I haven't been to Europe in something like a decade, but the two times I was there it never occurred to me to pose as Canadian. I did, however, notice that identifying myself as San Franciscan rather than American always got a hugely enthusiastic response.
The girl's not playing with a full deck, Giles. She has almost no deck. She has a three.
Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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JZ - Mar 17, 2006 8:48:58 am PST #8060 of 9843
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Dana - Mar 17, 2006 9:11:21 am PST #8061 of 9843
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Try telling people you live in Texas. I sometimes hastily added that I grew up in New Orleans.
Hil R. - Mar 18, 2006 10:57:13 am PST #8062 of 9843
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I noticed that, in many places in Ireland, I got a better response to "I'm from New York" than to "I'm American." There was one cab driver in Dublin who I had a long conversation with, and as I was getting out of the cab, he asked me if I was from the Phillipines. I said no, that I was American, and he asked, "And you've always lived there?" I said yes, I grew up in New York. He told me that I didn't talk like a "Yankee" at all. Never quite figured out how he guessed Filipino, though.
meara - Mar 18, 2006 11:13:09 am PST #8063 of 9843
Heh. Last time I was in Dublin was *just* before the 2004 election--when anyone (including cabbies) figured out I was from the US, that's all they wanted to talk about (luckily, not supporting Bush and saying "I didn't vote for him last time either!" was a popular option)
esse - Mar 19, 2006 10:50:09 am PST #8064 of 9843
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Yeah, merea, me too. I was in Wales the whole semester through the elections, and I would have to deflect so many questions about being American and why I was voting for Bush, etc. etc.
By the way, how did we not hook up if you were in Ireland at that time?
meara - Mar 19, 2006 12:01:46 pm PST #8065 of 9843
I think we talked about it, SA, but I was only there a week (the week before the election, actually!), and I think you didn't have time/money to come to Ireland, and I didn't have time for Wales...
esse - Mar 19, 2006 12:48:59 pm PST #8066 of 9843
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Ahhh. I see. Too bad.
evil jimi - Apr 21, 2006 5:20:22 pm PDT #8067 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
tis a bit late but ASH is a guest star in the second ep of the (suprisingly excellent) BBC drama (being screened on Channel Nein in Oz) Hotel Babylon. The show stars Tamsin (Red Cap) Outhwaite and Dexter (Press Gang; Lock, Stock...) Fletcher.
CaBil - Apr 25, 2006 12:11:08 am PDT #8068 of 9843
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Okay, why did no one tell me that there are plans for a K-9 animated series?
Betsy HP - Apr 25, 2006 5:09:28 am PDT #8069 of 9843
If I only had a brain...
We were all trying to block out the memory.