Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/25/07 17:37, Joe Hart wrote: >> Ron Johnson wrote: >>> On 02/25/07 16:55, Joe Hart wrote: >>>> Ron Johnson wrote: >>>>> On 02/25/07 16:04, John K Masters wrote: >>>>>> On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:40:57 +0200 Andrei Popescu >>>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>>> On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:09:40 -0500 Michael Pobega >>>>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> [snip] >>>>> Those damned Brits can't even get the gallon correct!!! >>>> Might you not have that a bit backwards? The Brits were >>>> around long before the Americans, and have not changed their >>>> system. Well, they did change their monetary system, so >>>> normal people could count money. Please don't think that the >>>> United States of America is the whole world, or has a right >>>> to tell the rest of the world what to do. >>> That whistling noise is the joke flying over your head. >> >> >> You're right. I don't get it. > > Every American *citizen* (I know, I know, some sincere fool is going > to pipe up and say that a 4 year old American citizen doesn't know > which came first) knows that the UK came before the USA.
That assumes the average American adult knows that there is a difference, which isn't a fact I've ever seen in evidence anytime I've seen it come up. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]