AMERICAN ICONS....
The Geezer is not above or below living and learning. Unusual things really turn me on. For instance: I almost had a psychic girlfriend, but she left me before we met. How did she know?
England is a glorious and wonderful country. Many Americans are fascinated by their history, culture and funny way of talking. They have just concluded a government project to catalog the icons which capture the essence of England. More than 350,000 people voted to choose the things that most represent Britain. Can you imagine trying to do the same thing in the U.S.? We can’t get 350,000 men and women to vote in the Presidential election.
The newest icons chosen were: fish and chips, Sherlock Holmes and Monty Python. They joined such icons as cricket, pubs and red double-decker buses on a growing list of England’s national treasures. The first wave of icons included Stonehenge, the FA Cup and the humble cup of tea. Isn’t that extraordinary and admirable? It’s so….British. There are obviously many other potential icons that could be included on this prestigious list. Things like: the Queen’s frumpy wardrobe, buggering boys at school, Camilla Parker Bowles/nee: The Princess of Horse-faces and last but not least – the ever popular monocle.
This is such a wonderful idea that we should adopt it in the States. What and who would you include on America’s icon list? The Blues, Judge Judy, Baseball, hot dogs with everything on it, Las Vegas, the Statue of Liberty, Jerry Springer, the book which has been on the N.Y. Times’ best seller list for two years, “Too Drunk to Jerk Off”, Country/Western music, gangsta clothes, our ‘do nothing Congresses’, Paris Hilton, and the successful new reality TV show, “So You Think You Can Fart.”
Maybe trying to put together an icon list for America isn’t a good idea. We are too diverse and intolerant to agree on anything. But if we did, I would include the mechanic who told me, “I couldn’t repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.”
England is a glorious and wonderful country. Many Americans are fascinated by their history, culture and funny way of talking. They have just concluded a government project to catalog the icons which capture the essence of England. More than 350,000 people voted to choose the things that most represent Britain. Can you imagine trying to do the same thing in the U.S.? We can’t get 350,000 men and women to vote in the Presidential election.
The newest icons chosen were: fish and chips, Sherlock Holmes and Monty Python. They joined such icons as cricket, pubs and red double-decker buses on a growing list of England’s national treasures. The first wave of icons included Stonehenge, the FA Cup and the humble cup of tea. Isn’t that extraordinary and admirable? It’s so….British. There are obviously many other potential icons that could be included on this prestigious list. Things like: the Queen’s frumpy wardrobe, buggering boys at school, Camilla Parker Bowles/nee: The Princess of Horse-faces and last but not least – the ever popular monocle.
This is such a wonderful idea that we should adopt it in the States. What and who would you include on America’s icon list? The Blues, Judge Judy, Baseball, hot dogs with everything on it, Las Vegas, the Statue of Liberty, Jerry Springer, the book which has been on the N.Y. Times’ best seller list for two years, “Too Drunk to Jerk Off”, Country/Western music, gangsta clothes, our ‘do nothing Congresses’, Paris Hilton, and the successful new reality TV show, “So You Think You Can Fart.”
Maybe trying to put together an icon list for America isn’t a good idea. We are too diverse and intolerant to agree on anything. But if we did, I would include the mechanic who told me, “I couldn’t repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.”
posted by THE RANTING OLD GEEZER at 3:49 PM
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