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John W. Kennedy wrote:
> JJKC wrote:
>
>>John W. Kennedy wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I don't know that that really follows.  It is an objective fact that US
>>>culture has penetrated more into Britain than the reverse.  And, as he
>>>
>>Just to Make this even more OT, I find the statement that American
>>Culture has penetrated more into British the reverse, well, funny.  I
>>sit here typing english, ruled by english common law, run by a
>>government with parlimentary procedure, and the list goes on and on.
>>Britain on the other hand got what, hamburgers with pickle slices, from
>>America?
>>
>
> Precisely.  You can see three Burger Kings from Waverly Station.
>
> I didn't put 'em there.
>
> Of course, to be precise, hamburgers as a class appear to be more or
> less American, as is "Thimble Theater", home of the eponymous Wimpy.
>
>

Alas, I think Wimpy is gone from the US (the hamburger joint I mean, not
the friend of Popeye the sailor).  I haven't seen one in decades.  I
went into one in Ireland in 1972 and the hamburger was- gasp - kind of a
chicken fried steak, and not served on a bun.

-Jim

