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Right- and left-hand traffic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[^]
Ever since we stopped jousting on the main roadways we thought we'd just switch over.
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Bluddy French supporters!
You are aware, I assume, that the reason that Europe began driving on the right is because the British (sensibly, and because they were the first to make such a decision) decided to drive on the left, aren't you?
Mon Dieu! l'anglais les voitures d'entraînement sur la gauche! Nous devons conduire à droite!
So Americans are just frog-leg lovers!
Thought so.
Me, I prefer my (strong) right hand to stay on the steering wheel, whilst I'm changing gear, etc.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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You realise it predates that. The Romans rode their chariots to the left and that was the norm until the French Revolution saw the peasants use the right side of the road to c**k-a-snoot* at the toffs in carriages. Once all the toffs were beheaded, Napolean thought it would be a good idea to spread the apostasy across Europe. The Americanos adopted the droit de la francais and renamed julienned potatoes french fries somehow forgetting to adopt the truly inspired french system of weights and measures (and date formats).
[*code project has bowdlerised the word c**k - should get the NRA onto that - they might get upset if they can't c**k their rifles]
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American cars almost all have automatic gearboxes, but that's only because the daft sods kept taking their stronger hand off the wheel to change gears!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Forced into another obligatory reply:
It's well know what you EU'ers are doing with your right and why you need it hand hidden by the door.
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So I'm closer to the person in the oncoming car when I flip them off.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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In left hand drive countries the steering wheel is on the right of the vehicle so the same situation would apply anyway. Of course, for those countries that drive on the left, manners would preclude "flipping off" strangers. 
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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C'mon now, where's the fun in that?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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In Mumbai they drive on any part of the road that's free.
I may not last forever but the mess I leave behind certainly will.
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When I hired a car in Crete I asked which side of the road people drove on.
The reply was, "The shady side".
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I thought to post some clever repartee - but then I realized: when you're right you're right.
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5 words - "Because it pisses you off!"
All we ever hear is how horrible we are. How we do everything wrong. Wrong date format. Wrong units for temperature, distance, volume, etc... How awful our food, movies and music are. We spell words wrong. We don't know geography. Our entire culture is corrupt. Our foreign policy and politicians are disasters. We drink bad beer.
We've learned to own it. Most of the things that piss you off about the US of A are now intentional.
Suck it up, ladies - head down to your local McDonald's and "enjoy" a horse burger and a Coke!
That's what I do. I drink, and I know things. ~ Tyrion Lannister
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Mike Mullikin wrote: All we ever hear is how horrible we are. How we do everything wrong
Until a natural catastrophe occurs and then suddenly the US is there handing out food.
Or when someone invades their country and they cry to US for military intervention.
Or when their economy goes down the toilet and then reach the the US foreign aid.
Or when....
... you get the idea.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Kevin Marois wrote: Until a natural catastrophe occurs and then suddenly the US is there handing out food.
The thing is, you have been doing that since the Marshall Plan: Establishing a market for American products, getting rid of surplus production. (Not only abroad - "The higher power of Lucy" children's book can give you some good laughs about the military surplus food!)
Or when someone invades their country and they cry to US for military intervention. And sometimes they certainly do NOT cry for US intervention. Well, maybe a few unsuccessful politicians want to use the US Army as a tool to overthrow their competition, but maybe not even that. Iraq comes to mind.
Or when their economy goes down the toilet and then reach the the US foreign aid. Like, when their economy was completely independent of the manipulation done by US investors - that's when it had its breakdown. At that time American capital came in and saved their economy, and proved the success by making enormous profits in the country. Great!
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Quote: Wrong date format. Wrong units for temperature, distance, volume, etc... How awful our food, movies and music are. We spell words wrong. We don't know geography. Our entire culture is corrupt. Our foreign policy and politicians are disasters. We drink bad beer.
All true - but you do have the best fried chicken, even if your french fries (actually Belgian) suck compared to English Chips ("chips" are not "crisps" but are better versions of the American/Belgian/French Fries.)
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Forogar wrote: but you do have the best fried chicken
Great, now we have to f-up the fried chicken recipes in order to live down to your low expectations and intentionally piss you off. 
In the future if there is something American you like - don't say anything. That way the USBPOF(US Bureau of Pissing Off Furriners) won't notice and we'll be able to have something nice for once.
That's what I do. I drink, and I know things. ~ Tyrion Lannister
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Don't forget the bad coffee.
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Quote: Don't forget the bad coffee.
Actually, I like the coffee.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Forogar wrote: Actually, I like the coffee.
You're right, the coffee's good. It's a good cup of tea that is impossible to find anywhere. Serves them right for ditching in Boston harbour.
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Quote: a good cup of tea that is impossible to find
Too true! Until I moved to the US I mostly drank tea, now I mostly drink coffee, not because I like coffee better but because good tea is only available when I make it myself from re-imported tea from the UK!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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We have decent coffee now. Those Central/South American puppet dictatorships needed to be put to useful work (for us), and cocaine and bananas weren't keeping them busy enough.
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cheers
Chris Maunder
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I think, "mm/dd/yyyy" format is being used where end users forget to change the Locale settings and/or doesn't care about changing it. I am one of them and that is why, I am using "mm/dd/yyyy" format.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
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I use it because that's how it would usually be spoken. (Usually) One would say June 10th 2016, not 10 June 2016. Oh... And I'm also American. 
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