tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post1509004930014397635..comments2024-02-13T03:59:13.635+00:00Comments on Eat Electric Death: Er, the tube is really nice... [Brit]Slimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020308502156946280noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-54257396586380882602004-10-19T15:57:00.019+01:002004-10-19T15:57:00.019+01:00Dr Johnson said the man who tires of London is tir...Dr Johnson said the man who tires of London is tired of life. I say the man who cares not for kippers has a kangeroo loose in the top paddock you know what I mean Harry?<br>Kippers rock as does mackerel - FACT. Lurker likes them and there is t-shirt corroboration that he is never wrong and even more than that Lurk's old man likes them and how fucking right must he be given that he spawned Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-8915146980316497322004-10-19T15:57:00.018+01:002004-10-19T15:57:00.018+01:00wasn't Jesus a fisherman? bet he ate fish every mo...wasn't Jesus a fisherman? bet he ate fish every morning!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-46118911387128842962004-10-19T15:57:00.017+01:002004-10-19T15:57:00.017+01:00If it doesn't come from a pig, it's not for breakf...If it doesn't come from a pig, it's not for breakfast. This is a simple rule. Why must you insist on making baby Jesus cry with your continued heresy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-69784431291344883152004-10-19T15:57:00.016+01:002004-10-19T15:57:00.016+01:00Kippers fucking rule in the morning. Bloody fantas...Kippers fucking rule in the morning. Bloody fantastic breakfast. What about kedgeree, another fantastic fish breakfast!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-17820798158975536832004-10-19T15:57:00.015+01:002004-10-19T15:57:00.015+01:00Um, their bacon is just fucked. You're the first B...Um, their bacon is just fucked. You're the first Brit I've ever heard who hasn't complained about the tragic state of American bacon. Then again, kippers rock and Shinji is a freak... What's the matter with you folk, you're all just WRONG!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-81029844171247526902004-10-19T15:57:00.014+01:002004-10-19T15:57:00.014+01:00I liked American breakfast to be honest. Except fo...I liked American breakfast to be honest. Except for their take on pancakes, which are a bit like eating fuzzy-felt drinks coasters. Love their bacon and hash browns though, especially in an "All You Can Eat" scenario...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-31429681735729162522004-10-19T15:57:00.013+01:002004-10-19T15:57:00.013+01:00Fish is not for breakfast. It just isn't. The conc...Fish is not for breakfast. It just isn't. The concept of fish for breakfast is just fundamentally wrong, evil, and defies the natural order of things. <br>Although at least kippers aren't traditionally eaten with a side serving of heavily moulded bean shoots, unlike Japanese breakfasts (which also consist of fish, the daft nutters)...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-35237057090029015482004-10-19T15:57:00.012+01:002004-10-19T15:57:00.012+01:00Don't talk tosh. Kippers fucking rock.Don't talk tosh. Kippers fucking rock.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-46300804814936050242004-10-19T15:57:00.011+01:002004-10-19T15:57:00.011+01:00I'm seconding Brit on this one - Houmous is insane...I'm seconding Brit on this one - Houmous is insane. American breakfasts are absolutely awful. Their coffee is rubbish (they just can't make a cup of actual, normal coffee, and are horribly confused at the concept of not adding frothed milk, chocolate, hazelnut syrup and god knows what else), their bacon is downright disgusting, and their concept of how to cook eggs is an affront to hens Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-8958315168353569412004-10-19T15:57:00.010+01:002004-10-19T15:57:00.010+01:00Houmous lies. The Americans cannot make a decent c...Houmous lies. The Americans cannot make a decent cup of coffee, period. And they have no concept of bacon - instead, delivering the consumer what looks like the flayed skin from a geriatric, cut into tiny strips and burnt to within an inch of charcoal. They also don't have any idea what "news" is - is it any wonder people consider America an insular paranoid society when their "news" is deliveredAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-84353933523068388402004-10-19T15:57:00.009+01:002004-10-19T15:57:00.009+01:00You can say what you like about them - but you hav...You can say what you like about them - but you have to admit they do great breakfasts!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-57705350884984909312004-10-19T15:57:00.008+01:002004-10-19T15:57:00.008+01:00The odd thing about America is you get some fairly...The odd thing about America is you get some fairly cutting satire but at the end of the day, it's still all about the hoary old cliche of the American dream. If you have shit loads, the assumption most Americans will make is that you really earned it. If you have fuck all, the assumption most Americans will make is that it's your damn fault for not getting off your arse and sorting it out. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-30387880376425285512004-10-19T15:57:00.007+01:002004-10-19T15:57:00.007+01:00Yeah - it was only when I visited there that I rea...Yeah - it was only when I visited there that I realised where that whole concept in science fiction is born from. In the UK, sure, you have good areas and bad areas, but we are in no way as regionally polarised as the United States is. We don't drive, oblivious, from our insanely secure homes, in our air-conditioned SUVs, to our glass and steel skyscraper office, passing through areas that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-61134058006234325542004-10-19T15:57:00.006+01:002004-10-19T15:57:00.006+01:00That's actually a mad thing about their cars. They...That's actually a mad thing about their cars. They've all got the most insanely loose bouncy suspension because of their roads. It's kind of funny when one of their manufacturers releases a car over in Europe and the first thing people try to do is take it around a corner. Bzzt.<br>At any rate, I think that description of the US as a strange combination of third-world uneducated and crime-ridden Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-31974346124385880232004-10-19T15:57:00.005+01:002004-10-19T15:57:00.005+01:00i15 isn't too bad, compared to the state of the hi...i15 isn't too bad, compared to the state of the highways criss-crossing LA. They're all in SUVs and barges so they don't fucking notice!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-42318174757621149382004-10-19T15:57:00.004+01:002004-10-19T15:57:00.004+01:00To be honest, one of the aspects of America that i...To be honest, one of the aspects of America that impressed me was the road system. I've driven the road that evilhomer talks about (I15?) and found it to be smooth and spacious. If anything, I was amazed by how well the roads are kept in places that are about a million miles from anywhere. Driving up to Death Valley, the worst place in the world to be a road-worker I'd imagine, and the roads are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-6302411839908137922004-10-19T15:57:00.003+01:002004-10-19T15:57:00.003+01:00My god the roads, the roads. I thought I'd put tho...My god the roads, the roads. I thought I'd put those nightmares deep into the back lair of my mind.<br>We drove out of L.A. on the main freeway towards Las Vegas back in April, and it was on the worst road surface I've ever travelled. The rattling of the motorhome was such that the glass microwave platter knocked the oven door open and leapt out, smashing into a million of bits of glass. These Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-29595741959011469482004-10-19T15:57:00.002+01:002004-10-19T15:57:00.002+01:00Indeed - and convince themselves to such an extent...Indeed - and convince themselves to such an extent that they actually take serious offence when you tell them that actually, no, you DON'T have any aspiration to move to the USA. I've always avoided political discussions when I'm in the States, but I ended up in a serious row with someone for that seemingly innocuous comment - one of the core elements of their entire belief system is that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-68626318217853280352004-10-19T15:57:00.001+01:002004-10-19T15:57:00.001+01:00Actually, I think it's sort of missing the point w...Actually, I think it's sort of missing the point with America if you just single out those services. Even their roads are shockingly maintained as well. The problem with America is that pretty much any service barely works. Their workforce is badly educated and under motivated. They have a working culture, also best summed up with a Simpsons line, "Americans don't quit jobs. They just do them in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-18132296063003648482004-10-19T15:57:00.000+01:002004-10-19T15:57:00.000+01:00New York has gone for the hat-trick, it's quite re...New York has gone for the hat-trick, it's quite remarkable. They have a crap tube, a crap bus system and crap airportss.<br>The three airports are knackered and battered, badly signed and confusing. Their mass transist planners have only just got round to opening a rail link from JFK to the city.<br>The third trick in the hat are the bus stations, the Port Authority Bus Terminal being the one I'mAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com