Losers

Do you want ham with that rye smile?  

Haha! Yes please Sir ;-)

When I see loser spelled correctly it irritates me. Thanks a lot internet.

I know-- it's so rarely spelled correctly now, in my head the word "loser" rhymes with hoser.

Isn't "flying buttress" an awful fancy term for a prop?  I've always loved that one!

Hey man, I know we're having a little fun slagging each others' countries and all, but there was no reason to go there. 

I had to look it up:

http://www.answers.com/topic/flying-buttress 

"Flying Buttress"..yet another great, unclaimed username...great name for a stripper too.

  I didn't even think of that-- I just grabbed a word that was pronounced the right way.  Long live Bob and Doug!

I remember my teachers always saying, "Don't ask me, look it up."  

ignorance has no age.

I've come across maybe 2 or 3 players that actually have no right playing a game of patience and intellect. I know we like to win as a basic instinct of nature, but when it's in the process of fun and learning, we should take them both as an opportunity to learn from. Just like in life you can either learn from the people you meet, or you can keep a narrow mind. I'm one that does not enjoy getting beat, but when I do I love to see what kind of game I got beat by, and what moves I can add to my game. I hope this situation solves itself and everyone can go back to having a good time. Have a good day to all my brothers and sisters around the world and I hope I get to play some of you soon!

  But we do have fish and chips!  

glasshouse and stones  are the words that springs to mind

i hear they re having to redesign the harry potter ride at universal studios to cater for the effects of american diet

Yeah. Brits are exactly as portrayed by Dick Van Dyke.... fish and chips, warm beer and always a cheery "Cor! Blimey Guv'nor" by way of greeting.

Well, the U.S. is clearly behind the British when it comes to taste in beer.  I could go the rest of my life without ever, again, eating a cockel, though.

Not true. While a certain portion of Americans are satisfied drinking Miller Lite, the younger generation is turning to craft beers which are, in my opinion, more diverse and tasty in the States than in Great Britain or most of Europe - second only to Belgium.

I guess it's a matter of taste, though - and I have to admit that my experience in British beers is mostly limited to what I can get here in Finland, while I frequently fly over the Atlantic for some microbrewery hopping (no pun intended).

I can second that -- having been both to Belgium and to Oregon, the latter does in fact hold a candle to the former when it comes to the quality and variety of beer.

American beer has gone from joke-of-the-world to world class in about 15 years (along with our coffee, and our entire food culture in general.) Obviously we're talking about the craft beers. The mass produced stuff is the best beer in the world for chain-drinking by the case while riding a lawnmower in the very hot sun but is otherwise useless. If you're in Finland you should check out your southern "neighbors" in the Baltics... Lithuania makes some great beer (and I imagine Latvia and Estonia can't be too far behind.) It's been a while since I had any, but Lithuania used to have some really great unpasteurized beer, which is impossible to find in the U.S. and pretty unusual even in Europe. When I was in Vilnius the beer was still state subsidized and you could get a pint of fantastic craft style bottle fermented beer for about 5 cents, U.S. 

English beer is IMHO the most over-rated beer in the world. It's all a matter of taste of course... but for me -- I dislike that no-bubbles-at-all English ale. Ugh. Too sweet and served tepid. Bleh.  

I did a tour of the Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Oregon last fall, and they absolutely do not pasteurize their beer.  I can't imagine that they're the only ones.