Jayne ,'Out Of Gas'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I guess first time travelling abroad gives you the shakes if you leave it for a while, but:
It did not escape my mind that in some other place I might have died. This is not chest-thumping or jingoism. It is a fact of my residency.
Is going to confuse me, because there was nothing I understand as American in his rescue. Yes, in some other place he might have died, and that some other place could be anywhere in the US.
Yes, in some other place he might have died, and that some other place could be anywhere in the US.
Indeed, this is true.
t shrugs I dunno.
He had a very close call and that often leaves people misty-eyed. What I read was gratitude for the kindness of strangers, and the knowledge that in a different time/place he might not have gotten it.
and the knowledge that in a different time/place he might not have gotten it.
Perfectly true. Still don't see what that has to do with the US, though.
I'm willing to bet that 90% of the time (or more) when someone says, "Only in America!" it's not actually true.
So is he that kind of guy? That calls out jingoism and then steps in it anyway?
But if there's a deep-fried twinkie involved, it probably is.
Here's a different kind of train story. [link]
So is he that kind of guy? That calls out jingoism and then steps in it anyway?
I can't speak to Coates specifically, but I think most people could be "that kind of guy" at least on occasion.
Well, Coates spends a lot of time laying his personality out there. I was wondering if this is consistent or surprising.