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To: miss marmelstein
Ivan, as I've said before, there is no CREDIT on the billboard. There is no way for a tourist to understand that this is some tv promotion - and, sorry, an anti-American one at that!

They're actually trying to promote American television programmes.

If I saw something like that about the British on the way to JFK airport, I'd be equally saddened and outraged. But we would never do that.

Get off it. For example, I have Family Guy on DVD and I know all the stereotypes that are promoted about the British in America; laughter is a result on your side of the pond.

The difference is, we can laugh about it too.

Regards, Ivan

52 posted on 10/02/2006 1:35:08 PM PDT by MadIvan (I aim to misbehave.)
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To: MadIvan

Get off it, yourself. And you're not going to give me the old "Americans have no sense of humor" routine, are you?

Can you please address my concerns that there is no credit on the billboard? And why are they posted on the way to Heathrow?


61 posted on 10/02/2006 1:40:08 PM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: MadIvan

Can you imagine a Brit in America encountering a billboard saying 'Has anything good come from Britain?' and bursting into tears? It just wouldn't happen. We don't take ourselves so seriously.


279 posted on 10/03/2006 5:12:41 AM PDT by moatilliatta
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To: MadIvan
For example, I have Family Guy on DVD and I know all the stereotypes that are promoted about the British in America; laughter is a result on your side of the pond.

LOL! Is Family Guy big on Brit stereotypes? I guess I hadn't noticed.

340 posted on 10/03/2006 2:01:53 PM PDT by Dianna
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