Only logged in members can reply and interact with the post.
Join SimilarWorlds for FREE »

I Am British

Trying to compile all the ways my Britishness expresses itself.

Tea.
I honestly don't mind queuing.
I'd only ever swear at my best friends.
I know my national football team (this applies frankly to any of England, Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland) is never going to win the world /european cup. If we ever qualify, I will forget this until we are knocked out.#
Feeling guilty for winning something.
If you serve me awful food, I'll say it was lovely to avoid a scene.
If I don't know what to talk about, I WILL talk about the weather.
If you mispronounce 'scone', I will judge you.
Things can be measured compared to the height of Nelson's Column or Big Ben, and the length of a London bus or football pitch; large land areas may be compared to multiples of Wales.
Having tea from a flask on the beach in the middle of a gale, huddled against a windbreak or sand dune, because we WILL go to the seaside dammit.


I can only apologise for conforming to stereotype...
Royrogers · 61-69, M
Love the idea of tea from a flask in a gale brilliant and expecting everyone to be aware of the etiquette around queuing too x
How many Wales fill England?
It is Scone as in stone and fresh cream and strawberry jam of course.
And you are not truly British without having a full English breakfast including Black Pudding.
Yulianna · 22-25, F
@TheSirfurryanimalWales 🤔 i thought you said black pudding was Irish?
Yulianna · 22-25, F
@littlemissdani 🤔just like full English breakfast...
@Yulianna did I?Don’t remember.
Just checked...Britain and Ireland both claim it.
KiwiBird · 36-40, F
Britain has Beaches? I did not know this. Pebble strewn shores maybe.
@Yulianna not been there this year
Yulianna · 22-25, F
@TheSirfurryanimalWales sticking with Dolly?
SW-User
@KiwiBird Britain has more to offer than the gravel seediness of Brighton.

Try the beaches of Norfolk.
Yulianna · 22-25, F
🇺🇦🌻🇬🇧 that's funny and charming! 🌻🌻🌻
@Yulianna and true😀
Yulianna · 22-25, F
@TheSirfurryanimalWales 🇺🇦🌻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 yes, i am sure!
EnglishLitLover · 56-60, M
ah but ... when YOU say 'scone' does it rhyme with "gone" or with "phone" ??

.... and which merits your severest judgement??

Just idle curiosity xx
Yulianna · 22-25, F
@KiwiBird 🤔 can you have skon, skown, skoon, whatever, with marmalade?

asking for a lost bear...
@EnglishLitLover Scone as in "gone"
SW-User
@EnglishLitLover ass as in glass, brass, and mass.
Chattermanuk · 46-50, M
Never apologise to being a british sterotype. I am british as well and i love our uniqueness and how the rest of the world sterotype us. Although tbh the only thing i dont do in your list is drink tea 😱. However i always ask the taxi driver have you been busy tonight lol
SW-User
@Chattermanuk and a barber no longer asks : do you want anything for the weekend.
SW-User
You have forgotten:
Avoiding the potholes in the roads
Giving or receiving from food banks.
Walking through boarded up shopping centres.
Empty pubs that close at nine.
Sitting in cocktail bars from mid-afternoon , at £9.50 a go.
Drinking in coffee shops where everyone is on the phone
And must get another ugly tattoo.

Does anyone drink tea anymore?
Royrogers · 61-69, M
@SW-User I certainly drink tea
Yulianna · 22-25, F
🤔 what, please, is "scone"?
Yulianna · 22-25, F
@KiwiBird don't you talk about my bottom! 🤗
KiwiBird · 36-40, F
@Yulianna 🤐😷🤐
Yulianna · 22-25, F
@KiwiBird 😂😂😂
Daviszabecki · 56-60, M
Wonderful! And frankly (with a few obvious exceptions) a list that could apply to most Swedes as well.
SW-User
A mini-British tutorial.
Hayleywg · 51-55, F
But so true!
MrAverage1965 · 61-69, M
Don't we all
TeresaRudolph71 · 51-55, F
Thanks for sharing this list. This is interesting, and it made me chuckle. There are a few other things that I wonder about, regarding the British, but this probably wouldn't be the place to ask.
@TeresaRudolph71 why not? Lol
mayday · M
@littlemissdani wish we could still chat here but we are blocked until you turn 18, me thinketh 😆
mayday · M
All of that is so hilarious (especially the last sentence) and so uniquely British! "Hail, Britannia!..." you know the rest. lol
@mayday I also know the first word ;)

[media=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHNfvJc99YY]
This message was deleted by its author.
This comment is hidden. Show Comment
This comment is hidden. Show Comment

 
Post Comment