I don't know where you get your information about "most" Americans. Not
the ones I know.
I guess we'll just have to disagree about this.
Tina
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 2:16 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Wait...we are discussing flags and suddenly we are discussing the
> correlation between car and penis size. Amazing list ;-)
>
> I really do not think that helping other countries is why Americans are
> proud of the USA. Most Americans do not give a hoot about the outside world
> and think foreign aid is a waste. I think Ken's explanation is right on the
> money.
>
> In Europe, there is a lot of variation; Spain, which in many cultural
> respects is similar to the USA, is a country with many flags as well, and
> particularly in the past few years with the victories in the Euro 2008, the
> 2010 World Cup and this summer's Euro 2012 championships.
>
> In Denmark people also hoist the flag quite often, typically in their
> gardens on a nice summer day (such as they are). Also, flags are commonly
> used in birthday and other celebrations. On the other hand, the use of a
> flag by a car dealer, as is common in the USA (especially imported car
> dealers tend to have really huge flags :-)) would be considered vulgar and
> out of place in most European countries.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
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>
>
> On Jul 19, 2012, at 7:26 PM, Mike Lazzari wrote:
>
> >> I thought that was an inverse relationship:
> >>
> >> Big car/truck = small...
> >>
> >> ...Wayne
> > You are correct ;) But obviously Bubba just doesn't get it. Hence the
> > big truck/flag.
> >
> > Mike
> >
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