blimp:
CK, we are not all royalist's here either! Of course the class system is alive and well but are you really any better off in the US? We have a lot less guns thank goodness! We don't yet have a bible belt! A redneck is what you get when you sit in the sun too long! I am sure their are advantages to living in both countries but I like it here in this sceptred isle. I can't wait until the new football season starts! I mean, imagine having to watch baseball !!!?
Yes, baseball bores me, I never liked playing it (quite briefly in my childhood) and watching it puts me to sleep.
I do enjoy American-style pro football, but apparently there isn't going to be an NFL season this year.
I'll be leaving shortly to spend close to a month in the more sane part of the U.S.A.--where the summer weather is usually comfortable rather than stifling--but you're pretty much correct about the crackpots here in the States. However, IMHO they don't really represent most Americans, they're simply much louder and whinier than many of their fellow citizens... --C.K.