Andy, I’m curious if your love for pickups is what got you to come to the U.S. in the first place?

It turns out that a lot of your ex-countrymen–and they’re primarily men apparently, have fallen in love with the pickup, if this story from the BBC service can be believed.

Here’s a great quote:

There’s something distinctly American about the pick-up, all Bruce Springsteen and O Brother, Where Art Thou.

OK, obviously there’s little more American than the Boss, but do Brits really think of O Brother as being what we’re all about? This is kind of like how they call pit bulls “American Pit Bulls” in the UK. Well, maybe it’s not like that at all, but I never liked the American Pit Bull thing, either.

My favorite part: how they call pickups “Yank Tanks.”

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