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January 26th, 2006, 06:08 AM
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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 like this one from a chap in Switzerland;
Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, 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 is suspicion of anything foreign!
Oh and only in Britain... can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance
Only in Britain... do supermarkets make sick people walk all the way to the back of the shop to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.
Only in Britain. do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a DIET coke.
Only in Britain... do banks leave both doors open and chain the pens to the counters.
Only in Britain.. do we leave cars worth thousands of pounds on the drive and lock our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage.
Only in Britain.. do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place.
Only in Britain.. are there disabled parking places in front of a skating rink. |
January 26th, 2006, 08:05 AM
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Rep Power: 100 | | | I'm sorry mate but if you replace Britain and British with the Netherlands and Dutch all of the things mentioned are just as true...
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January 26th, 2006, 10:27 AM
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January 26th, 2006, 10:49 AM
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Rep Power: 46 | | | Same here in the states.......still funny though
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January 26th, 2006, 11:01 AM
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January 26th, 2006, 12:28 PM
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Rep Power: 35 | | | It reminds me of a guy who phoned up to some radio station in England ages back complaining about all this "Italian rubbish" cropping up in our foods (and all the healthy foods and such) and said "What happened to good old English food!? Like Burgers, Chips, and Baked Beans!" None of which originated in England at all. Very irritating. | |
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