So now the anti-smoking brigade are feeling a bit redundant and have lost their raison d'etre, attention is turning to the proposal that if you are overweight, drink too much, don't excercise enough you should be deinied NHS care (because its your own fault).
So following that argument logicaly, if you break your leg riding a bike presumably the NHS wouldnt treat you as it was your decision to ride and put yourself at risk.
And people ask why I left the UK .... doh
Andthey're all made out of ticky-tacky and they all look just the same
Cloning the Brit
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As a Brit I guess I should be offended - but I'm not, since what follows seems to be so typical these days.
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 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.
Oh and
Only in Britain, can a pizza get to your house
faster than an ambulance.
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 lawnmower 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.
31 Brits have died since 1996 by watering their
Christmas tree while the fairy lights were plugged in.
British Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year
after cracker pulling accidents.
And finally
In 2000 eight Brits cracked their skull whilst
throwing up into the toilet.
RULE BRITANNIA!
After reading this again - seems like Thailand is catching up fast
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 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.
Oh and
Only in Britain, can a pizza get to your house
faster than an ambulance.
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 lawnmower 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.
31 Brits have died since 1996 by watering their
Christmas tree while the fairy lights were plugged in.
British Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year
after cracker pulling accidents.
And finally
In 2000 eight Brits cracked their skull whilst
throwing up into the toilet.
RULE BRITANNIA!
After reading this again - seems like Thailand is catching up fast
"ONLY" in Britain?
Terry, I probably shouldn't say anything as one of the few Americans in the forum but your section "only in Britain" is not titled correctly!
Every single item ( for better or worse) also applies to life in the US, probably to Canada and some other commonwealth countries as well. (Haven't done a survey.)
We could also compile a similar list to your "Not to Mention" using American idiots. ( No shortage, god knows!)
Every single item ( for better or worse) also applies to life in the US, probably to Canada and some other commonwealth countries as well. (Haven't done a survey.)
We could also compile a similar list to your "Not to Mention" using American idiots. ( No shortage, god knows!)
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The world seems to be getting worse & worse. 
I get many visitors from UK, Europe and some North Americans at my fishing lodge. It seems a common point of discussion is as to how the 'old countries' are falling into social ruin.
One of the most endearing parts of being a 'Brit' is to laugh at oneself, and frankly speaking I think it is needed in these times.
As my old pa used to say - 'If you can't laugh at life, then life aint worth living'
I get many visitors from UK, Europe and some North Americans at my fishing lodge. It seems a common point of discussion is as to how the 'old countries' are falling into social ruin.
One of the most endearing parts of being a 'Brit' is to laugh at oneself, and frankly speaking I think it is needed in these times.
As my old pa used to say - 'If you can't laugh at life, then life aint worth living'