Top 100 Unimpeachably Great Things About The USA (A Sarcasm-free feel good thread)

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1. NEW YORK CITY

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:22 (twenty-one years ago)

2. Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns & Ed Ruscha

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:23 (twenty-one years ago)

3. Crab Rolls served in hot dog buns with a side order of fried clams in the Great State Of Maine

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:24 (twenty-one years ago)

4. Freedom Fries!

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:24 (twenty-one years ago)

5. Adopted Home of Charo!

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:25 (twenty-one years ago)

6. Representative democracy (no, I'm not joking)

Kenan (kenan), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:26 (twenty-one years ago)

7. Showgirls, it's own best satire.

Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:26 (twenty-one years ago)

8. Interstate highway system

Bryan (Bryan), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:26 (twenty-one years ago)

9. Ethnic and racial diversity

supercub, Friday, 5 November 2004 05:27 (twenty-one years ago)

10. reliable running water anywhere you go

Kenan (kenan), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:27 (twenty-one years ago)

11. Cheap and Plentiful High Quality Crunk!

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:27 (twenty-one years ago)

10. Barns

youn, Friday, 5 November 2004 05:27 (twenty-one years ago)

12. Good TV

supercub, Friday, 5 November 2004 05:28 (twenty-one years ago)

14. plentiful apples

Kenan (kenan), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:29 (twenty-one years ago)

14. National Parks

youn, Friday, 5 November 2004 05:29 (twenty-one years ago)

15, Jerry Orbach!

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:29 (twenty-one years ago)

16. Johnny Cash

Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:29 (twenty-one years ago)

18. Woody Allen

Kenan (kenan), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:30 (twenty-one years ago)

19. Universities

youn, Friday, 5 November 2004 05:30 (twenty-one years ago)

19. NPR

supercub, Friday, 5 November 2004 05:30 (twenty-one years ago)

20. Pizza

supercub, Friday, 5 November 2004 05:31 (twenty-one years ago)

21. http://www.sachsreport.com/girls%20and%20guns.jpg

Kenan (kenan), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:31 (twenty-one years ago)

22. the first two Dinosaur Jr albums which i haven't been able to stop listening to for the past week

Sir Kingfish Beavis D'Azzmonch (Kingfish), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:32 (twenty-one years ago)

that sniffs of sarcasm

(xpost)

supercub, Friday, 5 November 2004 05:32 (twenty-one years ago)

the Spam Museum in Austen, Minn.

Sir Kingfish Beavis D'Azzmonch (Kingfish), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:32 (twenty-one years ago)

23. Futurama.

Trayce (trayce), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:33 (twenty-one years ago)

They don't have barns in other countries?

Dan I. (Dan I.), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:33 (twenty-one years ago)

24. Hell, Matt Groening and Billy West generally.

Trayce (trayce), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:33 (twenty-one years ago)

25. Mickey's Big Mouths!

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:34 (twenty-one years ago)

read the question. (xpost)

youn, Friday, 5 November 2004 05:34 (twenty-one years ago)

26. Zoolander

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:35 (twenty-one years ago)

27. Scientific research

Dan I. (Dan I.), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Cute indie chicks

Sir Kingfish Beavis D'Azzmonch (Kingfish), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:36 (twenty-one years ago)

that sniffs of sarcasm

(xpost)

Yeah, it does. Sorry.

29. The First Amendment.

Kenan (kenan), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:36 (twenty-one years ago)

30. as biz markie once put it "a crazy big variety of a lot of candy"

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Wait who was "read the question" aimed at, cos I was deadly serious about futurama/groening.

Trayce (trayce), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:37 (twenty-one years ago)

31. Basketball

supercub, Friday, 5 November 2004 05:37 (twenty-one years ago)

32. Cities with grid systems.

Kenan (kenan), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Steve McQueen

Sir Kingfish Beavis D'Azzmonch (Kingfish), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:39 (twenty-one years ago)

(i think the "read the question" dispute is over "barns" which, while not exclusive to the USA are in fact a great thing abiut the USA and so as thread-starter i declare "barns" admissable)

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:39 (twenty-one years ago)

It was aimed at me cause I assumed we were listing things that are exclusive to the USA when really it's just things that are particularly great about the USA regardless of whether other countries have them too or not.

XPOOOOOOST

Dan I. (Dan I.), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:40 (twenty-one years ago)

The Appalachian Trail

jim wentworth (wench), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:41 (twenty-one years ago)

33. rap music

Shmool McShmool (shmuel), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:41 (twenty-one years ago)

The fact that my best friend from growin' up now sits on the City Council for Flint, Michigan.

Sir Kingfish Beavis D'Azzmonch (Kingfish), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:42 (twenty-one years ago)

34ish. Hank Williams Sr.

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:42 (twenty-one years ago)

35. The grand canyon.

Dan I. (Dan I.), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:43 (twenty-one years ago)

35. the best bar-b-q money can buy

Roger Fidelity (Roger Fidelity), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:43 (twenty-one years ago)

37.2 The Magnum roller coaster at Cedar Point.

Sir Kingfish Beavis D'Azzmonch (Kingfish), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:43 (twenty-one years ago)

478. THE NFL

Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:43 (twenty-one years ago)

38. The Great Gatsby

supercub, Friday, 5 November 2004 05:44 (twenty-one years ago)

39. That my parents could immigrate here from Korea, get an education, integrate into society, buy a house, and send me to university.

phil-two (phil-two), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Amen

supercub, Friday, 5 November 2004 05:45 (twenty-one years ago)

40. this one cowboy wear store in Chandler, Arizona.

Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:46 (twenty-one years ago)

41. Mom and apple pie, but not our shitty fucking cars.

Dan I. (Dan I.), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:46 (twenty-one years ago)

42. Cheap computer hardware

Kenan (kenan), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:47 (twenty-one years ago)

word to that.

Dan I. (Dan I.), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:47 (twenty-one years ago)

43. The Founding Fathers

supercub, Friday, 5 November 2004 05:47 (twenty-one years ago)

but not our shitty fucking cars

That was the 80's, wasn't it? American cars are just fine.

Kenan (kenan), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Kenan, have you driven a Ford lately?

Dan I. (Dan I.), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:48 (twenty-one years ago)

33a). My Mind's Playing Tricks On Me by the Geto Boys

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:48 (twenty-one years ago)

no, american cars are still pretty shitty. btw kenan, email me for your money.

phil-two (phil-two), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:49 (twenty-one years ago)

There's no such thing as an "American car" anymore.

supercub, Friday, 5 November 2004 05:50 (twenty-one years ago)

44. http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/images/wh9.gif

William Henry Harrison, the realest nigga alive.

Kenan (kenan), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:50 (twenty-one years ago)

48. used record stores

Sir Kingfish Beavis D'Azzmonch (Kingfish), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Kenan, have you driven a Ford lately?

I drove a huge-ass Ford F-150 for a couple years. Solid as a rock. Loved that thing.

Kenan (kenan), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:52 (twenty-one years ago)

49. Thurgood Marshall

supercub, Friday, 5 November 2004 05:53 (twenty-one years ago)

50. Baseball

Kenan (kenan), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Ha, I don't know why I'm talking shit, I drive a Ford too.

Dan I. (Dan I.), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:54 (twenty-one years ago)

51. The Sedona Desert

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:55 (twenty-one years ago)

52. www.amaz0n.com

supercub, Friday, 5 November 2004 05:56 (twenty-one years ago)

63. Rickenbacker guitars

Sir Kingfish Beavis D'Azzmonch (Kingfish), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:59 (twenty-one years ago)

53. Johnny, Joey, Dee Dee, Tommy, Marky, and what the hell Richie & CJ too

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:59 (twenty-one years ago)

55. public libraries

youn, Friday, 5 November 2004 05:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Berkeley Breathed

Sir Kingfish Beavis D'Azzmonch (Kingfish), Friday, 5 November 2004 06:09 (twenty-one years ago)

57. the byrds, big star, the dB's, and the replacements (sorry dan perry, dan i., & trayce!)

youn, Friday, 5 November 2004 06:14 (twenty-one years ago)

58. NASA

bnw (bnw), Friday, 5 November 2004 06:16 (twenty-one years ago)

59. american ingenuity: the mouse, the telephone, the cotton gin, etc.

youn, Friday, 5 November 2004 06:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Don't tell me we're running out of steam, people! We can come up with a hundred, I know we can!

60. The Marx Brothers.

Kenan (kenan), Friday, 5 November 2004 06:28 (twenty-one years ago)

61. Mark Twain

jim wentworth (wench), Friday, 5 November 2004 06:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes!

Kenan (kenan), Friday, 5 November 2004 06:39 (twenty-one years ago)

62. Imported beer.

Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 5 November 2004 06:43 (twenty-one years ago)

63. Earl Palmer.

Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 5 November 2004 06:43 (twenty-one years ago)

64. Al Sharpton

Kenan (kenan), Friday, 5 November 2004 06:45 (twenty-one years ago)

65. JOHN FORD
66. BO DIDDLEY
67. BOB DYLAN

amateur!!st, Friday, 5 November 2004 06:45 (twenty-one years ago)

68. Chris Rock!

Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 5 November 2004 06:45 (twenty-one years ago)

69. SCREWBALL COMEDY
70. FILM NOIR
71. THE FILM MUSICAL
72. ERNST LUBITSCH COMEDIES, MOTHERFUCKERS

amateur!!st, Friday, 5 November 2004 06:46 (twenty-one years ago)

73. JOHN FAHEY

amateur!!st, Friday, 5 November 2004 06:46 (twenty-one years ago)

74. CHARLES IVES

amateur!!st, Friday, 5 November 2004 06:47 (twenty-one years ago)

75. PULLED PORK

amateur!!st, Friday, 5 November 2004 06:47 (twenty-one years ago)

76. skyscrapers

Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 5 November 2004 06:48 (twenty-one years ago)

no, that's now the great thing about Asia.

Kenan (kenan), Friday, 5 November 2004 06:48 (twenty-one years ago)

76a. chrome gargoyles

Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 5 November 2004 06:49 (twenty-one years ago)

OK, Asia has none of those.

Kenan (kenan), Friday, 5 November 2004 06:49 (twenty-one years ago)

yes

America probably turned them into the artform they are today (if not "invented" them, per se)

Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 5 November 2004 06:50 (twenty-one years ago)

62. Imported beer.

Uh...

jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 5 November 2004 06:50 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.afterimagegallery.com/tice3chryslerl.jpg

Kenan (kenan), Friday, 5 November 2004 06:50 (twenty-one years ago)

77. MILES per GALLON

Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 5 November 2004 06:50 (twenty-one years ago)

uh...

Kenan (kenan), Friday, 5 November 2004 06:52 (twenty-one years ago)

801. Half Life 2

Sir Kingfish Beavis D'Azzmonch (Kingfish), Friday, 5 November 2004 06:53 (twenty-one years ago)

78. Pumpkin-flavored anything

jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 5 November 2004 06:53 (twenty-one years ago)

79. on that note: Orange food! So much orange food. Doritos. Macaroni and cheese. The list is endless.

Kenan (kenan), Friday, 5 November 2004 06:55 (twenty-one years ago)

80. RIC FUCKIN' FLAIR

Sir Kingfish Beavis D'Azzmonch (Kingfish), Friday, 5 November 2004 06:56 (twenty-one years ago)

McDonalds, FUCK YEAH!
Wal-Mart, FUCK YEAH!
The Gap, FUCK YEAH!
Baseball, FUCK YEAH!
NFL, FUCK, YEAH!
Rock and roll, FUCK YEAH!
The Internet, FUCK YEAH!
Slavery, FUCK YEAH!
Starbucks, FUCK YEAH!
Disney world, FUCK YEAH!
Porno, FUCK YEAH!
Valium, FUCK YEAH!
Reeboks, FUCK YEAH!
Fake Tits, FUCK YEAH!
Sushi, FUCK YEAH!
Taco Bell, FUCK YEAH!
Rodeos, FUCK YEAH!
Bed bath and beyond (Fuck yeah, Fuck yeah)

Liberty, FUCK YEAH!
White Slips, FUCK YEAH!
The Alamo, FUCK YEAH!
Band-aids, FUCK YEAH!
Las Vegas, FUCK YEAH!
Christmas, FUCK YEAH!
Immigrants, FUCK YEAH!
Popeye, FUCK YEAH!
Demarcates, FUCK YEAH!
Republicans (republicans)
(fuck yeah, fuck yeah)
Sportsmanship
Books

a banana (alanbanana), Friday, 5 November 2004 06:56 (twenty-one years ago)

re: that picture

A sight to behold. Actually, the only reason I mentioned "chrome gargoyles" was because I wasn't really sure how to spell "Chrystler Building," and realized I liked the substitution better anyway. I need to play that game more often.

Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 5 November 2004 06:57 (twenty-one years ago)

And I still got it wrong!

Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 5 November 2004 06:58 (twenty-one years ago)

78. Tom Waits

aimurchie, Friday, 5 November 2004 06:58 (twenty-one years ago)

that sniffs of sarcasm

I personally find it fucking awesome that shit like that exists.

Andrew (enneff), Friday, 5 November 2004 06:59 (twenty-one years ago)

79. New Orleans

aimurchie, Friday, 5 November 2004 06:59 (twenty-one years ago)

97. spinnaz

Sir Kingfish Beavis D'Azzmonch (Kingfish), Friday, 5 November 2004 07:01 (twenty-one years ago)

82-86. Music of My Mind thru Songs in the Key of Life

Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 5 November 2004 07:02 (twenty-one years ago)

87. lowriders

milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Friday, 5 November 2004 07:03 (twenty-one years ago)

88. ZVex guitar pedals

autovac (autovac), Friday, 5 November 2004 07:04 (twenty-one years ago)

89. and pre-CBS Fender amps

jim wentworth (wench), Friday, 5 November 2004 07:14 (twenty-one years ago)

groan, I can see where this is going.

Dan I. (Dan I.), Friday, 5 November 2004 07:36 (twenty-one years ago)

90. Guns.

91. Candy.

92. Cafe Du Monde, Jackson Square, New Orleans.

93. Gumbeaux's, Douglasville, Georgia.

94. Fireflies.

95. Civil War Battlefields.

96. Fireworks.

Michael Stuchbery (Mikey Bidness), Friday, 5 November 2004 07:37 (twenty-one years ago)

98. Foliage

99. Problems, but a bitch ain't one.

Remy (x Jeremy), Friday, 5 November 2004 07:39 (twenty-one years ago)

100. Chai in a tin.

101. Pickups the size of TANKS.

102. Krogers.

103. Stubbie-holders with 'AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL' and shit on them.

104. Jazz.

105. Fuck You!

Michael Stuchbery (Mikey Bidness), Friday, 5 November 2004 07:41 (twenty-one years ago)

THE US DOES NOT DESERVE CREDIT FOR CHAI.

You do, however, deserve credit for Funkadelic, Elvis, and Journey. (OK, even I feel a little bad for putting all those in the same sentence.)

sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 5 November 2004 07:46 (twenty-one years ago)

There is a really perverse thrill that I get when I see guns for sale in sporting goods stores. It's like, "Let Amsterdam have their whores and drugs, LOOK WHAT WE GOT! INSTANT KILLING MECHANISMS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC!"

boo yah.

Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 5 November 2004 07:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Chai itself? No.

Great big industrial barrels of 'Just Add Water Instant Chai Spirit Tantra Crystal Fuck Mix'? Yes.

Michael Stuchbery (Mikey Bidness), Friday, 5 November 2004 07:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, I love that when I'm over in the States, the people I'm staying with have AT LEAST twenty rifles. Man, if the dead ever rise to kill the living when I'm over there, that's me safe.

Nobody needs twenty rifles. But people can and do. That's fucking great.

Michael Stuchbery (Mikey Bidness), Friday, 5 November 2004 07:52 (twenty-one years ago)

109 John Cage
110 the sitcom
111 Princeton
112 grunge
113 Looney Tunes

(a bunch of xposts. Add one to each number?)

sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 5 November 2004 07:54 (twenty-one years ago)

(Mind you, I personally think the guns would count as a negative. But that's just me.)

sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 5 November 2004 07:54 (twenty-one years ago)

114 Sesame Street

sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 5 November 2004 07:59 (twenty-one years ago)

112. Moon Whistlers(a.k.a. bottle-rockets). "Invented by the Chinese, perfected by the Americans, Perfect for the 13-year-old pyro in us all"

Sir Kingfish Beavis D'Azzmonch (Kingfish), Friday, 5 November 2004 08:00 (twenty-one years ago)

113. Your chain bookstores the size of small towns, often with a cafe in them.

Michael Stuchbery (Mikey Bidness), Friday, 5 November 2004 08:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Sesame Street is international:

http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Television/Programs/Children's/Sesame_Street/International_Versions/

Remy (x Jeremy), Friday, 5 November 2004 08:01 (twenty-one years ago)

114 It's appreciation of peanut butter.

Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Friday, 5 November 2004 08:02 (twenty-one years ago)

115. our unsurpassed porn industry!

Remy (x Jeremy), Friday, 5 November 2004 08:03 (twenty-one years ago)

116. nyc ilxchixors

cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 5 November 2004 08:10 (twenty-one years ago)

117. term limits

cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 5 November 2004 08:10 (twenty-one years ago)

118. texas hold'em

Shmool McShmool (shmuel), Friday, 5 November 2004 08:12 (twenty-one years ago)

119. fusion cuisine
120. the fucking beach boys
121. saturday morning television
122. thomas pynchon
123. my mom and pop and sister and dog (they're gen - u - ine treats, i tell ya!)
124. mp3 blogs.
125. baja fresh
126. really fat toddlers

Remy (x Jeremy), Friday, 5 November 2004 08:12 (twenty-one years ago)

127 Peanuts (the comic strip)
128 Gore Vidal

Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Friday, 5 November 2004 08:15 (twenty-one years ago)

129. nashville (the movie)

Shmool McShmool (shmuel), Friday, 5 November 2004 08:22 (twenty-one years ago)

christ on a cracker, yes! shmool!

Remy (x Jeremy), Friday, 5 November 2004 08:23 (twenty-one years ago)

130. in fact, most good movies

Shmool McShmool (shmuel), Friday, 5 November 2004 08:24 (twenty-one years ago)

131. FDR
132. KG

Shmool McShmool (shmuel), Friday, 5 November 2004 08:29 (twenty-one years ago)

133. Powell's in Portland

Shmool McShmool (shmuel), Friday, 5 November 2004 08:30 (twenty-one years ago)

134. Portland

Sir Kingfish Beavis D'Azzmonch (Kingfish), Friday, 5 November 2004 08:30 (twenty-one years ago)

135. Bumbershoot

Shmool McShmool (shmuel), Friday, 5 November 2004 08:36 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't think the US can claim sushi. California rolls, ok.

supercub, Friday, 5 November 2004 08:37 (twenty-one years ago)

136. Tom Lehrer
137. Judge Henry Bone

This thread works as feelgood thread.

OleM (OleM), Friday, 5 November 2004 08:42 (twenty-one years ago)

136. Hunter S. Thompson
137. CCR
138. LBJ (both of them)
139. Abolitionism
140. Billy Wilder
141. Calvin and Hobbes
142. The Ramones
143. Jon Stewart

Shmool McShmool (shmuel), Friday, 5 November 2004 08:43 (twenty-one years ago)

tho Lyndon Johnson is pretty impeachable, he certainly was good at swearing
146. swearing

xp damn numbers

Shmool McShmool (shmuel), Friday, 5 November 2004 08:45 (twenty-one years ago)

147 fleetwood mac

the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Friday, 5 November 2004 08:47 (twenty-one years ago)

148. Dr. Dre
149. Homosexuality
150. AZ's verse on "Life's a Bitch" (also Olu Dara's solo)

OK I'm done

Shmool McShmool (shmuel), Friday, 5 November 2004 09:41 (twenty-one years ago)

No wait:

151. Prince

Now I'm done

Shmool McShmool (shmuel), Friday, 5 November 2004 09:42 (twenty-one years ago)

152 Pacific Coast Highway
154 Home fries
155 Charlemagne Palestine

debden, Friday, 5 November 2004 09:49 (twenty-one years ago)

er.. 153 Other Music

debden, Friday, 5 November 2004 09:49 (twenty-one years ago)

156 Immigrants.

Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 5 November 2004 09:54 (twenty-one years ago)

157. Jewish-American novelists
158. Italian-American directors

Shmool McShmool (shmuel), Friday, 5 November 2004 10:18 (twenty-one years ago)

The Sedona Desert

I must have missed this one

gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 5 November 2004 14:07 (twenty-one years ago)

159. Sam Adams Octoberfest Beer.

Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Friday, 5 November 2004 15:08 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.hipwax.com/liners/L_fig/mambo.jpg

160. Record covers by Jim Flora

Nemo (JND), Friday, 5 November 2004 15:11 (twenty-one years ago)

161. Flannery O'Connor

Nemo (JND), Friday, 5 November 2004 15:14 (twenty-one years ago)

162. Nabokov's American novels

Nemo (JND), Friday, 5 November 2004 15:15 (twenty-one years ago)

163. Booker T & the MGs

Nemo (JND), Friday, 5 November 2004 15:16 (twenty-one years ago)

164. cheese grits

Emilymv (Emilymv), Friday, 5 November 2004 15:21 (twenty-one years ago)

165: Moby Dick

Loose Translation: Sexy Dancer (sexyDancer), Friday, 5 November 2004 15:23 (twenty-one years ago)

166:
http://www.internetweekly.org/images/krazy_kat.jpg

Marcel Post (Marcel Post), Friday, 5 November 2004 15:28 (twenty-one years ago)

167.The MC5

Doobie Keebler (Charles McCain), Friday, 5 November 2004 15:31 (twenty-one years ago)

168:Poe
169:Dickinson

Emilymv (Emilymv), Friday, 5 November 2004 15:32 (twenty-one years ago)

170. Da wimmin is NOICE!!!

oops (Oops), Friday, 5 November 2004 15:32 (twenty-one years ago)

171. TRUCKASAURUS
http://www.minusworld.org/images/robosaurus-flag.jpeg

nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 5 November 2004 15:33 (twenty-one years ago)

172. Joseph Heller

Doobie Keebler (Charles McCain), Friday, 5 November 2004 15:33 (twenty-one years ago)

173. Coyle and Sharpe (Check out www.coyleandsharpe.com if you've never heard of them.)

Nemo (JND), Friday, 5 November 2004 15:35 (twenty-one years ago)

174 widespread anglophilia (except in clark county)

debden, Friday, 5 November 2004 15:37 (twenty-one years ago)

175. http://ffmedia.ign.com/oceans11/multimedia/gould.jpg
The Gould.

Doobie Keebler (Charles McCain), Friday, 5 November 2004 15:37 (twenty-one years ago)

176. The empty, stunning stretches of Highway through Utah, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado and California.

177. The female exports, amen.

Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 5 November 2004 15:39 (twenty-one years ago)

175 Mohammed Ali
176 Arthur Lee
177 Steve Buscemi

debden, Friday, 5 November 2004 15:39 (twenty-one years ago)

176: the martini

Marcel Post (Marcel Post), Friday, 5 November 2004 15:39 (twenty-one years ago)

179 Iggy and the Stooges
180 Laurel and Hardy

debden, Friday, 5 November 2004 15:40 (twenty-one years ago)

181 HARRY DEAN STANTON

debden, Friday, 5 November 2004 15:41 (twenty-one years ago)

182. sublime silliness like this:

http://www.gonemovies.com/WWW/TopFilms/Brando/BrandoGuysAndDolls.jpg

Kenan (kenan), Friday, 5 November 2004 15:42 (twenty-one years ago)

183. The Golden Gate Bridge

Nemo (JND), Friday, 5 November 2004 15:44 (twenty-one years ago)

184. http://www.greatposters.com/cagney/cagney-public-enemy.jpg

Doobie Keebler (Charles McCain), Friday, 5 November 2004 15:44 (twenty-one years ago)

the resident skate-rats of nearly every small town throughout the land.

Collardio Gelatinous (collardio), Friday, 5 November 2004 15:44 (twenty-one years ago)

186. The Museum of Jurassic Technology

Nemo (JND), Friday, 5 November 2004 15:45 (twenty-one years ago)

187. http://www.animaart.com/fox/images/Hank%20and%20guys%20in%20driveway%202100-6445.jpg

Doobie Keebler (Charles McCain), Friday, 5 November 2004 15:47 (twenty-one years ago)

190. The missus.
191. The in-laws.
192. Every friend I've ever made in DC, NY, MD and beyond.
193. Julie London.
194. "Surf's Up"

Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 5 November 2004 15:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Heartland Rock is for Blue-State Elitists nowadays. And Steve Earle joined Al Qaeda, didn't he?

Kenan (kenan), Friday, 5 November 2004 15:55 (twenty-one years ago)

195. HIP HOP YA DON'T STOP

oops (Oops), Friday, 5 November 2004 15:57 (twenty-one years ago)

196 Jimmy Webb
197 Joe Pesci

debden, Friday, 5 November 2004 15:58 (twenty-one years ago)

198. San Peckinpah

Doobie Keebler (Charles McCain), Friday, 5 November 2004 15:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Sam, that is.

Doobie Keebler (Charles McCain), Friday, 5 November 2004 15:59 (twenty-one years ago)

199 Skip James
200 John Coltrane

debden, Friday, 5 November 2004 15:59 (twenty-one years ago)

San Peckinpah

I like it. It's a filthy little town in northern Mexico crawling with thieves, killers, drunks, and symbolism.

Kenan (kenan), Friday, 5 November 2004 16:01 (twenty-one years ago)

The town used to be called just Peckinpah, but then Sam moved away.

oops (Oops), Friday, 5 November 2004 16:02 (twenty-one years ago)

201. Ambrose Bierce

Michael White (Hereward), Friday, 5 November 2004 16:03 (twenty-one years ago)

(i suppose i need another 's' for that joke to work)

oops (Oops), Friday, 5 November 2004 16:03 (twenty-one years ago)

202. George Romero

n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 5 November 2004 16:04 (twenty-one years ago)

202: the zoot suit
http://www.streetswing.com/histmai2/gif/1zoot1.gif

Marcel Post (Marcel Post), Friday, 5 November 2004 16:05 (twenty-one years ago)

204. http://www.assassin-productions.fr/panthers.jpg

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 5 November 2004 16:09 (twenty-one years ago)

205:
http://www.famousfoto.com/tin-signs/1044.jpg

Marcel Post (Marcel Post), Friday, 5 November 2004 16:12 (twenty-one years ago)

206. Rick Rubin
207. Increasingly smoke-free
208. Copious great hamburgers

Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Friday, 5 November 2004 17:34 (twenty-one years ago)

209. Woody Guthrie "This Land Is Your Land"

nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 5 November 2004 17:52 (twenty-one years ago)

210. The Middle Class (what's left of it HA HA HA HA)

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 5 November 2004 17:57 (twenty-one years ago)

211. Dave Mustaine and Megadeth

jel -- (jel), Friday, 5 November 2004 17:59 (twenty-one years ago)

212. Bugs Bunny

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 5 November 2004 18:00 (twenty-one years ago)

210. The Middle Class (what's left of it HA HA HA HA)

HA HA : (

trigonalmayhem (trigonalmayhem), Friday, 5 November 2004 18:02 (twenty-one years ago)

213. St. John's College (Annapolis and Santa Fe)

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 5 November 2004 18:03 (twenty-one years ago)

9889656. brian wilson

Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Friday, 5 November 2004 18:03 (twenty-one years ago)

215. The G.I. Bill

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 5 November 2004 18:03 (twenty-one years ago)

214. James Kochalka
215. Comics

jel -- (jel), Friday, 5 November 2004 18:04 (twenty-one years ago)

216. The burritos in the deli with the funny teutonic name in Gt. Barrington, MA

Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 5 November 2004 18:04 (twenty-one years ago)

217. The Electric Eels

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 5 November 2004 18:05 (twenty-one years ago)

218. Science Fiction B-Movies

jel -- (jel), Friday, 5 November 2004 18:06 (twenty-one years ago)

219. (?) The wild places - mountains, rivers, canyons, deserts, forests, seacoast - of the American West.

Aimless (Aimless), Friday, 5 November 2004 18:07 (twenty-one years ago)

219. The World Series

tobo (tobo), Friday, 5 November 2004 18:07 (twenty-one years ago)

220. The Powerpuff Girls

Orbit (Orbit), Friday, 5 November 2004 18:08 (twenty-one years ago)

221. Marfa, Texas

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 5 November 2004 18:09 (twenty-one years ago)

222. POISON

jel -- (jel), Friday, 5 November 2004 18:10 (twenty-one years ago)

116. nyc ilxchixors

what about the nyc cocksuxors? i feel left out

phil-two (phil-two), Friday, 5 November 2004 18:14 (twenty-one years ago)

223. big belt buckles!

teeny (teeny), Friday, 5 November 2004 18:21 (twenty-one years ago)

224. the national park service

teeny (teeny), Friday, 5 November 2004 18:22 (twenty-one years ago)

225. WE INVENTED THE REMIX!!!

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 5 November 2004 18:24 (twenty-one years ago)

226. Beef pinwheels

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 5 November 2004 18:25 (twenty-one years ago)

227. Indigenous crops: potatoes, beans, squash, and maize.

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 5 November 2004 18:35 (twenty-one years ago)

228. bible-study groups holding meetings at HOOTERS

nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 5 November 2004 18:40 (twenty-one years ago)

229. sarcasm!

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 5 November 2004 18:43 (twenty-one years ago)

230. chicago
231. the redwood forest
232. andy warhol
233. techno, house music, and disco
234. michigan
235. basquiat
236. san francisco / the bay area
237. the continental divide
238. levi's jeans
239. graffiti culture

tricky (disco stu), Friday, 5 November 2004 19:11 (twenty-one years ago)

240. conceptual art
241. minimalism
242. wax trax! records

tricky (disco stu), Friday, 5 November 2004 19:12 (twenty-one years ago)

243. the nyc subway

tricky (disco stu), Friday, 5 November 2004 19:13 (twenty-one years ago)

245. corollary to teeny's: americans invented the idea of national and city parks

oops (Oops), Friday, 5 November 2004 19:21 (twenty-one years ago)

246. John Muir

oops (Oops), Friday, 5 November 2004 19:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Mr Rogers

Brandon Mitchell (A.H.), Friday, 5 November 2004 19:38 (twenty-one years ago)

248. shamelessness

nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 5 November 2004 19:41 (twenty-one years ago)

249. PO Box 5325, Hopkins, MN 55343

Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 5 November 2004 20:47 (twenty-one years ago)

whats that?

phil-two (phil-two), Friday, 5 November 2004 21:01 (twenty-one years ago)

250. Google

Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 5 November 2004 21:51 (twenty-one years ago)

(I guess that answer wasn't techinically sarcasm-free... that's the old P.O. Box for MST3K.)

Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 5 November 2004 21:52 (twenty-one years ago)

http://cinemonde.com/artman/uploads/advise_consent27x41lb.jpg
251. Saul Bass, born in the Bronx!

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 5 November 2004 21:53 (twenty-one years ago)

252. Add tomatoes to the indigenous list.

nickn (nickn), Saturday, 6 November 2004 01:49 (twenty-one years ago)

253 Niagara Falls (shared with Canada)

nickn (nickn), Saturday, 6 November 2004 01:51 (twenty-one years ago)

254. Captain Beefheart!

amateur!!st, Saturday, 6 November 2004 01:55 (twenty-one years ago)

762. Husker Du's "In a Free Land"

Sir Kingfish Beavis D'Azzmonch (Kingfish), Saturday, 6 November 2004 02:07 (twenty-one years ago)

That always sounded like "In Opryland!" to me.

Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Saturday, 6 November 2004 02:15 (twenty-one years ago)

it was also the first Husker Du song that my brother & i learned to play & jam out together to.

Sir Kingfish Beavis D'Azzmonch (Kingfish), Saturday, 6 November 2004 02:17 (twenty-one years ago)

761 Mount Rushmore (especially with Cary Grant hanging on it)

Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Saturday, 6 November 2004 02:35 (twenty-one years ago)

762. The Crazy Horse monument in all its unimaginable uncompleted hugeness.

Dan I. (Dan I.), Saturday, 6 November 2004 02:58 (twenty-one years ago)

uh well I guess it is imaginable but it is also fucking large.

Dan I. (Dan I.), Saturday, 6 November 2004 02:58 (twenty-one years ago)

763. cute girls

ken c (ken c), Saturday, 6 November 2004 03:31 (twenty-one years ago)

simpsons pinball

kephm, Saturday, 6 November 2004 04:00 (twenty-one years ago)

vermont in november

kephm, Saturday, 6 November 2004 04:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Moxie

Augustine (Augustine Bearse), Saturday, 6 November 2004 04:04 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www-ucdmag.ucdavis.edu/fall02/graphics/new-yorker.jpg

gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 6 November 2004 15:27 (twenty-one years ago)

255. The Constitution.

Curt1s St3ph3ns, Saturday, 6 November 2004 16:54 (twenty-one years ago)

256. Henry David Thoreau
257. checks and balances
764. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Curt1s St3ph3ns, Saturday, 6 November 2004 16:55 (twenty-one years ago)

258(9)? Gritty American manliness with a tragic and/or sensitive side (Johnny Cash, Marlon Brando, Paul Newman in "The Hustler" etc.)

Hurting (Hurting), Saturday, 6 November 2004 17:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, I'm surprised it's taken this long for Thoreau to get mentioned - good choice curtis.

Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Saturday, 6 November 2004 17:39 (twenty-one years ago)

American Pragmatism (Richard Rorty, William James)

this is a lovely thread.

ryan (ryan), Saturday, 6 November 2004 20:52 (twenty-one years ago)

nice one, hurting

oops (Oops), Saturday, 6 November 2004 21:30 (twenty-one years ago)

261. Wallace Stevens

bnw (bnw), Saturday, 6 November 2004 22:09 (twenty-one years ago)

262. "Illmatic"
263. Ben Wallace
264. Free open WiFi in most major downtowns
265. Wall Drug
266. Philip Roth
267. The egg cream

Daniel Cohen (dayan), Sunday, 7 November 2004 16:09 (twenty-one years ago)

268 e e cummings

Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Sunday, 7 November 2004 16:12 (twenty-one years ago)

269. The split-level ranch.

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 7 November 2004 17:51 (twenty-one years ago)

270. Fusion cooking.

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 7 November 2004 17:52 (twenty-one years ago)

271. Brightly colored soda.

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 7 November 2004 17:52 (twenty-one years ago)

272. Congressman Barney Frank

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 7 November 2004 17:54 (twenty-one years ago)

273. Landsat 7

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 7 November 2004 17:59 (twenty-one years ago)

274. Mystic, Connecticut

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 7 November 2004 18:00 (twenty-one years ago)

275. Crossword puzzles

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 7 November 2004 18:01 (twenty-one years ago)

276. Snapple

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 7 November 2004 18:01 (twenty-one years ago)

277. The Moog

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 7 November 2004 18:02 (twenty-one years ago)

278. Motown and all applicable permutations thereof

Daniel Cohen (dayan), Sunday, 7 November 2004 18:04 (twenty-one years ago)

279. Ted Berrigan

Casuistry (Chris P), Sunday, 7 November 2004 18:05 (twenty-one years ago)

280. Charles and Ray Eames

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 7 November 2004 18:09 (twenty-one years ago)

281. Ad Reinhardt

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 7 November 2004 18:12 (twenty-one years ago)

282. Bobby Marchan

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 7 November 2004 18:12 (twenty-one years ago)

283. William Eggleston

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 7 November 2004 18:26 (twenty-one years ago)

284. Steely Dan
285. the blues
286. punk
287. Theodore Roosevelt
288. gumbo
289. the amount of pizza places in NYC
290. Gray's Papaya

Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 7 November 2004 18:47 (twenty-one years ago)

291. Cher
292. Meet Me In St Louis
293. The Apple
294. GOOD VEGAN FOOD HOTT SHIT YEAH FUCKIN A

The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Sunday, 7 November 2004 18:55 (twenty-one years ago)

295. the history channel!!!!

Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 7 November 2004 18:56 (twenty-one years ago)

296. Chick Fil-A (possibly one of the only valuable contributions made by Christian fundamentalists to this world).

latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 7 November 2004 20:10 (twenty-one years ago)

I can't believe someone's already said "plentiful apples"!

Curt1s St3ph3ns, Sunday, 7 November 2004 20:13 (twenty-one years ago)

297. Timbaland

Shmool McShmool (shmuel), Sunday, 7 November 2004 21:11 (twenty-one years ago)

720. Andrew WK

Sir Kingfish Beavis D'Azzmonch (Kingfish), Sunday, 7 November 2004 21:37 (twenty-one years ago)

299. Jan & Stan Berenstain

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 8 November 2004 04:00 (twenty-one years ago)

300. Mack Trucks

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 8 November 2004 04:01 (twenty-one years ago)

301. live free or die

Ian John50n (orion), Monday, 8 November 2004 04:14 (twenty-one years ago)

RE:

296. Chick Fil-A (possibly one of the only valuable contributions made by Christian fundamentalists to this world).

I believe that In-N-Out Burger satisfies this criterion as well. Either way, we have a #302.

tobo (tobo), Monday, 8 November 2004 04:27 (twenty-one years ago)

1. Mexican Hat

Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 8 November 2004 16:46 (twenty-one years ago)

nobody said southpark yet ?? southpark, then !

AleXTC (AleXTC), Monday, 8 November 2004 17:37 (twenty-one years ago)

303. proliferation of high speed internet access
304. we invented thee modern interweb
305. the original Star Wars trilogy

Ian John50n (orion), Monday, 8 November 2004 18:12 (twenty-one years ago)

proliferation of high speed internet access

I was reading an article about China's internet the other day - they have more high speed connections than anywhere else - I think 100 million people have high speed connection. And their connections are 10 times faster than ours, because they live so densely.

Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Monday, 8 November 2004 18:15 (twenty-one years ago)

aw nuts.. well, okay. maybe make 303 "THANKSGIVING"

Ian John50n (orion), Monday, 8 November 2004 18:16 (twenty-one years ago)

306. The Studebaker Avanti.

briania (briania), Monday, 8 November 2004 18:19 (twenty-one years ago)

307. Breakfast tacos at Rolando's Super Tacos, San Antonio, Texas.
308. The Human Beat Box, muthafuckas!!
309. Um, my girlfriend.

Stephen X (Stephen X), Monday, 8 November 2004 18:28 (twenty-one years ago)

310. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups/Pieces
311. Roadside Attractions (See Rock City! Mermaids! Giant Blue oxes!)
312. Waffle Houses with 24 hour breakfast
313. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra

jocelyn (Jocelyn), Monday, 8 November 2004 18:40 (twenty-one years ago)

314. Mall Santas

jocelyn (Jocelyn), Monday, 8 November 2004 18:42 (twenty-one years ago)

315-317. Bucky Fuller's Geodesic Dome, Dymaxion World Map, World Game

nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 8 November 2004 18:43 (twenty-one years ago)

318. LSD

nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 8 November 2004 18:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Nicka OTM! Also, jocelyn OTM re: waffle house (though i substitute Denny's and Bickford's based on geography.)

Ian John50n (orion), Monday, 8 November 2004 23:21 (twenty-one years ago)

319. Richard Pryor

Matos W.K. (M Matos), Monday, 8 November 2004 23:32 (twenty-one years ago)

320. curb yr enthusiasm

cºzen (Cozen), Monday, 8 November 2004 23:32 (twenty-one years ago)

321: forth of july celebrations

ryan (ryan), Monday, 8 November 2004 23:36 (twenty-one years ago)

322: kurt cobain

Ian John50n (orion), Monday, 8 November 2004 23:40 (twenty-one years ago)

713. Santarchy a.k.a the Santa Rampage

kingfish (Kingfish), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 01:52 (twenty-one years ago)

324. Kitty Wells records

Ian John50n (orion), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 07:10 (twenty-one years ago)

325. Cheesecake
326. Morton Feldman

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 19 November 2004 17:47 (twenty-one years ago)

327. zucchini bread

Maria D. (Maria D.), Friday, 19 November 2004 21:11 (twenty-one years ago)

328. bagels

Maria D. (Maria D.), Friday, 19 November 2004 21:11 (twenty-one years ago)

329. Alice Waters

gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 19 November 2004 21:19 (twenty-one years ago)

330. Aaron Copland
331. George and Ira Gershwin
332. The Grateful Dead

gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 19 November 2004 21:21 (twenty-one years ago)

333. The sitcom format! I Love Lucy, Get Smart, Green Acres, Mary Tyler Moore, Seinfeld, etc.

nickn (nickn), Friday, 19 November 2004 21:35 (twenty-one years ago)

seven years pass...

58.

I think I need this thread right now.

Michael Daddino, Thursday, 30 August 2012 03:13 (thirteen years ago)

334. The knuckleball (and the interesting people who know how to throw one)

clemenza, Thursday, 30 August 2012 03:38 (thirteen years ago)

335. The Smithsonian Institution and its 19 museums and galleries, all of them free, all open every day except Christmas

"Pffft" --buddha (silby), Thursday, 30 August 2012 03:48 (thirteen years ago)

A lot of greatness listed here. 11. Cheap and Plentiful High Quality Crunk! really made me laugh.

clemenza, Thursday, 30 August 2012 03:55 (thirteen years ago)

lol have to say that seeing this thread title followed by 'started in november 2004' did make me chuckle. anyway...

336. shirley maclaine

balls, Thursday, 30 August 2012 04:19 (thirteen years ago)

337. humphrey bogart + lauren bacall

Mordy, Thursday, 30 August 2012 04:30 (thirteen years ago)

296. Chick Fil-A (possibly one of the only valuable contributions made by Christian fundamentalists to this world).

Mordy, Thursday, 30 August 2012 04:30 (thirteen years ago)

lol some ppl were making peace w/ waking up in jesusland

balls, Thursday, 30 August 2012 04:31 (thirteen years ago)

Ha, was that entry mine?

latebloomer, Thursday, 30 August 2012 09:38 (thirteen years ago)


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