Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Ladies and Gentlemen...
Stephen Fry:
There is one phrase I probably heard more than any other on my travels: Only in America!
If you were to hear a Briton say ‘Tch! only in Britain, eh?’ it would probably refer to something that was either predictable, miserable, oppressive, dull, bureaucratic, queuey, damp, spoil-sporty or incompetent - or a mixture of all of those. ‘Only in America!’ on the other hand, always refers to something shocking, amazing, eccentric, wild, weird or unpredictable. Americans are constantly being surprised by their own country.
2 Comments:
By 
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Wed Nov 05, 09:22:00 AM:
Prediction? Where's the pool to predict the next Muslim terrorist attack on the US? I pick by tax day, 4/15/09. And, the next one on or by 7/4/09.
By , at
Wed Nov 05, 10:55:00 AM:
Only in America?
I seem to recall that someone named Churchill, who had a legitimate claim to having held his nation together during a prolonged World War, was unceremoniously booted from office once his contributions to the polity were no longer deemed necessary or appropriate.
