Why Brit's should be proud to be British...!

DannyBoy

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Brit's should be proud to be british, because:

1) Only in Britain... can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.
2) 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.
3) Only in Britain... do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a DIET coke.
4) Only in Britain... do banks leave both doors open and chain the pens to the counters.
5) 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.
6) 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.

Not to Mention...

Fact 1) 3 Brits die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue.
Fact 2) 142 Brits were injured in 1999 by not removing all pins from new shirts.
Fact 3) 58 Brits are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers.
Fact 4) 31 Brits have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the fairy lights were plugged in.
Fact 5) 19 Brits have died in the last 3 years believing that Christmas decorations were chocolate.
Fact 6) British Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after cracker pulling accidents.
Fact 7) 101 people since 1999 have had broken parts of plastic toys pulled out of the soles of their feet.
Fact 8) 18 Brits had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit cigarette in their mouth.
Fact 9) A massive 543 Brits were admitted to A&E in the last two years after opening bottles of beer with their teeth.
Fact 10) 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.
RULE BRITANNIA!! :beer:


ya so this was sent to me, found it amusing.
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MacBaine

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Uhhh... I believe all of those were originally "Only in America"... especially the diet Coke one...

7) Only in Britain... do people steal American jokes
 

nick1985

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Originally posted by: MacBaine
Uhhh... I believe all of those were originally "Only in America"... especially the diet Coke one...

7) Only in Britain... do people steal American jokes

 

StageLeft

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Originally posted by: MacBaine
Uhhh... I believe all of those were originally "Only in America"... especially the diet Coke one...

7) Only in Britain... do people steal American jokes
8) Only in America... do people think everything was originally thought up by an American
 

DannyBoy

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Originally posted by: MacBaine
Uhhh... I believe all of those were originally "Only in America"... especially the diet Coke one...

7) Only in Britain... do people steal American jokes

Uhhh.. Funny that, seeing as it was sent to me by MY AMERICAN FRIEND.

Stupid Spoon
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GalvanizedYankee

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Got a smile. In older British movies I've seen guys put on a pull over jumper with a lit cig in their mouth :)

Skoorb the Brits invented many things but failed to developed them properly. The same is true of the States ;)
 

DannyBoy

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Originally posted by: galvanizedyankee
Got a smile. In older British movies I've seen guys put on a pull over jumper with a lit cig in their mouth :)

Skoorb the Brits invented many things but failed to developed them properly. The same is true of the States ;)

I did it with a brand new YSL shirt, burnt a whole clean through it and burnt my chest :(
 

propellerhead

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8) Only in Britain.... can people be proud of being the world's most advanced third world country.
 

Ninjja

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Originally posted by: Skoorb
Originally posted by: MacBaine
Uhhh... I believe all of those were originally "Only in America"... especially the diet Coke one...

7) Only in Britain... do people steal American jokes
8) Only in America... do people think everything was originally thought up by an American

HAHA, i'm a brit, and the above two points are the most correct statements of all.
 

Brutuskend

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A massive 543 Brits were admitted to A&E in the last two years after opening bottles of beer with their teeth.

Well that explains a LOT right there.
:Q

What IS it with Brits and bad teath anyway?
 

loup garou

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Originally posted by: DannyBoy
Originally posted by: MacBaine
Uhhh... I believe all of those were originally "Only in America"... especially the diet Coke one...

7) Only in Britain... do people steal American jokes

Uhhh.. Funny that, seeing as it was sent to me by MY AMERICAN FRIEND.

Stupid Spoon
rolleye.gif

Case Closed.
 

Cooljt1

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i saw brit and though this had something to do with brintey spears. i'm disappointed
 

Lonyo

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I once put my broken minidisc players USB cable on my tounge, not really thinking.

Win 2k came up with a "trying to find device drivers" message. Iwas kinda scared about what my tounge was.
 

Mookow

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Originally posted by: nemesismk2
I find the term British to be offensive, please use the term English instead! :disgust:

Just for you, we'll use the term "asshat" ;)
 

Jeff7181

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Originally posted by: MacBaine
Uhhh... I believe all of those were originally "Only in America"... especially the diet Coke one...

7) Only in Britain... do people steal American jokes

 

TheBoyBlunder

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Originally posted by: nemesismk2
I find the term British to be offensive, please use the term English instead! :disgust:

You mean the Welsh aren't guilty of some of those same things?
 

rpc64

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Originally posted by: werk
Originally posted by: DannyBoy
Originally posted by: MacBaine
Uhhh... I believe all of those were originally "Only in America"... especially the diet Coke one...

7) Only in Britain... do people steal American jokes

Uhhh.. Funny that, seeing as it was sent to me by MY AMERICAN FRIEND.

Stupid Spoon
rolleye.gif

Case Closed.


Interesting. I first saw this as "Only in America" as well. I guess we stole it from Britain??? In any case, it's interesting to know that Britain and America are so similar.

Edit: WTF??? The first time I looked at that link the american one had 0 results now it has 2,130?!?
 

Zenmervolt

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Originally posted by: galvanizedyankee
Skoorb the Brits invented many things but failed to developed them properly.
Lucas electronics jump immediately to mind...

ZV
 

PingSpike

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Originally posted by: Mookow
Originally posted by: nemesismk2
I find the term British to be offensive, please use the term English instead! :disgust:

Just for you, we'll use the term "asshat" ;)

LOL. Seems like a good compromise.
 

Skyclad1uhm1

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From a Dutch newssite yesterday:

One in ten Brits: Hitler never existed

LONDON - Over one in ten Brits think Adolf Hitler was a fictional character. Robin Hood on the other hand has existed according to 25 percent. A lot of Brits have difficulties keeping historical facts and fiction apart, research has shown.

Almost half the Brits think that William Wallace - a 13th century Scottish hero, played by Mel Gibson in Braveheart - never really existed, while over half think the mythical King Arthur has truly been the king of England. Nine percent does not believe in Sir Winston Churchill. Six percent thinks the War of the Worlds - an invasion of Martians - truly has happened. Five percent thinks that Conan the Barbarian - from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie - really did exist.

The researchers think bad education and Hollywood are to blame for the lack of historical knowledge. The research was done at the request of Blenheim Palace, the castle where Churchill was born. The castle directors wanted to know how well Brits knew the Battle of Blenheim. Only one fourth of the Brits knew that this is one of the most important British military victories ever, when on August the 13th threehundred years ago one of Churchill's ancestors, the first duke of Marlborough, beat France, Bavaria and Prussia.