Awful smug for a place that still has Croydon.
this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2023
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LOL! American here who stayed in a Premier Inn in Croydon. That place s so sad it reminded me of home. :’(
Croydon surely isn't that bad
It was OK 20 years ago. Then I left, and it went to shit
For clarity are you saying it became shit when you left?
To confirm: yes
Going to enjoy repeating this at all my US friends all night and pretending I came up with it, cheers.
This is the true internet way. (I stole it from someone else too and am cheerfully passing it off as mine)
They keep thinking that they pulled a fast one on us by dumping all that tea in the river, but it was our plan to get the world's largest brew going.
Joke's on them. We have plenty more.
-Sir, sir, the Yankees are refusing to pay taxes!
-Really? Bit annoying.
-They're marching on Boston!
-Are they? Well, I'm sure it'll blow over.
-And they're dumping crates of tea into the harbour!
-WHAT??? TOTAL WAR!!!!
You can have Florida back, mate.
Shouldn't it go back to Spain?
Spain, bottom of the ocean, wherever idc.
bottom of the ocean
Give it another decade or so and problem solved.
Job well done, boys.
Please take me back. I promise to be good this time.
Have mercy!
I’ll eat my meat, so I can have my pudding.
Happy Divestiture Of The Colonies Day!
Ha ha ha, surely the best way to look at it!
Because what has the U.S. ever done since declaring independence? Truly nothing but a downward slope since the heady colonial days.
This is like Hugh Grant, when the anniversary of the Elizabeth Hurley divorce rolls around, trying to pretend he's drinking cabinets of scotch because he's "celebrating no longer being responsible for that bitch, Liz" and totally not because he's a broken, barely-recognizable husk of his former glorious self. And we should know.
Today we celebrate being the first to Brexit, and actually being successful at it.
The first real nation anyway. Not any of those lame nations and countries that aren't America as if they matter. Psssssh.
But Florida sided with the Crown and remained a colony.
Florida Man strikes again.
@digdilem We took Florida and Texas from the Spanish fair and square and bought Louisiana from the French. You guys kept Canada but had to split it with the French. You can have Florida and Texas so we’ll trade you for Canada. They seem very nice.
Canada has decent healthcare, and I'd be worried that if we let you have Canada - you'd degrade that. America is basically a floating shopping mall. Everything is for sale. Even things that really shouldn't be.
@asjmcguire I'd say both observations are true, at least now. They only invented shopping malls 60 years ago and it wasn't always like that. America has good healthcare if you have a well paying job with a decent insurance policy. Otherwise you're fucked and will be bankrupted. We still want Canada though.
I don’t want to be responsible for Florida.
You can never totally divest from the fire you started friends. Even if it burns beyond your control.
You should be telling that to the Dutch, French and Spanish. All forgotten when it comes to the origins of the USA.
True, but you guys did Brexit.
If Europe celebrated no longer being held responsible for everything that goes wrong in the UK, we'd do it on the 31st of January.
But we don't. For the UK brexit is one of the most important and monumental decisions it's ever made. For Europe it was a Thursday.
I changed my mind. Can we come home? ='(
Yeah...er.... we can take a collection up to pass it back.... I mean, we'll keep the mouse... the rest is all yours! :)
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