No ma'am, no it does not.

Oh, certainly. Once I was visiting the Vatican and turned to see some loud and obnoxious fellow Americans in Vatican square, wearing a NASCAR hat and a Budweiser tee-shirt and jean shorts, who also happened to be significantly overweight. It was a bag of stereotypes. I cringed and wanted to wear an American flag pin…

Okay, I kind of have to laugh at the Taylor Swift protests. It stinks that she's being targeted and unjustly called a "whore." The train of thought that must have lead to this is absurd: the WBC members actually listening to her songs, somehow getting fixated on them, and then on her, deciding that she's the "face of…

Question, is "Yank" an insult? That might cause confusion because generally any time in my life I have heard the word Yank, it is usually a pejorative coming from someone who is not a Yankee, and generally hates northeasterners. Such as "Damn Yanks/Those Yanks are so awful/F*ing Yanks." Hearing "Yank" makes me grind…

I understand your complaint, but I think you're being a little unfair with the American stereotypes too; puritanical, insular, repressed. I know you are angry, but two rights don't make a wrong.

Haha, that's okay. There are certain things I couldn't bring myself to try while abroad in Great Britain either, like savory "puddings." For me, pudding is a sweet dessert made from milk, usually flavored chocolate, vanilla, or butterscotch. The thought of pudding made from meat brings to mind liquefied, gelatinous…

I remember that episode. I was thinking — does he watch any movies at all? Any of them? How can you have no idea who Stephen Fry is? Even if not by name, at least by face or voice!

Do you use "I see" in the same context? I will say "I see" and it never means anything good.

Haha, I guess we can be overenthusiastic bunch. Points for effort? Although where I live (the Northeast) we tend to be a little more reserved. It gives us a bad reputation with the rest of the country, they think we're rude and cold.

That is a very strange train of thought. So I guess it's an insult?

I don't think we have gravy powder here, but we do have jarred gravy, which is almost as disturbing. Especially since actual gravy solidifies when cooling because of the animal fats, and this stuff just stay jarred and liquid forever. It's a lot runnier too, although not as much as the granules from what you describe.…

Haha, I had forgotten that biscuit means "cookie" in the U.K. That is a disgusting thought.

Yikes. I get that he wants to defend his spouse, but this is not cool. Between this and the weirdness around his wedding, does it seem that he's a little too protective? This is way over the top outraged for the Daily Fail.

Beard? Okay. I like that he hasn't dyed out the greys. Men tend to age in their beards first, so I appreciate that he's left that in. But not into the unshaven neck. Other than that, looks nice.

So is it basically just the jus of the meat, then? Or is that reduced down/modified? Our gravy tends to be opaque because of the roux that's made from the flour and fat before you add the liquids. It can be runny but often it's thicker. It also tends to solidify when cooled because it is made from animal fats (the…

A friend of mine once told me when she was pregnant she would suddenly brown out her vision from time to time — the doctors diagnosed it as migraines. Before she told me that I had no idea headache-less migraines were even possible. The recovery process is definitely the slow climb, my loved ones I mentioned have…

What does British gravy look like/made of? Ours is generally pan drippings + flour + beef/poultry stock, heated until thick. Oh and southern sausage gravy which is totally different (white with little sausage bits).

Yes, Americans take "not bad" a bit more literally. We understand it to mean that something is average. The unsaid part of the sentence is "not bad... Not good, but not bad."

Gifs are the best! There are four lights indeed, and I admire your thick skin.

I remember reading a book from the 19th century called A Land of Contrasts, in which a British gentleman writes of his journeys around the U.S., and what he saw. I remember him praising how charmingly frank Americans are. I guess not much has changed since then. In fact, Stephen Fry in America is a great similar…