Eh, I've seen rudeness and embarrassing behavior by lots and lots of folks all over the world. Americans don't have rudeness trademarked.
Wash: So, two days in a hospital? That's awful. Don't you just hate doctors? Simon: Hey. Wash: I mean, present company excluded. Jayne: Let's not be excluding people. That'd be rude.
'Ariel'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
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javachik - Jun 23, 2010 12:50:48 pm PDT #23570 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
WindSparrow - Jun 23, 2010 12:51:12 pm PDT #23571 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I can totally imagine getting thoroughly overwhelmed with all the new food choices when abroad, and occasionally needing to retreat to the familiar. If you were to ever find me in a Starbucks in Venice, that would have been precisely what happened. If you find me in a McD's in another country, it will be because I am intrigued at the cultural differences. In fact, I am intrigued at the differences in McD's in different regions in the U.S. - having found out that they serve more seafood in the ones in Maine, for instance. It's not like I go there more than once a year when at home, anyway.
Connie Neil - Jun 23, 2010 12:53:44 pm PDT #23572 of 30000
brillig
I'm really curious what they serve in McD's in India, where cows are sacred.
edit: Heck, go in, take a picture of the menu board, then leave.
§ ita § - Jun 23, 2010 12:54:43 pm PDT #23573 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Wimpy!
Having eaten there, NO. McDonald's burgers totally better.
Having said that, the hotdogs at Leicester Square are hands down better than anything I've ever eaten in the US. You people should be shamed.
NoiseDesign - Jun 23, 2010 12:56:18 pm PDT #23574 of 30000
Our wings are not tired
Hard Rock cafe in London
This is actually the original Hard Rock, it isn't an American company, people seem to forget that.
billytea - Jun 23, 2010 12:56:20 pm PDT #23575 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
My favourite American tourist story concerned a New Jersey couple visiting the Acropolis. They scale the hill to gaze upon the Parthenon, jewel of Classical Athens, and the husband - puffing and red-faced from the heat and the climb - stares at it, eyes bulging in disbelief. Finally, he complains to his wife:
"I don't know WHY we bother coming to these places! All of their buildings are falling down!!"
And as he turns to stomp back down to the city, he delivers his parting shot:
"AND they're only copies of OUR buildings anyway!!"
WindSparrow - Jun 23, 2010 1:02:03 pm PDT #23576 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
"AND they're only copies of OUR buildings anyway!!"
Ima start claiming to be Canadian, even before I go traveling. Sheesh.
Atropa - Jun 23, 2010 1:02:27 pm PDT #23577 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I can totally imagine getting thoroughly overwhelmed with all the new food choices when abroad, and occasionally needing to retreat to the familiar.
The first time we went to Japan, Pete was not yet very adventurous about food. So yes, we did eat at a McDonalds in Tokyo. Once. Out of self-defense, because neither of us spoke a word of Japanese, and we were feeling very overwhelmed.
sj - Jun 23, 2010 1:10:55 pm PDT #23578 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
ND is right about the first Hard Rock Cafe being in London, and I believe that one of the purposes was so that people could have a hamburger in London. If I'm in London, I'd still rather have a meat pie.
Nora Deirdre - Jun 23, 2010 1:10:58 pm PDT #23579 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)