D I F F E R E N C E S

UK – Every debit card transaction you make involves inserting your card into a little gizmo and typing in your pin number. European cards have a microchip on them that contains your security information. You never have to sign for anything.
US – Still have to sign for debit card transactions, but at JC Penny they had these clever little electronic signature devices.

US – Lifesavers, the candy with the hole.
UK – Polos, they’re really lifesavers under a different name.

US – Jeopardy, where contestants who are much smarter than you compete for cash.
UK – Mastermind, where contestants who spend way too much time reading esoteric books on subjects such as the Peloponnesian War or Steam Train Designs from 1890 thru 1912, compete just for the hell of it. That’s right, no money is involved. But if you manage to battle your way through the entire season and become the head geek, you get a little glass trophy and bragging rights down at the pub.

US – Aspirin available by the barrel.
UK – Due to a quaint but unyielding belief that taking a handful of aspirin is a good way to commit suicide, you can only buy it in packets of 16, thereby forcing distraught teenagers to throw themselves off of the cliffs at Beachy Head.

Up to 500 tablets in a bottle. 

Sixteen at a time.  Max. 

US – Every time you use an ATM, the bank that owns the ATM charges you for using it, and your bank charges you for NOT using your bank’s ATM. This can mean a $3.00 fee or more every time you take money out.
UK – ATM fees were allowed only recently and only on a few, selected ATMs, which must be clearly marked. It’s got to drive international banks like HSBC crazy knowing they can’t butt-fuck their UK customers as hard as they can their US customers.

US – White eggs. You can buy brown eggs but, as I recall, they are more expensive for some reason.
UK – Brown eggs. I don’t think I’ve ever seen any white eggs here.

US - Apple butter. It’s been difficult trying to explain what apple butter is, so I was pleased to find some at the Letterman Diner.
UK – Marmite. Vegemite for Pommes.

US – Crispy, fatty bacon.
UK – Meaty bacon, like Canadian bacon, only not round. Both are good

US – Corn muffins
UK – Crumpets

US – Bottomless cup of coffee.
UK – Tea, or a single cup of mediocre coffee.

US – Cingular wireless, CellOne, T-Mobil
UK – Vodaphone, O2, T-Mobile

US – Denny’s
UK – Little Chef. It’s like a Denny’s, only without the ambiance and fine cuisine.

US – Large, sliced pizza
UK – Single-serving, whole pizza

US – Clam Chowder
UK – Carrot Soup. You don't make soup out of carrots; you feed them to your rabbit, just before making stew out of him.

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