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From: BAXTER_A@wehi.dn.mu.oz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Difference American vs. European Amiga
Message-ID: <5393@wehi.dn.mu.oz>
Date: 1 Mar 90 14:53:42 GMT
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In article <8170@hubcap.clemson.edu>, rchampe@hubcap.clemson.edu (Richard Champeaux) writes:
>>Well first of all might I say, sit on your NTSC and twist sideways. The
>>answer is obvious, ditch NTSC and go for PAL like normal people in the
>>World and especially us Europeans. All you yanks out there write to your
>>senator, congressman, ABC, NBC, Oprah Winfrey, Donahue, Roseanne, Bill
>>Cosby, President Bush, tweetie pie and sylvester, bugs bunny, JR Ewing,
>>Sylvester Stallone, the purple heart, ma's apple pie, Ollie North,
>>Manuel Noriega (your ex-Drugs Enforcement Official), ex-President "look no
>>hands but watch the string " Reagan, Macdonalds, Wall Street and that
>>last bastion of Americanism - the CIA (Criminally Inept Americans).
>>Besides we are the 1st world you're only the second and when we
>>eventually get EC integration we'll be much bigger than you.
> 
>>OH YES!, I nearly forgot, Australians. The people who gave us "Home And
>>Away", "Neighbours", "Richie Benout (Cricket Commentator), "Sons And
>>Daughters", "The Flying Doctors" and "A Country Practice". Well just
>>remember you used to be part of our empire and I think, judging by the
>>crap you view on your television, moving to a  256 line  PAL wouldnt make any
>>difference to viewing even if they still broadcasted using NTSC. So
>>standardise to PAL or we'll just have to send a task force down to 
>>correct your wrongs.
> 
> 
>>Yours Flamingly
> 
>>-=Andy=-
> 
> That, folks, was a fine example of either that wonderfully droll, but usually 
> bizarre English wit, or a pompous ass.
> 
> By the way, I remember seeing one of those wonderfull shows that are the 
> product of England, and I was very amused to notice that it was a rather
> laughable clone of "Three's Company".  I would say that's a fine indication
> of what the English people look for in entertainment.

Oh NO! You blew it!! (Just shows how arrogant you Yanks are). That "clone" of
three's company has been running since 1972. Indeed the whole series of
man-living-with-2-birds-with-silly-landlord-and-nagging-wife serials was based
on man about the house. The Brit version not only has the benefit of
orriginality, it also had good scriptwriters and passable acting. The yank
version was written by a quadraplegic parrot and the cast was dredged from a
bulk auction of store dummies.

Remember: America doesn't do it first, it just does it over and over...

> 
> Oh, and if you remember, the United States also used to be part of your empire.
> Isn't it nice that you are now part of ours?

If you really think the world is controlled by governments, you better take a
quick look at the greenback!

Regards Alan
> 
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> Rich Champeaux                       PLT:  The plotter device for the Amiga!
> rchampe@hubcap.clemson.edu           Ask for it at your neighborhood FTP site!
> 
> "It's never too late to do nothing at all." 
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