cougar…………..fantastic list. 😆

Doctor: How are you?
Patient: Fine. 😐

Big Hitters

as a foreigner :

red phone box .

london cab

Big Ben .

bright green peas

awful food .

Thanks. (-:

as a foreigner :

You’ve made the classic foreigner mistake there of thinking London = Britain.

*adds “being patronising to foreigners” to the list*

forgot warm beer . and the Queen .

Funny that pedantry was mentioned after self-deprec(i)ation 🙂

if its not your turn at the bar,pointing to the person who is.

Yes that surprised a German friend of mine. That sense of fair play runs right through us.

Funny that pedantry was mentioned after self-deprec(i)ation

Hells bollocks. Well spotted.

Yes that surprised a German friend of mine.

What’s the protocol they’re used to?

TMS (ok perhaps more English than British)

‘On the buses’

What’s the protocol they’re used to?

if the man or woman behind the counter looks at you then it’s your turn. regardless of where you are, be it the bakery, the butchers or at the post office.

oddly they don’t go to the bar to get a drink. 99% of the time you have a waiter or waitress. you only sit at the bar if you are a local or a drunk (often the same thing).

i’ve upset a number of people pointing out to them that they were not the first person standing there.

and the most that most people do if someone pushes in front of them is tut and mumble under their breath.

i get surprised if someone says “nein, er war vorher da”

Sunday mornings with a cup of tea,

and your biscuit of choice.

Liver and Bacon for dinner….mmmmmm

if the man or woman behind the counter looks at you then it’s your turn. regardless of where you are, be it the bakery, the butchers or at the post office.

Ah, I misunderstood the initial post; I thought you were talking about rounds.

That makes sense. As you were. (-:

Beer gardens and wasps in the Summer (If we have a bloody Summer that is)

I can’t believe that none of you have mentioned that Vulcan thingy and the racket that it makes….

after spending a week in Sedburgh, our green and pleasant land… 8)

With regards to abuse as a term of endearment, I remember (American) journo Tim Dowling saying he found it weird at first that english people would introduce their friends by saying things like

“Tim, this is Paul. He’s a bit of a ****!”

Brilliant! 😀

As a foreigner:
Crappy weather
awesome music
Marmite
Expensive Food 😉
The stupidity of cricket
and indeed the PUBS 😉

WunUndred 😀