Why the UK is better than the US

[Sean from New Hampshire]

But OUR football TAKES balls!!!

LOL really?

American football is played with LOTS of safety gear and padding...

UK Football is just as rough and they don't wear padding.

Sean From NH

 

[Scooby_Brew]

28 days vacation.

We don't need no stinkin' vacation here. We are tough. Our women are told to report back to work within 59 minutes after giving birth. Can you beat that?

 

[motobrewer]

LOL really?

American football is played with LOTS of safety gear and padding...

UK Football is just as rough and they don't wear padding.

Sean From NH

UK football (i'm assuming you mean "soccer") is tougher that american football? you're insane.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

UK football (i'm assuming you mean "soccer") is tougher that american football? you're insane.

At least American football gives the opportunity for 300 pound lardasses to claim they are athletes.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

cricket.

that should end the debate, and prove how ridiculous the UK is

When I came to the US I tried really hard to get into Baseball, being the number one sport here and all. I had to give up in the end because it was way too similar and as dull as cricket. Both sports involve hours of one guy throwing a ball at another guy who usually misses the darn thing or plays some kind of tactical thing that is just as dull to watch.

 

[forcera]

UK football (i'm assuming you mean "soccer") is tougher that american football? you're insane.

I have yet to see anyone break their femur playing football but I have seen it twice while playing soccer.

In case you forgot your femur is your thigh bone. Its the largest bone in your body and also one of the two strongest. It ties with one of the bones in your skull.

 

[bob1852]

I have yet to see anyone break their femur playing football but I have seen it twice while playing soccer.

Ask Joe Theisman this question....

 

[FreeM80s]

I have yet to see anyone break their femur playing football but I have seen it twice while playing soccer.

yea i've seen it twice while playing high school and college.

usa vs uk, boils down to this: child pornography is illegal in the us. NOT in the uk. BOOSH *****ebags...

 

[TheCarnie]

Wrong. In SC and UT the consent age is 7. But then, of course, you will get executed for drinking beer on Sunday.


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Actually it just recently got lowered from 14 to 16. So we now share the lowest consent age with ID and HA.
But seriously, I friggin hate the sunday and late night rules.

 

[mordantly]

we don't use that new-fangled euro! yet our currency is accepted in almost any country on the planet.

 

[BBKing]

I have yet to see anyone break their femur playing football but I have seen it twice while playing soccer.

In case you forgot your femur is your thigh bone. Its the largest bone in your body and also one of the two strongest. It ties with one of the bones in your skull.

A football playing buddy of mine almost bled to death on the field from a compound femur break.

He still has a slight limp.

Thank God for those bored looking Paramedic/EMTs that sit off to one side of the field!

 

[Orfy]

we don't use that new-fangled euro! yet our currency is accepted in almost any country on the planet.

Neither Do we and so is ours.

You guys need to know a little more.

 

[Orfy]

yea i've seen it twice while playing high school and college.

usa vs uk, boils down to this: child pornography is illegal in the us. NOT in the uk. BOOSH *****ebags...

WTF.

Where do you get that from!

You shouldn't spread bull**** like that.

 

[Orfy]

I think a few of you are thinking about rugby not football (soccer)

 

[arturo7]

we don't use that new-fangled euro! yet our currency is accepted in almost any country on the planet.

for now ...

 

[johnnyboy1965]

National Health Service ???

 

[gratus fermentatio]

"Mr. Mallory, do you know why the sun never sets on the British empire? Because God doesn't trust the English in the dark." - John Rys Davies as Prof. Arturo in Sliders

Edit: The UK gave us E. Kent Goldings, that's pretty significant!

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

"Mr. Mallory, do you know why the sun never sets on the British empire? Because God doesn't trust the English in the dark." - John Rys Davies as Prof. Arturo in Sliders
!

haha! Now That's a good one!

I was glad to see it too, this thread was becoming less fun than I hoped it would be.

 

[kjung]

LOL really?

American football is played with LOTS of safety gear and padding...

UK Football is just as rough and they don't wear padding.

Sean From NH

When was the last time you saw a 300+ lb. soccer player colliding with a smaller player, after a 10+ yard head start???

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

When was the last time you saw a 300+ lb. soccer player colliding with a smaller player, after a 10+ yard head start???

To be fair, it's just the smaller player that does all the colliding. The 300+lb lardass ain't really going anywhere.

 

[shecky]

LGI continues to laud all things British, yet he remains in Ohio.
Argument done.

 

[kjung]

To be fair, it's just the smaller player that does all the colliding. The 300+lb lardass ain't really going anywhere.

"Smaller", as in 250 lb.+? And, to be fair, most of those 300+lb. "lardasses" are VERY athletic. Certainly more so than you or I right now.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

LGI continues to laud all things British, yet he remains in Ohio.
Argument done.

Hey! I never said I didn't like it here! I always try to remain fair and balanced, but that's another current thead.

 

[SpanishCastleAle]

Whisky without an 'e'.

Not having to take those pesky showers every day.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

The UK has prime minister's question time.
The US has a press secretary.

 

[bob1852]

The UK has prime minister's question time.
The US has a press secretary.

House of Commons - FTW!!!!

 

[Orfy]

House of Lords - Really WTF!

 

[roverlandpark]

IIRC, The UK doesn't limit annual home brew production! Or require a state license....

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

House of Lords - Really WTF!

Ssssshhhhhh!!!! I was hoping nobody would notice that one!!

 

[nealf]

Don't you have to have a license to watch television in the UK? Or did I misunderstand?

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Don't you have to have a license to watch television in the UK? Or did I misunderstand?

Nope. You need a licence to own one. You can watch it for free.

The TV licence is what funds the BBC......So minus one point for the UK for a TV licence, but Plus one point for the BBC!

 

[springer]

Fag*gots and mushy peas +1 for the Britts (sarcasm smiley here)




Edit: Jeeze cant even refer to foods here... leave the * out

 

[Orfy]

Nope. You need a licence to own one. You can watch it for free.

The TV licence is what funds the BBC......So minus one point for the UK for a TV licence, but Plus one point for the BBC!

Tuther way round. You need a licence to watch Live or nearly live TV.

 

[Orfy]

Had me 3 fag.gots in gravy yesterday.

 

[motobrewer]

you need a license to own a tv in uk???

how much!?

 

[gratus fermentatio]

"Bangers" are sausages, not thugs with guns.

 

[Orfy]

you need a license to own a tv in uk???

how much!?

No you don't

You need one to watch or record Broadcast TV.
It's over £100

 

[FireNightFly]

See https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f19/why-us-better-than-uk-162642/index5.html

 

[SkinnyShamrock]

Well, I posted in the other thread, so to be fair:

-Music: Beatles, the Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Isle of Wight festival, etc etc
-Cars: I swear to god when the hell are we gonna get the Ford Focus RS?!
-No Texas/California: though I assume you have your own versions
-High gas prices: as soon as gas prices go up, SUV sales go down, and that makes me happy

 

[motobrewer]

No you don't

You need one to watch or record Broadcast TV.
It's over £100

is it a lifetime license?