Not only is everythingeverything bigger, from cereal boxes to portions to cars, but also. . . well have you ever heard of that book Midwest Marlvels?, 'cause if not, you should have a look. 
World's Biggest Ball of Twine isn't the oddest thing in there. I think the World's Biggest Porcelain Toilet might be, though.
World's Biggest Ball of Twine isn't the oddest thing in there. I think the World's Biggest Porcelain Toilet might be, though. Nothing succeeds like success, they say, but I've long felt that over here nothing exceeds like excess. Sometimes it's a good thing; you don't want to half ass D-Day (which may have been what Ike was thinking of when he coined that "success" phrase. ) It can be a real problem, however, if you lose all sense of perspective and priorities.
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Slightly better than chocolate.
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LoL. Be well, RAFOlk.
Last First in wotmania Chat
Slightly better than chocolate.
Love still can't be coerced.
Please Don't Eat the Newbies!
LoL. Be well, RAFOlk.
/of sorts. Culture in general. And more specifically, American culture.
- 04/10/2010 07:32:29 PM
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The foreigner POV
- 04/10/2010 08:17:24 PM
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I think of how the Rockies and Appalachians were created by MGB and Chuck Norris wrestling. *NM*
- 05/10/2010 12:57:31 AM
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How about traditional American values?
- 05/10/2010 01:43:07 AM
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isn't that a bit misleading?
- 05/10/2010 07:52:18 AM
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yes but we have more of it
- 05/10/2010 02:50:53 PM
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- 05/10/2010 03:10:18 PM
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Do you know why it is rude to ask someone if they are from Texas?
- 05/10/2010 05:53:19 PM
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Word (concept) association with "American culture"
- 05/10/2010 09:57:07 AM
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i think those are pretty indicative word associations. *NM*
- 05/10/2010 03:08:08 PM
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Some of that may be more European than American culture.
- 06/10/2010 04:20:16 AM
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every other animal leaves it on the ground.
- 06/10/2010 04:50:00 AM
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Yeah, but even the "bigger is better" thing isn't purely American; we just took to an extreme.
- 06/10/2010 05:06:27 AM
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really, the part that most people go to at the Canyon isn't really a "nature park"
- 06/10/2010 05:33:48 AM
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My whole point there was that most US nature parks are tourist attractions.
- 06/10/2010 06:37:00 AM
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Nothing's purely anything, but you guys've got the The World's Biggest [everything] over there.
- 06/10/2010 07:14:55 AM
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And everything's bigger in TX.... 
- 06/10/2010 09:44:11 AM
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- 06/10/2010 09:44:11 AM
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with your medical training you really want to advocate leaving it on the ground? *NM*
- 06/10/2010 09:30:57 PM
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But circumcision is a hot topic in the US
- 06/10/2010 05:42:25 AM
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It is?
- 06/10/2010 06:51:31 AM
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You're wrong about the default for circumcision the world over
- 06/10/2010 07:44:40 AM
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That surprises me, but alright.
- 06/10/2010 10:00:14 AM
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It is indeed only prevalent among Jews and Muslims - and the old British empire.
- 06/10/2010 10:38:07 AM
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I've actually never heard it discussed except for two/three times on the wotmania/rafo boards.
- 06/10/2010 10:16:50 PM
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You make a good point about tipping
- 06/10/2010 09:58:10 AM
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I disagree - surely tipping is much more internationally widespread than some others in that list.
- 06/10/2010 10:43:32 AM
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Right!
- 05/10/2010 09:42:20 PM
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A Scandinavian fond of Creole and Cajun food? I thought my grandmother was the only one...
- 05/10/2010 10:30:57 PM
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You mean. . . there are people out there who don't love Creole and Cajun food?
- 06/10/2010 06:48:21 PM
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