Yer we don't want American tourists in London either;) Especially when they're looking for Lei-cester Square complete with a McDonalds coke in hand and stuffing their faces with hot dogs.

Apparently so. In simple terms, if the U.S. and the U.K had identical populations (a level playing field, if you will) we'd kick your arse!
But if you prefer the unfair advantage of sheer numbers to draw from, more power to you, brother.


Which people? What fight?
And Brennan, you're American...you don't live in the real world!

Haha it's amusing me because Americans are getting pissy.

From way back in the thread, but:

UK:

1999 - 40.6 Billion Education, 26.7 Defense (Including Foreign Military and Economic Aid) Total Spend - 332.7
2004 - 61.0 Billion Education, 32.4 Defense (Including Foreign Military and Economic Aid) Total Spend - 455.1
2009 - 83.0 Billion Education, 41.8 Defense (Including Foreign Military and Economic Aid) Total Spend - 629.2

1999 - Defense spend was 65.8% of the Education Spend, and 8% of the overall budget.
2004 - Defense spend was 53.1% of the Education Spend, and 7.1% of the overall budget.
2009 - Defense spend was 50.4% of the Education Spend, and 6.6% of the overall budget.

USA:

1999 -

1999 - 65.8 Billion Education, 335.7 Defense (Including Foreign Military and Economic Aid) Total Budget - 1727.1
2004 - 76.7 Billion Education, 313.8 Defense (Including Foreign Military and Economic Aid) Total Spend - 1957.9
2009 - 97.0 Billion Education, 594.4 Defense (Including Foreign Military and Economic Aid) Total Spend - 2853.5


1999 - Defense spend was 510.2% of the Education Spend, and 19.4% of the overall budget.
2004 - Defense spend was 409.1% of the Education Spend, and 16.0% of the overall budget.
2009 - Defense spend was 612.8% of the Education Spend, and 20.8% of the overall budget.


So yes, you're probably right, probably no other country on earth spends nearly a 5th of its entire budget, and 5x its education budget, (And rising) on its military, and therefore it'd probably be ridiculous to try and invade America.

I wouldn't want to invade the US anyway.

Too many guns & not enough healthcare if I get shot.

I don't fancy my odds.

No, you play cricket.

Nobody watches it unless it's against Australia though.

I'd rather watch Cricket than Basketball.

Now there's a dull sport.

2.0
2.2
2.4
4.4
4.7
7.7
(30 seconds of the game has elapsed)

Yawn

Nobody plays it and nobody watches it. Football is the main sport here by miles.

Fuck both of those sports. The only sport that doesn't bore me to tears after the first two hours (Seriously, what asshat decided that sporting events should be two to three times as long as the average movie?) is tennis. An actual battle of wills between two people. Far more interesting than watching a bunch of 'roided up retards grope each other's asses.