XPost: soc.culture.russian, soc.culture.french, soc.culture.europe   
   From: felsenmeer@serendipity.net   
      
   >   
   > Americans have more disposable income so if they want to go to a   
   > movie/restaurant, it's all very routine.   
   > Euros have lots of time off because most of them are unemployed. Maybe   
   they   
   > can sit on the steps in the piazza but they probably don't have enough   
   cash   
   > for the cinema. That's assuming that there would be a movie worth   
   watching.   
   > Like the old Soviet movie industry, the French just put out any old junk   
   > because they don't pay for it and don't have to worry if nobody comes to   
   > watch.   
   >   
      
   ... have you ever noticed how fat Americans are?  That's because you spend   
   all your time sitting on your asses in theatres or feeding your faces at the   
   Sirloin Stockade.  Only in America would a movie like "Supersize Me" have   
   any cultural relevance.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)