I'm American. Ask me anything.

[Yellow Fang]

What's American India Pale Ale all about?

 

[Yellow Fang]

Which state would you most like to retire to?

 

[Yellow Fang]

Do people really keep to the 55 mph speed limit?

 

[Drago]

Do people really keep to the 55 mph speed limit?

No they bleedin' don't!

 

[Yellow Fang]

Who would win, Jack Reacher or Amos Decker? Obviously in a fight Jack Reacher would win, but say they both had equally difficult conspiracy cases, who would solve his first?

 

[Yellow Fang]

Why is New York, New York called the Big Apple?

 

[Yellow Fang]

What's your opinion on the bimetallic money system?

 

[Electric_Andy]

Which is chalk and which is cheese? I come from neither so feel
free to insult!

Very different accents is what I meant. I can probably understand Norfolk better becasue it is similar in some ways to Devonian. But a strong Liverpudlian I'd struggle to catch every word

 

[anothersam]

if an American said he was wearing his vest and suspenders what would we in England see he had on?

I'm honestly a bit in the dark (something Google has ruined the pleasure of), as I've neither worn such items of apparel nor enjoyed them as a fetish. For partial credit, I’m going with this, as I’ve got images ready-made:

WHAT SAUCY AMERICANS AND CANADIANS CALL BRACES

Spoiler: Don't click – think of the children!

Who was Churchill, and how did he make our this nation great?

Churchill was of course half American, though of his parents it would be difficult to say which was the better half. He was a prolific painter, moderately better than Hitler according to some critics.

I have uncovered certain photographs which may be of use to historians tired of raking over the same old ground. They document a serious bromance between Churchill and Stalin, airbrushed from the pages of history:

The bulldog & the bear were mutually intoxicated, but realpolitik would famously close an iron curtain between them.

But love conquers all:

That’s all I’ve got on that.

Why did NASA rely on the BIS in their plans to get man on the moon.

I was going to say something flippant about cheerleaders, but even the BIS bare-bones Wikipedia page hints at much more than that.

View: https://youtu.be/nRmp43neZtQ

I know what I don't know, and this is definitely one of those things.

Where is/was NASA East?

Cape Canaveral, if I'm guessing. Which I am.

Why is there no aluminium in America?

It is stopped at customs to maintain the purity of our spelling.
Speaking of the shiny stuff, it tops off the Washington monument to virility.

Are woodchucks American?

You mean groundhogs? North American, yes. Not as charming as co-star Bill Murray.

View: https://youtu.be/6VF5P7qLaEQ

how much wood can one chuck?

As much wood as a woodchuck could chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

Is Steven Seagull legit?
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Only his agent knows. I believe they also represent the dog that looks like Richard Branson.

What is/are the Strava segement times on the runway of Area 51?

Whatever they are, they're highly suspect.

@anothersam Are you really our uncle?

No. Nor am I the man from U.N.C.L.E.

View: https://youtu.be/CjmOkqU6Roo

I'm an uncle, which is one of the easiest gigs in the universe.

If there is Another Sam, how many Sams are there in total?

I've stopped counting.

 

[Yellow Fang]

Why did you adopt the NTSC drop frame television system? It used to cause the company I worked for endless problems.

 

[Smudge]

Why do you call it The World Series ?
Is it because you really do understand irony ?

 

[derrick]

Where do the term yank come from?

 

[Smudge]

Why do you say 'don't got' instead of 'haven't got'

 

[matticus]

Where do the term yank come from?

It's rhymjing slang for Septic Tank

 

[rogerzilla]

If there is Another Sam, how many Sams are there in total?

Well, there's Uncle, Son Of, Fox, Smith (pop singer and brewery), Neill out of Jurassic Park and - no, I think that's the lot.