tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323230110130171735.post7622808126111284659..comments2023-04-11T02:18:42.243-07:00Comments on Fifteen Feet: This post is not about squirrelsKthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18123389684717009285noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323230110130171735.post-76087505570507033552012-03-01T21:09:03.294-08:002012-03-01T21:09:03.294-08:00Hmm, that could take a bit of getting use to. We ...Hmm, that could take a bit of getting use to. We think of “mainland” as “biggest chunk of land around.” It’d be easier if they called it “the continent” and “the motherland.” Or perhaps “the Queen’s land,” or perhaps “that blessed isle.”Kthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18123389684717009285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323230110130171735.post-49070106345729798222012-03-01T11:35:55.615-08:002012-03-01T11:35:55.615-08:00The only thing I know that pertains at all to this...The only thing I know that pertains at all to this comic that a lot of Americans don't know, is that the British do not consider themselves "European".<br /><br />They go to "the continent" and return home to "the mainland", which in the States is usually the same thing.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06870283055927616591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323230110130171735.post-49964200175522722642012-02-29T22:03:00.394-08:002012-02-29T22:03:00.394-08:00Maybe know one knows what this is about? Maybe th...Maybe know one knows what this is about? Maybe this was written in a padded room? Or with alcohol involved? We need a Rosetta stone for this comic.Kthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18123389684717009285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323230110130171735.post-63861251917605018202012-02-29T20:49:23.353-08:002012-02-29T20:49:23.353-08:00I am one of those Americans that has no idea what ...I am one of those Americans that has no idea what this is about.Brett Minorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181569922751252054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323230110130171735.post-59513868741903497232012-02-29T10:34:33.817-08:002012-02-29T10:34:33.817-08:00I suppose we do the same to them with our "ca...I suppose we do the same to them with our "cats whacking spiders with rolled-up newspapers" comics.Kthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18123389684717009285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323230110130171735.post-60131390217470962132012-02-29T08:08:39.831-08:002012-02-29T08:08:39.831-08:00It's something the British newspapers do to sc...It's something the British newspapers do to screw with Americans - they sit back and laugh as we try and figure it out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com