Thank you, America.

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

England has better dental care than America. The myth of British people having bad teeth is just one of those weird things to American media does along with making out like France have never won any wars ever.

To my knowledge, the French have won only 2 wars. One being against themselves (impossible for them to lose) and one in which they helped a british colony against the british because they were tired of their rule (The American revolution). Seeing as one was impossible for them to lose, they have really only won 1 war, even then they we're just helping out the Americans (although we did need it, technically they were only helping. Also, I MAY have forgotten some, but i'm pretty sure those are the only 2)

How far back do you wanna go?

Spoiler

1066 Invasion of England, William the Conqueror won the entire country.

Multiple wars between England and France, most of which France wins

1337-1453, The Hundred Years War, eventually France expells the English claim to the throne in favour of a French one

1510-1513, The War of the Holy League, all of Europe gangs up against France (actually mainly England and a whole bunch of Italians), France wins when the Pope dies and the League is disbanded

1557-1560, Mary Queen of Scots and her Spanish husband cause another Anglo-French war, France wins, taking back Calais, which was all they had left on the French mainland

1755-1763, Seven Years War, basically the first time they lost something significant in nearly seven hundred years, set the stage for...

1779-1783, The American Revolution, which they fought on the winning side of.

1789-1802, French Revolution, you already mentioned them winning.

1802-1815, Napoleon basically owns Europe for a period of at least ten years. Mainly through military conquest.

Maybe it's just me, but eight hundred years of militaristic dominance in Europse doesn't really spell 'cheese eating surrender monkeys' to me, despite what the Simpsons and most of America and Britain may think.

Yes yes, I already admitted I was wrong. I apologize for acting like an ass and thinking i knew more than I apparently did.

Sorry, it took me ages to write my post, so by the time I'd finished it someone had already responded, but I put too much work into my list to want to take it down. Hopefully others will read it as well, because it is quite interesting to a generation of Europeans and Americans brought up belieing that France never won anything.

 

[rokkolpo]

Wow, thank you for that.
I laughed hard, and am sorry you got probation for it.

 

[waive]

Guess I was wrong. Odd. I don't know why I didn't remember any of those, I'm typically very good with history.

Yeah, France has pretty much one of the best military records, as well as longest, in the history of human existence. The idea that France was ever weak militarily is because they lost real quickly in World War II. When half their country was destroyed, and the allies never really helped to create a new strategy to defend against a German assault (because hey, fuck it).

At which point France became a cowardice people who bowed before their German occupiers. Er wait, no they went ape shit against them and fought back, helping free Jews and POW's, as well as blowing up anything that a German touched.

But World War II history was the only thing my history teacher cared about, and was the only thing he actually taught us without making sure we knew how much we wanted to blow his brains out from being around us.

Edit: Nevermind, other people are fast typers.

 

[kortin]

England has better dental care than America. The myth of British people having bad teeth is just one of those weird things to American media does along with making out like France have never won any wars ever.

To my knowledge, the French have won only 2 wars. One being against themselves (impossible for them to lose) and one in which they helped a british colony against the british because they were tired of their rule (The American revolution). Seeing as one was impossible for them to lose, they have really only won 1 war, even then they we're just helping out the Americans (although we did need it, technically they were only helping. Also, I MAY have forgotten some, but i'm pretty sure those are the only 2)

How far back do you wanna go?

Spoiler

1066 Invasion of England, William the Conqueror won the entire country.

Multiple wars between England and France, most of which France wins

1337-1453, The Hundred Years War, eventually France expells the English claim to the throne in favour of a French one

1510-1513, The War of the Holy League, all of Europe gangs up against France (actually mainly England and a whole bunch of Italians), France wins when the Pope dies and the League is disbanded

1557-1560, Mary Queen of Scots and her Spanish husband cause another Anglo-French war, France wins, taking back Calais, which was all they had left on the French mainland

1755-1763, Seven Years War, basically the first time they lost something significant in nearly seven hundred years, set the stage for...

1779-1783, The American Revolution, which they fought on the winning side of.

1789-1802, French Revolution, you already mentioned them winning.

1802-1815, Napoleon basically owns Europe for a period of at least ten years. Mainly through military conquest.

Maybe it's just me, but eight hundred years of militaristic dominance in Europse doesn't really spell 'cheese eating surrender monkeys' to me, despite what the Simpsons and most of America and Britain may think.

Yes yes, I already admitted I was wrong. I apologize for acting like an ass and thinking i knew more than I apparently did.

Sorry, it took me ages to write my post, so by the time I'd finished it someone had already responded, but I put too much work into my list to want to take it down. Hopefully others will read it as well, because it is quite interesting to a generation of Europeans and Americans brought up belieing that France never won anything.

Haha yea its understandable . I hope so, history classes needs to go more into depth on this stuff, because I think the latest I had learned in my recent history class was right before the American Revolution.

 

[Composer]

not even we Americans forgive our selves for "Jersey Shores"

 

[AbsoluteVirtue18]

Thank you for Ricky Gervais.

not even we Americans forgive our selves for "Jersey Shores"

Yeah, we're sorry about that.

 

[Nargleblarg]

To our mates across the pond. I would like to take a second to display my personal thanks to the British.

Thank you for inventing the gas mask, television, and viagra. We wouldn't be the same without it. Thank you for soccer (football) and giving us one more thing not to care about. Thanks for James Bond, Dr. Who, and Sherlock Holmes all of whom we wish lived here.

We forgive you for the marcantile system, the numerous blockades of our shores, and Susan Boyle.

Not thankful for the Beckhams please take them back.

And finally thank you most of all for the great Winston Churchill for being undoubtably insane and unstoppable. Also for providing the following quotes.

"I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter."

"Madam, I may be drunk. But I will be sober in the morning and you will still be ugly"

"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life"

"The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative."

 

[Frankster]

we forgive you for having better dental care than us

But they don't. Ours is actually better, despite the stereotype.

How do you rank a country's dental care? Seriously, like, how can you actually, possibly rank a country's dental care? By the number of dentists? Cheapest fillings? Kids with the most amount of metal in face?

I do agree that the British bad teeth stereotype is in fact, you know, a stereotype, but how does a country have better dental care?

Well according to this article british people have less dental problems overall then the usa population.

http://www.cracked.com/article_18409_the-5-most-statistically-full-shit-national-stereotypes.html
While I would take any net article with a pinch of salt, this has as much factual evidence as the "british all have rotten teeth" stereotypes.

I like to think this article is true and all yanks worry about getting their teeth nice and straight whereas we uk peeps are manly and don't give a toss about that, as long as the teeth are actually healthy.
Well, it's a better stereotype then the alternative xD

 

[Risingblade]

You should try the gamer fuel version, makes the regular dew taste like shit by comparassin

 

[Otogi]

I'm not the biggest fan of Mountan Due, but I'm glad our production of this soft drink has made at least one person abroad a little happier.

 

[beema]

So what is mountain dew exactly? I apologise profusely for having never tried it.

It's basically like if you took used dishwater, carbonated it, and dumped 5 tons of corn syrup in it.

 

[James Joseph Emerald]

What's the deal with Mountain Dew? I mean, it's been around for a while, and has never come to UK/Ireland. Then suddenly in the last month BAM, it's everywhere. Buckets of the stuff in every single newsagent, and around 50% cheaper than the other soft drinks. I figured someone wanted to order 100 on a trial basis, to see if it would sell, and accidentally ordered 100,000.

 

[TilMorrow]

Someone once told me that mountain dew kills off your [sub] sperm[/sub]. I ended up back handing them off the boat we were on. Though I don't really see how the drink makes up for throwing us out of the country when it was first being settled...

 

[Sir Thomas Sean Connery]

Well, thank you for giving birth to our founding fathers.

Thank you for Four Lions.

Thank you SO MUCH for Monty Python.

Thank you for inventing the Evil British Accent.

 

[Eijarel]

no problem England, thank you back for the amusing rantings of Pat Condell.
guy is awesome.

 

[JezebelinHell]

You're welcome but I personally think Dr. Pepper is better. Also, we have Heritage Dr. Pepper and Throwback Mt. Dew that is made with REAL SUGAR instead of corn syrup. I highly recommend finding them both also.

Please send Mr. Kippling's Brambly Apple Pies in large quantities directly to my house in exchange for this information. I simply could not haul enough of them home with my after my visit years ago.

 

[FamoFunk]

Mountain Dew is gross, you can take it back!

 

[Comma-Kazie]

I think my country has done far more (to your culture, to your language, to your empire, etc.) than can be properly apologized for.

But you're welcome, regardless.

 

[ThePilgrim101]

I get sick of "I thank a country", this stuff you know. You are one person, you DON'T represent a nation. You DON'T thank a country for something someone has invented there, you thank the person! I'm sorry, but this is just something I no longer have tolerance for. It's senseless IMO.

mfG diebane

Get over it.

We thank France for the statue of Liberty. Some people also thank God for everything that happens.

Let me say his thanks. Don't get in a tizzy.

 

[Sparrow]

Don't thank them, they're the lesser country! ENGLAND! ENGLAND!