With the World Cup match between England and USA coming up on Saturday I thought I would reflect on some differences we have with our neighbors across the pond. We may speak the same language but that is about the only similarity.
10 % of the population of the England attends church services at least once a week, here it’s 39%. Please keep in mind that England fought for a good 1,000 years over the correct translation of the Christian religion, what a waste of beautiful places to worship.
Westminster Abbey
In England they have Council Houses and the people that inhabit them are “Chav’s”, here we have the Projects.
Council House
"Chav's" as featured on the sketch show Little Britain
In England they love soccer, cricket and rugby, here it’s football, basketball and hockey.
Vintage David Beckham....you're welcome!
In England gas is $9 a gallon, here it’s about $2.60 a gallon, which might explain why they don’t love the SUV as much as we do.
This car gets 40 miles to the gallon
In England they love Indian food the night Mum doesn't cook, here it’s all about the pizza.
YUM
In England they plan there day around there next cup of tea, pint of lager (room temp) or gin and tonic, here we plan around the next time we are going to eat.
Two pints and a bag of crisps
In England the show Seinfeld was canceled, here it is one of the most successful comedies of all time (making $2.7 billion since the finale in syndication ALONE)
Never seen a full episode (FYI)
So let it be known....
Most Americans probably have more in common with people from Guam than England.
