Comments on: Fire!!!!! http://suttonsgotolondon.com/2008/06/20/fire/ All Things Sutton . Tue, 07 Dec 2010 04:18:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: jennifer http://suttonsgotolondon.com/2008/06/20/fire/comment-page-1/#comment-42 jennifer Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:56:21 +0000 http://suttonsgotolondon.com/?p=54#comment-42 I wondered if the 1666 fire had something to do with it, but figured it was too long ago. Guess the Brits have long memories. As for Brits not being nice, I have been lucky so far. Probably because I work in a big company and they have to be nice to me!!!! I wondered if the 1666 fire had something to do with it, but figured it was too long ago. Guess the Brits have long memories.

As for Brits not being nice, I have been lucky so far. Probably because I work in a big company and they have to be nice to me!!!!

]]> By: edb http://suttonsgotolondon.com/2008/06/20/fire/comment-page-1/#comment-41 edb Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:42:45 +0000 http://suttonsgotolondon.com/?p=54#comment-41 Hey, I have been trying to figure out the fire obsession, and I have been in London for almost four years. The default answer I give is that the combination of the 1666 fire and the WWII fire bombing that levelled much of the city. This, along with a Nanny State full of top-down regulations might help. p.s. Yes, they are fascinated with America (overly friendly, dumb, fat and ignorant is the usual set of cliche characteristics ascribed to us), but many are not exactly nice to Americans. Wear a baseball cap and you might not get served a beer in a pub. Hey,

I have been trying to figure out the fire obsession, and I have been in London for almost four years. The default answer I give is that the combination of the 1666 fire and the WWII fire bombing that levelled much of the city. This, along with a Nanny State full of top-down regulations might help.

p.s. Yes, they are fascinated with America (overly friendly, dumb, fat and ignorant is the usual set of cliche characteristics ascribed to us), but many are not exactly nice to Americans. Wear a baseball cap and you might not get served a beer in a pub.

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