[rinkydinkpanther]

Originally Posted by Indy

You'd be hard pressed to scrape up many Americans who consider the UK the "motherland". Perhaps that perception is part of the problem. The majority of Americans, statistically, have no tie to the UK at all. They're more likely to be a mix of German, eastern European, Italian, etc, and those of us who can trace our history here back to before it was an independent country are a minority.

Aside from a fringe of people with a bizarre obsession with the royals, the truth is the UK is pretty much a non-entity outside Dr. Who, Monty Python, and Top Gear. In other words, it's Mostly Harmless.

what do you mean mostly harmless

[Indy]

Originally Posted by rinkydinkpanther

what do you mean mostly harmless

It's a Douglas Adams title...fifth book in the Hitchhiker's trilogy.

[flamingGalah!]

We are not anti American...

There may be some who think a British TV show should have a British winner, but for the most part I think people simply support an individual based on their personality. There are of course those who support someone on Big Brother if they happen to come from their own town/city/region, so they will obviously have more support than a foreign person. But as has been pointed out Nadia won Big Brother & she was from Madeira...

[chuff me dizzy]

Originally Posted by flamingGalah!

We are not anti American...

There may be some who think a British TV show should have a British winner, but for the most part I think people simply support an individual based on their personality. There are of course those who support someone on Big Brother if they happen to come from their own town/city/region, so they will obviously have more support than a foreign person. But as has been pointed out Nadia won Big Brother & she was from Madeira...

Nadia was from Portugal

[flamingGalah!]

Originally Posted by chuff me dizzy

Nadia was from Portugal

No, she was from Madeira. Madeira is part of Portugal however...

[Gaynor186]

Originally Posted by Indy

It's a Douglas Adams title...fifth book in the Hitchhiker's trilogy.

Is it me or is that roundabout getting faster.........love it, I can hear her whiney voice squealing louder and louder.. 'Lydia, help meeeeeee'. Sorry duck, Lydia is gone.....