You know you're living in America and not the UK when...

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

the thing that boggles my mind with that is when the door JUST clears the toilet, so you have to flatten yourself against the wall of the stall to open or close it, but there's another six feet of room from the stalls to the basins

it's like that at my workplace... I just don't get why they couldn't have moved things forward even a foot

US toilets ARE nice, but they use far too much water... even without the 'save-water-we're-having-a-six-year-drought' sensibilities carved into me from living in Australia, that's just not good... I wish there was better use of grey water, too (US, UK, Aus, I'm not distinguishing with that one) - the fact that we flush our toilets with water cleaner than half the world's population has to drink never ceases to make me extremely uncomfortable

I agree - they need to do away with self-flushing toilets here (the ones that flush when you merely shift your weight) and introduce those "half flush/full flush" buttons (or whatever they are called) like you get in Oz

[TracyTN 237]

Being in a queue at walmart and the guy infront is buying guns and ammo

I still remember hubby's first experience at Walmart where he saw the guns and ammo for sale. He about croaked!

[Alex & Rachel 78]

I felt like a proper tourist when I was in the US for the first time and just had to take this photo:

[SMB x2 0]

I agree - they need to do away with self-flushing toilets here (the ones that flush when you merely shift your weight) and introduce those "half flush/full flush" buttons (or whatever they are called) like you get in Oz

I leant forward on a loo at a highway services once and it triggered the automatic flush. The suction noise was so loud and sudden that it made me leap off the loo in fright. I felt like a right prat.

Stu

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

when did flushing the toilet become so cumbersome that it had to be automated?

I am a fan of the automatic seat covers you get in some places

[no name 1]

I am a fan of the automatic seat covers you get in some places

I don't trust that they are actually new covers...

[Jeraly 4]

I agree - they need to do away with self-flushing toilets here (the ones that flush when you merely shift your weight) and introduce those "half flush/full flush" buttons (or whatever they are called) like you get in Oz

I leant forward on a loo at a highway services once and it triggered the automatic flush. The suction noise was so loud and sudden that it made me leap off the loo in fright. I felt like a right prat.

Stu

LMAO!!!

[ginger1981 0]

..... you see a commercial for medication for genital herpes at 5pm

..... you're repeatedly asked to spell any word with an 'r' in it

..... when you order water in a restaurant you never know what you'll end up with!

I always thought to myself ...if I was an actress, would I really want to be the face of genital herpes? Just a hypothetical question...

[Jeraly 4]

..... you see a commercial for medication for genital herpes at 5pm

..... you're repeatedly asked to spell any word with an 'r' in it

..... when you order water in a restaurant you never know what you'll end up with!

I always thought to myself ...if I was an actress, would I really want to be the face of genital herpes? Just a hypothetical question...

LMAO... I sometimes wonder that too!!!

Also...

... you see "lube" shops on every street corner

... you need to go to "liquor stores" and "smoke shops" to get cigarettes and alcohol (yeah yeah, I know you get them in grocery stores too but still )

[ginger1981 0]

Being in a queue at walmart and the guy infront is buying guns and ammo

I still remember hubby's first experience at Walmart where he saw the guns and ammo for sale. He about croaked!

I used to work at a sporting goods store (Scheel's for all you upper Midwesterners) and I worked in the "gift lodge" which sold rustic home furnishings and such. We had a wedding registry that mainly was for people who wanted to decorate their home "rustic style." However, one day I had a guy come in and ask to sign up for the registry...which was unusual since it was usually a woman or couples that did that.

Anyways, after an hour he came back with his registry. I kid you not, the registry was mainly guns, ammo and fishing gear LMAO!!!

And don't get me started on my stories of working at the Cabela's call center. I remember I had a paraplegic guy call once and during the order he told me the story of how he liked to take pot shots at squirrels from his back deck since he couldn't use a tree stand anymore!

Edited April 14, 2008 by ginger1981

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

..... you see a commercial for medication for genital herpes at 5pm

..... you're repeatedly asked to spell any word with an 'r' in it

..... when you order water in a restaurant you never know what you'll end up with!

I always thought to myself ...if I was an actress, would I really want to be the face of genital herpes? Just a hypothetical question...

Maybe her contract for massengil ran out.

does anyone remember this ad? (some of you may be too young) This is a conversation I often have with my mother when we go sailing.

[ginger1981 0]

..... you see a commercial for medication for genital herpes at 5pm

..... you're repeatedly asked to spell any word with an 'r' in it

..... when you order water in a restaurant you never know what you'll end up with!

I always thought to myself ...if I was an actress, would I really want to be the face of genital herpes? Just a hypothetical question...

LMAO... I sometimes wonder that too!!!

Also...

... you see "lube" shops on every street corner

... you need to go to "liquor stores" and "smoke shops" to get cigarettes and alcohol (yeah yeah, I know you get them in grocery stores too but still )

I have some instances of an "Aunt Fanny" in the family tree...

I found a pleasant little restaurant in Newcastle near St. Jame's Park that had me in stitches with it's name:

[Jeraly 4]

Ahh genius... the world of Engrish

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

I used to know a girl called Amy Ho in college - she was in the same sorority as Jennifer Slutzsky

[Toshtishtash 1]

Well, there was a guest here at the hotel the other day called Mike Hunt. Seriously. Do Mothers not think before naming their kids?

There was a story in the paper about someone who named their son Drew... There last name is Peacock...