Cultural Differences Explained

Aussies:

Dislike being mistaken for Pommies (Brits) when abroad.

Canadians:

Are rather indignant about being mistaken for Americans when abroad.

Americans:

Encourage being mistaken for Canadians when abroad.

Brits:

Can't possibly be mistaken for anyone else when abroad.

Aussies:

Believe you should look out for your mates.

Brits:

Believe that you should look out for those people who belong to your club.

Americans:

Believe that people should look out for & take care of themselves.

Canadians:

Believe that that's the government's job.

Aussies:

Are extremely patriotic to their beer.

Americans:

Are flag-waving, anthem-singing, and obsessively patriotic to the point of blindness.

Canadians:

Can't agree on the words to their anthem, when they can be bothered to sing them.

Brits:

Do not sing at all but prefer a large brass band to perform the anthem.

Americans:

Spend most of their lives glued to the idiot box.

Canadians:

Don't, but only because they can't get more American channels.

Brits:

Pay a tax just so they can watch four channels.

Aussies:

Export all their crappy programs, which no-one there watches, to Britain, where everybody loves them.

Americans:

Will jabber on incessantly about football, baseball, and basketball.

Brits:

Will jabber on incessantly about cricket, soccer, and rugby.

Canadians:

Will jabber on incessantly about hockey, hockey, hockey, hockey, and how they beat the Americans twice, playing baseball.

Aussies:

Will jabber on incessantly about how they beat the Poms in every sport they play them in.

Americans:

Spell words differently, but still call it "English".

Brits:

Pronounce their words differently, but still call it "English".

Canadians:

Spell like the Brits, pronounce like Americans.

Aussies:

Add "G'day", "mate" and a heavy accent to everything they say in an attempt to get laid.

Brits:

Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an island.

Aussies:

Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an island.

Americans:

Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas, & liquor in a backwards country.

Canadians:

Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas, & liquor in a backwards country.

Americans:

Drink weak, pissy-tasting beer.

Canadians:

Drink strong, pissy-tasting beer.

Brits:

Drink warm, beery-tasting piss.

Aussies:

Drink anything with alcohol in it.

Americans:

Seem to think that poverty & failure are morally suspect.

Canadians:

Seem to believe that wealth and success are morally suspect.

Brits:

Seem to believe that wealth, poverty, success and failure are inherited things.

Aussies:

Seem to think that none of this matters after several beers.