Post your "American Moments" here.

[Jenne]

I often deny myself delicious Belgian fries(or other fatty foods) if I'm with people that speak English because I don't want to fulfill the American stereotype. If I'm with my girlfriend, with whom I usually speak English, I insist that we speak French if we're doing something American-y, either something lazy or piggish or whatever. I refuse to succumb to the stereotype!

I did that with my French friend while in Paris.  While we were on the Metro, specifically.  It worked for a while.

[Jenne]

Living close to a university those couches are usually gone within a day.

[old geezer]  In MY day in university, the couches on the curb were BLAZING afire...[/old geezer] 

[PopeTom]

I will frequently go to the grocery store.  Spend $50-$60 on food for the next week or two then, on the drive home, swing through a fast food drive through to get something to eat.

[Freeky]

Barely four pages in, and I'm already thinking "Wow, we're a wasteful, disgusting lot."

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

I have been complaining about how my ass is getting larger and I'm unhappy with my figure, so I had fried chicken from Publix for dinner last night at about 2am, you know, right before bed.
All dark meat.

[Bruno]

I have been complaining about how my ass is getting larger and I'm unhappy with my figure, so I had fried chicken from Publix for dinner last night at about 2am, you know, right before bed.
All dark meat.

Thanks to this post, I now have a certain song by Sir-Mix-A-Lot stuck in my head.

Does that count as an American moment?

[President Television]

The neighbor bitch called the cops on the kids from the street last night for shooting off bottle rockets having/attending a good time. 

This was the moment.  The rest could have happened anywhere.

This happens in Canada too. I'm surprised that there are still kids left who do that kind of thing, considering that here in the Great White North snowball fights and games of tag are verboten.

[P3nT4gR4m]

Fun damn well ought to be illegal. Making anything illegal makes it extra fun. That excited sense of "will I get caught" the cloak and dagger approach. That righteous sense of getting away with it. I hope to hell they ban everything. I'll end up having twice as much fun as I do now

[Bruno]

Fun damn well ought to be illegal. Making anything illegal makes it extra fun. That excited sense of "will I get caught" the cloak and dagger approach. That righteous sense of getting away with it. I hope to hell they ban everything. I'll end up having twice as much fun as I do now

Good point, like when you were a kid, everything was funnier when you were in church and not allowed to laugh.

Example:   

  P.P. Bliss   

[President Television]

Fun damn well ought to be illegal. Making anything illegal makes it extra fun. That excited sense of "will I get caught" the cloak and dagger approach. That righteous sense of getting away with it. I hope to hell they ban everything. I'll end up having twice as much fun as I do now

Good point, like when you were a kid, everything was funnier when you were in church and not allowed to laugh.

Example:   

  P.P. Bliss   

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I don't usually buy soda but I was at the store yesterday and 12-packs of root beer were only $2.49 each if you bought four. So now I have 48 cans of root beer in my kitchen.

[Remington]

I don't usually buy soda but I was at the store yesterday and 12-packs of root beer were only $2.49 each if you bought four. So now I have 48 cans of root beer in my kitchen.

I don't see how this can be considered anything other than a flawless victory.

Remington,
Loves root beer

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

I often drive my gas guzzling 6 cylinder vehicle with the air on ... and the window down.


Why, I don't know?

[Suu]

I can find ANY country BUT the USA's soccer jersey for way less than $50 UNLESS it's XL or bigger.

[BadBeast]

Going across the border from Canada, en route to Seattle in 1977, the US Border Guards confiscated the sandwiches my Aunt had made for the journey, because they had lettuce in them.
They also took all but one unopened pack of cigarettes per smoker. My Uncle and Aunt accepted this without a murmur, while the 11 year old me, seethed with indignation.