I didn't even use all the same stereotypes from the same era of history. Some are as current as a few years ago, some are as ancient as the American Revolution. I used stereotypes in a way, to make fun of Americans. It might help to think of this as a way to gauge how far Americans have come over the years. Sadly, not all of us have come as far as others.
British people are all proper and all drink tea at tea time.
We all know if someone said that, you would laugh at them, c'mon, admit it. This is the same side of comment. It was one I made when James noted that the Russians had learned British. Now we get to a more sunken level of thinking. The opinion just mentioned about the Russian speaking British, was James'.