There's a fantastic article in today's Guardian Weekend magazine that's had me splitting my sides, on how Americans view the UK (and a lot of other stuff). It's a tongue-in-cheek poke at how peculiar Brits are, and how stupid Americans are. Of course neither of those stereotypes are true - but anyway, here's an excerpt of the article:
To get to Britain, you fly over several oceans, including the Atlantic. I think also Missouri? I did not see very much of the Atlantic or Missouri or whatever because, as we passed over, I was watching a movie on our aeroplane, called Dumb And Dumber. It was funny. It is about these two guys who are dumb. Then we were served dinner. I was next to a guy from Spain! All he did was sleep. The Spanish, I concluded, are a lazy people, prone to sleep, who do not enjoy movies. When he finally woke up, I gave him a cookie I had saved for him, because I did not like it. He enjoyed that cookie, that's for sure! That's one thing one can conclude about the Spanish: they certainly love to feed their faces. Then it turned out he wasn't Spanish at all, but a fellow American, from Montana! I guess I learned a valuable lesson about generalising: people from Montana are lazy and love to feed their faces.
This article was hilarious! Thanks for pointing it out.
Posted by: Paull Young | July 28, 2006 at 01:44 PM