I just remembered...

[syredronning]

...that one of my US friends really asked me if we had pizza home delivery service in Germany *shaking my head* To prove for all times that we're quite well-equipped with that, look at this pic ;)



Italien, chinese, and mexican food plus a crepes/baguettes shop. Ok, we cheated a bit - not all of those make home delivery. But since we only keep the best ones, it would give a too low number ;P

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[kahvi.livejournal.com]

Hehe... Americans can be funny like that about Europe. No offense to my amazing American friends. I'm sure I can be clueless about stuff from the US. :)

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[dreamplum.livejournal.com]

Yeah, someone from France once told me that they all think we're obsessed with the prom king and queen in high school over here... no one really gives a crap, except in very small towns where the graduating class is like 20 people or something.

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[kahvi.livejournal.com]

Well, you can blame movies for that. I've always tried to be very critical about what I see of american culture in movies or on TV, so when I first went there I was going "well, now I'll see once and for all that it ISN'T like in the movies"... So what surprised me was the stuff that actually WAS accurate. o_O

Like how horribly fake commercial announcers voices sound - I was convinced that was something they made up in movies. Little things like that. :)

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[dreamplum.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you're right, it IS the movies, all that high-school stuff... but as for commercial voices, yes, it's stupid. But most of us think so as well *g*

There's a lot of stupidity in the media here. That's something I've always felt.

I've read that cigarette companies have done their best to convince third-world countries that all Americans smoke, to sell stuff to them. They really have started believing this. It's really sick. As a botanist, I know--the stuff in tobacco is a POISON! It's a plant defense mechanism!

Hey, I'll take your word for it!

[shatfat.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry . . . it was a bad attempt at humor or ribbing or something. That's what I get for reading Douglas Adams in high school.