Why doesn't anyone ever complain about the British taking American jobs?

[JCMach1]

The annoying actor who does the Geico Gecko comes to mind right away!

[Pharlo]

1. Isn't the Gekko Australian?

His accent appears to be Aussie.

[nuxvomica]

3. The voice-over actor, Jake Wood, is a Brit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Wood

[Captain Hilts]

6. But the accent is Aussie. nt

[Blue_Tires]

11. i would say it's more cockney

i.e., working-class brit style rather than the prim-and-proper queen's english

[Patiod]

9. He sounds sort of East London to me

but what do I know?

[stray cat]

2. Racism ie how can people from "less developed countries" be better than us

so clearly they can't be better than us so giving them jobs is unfair rather than due to differences in competency and education :sarcasm:

[Captain Hilts]

5. They blend in more easily and have been coming here since the early 1600s. nt

[Captain Hilts]

4. The lizard is AUSTRALIAN!!!!

[LeftyMom]

7. Seriesly. They don't even speak English properly, damned furriners.

[Heidi]

8. Why doesn't anyone talk about the 5.3 million US workers whose paychecks come

from foreign-owned companies? :shrug:

[Patiod]

10. Well, in my case, because they're giving ME a job

I work for a UK company......no complaints here. All hail our well-spoken overlords!

[Blue_Tires]

12. I do...thanks to the Brits, Aussies, Kiwis and Canadians

a regular American can't get a good role in Hollywood anymore!:silly:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

13. They're only taking jobs that Americans refuse to do

like being a gecko. What self-respecting American would do that!?!

"Fancy a crisp?" ... No effin way!

:hi:

[pinniped]

14. The GEICO gecko looks like a Madagascar day gecko.

That would make him a resident of Madagascar.

[JCMach1]

15. Only irony intended for our British friends

But I did try my deconstruction on a group of racists when I was home in the U.S. ... They might have dropped something about Hispanics or whoever... when the commercial came on for Geico I let fly my 'ironic' rant against those damn foreigner Brits taking our 'good' 'Murican jobs.

I think at least 'part' of my point may have oozed into some of their tiny little brains!


I have always been an EVIL DUer.