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Is Britain mean or just jealous?

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Why on BBC America whenever a show comes on a guy with a heavy British accent comes on and says "The following show contains an accent you probably would have heard a lot more of If you wouldn't have thrown our tea in the water" Is Britian jeakous of America being the richest contry?

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  1. we  dont suffer fools


  2. Lots of yanks don't have a pot to p**s in, now we hear 10% of New York is hungry. Yes, we are jealous of a rich, oppressed, brainwashed nation which cannot feed itself.

  3. I think he was only joking and being American you didn`t get it.

  4. England is neither mean nor jealous on the contrary England is very proud of themselves, and remember that when you buy a pound  you need 2 DOLLARS, the other thing is that the americans like the english accent.

  5. no, britain is not mean or jealous, just more intelligent.

  6. The standard of english grammar used by this person leads me to believe that he is not really British.

    I think you are deluding yourself if you think America is the richest country. The wealth seems to be concentrated in the hands of a certain type of crooked businessman.

    We hear of financial scandal after financial scandal. Enron the biggest bankruptcy in world history and now the sub-prime mortgage which is causing economic diffuculties to banking systems all over the world not to mention the thousands of Americans who are being evicted from their homes.

    Jealous? I don't think so.

  7. It's called a joke. I for one tell my American friends that throwing TEA over the side of a ship the Boston tea party was a blight on an otherwise civilised Nation

  8. No, Britain is not jealous.

    And try looking at the national debt your "rich" country is in!

  9. No, we're all just agitated over a very depressing waste of good tea :-P

  10. It's a friggin' joke you k**b.

  11. neither

    i love British

    but it doesn't mean i have to like them

  12. its nothing to do with that english people are jealous of america it is just trying to make a joke

  13. Americans are not richest country, check your facts

    and your economy is only declining thanks to your president

  14. i've never heard that, but it sounds funny! is Britain jealous of America being the richest country? What makes you think American IS the richest country? Better take another look at the international financial situation before you make a claim like that. i don't believe Britain is jealous at all - but it seems as though Yanks don't have much of a sense of humor.....

  15. We are neither mean nor jealous, perhaps simply thankful that we are no longer responsible for America.

  16. Hi...

    Firstly....

    The guy on TV, is just making a joke!

    Secondly.....

    Although America is a wealthy country, in a way it is not!

    It is like seeing a guy wearing a top class suit, getting out of a flash sports car and wearing lots of gold jewelry.....

    Only to discover, that its all on credit and he is actually up to his neck in debt!!!

  17. I'm American and I would have understood it was a joke.

    If the asker is English and hates America (shady gov't, this & that), why is he still here?

  18. No.

  19. what are you talking about jelousy for ?

    oh and I suppose americans are jelouse because the british are a slimmer country !?

  20. Why do you say that?

  21. 1)  I haven't seen the show, but it sounds like the announcer is joking--so much for subtle British humor.  

    2)  A lot of Americans living in Europe working for American corporations are now paid in Euros while the Brits and the French come to New York to shop for bargains, so no they  aren't jealous.

  22. america is only richer as it's bigger, americans make a lot of fun of brits too.

  23. I am an American and regular watcher of the BBCA. I think the "disclaimer" is meant as a joke and I take it as such. I don't know how you could have read jealousy into a bit of humor. Get a grip!

  24. We British (it's no longer Good Form to refer to the peoples of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as "English") know we are naturally superior in education, moral enlightenment, social awareness, humour* and the ability to fight wars against better equipped or more numerous enemies without acting like rednecks to prisoners.

    ... however it is also bad form to rub other countries noses in that, so we pretend to be modest.

    Americans just don't get the Joke.

  25. no, just being honest and you still owe us for the tea.

  26. No Britain is not jeaKous of America being the richest cOntry. Everything that America is, is thanks to the British full stop.

  27. No. I dont think so. Im an american living in london, and for the most part the british seem proud of who they are. The BBC thing was only a joke so dont take things too seriously.

    As for the Boston Tea Party...well...we were just REALLY thirsty and only your english tea would suffice.. : )

    Its been ages since that happened, both our countries should let it go...

  28. How many  $ to the pound ?

    We are  only jealous of you wonderful and much respected President, a perfect ambassador

  29. No, I don't think Britian is jealous, why would they be.  I think the BBC was just making a joke, unless they're still carrying a grudge. Huh??

  30. No not at all. The Brits are just Tetley Touchy.
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