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BlueBalls

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Mrs Jolly said:
Why do british people, when they get to the states think that american degrees are crap and that they are way too smart to do one. When I used to watch the football in the George and Dragon in Seattle I was forever getting an earful off some bricklayer or plumber telling me all yanks were stupid: yet he had left school at 16.

I don't know of a nation that thinks it is so brilliant on such little evidence.
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Isnt pigeon holing our whole nation with the stupidities of the few the exact same thing that plumber or bricklayer were doing?

I once heard a great quote about the British from Mike Myers of all people (who's parents are from Liverpool) "There's no one more patriotic that an Englishman who doesnt live in England anymore." I suppose there is some truth to that at least with the people who arent as knowledgable than others are, your bricklayer who finished shcool at 16 for example.

Try not to listen to those who believe that we are some what smarter or better than anyone else. They have no idea. I suppose its just a defense meachanism because people like that really dont have much to talk about other than how great they are.
 
tunsty

tunsty

Mrs Jolly said:
I was forever getting an earful off some bricklayer or plumber
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Are you sure they weren't trying to say:
'I'll be round a week on thursday to tell you what I think of your degrees... and I reckon it'll cost yer about $500 all in, luv... of course, that doesn't including labour and the VAT.
Now how 'bout a nice cuppa before I get started...'


:D



Mrs Jolly said:
I don't know of a nation that thinks it is so brilliant on such little evidence.
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Ever heard of Australia?
 
mrtrebus

mrtrebus

Mrs Jolly said:
Why do british people, when they get to the states think that american degrees are crap and that they are way too smart to do one. When I used to watch the football in the George and Dragon in Seattle I was forever getting an earful off some bricklayer or plumber telling me all yanks were stupid: yet he had left school at 16.

I don't know of a nation that thinks it is so brilliant on such little evidence.
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Eh? You are american right? Then you should now of a comparative nation?!?! :D
We in the UK leave school at 16 coz we are so brilliant we don't need to stay any longer!! :hatsoff:
 
Mrs Jolly

Mrs Jolly

I once heard a great quote about the British from Mike Myers of all people (who's parents are from Liverpool) "There's no one more patriotic that an Englishman who doesnt live in England anymore." I suppose there is some truth to that at least with the people who arent as knowledgable than others are, your bricklayer who finished shcool at 16 for example.

I should hold my hands up and confess, I'm from Liverpool myself (Everton if you're interested in these things - big day tomorrow) I've been over here a long time and of the many ex-pats I come across, this idea of intellectual superiority does seem to be a recurring theme. My children are American and I have not noticed any retardation of my sterling genes on account of exposure to American air.
 
titsrock

titsrock

If you were going to elect an English celebrity (someone known throughout the world, not just a regional celeb) for PM, who could have a chance at winning?
 
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marquis2

Mrs Jolly said:
Why do british people, when they get to the states think that american degrees are crap and that they are way too smart to do one. When I used to watch the football in the George and Dragon in Seattle I was forever getting an earful off some bricklayer or plumber telling me all yanks were stupid: yet he had left school at 16.

I don't know of a nation that thinks it is so brilliant on such little evidence.
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At one time it was a true statement;British universities only took the top 5% of the population and not all these stayed the course.So a British degree was set at a level which only a tiny percentage could hope to attain.Many schools at the time used American university text books.American degrees were a bit of a joke then.
This was considered to be elitist and universities took a wider cut of the populaton and watered down the degrees to suit.Half the population is supposed to get a degree-what use is something like that?
 
mrtrebus

mrtrebus

marquis2 said:
At one time it was a true statement;British universities only took the top 5% of the population and not all these stayed the course.So a British degree was set at a level which only a tiny percentage could hope to attain.Many schools at the time used American university text books.American degrees were a bit of a joke then.
This was considered to be elitist and universities took a wider cut of the populaton and watered down the degrees to suit.Half the population is supposed to get a degree-what use is something like that?
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Have degree's been watered down?!? :dunno:
 
mrtrebus

mrtrebus

I've changed my mind!

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BlueBalls

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Ceska said:
That gives me an idea ...

... I'll invite some Brits over for the World Green Poaceae Eating Championship & Beer Fesival.

(Never have to mow me lawn again) ;)
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If you give them free cider and the chance to see The Wurzels I'm sure some chunky guys with beards from the west country would do it.

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fake_ono

fake_ono

why do you drive on the wrong side of the road? (j/k :p )


i have heard a great response before(more blame it on the french) but how does 2 fingers equate to our middle finger?
 
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marquis2

mrtrebus said:
Have degree's been watered down?!? :dunno:
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Very much so but depending on the subject being studied.
Schools in turn have been watering down their standards despite what the government says.The old "O" Level (for 16 year olds) and "A" Level (for 18 year olds) were really tough .Far tougher than present GCSEs and so called "A" Levels.An example was shown to me by a Physics teacher , an old "O" Level exam paper and a recent "A" Level one had exactly the same question, word for word on them.Universities had to water down their courses as students weren't far enough forward to deal with the older courses.
 
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sproing99

fake_ono said:
why do you drive on the wrong side of the road? (j/k :p )
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In fact it's the rest of the world that drives on the wrong side. In times gone by, knights would "drive" on the left to allow their right hand (containing a lance or sword) to be closer to someone coming in the other direction.

The design of the Connestoga wagon had the driver sat on the left (for no apparent reason) which then forced the US to drive on the right. I think France then adopted the same scheme and Napoleon exported it more generally.

Once cars started being used in earnest, the US domination of the industry made sure that the "wrong" side was exported.

Sweden IIRC is the only country which swapped, some time in the '70s


fake_ono said:
i have heard a great response before(more blame it on the french) but how does 2 fingers equate to our middle finger?
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Almost certainly false but allegedly it does relate to archers showing Frenchmen that their fingers are intact (almost certainly false, but Frenchmen allegedly cut off English archers fingers when they were captured)
 
mrtrebus

mrtrebus

fake_ono said:
why do you drive on the wrong side of the road? (j/k :p )


i have heard a great response before(more blame it on the french) but how does 2 fingers equate to our middle finger?
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One idea is that it originated during the battle of Agincourt. The french said they'd cut off the fingers of our beloved longbowmen when they defeated us. We won!! & proudly showed those foreign swine are still intact fingers!!
Whatever the orign it seems to be sadly dying out, replaced by the american middle finger. A sorry state of affairs!

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It works best when accompanied with the blowing of a raspberry!
 
Mrs Jolly

Mrs Jolly

Germaine Greer used to say its one up yer cunt and one up yer bum. Other ideas" it is pulling open a vagina, see the charming phrase "Cunt Hooks."
 
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