The Annals of My English Childhood (Volume III): Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

[mythematiclife]

This Christmas, when I was in America, my cousin phoned me and said "I was watching the Family Channel and I saw a commercial for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; it's on at 7:30. I'm coming over to watch it

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[darthanakin55]

See page six here.

[mythematiclife]

When I read that, I thought you meant Page Six and I was like "Why is Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in Page Six, and more importantly, why is Ryon reading it?"

But, no surprises in that survey -- I think it does a fairly accurate job of expressing British-American sentiments. Semi-similarly, on Saturday night, I was out at a Mexican themed bar/club, dancing with some English guy and that Razorlight America song came on and I was like "There's something you have to know about me. I'm an American." And while I may have been drunk at the time, I think the need for that proclamation kind of says something. But now my comment is nearly as long as the post itself, so yeah...