[UA] 10 Most American Things

[Simon RJB]

--- Chris Cooper <insectking at yahoo.com> wrote:

> A friend of mine has an anecdote: he was sitting at
> a
> diner in the South (he was a navigator on a cargo
> liner) and he was reading some book or other when
> some
> patron walked in from the other side of the diner
> and
> asked him what he was doing. When he replied, I'm
> Reading, she asked him, "Why would you want to do
> that?" According to him, she was being serious.

I'm sure I've heard a Bill Hicks skit that runs much
the same way, when a waitress asks him "What are you
reading for?" instead of "What are you reading?"

For us Brits, Bill Hicks offers an insiders view of
America, admitedly one that's not always popular (and
often controversial). I'd say certain comic books have
a similar American flavour, though in particular I've
just been reminded of Preacher - because Bill Hicks
appears in it - which is full of ideas for Unknown
Armies:

I'm assuming there are fans of both Hicks and Preacher
on the list already, but for the unitiated: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Hicks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preacher_(comics)



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