Where are you from?

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, 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 ".


Chris Rock's "Quote of the Year"
"You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy,
The best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese,
the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of
arrogance, Germany Doesn't want to go to war, and the three most
powerful men in America Are named Bush, D1ck, and Colon. Need I say
more?"

Originally Posted by DanDare

"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? Suspicion of
anything Foreign ".

I LOVE IT!

Sheer genius and so so true.

Dan...Not wishing to highjack your post...but rather to enhance it with the following:




> >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.
> >
> >NOT TO MENTION...
> >
> >3 Brits die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue.
> >142 Brits were injured in 1999 by not removing all pins from new
> shirts.
> >
> >58 Brits are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of
> >screwdrivers.
> >31 Brits have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while
> >the fairy lights were plugged in.
> >19 Brits have died in the last 3 years believing that Christmas
> >decorations were chocolate.
> >British Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after cracker
> pulling
> >
> >accidents.
> >101 people since 1999 have had broken parts of plastic toys pulled
> out
> >of the soles of their feet.
> >18 Brits had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit
> >cigarette in their mouth.
> >A massive 543 Brits were admitted to A&E in the last two years after
> >opening bottles of beer with their teeth.
> >5 Brits were injured last year in accidents involving out of Control
> >Scalextric cars.
> >and finally.........
> >In 2000 eight Brits cracked their skull whilst throwing up into the
> >toilet.
> >
> >I am proud to be British
> >
> >RULE BRITANNIA> >
(Sorry I copied and pasted from an email sent to me the other day. I could not be a*sed deleting all those bl**dy arrows!)

Originally Posted by Peter Henry

Only in Britain... do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a DIET coke.

Thatl'l be me then



but i prefer the taste of diet coke honestly i do

What about half diet and half regular coke. Stay matcho!!!!

Originally Posted by furrybean2002

What about half diet and half regular coke. Stay matcho!!!!

What about 400 calories in a large coke which you dont get full on? I'd rather have a diet coke so i can have the double cheese burgers without feeling guilty.

Great post DanDare, the Chris rock was brilliant, the french accusing the Americans of being arrogent

Nice post too PH,

Originally Posted by Peter Henry

18 Brits had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit cigarette in their mouth.

I know its wrong but the imagine of someone doing that makes me chuckle

Originally Posted by mysteryjimbo

What about 400 calories in a large coke which you dont get full on? I'd rather have a diet coke so i can have the double cheese burgers without feeling guilty.

this is true in slimming world the cheeseburger is 22 points the fries 14 and the coke 11.5! i'm allowed 15points a day so its the choice between 3 days worth or 2!!!!