Another SSStory

[cdybedahl]

Rupert smiled. "Yes, it's very old you know. I believe it was built over one hundred years ago. Mr. Rogers from the Council owns it; it's been in his family for years."

Right... I'm betting dollars to doughnuts that the story I got was written by an American.

Comments

[spacetart.livejournal.com]

My god, it's over twenty years old! It's ancient history! There may be cave-paintings there!

[kannaophelia.livejournal.com]

Could be Australian, you know. European settlement here wasn't much more than two hundred years ago, and while I think I remeber that literally millenia ago there were aboriginal buildings here, building permanent structures wasn't really a climate-suitable lifestyle, so...

A hundred years for a building really does seem very old to me. Seeing buildings that were centuries old in Uraguay was a surreal experience.

[katemonkey.livejournal.com]

*snort*

As a sign of my Terrible American Status, I would like to point out that it isn't just brainlessness that causes Americans to have no sense of history -- it's ingrained into the culture. My father's house can be considered a landmark property, and it's only from the 1920s.

[alicamel.livejournal.com]

LOL. Our last house was over a hundred years old, easily. In fact, most of the buildings round here are well over a hundred years old. (This is England btw) And yes, I've been researching the era. For performing arts. So i can confidently say, that nothing new gets built round here ;)

[mpoetess.livejournal.com]

Just had to poke my nose in and giggle, because it was written by a Brit. ;-)

[rune-vampyr.livejournal.com]

Right... I'm betting dollars to doughnuts that the story I got was written by an American.

Mmmmm... I'm Northern Irish. I'm sorry if you were disappointed with the story, but I did my best.

Have a happy New Year :)