So after my time here, I thought i’d compile a list of what I like, and hate, about the US and Canada.
THINGS THAT ROCK:
- Taco Bell, Tim Hortons, Waffle House, Steak & Shake, White Castle & Subway.
- Buffalo Hot Wings. Even if you get terrible ones, they’re still f-ing delicious.
- How much people love my Australian accent.
- The organisation and punctuality of the Greyhound bus system.
- Southern hospitality. For real, I could live in Nashville/Franklin for the rest of my life. The people are wonderful.
- Dr. Pepper is available EVERYWHERE. You have to go on Indiana Jones-esque quests to find this delicious beverage in Adelaide.
- Dallas Cowboys/LA Lakers Cheerleaders.
- (Canada only, and probably Arizona too) The love of Steve Nash.
- The Christmas displays. Even in the small towns they smash the ones back home.
- Colt 45. 8% Beer in the cans in Canada, and $2 for a 40oz in the US. Only decent beer here. Actually, that leads to the next point…
- Being able to buy beer at a service station.
- Legal fireworks.
- The main strip of Nashville on Saturday night… You gotta check it to believe it.
- Hooters. Best idea ever.
- Excessive Neon Lights on everything.
- The amount of live music you’re able to see.
- Everyone drives giant vans/utes.
- Small town diners.
- How cheap accommadation actually is here.
- The amount of food you get when you order breakfast. It’s ridiculous.
- The choices you get with everything.
- NBA!
The list to be continued.
Now, THINGS THAT SUCK:
- It is COLD in winter. I thought I knew cold, but this is some kind of steroid-injected cold for real!
- Chicken products. None of their chickens, or eggs, have the quality of the stuff we get back home. Makes me thankful for Inghams and Steggles.
- Baseball. I’d rather watch gay porn than this boring bullshit.
- The amount of shit people talk to each other. It’s incredible. I thought Boko could talk some shit, but they make him look like a rookie at it.
- Any fast food place we have back home (Besides Subway). Our McDonalds, Burger King/HJ’s, KFC, Pizza Hut, Dominos, etc. shit on theirs for quality.
- Stupid Rednecks with handlebar moustaches. Such dumb fucks.
- Not using the Metric system, it’s fucked.
- Their money being all the same colour, and made of paper. So easy to hand over the wrong note, and tear it. Also…
- Pennies. Useless crap.
- These young fucks who think Lil Wayne is the best rapper alive. I don’t hate Wayne, but I could name 50 rappers better out there today.
- Not being able to pronounce words properly. I had to take some people on a diction course.
- The different power point shapes. Ridiculous. Just a pain when you have to plug something in!
