A guide for our American Guests!

Whisper · Feb 13, 2003

I was thinking quantative, but best to be thorough, I'll check my book(; Blowing dust off of reasearch book :sniff: trying very hard not to sneeze!)

I now think It would be ethically wrong to try this on unsuspecting Americans, I don't have to time to write the proposal!

madeleine · Feb 13, 2003

:stone Am I alone in thinking that the brookview site is not all that funny. Indeed, it is quite offensive in places.

Mattigan, RN · Feb 13, 2003

well.... I was offended but I AM American- only slightly offended because I know some people who act that way but now that I'm thinking on it - one is Swiss and one is German so, Hey!!! they come in all nationalities.

Mattigan, RN · Feb 13, 2003

I don't think the site was posted to intentionally offend anyone and if I'm wrong- don't tell me.

Whisper · Feb 13, 2003

Well I frequently admit to having a warped sense of humour, a warped sense of British humour at that, But I thought the webpage was meant as just a bit of fun,

Whisper

p.s I used to have the link to a very similar page that was a guide to America for the English, I really wish I still had the URL,

Mattigan, RN · Feb 13, 2003

Originally posted by Whisper
, But I thought the webpage was meant as just a bit of fun,

Whisper

.. so did I.

ayemmeff · Feb 13, 2003

No,I didn't post it to offend any one,any one who has had any contact with me through the board would know that I'm not like that.

(I only get feisty when provoked!!)

Good_Queen_Bess · Feb 14, 2003

:chuckle Well I thought it hilarious! What exactly IS offensive about it? We get stereo-typed by the American's all the time in their films and sitcoms, so why not play on that? If they think it's serious, that's their problem! :biggringi :uhoh3: If we can't laugh at ourselves, then it's a sad world.

Good_Queen_Bess · Feb 14, 2003

Originally posted by Whisper
I was thinking quantative, but best to be thorough, I'll check my book(; Blowing dust off of reasearch book trying very hard not to sneeze!)

So you actually have a BOOK on research that you paid for yourself! Now that's dedication for you! Research :zzzzz

Whisper · Feb 14, 2003

I have a pink textbook on research for nursing, but I wouldn't call it dedication... I am a student and needed it for one of my modules, and it wil come in useful again later on my course so it is just sat on my shelf, looking pretty;)

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srose · Feb 21, 2003

LOL...LOVE the brookview site!!!

i lived in lancaster for about 7 months in 1996, studied at the uni there. have been back to visit twice, and have decided that i think i was born in the wrong country, i was supposed to be british!

i'll be coming over there as soon as i finish nursing school, and get some experience...!!!

Orca, ADN, ASN, RN · Mar 21, 2003

Having taken a couple of extended visits to the UK, I found the Brookview site hilarious. The author poked fun at Americans' notorious lack of knowledge of anything outside our borders. I wasn't offended at all. Having traveled extensively on the Tube, I loved the comment about the "off peak" times (of course, the times listed were rush hour, when the Underground transports an estimated six million passengers).

During my visits, I fell in love with the UK and her people, and I am making plans to spend 4-5 years there working in nursing. I have friends in the south coastal area of Wales, and found the Welsh in particular to be among the friendliest people I have met anywhere.