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All us Brits are happy to be your cousins!
by Captain Birdseye on October 22nd, 2008
Likewise.
by tomsims on October 22nd, 2008
Haha, except when the US and UK are made to compete in some way, such as a World Cup game...then it's:
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UK: "We made you, you stupid ungreatful yanks!"
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US: "We're ungreatful? You'd be speaking German if it wasn't for us!"
by ACCOUNT CLOSED on October 22nd, 2008
HAHHAA! That is true. At least it is civilized these days.
by tomsims on October 22nd, 2008
And all driving Volks Wagens.lol
by Schonberg on October 24th, 2008
Hmmmmm ....
by tomsims on October 24th, 2008
Noooo. The UK and US are more like brothers, we fight like nuts in competitions and are rivals and 10 minutes later where best-of-friends again and have each others back no matter what! ask me, I have 4 brothers! I'm fully qualified to make that comparison!^^
by Arctico-The-Wolf Supports Leonard Peltier on December 3rd, 2011