Comments on: America, Interpreted http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2011/07/06/america-interpreted/ a camera, a passport, a ukulele Mon, 21 May 2012 13:31:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: bekka king http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2011/07/06/america-interpreted/comment-page-1/#comment-86564 bekka king Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:39:20 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=4876#comment-86564 Ok someone has to represent the USA here- I do think it's hysterical that most people outside the US think all we do is eat hot dogs and chips, make summer blockbuster movies (less dialogue, more explosions please), wear cowboy hats, are all 300lbs overweight, and love starting wars. Ok maybe some of those things are true :) @Mikeachim- haha. Not sure if we're coming back under the loving embrace of the Queen Mother any time soon! -Bekka Ok someone has to represent the USA here-

I do think it’s hysterical that most people outside the US think all we do is eat hot dogs and chips, make summer blockbuster movies (less dialogue, more explosions please), wear cowboy hats, are all 300lbs overweight, and love starting wars.

Ok maybe some of those things are true :)

@Mikeachim- haha. Not sure if we’re coming back under the loving embrace of the Queen Mother any time soon!

-Bekka

]]> By: nerd's eye view http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2011/07/06/america-interpreted/comment-page-1/#comment-86539 nerd's eye view Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:57:08 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=4876#comment-86539 Heh. That is all. Heh.

That is all.

]]> By: Jessica http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2011/07/06/america-interpreted/comment-page-1/#comment-86537 Jessica Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:44:11 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=4876#comment-86537 May I just say that when I read this post, pre-coffee, I had a moment of, "Hey, your July 4th party last year sounds a lot like MY July 4th party last year... Oh, wait. It was." And this is why I should clearly not even read anything before I've had coffee. May I just say that when I read this post, pre-coffee, I had a moment of, “Hey, your July 4th party last year sounds a lot like MY July 4th party last year… Oh, wait. It was.”

And this is why I should clearly not even read anything before I’ve had coffee.

]]> By: Sally http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2011/07/06/america-interpreted/comment-page-1/#comment-86496 Sally Thu, 07 Jul 2011 02:44:15 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=4876#comment-86496 Love the slideshow! I always love that other countries think Americans only eat cookies and chips. (Okay, so what if I do? I have it under good authority that some Americans do, in fact, eat salads. Crazies.) Love the slideshow! I always love that other countries think Americans only eat cookies and chips. (Okay, so what if I do? I have it under good authority that some Americans do, in fact, eat salads. Crazies.)

]]> By: Mikeachim http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2011/07/06/america-interpreted/comment-page-1/#comment-86495 Mikeachim Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:36:33 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=4876#comment-86495 I'll have 5 rounds of the American Toast, please. And a cowboy hat. Now I am clearly American. Yee-HAWW. Happy Momentary Delusions Of Autonomy Before We Reclaim What Is Rightfully Ours day (belatedly), Pam. That said, I'm suddenly aware that us English lack a "Yay, We're English, AWESOME" day. Which speaks volumes about the English, yes. I’ll have 5 rounds of the American Toast, please. And a cowboy hat. Now I am clearly American. Yee-HAWW.

Happy Momentary Delusions Of Autonomy Before We Reclaim What Is Rightfully Ours day (belatedly), Pam.

That said, I’m suddenly aware that us English lack a “Yay, We’re English, AWESOME” day. Which speaks volumes about the English, yes.

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