![]() ![]() The great indoors and the obsession for living always in a climate controlled environment – “ Skywalks – enclosed pedestrian flyovers”.Why no one walks – “ Not long after we moved here we had the people next door round for dinner and – I swear this is true – they drove“.Cupholder Revolution – “ But our computers don’t come with cupholders“.Rated number one against the Plymouth Repellant for mileage“ Rated number one against the Chrysler Inert for Handling. Commercials – “ The new Dodge Backfire.The countless forms used by American Immigration – “ You can spend days repeatedly dialling a phone number that is forever engaged, only to be told when you finally do get through that you must call another number, which the person tells you once in a mumble and you don’t quite catch before you are cut off“.Junk Food Heaven – “ We don’t usually clean our fridge – we just box it up every four or five years and send it off to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta with a note to help themselves to anything that looks scientifically promising“.Picture ID to be shown in US Airports (Bryson calls this as Permissible Visual Cognitive Imaging).More than the scenes described, what I really liked is Bryson’s extraction of Humour from all the weird situations like the once I have mentioned below: This being my fourth book written by Bryson, I can say that he has nothing against America, this is his style – It is the same when he writes about UK, Europe or even Shakespeare, so nothing different here. Commenting on common American living habits, you might be mistaken like some Americans (who have commented in Amazon) that Byrson is making “fun” of Americans at large. So in many places of the book I could relate to his experience and enjoy the scene. ![]() Having visited USA many times I can say I was baffled too at many of similar scenes observed by Bryson. So this book has been written more for an international audience who will find things different in USA from their country. The book is a collection of a weekly column in Mail on Sundays Night and Day magazine in UK. Like others have said in the Amazon’s book comments you will find yourself laughing loud in many places. Like his other books, Bryson’s humour is unmistakable in this book as well. Few weeks back while at my US trip I read this book “ Notes from a Big Country” by Bill Bryson. ![]()
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