Yep, the level of awareness in Spamland just makes the mind boggle.
I have been asked there if the UK has cars, electricity, tv.....
followed by utter refusal to believe that the UK (well, us Scots usually....
) invented telephones and tv, amongst other fairly important bits like the jet engine and half of their early nuclear weapon technology....
I think that generally, the mentally retarded pond-life in Britain keep a low-ish profile relative to their loud yank cousins who wear a lack of education as a badge of honour.
(boy with slightly-too-large-head sits on porch playing banjo)
"We vorted-in Dubya agaiiiin caurse we're the Yoooo Esssss ain we're kickin' everyone's asssss agaiinn! USA! USA! Myrtle, go git me another Bud..."
Don't get me wrong, I love visiting the States, like Corvettes, but can't stand their 'beer'. All they need to do is spend the next couple of hundred years learning humility and decorum once in a while.
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