The Irish are so Whimsical Part I: American eyes are Smiling

Benny Lewis, an Irish journalist and author, chronicles his year living in the United States. Lewis' piece comes with an upfront 'trigger warning' and we'll get to the need for that in another post. We're doing this guy all week.

[Really? You can't hear that?-Ed]

There's not much new here but we thought it'd be fun to draw attention to this:

America... You guys smile way too much. It's annoying! How can you tell when someone means it? And why the hell would a stranger doing a crossword puzzle on public transport want to look giddy?

While in Europe we were well aware of this American trait, and went out of our way not to smile like a big, dumb over-happy Yank. 

[Don't worry, the London sweatshirts and ball caps tipped off everyone-Ed]

Of fuck off, Ed.