nation. If you dont know the difference, well jack, I guess you are......STUPID

[mocking_loudly_died]

there amazingly easy to wind up and they take so long to get a joke

I think I would have to agree with that one, I think it's due mainly to Americans having a more "patriotic" upbringing.

Brits and Aussies are taught from an early age to "mock" everything established so we often take the piss out of each other and consequently when we try to do it with our American brethren they think we are seriously deriding their country.

We like you bloody yanky imperialists; we just want to give you a good ribbing. :lol:

[budanski]

I hate all of you. F*CK EVERYONE! You all are a bunch of Anti-Americans!!


;)

[Jack Mehoff]

Americans dont mind making fun of themselves, yet other nations cannot do it.

Who isn't? :roll:

My best buddies can call vulgar names and i know it was a joke. But if some f*** stranger call me vulgar names then it's not a joke. It's not an American thing, it's a human thing. But you are obviously too stupid to understand that concept.

Lets see, jack mehoff and his band of pro ameican no it-alls(stangers) make fun of Canada. I Laugh because it is a humorous stab and gross exeration of the truth. One parts laughs beacuse they are indeed moronic fools, the other laughs because, well its funny. I dont take it too seriously. Im not gonna jump on the penguin joke because it is lame. There is a fine line between a joke, and serious ingorance with a stab at ones nation. If you dont know the difference, well jack, I guess you are......STUPID

Unlike you, i try to restrain myself from insult Canada because of one stupid Canuck (you). Yes, Canadians are idiots (http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5383) is consider as an insult.

Also, make sure you back up your accusation by providing us some of my quotes i said in the past about Canada.

[pinkeye]

jack, you have mocked canada? the mounties are coming to get you and you will be politely asked to retract your comments...

[Vance]

Americans dont mind making fun of themselves, yet other nations cannot do it.
That's right you hoser! Now go back to your igloo and your pet penguin.

pet penguin? aside from the fact that penguins do not live in the north pole, how come i, as a fellow canuck, was not notified that i was apparently entitled to a pet penguin?
They're probably in your backyard ya silly canuck. They love to play hockey, eh? Eh?

[EvanL]

Americans dont mind making fun of themselves, yet other nations cannot do it.
That's right you hoser! Now go back to your igloo and your pet penguin.

pet penguin? aside from the fact that penguins do not live in the north pole, how come i, as a fellow canuck, was not notified that i was apparently entitled to a pet penguin?
They're probably in your backyard ya silly canuck. They love to play hockey, eh? Eh?

Vance, why wont you grow up?

[pinkeye]

Americans dont mind making fun of themselves, yet other nations cannot do it.
That's right you hoser! Now go back to your igloo and your pet penguin.

pet penguin? aside from the fact that penguins do not live in the north pole, how come i, as a fellow canuck, was not notified that i was apparently entitled to a pet penguin?
They're probably in your backyard ya silly canuck. They love to play hockey, eh? Eh?

dude, there are no effin' penguins up here, so your post merely betrays your ignorance. so, how are the zebra doing in yellowstone?

[Skaman]

Oh dear, I guess my spring baby seal hunt will have to be cancelled. Darn!
-Budanski

Nah, we'll just rent a kayak and go 'clubbing'
-Trigger

I just wanted to come out and let everyone know that I have been discovered. Bastardchild has finally exposed me as the Canadian hating American that I am. It's not that I hate Canada, I guess it's more Yukon envy. My entire life I dreamed of becoming a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and dreamed of blazing across the NW Territory on my trusty steed. Going to hockey games and hunting caribou as I traded beaver pelts at French Canadian fur trading outposts. But when I found out that I could not b/c I was an American, it hurt deeply, a cut that still hurts to this day.

So Bastardchild thank you, you have helped me see the error my ways.
-JiJoMacLE45


wait, there's a canada?
-Seoulstriker

Just a few that I could find, I dont think I said You in particulair Jack, I said you band of American know-it alls

These comments hardly phase me, and they are quite humorous because they are infact so unsubstantuated.

[Vance]

Christ you Canadians, take a joke already :P


Next thread, 'Do Canadians have a sense of humor?'

[pinkeye]

Christ you Canadians, take a joke already :P


Next thread, 'Do Canadians have a sense of humor?'

we do, but your jokes do not make any sense. your initial post reeked of "penguins live in the north pole" 'cause you probably think they did, hence your igloo reference. alas, there are no penguins in canada, nor are there mammoths and snow dragons.
had you said something about polar bears and igloos, then perhaps your joke would have been "funny" and made sense.

[Vance]

It was a stereotypical joke about Canadians living in igloos and have penguins as pets. Just like some of you think we're all fat lardasses. It's all good.

[Skaman]

It was a stereotypical joke about Canadians living in igloos and have penguins as pets. Just like some of you think we're all fat lardasses. It's all good.


but thats true, its an american epidemic and not funny at all. The USA is the most obese nation on Earth. Its ironic, the 3rd world dies from poverty and lack of sucess, yet the USA dies from wealth and fatness....

[Herrmannek]

Now serious, I stil didn't heard american joke about Americans so I'll put here polish about Poles with american President as statist with spoken role :)

There are presidents from USA, Russia & Poland, they have top meeting with God, and they got chance to ask one question to him.
-When it will be good in USA?- President of mightier country in the world asked God as first.
-In half of your second cadency-God answered.
-So when in Russia will be good-asked russian president.
-Next after your cadency-again answered God.
-So when in Poland will be good-asked polish president when his turn came.

After minute of silence God said-Not in my cadency :)

[pinkeye]

It was a stereotypical joke about Canadians living in igloos and have penguins as pets. Just like some of you think we're all fat lardasses. It's all good.

is that what they teach school-kids in texas, that penguins live in canada?
:lol:

[Midtown]

its one thing if its a joke, but it's another thing when at the bottem it says
"Americans are idiots"

thats just being a ****.

[Seoulstriker]

It was a stereotypical joke about Canadians living in igloos and have penguins as pets. Just like some of you think we're all fat lardasses. It's all good.


but thats true, its an american epidemic and not funny at all. The USA is the most obese nation on Earth. Its ironic, the 3rd world dies from poverty and lack of sucess, yet the USA dies from wealth and fatness....

the people who are fat are mostly people who eat more than they exercise. it does not mean that they eat to excess. if you don't burn off the smallest amount of caloric intake for a day, you will store the excess energy.

[Jack Mehoff]

It was a stereotypical joke about Canadians living in igloos and have penguins as pets. Just like some of you think we're all fat lardasses. It's all good.


but thats true, its an american epidemic and not funny at all. The USA is the most obese nation on Earth. Its ironic, the 3rd world dies from poverty and lack of sucess, yet the USA dies from wealth and fatness....

it's better to die being fat and wealthy than die being poor and starve to death. :lol:

[Skaman]

It was a stereotypical joke about Canadians living in igloos and have penguins as pets. Just like some of you think we're all fat lardasses. It's all good.


but thats true, its an american epidemic and not funny at all. The USA is the most obese nation on Earth. Its ironic, the 3rd world dies from poverty and lack of sucess, yet the USA dies from wealth and fatness....

the people who are fat are mostly people who eat more than they exercise. it does not mean that they eat to excess. if you don't burn off the smallest amount of caloric intake for a day, you will store the excess energy.


I think the average person is aware of how fatness occurs.....

[Skaman]

It was a stereotypical joke about Canadians living in igloos and have penguins as pets. Just like some of you think we're all fat lardasses. It's all good.


but thats true, its an american epidemic and not funny at all. The USA is the most obese nation on Earth. Its ironic, the 3rd world dies from poverty and lack of sucess, yet the USA dies from wealth and fatness....

it's better to die being fat and wealthy than die being poor and starve to death. :lol:

why be fat and wealthy when you can be healthy and rich?

[Salty Dog]

yeah american people are fat. ALL american people are huge fat asses. because everybody knows there is no such thing as a fat canadian, fat swede, fat german...etc :cantbeli:

[Seoulstriker]

It was a stereotypical joke about Canadians living in igloos and have penguins as pets. Just like some of you think we're all fat lardasses. It's all good.


but thats true, its an american epidemic and not funny at all. The USA is the most obese nation on Earth. Its ironic, the 3rd world dies from poverty and lack of sucess, yet the USA dies from wealth and fatness....

the people who are fat are mostly people who eat more than they exercise. it does not mean that they eat to excess. if you don't burn off the smallest amount of caloric intake for a day, you will store the excess energy.


I think the average person is aware of how fatness occurs.....

no, you associate wealth with fatness. it's not because they eat so much but because they don't exercise. i know that you love the communist image of fat pigs eating from the hard work of the proletariat, but it doesn't apply here.

[Jack Mehoff]

Obesity is consider as a success and wealthy in a lot of countries. Obesity in America on the other hand is quite opposite because wealthy and educated people are not fat. Of course, there are alway exception to the norm.

[Skaman]

yeah american people are fat. ALL american people are huge fat asses. and everybody knows there is no such thing as a fat canadian, fat swede, fat german...etc
of course, there are fat people everywhere. Yet the USA is abnormally obese based on a result of American culture. Compare obesity rates in the USA 40-50 years ago to today.

I am in shock when I travel to Washington; 40 percent of the people are obese and very unhealthy. Go to Europe, those people are trim, and the women are truly beautiful. I do not support fast food/junk food/pop whatsoever. I have not eaten a chocolate bar for two years. The only way to get your nation trim, is to stop buying it. If the business does poorly, marketing will fall, and snickers.co etc. will go bankrupt.

Read a book called "fast food nation"
-great read with many sources and research

[Skaman]

obesity is not a result of wealth, it is a result of culture and social norms. And frankly, I dont want the snack food gorging mentality in my nation. Unfourtenetly this is not the case, and the flood of Americanization cannot be stopped. After all, my nation is the second fattest on Earth right after the US of A

[Vance]

It was a stereotypical joke about Canadians living in igloos and have penguins as pets. Just like some of you think we're all fat lardasses. It's all good.

is that what they teach school-kids in texas, that penguins live in canada?
:lol:
I bet they teach you we all ride on horses :lol:

[Vance]

obesity is not a result of wealth, it is a result of culture and social norms. And frankly, I dont want the snack food gorging mentality in my nation. Unfourtenetly this is not the case, and the flood of Americanization cannot be stopped.
Culture and social norms my ass.


So I guess it's our fault that YOUR people decided to adopt OUR culture? :roll:

[Skaman]

http://www.suntimes.com/special_sections/fat/cst-nws-globe02.html

http://www.accd.edu/nvc/areas/title5/virtual/Obesity.htm

http://au.news.yahoo.com/030309/2/ir3q.html

http://www.foodreference.com/html/qfatcountries.html

Strange how the wealthist nations are the fattest....

The USA started the trend of Fast food....and look what has been done.

I HATE fast FOOD, and I HATE fat people, they disgust me. I cannot respect someone that does not have the common sense to look after their own body. A medical excuse is the only condition I am willing to tolerate.

[Seoulstriker]

http://www.suntimes.com/special_sections/fat/cst-nws-globe02.html

http://www.accd.edu/nvc/areas/title5/virtual/Obesity.htm

http://au.news.yahoo.com/030309/2/ir3q.html

http://www.foodreference.com/html/qfatcountries.html

Strange how the wealthist nations are the fattest....

The USA started the trend of Fast food....and look what has been done.

I HATE fast FOOD, and I HATE fat people, they disgust me. I cannot respect someone that does not have the common sense to look after their own body. A medical excuse is the only condition I am willing to tolerate.

how do people eat fast food yet remain thin?

[Vance]

You're still an idiot because you say it's our fault that other countries adopted our fast food dealies. They didn't HAVE to, yet they did on their own, and it's still our fault. Give me a break.

[Skaman]

obesity is not a result of wealth, it is a result of culture and social norms. And frankly, I dont want the snack food gorging mentality in my nation. Unfourtenetly this is not the case, and the flood of Americanization cannot be stopped.
Culture and social norms my ass.


So I guess it's our fault that YOUR people decided to adopt OUR culture? :roll:


no one chooses to adopt another culture. global trends, dominant business, and marketing decide what is enforced. Not taking in American culture is often a poor financial decesion unfortunetely. All you can do it boycott it and not be caught up in the American filth. Hollywood,fashion, glamour,poor music, fast food. Its a plauge and a false idol too many people worship.

[Haiw]

I am in shock when I travel to Washington; 40 percent of the people are obese and very unhealthy. Go to Europe, those people are trim, and the women are truly beautiful. I do not support fast food/junk food/pop whatsoever. I have not eaten a chocolate bar for two years. The only way to get your nation trim, is to stop buying it. If the business does poorly, marketing will fall, and snickers.co etc. will go bankrupt.
yup...he has a point; no place in the world with as much fat ppl as the US...here in the netherlands fat ppl are very rare. and it's not like we can't afford the food or anything :roll:

btw i think the problem doesnt lie with the fact that people eat a lot, or eat unhealthy, but the fact that they do that in combination with zero PT...i mean, i'm stuffing myself full with a lot of all the unhealthy tasty junkfood, but yet i'm still more or less suffering from underweight...

[Seoulstriker]

i think ducimus is imagining americans sit around a trough of fast food produced by the hard-working proletariat and 'gorging' themselves, as he says.

if people don't exercise, then all kinds of food will cause overweight and obesity.

[Skaman]

http://www.suntimes.com/special_sections/fat/cst-nws-globe02.html

http://www.accd.edu/nvc/areas/title5/virtual/Obesity.htm

http://au.news.yahoo.com/030309/2/ir3q.html

http://www.foodreference.com/html/qfatcountries.html

Strange how the wealthist nations are the fattest....

The USA started the trend of Fast food....and look what has been done.

I HATE fast FOOD, and I HATE fat people, they disgust me. I cannot respect someone that does not have the common sense to look after their own body. A medical excuse is the only condition I am willing to tolerate.

how do people eat fast food yet remain thin?

high metabolism and exercise. A factor most people do not complement eating fast food with.

[California Joe]

I have a good sense of humor.

[Vance]

You can't diss Hollywood, we produce some of the best **** ever, even though 40% of it is BS crap.

[Seoulstriker]

I am in shock when I travel to Washington; 40 percent of the people are obese and very unhealthy. Go to Europe, those people are trim, and the women are truly beautiful. I do not support fast food/junk food/pop whatsoever. I have not eaten a chocolate bar for two years. The only way to get your nation trim, is to stop buying it. If the business does poorly, marketing will fall, and snickers.co etc. will go bankrupt.
yup...he has a point; no place in the world with as much fat ppl as the US...here in the netherlands fat ppl are very rare. and it's not like we can't afford the food or anything :roll:

btw i think the problem doesnt lie with the fact that people eat a lot, or eat unhealthy, but the fact that they do that in combination with zero PT...i mean, i'm stuffing myself full with a lot of all the unhealthy tasty junkfood, but yet i'm still more or less suffering from underweight...

you nailed it, man. it's not the food. it's the PT program. during my track season, i would go through 2,500-3,200 calorie diets yet i actually lost weight. hmmmmm...

[Skaman]

You can't diss Hollywood, we produce some of the best **** ever, even though 40% of it is BS crap.


poor movies, horrible violence, enflated pay checks for actors. What a waste of money. But hey, the public wants it...

[Skaman]

American culture taints the world in my oppinion. Diets, media,fashion. Its prevelent almost everywere in the world. What ever happaned to distinction and individaulity. Its bad enought the USA is a melting pot, now we have to deal with American culture abroad. Suppot local films, fashion and restraunts, boycott american business. USA culture should stay in the USA.

[Vance]

You can't diss Hollywood, we produce some of the best **** ever, even though 40% of it is BS crap.


poor movies, horrible violence, enflated pay checks for actors. What a waste of money.
http://www.cinepad.com/awards/awards_1-50.htm

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/listmania/list-browse/-/37JPL4JIXRT00/qid%3D1065922990/sr%3D5-2/ref%3Dsr%5F5%5F2%5F2/202-4847608-6459007

http://www.nationalreview.com/weekend/movies/movies-symposium112201.shtml

American, American, American movies everywhere.

[Jack Mehoff]

American culture taints the world in my oppinion. Diets, media,fashion. Its prevelent almost everywere in the world. What ever happaned to distinction and individaulity. Its bad enought the USA is a melting pot, now we have to deal with American culture abroad. Suppot local films, fashion and restraunts, boycott american business. USA culture should stay in the USA.

It takes cooperation of two countries, both from USA and Canada to import American cultures into your country. Seem like you are being a Nazis and using the scapegoat method.

[Ratamacue]

Contrary to what you may believe dude, Canada is just like the United States. Accept it. We're not that different. Why don't you get off the anti-American bandwagon and realize that you're not better than everyone else.

[California Joe]

We don't force people to enjoy the style of a Fender Stratocaster or the fins on a '69 Caddy or the gigantic fake **** on Jenna Jameson. They just do. It's evolution.

[Salty Dog]

and canadian culture, stays in canada, then it's settled! or not because i don't ****ing care about that **** because i am not a moron (in that respect), well it looks like american culture has the last word anyway, you will never get rid of it!!!.........anyway i'm done.

[Skaman]

American culture taints the world in my oppinion. Diets, media,fashion. Its prevelent almost everywere in the world. What ever happaned to distinction and individaulity. Its bad enought the USA is a melting pot, now we have to deal with American culture abroad. Suppot local films, fashion and restraunts, boycott american business. USA culture should stay in the USA.

It takes cooperation of two countries, both from USA and Canada to import American cultures into your country. Seem like you are being a Nazis and using the scapegoat method.

I am in favor of foreign business and trade, yet culture should not be used as a commodity to make money abroad. Keep Ck and Microsoft in the USA. Trying to not buy into American products would be iddotic, and we have reached a point were we are so dependent on it, that American business is essential to our economy. Without costco, mcdonalds, and bestbuy, many would lose their jobs and we would enter a national depression. Its sad we have taken the easy way out and bought into USA globalization. Shame on the USA for forcing it upon us.

[Skaman]

I think I need to say this.....American culture is garbage

[Ratamacue]

No one forced it, it spread throughout the world. Maybe that means something about American culture?

[Salty Dog]

i think i need to say this.....ducimus you're a **** bag.

[Skaman]

Contrary to what you may believe dude, Canada is just like the United States. Accept it. We're not that different. Why don't you get off the anti-American bandwagon and realize that you're not better than everyone else.

I realize we are the same, you are not like us, we are like you!!! Yet we should not be, I want indviduality, I dont want to be part of the MTV generation. I envy Europe, they have balls to stand up to your ****ty Americanization.

[Jack Mehoff]

American culture taints the world in my oppinion. Diets, media,fashion. Its prevelent almost everywere in the world. What ever happaned to distinction and individaulity. Its bad enought the USA is a melting pot, now we have to deal with American culture abroad. Suppot local films, fashion and restraunts, boycott american business. USA culture should stay in the USA.

It takes cooperation of two countries, both from USA and Canada to import American cultures into your country. Seem like you are being a Nazis and using the scapegoat method.

I am in favor of foreign business and trade, yet culture should not be used as a commodity to make money abroad. Keep Ck and Microsoft in the USA. Trying to not buy into American products would be iddotic, and we have reached a point were we are so dependent on it, that American business is essential to our economy. Without costco, mcdonalds, and bestbuy, many would lose their jobs and we would enter a national depression. Its sad we have taken the easy way out and bought into USA globalization. Shame on the USA for forcing it upon us.

write to your Congressman and boycott american products then :bash: We don't stick a gun up in your ass and force you to buy our ****.

[California Joe]

It's more like a virus.

[Jack Mehoff]

Contrary to what you may believe dude, Canada is just like the United States. Accept it. We're not that different. Why don't you get off the anti-American bandwagon and realize that you're not better than everyone else.

I realize we are the same, you are not like us, we are like you!!! Yet we should not be, I want indviduality, I dont want to be part of the MTV generation. I envy Europe, they have balls to stand up to your ****ty Americanization.

:lol: really?

[Skaman]

American culture taints the world in my oppinion. Diets, media,fashion. Its prevelent almost everywere in the world. What ever happaned to distinction and individaulity. Its bad enought the USA is a melting pot, now we have to deal with American culture abroad. Suppot local films, fashion and restraunts, boycott american business. USA culture should stay in the USA.

It takes cooperation of two countries, both from USA and Canada to import American cultures into your country. Seem like you are being a Nazis and using the scapegoat method.

I am in favor of foreign business and trade, yet culture should not be used as a commodity to make money abroad. Keep Ck and Microsoft in the USA. Trying to not buy into American products would be iddotic, and we have reached a point were we are so dependent on it, that American business is essential to our economy. Without costco, mcdonalds, and bestbuy, many would lose their jobs and we would enter a national depression. Its sad we have taken the easy way out and bought into USA globalization. Shame on the USA for forcing it upon us.

write to your Congressman and boycott american products then :bash: We don't stick a gun up in your ass and force you to buy our ****.


what choice is there when American business buys out Canadian conglomerates, hires Canadians to work for .75 US cents on every one of your dollars. American media and entertainement is rammed down our throat, and your "culture" is everywhere. We had destinction 50 years ago, now we are the next state. I urge the rest of the world to fight on and avoid this horrible trend of Culture invasion.

[California Joe]

If you ever called a redneck from Georgia a New Yorker you'd get the same fight.

[Skaman]

additionaly jack, we dont have congressmen, we have premiers for our provinces. There is little I can do but try and work on American business one facet at a time. Right now, I protest frequently againt American fast food.

Europe has some distinction left....

[Jack Mehoff]

Right now, I protest frequently againt American fast food.



Now we have something in common.

[Skaman]

Right now, I protest frequently againt American fast food.



Now we have something in common.

Are you serious, well good for you. I think thats great.


*sidenote:sweet, im 2 stars now! ;)

[Vance]

I think ****mus has an ego problem...

[Skaman]

I think ****mus has an ego problem...

how so?

[Vance]

Well, you seem to think you're better than alot of people.

[Skaman]

Well, you seem to think you're better than alot of people.

Hey, its not an ego if its the truth ;)

[Haiw]

Europe has some distinction left....
yup...distinction rules...it gives you things to rip on eachother for :lol:

[James]

I do. I won't answer for the other 280 million people who live in America though.

[Skaman]

this topic should be changed to "American fatness and their awful culture-Analyze and interpret"

[James]

:) That's pretty funny ducimus. Keep 'em coming!

[Skaman]

:) That's pretty funny ducimus. Keep 'em coming!

Humor is a great shield for the ignorant.

[James]

:) That's pretty funny ducimus. Keep 'em coming!

Humor is a great shield for the ignorant.

Another good one, though I'm not sure if you're referring to your joke or my response. Please advise.

I do have a question for you. If you are convinced that Americans are all bad, and truly believe that America is an evil place, beyond redemption, why do you take the trouble to argue with people here? You shoot yourself down when you start insulting people, or make sweeping statements that aren't based on any kind of fact.

You may insult me if you want. I am an American, btw. You won't hurt my feelings. ;)

[Skaman]

The USA is by no means the most evil-of-evil nations on earth. I never create a thread just for Americans, after all, this is a globaly viewd webpage and I appreciate everyones input. Americans have the power to change and make a difference, so why not try? No, I really dont need another enemy, so no James, im not "dissing" you.

[Ratamacue]

Americans have the power to change and make a difference, so why not try?

What exactly do we need to change? Do we need to be more like Canada?

[Skaman]

Americans have the power to change and make a difference, so why not try?

What exactly do we need to change? Do we need to be more like Canada?

Thats not for me to decide. Thats for American citizens to decide. I can only hope to point some misguided individauls in the right direction.




note:Ratamacue, wtf do you have a naked man on a stoll as your avatar?

[Ratamacue]

Don't you ever watch Saturday Night Live? Oh wait, that's American TV, you wouldn't want to poison your mind with American comedy. Ick!

[EvanL]

Don't you ever watch Saturday Night Live? Oh wait, that's American TV, you wouldn't want to poison your mind with American comedy. Ick!

Invented by a Canadian, and first cast being almost all canadian mind you ;)

[Ratamacue]

Very true, however it's done in New York. Is it broadcast in Canada though? Just curious.

[EvanL]

Of course it is. We get NBC and all those channels. Why woudlnt we? Were only your next door neighbours. But we play trhem on Canadian channels mostly so that we get more of the viewers in canada.

[James]

Americans have the power to change and make a difference, so why not try?

What exactly do we need to change? Do we need to be more like Canada?

I don't think we should try and change ourselves to be like anyone else. Throughout history, countires evolve. Look at the USA - in 1800, only landed men could vote, and slavery was an accepted institution. That is no longer the case. I think we could make the world a better place, though.

[Marxist203]

Why, yes. Americans do have a sense of humor. We elected Bill Clinton didn't we.

No...I think the funny thing to do would have been elected George Bush, a dislexic ex-alchoholic and chronic drug abuser. Now thats funny!

[James]

rofl

I must admit that I voted for him in 2000. :oops: I apologize to EVERYONE. It won't happen again.

[Skaman]

rofl

I must admit that I voted for him in 2000. :oops: I apologize to EVERYONE. It won't happen again.


You will be doing a great service to your nation. woot

[ArmedPacifist]

ducimus19 your just picking a fight now. That doesn't sound Canadian at all.....that sounds very *dramatic pause* American.....

could it be that you are an American at heart?

[James]

rofl

I must admit that I voted for him in 2000. :oops: I apologize to EVERYONE. It won't happen again.


You will be doing a great service to your nation. woot

Thank you for your support. ;)

[Seraphim]

Oops I selected the 3rd one...I think americans like to laugh at themselves...just look at Jay Leno's Jaywalk.

[Fargin]

[Edited] ...never post when you're having a bad hairday.

[Haiw]

rofl

I must admit that I voted for him in 2000. :oops: I apologize to EVERYONE. It won't happen again.
thank god...at least some people that went along the wrong path finally DID see the light ;)

[marktigger]

yes welsh men have a sense of hummor as well and they really respect their women thats why there's one on the national flag :lol: ;)

[Guttorm]

Hehehehe...

In between all the feces throwing, betwing Ducimus and jack, up pops california Joe, distributing humor and laughs all around...

And no one gave a damn... So now he seems to have given up...

Anyway... California joe, I want you to know, that I read all of your comments and laughed... :D SO don't feel bad... :P ;) :lol:

[Deuterium]

A new generation of super-fat people
Jeremy Laurance, The Independent, 14 Oct 2003

Another day, another diet. But despite the endless round of new fads aimed at slimming Britain, people are getting fatter. Slowly but relentlessly the pounds are piling on, aided by sedentary lifestyles and the ruthless marketing of sweet and fatty meals by multinational companies.

Yet another disturbing fact emerged in the story of obesity yesterday. The fattest people are getting fatter still.

The latest figures from the US published yesterday reveal the number of people who are more than 100lb overweight - known as severe or morbid obesity - has quadrupled since the mid-Eighties.

Overweight people are piling on the pounds so fast they are creating a new generation of the superfat. The problem is developing in Britain too. Ian Campbell, chairman of the National Obesity Forum, said that in the UK morbid obesity, defined as a body mass index of 40 or above, had increased by half in the last seven years to about 17 in 1,000 people.

Dr Campbell, speaking at the first National Obesity Forum Congress in London yesterday, said Britain was the fattest nation in Europe and the costs of treating obesity, estimated at £500m a year, were a burden on the NHS.

He said: "We must work together and encourage those battling with their weight to take responsibility for themselves. There are no quick fixes, and no easy answers exist.

"The number of obese people is increasing a lot faster than the number who are overweight. The reason is that 70 per cent of those with a tendency to obesity is genetically determined. That means you can feed and feed certain people [without the genetic predisposition] and they won't put weight on."

The US study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, found that the number of superfat people with a body mass index above 40 increased from about one in 200 of the population in 1986 to one in 50 of the population in 2000.

Those with a body mass index over 50 - sometimes known as super-obesity and equivalent to about 200lb overweight - rose five fold from one in 2,000 to one in 400.

Roland Sturm of the RAND Corporation, in Santa Monica, California, and the chief author of the study, said the most dramatic part of the obesity epidemic - the growth of the superfat - had remained hidden but was increasing twice as fast as the rise in ordinary obesity.

"As the whole population shifts to the right [becoming heavier], the extreme categories grow the fastest. The traditional clinical approach of targeting high risk cases is only temporary and palliative in this situation, but cannot stem the trend," he said.

That gloomy prognosis is the same around the world. Waistlines are expanding in every country in the developed world. As prosperity grows so does girth. Cinema and aeroplane seats have been steadily widened over the past half century to accommodate expanding bottoms, and a rough guide to national income can be gained from the average dress or trouser size.

In the US, makers of super size coffins to accommodate the superfat report that business is brisk and demand is increasing.

In the UK, one-fifth of men and a quarter of women are obese (with a body mass index of 30 or over) and 24 million adults are overweight or obese. This compares with 8 per cent of women and 6 per cent of men classified as obese in 1980.

To combat the problem, Tony Blair is to launch a new campaign in the new year to get Britain moving.

Using the Olympic bid as a catalyst, the Prime Minister wants John Reid, the Health Secretary, Tessa Jowell, the Culture Secretary and Charles Clarke, the Education Secretary to devise a strategy to get people on to the sports field and into the gym.

The Government has been persuaded that getting the nation fit should be one of the top public health priorities if it is to avoid huge NHS bills and a population disabled by chronic illness such as osteoarthritis, heart disease and diabetes.

Lack of exercise is one of the two main factors for the growth in obesity. The other is an abundance of packaged food, packed with calories.

The numbers affected by obesity have tripled in the past 20 years. It causes 9,000 premature deaths a year and cuts life expectancy by an average of nine years. The first cases of Type 2 diabetes, which usually occurs in adulthood and is related to increasing weight, have been observed in children.

Sir Liam Donaldson, the Government's Chief Medical Officer in June described the data as "chilling" and showed "the prospect of an epidemic of obesity in this country as has happened in the US."

He called on the food industry to cut levels of fat, sugar and salt in processed foods, and said the cases of diabetes in children were "a warning to us of the potential time-bomb that is ticking away."

Scientists describe it as the "silent epidemic" and warn that if we continue to pile on the pounds at the present rate three-quarters of the population could suffer the ill effects of excess weight within 10 to 15 years. They accuse governments of being cowardly in the face of the huge interests of the food and transport industries.

Andrew Prentice, professor of international nutrition at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine predicted that children could die before their parents as a result of feasting on high-calorie junk food and spending their days slouched in front of the television and computer.

"The kids of today aren't gluttonous or lazy. They have been ambushed by living in an environment where they haven't seen any different," he told the British Association's Science festival last year.

Across the EU an estimated 135 million people are overweight and the condition is believed to be the cause of 78,000 new cases of cancer each year. The costs of obesity have been estimated at up to 8 per cent of overall health budgets.

Excess body weight is the most common childhood disorder in Europe affecting one child in six according to the International Obesity Task Force. Overweight children are more likely to become overweight adults, aided by advertising of soft drinks and fast foods, vending machines that sell confectionery and safety conscious parents who are afraid to let their children walk or cycle to school or to play outside.

In the UK, the Government has launched the national school fruit scheme and initiated measures to ensure healthier foods are sold from vending machines and school tuckshops. But it will take more than handing out apples at break time to counter the pressures that have already caused the most dramatic shift in human body shape in evolutionary history.




135 Million People Overweight in Europe

Welcome to the club boys..... Stop throwing rocks across the Atlantic from your glass house. We should ALL stop typing and go out for a long run!!!!

[Deuterium]

American culture taints the world in my oppinion. Diets, media,fashion. Its prevelent almost everywere in the world. What ever happaned to distinction and individaulity. Its bad enought the USA is a melting pot, now we have to deal with American culture abroad. Suppot local films, fashion and restraunts, boycott american business. USA culture should stay in the USA.

It takes cooperation of two countries, both from USA and Canada to import American cultures into your country. Seem like you are being a Nazis and using the scapegoat method.

I am in favor of foreign business and trade, yet culture should not be used as a commodity to make money abroad. Keep Ck and Microsoft in the USA. Trying to not buy into American products would be iddotic, and we have reached a point were we are so dependent on it, that American business is essential to our economy. Without costco, mcdonalds, and bestbuy, many would lose their jobs and we would enter a national depression. Its sad we have taken the easy way out and bought into USA globalization. Shame on the USA for forcing it upon us.

write to your Congressman and boycott american products then :bash: We don't stick a gun up in your ass and force you to buy our ****.


what choice is there when American business buys out Canadian conglomerates, hires Canadians to work for .75 US cents on every one of your dollars. American media and entertainement is rammed down our throat, and your "culture" is everywhere. We had destinction 50 years ago, now we are the next state. I urge the rest of the world to fight on and avoid this horrible trend of Culture invasion.

Calm down friend. I guess it all depends on how you look at things as well. Japan has the largest foreign holders of U.S. real estate, with $9.8 billion, followed by the Dutch with $5.3 billion, the English with $4.4 billion and then Canada which has $3 billion. As for your arguement about our culture being rammed down your throat just turn off the TV and radio. Support your own ethnic/cultural heroes, stop looking at Britney. I wonder if Americans ever made the same arguement in the 18th and 19th century about European culture being rammed down our throats?

[Deuterium]

The Fat of the Land
The inventors of the Mediterranean diet have become the most overweight people in Europe
By ROD USHER

Southern europeans have long been able to boast at least one advantage over their richer northern neighbors: better general health and longer life, thanks to the Mediterranean diet. An irony of this now-fashionable way of eating is that it is largely a by-product of poverty itself. Southern agricultural societies consumed olive oil, vegetables, pulses, fruit, grains, fish and very little fatty meat, because that is what their climate, soil and purse provided. And they washed it all down with sharp red wines, moderate amounts of which are known to be salutary.

But while the Mediterranean diet's praises are being sung from New York to Sydney, it is steadily going out the window for many southern Europeans. The proof is in their pudding bellies. According to the most recent study by Eurostat, the European Commission's statistical branch, more than one man in four and one woman in five in the E.U. is either overweight or severely overweight. Even more alarming is the news that southern Europeans now head the lumpy league, particularly men. The survey gives Greece the dubious record, with 35.4% of its male population overweight, followed by Spanish males, at 32%. They have overtaken tubby British and German males (29.5% and 28.6%), and Greeks are more than double the Dutch figure (17.3%). Southern women have also displaced their northern sisters. Greece and Portugal share the worst figures, each with nearly 31% overweight. For Danish women, it's just over 16%. The consequences of these blowouts are dire: obesity is linked to a slew of problems, among them high blood pressure, heart attacks and digestive and respiratory disorders.

Why have so many southerners deserted the diet that served them so well? Isabel do Carmo, vice president of the Portuguese Society for the Study of Obesity, argues that they have not so much quit the Mediterranean way as added to it. "Portuguese still eat more fish than anyone, and we still consume beans and rice and vegetables and olive oil. But now we also eat the other things, the supermarket things — sweet drinks, chips, candy, cakes, American sauces — meaning an enormous total calorie intake." Endocrinologist Do Carmo sees the change as part of a "cultural revolution" related to southerners' increased buying power. "Before in Portugal there were a lot of hungry people. Now these poor people can afford to eat, and they do so all they can." She also blames the southern weight gain on the shift from active to sedentary jobs, from walking or bicycles to cars, and on the "enormous commercial pressure to buy processed foods."

Antonia Trichopoulou, a leading nutritionist who has spent 25 years studying the Mediterranean diet, also blames the fast food culture for the bulge in Greek bellies, aggravated by lack of exercise, increased stress and rising incidence of depression. Fashion and status have also played a part. "The Greeks felt that they had to prove they were Europeans, so they puffed more foreign-blend cigarettes, ate more foreign processed foods and reached for whiskey rather than homegrown wines."

Like the Spaniards and Portuguese, older Greeks may gorge themselves and their children because they still remember hard times. George Panotopoulos, president of the Hellenic Society for the Study of Obesity, thinks the Greek diet was at its best when the country was at its worst. After World War II, meat was a rarity and thousands of Greeks survived by eating such food as bread and beans, soaked in olive oil. Today, they eat more meat than the British.

The drop in the number of families who rely on traditional food has not been as ****ounced in Italy, which may explain why under 20% of Italian men are in the overweight or seriously overweight categories — with only 4.3% in the latter. For women the total is slightly lower, though 5.4% are in the serious category. But they too are losing their good eating habits, says Michele Carruba, director of the Research Center on Obesity at the University of Milan. He says bringing back Mediterranean values "means going head-to-head with some powerful economic groups. The advertising budget of Coke alone is a lot more than Italy spends on food research."

The family meal theme has been seized upon by the church. A headline in the Italian bishops' daily paper Avvenire in November read: "The Hamburger? It's Atheist." Beneath it, historian Massimo Salani argued that people have forgotten the sacredness of food. "What's missing is the community and sharing aspect," he says. "Certainly fast food isn't a Catholic model." An accompanying editorial decries a "monstruous regression" in Italian eating habits.

Most experts think the only way to restore the Mediterranean diet to those who invented it is by education, but few governments give it a high priority. A spokesman for the Health Ministry in Madrid said it had no statistics on obesity, and no plans to gather them. Portugal's Do Carmo says, "There is no money for this in our health service." In Greece, despite a campaign under way by Trichopoulou to promote paradosiako, or traditional, products, the Health Ministry this year scrapped its department dealing with nutrition, according to Health official Olympia Thoma.

Not all the health news is bad for Greeks, however; in fact they upstage their fellow Europeans in many areas. They continue to live longer than most (they're seventh on a longevity table of 191 nations), and have the West's lowest incidence of heart disease. For reasons which may be unrelated to diet — but which the pro-fat lobbies burgeoning in the United States may seize upon — Greeks also have the E.U.'s lowest rate of dementia in people over 65: 4.1% to Finland's 13.6% at the top of the scale.

The key to this comforting news may be the diet the Greeks use but also abuse. Its most magic ingredient seems to be olive oil, in its virgin form. Various studies link it to reduced colon cancer, prevention of cardiovascular disease, lowering cholesterol and reducing arterial pressure. It may be coincidence, but Greeks are by far the world's biggest per capita consumers of olive oil — averaging about 20 liters a year, seven more than the largest producers, the Spaniards. Like dark clouds, Greek stomachs may have a silver lining.


Okay now I'm only listening to the Dutch.

[NcDeuce]

Word

[Red]

I am a black man, many white men have made fun of me but the thing is i laugh with them because i have a great sense of humor.I love the USA,that is the only place that a black man can live and have a little self respect,i laugh at myself though, and i laugh at white people calling me all sorts of nasty names.Do i have a sense of humor?

[Salty Dog]

so it's settled, nobody's perfect. let's all be friends :hug: :petting:

[Mr Gently Benevolent]

Folks from NJ are very funny and can take a joke some New Yorkers have a pretty good sense of humour, sorry west coasters you have little or no sense of humour. I have no idea what sense of humour the rest of the population in the US has. I think Will & Grace is very funny and no I am not a buffty.

ADVICE: goto www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/alt/zanelowe/index.shtml good tunes

[California Joe]

I like buffty the vampire slayer.

[Haiw]

Okay now I'm only listening to the Dutch.
you buncha fatties :lol:
;) damn...we rock :P

[Deuterium]

Okay now I'm only listening to the Dutch.
you buncha fatties :lol:
;) damn...we rock :P
Must be because of all the splinters you get from the cloggies. So much pain in the feet, no time to eat!!!

[James]

Folks from NJ are very funny and can take a joke some New Yorkers have a pretty good sense of humour, sorry west coasters you have little or no sense of humour.

West coast rulz!

It's on, mutha f*cka!

[StarvingStudent47]

Now serious, I stil didn't heard american joke about Americans so I'll put here polish about Poles with american President as statist with spoken role :)

There are presidents from USA, Russia & Poland, they have top meeting with God, and they got chance to ask one question to him.
-When it will be good in USA?- President of mightier country in the world asked God as first.
-In half of your second cadency-God answered.
-So when in Russia will be good-asked russian president.
-Next after your cadency-again answered God.
-So when in Poland will be good-asked polish president when his turn came.

After minute of silence God said-Not in my cadency :)

Here's a joke about America, told by an American. I've known it for years. It's not actually true, but it's funny.


When NASA put someone in orbit for the first time, they realized that ball-point pens don't work in zero gravity. So they had to come up with an alternative. They pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into research, and after a year, they had the Fischer space pen, which used a pressurized ink cartridge so it could write in any gravitational situation.

The Russians used a pencil.

[Kingpin]

Here's a joke about America, told by an American. I've known it for years. It's not actually true, but it's funny.


When NASA put someone in orbit for the first time, they realized that ball-point pens don't work in zero gravity. So they had to come up with an alternative. They pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into research, and after a year, they had the Fischer space pen, which used a pressurized ink cartridge so it could write in any gravitational situation.

The Russians used a pencil.

The most funny part of this story that it is actually true :)

[Upfrontreporting]

I'm most likely gonna catch a lot of flak for this joke, I've been waiting for the right moment tell it.

Remember it's meant in friendly tone.


Q: Define a canadian?


A: That's a friendly american without a gun :)


regards.

[Fargin]

I hate danes.

[Trigger]

I'm with Jamez.
Westsiiiiiiiide!!

[Salty Dog]

east coast prizide biznatch

[Ratamacue]

East coast, west coast, north coast, south coast.

[andrew45c]

I think that americans have a sense of humour afterall they do still beleive that they are helping the Iraqis even though 90% of them hate america and whant them to **** off.

[Guttorm]

I'm surprised this thread hasn't turned into a flamefest yet... :)

[Herrmannek]

I'm surprised this thread hasn't turned into a flamefest yet... :)

Maybe Americans realy have sense of humor :).

[Salty Dog]

Maybe indeed.........

[budanski]

Hoody-Hoo DIRTY SOUTH !!

[Ratamacue]

I think that americans have a sense of humour afterall they do still beleive that they are helping the Iraqis even though 90% of them hate america and whant them to f*** off.

Way to hijack the thread, dip****.

[Operation Ivy]

east coast prizide biznatch

woot woot woot East Coast Rocks!

[Operation Ivy]

I think that americans have a sense of humour afterall they do still beleive that they are helping the Iraqis even though 90% of them hate america and whant them to f*** off.

Way to hijack the thread, dip****.

O and Andrew from Britian i do believe the British are there to :bash:

[Salty Dog]

i don't beleive...i know they are there.

[StarvingStudent47]

Q: Define a canadian?


A: That's a friendly american without a gun :)

Canadians may be friendlier, but Canada has more guns per capita than the USA, so that joke kinda doesn't make sense ;)

[ArmedPacifist]

Q: Define a canadian?


A: That's a friendly american without a gun :)

Canadians may be friendlier, but Canada has more guns per capita than the USA, so that joke kinda doesn't make sense ;)

Can I see some documentation on that?

[Deuterium]

All the documentation that I have seen points to the US having a greater per capita gun ownership. That said Canada isn't that far behind.

[StarvingStudent47]

I know one source that makes that claim is Bowling for Columbine--and the only reason I trust Michael Moore on that point is that it's not being usd to bash the USA. I thought I had heard it elsewhere as well, but I don't remember the sources.

[EvanL]

Our country was formed out of the fur trade so its no surprise we would have more hunters here. After all look at all the land we have. We must have so many animals we can kill ;)

[Ichhabe]

Our country was formed out of the fur trade so its no surprise we would have more hunters here. After all look at all the land we have. We must have so many animals we can kill ;)


Yeah! Specially when you pour liquer down honest Norwegian explorers, and "buy" their explorations. We explore, You exploit.... ;)

[Schuster]

I wish i had a pengiun. :(

[Haiw]

I wish i had a pengiun. :(
mmm any idea how they taste? :lol:

[andrew45c]

Oh thanks for that I really wouldnt have guessed that there were Britons In Britain. :roll: [/quote]

[Schuster]

I wish i had a pengiun. :(
mmm any idea how they taste? :lol:

No, But i'd like to see how they taste