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Posted: 3/31/2012 3:31:21 PM EDT

-Manual transmission cars
-Motorcycles/scooters
-Squat toilets
-Goat meat/milk
-Small cars

Anything else you can think of?

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:32:05 PM EDT

[#1]

beating women and raping kids I hear.

and stoning adulterers also.

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:33:20 PM EDT

[#2]

Soccer.

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:33:53 PM EDT

[#3]

Vegemite.

Manual transmissions are popular in the US. Just depends who drives them. There are so many day to day drivers that autos are popular.

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:35:31 PM EDT

[#4]

Women with hairy legs and armpits.

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:35:49 PM EDT

[#5]

Fake flowers are all the rage in Arab countries. If your office or sitting room isn't completely decked out with them, you are wrong.

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:35:55 PM EDT

[#6]

Socialism, but that seems to be changing.

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:37:22 PM EDT

[#7]

Jerry Lewis movies.

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:37:48 PM EDT

[#8]

Bad teeth

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:38:02 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
Soccer.

Football

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:38:02 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
Vegemite.

Manual transmissions are popular in the US. Just depends who drives them. There are so many day to day drivers that autos are popular.

ill have to try vegemite

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:38:37 PM EDT

[#11]

urinating in the same you drink from

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:40:02 PM EDT

[#12]

man capri pant things

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:40:47 PM EDT

[#13]

legal brothels.

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:40:59 PM EDT

[#14]

Baywatch

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:41:13 PM EDT

[#15]

Tiny cars and or Mototcycles and mopeds.

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:42:08 PM EDT

[#16]

Robbie Williams.

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:42:14 PM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:

Women with hairy legs and armpits.

And vaginas

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:43:50 PM EDT

[#18]

The Hoff.

4073

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:44:28 PM EDT

[#19]

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:45:11 PM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
urinating in the same you drink from

Did you just accidently the whole thing?

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:46:41 PM EDT

[#21]

Small diesel engines
Toyota hilux's

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:47:02 PM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:
urinating in the same you drink from

You obviously have never been to county jail in Houston TX have you

ETA: the pissers had a water fountain on the back tank part in the holding cell, ill never forget that

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:47:59 PM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Soccer.

Football

Soccer.

The official pass time of the third world, second only to suicide bombings, and ethnic genocide.

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:48:47 PM EDT

[#24]

The metric system.

Kissing other dudes on the cheek or holding hands and not being considered queer for doing so.

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:49:19 PM EDT

[#25]

I was going to say laziness , but we're catching up FAST

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:50:29 PM EDT

[#26]

Exercise.

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:51:45 PM EDT

[#27]

Speedo's

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:52:17 PM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:
Small diesel engines
Toyota hilux's

Was coming to post this. I would own one in a hart beat

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:52:26 PM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:
-Manual transmission cars
-Motorcycles/scooters
-Squat toilets
-Goat meat/milk
-Small cars

Anything else you can think of?

Uhhhhh.........please don't go full retard again.

Soccer
Cricket
Being pussies
Good music
Hot babes and accents
Not being hygienic
Being scrubs

Posted: 3/31/2012 3:53:22 PM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:
Exercise.

Never been to Africa, the Middle East or Asia, have ya?

Posted: 3/31/2012 4:03:16 PM EDT

[#31]

Damn, GD is slipping no one has said.......
OBAMA

Posted: 3/31/2012 4:05:45 PM EDT

[#32]

Moshi Monsters and lighting people on fire for stealing.

Posted: 3/31/2012 4:06:51 PM EDT

[#33]

not sure where you are but I see motorcycles and scooters everywhere.

Posted: 3/31/2012 4:07:01 PM EDT

[#34]

Pouring acid on a bitch if she don't submit-Pakistan
Fucking donkeys to make you junk grow bigger(watch out though, street donkeys have diseases)-Columbia
Blow-torch sheep face dinner-Norway

Posted: 3/31/2012 4:13:20 PM EDT

[#35]

Topless beaches.

Posted: 3/31/2012 4:17:42 PM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:
Pouring acid on a bitch if she don't submit-Pakistan
Fucking donkeys to make you junk grow bigger(watch out though, street donkeys have diseases)-Columbia
Blow-torch sheep face dinner-Norway

donkey porking is supposed to make your junk bigger? tell me more....

Posted: 3/31/2012 4:21:04 PM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Soccer.

Football

Futbol

Posted: 3/31/2012 4:27:41 PM EDT

[#38]

khat

Posted: 3/31/2012 4:35:47 PM EDT

[#39]

SPAM.
Chicken Tenders.
Peanut Butter.
V8 engines in daily driver.

The world has a few things America needs more of

Bidets
Open air markets
Private schools>.gov schools

Posted: 3/31/2012 4:46:23 PM EDT

[#40]

Quoted:
not sure where you are but I see motorcycles and scooters everywhere.

I think I live in the scooter capitol of the US. The damn things are everywhere around here. Plenty of motorcycles too since we have some awesome roads in this part of the state.

Posted: 3/31/2012 4:47:36 PM EDT

[#41]

Working for a living.

Posted: 3/31/2012 4:47:55 PM EDT

[#42]

Quoted:

Soccer.

Posted: 3/31/2012 4:48:34 PM EDT

[#43]

I ate goat meat once and I did not like it.

Posted: 3/31/2012 4:49:08 PM EDT

[#44]

Soccer

Metric System

Goat/Lamb Meat

and the big one...

Messenger bags, aka the Murse.

Posted: 3/31/2012 4:49:47 PM EDT

[#45]

Multi-generational households.

Posted: 3/31/2012 4:50:58 PM EDT

[#46]

The ME is crazy for pepsi.

Posted: 3/31/2012 4:50:59 PM EDT

[#47]

techno music

(although it seems ot be growing into mainstream here now too)

Posted: 3/31/2012 4:51:50 PM EDT

[#48]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Soccer.

Football

Futbol

Grass hockey

Posted: 3/31/2012 4:52:20 PM EDT

[#49]

Quoted:
Small diesel engines
Toyota hilux's

Well said.

Posted: 3/31/2012 4:52:59 PM EDT

[#50]

Muslims

David Hasselhoff.

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