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1. Everyone’s an alcoholic


The UK is like the dude who wants to be the life and soul of the
party, except he can’t hold his drink, gets into a fight and then
collapses in his own filth. Which to be fair sounds like a great night
out but you wouldn’t want a reputation as someone that wets the bed,
which is exactly the type of reputation the UK is receiving now.


In 2005 the Government brought in the 24 hour drinking legislation in
the hope that it would reduce the amount of alcohol related crimes.
Many of which were the result of a large number of people gathering in
town centres at ‘kick out time’ around 2am.


They failed to consider that increasing the amount of drinking time would just lead to drinking more alcohol.



To be fair efforts are being made to reduce the amount of hours that they can buy alcohol but the damage has long since been done. Britain is
the binge-drinking capital of Europe, with 12 per cent of the population
admitting they have up to ten drinks in a single night out. This along
with the supposed 1 million violent crimes committed due to alcohol per
year and the 25% increase in liver diseases, suggests they can’t handle thier drink either.


2. Everything is ridiculously expensive



No wonder the rest of the world think the Brits live in castles and
pop round the Queens house for tea. Only the stupidly rich can afford to
buy stuff on that island of theirs and still have enough change to buy
all that **** liquor. The cost of gadgets for example cost 32% more in
Britain than America and this is one of the reasons why they are all up to their eyeballs in credit card debt.

3. The weather



I’m not going to harp on about how much it rains over there as I think
anyone with half an eye and a quarter of a brain will already know
this. My major gripe is that the weather has no idea what it is doing.
One minute it will be sunny and calm and 10 minutes later there will be
torrential rain, closely followed by hailstones and then back to sunny
again.


You can chuck a rainbow and some snow in there too if you want. It happens, I’ve seen it!


Of course this is something that cannot be changed due to the
geographical location and the jet stream from the Atlantic. The irony is
that without it, their pathetic little land would be genuinely cold instead of a
bit chilly, and yes their weather would be more stable but if you think they
moan about the weather now, imagine the misery if they didn’t get our
three days of summer.


4. Chavs


If you aren’t from the UK and you have no idea what a Chav is then look below.



You see that? They are Chavs and I don’t like them. I don’t even know
if the term ‘Chav’ should be or deserves to be capitalised. Well there
is no point changing now, I don’t want to be labelled as indecisive as
well as a moaner.


They loiter on street corners wearing their fake Burberry clothing
intimidating old people and the confused. If you’re extra lucky you
might even see one of them with their socks pulled up over their
tracksuit bottoms.


I remember passing through a
big group of them, maybe 15 or so. They were stood there doing their
thing, which is pretty much just staring at the floor occasionally
spitting and saying the word ‘blud’. As I walked by, one of them turned
to me, and as I braced myself for the inevitable beating, said these
fine words;


“ha nice clothes”.


A teenage boy with socks pulled halfway up his legs was mocking the
fact I wore jeans and a plain white t shirt. I’m not entirely sure if I
can be part of a society where this is allowed to happen.


Oh if you’re American I suppose the closest thing to a Chav here is what you would call a redneck or trailer trash, but with you
know, the sock thing.


Health and safety

5. Health and safety gone mad


Being part of the European Union has many benefits I’m sure. When I think of some I will let you know about it. One of the many
drawbacks is that their health and safety laws become OUR health and
safety laws. The problem being that these are not created for the
purpose of improving our health and our safety, but for annoying the
**** out of everyone and causing immense frustration.


In February 2012 a drowning man couldn’t be saved because, and get
this, the Fire-fighters and police on scene were not allowed to attempt a
rescue. Now this wasn’t some rough stretch of coastline or a pool of
water with the depth of infinity, but simply a lake that was 3ft deep.


THREE FEET!


This country allowed a man to die because of the health and safety
law. What would have happened had one of these people tried to save him?
They would probably lose their job. Madness.


ignorant

6. British are generally ignorant towards other cultures.


I wish I could see the stats for how many British people can speak
another language as I’m fairly certain the number would be somewhere
between 4 and 9. Compare this to Sweden or Germany where a large portion
of the younger population has achieved a decent level of fluency in
English. Now I know many of you will say something like, “yes but you
don’t need to speak another language as English is spoken around the
world”. It is you’re right, to an extent.


Most will actually travel to places like Japan and Brazil and genuinely
find it weird that almost nobody speaks English, at least to a fluent
level.


hate Themselves

7. The British hate themselves.


It’s true. The north and south hate each other, the Scottish hate the
English, the Welsh hate the English and the English hate everyone else.
This is even before we get into city rivalries and the racial tension.
Okay maybe hate is a strong word and I might be going all ‘Daily Mail’
on you here so replace the word ‘hate’ with ‘gently mocking’. Yes that
sounds better.








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This might be difficult to understand as I may be talking to a person who has escaped from a mental home.....
1) I don't drink much so we are not all alcoholics
2) expensive.. I don't have time to list all the things cheaper than USA
3) where I live we have great weather, never too hot, beautiful
4) chavs are around the world but I never see any
5) health and safety is over the top, but saves 1000s of lives
6) as Americans try to speak English your argument is laughable
7) we don't hate each other, we all get on very well, but I've been on your politic polls and pure hate,
8) cricket is boring but a nice day out with the family with a drink at the bar, fantastic
9) we manage as most things work ....
10) don't read the daily mail....but that was laughable....

If I wanted to sit here and make a list of things bad about America we would all be dead before I finished....*****
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lol
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Well here in America we do have accents. The southern folks have a nice slow drawl to their speech, the Maine people have rather a clipped tone to their accents, I can always tell where people are from by their accents, and that's a good thing.
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To BL
People can't say YOU have absolutely nothing ! after all, YOU have Inferiority ! British and proud
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I love BRITAIN! BRITANNIA RULES THE WAVES!!!!
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This might be difficult to understand as I may be talking to a person who has escaped from a mental home.....
1) I don't drink much so we are not all alcoholics
2) expensive.. I don't have time to list all the things cheaper than USA
3) where I live we have great weather, never too hot, beautiful
4) chavs are around the world but I never see any
5) health and safety is over the top, but saves 1000s of lives
6) as Americans try to speak English your argument is laughable
7) we don't hate each other, we all get on very well, but I've been on your politic polls and pure hate,
8) cricket is boring but a nice day out with the family with a drink at the bar, fantastic
9) we manage as most things work ....
10) don't read the daily mail....but that was laughable....

If I wanted to sit here and make a list of things bad about America we would all be dead before I finished....*****
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well said John , way to turn a negative into a positive and I have to agree *** "S" great britain

there is so much to love about our country
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STOP AGREEING WITH JOHN DAMMIT!
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Serenity say's .............."NO" you are putting us in the position where we are going to defend our Country ..............I will give You one the weather ***** in the Winter because I hate to be cold ...............I prefer to be "HOT" *** "S"
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***** Bouyant hope you and your partner are well babe *** not been on here a lot lately *** how are you
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I know....I don't tate too much seriously on ********. And I don't believe half of what I read. lol
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lol They don't see the humor in your post. lol
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I will have to make one about America... just like this one so all you Brits can get your digs in!
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lol I'm not British. lol
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Lol!!! Sorry, I did know that... I meant to say all of those Brits!
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OK....apology accepted. lol lol
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You bring it on loverboy.......*****....
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Thank you...he was only mucking about, he ok when you get to know him...lol
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I thought so! However, we don't have accents, it's everyone else that has those...

Heh! We DO have what you might call "regional dialects"...
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Thanks star for not taking this poll too seriously! But most of it is true! ****
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Thanks for the invite. What did we ever do wrong to you. I for one like being British and I am none of what you list. Here's a warm British Yorkshire welcome, "all the best, love!"
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*** you obviously like to EXAGGERATE and LIE

1. Your friends may be alcoholic, but my friends and family are NOT.
5. Great health care.
6. American are completely ignorant about other cultures, evident by this post.
7. American hate each other. YOU have your countries confused.
8. Cricket is not simply played in Britain. EDUCATE YOURSELF
9. When there is snow in Texas the entire state closes down and that happen any where that snow is not a regular event. IT also happens in Victoria BC in Canada as well and many cities in America.
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I LOVE British food, YOUR ATTITUDE *****.


How incredibly sad that you are so uneducated and culturally biased that you are unable to understand and accept other countries for the diversity they have. Your narrow minded attitude will get you now where. Stay home and get your act together. No one wants you in their country any way.
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Not quite so astute as the American one...how long did you live in England for?
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6 years... I love UK... don't let this post fool you!
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Lol alot of this is true!
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1. I for one don't drink, and I would have thought you'd see a bit of natural selection when the drunks kill each other a good thing :P. If you want alcoholism, go look at Ireland or Russia...

2. You think we're expensive, take a look at anywhere on mainland Europe. You'll be ***** away by the prices, they're about 50-60% higher than America in most cases...

3. The weather is terrible, granted, but it's lovely in summer down south. And we get less rainfall than most of America, even including the north. We never get torrential rain, we get drizzle.

4. First of all, they're not really chavs. If they were chavs, they'd look a lot more gormless and inbred. They are a blight on society, but they live in certain areas you can stay away from, are really less dangerous than people in your inner cities. They don't have guns for one.

5. In most cases, I can't really argue. But then you look over the pond, and you're having ******** excluded for making a sandwich look like a gun. Forgive me if I don't think you're in a position to judge...

6. Yes, we travel to Japan and find it annoying that they don't speak English. That's because most of us stay in Europe for holidays, we have plenty of culture and things to do without being killed or mugged in some third world country, like ...







1. I for one don't drink, and I would have thought you'd see a bit of natural selection when the drunks kill each other a good thing :P. If you want alcoholism, go look at Ireland or Russia...

2. You think we're expensive, take a look at anywhere on mainland Europe. You'll be ***** away by the prices, they're about 50-60% higher than America in most cases...

3. The weather is terrible, granted, but it's lovely in summer down south. And we get less rainfall than most of America, even including the north. We never get torrential rain, we get drizzle.

4. First of all, they're not really chavs. If they were chavs, they'd look a lot more gormless and inbred. They are a blight on society, but they live in certain areas you can stay away from, are really less dangerous than people in your inner cities. They don't have guns for one.

5. In most cases, I can't really argue. But then you look over the pond, and you're having ******** excluded for making a sandwich look like a gun. Forgive me if I don't think you're in a position to judge...

6. Yes, we travel to Japan and find it annoying that they don't speak English. That's because most of us stay in Europe for holidays, we have plenty of culture and things to do without being killed or mugged in some third world country, like you do with mexico. And again. You're not ones to talk, what percentage of Americans don't have a passport again?

7. That's fair enough again. That's what happens when you put a load of different cultures on one little island and expect them to coexist. The north doesn't hate the south, or vice versa, they hate the Tories who want to make their lives ****. And the south hates labour who want to make their **** earnt cash disappear. What's happening here is what happened in the first few centuries of America - mass prejudice and hatred, just minus the KKK and constant lynchings...

8. Nothing to get worked up about, we rarely play it anyway. That's just not cricket!

9. Everything is pretty decrepit. We love our old things. That's just how we do it. Again, look at Ireland, they're even worse. Ah, the snow. You know the story behind that? It's cheaper to stop the country for a weekend than to actually prepare for snow. Queueing for 5 hours? That's a bit of a hyperbole, do you not think?

10. You brought up the daily mail. Ahahahahaha no.
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aaa
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Ten things I love about the UK



1 Nothing wrong with a drink now and then.
2 The Pound is strong compared to other countries.
3 Never too hot. Never too cold.
4 Chavs are better than Bogans in Australia or trailer trash in America
5 Concern about Health and safety is better than letting everyone own a gun!
6 Everyone wants to speak English we are lucky to be born that way.
7 British people are not just restricted to England Scotland and Wales. The British overseas dependent territories means many people from countries around the world. i.e. the Caribbean, Gibraltar, the Falklands, have British people and part of an international family.
8.Cricket. The epitome of fair play. If it is not honest. 'It's not cricket.'
9.When transport breaks down you often get a day off work to spend with the family. Not a big deal. It happens so frequently you are not likely to lose your job and *** up homeless for a day off work.
10. Some of the most well informed people in the world. We have the BBC, the Guardian, The Times, the Telegraph depending on your tastes. No matter how bad the daily mail is Fox is still the king of the world for misinformation.

P.S In London you can buy food from any culture in the world. Including Fries and burgers ...er I mean American cuisine.

It is funny to see how many people got upset about your humorous post buoyant. Unfortunately we have some people as sensitive as Americans.
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Great reply post Andrew top notch!
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Yes i agree with you we dont want american into uk
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I know. This poll is just a "tongue in cheek" thingy. No one believes any of this. I like the Brits and although I have never been to England, I would love to travel there sometime. And I love your accents....

happy saturday
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hotwash
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Do you mean hogwash?
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UK is a nice country though they are just having some economic *********. I thank Britain a lot because after being to the Abbotsholme Boarding School of UK, I became neat, polite, tough, responsible and their "horrible food" and exercising hours made me lose 4 kilos. I was slim and ****, and intelligent and I loved BRITAIN!

BRITANNIA RULES THE WAVES!
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Nowadays Britannia waives the rules...
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It's not for a long time.. We'll get other it. Say hi to my friends from Abbotsholme in UK!
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Hi to Katiana's friends in Abbotsholme...
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lol I thoroughly enjoyed this....I know they drink a lot and are quite snobbish.

I always thought the Brits had no sense of humor....This sure proved that wrong. Thanks for giving us the facts about the Brits. lol

british humor
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Actually we drink less than most of Europe...(4th lowest) and on average four liters of beer less per year than Americans.
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Oh we know each other very well Bouyant and I and I know when he is mucking around but thanks any way for trying to protect My feelings *** "S"
Still looking out for Me , that's what friends are for
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