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

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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?!)

Especially in Dillon, Texas!

Love a bit of Friday Night Lights.

Unemployed actors, waitresses and masseuses can afford to live in relatively large Manhattan apartments - yes Friends, I'm looking at you!

All suburban houses are on really wide tree lined streets. There's a station wagon or pickup truck on every driveway and always kids whizzing up and down the street on bikes.

And going back 20 years, phones had massively long cables so you could walk round the house while having a conversation - I'm looking at you, Roseanne.

If you're a guy, then you can never, ever go out with your mates sister.

Ive been on a foreign exchsnge to the usa. Girl i stayed with was 14 i was 17 i think and allowed to drive her mums ppl carrier with parents present, i didnt feel safe lol

they had a gorgeous house think home alone but they were in the sticks in new england beautiful place.

Americans do eat out a lot greatful for being fed (missed home cpoked food)food is diff to english dishes. Makkies fish fillet double size over there here i get a quarter lol

Breakfast fresh bread, cereals non existant (can get but none in house), dunkin doughnuts one breakfast i was feeling sick so sweet thankfully my teacher hought mebreakfast outside lol lovely pancakeswith maple syrup one breakfast took recipe home good old betty crocker still love them.better than making from scratch....lol

Visited secondary school shadowing students they were covering subjects id covered end of primary in maths.

School corridoors lockers lovely why dont we get lockers i remember sore shoulders fromugging around heavy books all day.

Schoolunches vile and no normal whitw milk, flavoured. Suffice to say my host lwt me take lunch from her house very kindly.

went to boston too some folks live in tiny flats its not all huge places see youtube some look like closets especially in nyc where its more expensive

Saw pub from "cheers" took pics with friends like a saddo

Ppl seem to have money snd time for hobbies, softball,ballet.

Ppl are damn friendly but fakes were plentiful in the school too bubbly like they were on helium all day.

Oh and its peanut butter and jelly and dont let it be known youve never had one like me or you'll nevr live it down . I love them now as a treat i still same jam though not jelly

OK, now craving PB&J.

they all dress likevtheyre in the 80s or just very very casual, tshorts, dungarees shorts, jeans.although in bigger cities can be more into fashion

Full make up starting at 12 or earlier i was in shockers 17 i just about used eyeliner lol

If you are murdered - you will have little to no family (based on every cop show ever!)

Everyone takes a yellow bus to school. Every bus stops at the end of their driveway. so it must take about 16 hours to get to school

It's really easy to cheat on the SAT's and even if you get utterly crap grades you can still go to uni.

If you are a WASP type, it's possible to have an amazing wardrobe, apartment and lifestyle while working in a low paid job however if you are from an ethnic minority doing the same job, this means you are only ever seen in your work uniform or "sweats" and you have a long commute to the "wrong side of town"

People go to a bar at the end on the working day and slam back tequila shots then drive home (The Good Wife).

Cheerleaders spend the entire school day in their skimpy uniforms.

Tread, yes to the yellow bus and yes to it stopping at the end of the driveway. There were about 10-15 routes and that's how we all got to and from school.

Not so easy to cheat on the SATs, easy to go to uni as long as you can fork out the cash.

Cheesymonster, this goes along with the high school football thing being an obsession, but they did wear their uniforms during the football season. It was kind of the thing to do if you're involved in a sport -- I did track & field and we all wore our tracksuits the days of our meets.

They all have telephones fixed on the kitchen wall with a cable 3 miles long.

Everyone looks cute and neat [as in tidy] in their private school uniforms. No one ever looks a mess deliberately or has an "interesting" hair cut.

All men are "Sir"
All kids are "junior"
Everyone's knows how to accurately shoot guns dropped by baddies.
Everyone drinks neat Whisky.
Dads take their kids camping with other dads and their kids to bond.
Sex with bra, jeans, half their clothes staying on is common

American high school girls have infinite money and can buy however many clothes they want, on a whim.

American babystitters are temptresses that will seduce your husband and then try to have you bumped off.

Your first date as a teenager will be with an older boy who has his own car, and will consist of dinner and a "movie", which he will pay for. But first he must ask permission from your father, who will act oddly possessive and point out his large collection of shotguns.

Teenage parties happen in the massive houses or gardens of kids whose parents are "out of town". There will probably be a pool. At no point during your teenage years will you get drunk on cheap cider in a field.

The weather is either ridiculously sunny, or snowy. There is no drizzle.

British people are either lovable cockneys or terribly terribly posh.

All Brits are automatically really really sexy because of the accent no matter what they look like and will have every American jealous and/or swooning.

Waitresses/waiters are allowed to be incredibly rude to customers and not only are they never told off but sometimes people actively like that about them. If they are told off they always flounce off with an 'I quit!!' type phrase and never stay in a job they hate/with co workers they hate because they need the money.

Really confused about the post high school education system, it seems everything past high school is 'college' but you need a degree to go to college? So where do they get the degree from?

The houses may be huge but if someone stays over they have to sleep on the sofa.

Time - you don't need a degree for collage in England. Here collage is just 16-18 year olds if they don't stay at school for a levels. You need a degree for university which is after 18

No one can their clothes properly.

If you get dirt on it it's either 'ruined' or requires much pre-soaking and other fuckery.

All New York dumpsters contain an old mattress to break your fall from a high window

All house parties have red plastic cups. Don't drink from the red plastic cup on the bedside table.

Americans can fall through glass windows at great heights and survive.