Cultural differences explained

 Aussies:   Dislike being mistaken for Pommies (Brits) when abroad.
 Canadians: Are rather indignant about being mistaken for Americans when
            abroad.
 Americans: Encourage being mistaken for Canadians when abroad.
 Brits:     Can't possibly be mistaken for anyone else when abroad.

  Aussies:   Believe you should look out for your mates.
  Brits:     Believe that you should look out for those people who belong to
             your club.
  Americans: Believe that people should look out for & take care of
             themselves.
  Canadians: Believe that that's the government's job.

  Aussies:   Are extremely patriotic to their beer.
  Americans: Are flag-waving, anthem-singing, and obsessively patriotic to
             the point of blindness.
  Canadians: Can't agree on the words to their anthem, when they can be
             bothered to sing them.
  Brits:     Do not sing at all but prefer a large brass band to perform  the
             anthem.

  Americans: Spend most of their lives glued to the idiot box.
  Canadians: Don't, but only because they can't get more American channels.
  Brits:     Pay a tax just so they can watch four channels.
  Aussies:   Export all their crappy programs, which no-one there watches, to
             Britain, where everybody loves them.

  Americans: Will jabber on incessantly about football, baseball, and
             basketball.
  Brits:     Will jabber on incessantly about cricket, soccer, and rugby.
  Canadians: Will jabber on incessantly about hockey, hockey, hockey, hockey,
             and how they beat the Americans twice, playing baseball.
  Aussies:   Will jabber on incessantly about how they beat the Poms in every
             sport they play them in.

  Americans: Spell words differently, but still call it "English".
  Brits:     Pronounce their words differently, but still call it "English".
  Canadians: Spell like the Brits, pronounce like Americans.
  Aussies:   Add "G'day", "mate" and a heavy accent to everything they say in
             an attempt to get laid.

  Brits:     Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an
             island.
  Aussies:   Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an
             island.
  Americans: Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas, & liquor  in a
             backwards country.
  Canadians: Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas, & liquor  in
             a backwards country.

  Americans: Drink weak, pissy-tasting beer.
  Canadians: Drink strong, pissy-tasting beer.
  Brits:     Drink warm, beery-tasting piss.
  Aussies:   Drink anything with alcohol in it.

  Americans: Seem to think that poverty & failure are morally suspect.
  Canadians: Seem to believe that wealth and success are morally suspect.
  Brits:     Seem to believe that wealth, poverty, success and failure are
             inherited things.
  Aussies:   Seem to think that none of this matters after several beers.


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thanks to a fwd from cgenge@retrotec.com (Colin Genge)