Jack Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 Proud to be British Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, then traveling 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. Oh and...... Only in Britain……………………………. Ø Can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance. Ø 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. Ø Do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries and a DIET coke. Ø Do banks leave both doors open and chain the pens to the counters. Ø Do we leave cars worth thousands of pounds on the drive and lock our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage. Ø 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. Ø Are there disabled parking places in front of a skating rink. NOT TO MENTION... Ø 3 Brits die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue. Ø 142 Brits were injured in 1999 by not removing all pins from new shirts. Ø 58 Brits are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers. Ø 31 Brits have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the fairy lights were plugged in. Ø 19 Brits have died in the last 3 years believing that Christmas decorations were chocolate. Ø British Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after cracker pulling accidents. Ø 101 people since 1999 have had broken parts of plastic toys pulled out of the soles of their feet. Ø 18 Brits had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit cigarette in their mouth. Ø A massive 543 Brits w ere admitted to A&E in the last two years after opening bottles of beer with their teeth. Ø 5 Brits were injured last year in accidents involving out of Control Scalextric cars. Ø and finally......... Ø In 2000 eight Brits cracked their skull whilst throwing up into the toilet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berni Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 all makes perfect sense to me :yay: Berni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Sounds like the Netherlands.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardrosser Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Suspicion of anything foreign and we moan "they" don't speak English and then shout at them in their own lands :rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowtracdave Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 I might have been a bit more cautious trying all those PP9's at the weekend if I'd read that first . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilitantGraham Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 3 Brits die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue. How does that work then ? When I was a kid, if my Scalextric car wouldn't go, the first diagnostic was to put my tongue on the track to see if it was live. :tongue: Electricity tastes funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted January 17, 2007 Author Share Posted January 17, 2007 Ø 58 Brits are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers. Who would do something so ridiculously stupid as that :whistle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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