British army not required to wear onions

[Reliant121]

All lies. You drive on the right purely to be wrong.

[Mikey]

All lies. You drive on the right purely to be wrong.

See? It's working.

[Captain Seafort]

You drive on the right in imitation of the French.

We drive on the left in imitation of the most successful Empire the world's ever seen.

[Deepcrush]

You drive on the right in imitation of the French.

We drive on the right because it makes horseback shooting easier.

[stitch626]

You drive on the right in imitation of the French.

We drive on the left in imitation of the most successful Empire the world's ever seen.

The U.S.?

[Mikey]

You drive on the right in imitation of the French.

We drive on the left in imitation of the most successful Empire the world's ever seen.

Yeah, how's that "sun never sets" thing working out for you guys these days?

[Captain Seafort]

The U.S.?

The US Empire has only been around for 60-70 years. In historical terms, you're no more than a flash in the pan.

Yeah, how's that "sun never sets" thing working out for you guys these days?

Why exactly would I use the term "imitation" if I was referring to us? Besides, we only ran the world for two centuries. Rome lasted for close to five.

[Captain Seafort]

Discussion of Hyperpowers split to here.

[SolkaTruesilver]

Not at all, we just collectively harbour a strong dislike for the french. A joke about the french is funny to us regardless of whether its actually a good joke or not.

Come on, a 1000 years racial history of constant bickering, warring and competing with one another isn't going to remove itself from our culture over 50/100 years of cooperation at absolute most.

While I understand the argument, my exposure to French culture just proves it's a 1-way animosity. French comedians don't go out of their way to show English things and go "hurr hurr hurr, english! ". They laugh at their presidents, their media stars, about Americans, Russians, Germans, Italians, English, Belgiums, Belgiums, etc...

But usually, with the exception of the Americans, they won't just show something about a target country and hope for laugh. They will actually make a genuine joke out of it.

(The American's exception is mostly a joke on the "American Stereotype" of a Sylvester Stallone-esque characters who loves violence and "saving" the world)

Again, I think it might be more of an UK obsession to make fun of the French whatsoever, which is what puzzled me in the first place.

I mean, come on. "Onions"? What the hell?

[Reliant121]

UK humour often involves taking the piss out of...well everyone. We regularly rip America, Arab countries, China, Korea, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Canada, and often ourselves.

[SolkaTruesilver]

UKhumour often involves taking the piss out of...well everyone.

Fixed that for you

[Reliant121]

Touche

[SolkaTruesilver]

Touche

But what seems to be peticular to the English is the tendency to find the French inherently humorous.

I mean, come on. Onions?! WHAT THE HELL?!

I understand the point of taking a piss at another country. I understand the point of making jokes at their expanses. But to take a piss at somebody else, you still need a JOKE. What's with the onion?

[Reliant121]

English cuisine is naturally very dull with no flavouring. Onions and shallots are very typical french cookery ingredients, and for the independent minded Britishman we'll take the piss out of that which is foreign, different or alien. As I have explained before, we rip the French because we've spent a millenia hating them.

[Captain Seafort]

But what seems to be peticular to the English is the tendency to find the French inherently humorous.

Kicking the shit out of them has been a major national pastime for the last millennium. Is it so surprising that we'd consider them a joke?