My favorite part of the most recent episode of Q.I. was definitely when Rob Brydon claimed that on occasions when Brits might say, "Bloody hell!", Americans say, "Jack shit
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There's a great episode of "Fawlty Towers" in which an American comes and demands they serve him a Waldorf Salad, of which no British person has ever heard. (I admit the recipe sounds revolting to me.)
He has the most wonderful fake American accent, which is equal parts New York and Texas. It's hilarious.
Ha ha, that's terrific and so true. There's a bunch of Jeeves & Wooster episodes that take place in the U.S. or have "American" characters, and the accents are just as you describe, though I never would have thought to put it that way!
Waldorf salad... yeah, not so much. I'd demand a Jell-O mold with mini marshmallows and pretzel sticks. Or maybe one of those beef broth and celery stick cocktails you see from the 1950s Better Homes & Garden archives (to refresh your man after his hard day of work). SO much better!
Obviously Joy of Cooking is perpetuating the myth. They should at least update the boot illustration to something more chic, for squirrel hunters of the 21st century.
My parents should totally start eating squirrel, shouldn't they? Once they learn to shoot, that is.
I was soooooo embarrassed when we were in England and had to carry around this American Tourister shoulder bag. There are probably more obvious ways to look like an American tourist than carrying an American Tourister shoulder bag, but it was pretty bad. I tried to rip off the decal, but it was apparently attached with, like, space glue.
I'll keep that Mishawaka line in mind. That could come in handy.
I remember seeing a T-shirt in a store some time growing up that said "I Know Jack Shit". Because profanity was commonplace enough in my household, I could ask what this meant without feeling particularly embarrassed. But that expression "X doesn't know jack shit" was not in the vernacular for us.
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He has the most wonderful fake American accent, which is equal parts New York and Texas. It's hilarious.
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Waldorf salad... yeah, not so much. I'd demand a Jell-O mold with mini marshmallows and pretzel sticks. Or maybe one of those beef broth and celery stick cocktails you see from the 1950s Better Homes & Garden archives (to refresh your man after his hard day of work). SO much better!
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Probably not. He probably saw someone skin a squirrel using a jaunty boot and had all his biases confirmed.
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My parents should totally start eating squirrel, shouldn't they? Once they learn to shoot, that is.
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I'll keep that Mishawaka line in mind. That could come in handy.
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Okay, not that funny.
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http://jackshit.livejournal.com/
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