Friday, 3 July 2015

4th July . . . . A friendly Message from Britain (again) . . . .Yes we are still friendly (mostly)

With the Forth of July tomorrow I thought it was a good day to repeat last years post about the 4th July because as it happens I will be busy tomorrow doing my good deed. . . . . . It is good to do good deeds it sort of shows folk that we are not all nasty and some of us are generally quite nice . . . . . . a bit . . . . . . sometimes.







Today is the 4th of July a day that is celebrated in the USA as Independence Day, a day when I am told America leaps about, lets off fireworks and folk stand about being patriotic. Here in Britain folk carry on as normal unless it is Sunday in which case they all go to IKEA.

Us British have always wondered why our American friends decided they were not happy being a colony of Britain, after all the ordinary man in the street such as myself is a fairly nice sort of chap and in general find Americans a nice bunch who almost speak half decent English. In fact it would be true to say that more English understand Americans than a Glaswegian just a few miles up the road in Scotland.  The American accent being sort of a cross between Middle England and Middle Australian, probably because they live in the land between these two great countries. America is more a group of small countries known as States so is sort of a bit like Europe really only they fight less and don’t insult their adjoining states like we do in Europe, (We have all gone off Greece a bit more since last year). 

However the good folk of the USA do have one or two odd anomalies that we notice from time to time when they come to visit the old homeland. They do seem to spell some words a bit oddly, however I do that all the time so I understand how that can happen. And they do seem to like the Queen and all the Royals, a bit odd when they were so keen to get rid of them in the first place. Ironically there are many folk in Britain who would love to get rid of the Royals and would happily sell a few to the USA.  I have also heard them imply that their Zombies and Monsters are better than our Zombies and Monsters, well that is just plain silly everyone knows European Monsters are superior to all by a long way.  And we all know that a nice cup of tea and crab paste sandwiches in an old Lyons Café can not be compared with MacDonald’s, it is a foolish thing to even attempt. When was the last time you saw the corner of your Big Mac curling up in the sun and getting crusty while a gang of little old ladies pondered the iced buns.

Anyway I hope you lot over in the USA have enjoyed your day, and if you ever feel you would like to rejoin us (it is never to late) we are happy to share a nice tea party (not that one but the one where you drink tea in the garden) with you………… . . . .

 What happened to that Tea Party of yours did they vanish off into the wild forests of Canada looking for the Big Foot. . . 
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  1. Unknown4 July 2015 at 03:45

    Another odd anomaly visiting male Americans have, is the wearing of socks with sandals. It's quite fascinating to behold. I mean are the feet warm or cold? In which case, it's either one or the other. I did put this query to a few of my American friends and they were most succinct in their comments when they told me to shut up and go away.

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    1. Rob Z Tobor5 July 2015 at 10:56

      I do not have good feet they were somewhat bashed to bits by a large vehicle many moons ago so I would never wear sandals without wearing socks. Although I do not wear sandals just trainers. So it might be Americans dont have great feet and feel they need to be covered. A warm foot is a happy foot.

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  2. esbboston5 July 2015 at 05:21

    Ultimately my most important links to the UK are you and Lily, so that is most important to me, besides my friend Jaime from Washington state who has been in London for quite some time. I have a niece who is (now?) in London, I am not sure of her eXact schedule. She is like a smaller bright package of Boston.

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    1. esbboston5 July 2015 at 05:41

      Oh, I forgot to mention that my niece is getting a chemistry degree like me. She does appear to still be in London.

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    2. Rob Z Tobor5 July 2015 at 11:11

      We Brits are in general very friendly or at least most of us are. It is one thing I have discovered over the years the ordinary folk of every country in the world are in general friendly, it only goes wrong when politics religion and wars get in the way, which seems to happen far too often.

      You must be proud of your niece if she is going to be a chemist, you will be able to have long conversations that no one else will understand. And point at pictures of molecules and nod in a knowing way adding words like potassium carbonate 138.205 g/mol

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    3. esbboston6 July 2015 at 05:14

      Chemists seem to be few and far between. She lives about three hours away so I don't get to see her very often.

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