An official statement
Not from the White House but from me. In the last few years I have been reprimanded several times for lacking affection for my current homeland. I don't think that criticism was justified but I can understand it. To excuse myself you have to understand that I lack profound feelings of patriotism for any country I have lived in, even the country of my birth. So far I have also come to the conclusion that I am incapable of such feelings due to several things that happened in my life. Call me patriotically challenged. I really am. It's true, I will never understand. I don't know what it means to love a country beyond logic.
I do still think that I have gained other advantages that make up for this handicap, even if people might disagree. But as you all know, we can't make everybody happy and if I truly am blind about my condition, I will have to make due not living my life to the fullest (sorry Oprah).
Anyway, to prove that I do like to live in the USA and that I have come to appreciate this country, I decided to present you with this list of things that I think are American and great. If you the reader happen not to live here and don't understand some of the listed you are free to ask. Please also keep in mind that this list is not numbered, so just because something is first or last on the list it doesn't mean those are the most and least favorite things.
Free refills
Cheap gas
Two oceans
Ben and Jerry's ice cream
Lincoln
Free returns
Waiters who actually work for their money
"Buy one get one free"-s
Steak
Lincoln
The fact that almost every performer I like lives here.
Air conditioning
Barnes and Noble
Free salad or soup with you meal
Lincoln
Coupons
Apple pie with vanilla ice cream
Quilting
English (the language I mean)
"Friends"
Diversity
Hamburgers (I'm NOT talking McDonalds)
Carribbean a few miles south
Thanksgiving (one more holiday to eat yourself to death)
Bed and Breakfasts
Lincoln
Brownies
Lincoln
and Lincoln.
Alright. I am biased. Towards my husband and food. :) If you think the list is missing something, let me know.
I also have a little American growing inside me but I'm not sure how purebred (s)he is. Rather European tinted. But then again who knows, most Americans became so by choice rather than birth, we'll see who wins in the end.
Next week we will discuss the wrongness of being European in the US. ;)
Posted at 04:20 PM on February 18, 2003
I think if I had to make a list, I think mine would be the same except the "Lincoln" part.
awwwwww.....
HAHAHA!!! But poor Digby tried soooooooo hard but couldn't achieve being included, couldn't he?
Come to think of it,I do like "Lincoln Logs" though...
Duh! How could I forget CHEESECAKE!!!!
Incredible. I apologize. :)
Dani, I'm glad you wouldn't include Lincoln on your list. I'm not sure if we could be friends in that case ;)
As a native Viennese I was always wondering, how American people can grow that fat with such kind of food (compared with Schnitzel, Erdapfelsalat, Tafelspitz, Suppentopf, Sachertorte, Punschtorte, Apfelstrudel, Tpfenstrudel, Milchrahmstrudel, mürbes Kipferl, Powidltascherl, Germknödl, Palatschinken,... Fortsetzung im "Plachutta") - and now I have to read that! A list consisting of 100 times "Lincoln" I would have understood! Wow. I can hardly find the words expressing my thoughts.
Du Dinka, was heißt "make due"?
What exactly does a mother-in-law have to do to get on this list?? I'm crushed!