[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Smithy

if stu wants to walk around in thick wooden shoes who are you to tell him he's dutch

I shall call him Dutch Stu from now on

[Stu]

Originally Posted by Smithy

if stu wants to walk around in thick wooden shoes who are you to tell him he's dutch

Who the hell are you to suggest I'm not Dutch? I was told growing up I could be anything I wanted and I want to be Dutch.

Isin't that the message your hoebag hero promotes?

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Stu

Who the hell are you to suggest I'm not Dutch? I was told growing up I could be anything I wanted and I want to be Dutch.

Isin't that the message your hoebag hero promotes?

[letmein]

Originally Posted by Patrick

erm, yes they do claim to be Irish.

If you people are seriously trying to tell me that you've never heard more than 3 Americans say something like 'Yeah but see I'm half Irish yeah, it's so cool 'cus my grandad's cousin was from Eye-or-land and that's why I'm like so Irish.' then you're all bullsh*tting me.

That is simply the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. You've never been to America obviously. Claiming to be Irish??? Do you know how many ethnicities are in America? You might as well say that Americans all claim to be aliens. Irish is nothing in America. This is simply the funniest thing I've ever read on here!

[letmein]

Originally Posted by Eoin

Oh god. It's not because of that it's because of the mass exodus of Irish people who went there and got jobs while the famine happened.

Do you know how many people fled to America because of the stability of their homelands? Italians came in by the shiploads.

Americans are not talking about Ireland. Man, we should get Jon Stewart to read what's been said on here. The entire country would weep with laughter! Talk about being 'out there'!

[letmein]

Originally Posted by Zippy

Americans only came top because they dominate the media. Films, music and TV...this is where we get our notions about what is cool. But when you come across yanks in London they actually seem extremely uncool; typically loud and obnoxious white middle class knobs. Im guessing the cool ones don't travel.

Really? Even the chick as your avatar, one of the most famous Americans of all time?

[InOne]

Originally Posted by letmein

That is simply the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. You've never been to America obviously. Claiming to be Irish??? Do you know how many ethnicities are in America? You might as well say that Americans all claim to be aliens. Irish is nothing in America. This is simply the funniest thing I've ever read on here!

There is a massive Irish American culture in America. It's hardly nothing

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Smithy

Germans aren't cool, they're all really fat and eat sausages, Russians are way cooler, Vodka and spies all the way


yay for stereotypes

[Iceman]

Originally Posted by letmein

Do you know how many people fled to America because of the stability of their homelands? Italians came in by the shiploads.

Americans are not talking about Ireland. Man, we should get Jon Stewart to read what's been said on here. The entire country would weep with laughter! Talk about being 'out there'!

Do you know over 10% of the American population put Irish Roots down on a census form. I havent said Americans were talking about Ireland.....dont know where you got that from

[Livia]

A poll of people who have not travelled much and realised that there are cool people and morons wherever you go in the world.

[Iceman]

Originally Posted by Livia

A poll of people who have not travelled much and realised that there are cool people and morons wherever you go in the world.

Exactly.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by letmein

That is simply the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. You've never been to America obviously. Claiming to be Irish??? Do you know how many ethnicities are in America? You might as well say that Americans all claim to be aliens. Irish is nothing in America. This is simply the funniest thing I've ever read on here!

I've spent a lot of time in the US. I've spent St Patrick's Day in New York, Colorado and Illinois. Didn't look like Irish was nothing in America...

[Zippy]

Originally Posted by letmein

Really? Even the chick as your avatar, one of the most famous Americans of all time?

Well with a population of 300mill there has to be a few cool ones in there. Guess I found one.

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Karl

The fact that Canadians are in the least coolest poll shows how flawed that list is

...I don't think they meant "cool" as in temperature, but if they were, you're right, Canadians should be at the top.

I think the "coolness" they were referring to was about the culture of each country, or the stereotypes of each countries culture. The stereotype of the average French person, is cooler than the stereotype of the average German. It's really just about stereotypes.
Also i'm sure the survey was carried out in English, so obviously English speakers are mostly exposed to a lot of American media, because it is the largest English speaking country.

[lostalex]

I'm surprised Japan wasn't in the top 10 of cool countries. I think most people see Japan as pretty cool.

[nicole_burks]

I couldn't agree more

[Marc]

Where are the Albanian's!? Those guys are nuts!

[Livia]

If you really want to see how cool they are in the States, Perhaps one of us go on to an American forum, and post a thread about how the UK is the No.1 coolest nation, and the USA is number 6. See whether they would treat it with the same humour and grace that people have on this thread.

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Livia

If you really want to see how cool they are in the States, Perhaps one of us go on to an American forum, and post a thread about how the UK is the No.1 coolest nation, and the USA is number 6. See whether they would treat it with the same humour and grace that people have on this thread.

To be honest, i doubt it would get enuf attention on American BB thread. They prolly just ignore it an keep talking about BB. American's arn't obsesed with these type of multinational polls as everyone else is.

Most American's would just say "why are we cool???" lol

We American's don't see ourselves as cool at all. So most American's would be surprised to see a poll like this.

(and as far as everyone on the thread having humour and grace, umm, are you reading the same thread as me??? lol)

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Livia

I've spent a lot of time in the US. I've spent St Patrick's Day in New York, Colorado and Illinois. Didn't look like Irish was nothing in America...

Well i've lived in America my whole life, and i can count the number of people that claim to be Irish on 2 hands)
There are not that many Irish p[eople in America. You are talking about St. Patrickszday lol. everyone is Irish on st.patricks day, just like we are all Mexican on Cinco de Mayo.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by lostalex

Well i've lived in America my whole life, and i can count the number of people that claim to be Irish on 2 hands)
There are not that many Irish p[eople in America. You are talking about St. Patrickszday lol. everyone is Irish on st.patricks day, just like we are all Mexican on Cinco de Mayo.

If you don't consider more than 10% of 300,000,000 people to be 'a lot' then I'm sure you're right.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by lostalex

To be honest, i doubt it would get enuf attention on American BB thread. They prolly just ignore it an keep talking about BB. American's arn't obsesed with these type of multinational polls as everyone else is.

Most American's would just say "why are we cool???" lol

We American's don't see ourselves as cool at all. So most American's would be surprised to see a poll like this.

(and as far as everyone on the thread having humour and grace, umm, are you reading the same thread as me??? lol)

You're speaking for all Americans again.

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Livia

You're speaking for all Americans again.

umm, well considering I'm American, an yu arn't, i think i have a right to. lol. Someone here needs to put you in your place, cuz i'm certainly not going to let YOU sit here on this forum an speak for Americans. So yes, i'm sitting here speakijng for Americans AS an AMERICAN.

unlike you, wtf are you again? trying to speak for Americans because yu had a holiday in America?? lol

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by lostalex

Well i've lived in America my whole life, and i can count the number of people that claim to be Irish on 2 hands)
There are not that many Irish p[eople in America. You are talking about St. Patrickszday lol. everyone is Irish on st.patricks day, just like we are all Mexican on Cinco de Mayo.

When I was in the states loads of people claimed to be Irish to me then again I was in Boston!

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

When I was in the states loads of people claimed to be Irish to me then again I was in Boston!

American's are very friendly. Now i wonder how many of those people claiming to be Irish would you want to speak on behalf of the Irish? Would you say they were Irish?

How many of them could speak the Irish language that you met? just out of curiosity?

They were about as Irish as the Jersey Shore kids are Italian. lol right?