As an American (and avid American football fan) I see no reason to insult
the other country's sport of choice. I am sure I understand rugby or
cricket little more than you understand our football. Few people prefer
things they do not understand. So let's stop bashing each other's
countries--I for one have always appreciated Britain for being a wonderful
ally (I say that in a spirit of mutuality).
I agree wholeheartedly. I'm rather fed up with seeing "Brits" insult "Yanks" on this list (and vice versa). OK, we share enough culture and language to make it really rather easy to deprecate the other, but I'm not sure what purpose it serves - other than to make the French happy!
> Chretien would deny that there is vegetable crisis
> and even if there was one he would blame the failed
> policies of conservative John Turner for neglecting to
> develop an appropriate federal vegetable taste
> standard.
Over here of course, the Conservatives would come up with a policy of not letting Asylum Vegetables into the country, Labour would ask a focus group what it thought of Vegetables, then plump for whatever the editor of the Daily Mail thought. The Lib Dems would of course legalise Vegetables.
Ahhh, you see, paris is in texas, along with london, rome, carthage, naples,
berlin, moscow and many others.
Which explains George Bush's grasp of foreign policy. 
Colin.