At least the US shares a border with Mexico and Canada (which are sort of foreign
), so you can actually drive to another country if you want. Down here in Oz the only place you can drive to is, well, somewhere else in Oz (although a friend of mine was in Louisiana once when a local asked if he'd driven over from Australia - noone told me they'd finished the trans-Pacific tunnel
).
Anyway, with only miles of water surrounding our giant land (and New Zealand a little to the right and down a bit) it's little wonder we have so many travellers around the world, taking all your bar jobs & hitting on all your hot chicks.
As for the list of generalisations, allow me to plant my tongue in my cheek and clarify some
1. Americans are worse drivers th
an everywhere else in the world, but maybe if they designed a decent car that would change.
2. Americans all own guns and are right-wing war mongers, except for Al Gore and those in the pinko fag states. And those running HBO (pinko fags).
3. Americans have no sense of foreign culture, except for Canada's, which they still think is a little fruity.
4. Americans
do go to other countries - to spread "freedom" and "democracy".
5. Americans are fat, but they can sue McDonald's for that because it's not their fault.
6. Americans are all Zionist pigs, except the ones in the KKK.
7. Americans think they are better then everyone else. Well, their government does anyway. And lots of them (for some reason) believe their government.
8. America won WWII without the help of the British, Russians, Australians, Canadians or anyone else.
What about the list you could run up using some standard American prejudices?
All Muslims are terrorists.
If you're not with us, you're with the terrorists.
If we don't fight the terrorists Over There, we'll have to fight them at home.
The French are a pack of cheese-eating surrender monkeys.
The Aussies all ride kangaroos, live in the outback and are impossible to understand (but we think they may be speaking American).
The Brits are okay (I mean, they do speak American, albeit with a faggy accent) but they make faggy cars. James Bond is cool.
The Germans keep siding against us with the French. What gives? They buddies again already?
Speaking very loudly & slowly to someone who doesn't speak English will help them to understand you.
If you criticise the US government it means you hate America (and therefore hate our troops which makes you a terrorist).
So you see, it easily goes both ways! Yanks do cop a bit of flak around here, but to a lot of people it's justified by the flak they give to the world all the time
It may not be right or fair or accurate but it's the way it is. Non-Americans are able to have a different perspective of how the US composes itself (the US media isn't the most reliable or impartial, much as it likes to say it is) and often notice things about the US that Americans don't. I reckon people from everywhere would do well to develop a sense of humour about their country and try not to be defensive if it cops some shit