Stupid Americans part III

I went to England many years ago for vacation. At work one day, just before I left, my co-workers and I were discussing my impending trip, and one of them asked if I speak the language.

At the time, I thought she was just daft. Years later, after reflecting on it, I began to suspect she was just toying with me.

Now I wonder...

Americans are stupid. You heard it here first, folks.

Thanks for that Public Service Announcement, Jeff.

It's not HERE I heard it first. ;)

Who were the "fooking" idiots that decided to wear "BRIGHT RED" coats when the Americans decided it would be better to camouflage themselves when engaging in battle?

Who lost most of their territories? Who is stuck on a crappy, dingy, and foggy island in the middle of nowhere?

Who feels stupid now?

Stupid fucking Brits....

Who lost most of their territories? Who is stuck on a crappy, dingy, and foggy island in the middle of nowhere?

Uh oh - the American from our Middle East has fired back. Oh shit, now we've got Steven in his fucking tank headed toward my office. God Save the Bush!

I hate George Bush...he is a worthless president. In fact, the worst in American history.

I was trying to be sardonic...I don't give two shits about our country being a superpower...but it was pretty stupid to wear bright red coats, making it very easy for the enemy to spot you...you have to admit.

In general, our country is pretty clueless about a lot of things. Have you ever seen Jay Leno's "jay-walking"...that is a pretty good cross section of how stupid our country has become. You'll be lucky if you can get someone that actually knows who our Vice-President is, let alone what dialect is spoken in England.

Wow, talk about stupid Americans ... I thought if I took two or three years off the America bashing would have blown over and I could come back.

I'm just gonna wait until the EU's constitution is ratified so I can bash all of Europe at once. Saves time, you know.

This thread was probably meant for BCD, right Jeff? When I saw the title and the author, I thought it was another "brilliant" marketing ploy by Target for the order, much like the campaign they rolled out for Get Ready. Gotta make this thread NO-related somehow.;)

Sure they wore red coats but did they wear brown pants??

They wore red coats to be noticed, during those times warfare was different. yea its stupid for them to wear red coats but hindsight is 20/20. they have never thought the revolutionists/insurgents would fight in the manner that the native americans did. they expected them to fight with honor, toe to toe, or whatever. I think that was the birth of guerilla warfare. Think about it, the civil war... the northern union troops, they wore blue while the south wore gray and some camuflage. wierd isnt it? you would think they would know better, but again, warfare was different back then, they wanted/wished to fight face to face, with honor, or what ever.

Comparing the Americans and the Brits in the 18th century is comparing apples and oranges. And maybe bananas.

First, many, perhaps even most, of the "Brits" were really Germans, i.e. Hessians (Germans from Hesse) commanded by British officers.

Second, the "Americans" (British colonists) didn't invent camouflage, they learned to use camouflage by copying the Native Americans during the previous century and a half of warfare. So maybe they were smart enough to adapt or die.

Third, European military tradition was based in medieval traditions of chivalry, while American military tactics were based in the guerilla warfare practiced by Native Americans. Thus, the Brits wore redcoats because gentlemen fought in the open, not hiding behind rocks and trees. In the European theatre, that was not a tactical error, because their opponents fought by the same rules.

^^^^^ Well said Blue order

there are a ton of really stupid Americans, i agree with this wholeheartedly, but i hope that all of you over in England dont think that everyone in this country is dumb, because there are some very intelligent people here, just many morons give America a bad name, so i dont blame you.

After moving to a less... shall we say "enlightened" part of the country, stupid is one of the nicest things I have said about my fellow countrymen in this part of the US.

I agree with the general statement, but there are so many reasons, I won't even start listing them.

I don't think Americans have a monopoly on stupdity, but to quote "Animal House" and Dean Wormer -

"Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son."

Change son to America and add lazy, and you have americans in a nutshell.

OH FOR FOOKS SAKE LETS SETTLE THIS FOR ONCE AND FOR ALL! Delta Force/navy seals or the S.A.S ?

DON'T TELL ME FOR ONE MINUTE OF YOU STUPID AMERICANS WAS GOING TO SAY DELTA FORCE/NAVY SEALS!

THE SAS ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD AND DON'T YOU CRAZY ASSED DUMB ASSED YANKS FORGET IT! WE PULLED YOUR ASSES OUT OF THE SHIT MORE TIMES!

Back to the topic yes Americans are stupid!

Lots of love

I still think Steve should have a tank race with Richard D. James since they both collect them.

New Order vs. Aphex Twin old school vs. new school

It'll be a war on the shore!

I have 2 stupid american stories.

First: Someone in California asked me what Ocean I had to cross to get from Canada to America.

Second: I had someone show me a Canadian "Loonie" (a one dollar coin, same as a one dollar bill) And he started to explain to me, that this is what Canadians use for a one dollar bill and they call it a loonie. The funny thing is he did this after I told him I'm from Canada? Like what, he didn't think I new my own money?

Is this new order related???

Well to relate to new order Peter thought Vancouver was part of America. (I'm sure it was a slip of the mouth)

Oh My.

I lived in England for awhile and can say with a fair amount of confidence that the Brits aren't about to win any world IQ contests either.... And they would be the first to admit it, haha ;)

Jeopardy, featuring American Football fanatics versus British Football hooligans.

bLuE oRdEr wrote: Comparing the Americans and the Brits in the 18th century is comparing apples and oranges. And maybe bananas.

First, many, perhaps even most, of the "Brits" were really Germans, i.e. Hessians (Germans from Hesse) commanded by British officers.

Second, the "Americans" (British colonists) didn't invent camouflage, they learned to use camouflage by copying the Native Americans during the previous century and a half of warfare. So maybe they were smart enough to adapt or die.

Third, European military tradition was based in medieval traditions of chivalry, while American military tactics were based in the guerilla warfare practiced by Native Americans. Thus, the Brits wore redcoats because gentlemen fought in the open, not hiding behind rocks and trees. In the European theatre, that was not a tactical error, because their opponents fought by the same rules.

Blah blah blah blah blah. Dude, you've got several points above that are either wrong or partially correct. I won't even get into it.

The important thing is that we kicked the shit out of them. Not once, but twice. We are prepared to do it a third time if they don't put a stop to this Charles and Camilla madness. Now that whole business is REAL stupidity....

Jesus.

I can understand the Brits taking pot shots at us. I mean, they lost the friggin EMPIRE for God's sake. "The Sun Never Sets on The British Empire..." and all that jazz. Man. We lost Vietnam war and it took us ages to get over that. Imagine losing a whole damn Empire. That's gotta suck. Add to that the fact that the only thing the Brits have invented in the past 100 years that's worth a damn is the Land Rover, and you have yourself some issues.

And you Canadians? Given that you've got the world's largest inferiority complex it's not surprising that you take your digs at we Yanks. I can never quite figure out what the Canadians are pissed off about more: the fact that they didn't have the balls to send the Brits packing a lot sooner than they did, or the fact that they sent them packing at all? Tough.

What I can't stand is seeing my fellow Americans agree with the Brits. Now THAT is just stupid. Sure we have our fair share of idiots here, but I'll be damned if I'm going to sit back and let a bunch of Island Monkeys call us Stoopid.

Uhh.. An American not knowing that the English language is from England is pretty fcuking stupid. And it was posted by a Texan, not a Brit.

That's funny...I thought Jeff was from Russia? :D

You realize what this means, don't you?

Up through our southern borders... Reagan was right after all. And here I thought he was just a straight man to a chimp.

For stupid americans, see http://www.stellaawards.com. It worths a whole thread!