LOL at some of the replies in this thread :D

We didn't Qualify because the best team in the world won Euro 2008, meanwhile USA Qualified playing teams that over here would be classed as pub teams ( Panama, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras ) Awful standard.. the only teams that the USA can possibly beat..

England play the big boys to Qualify for major international tournaments.. Netherlands, Spain, Germany,

Oh look ^ The Winner, the runner up's and third place winners there. come back when you actually play decent competition and actually win the world cup.. that will be never.

oic, so playing and beating the full strength Spain team is not playing a quality side?? are you listening to yourself right now?

Novo meet reality, Reality meet Novo.

Now you have been introduced. no more excuses.

It's really not though. You are bringing a xenophobic ridiculous argument that The ENGLISH OWN the entire english language. So i'm using an equally xenophobic and ridiculous argument to defend the counterpoint.

English is a hodge podge of a language. It wasn't created from scratch. English is a combination of greek, latin, french, spanish, american, indian, australian words and many many more.

The English language was not an INVENTION. It's a patchwork.

A full strength Spain team would include Iniesta.. so you are wrong there since he didn't play in that game... so i think it's time you should meet Reality.. you clearly aren't good at discussing football.. I could go on and on about all the time England thrashed Germany 5-1 ( Much more impressive victory then the USA's ) but i won't.. oh i could also throw 66 in there as well... oh wait i already did :)

All in all, you speak it and it's still called English.

Not really much else to it.

There is though. There is a lot to it. It's really interesting if you ever bother to learn about it.

This is total BS. first cause yur in LA, which has some of the lowest obesity rates in the developed world.

I can understand the stereotypes about Americans in rural areas in texas, or arkansas, but to compare california to britain, California does not even COMPARE to the UK. The UK is WAAAAY fatter than California.

The USA AS A WHOLE IS FATTER (JUST BARELY) THAN THE UK, but the UK IS fatter than California.

Poor Arista, getting squashed by a load of fat american men in the food store... I hope you sorted them out Arista.. gave them some good healthy british food that they need so much over there :)

"which has some of the lowest obesity rates "


Maybe but in Ralphs it was full of Fat Feckers

If you've ever been to a Ralph's, you'd know how gigantic they are. I assume he is being sarcastic. Ralph's is the size of an aircraft hanger.

I know all about that. Anything you've done to the language has not been beneficial, just your own yank way of spelling things.

I'm not talking about what we(Americans) have done to the language, i'm talkingf about the origins of the language.

The ENGLISH DID NOT INVENT the english language., what, you think it's just coincidence that you use the same 26 letter alphabet, you think it's just coincidence that so many words are the same or similar in spanish and french and greek?

The English didn't INVENT the English language.

The English perverted and evolved other languages the same as Americans, or Australians, or Canadians, or South Africans do.

In LA it seems everyone is either anorexic or obese. No inbetween with them D:


In fact, when I went to florida on holiday, it was the same there...

When did I ever say the English invented it? I just said it's called English and you speak it :tongue:

Well i speak American, not English...

but i get your point...
So what are we arguing about? :conf:

God knows lol

He is never sarcastic only serious.

Americans Panic so much
as there Nation is only a few hundred years old.

What does a nation's age have to do with anxiety?

yes Vicky.

Lack of Roots

I've lived in california for 10 years, and saying epople are "anorexic" i think is unfair. I have very rarely seen people that are recognizably anorexic.

Are there obese people? yes, and usually unfortunately it's usually the people with less money and less education that are very obese. Unfortunately we do see a link between poverty and obesity.

How many "healthy" or "fit" guests have you seen on Jeremy Kyle lately?

lack of roots? lol. America has plenty of roots. Compared to most of the other nations you destroyed with yur little "colonial" experiements around the world, America has very clear roots, an d America has embraced it's roots veryh clearly, America is very proud of it's history, as well as very honest about the ugly sides of our past.

America is the most self-reflective country on the planet. and we don't sugar coat it.

In fact almost all of the criticisms i hear from british people, they get their criticisms from watching american movies, and american tv shows. They get all of their ammunition from American news, and documentaries.

Can you name a country that is more self-critical than the USA?

What does that have to do with anything?

Not everything is about england v usa you know D:

I was merely stating what I personally have seen. And that is that nearly everyone is ultra skinny, or ultra fat. In LA, and florida.

As for JK...they dont half get some beasts on there :laugh:

Sorry, but i do find it offensive that you see people in these black and white terms. it's very judgemental.

Why is it any of your business how many extra pounds someone has on. And the idea that everyone one in LA is unhealthy, for eigther being too big or too small, so who is the goldilocks?? you???

I suppose you are the goldilocks, you've never struggled with anything, never tangled with weight or any other vice then???

Ms. F-ing perfect. where can we buy the DVD then?

Keep telling yourself you don't care, I believe you......NOT:laugh: Or else you wouldn't be spending so much time on a UK forum wasting your time, and ours, trying to defend the indefensible. I don't know how to tell you this, but you're a pretty rubbish ambassador for your country.

The general misinterpretation of basic historical facts displayed by you on this thread in order to put America in a positive light, has only served to reinforce my point that Americans have been brainwashed into believing their own publicity, and are spectacularly ill-educated about the rest of the world, because they simply don't recognise that it's there for any other reason than to serve their own selfish needs. Still, the one good thing about America is that it's a good 3,500 miles away:thumbs:

i disgaree with basically everything you say, except the part about being thankful for the 3000 miles of ocean.

See, we American's always look for the common ground. :) We're very amicable like that.

Oh chill the **** out.

It was just an observation :laugh2:

Give it a burger or two maybe it will Chill out then usually works for most american's

okay,m you guys might have a point. i am on a very restrictive new diet. Stupid new year's.... :(

Sorry if i'm being a P.R.ick, but thanks for keeping me entertained.

I love America. Fascinaitng place. It's filled to the brim with shit and sugar but what you have to remember is that more often than not it's also the cradle of it's own rebellion. Like lostalex says they have a very self critical culture there and whilst it's full of evil on one hand it's also full of millions of intelligent, open minded people revolting against that.

a voice of reason. :)

It's filled to the brim with ****

that was the voice of reason bit

says the pedo with a 14 y/o in his sig....

It's Sarah Michelle Gellar :S

http://i55.tinypic.com/35kjwwp.jpg

You are 7 years of the mark... anything else you won't to get wrong? or are you done with making yourself look like a clown now..

Or Nina lol But it looks like her

so why'd you choose to use the pic that makes her looks like a child? it's creepy.

She looks he age in my Avatar and Sig you clearly aren't very good with ages and with women in that case... getting a 21 year old woman mixed up with a 14 year old girl... i worry for you