Reasons to Come to America

Sundae · 02-15-2012, 02:44 PM

This is a current precis.
There may be more.

Oh - and I've been to the US twice already. But that was BC, if you get what I mean.

Dwellars of course, above and beyond anything else
(this list is mostly superficial)
Theme Parks
Real BBQ
Taco Bell (what?! we don't have that here)
Larger clothing sizes
The spread of opinions I get on the Cellar
Great service
Local food I've never heard of
Extraordinary scenery
Being foreign (don't knock it - you'd get it over here too!)
Tasting things I've only read about

glatt · 02-15-2012, 02:48 PM

Great service?

wolf · 02-15-2012, 03:13 PM

Nice toilet paper. Cushiony soft. Absorbent.

Great coffee. The tradeoff, though is execrable tea. In styrofoam cups.

Our history is shorter than yours, but no less rich.

Should you come to Philadelphia, in addition to meeting a LOT of Dwellars, you can see exactly where the colonies flipped the bird at King George. And where Rocky ran up the steps.

Beest · 02-15-2012, 03:49 PM

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Great service?

LOL
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Great coffee.

Beest · 02-15-2012, 03:50 PM

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Great service?

LOL

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Great coffee.

Ditto.

Griff · 02-15-2012, 05:35 PM

What are plane tickets going for these days? I bet you'd have a blast.

SamIam · 02-15-2012, 07:42 PM

Our wonderful national parks where you can go back in time much further than 1600 or 1700. Mesa Verde for example. It has 600 cliff dwellings that were created by Pueblo Indians between AD600 to AD1300. Come on out West and I'll show you some incredible stuff. I won't even make you camp unless you want to.

Big Sarge · 02-15-2012, 08:44 PM

I'll take you skinny-dipping in the old sewage lagoon!! Not many women can resist that

Sundae · 02-16-2012, 02:33 AM

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I'll take you skinny-dipping in the old sewage lagoon!! Not many women can survive that

FTFY

Really good all you can eat buffets
Films showing months before they are released at home
Cheap petrol (so people will drive miles to meet me)
Powerful showers

monster · 02-16-2012, 09:27 PM

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Nice toilet paper. Cushiony soft. Absorbent.

um.... it's crap (pardon the pun) compared to the UK stuff. And expensive.

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Originally Posted by glatt

Great service?

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LOL

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Originally Posted by wolf

Great coffee.

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Ditto.

WHS

monster · 02-16-2012, 09:28 PM

...But there are many good reasons. These are just not they.

Aliantha · 02-16-2012, 09:36 PM

I have to question the coffee thing. Dazza has been to the US a couple of times, and he reckons he has yet to find a place that serves good coffee. I wouldn't know having never been there myself.

All I have is here-say from pretty much everyone.

monster · 02-16-2012, 09:41 PM

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Theme Parks

Wooden rollercoasters would be the only reason to come -the rest is just Alton Towers on a bigger scale -queues and all.

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Real BBQ

prolly a good one -I hate it, but beest seems quite enamoured

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Taco Bell (what?! we don't have that here)

mmmkay....

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Larger clothing sizes

yebbut only on Walmart-shopper styles....

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The spread of opinions I get on the Cellar

This is awesome but........ the cellar is in NO FUCKING WAY representative of the majority of the US. That's why we like it. it's a worldly release at the end of the day. Look at us dwellars -we're all people who need a little extra mental stimulation outside our everyday lives. Most of America is sat in front of American Idol or some such. Same as Most of UK is watching Corrie. And the Aussies are watching their didgeridoos and the French are watching paint dry.......

monster · 02-16-2012, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

I have to question the coffee thing. Dazza has been to the US a couple of times, and he reckons he has yet to find a place that serves good coffee. I wouldn't know having never been there myself.

All I have is here-say from pretty much everyone.

The coffee thing is crazy. It's kind of like freedom. Americans are taught from birth that they have the best kind and they just can't consider any other suggestion.

monster · 02-16-2012, 09:45 PM

(Sorry Guys, I do love you and I love living here, but American coffee sucks and you are not the freeest nation on Earth)

02-15-2012, 02:44 PM	#1
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Reasons to Come to America This is a current precis. There may be more. Oh - and I've been to the US twice already. But that was BC, if you get what I mean. Dwellars of course, above and beyond anything else (this list is mostly superficial) Theme Parks Real BBQ Taco Bell (what?! we don't have that here) Larger clothing sizes The spread of opinions I get on the Cellar Great service Local food I've never heard of Extraordinary scenery Being foreign (don't knock it - you'd get it over here too!) Tasting things I've only read about

02-15-2012, 03:13 PM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Nice toilet paper. Cushiony soft. Absorbent. Great coffee. The tradeoff, though is execrable tea. In styrofoam cups. Our history is shorter than yours, but no less rich. Should you come to Philadelphia, in addition to meeting a LOT of Dwellars, you can see exactly where the colonies flipped the bird at King George. And where Rocky ran up the steps. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	What are plane tickets going for these days? I bet you'd have a blast. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-15-2012, 07:42 PM	#7
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	Our wonderful national parks where you can go back in time much further than 1600 or 1700. Mesa Verde for example. It has 600 cliff dwellings that were created by Pueblo Indians between AD600 to AD1300. Come on out West and I'll show you some incredible stuff. I won't even make you camp unless you want to. Attached Images

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Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	I'll take you skinny-dipping in the old sewage lagoon!! Not many women can resist that __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

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glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Great service?

02-16-2012, 09:28 PM	#11
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	...But there are many good reasons. These are just not they. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-16-2012, 09:36 PM	#12
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I have to question the coffee thing. Dazza has been to the US a couple of times, and he reckons he has yet to find a place that serves good coffee. I wouldn't know having never been there myself. All I have is here-say from pretty much everyone. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-16-2012, 09:45 PM	#15
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	(Sorry Guys, I do love you and I love living here, but American coffee sucks and you are not the freeest nation on Earth) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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