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You know you're British when.....
1. You leave the house with all you need....including an umbrella....Because you never know !
2. The top three items on your grocery list are tea; beer and curry !
3. You translate Customer Service as "How may i appear to help you ?"
4. No rain three days in a row sees an outbreak of shorts everywhere.
5. You're prepared to spend nearly 3 quid on a sandwich stuck in a box you need a flickknife and a PhD in engineering to open.
6. You get into University to study your chosen course. Only to emerge three years later with a debt the size of a mortgage and a career in Customer Service beckoning.
7. You'll spend upwards of 500 quid every year to go and watch a team that never seem to rise above 10th place in the league, happily pay 4 quid for a programme filled with ads for companies selling everything from plumbing services to accountancy; pay another three quid for a pie and a cup of tea that you don't really like, and afterwards tell yourself you had a good time !
8. Get embarrassed by the remotest hint of jingoism. eg: Eurovision Song Contest; World Cup Finals; Olympics; Last night of the Proms etc.
9. Begrudgingly partake of the "Company Christmas do". This is where your workplace has that ONE person who takes it upon themselves to organize a meal at a restaurant close to Christmas. And because they don't TRUST you, asks that all those WILLING to participate SIGN UP to it. Thus putting you in that unenviable position of looking like a complete ➖ should you fail to do so !
10. You're prepared to go to a Cricket test match, At LORDS,pay a fortune to get in, and you're dressed as a Smurf !
1. You leave the house with all you need....including an umbrella....Because you never know !
2. The top three items on your grocery list are tea; beer and curry !
3. You translate Customer Service as "How may i appear to help you ?"
4. No rain three days in a row sees an outbreak of shorts everywhere.
5. You're prepared to spend nearly 3 quid on a sandwich stuck in a box you need a flickknife and a PhD in engineering to open.
6. You get into University to study your chosen course. Only to emerge three years later with a debt the size of a mortgage and a career in Customer Service beckoning.
7. You'll spend upwards of 500 quid every year to go and watch a team that never seem to rise above 10th place in the league, happily pay 4 quid for a programme filled with ads for companies selling everything from plumbing services to accountancy; pay another three quid for a pie and a cup of tea that you don't really like, and afterwards tell yourself you had a good time !
8. Get embarrassed by the remotest hint of jingoism. eg: Eurovision Song Contest; World Cup Finals; Olympics; Last night of the Proms etc.
9. Begrudgingly partake of the "Company Christmas do". This is where your workplace has that ONE person who takes it upon themselves to organize a meal at a restaurant close to Christmas. And because they don't TRUST you, asks that all those WILLING to participate SIGN UP to it. Thus putting you in that unenviable position of looking like a complete ➖ should you fail to do so !
10. You're prepared to go to a Cricket test match, At LORDS,pay a fortune to get in, and you're dressed as a Smurf !
Nimbus · M
@Picklebobble2 Oh, excellent!
pennynoodles · 56-60, F