Only in America

[Janx]

Our yellow school buses also have more clearance than that red double-decker (which probably rides low to compensate for the added height)

Nobody's gonna get wedged under our school buses Or scrape bottom on a bad road.

 

[Bullgrit]

No, they're all common. Well, maybe not pickup trucks, but beer cans and pizza are ubiquitous.

Interesting. I don't think I've ever seen beer in a can in any non-American media. It's either bottles or glasses/mugs/steins.

OK, I'll try a list:

school system
mailboxes
school buses
american football
flags everywhere
currency
food
yellow cabs
proms
sororities and the other thing
car brands
waiter/waitress service in bars
tipping
commercial frequency

Really? Only America has the above very general categories? Schools, currency, food, cars? If you want to be unhelpful in a discussion, why bother posting in it?

Are there some things in the above list that aren't just "same thing, only with an American label or American look" (like currency, car brands)? Or, if you consider this discussion worthless and stupid, feel free to not respond.


Bullgrit

 

[Morrus]

Huh. I always assumed those double-deckers were for public transport. Heck, those double-deckers aren't regular in any way to the US.

They get chartered by schools, too. Schools don't tend to own buses.

The color yellow on a bus means "Kids Inside. Be Careful."

I think you're supposed to be careful all the time here.

Are the buses in England colored to mean certain things?

No. Just different bus companies. Red's popular, but there are blue ones and green ones and stuff. Here's a blue one from a local bus company:

 

[Morrus]

Really? Only America has the above very general categories? Schools, currency, food, cars?

Obviously not, as you well know. The nature of them is different.

If you want to be unhelpful in a discussion, why bother posting in it?
Or, if you consider this discussion worthless and stupid, feel free to not respond.

Bullgrit, please watch your attitude. I was attempting to help answer your question; I will not do so now. This isn't the first time you've done this, either.

 

[Zombie_Babies]

I thought Morrus' list was a good one. I mean, I'm American so I can't really say what's different about here but I have been to other countries (not many) so I can note some things I saw as 'missing'. The easiest one for me to recall is the cab thing. Where I live we don't have a lot of cabs but most cabs are yellow and most are Ford Crown Victorias. When I was in Greece, though, I saw a lot of Skodas and Mercs. They were typically black. Interesting, IMO.

 

[Kramodlog]

I thought Morrus' list was a good one. I mean, I'm American so I can't really say what's different about here but I have been to other countries (not many) so I can note some things I saw as 'missing'. The easiest one for me to recall is the cab thing. Where I live we don't have a lot of cabs but most cabs are yellow and most are Ford Crown Victorias. When I was in Greece, though, I saw a lot of Skodas and Mercs. They were typically black. Interesting, IMO.

Did they have taximeters? I was confused and afraid to get swindle as in the Netherlands you negociate your the fee before you get into the cab.

 

[pedr]

(scooped - got distracted while posting & the thread's moved on!)

 

[delericho]

Flags. We have some here, but, again, the quantity of flags that hang everywhere is surprising.

That's a really good one. Whenever I've been to the US, the flag seems to be everywhere. Over here, I'm unlikely to see two flags in a day.

what other color would you use for a school bus?

Our "school buses" are just buses. So they're whatever colour the company's fleet uses.

Inter-school sports is something that seems to be big in the US, and pretty much doesn't exist here. Though I obviously can't say it's only in America!

 

[Dioltach]

Did they have taximeters? I was confused and afraid to get swindle as in the Netherlands you negociate your the fee before you get into the cab.

No you don't, there's a taximeter in each cab.

(That's not to say that there haven't been problems with taxi drivers swindling or threatening their fares, but that isn't the norm.)

 

[nerfherder]

Obesity. Not that we do not have fat people here, but when I go to the US the quantity of fat people is surprising.

Yes, that stood out to me when I first went to Gencon.