An American's observations about his visit to England go viral

[danny la rouge]

* If you speed on a motorway, you get a ticket. Period. Always

Clearly he's never been on one. Period. Ever.

Well, he may have been driving with a local on one of the motorways with average speed cameras. If so, you can see how he came to that conclusion.

 

[J Ed]

(((real cider)))

Interestingly cider in the USA was massively popular for a long time, well into the 19th Century

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Well, he may have been driving with a local on one of the motorways with average speed cameras. If so, you can see how he came to that conclusion.

Yeah, guess so. I'm not sure how he does it but I have a mate who drives me places sometimes and he rarely does less than about 95 except where he knows he can't, and he's never been done. Seems to have a detailed cognitive map of every speed trap in the UK.

 

[DotCommunist]

well, apples are big in america. After apple pie whats the next logical step? cider

and lets not forget the legend of Jonny Appleseed, one of the nicer american legends of pioneer days

 

[mwgdrwg]

I knew it was fake early on..."The food is generally outstanding". As if.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Interestingly cider in the USA was massively popular for a long time, well into the 19th Century

hmmm. Died out about the same time as cricket lost its hold in the US. They took a wrong turn somewhere around then.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I knew it was fake early on..."The food is generally outstanding". As if.

Have you ever been to Florida?

 

[Orang Utan]

No, I can guess, but I genuinely don't know what it is. It has never crossed my path before.

Chinny reckon

 

[danny la rouge]

Yeah, guess so. I'm not sure how he does it but I have a mate who drives me places sometimes and he rarely does less than about 95 except where he knows he can't, and he's never been done. Seems to have a detailed cognitive map of every speed trap in the UK.

If you drive attentively (as you should), then normal speed cameras, as well as police cars, are easily seen, normally. If you don't notice these things, then that's a bit of a worry.

Average speed cameras are different. (Note to drivers who break when they approach average speed cameras: you may be misunderstanding what "average " means ).

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Chinny reckon

Ok. Odd thing to lie about.

I'm not on facebook either.

 

[kabbes]

Chinny reckon

I can guarantee even without asking that the kabbess will never have heard of Buzzfeed. Or Reddit, for that matter. She does know YouTube though.

 

[danny la rouge]

I've no idea what Buzzfeed is tbh.

I'm not entirely clear myself. I think it's an online magazine, but I don't read it.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

(Note to drivers who break when they approach average speed cameras: you may be misunderstanding what "average " means ).

 

[danny la rouge]

I can guarantee even without asking that the kabbess will never have heard of Buzzfeed. Or Reddit, for that matter. She does know YouTube though.

What is Reddit?

 

[Santino]

I can guarantee even without asking that the kabbess will never have heard of Buzzfeed. Or Reddit, for that matter. She does know YouTube though.

This Man Asked His Wife If She Knew What Buzzfeed Was... Her Answer Will Astound You

 

[DotCommunist]

ryhmes with cesspit

 

[fishfinger]

What is Reddit?

It's "the front page of the internet".

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I can guarantee even without asking that the kabbess will never have heard of Buzzfeed. Or Reddit, for that matter. She does know YouTube though.

Frau Bahn is the same, although she calls it TubeYou.

 

[danny la rouge]

Chinny reckon

Just had to google this. I was expecting an online magazine to be honest.

The world is too bizarre for me.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

This Man Asked His Wife If She Knew What Buzzfeed Was... Her Answer Will Astound You

Ahhh. They do those things. The stuff that's never worth clicking...

 

[danny la rouge]

It's "the front page of the internet".

Eh? I take it that's their tag line?

 

[Crispy]

TubeYou.

In Soviet Russia?

 

[Louis MacNeice]

Frau Bahn is the same, although she calls it TubeYou.

Along with Facechat and Snapbook?

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

 

[danny la rouge]

This Man Asked His Wife If She Knew What Buzzfeed Was... Her Answer Will Astound You

Oh, so it's the Independent's Twitter account?

I blocked that.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

My mum loads down stuff from the internet.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

In Soviet Russia?

Now you mention it, she does have a Russian name. I always thought she was from Kingston

 

[kabbes]

Eh? I take it that's their tag line?

If only you had access to a vast worldwide search engine that would allow you to search the repository of world culture.

 

[Crispy]

What is Reddit?

The worlds biggest forum, where anyone can start a subforum of their own. Threads (and posts) are voted up and down. The most popular threads get to the front page. The day after, they turn up on the Bandwidth Thread.

 

[kabbes]

The kabbess knows more antiques aggregator sales sites by memory than you or I will ever discover if we were to search for 1000 years, mind.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

The worlds biggest forum, where anyone can start a subforum of their own. Threads (and posts) are voted up and down. The most popular threads get to the front page. The day after, they turn up on the Bandwidth Thread.

I've just learned something. It really is possible to wibble about on the internet without encountering these things, OU, especially if you're not on facebook.