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- From: stud30@iris4.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de (U. Seidler)
- Subject: Re: j: Another acronym and followup to: Re: Joke for you 10 percenters
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 10:07:34 GMT
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- In article <Bz67K2.FMF@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> rlshuck@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Robert L. Shuck) writes:
-
- I'm neither English nor American, but I met a lot of people
- of both countries
- >
- >1) They have four broadcast channels (BBC1,BBC2,ITV, and something else,sorry)
- Too much TV makes people stupid, look at you.
- >4) Cable TV is practically nonexistent (maybe it was just East Anglia?)
- see #1
- >5) They tend to be a tad bit big-headed,but that is okay because so are we.
- Right.
- >6) They don't speak English very well
- Ha,ha, with two years of english in school as a non-native
- speaker you can follow any American TV show, but try this
- with english TV.
- >7) They have to wear funny costumes to school
- > (Imagine having to wear a suit to first grade)
- Yes, they are funny
- >10) Their cars are really small (unlike the YANK TANKS)
- Big cars, big problems, how about the smog in Los Angeles?
- >11) Their highways are fine but the rest of the roads can only fit one car.
- see #10
- >14) Their zip codes have letters in them
- Too complicated for you, stupid?
- >17) You are never far from America
- > a)McDonald's
- > b)Coca-Cola
- > c)Taco Bell
- > d) Snickers
- > e) M&M's
- > f) Kentucky Fried Chicken
- > g)Levi's (very expensive over there)
- Yes, what a decline
- >20) Their money (bills) grow larger and change color with the increase
- > in denomination and have this really cheesy silver strip going down
- > the side of it.
- Too complicated for you, dully?
- >
- >The USA is the place to be...believe me. There is nothing in the world
- >like North Dakota to call home.
- >
- Heal the world, make it a better place, wipe out USA
-
- Bye
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