Things I think are true about America based on Tv and Film

[PennyHasNoSurname]

People sort of pick at their food with just a fork - putting it on, scraping it off, moving it round the plate before putting it back on again and eating half of whats on the fork. Food must be stone cold by the end.

Nobody says goodbye on the phone. Now I know us Brits are painfully polite to a fault but "see you later" or "bye" is basic?

Everyone eats out of packets / dried goods. Of which they have 3000 of in their basement

School finishes at about 11am. University is called School (isnt that confusing?!)

[ByThePrickingOfMyThumbs]

Bumbling, overweight men always have gorgeous wives.

[GardeningWithDynamite]

I only found out that Colorado is nowhere near Maine when I looked at a map. I blame Stephen King. If I ruled the world I'd have them moved closer to each other to save confusion (mine).

[Artandco]

Schools look absolutely terrifying with cults and groups you have to choose from.

[PinkSquash]

Houses and apartments are always huge.

[HelloCanYouHearMe]

Everyones telephone number contains the digits 555

[NetballHoop]

There are loads of alleys and they all have cardboard boxes in them.

[PennyHasNoSurname]

All students walk through a metal detector to get into school. Pre 9/11 it was easier to board a plane than enter a classroom.

[jollyjester]

Yes to the house thing. Home alone, father of the bride, the family stone all fabulous houses!

[YakTriangle]

School consists almost entirely of different themed dances, interspersed with a lesson every now and again. All teachers are either evil sadists or inspirational creative types who inspire the students to reach for their dreams and leap on their desks.

[MadHattersWineParty]

The teacher plans her lesson so that they are mid-way through a discussion on the key points of Shakespeare/quantum physics when the bell suddenly goes and all the students exit the room.

[NickAngel]

When you're upset you eat a tub of ice cream.
( not a nice cup of tea which is our panacea for all ills)

[SisterNancySinatra]

All the kids look look dressed up going to a disco when their going to school, they come home and drink straight from the carton out of the fridge .

[OnlyLovers]

Everyone fits into a neatly defined category at school: nerds, jocks, prom queens...

Everyone is very sad at the end of the school summer term because breaking up means they won't see their friends from school for the whole summer. Even though they all live in the same town.

[squoosh]

Drink driving is not considered a Bad Thing. People drive to a bar, have a few drinks, then drive home again.

[squoosh]

Schools DO look terrifying.

[overwhelmed34]

Even if you have a full time job, there will always be time for multiple hot beverages at the local coffee house...

[gabsdot]

No one has any kind of life outside of work, This is especially true of lawyers and doctors.
They only socialise, date, sleep with, live with, marry people from the same law firm/hospital.

[BertPuttocks]

A typical child's bedroom is the size of a British flat.

Your child's friends will regularly enter and leave your home via your child's bedroom window.

Going jogging means that you will either be murdered or you will find a dead body during your run.

[squoosh]

Taking phone calls whilst driving as in holding your phone in one hand and half heartedly steering with the other is also considered okay. Although I assume this is true as it's what the Kardashians so and the police haven't stopped them yet!

Don't judge. I slipped and fell on the remote and Keeping Up With The Kardashians just appeared on my screen. Yep.

[YakTriangle]

Getting drunk - even if it's the first time you've ever done it - means you have A Problem and should be in rehab.

[Artandco]

And school categories, you never get a sporty person who's also good at maths, or a computer geek prom queen. How do they know what table to sit at during lunch if they are great at football but also a goth?

[InQuiteAChristmasPickle]

Everyone lives in a big, beautiful house.

Everyone puts outside lights up at Christmas and I mean EVERYONE at every single house.

[squoosh]

Only hard drinkin' men and women of loose morals go to bars. Naice people don't frequent such establishments.

[Artandco]

Oh and everyone under 30 only drinks alcohol from a red paper cup

[MadHattersWineParty]

You can do karaoke while smashed in a bar and the audience will think you're cute and they will clap and cheer along with you.