> This is not a put-down of Americans, Brits, Aussies or Canadians, just a 
> series of observations:
> 
> 
> Aussies:  Dislike being mistaken for Pommies (Brits) when abroad. 
> Canadians:  Are rather indignant about being mistaken for Americans when 
> abroad.
> Americans:  Encourage being mistaken for Canadians when abroad. 
> Brits:  Can't possibly be mistaken for anyone else when abroad.
> 
> Aussies:  Believe you should look out for your mates
> Brits:  Believe that you should look out for those people who belong to 
> your club.
> Americans:  Believe that people should look out for & take care of 
> themselves.
> Canadians:  Believe that that's the government's job.
> 
> Aussies:  Are extremely patriotic to their beer.
> Americans:  Are flag waving, anthem singing, and obsessively patriotic to
  
> 
> the point of blindness.
> Canadians:  Can't agree on the words to their anthem, when they can be 
> bothered to sing it.
> Brits:  Do not sing at all but prefer a large brass band to perform the 
> anthem.
> 
> Americans:  Spend most of their lives glued to the idiot box.
> Canadians:  Don't, but only because they can't get more American channels

> Brits:  Pay a tax just so they can watch four channels
> Aussies:  Export all their crappy programs, which no one there watches to
  
> 
> Brtiain, where everybody loves them.
> 
> Americans:  Love to watch sports on the idiot box
> Brits:  Love to watch sports in stadiums so they can fight with other   
> fans
> Canadian:  Prefer to actually engage in sports rather than watch them
> 
> Americans:  Will jabber on incessantly about football, baseball and 
> basketball
> Brits:  Will jabber on incessantly about critcket, soccer and rugby 
> Canadians:  Will jabber on incessantly about hockey, hockey, hockey and  

> how
> they beat the Americans twice playing baseball
> Aussies:  Will jabber on incessantly about thow they beat the Poms in   
> every
> sport they play them in.
> 
> American:  Spell words differently but still call it "English"
> Brits:  Pronounce their words differently but still call it "English" 
> Canadians:  Spell like the Brits, pronounce like Americans
> Aussies:  Add "G'day mate" and a heavy accent to everything they say in  

> an
> attempt to get laid.
> 
> Brits:  Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an 
> island.
> Aussies:  Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an 
> island
> Americans:  Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas and liquor 
 
> in
> a backwards country
> Canadians:  Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas and liquor 
 
> in
> a backwards country
> 
> Americans:  Drink weak, pissy tasting beer 
> Canadians:  Drink strong, pissy tasting beer 
> Brits:  Drink warm, beery tasting piss 
> Aussies:  Drink anything with alcohol in it
> 
> Americans:  Seem to think that poverty and failure are morally suspect 
> Canadians:  Seem to believe that wealth and success are morally suspect. 
> Brits:  Seem to believe that wealth, poverty, success and failure are 
> inherited things
> Aussies:  Seem to think that none of this matters after several beers
> 
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