Well I seemed to have ruffled a few American feathers with comments that I made late of an evening and the influence of alcohol. But hey shit happens. No again just joking. I thought that I would try and explain where my, and that of many other of my compatriates, stereotypical view of Americans came from. If I were you I would blame Ricki, Jerry, Ophra et all. We vget these programmes sent over here and they seem to show those people on stage as being (delete where applicable) fat, lazy, transvestites who go out with strippers. I understand that these are the extremes but hey, if you are continually shown these images certain associations will eventually start to form. And my mate in America says that lots of people in New Jersey, are fat, so they must be. That is my reasoning, No offence intended again. Jake ps What is the American stereotype of us English. Is it all Hugh Grant, posh accents....... (No that is not a chance to email saying " we think you are all narrowed minded xenophobes like you") +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+