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> But on the other hand Groundskeeper Willie on The Simpsons said a funny thing one time so Americans now think they must be wimps. Is this a deep-cut joke I'm

• krapp 2y ago
  No, it's a joke about how Americans are so ignorant about history and the rest of the world that they form their worldview entirely based on memes and pop-culture references, and the Simpsons is where the phrase "cheese eating surrender-monkeys" came from.
  • jemmyw 2y ago
    Which is ironic because historically the Scotts and the French were teamed up against the English. They swapped a lot of royalty.