The US is a pretty big country. I'm sure they have lots of ways.

The American way is punching people in the face for doing nothing.

Shary Bobbins: If there's a task that must be done,

Don't turn your tail and run,

Don't pout, don't sob,

Just do a half-assed job!



If... you... cut every corner

It is really not so bad,

Everybody does it,

Even mom and dad.

If nobody sees it,

Then nobody gets mad,

Bart Simpson: It's the American way!



Shary: The policeman on the beat

Needs some time to rest his feet.

Chief Wiggum: Fighting crime is not my cup of tea!

Shary: And the clerk who runs the store

Can charge a little more

For meat!

Apu: For meat!

Shary: And milk!

Apu: And milk!

Both: From 1984!



Shary: If... you... cut every corner,

You'll have more time for play,

Shary & OFF: It's the American waaaaay!

Tonteau, I'm sure they do but I'm trying to figure out the meaning of said phrase because it gets bounded around alot and doesnt really make sense.



Not Ur toylet, if your reffering to americas wars then you are simplifying all the issues surrounding them.

pursuit of happiness, i suppose

america has lost its way.

th american way is more teh american dream .. to be able to make yourself into anything you want to be just by busting your ass enough to get there. oddly enough its practiced mostly by those that have moved here from other countries. granted thats kind of how its always been teh immigrants come over and work incredibly hard so that teh next generations of their families can have teh comforts that they never had which in turn leads tehm (teh future generations)to live somewhat (depending on the case) spoiled lives and in turn they dont work quite as hard.



the same applies to the poorer families in america .. someone will work their way up but teh future generations might not stick to teh roots tehy came from

I said it an I'm proud if it!



Coca Cola and free West all the way! Woohoo!

Can't wait for McDonald's to open in Baghdad.

on teh side a friend of mine defined teh "college try" teh best way I have ever heard



"get drunk and put it off till tomorrow"

But I fink the american way is to exploit other countries natural resources (like oil), install puppet governments and work behind the sets to make the rich richer and poor porrer.

it's been the same since the beginning of civilization

the few owns the majority of the money and the "important" people impress their image upon whoever will accept it

that's one way america's impressed it's image, gerp, through secretive actions and assassinations.

I wasn't being some hippy and being poetic. I was talking about fucking punching people in the face.

So the american dream is to rise above your station, I guess the phrase really only works within the context of the mass imigration america expereienced over its history.



The actual act of improving ones position in life isnt really an american thing more a demorcratic ideal because in any democracy people are able to raise themselves.



Sir Alan sugar of amstrad was working class an is a multi millionaire but theres no way you could mistake him for beng an american.

"i'll have my way with you"

fucking whinny communists





life, liberty the pursuit of happiness.... a large assortment of handguns and rifles...ummm.... big wads of cash...

THE AMERICAN WAY IS THE WAY OF STARTING FROM SCRATCH AND MAKING A GOOD HONEST LIVING AND NOT COMPROMISING YOU PRINCIPALS OF FREEDOM AND EQUALITY AND JUSTICE AND IT'S ALSO A PHRASE FROM THE CAPTAIN AMERICA COMIC BOOKS I THINK AND IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW THIS COUNTRY IS A COUNTRY OF IMMIGRANTS EVER SINCE THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY WHEN WE MURDERED ALL THE NATIVES.

to have really straight roads and milkshakes that are super thick

"But I fink the american way is to exploit other countries natural resources (like oil), install puppet governments and work behind the sets to make the rich richer and poor porrer."



I dont quite know how to respond to that because its an incredibly biased point of view, but unfortunatly it is the majority (ironically for this statment created because of american hatred of impreialism).



I fit into the Niall Ferguson school of thought which is very un popular, I believe that in the right circumstances empire is a good thing and that if america were to pick up its imperial responsibility the world would be a better place but saddly america is un able to do this because of its duck and cover ideology.

yeah stubby its not really a unique "way" but we put our names on it liek we do everything else

Nice tan, big tits and blond hair.

not all our roads are straight tesco .. driving in boston is hell .. but our milkshakes are super thick and were damn proud of it

Distinctly un american, I have all the same rights.

sorry but I know for a fact that all your roads are straight - TV doesnt lie. Also, all American houses look like this







also, baseball.

Shoot first, ask questions later. In fact, just shoot first. In fact, just shoot.

thats not fair tv may not lie but it doesnt give you wthe whole truth ... AND WHERE DID YOU FIND MY HOUSE

Freedom to lynch someone when you want to.

Also, every American town has a nearby creek, usually called 'the Creek'.

the american way:

oh jeez

"The American Way" was coined long before the world was a wonderful democratic/capitalistic/free-market place. But the way we americans live is still unique. Thats why there is still culture shock between countries. I mean, I dont expect to go to London or Paris and see an extension of New York City or Hollywood California. No one thing is that drastically different today (though long ago it was) but added up all the small things create an entirely different culture.

look at that hick pointing, as if we need help figuring out where to look. thanks billy-bob!

"little boxes on the hillside

little boxed made of ticky tacky..."

I don't know...I think with the globalisation of American culture there's less culture shock for outsiders going in to the States than there is for Americans coming out. Certainly I don't see much difference between New York and London, except New York is awesome and London is just annoying =)

steve you just blew apart my whole straight roads paradigm

oh god the roads in the suburbs are like mazes.





generally cities have nice straight roads at least in the downtown areas.

haha, try driving in d.c. whatta nightmare

Tut...you colonials don't know how lucky you are. My hometown's street layout hasn't changed since Roman times. Literally.

haha, littlem! On a related note, I just discovered that there is a brand of discount maxi pads under the brand name "Julie."

But steve, Britian has been a free market, democratic capitalistic society long before colonisation of america took place we have a long history of re straining our royals from achieving anything near the totalitarian regimes acheived in european states first by the aristocracy then by the house of lords and then the house of commons.



Whats more you directly get your sense of democracy, capitalism and free market from us, how you put the goverment in place isw different true our method wasnt practical for for such a large nation (but its arguable as the commonwealth developed it was run in a similar way canadians choosing their own laws and taxations but ultimatly answerable to britian) and we set up all these institutions in all our colonies.

Actually Stubby, I'd say we stole our government wholesale from the Sioux Nation.

isn' america the top humanitarian aid supplier in the whole world i think that is not a bad thing

I've heard that banded around before, but to say that is to totally ignore european (but largely british influence). The colonists were not sioux indians nor were the revolutionairies and I highly doubt they were well versed in sioux culuture since they tended to view indians as savages.

Atomic child, I don't think that is the case if you look at it per capita. But I could be wrong... It does happen.

to eliminate the middle class.

well if we want to messure lives during the time of man i would have to assume that england has killend many more people all over the world than america i mean we have only been punishing the world for like 300 years

who is claiming that the notion of "the american way" descended from the ether without any outside influences?