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m_calliope

Things I learned in the US this week

Aug 16, 2007 10:08

- DO NOT DRINK THE ICED TEA!! This is the first time I remembered before it was too late that the iced tea in your country is usually NOT the same kind I'm used to, and I've had unpleasant surprises before. Bitter, unsweetened tea in California and tea-flavoured syrup water in Georgia, but this time I was not fooled. I grabbed a Coke instead ( Read more... )

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hornetmadsquid August 16 2007, 17:37:14 UTC

Usually the National Anthem is treated as a solemn moment before the game. We don't sing along in General. However traditions vary in the baseball world. For example at Camden Yards they Shout "O!" when they get to "Oh say can you see." As in Orioles.

m_calliope August 18 2007, 05:33:38 UTC

Yeah, I remember some WHL team from somewhere in Oregon, maybe, playing Kamloops back when I was little and their team name was the Rockets, and so they shouted ROCKETS really loud in the part of the song about, well, rockets. That actually struck me as pretty disrespectful - an anthem is about a country, not a sports team. I don't understand why you wouldn't sing along with it, but that makes more sense than screaming out right in the middle of it.

What I'm saying is, you guys are WEIRD :P

vektortgecko August 16 2007, 18:41:55 UTC

That's crazy talk.
I've had southern Iced Tea (aka "sweet tea") before, and while it may be diabetes in a glass, it is GLORIOUS.

m_calliope August 18 2007, 05:34:19 UTC

If I wanted my tea THAT sweet, I'd just go chug some syrup.

elsolylaluna August 16 2007, 19:14:37 UTC

Oh please. I have no idea what you people call "tea" in Canada, but America has amazing tea in SO MANY VARIETIES. Even though all my local restaurants seem to stop at "unsweetened" and "raspberry".

I'd kill for real sweetea (yeah, it's all one word. What? >.>) though. One of the things I miss most about TX.

elsolylaluna August 16 2007, 19:15:22 UTC

Also you should totally visit Pennsylvania. I'll blow your mind by showing you Pennsyltucky (Pennsylvania as dreamed by rednecks. We even have Confederate flag bumper stickers) vs Philadelphia.

m_calliope August 18 2007, 05:26:09 UTC

Hahaha, confederate flags are another thing that crack me up. I saw a ton of them in Georgia. I felt like such a jerk, laughing at it, but it's so....theatrical, to me. The US is such a vastly different country from coast to coast, which is awesome.

brianarn August 16 2007, 19:49:40 UTC

Vanity plate density varies from state to state. It's fairly expensive in my home state of New Mexico, so there's really not many at all. However, in Virginia, it was like an extra $5, so there were a ton of vanity plates all over.

misscheetah August 18 2007, 21:23:06 UTC

Yeah, I was just thinking that VA has a ridiculous amount of them. Most I have ever seen anywhere in the US.

m_calliope August 19 2007, 22:28:29 UTC

My favourite one that I saw was SATAN. People are so funny.

accer August 18 2007, 02:35:41 UTC

I don't like sugar in my tea, unless it is hot black tea.

But all places have sugar available to add... isn't there sugar in pretty much all of the canned stuff?

m_calliope August 18 2007, 05:29:27 UTC

There's sugar in everything here, yeah. I had a bottled iced tea from an American Starbucks once and there was definitely no sugar in that. I figure it's one of those things where the company just caters to the people (like, for example, how Coca Cola differs from country to country), but still, when I'm not expecting it, it really throws me off.

By the way, I was thinking of you the other day - I haven't seen you around anywhere in ages. How are things going?