with the olympic games coming up there is bound to be a lot of competition between aussies, americans, canadians and brits.. heres a thing i found on some internet site summing up all three countries..
Aussies: Dislike being mistaken for pommies when abroad.
Canadians: Are rather indignant about being mistaken for Americans when abroad.
Americans: Encourage being mistaken for Canadians when abroad
Brits: Can’t possibly be mistaken for anyone else when abroad.
Australians: Believe you should look out for your mates.
Brits: Believe you should look out for people who belong to your club.
Americans: Believe you should look-out for and take care of yourself.
Canadians: Believe that’s the government’s job.
Australians: Are extremely patriotic to their beer.
Americans: Are flag waving, anthem singing, and extremely patriotic to the point of blindness.
Canadians: Can’t agree to the words of their anthem when they can be bothered to sing them.
Brits: Do not sing at all but prefer a large brass band to perform the anthem.
Americans: Spend all their time glued to the idiot box.
Canadians: Don’t because they can’t get more American programs.
Brits: Pay a tax just so they can watch four channels.
Australians: Export all their crappy programs, which no-one there watches, to Britain, where everybody loves them.
Americans: Will jabber on incessantly about football, baseball and basketball.
Canadians: Will jabber on incessantly about hockey, hockey, hockey, and how they beat the Americans twice in baseball.
Brits: Will jabber on incessantly about cricket, soccer and rugby.
Australians: Will jabber on incessantly about they beat the Poms in every sport they play them in.
Americans: Spell words differently, but still call it “English”.
Brits: Pronounce their words different but still call it “English”.
Canadians: Spell like the Brits, pronounce like the Americans
Australians: Add “G’day”, “mate” and a heavy accent in an attempt to be cool.
Brits: Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an island.
Australians: Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an island.
Canadians: Cross the border for cheap shopping, gas and liquor in a backwards country.
Americans: Cross the border for cheap shopping, gas and liquor in a backwards country.
Americans: Drink weak, bad tasting beer.
Canadians: Drink strong, bad tasting beer.
Brits: Drink warm, bad tasting beer.
Australians: Drink anything with alcohol in it.
Americans: Seem to think poverty and failure are morally suspect.
Canadians: Seem to think wealth and success are morally suspect.
Brits: Seem to think that wealth, poverty, success and failure are inherited things
Australians: Seem to think that none of this matters after several beers.


