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One of the British national daily newspapers is asking readers "what it means to be British" Some of the emails are hilarious but this is one from a chap in Switzerland...
"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, and then travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a Turkish kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese TV.
And the most British thing of all? Suspicion of anything foreign."
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Thats about spot on! :rofl:
Very good, and so true :)
Saying "I thinks we have done this several times before" And the fact that my pc wont play tennis, And why wont insurance companies come to there senses, and realise its women that cause the accidents.
Ahh yes sorry MOANING :D
homealone
23-01-2006, 00:27
/posts to admit I can laugh at myself :D
- but it took the Dutch bloke & the Latvian guy to point it out ;)
Where are the Welshies when you need them?
Saying "I thinks we have done this several times before" And the fact that my pc wont play tennis, And why wont insurance companies come to there senses, and realise its women that cause the accidents.
Ahh yes sorry MOANING :D
The last two accidents I was involved in were the fault of a MALE driver.:p:
Frankly I think being British has changed completely from when I was younger.I think the main one is that we are much less polite than we used to be.I would never have given an adult any cheek as a kid but today you get a mouthful if you look at them if they are behaving poorly.
The last two accidents I was involved in were the fault of a MALE driver.:p:'course, the common denominator in both of those was you.....:Sprint::D
Classic, made me laugh. :)
'course, the common denominator in both of those was you.....:Sprint::D
:rofl: Exatly :D
'kinell.....I'm a dead man when she sees that! :disturbd:
The last two accidents I was involved in were the fault of a MALE driver.:p:'course, the common denominator in both of those was you.....:Sprint::D
Oh so sitting quietly minding the traffic on the entrance to a roundabout while some jerk rams the back of my car is MY fault just because I'm female. :rolleyes:.
Where are the Welshies when you need them?
Eh? What? Did someone call?
'kinell.....I'm a dead man when she sees that! :disturbd:
Correct!:disturbd:
Now when i received this quote via email, months ago, i remember thinking it was a 'joke' disguised as fact.... and i'm not referring to Coggy being responsible for most of the car accidents on english roads either ;) But i've just found the original survey in the Telegraph online and the comment by the swiss chap is there, as well as many others that are just as entertaining and enlightening :)
Link to Telegraph...... i hope (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/07/28/uviewbritish2.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/07/28/ixhome.html)
What a wonderful thread. So glad it dont apply to the North of Ireland :-0
What a wonderful thread. So glad it dont apply to the North of Ireland :-0Oh, so you want some as well do you?:D
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Oh so sitting quietly minding the traffic on the entrance to a roundabout while some jerk rams the back of my car is MY fault just because I'm female. :rolleyes:. :nworthy: :D
If you were cynical you could say that being British is anything that involves multiculturalism except whites, any ethnicity except whites, gender equality except males, any religion except Christianity, any classe except Royalty and any UK resident except those that were born here.
:)
Oh and anyone older than 24 years.
If you were cynical you could say that being British is anything that involves multiculturalism except whites, any ethnicity except whites, gender equality except males, any religion except Christianity, any classe except Royalty and any UK resident except those that were born here.
:)
Oh and anyone older than 24 years.
Or, if you were ultra-cynical, and didn't hold with the popular opinion often expressed, you could say that being British involves moaning about multiculturalism, ethnicity, gender equality, religion, class and other UK residents getting anything that they're (allegedly) not entitled to.
:dozey: ;)
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"Stupid Boy..."
[Dad's Army for you young 'uns}
"Don't tell him your name, Pike" ;)
"Don't tell him your name, Pike" ;)
Why? What is it?
Why? What is it?
Mainwaring :)
Oh - hang on ... ;) :D
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