is the hoodie the best american import?

[mamafeelgood]

reading some rants on a certain national papers blog pages i got thinking about all the great and good things that have flown over the atlantic to us. according to one blogger us old europeans owe it all to them, so from the hoodie and beyond, what are your fave imports from the states?.. all tongue in cheek of course.

[smith]

It has to be those giant 4 wheel drive jeep-cum-pick-up-trucks that are multiplying on our narrow London roads!

[mockney piers]

I always thought that Caprice has enriched the culture of our fair isle like nothing else.

[Brendan]

So people did not wear hooded shirts, capes, coats, cowls, habits etc. until the Americans invented them.

Well you learn something new every day.

But let?s be fair. We do owe them for bringing democracy to the world.

[smith]

Giant-sized jeans!

[Alan Dale]

Hooters is a great American export but we've only imported it into Nottingham. (Home of Robin Hoodie)

Why don't they open a Hooters on Lordship Lane?

[*Bob*]

What is 'Hooters'? A strip club?

[Jah Lush]

Ahem!

Jack Daniels

Makers Mark

Rebel Yell

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Little Richard

Chuck Berry

Howling Wolf

Muddy Waters

Arthur Alexander

Jimi Hendrix

Muhammed Ali

James Brown

The Blues

Soul and R n' B (not the new shit)

Levi Strauss

[mamafeelgood]

according to wikipedia the online thingy monks were the first to bring the hooded top to the world. however, 'the hoodie' is traced back to the states, but apparently does not carry the same negative image.

i would like to add to the list paris hilton, bless her and all that are driven by her.

just to remind all, please, this is meant to be fun and is not an attack on the states at all in the least/slightest blah blah ...

[MadWorld74]

Hummers

and...

the Bush Blair friendship

[Alan Dale]

Hooters is a restaurant. Suberb chicken wings.

[Brendan]

the gibson les paul

Have to give them that one.

And the music we came to know as punk rock.

[mamafeelgood]

i'm liking the controversy warning.

i love freedom fries

[bald marauder]

Is milk shake an American invention? Mmmm, lovin' it!

[Jah Lush]

Yeah!

The Ramones,

New York Dolls

Iggy & The Stooges

The Velvet Underground

Debbie Harry (swoon swoon)

Fender & Gibson guitars

[Jeremy]

Yes, freedom fries and freedom dressing.

[MadWorld74]

Boxes of Bugles...

[Brendan]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> Yes, freedom fries and freedom dressing.

Let us not forget: FREEDOM!

[Jah Lush]

"In the land of the free you're free to do what we tell you." - The late great Bill Hicks.

[mamafeelgood]

bill hicks, now he was a great import.

kfc secret recipe, could we live without? obligatory diet of the 'hoodie' i believe.

[Keef]

Gibson Les Paul YES... Fender guitars... Not so much (although certain Gods have managed to make them sound nice.

[Jeremy]

Les Paul - too heavy

Strat - neck too thick

[*Bob*]

I have a Fender Starcaster.. are they any good?

(I'm 'learning to play' ha ha)

[Jah Lush]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> Les Paul - too heavy

> Strat - neck too thick

Then, I'd suggest a Les Paul Junior or a Telecaster.

[Nero]

Peanut butter, space travel, pop culture, the teenager, the 'entertainment industry', fast food. Nero