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iandhr

(6,852 posts)
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 10:57 AM Jun 2016

BRITISH LOSE RIGHT TO CLAIM THAT AMERICANS ARE DUMBER

LONDON (The Borowitz Report)—Across the United Kingdom on Friday, Britons mourned their long-cherished right to claim that Americans were significantly dumber than them.

Luxuriating in their superiority over Americans’ intellect has long been a favorite pastime in Britain, surpassing in popularity such games as cricket, darts, and snooker.

But according to Alistair Dorrinson, a pub owner in North London, British voters have done irreparable damage to the “most enjoyable sport this nation has ever known, namely, treating Americans like idiots.”

“When our countrymen cast their votes yesterday, they didn’t realize they were destroying the most precious leisure activity this nation has ever known,” he said. “Wankers.”

In the face of this startling display of national idiocy, Dorrinson still mustered some of the resilience for which the British people are known. “This is a dark day,” he said. “But I hold out hope that, come November, Americans could become dumber than us once more.”


http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/british-lose-right-to-claim-that-americans-are-dumber

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BRITISH LOSE RIGHT TO CLAIM THAT AMERICANS ARE DUMBER (Original Post) iandhr Jun 2016 OP
Borowitz nails it! BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #1
A ha ha ha...this reminds me of when the Kerry vote flipped in the dark of night... peace13 Jun 2016 #2
I keep thinking: "Thank God it passed!!!!" nt bemildred Jun 2016 #4
Me too. I enjoy any cracks in the Globalization movement. nt silvershadow Jun 2016 #11
+1 phazed0 Jun 2016 #22
+2 AntiBank Jun 2016 #24
I dunno. We voted Bush the Usurper in twice. (Sort of). nt bemildred Jun 2016 #3
I prefer Bush the Lesser MillennialDem Jun 2016 #10
An arguable point, it works either way. bemildred Jun 2016 #15
+1 uponit7771 Jun 2016 #13
I was thinking the same thing. randome Jun 2016 #5
PM Boris Drumpf. Enough said. Bad Thoughts Jun 2016 #6
HAHA sarae Jun 2016 #7
NOT........ roomtomove Jun 2016 #8
+1 nt silvershadow Jun 2016 #12
+1 phazed0 Jun 2016 #23
lol And they definitely lost the right to treestar Jun 2016 #9
A real-life example from a british book on manners, lamenting about those uncouth Americans: DetlefK Jun 2016 #14
I am with the hopeful among the Brits. beastie boy Jun 2016 #16
K & R! HuckleB Jun 2016 #17
I just saw a feed from Trump in Scotland crowing about the election. gordianot Jun 2016 #18
Agree, if Drumpf is for it....., lark Jun 2016 #19
You mean this? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2016 #25
It was a video feed but that is a good summation. gordianot Jun 2016 #26
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ still_one Jun 2016 #27
trust me wallyworld2 Jun 2016 #20
But this November we'll giv'em a run for their money, Kablooie Jun 2016 #21
farage enid602 Jun 2016 #28
MADNESS! underpants Jun 2016 #29

BlueMTexpat

(15,365 posts)
1. Borowitz nails it!
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 11:01 AM
Jun 2016

I will share this with a British friend, but in a few days. Right now, the pain is too raw.

Hopefully, WE will NOT prove to be dumber in November - which is a possibility.

 

peace13

(11,076 posts)
2. A ha ha ha...this reminds me of when the Kerry vote flipped in the dark of night...
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 11:06 AM
Jun 2016

...our friends from PA called at three a.m. wanting to know what the &ell was wrong with Ohio? We still ask ourselves that from time to time!

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
5. I was thinking the same thing.
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 11:12 AM
Jun 2016

Canada had Rob Ford. GB has Brexit. At the very least, we're in good company once more.

sarae

(3,284 posts)
7. HAHA
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 11:32 AM
Jun 2016

seriously, though...I think we already won the Darwin Award just because Trump is the Republican nominee.

roomtomove

(217 posts)
8. NOT........
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 12:05 PM
Jun 2016

This is good for Britain and an example for others....

NOT good for globalism and corporate rule.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
9. lol And they definitely lost the right to
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 12:07 PM
Jun 2016

call us idiots for having an orange moron anywhere near the WH. They just proved their majority is with the likes of him.

Maybe we can do a tabloid with a variation on the one that had the photo of Dumbya saying how can this number of millions be so stupid!

beastie boy

(9,237 posts)
16. I am with the hopeful among the Brits.
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 12:52 PM
Jun 2016

If history teaches us anything, it's the potential we Americans have for reaching previously unimaginable highs (or lows) in idiocy.

gordianot

(15,234 posts)
18. I just saw a feed from Trump in Scotland crowing about the election.
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 01:10 PM
Jun 2016

Warning Trump approves and he was giddy.

lark

(23,065 posts)
19. Agree, if Drumpf is for it.....,
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 01:23 PM
Jun 2016

it's almost a given that the intelligent move is to be against it.

gordianot

(15,234 posts)
26. It was a video feed but that is a good summation.
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 02:30 PM
Jun 2016

Trump means what he says when he courts financial ruin it does appear that is the financial model he prefers. How that works for an entire country? Donald I am sure sees this as an opportunity to work out some acquisitions. He makes Rmoney look almost ethical in comparison.

Kablooie

(18,612 posts)
21. But this November we'll giv'em a run for their money,
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 01:33 PM
Jun 2016

I hope we don't but beware of underestimating the gullibilty of the American conservative voters.

enid602

(8,598 posts)
28. farage
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 03:04 PM
Jun 2016

The joke in London this AM is that Nigel Farage's teeth face deportation becase they are not white.

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