Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!Q.T.Honey!enews.sgi.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!news.niu.edu!not-for-mail From: "Jim Stewart" Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,soc.culture.scottish,soc.culture.welsh,soc.culture.japan,fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Why do British hate american culture? Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 23:48:20 -0600 Organization: Northern Illinois University Lines: 56 Message-ID: References: <31ervvk6gh1cfkb9nftjr6qhu0t8cmm855@4ax.com> <_dkLb.35432$i55.7548@fed1read06> <16mrvvg0g9cihba78t517g6bpd6ih217hp@4ax.com> <88rrvvoq5frutcfnimukiquas301rgv9gb@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ts9-35.cso.niu.edu X-Trace: usenet.cso.niu.edu 1073627296 15705 131.156.146.36 (9 Jan 2004 05:48:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@niu.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 05:48:16 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:10231 "JJD" wrote in message news:vc8svvco3rfi9r5n019041i810dcu4hlio@4ax.com... > On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 21:11:51 -0600, "Jim Stewart" > wrote: > >> > >> >> >>>>>And they say the British Class structure is dead. > >> >> >>>> > >> >> >>>>Who says that? > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>>Foreigners, I would imagine. And poor people. > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>>>A popular, but unsubstantiated myth - have no truck > >> >> >>>>with it. That's my advice. > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>>Trucks are too frightfully proletarian for this thread, Jeff. > >Landaus, > >> >> >>>broughams and coupes de ville, those are the sorts of transport for > >a > >> >> >>>pukka British chap. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> One has Jaguars. > >> >> > > >> >> >Jaguars are too frightfully proletarian also, having been taken over > >by > >> >> >the dreadful Ford chappie. Best stick to Rolls Royce or Bentley - > >oops, > >> >> >they're now German aren't they? How about Aston Martin and Lotus? > >> >> > >> >> Had the Asters out to 130mph last week, but that was just on one's > >> >> driveway, so it's not a true indication. > >> >> > >> >So it was you I passed in my 72 Crown Vic. I thought it was the Geiko > >> >Lizard. > >> > > >> Was I wearing a cravat and sporting a pipe? > >> > >I thought there was a law against driving one without the requsite attire. > >Was it a tartin cravat or a yellow one? > > > Neither, obviously! One is not given to wearing ostentatious cravats. > Powder blue, or beige show the nature of a proper chap. > > JJD Oh, then it must have been the Geiko. They have a hard time being green.... Jim