On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 09:50:21 +0900, Declan Murphy
<declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Raj Feridun wrote:
>> On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 07:40:29 +1300, JJD <jefdrab@newsguy.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 13:13:04 +0000, T N Nurse
>>><tnnurseNOUCE99@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>American Culture?
>>>>>>Oh you mean the green stuff that grows on a big Mac if you leave it
>>>>>>uncovered for a few days?  that's the closest thing to culture that America
>>>>>>will ever have.
>>>>>
>>>>>Oh that's brilliant. Do tell, what ultra-cultured, sophisticated,
>>>>>genteel country do YOU hail from that you can be making such
>>>>>broad-brush, not to mention puerile remarks?
>>>>
>>>>Australia, by the looks of things.
>>>
>>>I say, steady on when speaking of the colonies.  Remember the wars and
>>>all that.
>>>
>>>JJD
>> 
>> Yes, which brings us full circle back to what I believe to be the true
>> motivation behind the original comments on the "lack" of American
>> culture: jealousy and lingering bitterness.
>
>Strewth. I never knew that my views on tenpin bowling, prohibition, open 
>container laws, monopolistic software companies, budweiser "beer", and 
>christian radio was partially based on my jealousy and lingering 
>bitterness. I live and learn.

Oh was that YOU that made those Big Mac comments, Declan?!! I'm not so
much outraged as shocked!