12. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good
guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play
English characters. Watching Andie MacDowell attempt English dialogue in
“Four Weddings and a Funeral” was an experience akin to having one’s ears
removed with a cheese grater.
Well, thats good news for Gweneth Paltrow.
What???…she’s an American??? Oh, nevermind.
@221B:
@cystic:
Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an
event called the “World Series” for a game which is not played outside of
America.This must come as a shock to the Toronto Blue Jays. All along they thought they were playing in Canada :wink:
I really miss the inequality sign .
:)
USA NOT= America
To the citizens of the United States of America:
John Cleese seems to think so…
:roll:
Janus, i can’t follow your reasoning takes you to this conclusion.
CC seems to think so though, or he used “America” in the title so that USamericans would feel addressed and take notice of this message from “somewhere that is the thing outside the borders …. must be Mexico” ;) :) ;)
Falk- the letter is “to America”
and Cleese directs it to the citizens of the united states of america. so he, like most people, is conflating the two. you are technically right that americans refers to all americans, not just the US. but common usage refers to US citizens as Americans, and not just by Americans.
Janus, read CC’s point (1).
The subject of an email does not mean that John Cleese equates the USA with America, especially when his first line of the text is using the full name.
And just because commonly USamericans are called ignorant and arrogant doesn’t mean they are that. Same goes for “american” ;)
Falk, reread the initial reason i posted about this. you were responding to 221B about baseball, and the toronto bluejays. i was referring to the fact that John Cleese is speaking to Americans (from the US), not canadians, so 221B’s point was valid, and yours was not.
Falk, reread the initial reason i posted about this. you were responding to 221B about baseball, and the toronto bluejays. i was referring to the fact that John Cleese is speaking to Americans (from the US), not canadians, so 221B’s point was valid, and yours was not.
Ok, here is your post, and i underlined the important bit:
@Janus1:
To the citizens of the United States of America:
John Cleese seems to think so…
:roll:
Your initial reason that Cleese refered to Americans is just not correct. Cleese addresses you as the USA. Whenever he speaks of America, his use is valid for the whole continent (as he then talks about beer, cars or baseball). What stands in the subject is a sign that this letter has been passed by a third person.
So, i still stand by my point. 221B equated American and USA, which is not correct as we agree. Cleese did not equate the two.
LOL, thats hilarious! :lol: :lol: :lol: And BTW, I am inlcuding this smilie because it is new. :mrgreen:
Its always funny when other countries think they can tell us what to do. Whos gonna stop us? LOL its good to be a super power. :lol: :lol: :lol:
@marine36:
LOL, thats hilarious! :lol: :lol: :lol: And BTW, I am inlcuding this smilie because it is new. :mrgreen:
Its always funny when other countries think they can tell us what to do. Whos gonna stop us? LOL its good to be a super power. :lol: :lol: :lol:
LOL it’s always funny to see people “not getting it” LOL
:roll:
first of all, hi everybody! sorry i havent been around, i moved from korea to fort lee va. well all i can say is…john cleese is still funny. man, thats good comedy. oh yeah, it is good to be a superpower. the only superpower.
Yea that faulty towers episode called “the Germans” is a riot. Not a french riot, but a funny episode nonetheless. The best episode is “building inspector” however. This is what happens to washed up actors who dont want to work anymore… they get political so people dont forget them-
@Imperious:
This is what happens to washed up actors who dont want to work anymore… they get political so people dont forget them-
riiiiighhhhtttt
Comedians are never political - they only become this when they stop acting?
this makes no sense. How is Cleese any different from any other comedian? I mean:
I guess the fact that he’s starred in his own sitcom and his movies are infinitely better remembered than most other comedians kind of set him apart.
:-o OOOOOooooo you didn’t think this was funny - you thought it was a political stance!! ahhh - nevermind then.
Somewhat humorous, but can he take a two-fingered backhand upward shove?
I’d find these items funnier if they came with matching sets for China, France, Britain, Brazil, Chile, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, etc….
@cystic:
To the citizens of the United States of America:
…Her Sovereign Majesty, Queen ElizabethII, will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories (excepting Kansas, which she does not fancy).
Well, If she governs us like she governed her son, bonnie Prince Nancy…
I guess that leaves us free to do the right thing our way!
Toto, Dorothy really knew how to keep out the riff-raff.
@cystic:
1. You should look up “revocation” in the Oxford English Dictionary. Then
look up “aluminium,” and check the pronunciation guide.
…
“like” and “you know” is anunacceptable and inefficient form of communication.
John, Are you talkin’ ta me? Look up the term “howitzer” and the phrase "your rectal exam." After putting the two together, like, I’m sure you’ll reconsider your, you know, unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. Youknowwhatimean?
@cystic:
4. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday. November 2nd will be a new national holiday, but to be celebrated only in England. It will be called “Come-Uppance Day.”
Henceforth, be it known, that April the First, or the first of April, will no longer be known or refered to as as April Fool’s Day, but shall hereafter be designated and called Sour Grapes Day, Jealousy Day, I Gotta b**** Cause I’m A Loser Day, Whiny Butt Day or something like that. All other days are designated as days you will attempt to do something productive with your life. All Americans and or USans are sorry that your productivity seemed to dwindle after Monty Python and The Holy Grail.
@cystic:
5. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers or therapists.
…
6. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more
dangerous than a vegetable peeler.
John, when you come and personally take my gunS from me I will help remove the extra large potato peeler you have personally inserted horizontally in your a**.Â
I intend to keep my gunS as they help reduce the population of lawyers and therapists. I also wish to thank your country as well as Germany for the increased populations of therapists and lawyers. Our jurist system owes much of its woes to powdered wigs and Freud.
@cystic:
8. The Former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been
calling “gasoline”) -roughly $6/US gallon. Get used to it.
After you take the royalties checks you recieved last week and USE ONLY THAT MONEY to drive an American gasoline run car to travel from coast to coast and back again. Lodging, meals and generous gratuities required.
@cystic:
12. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good
guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play
English characters.
ACCEPTED I have always admired English actors. It had to be the acting that won them their Knight and Ladyhoodships. They could win a beauty contest if the only other contestant were a pile of …
Except for you.
@cystic:
…American “football.” …baseball. It is not reasonable to host an
event called the “World Series” for a game which is not played outside of
America.
I’ll put up one or a team of American ‘nancies’ agin one or a team of your footbal dandies any day.
As for baseball… I think that Cuba, El Salvador, Japan and South Korea might object to your characterization…
and the Olympics.
The “intelligent jokes by USans” count still is “0”.
EJ, you might be as old as Cleese, and Cleese might have gone down in his creativity …. yet he still is funnier than you.
That reminds me of “First USamerican to discover irony” …
The “intelligent jokes by USans” count still is “0”.
EJ, you might be as old as Cleese, and Cleese might have gone down in his creativity …. yet he still is funnier than you.
you mean a professional comedian, and veteran of one of the most popular (and hilarious) comedy troupes is funnier than someone who posts on this message board? :-o
honestly, the joke could probably be “America is a bad place.” and you would probably find it funnier than anything an AMERICAN would say.
you mean a professional comedian, and veteran of one of the most popular (and hilarious) comedy troupes is funnier than someone who posts on this message board? :-o
I was as surprised as you when i discovered that… that’s why i felt like sharing these “breaking news” with the world…
maybe i should have used this tool to make it look more like breaking news :)
honestly, the joke could probably be “America is a bad place.” and you would probably find it funnier than anything an AMERICAN would say.
Oh, i usually enjoy the american “Juste pour rire” festival when parts of it are broadcasted. ;)
name one person, Falk, one person of prominence, that other people on this board will know of/can find by looking up, who uses the term “USan”, besides yourself (someone on this board is not a person of prominence). please do. I welcome being corrected if you can do so. should i provide a list of people who use the term “American?” what else makes a term correct, but common usage? its even listed as the official nationality on the CIA factbook (you probably dont care though, since its a US government organization). but honestly, Ive never heard anyone other than you use the term. so please, name ONE other person who does.
Janus!,
Drop the USan argument. F_alk wont listen.
I previously brought up the subject. He didn’t accept the fact that most Europeans accepted it and called citizens of the USA “Americans” long before before he was born. Of course, high society Brits called us other things before and after WWII.
