On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 09:52:40 +0900, Raj Feridun
<rferid@NOSPAMyahoo.co.jp> wrote:

>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! 

Oh and bowling is alot of fun, you should try it. Prohibition ended on
December 5, 1933 when Utah ratified the 21st Amendment to nullify the
18th. Budweiser, as bad as it is is LEAGUES better then Foster's Lager
, for example. Open container laws vary by state and as for Christian
radio just turn it off. What, you don't have religious kooks in
Australia?? They're colorful and I just love my American right to
ignore them.