Why is the UK so pathetic?

[olds]

I dont want you shitting in the room where I clean my teeth thanks.

Shens. They don't clean their teeth.

 

[sdifox]

jagged line = no parking nor waiting...
http://www.driving-test-success.com/road-lane-markings.htm

And a horse is a horse anywhere on the planet.

Plenty of US police department with horses.

 

[Lonyo]

Brits appear to be afflicted with junk autos. You see them tooling around in their gutless wonders with all the build quality of a '90s Geo Metro.

Sort of makes you feel sorry for them, and grateful for the US simultaneously.

Fuel is expensive, and so are cars.
Also we don't need to usually commute that far, or it's horrible to do so because cities are old and have complex layouts. The country is small, even driving from one end to the other is only 600 miles.

Why do you need a flashy new car to drive short distances, when fuel is expensive and cars are expensive?

Also, build quality is usually fine. Our motorways go up to 70mph, and there are very few cars you wouldn't want to take on it that are still it use, and actual speeds are more like 80+. Maybe they don't have electric everything, but they still drive fast enough. Probably still better than the build "quality" of most American cars as well.

Oh, and bigger + less efficient != build quality. We have small roads.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

Fuel is expensive, and so are cars.
Also we don't need to usually commute that far, or it's horrible to do so because cities are old and have complex layouts. The country is small, even driving from one end to the other is only 600 miles.

I live in Atlanta, GA, USA, but I wasn't born there nor did I grow up there. I heard the city burned two or three times in the past couple of centuries and yet their road system is by far the work thing I have encountered. It doesn't take an old city to have bad/complex roads.

Why do you need a flashy new car to drive short distances, when fuel is expensive and cars are expensive?

Its not about 'need' but 'desire'. Kind of like a trophy wife.

Also, build quality is usually fine. Our motorways go up to 70mph, and there are very few cars you wouldn't want to take on it that are still it use, and actual speeds are more like 80+. Maybe they don't have electric everything, but they still drive fast enough. Probably still better than the build "quality" of most American cars as well.

Oh, and bigger + less efficient != build quality. We have small roads.

My county (Gwinnett, Georgia, USA) has 65 & 70 MPH interstate highway speeds, and these are exceeded by 10-15 MPHs by 90% of the motorists. The legal system accepts the following as a response to why you were speed: To Keep Up With Traffic. This is why 90% speed. (e.g. "Everyone's doing it." syndrome).

 

[IronWing]

Their technology isn't advanced enough to paint lane markings in a straight line, and their economy is so weak that people still ride horses because they can't afford a car :|

Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way.

 

[madoka]

I can't believe how wussified the UK has become.

Take for example this story of a guy who found bullets in his backyard in the UK:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...otgun-pistol-bullets-garden-weeding-pond.html

1. My immediate thought would be HOT DAMN I wonder if I can still shoot them. His reaction is "'It’s sad because we love this house and have spent time and effort making it a home. And somebody somewhere has ruined that. I don’t want to stay in a house where that kind of thing has been found in the garden. I’m gutted.' 'Of course for our family and friends this is a great story, but for us, it’s ruined our home.'

2. They brought in how many cops and firemen over mostly .22LR rounds?

3. 'The police told me that they found more rounds of ammunition in our back garden than at the local arms store.' You mean your local UK gunstore has fewer than 7500 rounds?!?!?! Is ammo sold individually over there?

 

[WelshBloke]

I can't believe how wussified the UK has become.

Take for example this story of a guy who found bullets in his backyard in the UK:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...otgun-pistol-bullets-garden-weeding-pond.html

1. My immediate thought would be HOT DAMN I wonder if I can still shoot them. His reaction is "'It’s sad because we love this house and have spent time and effort making it a home. And somebody somewhere has ruined that. I don’t want to stay in a house where that kind of thing has been found in the garden. I’m gutted.' 'Of course for our family and friends this is a great story, but for us, it’s ruined our home.'

2. They brought in how many cops and firemen over mostly .22LR rounds?

3. 'The police told me that they found more rounds of ammunition in our back garden than at the local arms store.' You mean your local UK gunstore has fewer than 7500 rounds?!?!?! Is ammo sold individually over there?

Just saying that someone who hides 7500 rounds of ammunition in the UK is probably a scary MoFo. I personally wouldn't want them coming round my house looking for their stash and finding that it was gone.

 

[rh71]

why do they use the roundabout way to say words like "shuwa" instead of sure? Plenty of examples like that.

 

[BladeVenom]

Too many wars. Most of their genes for manliness have been wiped out.

 

[Puppies04]

Brits appear to be afflicted with junk autos. You see them tooling around in their gutless wonders with all the build quality of a '90s Geo Metro.

Sort of makes you feel sorry for them, and grateful for the US simultaneously.

Thanks for that, I needed a laugh.

 

[Maximilian]

Their technology isn't advanced enough to paint lane markings in a straight line, and their economy is so weak that people still ride horses because they can't afford a car :|

In this time of soaring petrol prices the UK has spearheaded a hay powered vehicle, that is what you are looking at.

Now behold... Fuel truck of the future.. TODAY!

 

[Maximilian]

I can't believe how wussified the UK has become.

Take for example this story of a guy who found bullets in his backyard in the UK:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...otgun-pistol-bullets-garden-weeding-pond.html

1. My immediate thought would be HOT DAMN I wonder if I can still shoot them. His reaction is "'It’s sad because we love this house and have spent time and effort making it a home. And somebody somewhere has ruined that. I don’t want to stay in a house where that kind of thing has been found in the garden. I’m gutted.' 'Of course for our family and friends this is a great story, but for us, it’s ruined our home.'

2. They brought in how many cops and firemen over mostly .22LR rounds?

3. 'The police told me that they found more rounds of ammunition in our back garden than at the local arms store.' You mean your local UK gunstore has fewer than 7500 rounds?!?!?! Is ammo sold individually over there?

Honestly.... based on the nutjobs I see some friday and saturday nights and even in general. Im really really glad guns arent a common thing here

 

[SandEagle]

I can't believe how wussified the UK has become.

Take for example this story of a guy who found bullets in his backyard in the UK:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...otgun-pistol-bullets-garden-weeding-pond.html

1. My immediate thought would be HOT DAMN I wonder if I can still shoot them. His reaction is "'It’s sad because we love this house and have spent time and effort making it a home. And somebody somewhere has ruined that. I don’t want to stay in a house where that kind of thing has been found in the garden. I’m gutted.' 'Of course for our family and friends this is a great story, but for us, it’s ruined our home.'

2. They brought in how many cops and firemen over mostly .22LR rounds?

3. 'The police told me that they found more rounds of ammunition in our back garden than at the local arms store.' You mean your local UK gunstore has fewer than 7500 rounds?!?!?! Is ammo sold individually over there?

lol wut at this. they called in an underwater search unit to drain a garden pond?!

"The couple dialled 101 and two officers arrived, quickly realised the seriousness of the situation, and called in CID officers who alerted the fire brigade to drain the ponds because the underwater search unit was not available. "

 

[uclaLabrat]

This. Liberal NYC is so poor their cops need to ride horses too. :hmm:

BS, it's practical, you can't steal the hubcaps off a horse.

 

[mafia]

Too many wars. Most of their genes for manliness have been wiped out.

QFT. The only manly genes left in the UK are attached to the hosts of Top Gear. Everyone else is a sissy. On a side note, when my sister went to the UK she said the people there were very unfriendly. According to her, out of all the countries she visited in Europe, UK was the absolute worst. Even Germans are more friendly than UK people.

 

[zinfamous]

Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way.

The time is gone, the song is over, Thought I'd something more to say

 

[madoka]

On a side note, when my sister went to the UK she said the people there were very unfriendly. According to her, out of all the countries she visited in Europe, UK was the absolute worst. Even Germans are more friendly than UK people.

What about them pansy French? Surely they were more rude?

 

[Exterous]

BS, it's practical, you can't steal the hubcaps off a horse.

That seems like a great idea until you come back and find your horse up on blocks with the horseshoes removed.

On a side note, when my sister went to the UK she said the people there were very unfriendly. According to her, out of all the countries she visited in Europe, UK was the absolute worst. Even Germans are more friendly than UK people.

I've found them to be friendly and hospitable in my travels. Not as much as the Scots or Irish but certainly not unfriendly

 

[Puppies04]

QFT. The only manly genes left in the UK are attached to the hosts of Top Gear. Everyone else is a sissy. On a side note, when my sister went to the UK she said the people there were very unfriendly. According to her, out of all the countries she visited in Europe, UK was the absolute worst. Even Germans are more friendly than UK people.

If your sister was hot this wouldn't have happened.

 

[Scotteq]

QFT. The only manly genes left in the UK are attached to the hosts of Top Gear. Everyone else is a sissy. On a side note, when my sister went to the UK she said the people there were very unfriendly. According to her, out of all the countries she visited in Europe, UK was the absolute worst. Even Germans are more friendly than UK people.

What about them pansy French? Surely they were more rude?

Naaah - you're fine in France unless you have dark skin and a burka.

 

[HAL9000]

 

[HAL9000]

QFT. The only manly genes left in the UK are attached to the hosts of Top Gear. Everyone else is a sissy. On a side note, when my sister went to the UK she said the people there were very unfriendly. According to her, out of all the countries she visited in Europe, UK was the absolute worst. Even Germans are more friendly than UK people.

That's mainly because a lot of English people don't like Americans... can't think why... *looks at thread* ah. Got it.

Watch the Fawlty Towers episode with the American guest then you'll get it.

 

[schneiderguy]

Hey HAL! :wub:

 

[HAL9000]

Hey HAL! :wub:

Hey Schneiderguy!... Why?! Why?! Why do this while I've been away?! :'(

 

[StinkyPinky]

:whiste:

What does his location have to do with anything?

Anyway, I know the answer to the wiggly line thing. My grandmother is British and I went there once. This makes me a world authority on all things British. The wiggly lines means there is a place ahead for people to walk across the road.

I think.