http://terenceblacker.com/comment/from-the-independent/do-the-british-really-hate-each-other/ Regular commentary from the author Terence Blacker, including his most recent Independent articles and a regular blog. Wed, 09 May 2012 06:55:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://terenceblacker.com/comment/from-the-independent/do-the-british-really-hate-each-other/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Ken Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:45:44 +0000 http://terenceblacker.com/comment/from-the-independent/do-the-british-really-hate-each-other/#comment-23 Yet Americans love the British way of life, the latest example which I found in a piece by Augusten Burroughs. He visited England to promote a book and was so entranced by the Coke still served in bottles, the extra-fluffy Kleenex, and the TV shows that he only left the hotel room to go to a convenience store to buy one of the hundreds of flavors of "crisps" we don't have in the states. You've gotta love this olde charm. Yet Americans love the British way of life, the latest example which I found in a piece by Augusten Burroughs. He visited England to promote a book and was so entranced by the Coke still served in bottles, the extra-fluffy Kleenex, and the TV shows that he only left the hotel room to go to a convenience store to buy one of the hundreds of flavors of “crisps” we don’t have in the states. You’ve gotta love this olde charm.

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