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Eliseu Gouveia
06-17-2008, 03:39 PM
1) Americans don´t use I.D. cards.
Judging by CSI shows, they use driver´s licenses insead.

But what if a guy sucks so badly behind the wheel he never got the driver´s license?
How does he prove his americaness?
Chris Hansbrough
06-17-2008, 03:41 PM
1) Americans donīt use I.D. cards.
Judging by CSI shows, they use driverīs licenses insead.

But what if a guy sucks so badly behind the wheel he never got the driverīs license?
How does he prove his americaness?

with state ID cards.
Eliseu Gouveia
06-17-2008, 03:43 PM
with state ID cards.

So you do have id cards.
Chris Hansbrough
06-17-2008, 03:44 PM
So you do have id cards.

yep we do.
RachelEvil
06-17-2008, 03:44 PM
So you do have id cards.

Yes. But even non-driver IDs are obtained through the department of motor vehicles.
Sarah Beach
06-17-2008, 03:45 PM
So you do have id cards.

Yeah, it's just that if you have a driver's license, it's not deemed necessary to have the separate state ID.
Dazzler
06-17-2008, 03:47 PM
So you do have id cards.

State ID, Driver's Licenses, Passports, Social Security cards. We have a bunch of ways to ID ourselves.

You just don't have to have any single one of them, or any of them at all if you don't really want to. But having one helps in the running of everyday life.

Like getting a job, apartment, and so forth. Well, "help" is too light a word. It's near impossible to do anything without one. You just don't HAVE to have one.

--Dazz
Sabrinaset
06-17-2008, 04:39 PM
How do I prove I'm an American? I yell "F*%# the French!!!"
MartinRedmond
06-17-2008, 04:44 PM
Do Americans really wear shoes inside their homes???
Sabrinaset
06-17-2008, 04:46 PM
Do Americans really wear shoes inside their homes???

Shoes? I don't even wear clothes!
RachelEvil
06-17-2008, 05:03 PM
Do Americans really wear shoes inside their homes???

Often. Not always.

Seems an odd question to me, honestly.
Royal
06-17-2008, 05:05 PM
Shoes? I don't even wear clothes!

"It's as if I heard the screams of millions of fanboys...and then silence."

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Royal
06-17-2008, 05:06 PM
Do Americans really wear shoes inside their homes???

Not around me, if they value their knees.

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Sanagi
06-17-2008, 05:46 PM
We don't have national ID numbers, but we do have social security numbers, which are functionally the same thing even though the government said that they wouldn't be.

That's probably all you need to know about Americans.
Tyr
06-17-2008, 05:54 PM
1) Americans don´t use I.D. cards.
Judging by CSI shows, they use driver´s licenses insead.

But what if a guy sucks so badly behind the wheel he never got the driver´s license?
How does he prove his americaness?

Like the other folks said, we do have state ID Cards for those who don't drive, such as myself. Theres also military id cards for those in the service etc.

Most of the time we use them to prove our age however, not weather or not we're Americans, for that we use social security numbers, all though those are becoming more in more confidential due to fear of identity theft.
Cam63
06-17-2008, 05:56 PM
How do I prove I'm an American? I yell "F*%# the French!!!"

How do you pronounce that ?
Erik Burnham
06-17-2008, 05:58 PM
How do you pronounce that ?

"fuhbleeepk."
Cam63
06-17-2008, 06:01 PM
Shoes? I don't even wear clothes!

"It's as if I heard the screams of millions of fanboys...and then silence."

These are my official two favourite posts of the day, so far.
Cam63
06-17-2008, 06:02 PM
"fuhbleeepk."

*Shakes head in awed wonder* ...You Americans and your technology.
Tyr
06-17-2008, 06:07 PM
*Shakes head in awed wonder* ...You Americans and your technology.

Thats nothing wait until you see are x-ray glasses that actually work. :wink:
Cam63
06-17-2008, 06:11 PM
I thought the fashion industry had made them redundant.
CutterMike
06-17-2008, 06:36 PM
Shoes? I don't even wear clothes!

"It's as if I heard the heavy breathing of millions of fanboys...and then silence."
I fixed that for you.

How do I prove I'm an American? I yell "F*%# the French!!!"

How do you pronounce that ?
The stress is on the * and the # is silent.
Royal
06-17-2008, 07:04 PM
I fixed that for you.


Do you heavy breath when your head explodes?
CutterMike
06-17-2008, 07:17 PM
Do you heavy breath when your head explodes?

Which one?
TCJohnson
06-17-2008, 07:22 PM
Yeah, it's just that if you have a driver's license, it's not deemed necessary to have the separate state ID.

In the state of virginia, if you have a drivers liscense they won't give you an ID card, and if you have an ID card you have to hand it in if you get your drivers liscense.
Buzz Dixon
06-17-2008, 07:46 PM
And don't forget we own more guns than cars.
Paul McEnery
06-17-2008, 07:47 PM
How do I prove I'm an American? I yell "F*%# the French!!!"

That in no way narrows it down.













Isabelle Huppert, Catherin Deneuve, and Fanny Ardant are the first three on my list.
berk
06-17-2008, 08:28 PM
Isabelle Huppert, Catherin Deneuve, and Fanny Ardant are the first three on my list.You must have loved that scene in 7 Women. Or 8 or 9 or however many it was.
Paul McEnery
06-17-2008, 08:38 PM
You must have loved that scene in 7 Women. Or 8 or 9 or however many it was.

That film made me very happy indeed.

All the better when you realize they were both once married to the same man.
Alan Lynch
06-18-2008, 05:35 AM
How do I prove I'm an American? I yell "F*%# the French!!!"
I've been yelling that for about a year now. Although I am aiming it specifically at their football team,
Alex L
06-18-2008, 06:47 AM
Do Americans really wear shoes inside their homes???Often. Not always.

Seems an odd question to me, honestly.

Not in my house. :mad:

There's gum residue and dog poop and all that kind of good stuff outside that we'd just as soon not have on the carpets.

So we leave our shoes either in the garage or next to the front door, in the foyer.

Then again, we're Chinese and it seems to be a fairly common East Asian practice.
LewisH
06-18-2008, 09:19 AM
risk having to go for a tetanus shot if you step on a stray piece of rusty metal or
a sliver of broken glass that I missed. Or getting a nasty bruise from kicking the edge of a book shelf or base of a table. Considering how litigious most people are these days, it's pretty much a requirement to either wear shoes or sign a waiver before you come onto my property.
Shisho
06-18-2008, 03:30 PM
Do Americans really wear shoes inside their homes???

I kick mine off once I get through the door. I'm kind of a tomboy and prefer to be barefoot wherever the ground isn't really gross. There is a big ol' pile of shoes near the front entrance. You'd think we were Japanese.

Guests can keep their shoes on in my house, but I make fun of them if they do. :wink: