Tell us about it, recently there was a documentary on the BBC claiming not only that nuclear power was safe but that a bit of radiation was actually good for you, I kid you not!. A couple of days later the government told us that it wanted to build more nuclear power stations, a more blatant manipulation of the media I have yet to see outside a dictatorship. Greg
And PCs with tuner cards...
Greg
I didn't say they responded to the pressure, but it is much more likely than if they had a separate income stream. JD
I have a Scottish acquaintance who lives in the US and has married a local. A few years back he visited home with his wife and inlaws. His father-in-law, shopping by himself, saw something he was interested in and asked his Scottish son in law to look at it the next day. When he did (by himself), the shopkeeper commented "Don't see many Americans here, but you're the second one in two days to look at that!" JD
Eric was a halibut not a bee.
Probably, I guess they work on the basis that if your asking the questions you're honest...
Looking at other posts it seems the goal posts have moved again in the last few years regarding the use of tellys as display devices for DVD players and games consols.
Can't be arsed, now where is my fish food?
You spotted that as well. It's not the only example if you watch what is on the telly in documentary form and what is quietly kicking around the political arena.
As an ex-Pom, I'm used to my Pommie friends saying on the phone I have a broad Aussie accent, yet to any Aussie here I'm still a Pommie sheila. I guess I lose out both ways :(
I know the feeling - accused of being a Pom (which I'm not but have spent a fair bit of time in the UK) when I'm at home, and of being a Aussie when I'm in the UK (bloody Poms - can't tell a Kiwi accent). :-)
That's an easy test - get a Kiwi to say 'Sex in sacks sucks' & see if you can tell the difference in the words :)
They always say sex in sex sex.
Something really scary ...the US and Canada think that NZ is part of Australia. Their adverts over here for "Aussie" products and their "Aussie" actors all speak with a Kiwi accent.
-Craig.
Speaking of Indian call centres... This sound clip did the rounds a while ago.
--Craig
Worse - they think Australia is the same place as Austria, it's in Europe to many of them!
I once saw a copy of the Australian constitution which listed New Zealand as a State along with all the others - they were just waiting for NZ to ratify it, I guess.
Stuart
Not bloody likely. ;-)
We'd not have them these days anyway - we value the blood lines of our sheep too much :)
You're confused again Karen - NZ is not a part of Wales.
As a kid I got picked on for being English when I lived in Scotland, and for being Scottish when I lived in England. That would explain why I hate everyone ;-)
Eric was half a bee, he had an hhhaccident.
Something more scary, Americans know so little about the world outside their borders they have to tak the country onto every capital city "the british prime minister in London-England said..."
Greg
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