oh, for heavens' sake

[winterbadger]

as seen on brits_americans

As a US citizen living in London, Christian Cox says she is shocked at the amount of abuse she receives because of her nationality.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4881474.stm

Comments

[winterbadger]

I live in London, and I can usually spot americans on the tube by sight.

My classic experience was trying to blend in in 1980s London and getting spotted by a VERY LOUD American tourist on a bus who decided to make a pal of me and dropped a string of (at least some of them inadvertant) slighting remarks about Britain, the British, their transportation system, their food, their politics, their economy, their music, their clothes, their teenagers' hair colour--and then asked me to explain how "this play money works".

Sadly, I gave in to devilish temptation and explained the pre-decimal currency sytem to him in great detail (there were still plenty of shilling and two-shilling pieces in circulation then, which helped). And then got off at the next stop. I swear I saw some grins on the way out.

[easy-living.livejournal.com]

I swear I saw some grins on the way out.

Given the way I just spluttered with laughter, I can practically guarantee that you did :)