> ccs@cbncp285> cat ~ccs/.sig.out > Cindy Sergent [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 614-860-2700 http://www.netwalk.com/~ccs/ > 614-868-7897 (FAX) > > > > > > > <>Cultural differences explained: > > <> > > <>Ausssies: Believe you should look out for your mates. > > <>Brits: Believe that you should look out for those people who belong > > <> to your club. > > <>Americans: Believe that people should look out for and take care of > > <> themselves. > > <>Canadians: Believe that that's the government's job. > > <> > > <> > > <>Aussies: Dislike being mistaken for Pommies (Brits) when abroad. > > <>Canadians: Are rather indignant about being mistaken for Americans when > > <> abroad. > > <>Americans: Encourage being mistaken for Canadians when abroad. > > <>Brits: Can't possibly be mistaken for anyone else when abroad. > > <> > > <> > > <>Americans: Spend most of their lives glued to the idiot box. > > <>Canadians: Don't, but only because they can't get more American channels. > > <>Brits: Pay a tax just so they can watch 4 channels. > > <>Aussies: Export all their crappy programs, which no one there watches, > > <> to Britain, where everybody loves them. > > <> > > <> > > <>Americans: Love to watch sports on the idiot box. > > <>Brits: Love to watch sports in stadiums so they can fight with other > > <> fans. > > <>Canadians: Prefer to actually engage in sports rather than watch them. > > <> > > <> > > <>Americans: Will jabber on incessantly about football, baseball and > > <> basketball. > > <>Brits: Will jabber on incessantly about cricket, soccer and rugby. > > <>Canadians: Will jabber on incessantly about hockey, hockey, hockey, and > > <> how they beat the Americans twice, playing baseball. > > <>Aussies: Will jabber on incessantly about how they beat the Poms in > > <> every sport they played them in. > > <> > > <> > > <>Americans: Spell words differently, but still call it "English." > > <>Brits: Pronounce their words differently, but still call it > > "English." > > <>Canadians: Spell like the Brits, pronounce like Americans. > > <>Aussies: Add "G'day", "mate," and a heavy accent to everything they say > > <> > > <> > > <>Brits: Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an > > <> island. > > <>Aussies: Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an > > <> island. > > <>Americans: Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas and liquor > > <> in a backwards country. > > <>Canadians: Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas and liquor > > <> in a backwards country. > > <> > > <> > > <>Aussies: Are extremely patriotic to their beer. > > <>Americans: Are flag-waving, anthem-singing, and obsessively patriotic to > > <> the point of blindness. > > <>Canadians: Can't agree on the words to their anthem, when they can be > > <> bothered to sing them. > > <>Brits: Do not sing at all but prefer a large brass band to perform > > <> the anthem. > > <> > > <> > > <>Americans: Drink weak, pissy-tasting beer. > > <>Canadians: Drink strong, pissy-tasting beer. > > <>Brits: Drink warm, beery-tasting piss. > > <>Aussies: Drink anything with alcohol in it. > > <> > > <> > > <>Brits: Are justifiably proud of the accomplishments of their past > > <> citizens. > > <>Americans: Are justifiably proud of the accomplishments of their present > > <> citizens. > > <>Canadians: Prattle on about how some of those great Americans were once > > <> Canadian. > > <>Aussies: Wollow on about how some of their past citizens were once > > <> outlaw Pommies, but none of that matters after several beers. > > <> > > <> > > <>Americans: Seem to think that poverty and failure are morally suspect. > > <>Canadians: Seem to believe that wealth and success are morally suspect. > > <>Brits: Seem to believe that wealth, poverty, success and failure > > <> are inherited things. > > <>Aussies: Seem to think that none of this matters after several beers. > > <> > > <> > > <>Canadians: Encourage immigrants to keep their old ways and avoid > > <> assimilation. > > <>Americans: Encourage immigrants to assimilate quickly and dump their old > > <> ways. > > <>Brits: Encourages immigrants to go to Canada or America. > > <> > > <> > > <>Canadians: Endure bitterly cold winters and are proud of it. > > <>Brits: Endure oppressively wet and dreary winters and are proud of > > it. > > <>Americans: Don't have to do either, and couldn't care less. > > <>Aussies: Don't understand what inclement weather means. > > <> > > <> > > <>Aussies: Have produced comedians like Paul Hogan and Yahoo Serious. > > <>Canadians: Have produced many great commedians, like John Candy, Martin > > <> Short, Jim Carrey, Dan Akroyd, and all the rest at SCTV. > > <>Americans: Think that these people are American! > > <>Brits: Have produced many great comedians, but Americans ignore them > > <> because they don't understand subtle humor. > > <> > > <>-- ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The Web Consultants Association : Register on our web site Now Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants If you lose the instructions All subscription/unsubscribing can be done directly from our website for all our lists. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
