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thekiwiwhoflew ([info]thekiwiwhoflew) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2007-01-23 04:52:00


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Oh, Britania.
Okay, does this really bear explaining?

So some English punk posts about how inferior Americans are and doesn't even have the drive to be funny about it.

But ofcourse, someone finds it funny and feels that it has to be shared with the world, forgetting that Americans are part of said world.

And it is on! People are, ofcourse, unimpressed by failed sense of humor and not even thinly veiled condescension.

Americans blatantly prove him wrong by going on about Mets, Yankees and the scientific definition of a Californian rather than giving him the attention he craves.

Apiphile quirks on the real reason behind teh hatredz.

But let this be a lesson to this new crowd of so called 'anglophiles' who think the U.K. is a bunch of lovely victorian like people sitting around eating krumpets and drinking tea.

(outside of MQ, a reply to his journal- if this is not allowed, please let me know and I will remove it immediately)Speaking of Anglophiles, cue obligatory "ooh mr brittish man, its true, its true! Were all just like that! Oh please excuse us, mr brittish man, were the enlightened americans who see the error of our people's ways! please take pity on us and take us to your land of tea and krumpets and that weird sport with that black and white ball and spice girls!!111'


For all he talks about Americans, he's pretty big on the stereotyping- Not only on the American stereotypes, but English too with this 'yankee' buisness. In growing up in London, I've heard many ways to refer to Americans; 'Americans', 'People from America', 'those people' and 'Yeah, Good Ol' We'll Wait Until The Last Minute To Join The War When London Has Already Been Leveled And Blitzed Half Way To Hell'.. Maybe it's used in places like Manchester which are decidedly bitter because they spent most of the nineties getting their asses handed to them by Liverpool-*shotshotshot* but I never heard the term Yankee being used for an American by an English person in modern times outside of television or American-written books.

And on the "Disproportionate Levels of Enthusiasm" Uh.. Is he for real? I mean, really? Come on, now. Has this man ever been near a pub? Think Englishman Drinking Prowess + Subconscious awareness that nearby police aren't really armed.

Wanky but small. Just like the English. OH. I JUST WENT THERE. IF YOU'RE OFFENDED YOU JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND MY SENSE OF SARCASM AND YOU'RE A YANK. HAH HAH.


Oh, English wank. Perfect timing after a lot of Dr. Who and Eddie Izzard icons.

EDIT:After repeatedly eating my foot in the comments below, I'd like to go on to make a big apology that I let my own wankiness get in the way of the funnez and that this post came off as bad as it did. I was hasty and to say this was unbiased would be an obvious lie- No, I am not American, but living here I was quick to get my underwear in a knot. In my own self righteous indignity, I forgot that the intrenets iz not serious buisness. Please accept my apologies and crumpets with a K. I'd also offer you my left foot, but I already promised it away to someone else.)


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[info]wankprophet
2007-01-23 11:33 am UTC (link)
I detect a slight slant in this wank report, but it's one of those weird optical illusions slants that changes direction and, indeed, color and sexual imagery, depending on what angle you look at it.

If you're a Brit, let me tell you this: come to our rescue all you want, we're still gonna rub in the whole "saved you from the Krauts...twice" thing.

If you're an American...it kinda shows.

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[info]prettyveela
2007-01-23 11:35 am UTC (link)
If you're an American...it kinda shows.

Ya think? XD

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[info]wankprophet
2007-01-23 11:41 am UTC (link)
Well, judging from the fact that I've yet to call any of my girlfriends "Mommy" and mean it, I'm no Brit, but I'm still clever enough to pick up on subtle biases in wank reports.

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hee
[info]prettyveela
2007-01-23 11:47 am UTC (link)
I think the lovely line of "So some english punk" made my radar go "ding ding ding ding" just a bit.

I'm also ashamed because I thought about Spike from Buffy. :\

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Re: hee
[info]ruuger
2007-01-23 12:09 pm UTC (link)
I'm also ashamed because I thought about Spike from Buffy. :\

Me too. I read the first few words and went "Hmmm... that's odd, no-one on my f-list has mentioned any Spike-related wank recently..."

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Re: hee - [info]prettyveela, 2007-01-23 12:18 pm UTC
Re: hee - [info]shaysdays, 2007-01-23 10:01 pm UTC
Re: hee - [info]some_dude, 2007-01-24 01:29 am UTC
Re: hee - [info]littlebitca, 2007-01-24 03:35 am UTC
Re: hee
[info]dragonfangirl
2007-01-23 01:08 pm UTC (link)
I thought of Anthony Steward Head.

...

I'll be in my bunk.

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Re: hee - [info]napalmnacey, 2007-01-23 01:17 pm UTC
Re: hee - [info]dragonfangirl, 2007-01-23 02:42 pm UTC
Re: hee - [info]napalmnacey, 2007-01-23 04:49 pm UTC
Re: hee - [info]scorpio20, 2007-01-23 05:54 pm UTC
GIP! - [info]splorch, 2007-01-24 01:02 am UTC
Re: hee
[info]hristaesir
2007-01-23 10:32 pm UTC (link)
I read that and hoped it was going to be the British punk scene vs. the American punk scene in a no-holds-barred lube-free wank battle to the finish. I am very disappointed.

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Re: hee - [info]damien, 2007-01-24 03:47 am UTC
Re: hee - [info]suzycat, 2007-01-28 10:05 am UTC
Re: hee - [info]thekiwiwhoflew, 2007-01-23 10:35 pm UTC
Re: hee - [info]warchio, 2007-01-24 10:55 am UTC

(Anonymous)
2007-01-23 03:28 pm UTC (link)
It's the "forgetting that Americans are part of said world" that quirked my eyebrow-- and I am an American.

C'mon folks, we're the equivalent of that big guy at the party who's loud and boisterous and usually pretty funny but also capable of being one mean son-of-a-bitch after enough drinks.

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[info]phosfate
2007-01-23 03:30 pm UTC (link)
"NOW WILL YOU GIVE ME SOME FIGHTING ROOM?"

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[info]slavekitty
2007-01-24 03:34 am UTC (link)
OMG The Great Race?! I love that movie!

"I'd like to see the great Leslie try that!"

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(no subject) - [info]phosfate, 2007-01-25 03:19 pm UTC

[info]thesilentsenshi
2007-01-23 04:43 pm UTC (link)
That analogy is so true. xD

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[info]napalmnacey
2007-01-23 04:50 pm UTC (link)
Does that make the Aussies the really drunken louts who have bizarrely mixed heritage whose pants are on fire from a botched attempt to light a fart (whilst singing ABBA)?

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(Anonymous)
2007-01-25 12:21 pm UTC (link)
I do believe it does. But you have no idea how fun it is to beat the Poms at the Ashes. And the Tri-Nations too, if we can help it.

But seeing as half of the Northern Hemisphere forgets about us 90% of the time, we're always just sitting here laughing at you all, and people never seem to realise it.

But we do commend England on it's comedy. We love English comedy. Congrats.

(behindtheidea@LJ)

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(no subject) - [info]napalmnacey, 2007-01-25 12:48 pm UTC

[info]puipui
2007-01-23 08:14 pm UTC (link)
Hee! Best analogy ever OMG.

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[info]lyppy
2007-01-24 01:12 am UTC (link)
I think I know that guy.

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[info]thekiwiwhoflew
2007-01-23 08:19 pm UTC (link)
If you're an American...it kinda shows.

South American, but I do live in the U.S. now and I do still have a bit of a "*grumble* well _that's_ typical..." thing going on as far as the attitude of people like the original OP goes, so yeah- I guess there really is a slant (more like a lean), so I'm sorry about that.

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[info]black_spot
2007-01-23 08:23 pm UTC (link)
If you're a Brit, let me tell you this: come to our rescue all you want, we're still gonna rub in the whole "saved you from the Krauts...twice" thing.

But you were sooooo fashionably late. I know a couple of million people is neither her nor there, but could you be on time next time?

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[info]aposiopetic
2007-01-23 11:44 pm UTC (link)
We were busy having breakfast. Besides, we love the smell of Europe in the morning :D

[/Izzard]

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[info]black_spot
2007-01-24 07:16 am UTC (link)
Breakfast is very important.

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[info]vigilanterodent
2007-01-24 12:38 am UTC (link)
Hey, it's not our fault you put your country so close to Germany!

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[info]thekiwiwhoflew
2007-01-23 09:05 pm UTC (link)
Alright. I've posted my apologies and offers of peace crumpets with a K, now what do I do? Someone said to post it to i_wank and someone else talked about deleting the unfunny post.

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[info]cellardoor28
2007-01-23 09:31 pm UTC (link)
Deleting this post is really not the best thing to do :p

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[info]thekiwiwhoflew
2007-01-23 09:33 pm UTC (link)
Well I think it's up there with replying to everyone about how they JUS DONT UNDRSTAND and then going on a huge tirade about HOW MEEN EVERY1 IS AND IM LEEVING.

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(no subject) - [info]cellardoor28, 2007-01-23 09:42 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]thekiwiwhoflew, 2007-01-23 09:48 pm UTC

[info]wankprophet
2007-01-23 09:49 pm UTC (link)
No, no,don't delete. Take your lumps and move on. Just your turn on the wheel. It'll spin around again somebody else will be crucified for a while. It's Great Spinning Jesus of Wank.

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[info]thekiwiwhoflew
2007-01-23 09:51 pm UTC (link)
Is it like Raving Rabbids and you get to shoot plungers at Jesus?

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