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Heh ugly people. Lots of them.
Took me two days to come up with sumpin I hate about the UK.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bopa the Magyar
The off-white shirts of your businessmen ar a major irritant. Cappucino's are a bit of an issue. A British cappucino is a bucket of whipped cream with a whiff of coffee. Oh, and the sign at the end of the northern corridor in Hatton Cross (Piccadilly line) that says 'Don't walk' when there is no reason to close it off in the first place. That took the biscuit, I'm never going back to the UK again.
Bad things about Britain:
The alcohol culture. I keep forgetting when I go to other countries that what determines your status is not how much of last friday evening you can't remember.
The hostility of the youth. Britain was recently rated as having the worst behaved youths. When British children hit teenager years, there is an aweful trend to become a knife slinging cigarette smoking chav.
The lack of real culture. England has very little of it's true culture preserved, as opposed to countries like Spain or Italy; in Rome you can't walk for 50 meters without tripping over a priceless Renaissance sculpture, and the native way of life reflects the Italian culture vividly. The British have their idiosyncrasies, but because of their Imperialistic ways they tend to integrate foreign customs; and lots of them. Not nessesarily a bad thing, and not always true.
The British sense of humour can sometimes be sarcastic and, to the sensitive visitor, insulting.
Good things about Britain:
Great country; plenty of wealth to be had, plenty of rights going around for the masses. Very safe, apart from the occaisional Islamic Terrorist plot, and I don't want to sound racist but the fact that the government lets so many extremist Islamic people in has not done us any good (another downside perhaps).
Good education system, best Unis in the world.
NHS that actually works.
The fact that they have been able to bring other influences so well has been a good thing.
Economic stability.
Great World influencer.
nice post, but I disagree with parts.
The Culture, British culture should imho always be seen as one of intigration and improvemenmt, not static stagnation and historical mindedness. I mean, the best bands in the world have come from Britain due to it's, well openess?
Our sense of humor has no peer, NZ humour is weak and mild in comparison, and from personal experiance American humour seems a bit outdated and warmish, although Family Guy is awsome!:2thumbsup:
Blackadder, The Goons and Monty Python rule.
Though it does seem that modern comedy quiz shows are usually hosted by complete (bad words), Nick Amstell (is that his name), I could rip his throat out he's so full of himself. :yes:
A quarter of the worlds landmass, a third of the worlds population. And look what is left now. :laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by Furunculu5
:laugh4: IKEA vouchers? Gah!That must be one of the most innovative ways to insult my fragile sense of National pride.:clown: That cancer called IKEA that is spreading over the known world is something that only the evil Swedes could have invented.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bopa the Magyar
But now with that remark,you have distracted me from Anti-Britihism to Anti-Swedism and trust me you dont want this Finn to go there.:viking: ~;)
yup, we mortgaged the empire to the hilt to make sure that you guys weren't forced to eat sauerkraut 24/7. :inquisitive:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dragon20
Straight from the mouth of Niall Ferguson. Haha. Marvellous.Quote:
Originally Posted by Furunculu5
hmmm, i did read his book on the empire abour a year back. :p
All things we the British hate as well. About the coffee thing, it's a plot, I swear. Have you ever seen a cute teenage girl try to drink one?:help:Quote:
Originally Posted by Adrian II
currywurry, Great Britain is the Island, i.e. the bit with England Scotland and Wales. Other significant islands are around it include Man and that bit off to the West, Eire.
:shame:
The Brits have a bad habit of flying half way around the world with all their mates to countries with great food and great weather so they can eat pub grub, watch football, and complain about the local beer, which they have no trouble drinking by the gallon.
Annoying though this undoubtedly is, it's a considerable advance on 150 years ago, when the same people would be doing essentially the same things, but with bayonets.Quote:
Originally Posted by MilesGregarius
The answer is for you to come on holiday to Britain. Every summer we export all our chavs to Spain, and get a load of really cute Spanish girls in exchange. :2thumbsup:
(They do stand on the left on the tube escalators though :skull: :skull: :skull: )
And this is a problem? To my mind it just means you get a better view of a nice pert derriere ahead of you :beam:Quote:
(They do stand on the left on the tube escalators though )
pert derriere?Quote:
Originally Posted by macsen rufus
Ye God strike this man down for this fowl use of ye old eroticy english.
It's worse than that, its French.
In the difference between the words "derriere" and "bum", you have the whole anglo-french culture clash in a nutshell.
Sorry, I just can't use the word "bum" since I was traumatised by an American tramp :beam: