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America, you have some questions to answer... :devil:

 

http://www.buzzfeed.com/lanesainty/america-is-really-bloody-weird

 

(NB:  I am not Australian and I am not related to any Australian, well, at least not according to

existing genealogical research!)

 

There are problems with questions 19-21 as we all know that, due to being tainted by Europe, the UK

does use metric measurements alongside Imperial other than on roads.  Also "gallons" in the States aren't

real ones - they're about 25% smaller than proper gallons.

 

I actually don't have a problem with question 10 - sounds good to me especially if a case (24) would be available

on the NHS for the standard prescription charge of £8.05! :beer:

 

 

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Why does our money look the same (to you)? Because we look at numbers not pictures.

Why is a dime smaller? Just to piss of furriners.

Why don't we add the tax to our prices? Because we'd cry @ finding out how screwed we are.

Why don't the Australians tip their waitresses? We have the option to punish bad service.

Selling beer @ a drug store? What's wrong with that?

Metric system over inches? We USED to make shit here, and there's still a lot of tools laying around.

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America, you have some questions to answer... :devil:

 

http://www.buzzfeed.com/lanesainty/america-is-really-bloody-weird

 

(NB:  I am not Australian and I am not related to any Australian, well, at least not according to

existing genealogical research!)

 

There are problems with questions 19-21 as we all know that, due to being tainted by Europe, the UK

does use metric measurements alongside Imperial other than on roads.  Also "gallons" in the States aren't

real ones - they're about 25% smaller than proper gallons.

 

I actually don't have a problem with question 10 - sounds good to me especially if a case (24) would be available

on the NHS for the standard prescription charge of £8.05! :beer:

You are too related to an Australian. Where do you think they came from?

 

Just think.... some way down down the line.. you and I are related. :)

 

To answer the best I can.....

 

1. Why does all your money look exactly the same?

Because it is money.

 

2. Why is your 10-cent coin smaller than your 5-cent coin?

I have asked my self the same question from a very young age. Still don't know. Nickle cost less than a dime's metal.

 

3. And WTF is going on with your 1-cent coins?

We have a problem with change.

 

4. Why don’t you just add your sales tax to the price tag?

Marketing.... price looks lower.

 

5. And why don’t you pay your staff a decent wage so tipping isn’t necessary?

Because my daughter can make $200 in tips in one night. But it sucks ass because she cant always come close to $200 a night.

 

6. Why is your cheese orange?

When you add some red to something yellow.. it turns orange and it is processed.

 

Not everything can be white you know?

 

7. Or in a can, for that matter?

Product of the 80's. Lots of stupid shit was cool back then... and it was a convenience kind of thing. Not a popular item for most people these days.

 

8. And on LITERALLY EVERYTHING?

What the fuck is wrong with this......?!?!?! that is heaven.

 

9. And why are your soft drink sizes so huge?

Hey that is Whataburger her in Texas. Because we get thirsty her in Texas. That has Ice Tea in it.

 

10. Why do your pharmacies sell beer?

Because they are more than just a pharmacy. They sell milk as well.

 

11. Why are you so obsessed with ranch dressing?

Because the choices are usually, Ranch, Blue Cheese, Thousand Island, Italian and French. You tell me why.

 

12. And why is your gravy white?

It is called country gravy here in the south. And it is not all white.. it have black flacks of black pepper in it and is made with bleached flour.

 

13. Why do you call scones “biscuits”?

Why do you call biscuits "scones"? What the fuck is a scones?

 

And why do the British call French Fries Chips. Chips come in a bag... we invented them.

 

14. #RealTalk: What the actual fuck is with your gun laws?

Come try and take them away and find out. You live on an island. You have  an ocean as a boarder. I have a river you can walk swim across.

 

15. And if you call university “school”, then what do you call school?

What kind of school. A university is a college school. You have high school, middle school and elementary school and much more. All for schooling people to learn something.

 

When you come home from the University.. does your mum ask...

 

How is university son? How are your grades?

 

Or is it...

 

How is school son? How are your grades?

 

16. Why do you butcher the English language by adding Z to everything?

Because we can. We also invent words that he UK refuse to say correctly. One is... a router. They keep calling it a rooter.

 

Can someone please reset the rooter please. My Internet is down.

 

17. Why do you think we all drink Foster’s?

Because your piss at lease has some flavor.

 

18. What is with using Fahrenheit?

In my mind 30 degrees is below freezing.  Zero sound way colder.

 

19. And inches?

I don't get it at all. I am all for Metric System... but you know how much it would cost to change?

 

20. And feet? And miles?

yea I agree on that too.... it is called being proprietary

 

 

 

21. And gallons?

Maybe it is because the French invented the Metric System. The Brits have not adopted French Fries yet so we have come a long way here in the United States.

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Just like some way down down the like.. you and I are related. :)

 

Just you leave f**kin' Adam and Eve out of it! :rofl:

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Well, as an Aussie Can I address a couple of these?

 

2. Why is your 10-cent coin smaller than your 5-cent coin?

Well in Australia our $2 coin is smaller than our $1so I the same reason I suppose

 

3. And WTF is going on with your 1-cent coins?

The smallest we have is 5 cents.  Fuck those pennies they drove me crazy when I was in the US.\

 

6. Why is your cheese orange?

7. Or in a can, for that matter?

8. And on LITERALLY EVERYTHING?

 

Because.  Just like bacon.  Because.  I actually bought a can of Kraft Cheddar at the NX in Singapore a few weeks ago.  I like it.

 

10. Why do your pharmacies sell beer?

Best idea EVER after being able to buy beer in supermarkets and convenience stores.  I think the only advantage we Aussies have is the drive-through bottle shop (liquor store).

 

14. #RealTalk: What the actual fuck is with your gun laws?

I’d like to meet halfway.  There are a LOT of hoops to jump through here to own a firearm.  But come on guys, the US is a "little" bit liberal on gun laws...

 

17. Why do you think we all drink Foster’s?

It’s CRAP that’s why we send it overseas to the USA!

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I don't like Foster's, Molsen's, or Budweiser, and I haven't had a Newcastle since I saw one clutched in the hand of a passed out drunk in St. James park. And he'd pissed himself.

How come the Aussies & Canadians call their denomination Dollars? You folks are still part of the Commonwealth, leave us have our $$s and you go back to ££££s.

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I have one to add...........why the fuck is the price of our fuel in tenths of a cent?! $2.399, really? Like the cent isn't bad enough!! How do we pay for part of a cent, anyway?! LOL!!

 

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I have one to add...........why the fuck is the price of our fuel in tenths of a cent?! $2.399, really? Like the cent isn't bad enough!! How do we pay for part of a cent, anyway?! LOL!!

 

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Psychology............. why I will never price something at 9.99. It would be $10 on my list.

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14. #RealTalk: What the actual fuck is with your gun laws?

I’d like to meet halfway.  There are a LOT of hoops to jump through here to own a firearm.  But come on guys, the US is a "little" bit liberal on gun laws...

 

An interesting conundrum. 'liberal' and 'conservative' are fighting words in the US. If it were made easier to buy a gun, no waiting period, and there were no concealment laws would that make gun laws more liberal? Or more conservative?

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Psychology............. why I will never price something at 9.99. It would be $10 on my list.

Also, I believe, for tax purposes with $10 being a threshold of some kind.

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An interesting conundrum. 'liberal' and 'conservative' are fighting words in the US. If it were made easier to buy a gun, no waiting period, and there were no concealment laws would that make gun laws more liberal? Or more conservative?

 

My use of "liberal" in my post was a catch-all term for the easier access available generally in the US compared to Australia.  I think Australia is too strict.  I have numerous examples but here is one from when I was a state Police Officer:  When I was stationed in the metro area I took a marked departmental vehicle home from time.  But I couldn't take my firearm(s) home with me.  I could either leave them at my station or at the nearest station to home.  It made things interesting when deciding to take a call on my way home unarmed or at the start of shift the next day.

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Psychology............. why I will never price something at 9.99. It would be $10 on my list.

 

That's why when you see my donations it is always something like $11.11 or $12.34.  I know that someone with OCD will come along and have to round it up to $.00.  It's like remote "people watching".

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That's why when you see my donations it is always something like $11.11 or $12.34.  I know that someone with OCD will come along and have to round it up to $.00.  It's like remote "people watching".

That cool.... I have screen shots of when I was being stupid and making the donations count have a 420 in some way. lol

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The over use of Gif's make my brain hurt

 

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Certain things we buy in the US do include tax.  In California more than .63 cents per gallon of gasoline is taxes and that amount varies by state, which is why the price per gallon is broken down into tenths.

 

Regarding Foster's Beer, most Americans think that's the only export Australia has.  :lol: 

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I like the questions referring to why we don't use the metric system. As far as I know not one country that uses the metric system has put a man on the moon......SNAP! 

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I like the questions referring to why we don't use the metric system. As far as I know not one country that uses the metric system has put a man on the moon......SNAP! 

 

You mean that big ball in the sky that is 384,400 "kilometers" from the earth?

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Yes. As far as you know.....

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Fosters beer tastes like piss they should be made to take it back, as for Fahrenheit, inches, miles and gallons we still have those and i hope we never change.

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6. Why is your cheese orange?

When you add some red to something yellow.. it turns orange and it is processed.

 

Not everything can be white you know?

 

Applying the same logic, not everything has to be orange or processed.

In the UK, for example, we have several orange cheeses such as Red Leicester

but Cheddar is a yellow colour and Cornish Yarg is green.

 

13. Why do you call scones “biscuits”?

Why do you call biscuits "scones"? What the fuck is a scones?

 

The Aussies correctly observe that your "biscuits" have not been baked twice, as in bis coctus.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/biscuit

 

 

Scones are sweet cakes, served as an English teatime treat with clotted cream and strawberry jam.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/scones_1285

 

 

And why do the British call French Fries Chips. Chips come in a bag... we invented them.

 

Our chips have nothing to do with the French and are larger and superior.

Your "chips" are known as potato crisps in these parts.

 

15. And if you call university “school”, then what do you call school?

What kind of school. A university is a college school. You have high school, middle school and elementary school and much more. All for schooling people to learn something.

 

When you come home from the University.. does your mum ask...

 

How is university son? How are your grades?

 

Or is it...

 

How is school son? How are your grades?

 

I can't answer for the Aussies but, apart from the schools of dentistry and medical schools on some

university campuses, the term is not associated with higher education in the way you may expect in

the UK.

 

The essays I wrote were never "graded" but awarded a mark, expressed as a percentage.

 

 

 

 

16. Why do you butcher the English language by adding Z to everything?

Because we can. We also invent words that he UK refuse to say correctly. One is... a router. They keep calling it a rooter.

 

Can someone please reset the rooter please. My Internet is down.

 

Rout and route mean greatly different things.

 

Here's an example of the former in a sentence:

"On August 16, 1780, British forces under Lieutenant General Charles, Lord Cornwallis routed the American forces of Major General Horatio Gates about 10 km (five miles) north of Camden, South Carolina..."

 

How do you pronounce "en route" then?  You surely don't say "on rout"?

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/en%20route

 

 

21. And gallons?

Maybe it is because the French invented the Metric System. The Brits have not adopted French Fries yet so we have come a long way here in the United States.

 

You can readily find the "fries" of which you write in UK fast food establishments.  If you dine in restaurants, you are more likely to be offered proper chips or

sautéed potatoes.

 

Chips are versatile and can be served in so many ways - tremendous in a sandwich known as a "chip butty", or with lashings of curry sauce or gravy according to

ones taste.

 

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