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

[catrocks 0]

Hah! This reminds me of when I went to a gas station once to get some cigarettes... The 'young' girl behind the counter asked me for id... I gave her my passport. She looked at it for about 5 minutes every which way she could think of and gave it back saying... No, sorry... This isn't English... She WOULD NOT serve me cigarettes because my ENGLISH passport was not English! :wacko:

This is slightly OT but my friend is from Michigan and still has her Michigan license. We went out a while ago to the bar we always go to and they had a new door man on that night. Well, he saw her license and wouldn't let her in! He'd never seen a Michigan license before and thought it was fake! She was like.... Michigan is the next state to Ohio! There are tons of people from Michigan here. He had to go check with his supervisor and we waited 5 mins to be let in on her "fake" license.

I was glad I had my Ohio license and not my UK one!

[Chocolot 0]

little babies 'bum cracks' are blurred out

[Krikit 1,164]

little babies 'bum cracks' are blurred out

WHAT?!!

[Jeraly 4]

Hmmmmm.... Don't get me started on IHop! I love IHop and Denny's and Outback oooh and Olive Garden

Oh god i'm gonna get fat

Tell me about it... I am so joining a gym when I move...

When the word "**" is always censored on TV..... but you can watch the demon doll chucky slice and dice any time of day.

Yeah - that really annoys me - I mean it's not like you don't know what they are saying anyway...

[govols 0]

You can't find an electric kettle that just plugs into the wall. Everyone I know makes tea by putting a mug of water into the microwave. Blecchh!

We got an electric kettle from walmart. It wasn't the greatest but at least it boiled water for Tea

[govols 0]

Its been along time since I've been asked for proof ( I'm 49 years old) of age but here we have to show our driving license when we go into a bar LOL

Edited April 10, 2008 by govols

[a-jeanne 2]

This is a great thread. I love all of the responses and it will help me get ready for things that will surely irritate Phil.

The roundabout stories are so funny. When I went to England for a visit - that baffled me the most. And one of the bigger differences between the UK and USA are the toilets. I did not like the UK toilets at all.

[flutterby 0]

when you turn on the TV and scary movies are played at 12 in the afternoon

when you use the term adverts and people look at you like you're talking chinese

when you can drive to a fast food joint in less than 5 minutes from your home

when public transport sucks in non-major cities

when asked if you like george bush

when asked if you like americans

when asked if people in England drink ... LOL

when you turn on the TV and there are commercials for "girls in your area" #######? o.o

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Hey Mags,

I do the hot water bottle trick in winter too! I brought my first electric kettle with me. After a while, it died. We found a second one at an estate sale and used it for quite a while. It died. I looked all over for an electric kettle - Sears here didn't have any - nor did Walmart or Target. I finally found one in Brandsmart USA - and they only had one style. Apparently they used to be quite common, friends tell me, but once microwaves became so popular they just seemed to disappear from stores.

[william_wallace 8]

Doesnt matter where you go, at some point of the day you see someone in there army uniform.

You turn the channel over and its the weather. You turn over again and its the weather. ( Is the weather channel the most watched station in the US lol? )

I went into Home Depot in Louisiana and asked about bathroom taps, they hadnt a clue what i was talking about. The same about silicone, #######. They call it faucets and caulking............Strange lol

[catrocks 0]

We got our kettle at Target. I was surprised, it's actually not bad. The one we had before it was also from Target but if you wanted to make more than 2 cups of tea you'd have to boil it twice because it was so small!

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

Now that the duvet discussion has been had, y'all have now moved on to kettles. WHERE'S ALLAN?!? He is a man of many opinions on the subject of kettles.

The one I bought from Target is very comparable to a UK kettle (though I'm sure the all serene badger would disagree)

[StillThePrettiest 3]

I'm bringing my UK kettle, and my clever fiance has found out a way to make it run normally

[Lisax 0]

You can get them at Benny's if you guys have that store in your state. We have one, has worked perfectly for a while now.

Here is the website for you guys, if anyone wants a kettle or other products!

http://www.proctorsilex.ca/products/products2_en.html

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

Actually scratch what I said about the kettle. This morning it wouldn't turn off and is now clearly broken. Hubs can't believe it is of such shoddy quality and has used it as chance to get on his soap box about "this country." Apparently kettles never break in the UK.