Post your "American Moments" here.

[AFK]

A ton!

[Fredfredly ⊂(◉‿◉)つ]

When someone speaks to me in a language I don't understand, and I don't speak any languages they understand, I raise my voice, wave my hands and talk with a generically foreign accent.

I had to frequently remind my father that speaking loudly wouldnt make the africans understand his accent any better  

[LMNO]

Ok got one, today, instead of waiting for the bus that drops me off outside of my apartment, I took an alternate route and walked for a mile and half. Would have taken the same amount of time either way. Good choice, bad reason. I just didn't want to wait.

This isn't American because you opted to walk all that way.

If its Boston, you make better time across some parts of town on foot too.

Yeah. I was in Newton.

FUCK Newton.

What's wrong with Newton?

The motherfucking laws of motion, that's what!

[Nephew Twiddleton]

A ton!

The motherfucking laws of motion, that's what!

I should have seen this one coming....

[AFK]

According to my math that is two.  I think it might be time for a visit with Dr. Ocular. 

[Nephew Twiddleton]

According to my math that is two.  I think it might be time for a visit with Dr. Ocular. 

Clearly I need more coffee.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Thanks, the cord tested good though.  It's a seperate cord, like a computer's, with a plug in the back of the fan.  The plug's what's gone wonky. 

May try to teardown and solder nice-like.  May just hotwire the fucker.

Replacing the plug might be kind of tricky (in terms of finding a new plug) but you might try hitting up a lamp store and seeing if they have that part. If you lived in Portland I'd know exactly where to send you for it, but I have no idea what you've got around there, if anything. That part should cost less than $3.

[Richter]

Yeah, I don't want to count on RadioShmack having it these days. 

As per Dok's advice, and better judgement, I will not cobble it together.     

[Fredfredly ⊂(◉‿◉)つ]

I just made a giant bowl of pasta and then dumped half of it down the drain cause it had too many calories. YEAH AMERICA!!!!!!

[Remington]

I just made a giant bowl of pasta and then dumped half of it down the drain cause it had too many calories. YEAH AMERICA!!!!!!

That's not America.

Now, if you had made too little and poured in half a bottle of ketchup to compensate...

[Richter]

I oveheard 3 people tell others where Portugal was in the break room.  Only one of them got the correct continent. 

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I just made a giant bowl of pasta and then dumped half of it down the drain cause it had too many calories. YEAH AMERICA!!!!!!

That's not America.

Now, if you had made too little and poured in half a bottle of ketchup to compensate...

Outside observer makes interesting case.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I oveheard 3 people tell others where Portugal was in the break room.  Only one of them got the correct continent. 

Seriously? I thought the American geography fail thing was a myth.

[Jenne]

I oveheard 3 people tell others where Portugal was in the break room.  Only one of them got the correct continent. 

Seriously? I thought the American geography fail thing was a myth.

  Oh, no.  Not by a longshot.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I oveheard 3 people tell others where Portugal was in the break room.  Only one of them got the correct continent.  

Seriously? I thought the American geography fail thing was a myth.

 Oh, no.  Not by a longshot.

I imagine most of my optimism/naivete about Americans and the state of things stems from having been reared by a would-have-been history teacher and having had decent schooling.

Edit: I mean, fuck, if you showed me an unlabeled map of the world I couldn't tell you which specific blob Uzbekistan was, but I could tell you that it's a former Soviet Republic in Asia.