The Metropolis

Let's all laugh and feel smug at an NFL player getting London wrong

Mike Pollitt | Friday 21 October, 2011 11:52

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The padded jamboree is in town this weekend, and that’s all the excuse we need to run this video from 2009. Old then, but gold. Laugh as Brandon Meriweather misnames a famous London landmark. Revel as your preconceptions of American ignorance are thrillingly vindicated. Shudder as you realise just how insignificant and parochial this city must appear to the people we think of as our closest cultural friends.

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