“Can Someone Please Tell Me”: American Says They Are “Confused” By These 30 Things In Britain

Cos mousies need homes with fancy schmancy front doors. In the UK the mice don't live like peasants. They be fancy AF. And it's cute.

Local planning laws - it is designed to break the roof line in non urban sites

Here in Holland they are giant concrete balls and here they are meant to deter motorists from driving on the sidewalks. So I guess same but with metal cones?

There used to a window tax, the more windows you had, the more tax you paid. These are bricked up windows to so the home owner at the time paid less tax. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_tax

Statues dedicated to the Covid nose swab.

True story, America did try to adopt them by pretending they invented them and calling them something like pastry dogs only to be called out globally for their bullsh*t

Jesus - is this a joke......????

They are Karen traps. If you annoy shopkeeper or pub landlord, they open these so that you fall into the hole as you leave. This is why we don't have as many Karens in the UK.

Salt is stored in them for when the roads are icy and the grit trucks come out

The school one is two children

Because many of our homes were built before we had proper roads. There wouldn't have been any cars when that house was built.

Can someone tell me why Americans pour milk over candy, and eat it with spoons at breakfast?

Because most of us don't live in big a** mansion with laundry room ? And very normal in Europe ?!

Because they were often houses or shops that were converted to be restaurants by the look of it.

These are very unusual: possibly 2 on the country. The one in the town of Slough is known as the "magic roundabout".

So the cars can watch Top Gear

we dont make fridges in the UK

Sometimes the crime rate is so high that the courts just put a tag on the whole town to save time

Just eat it and you might stop posting this nonsense.

Those are for kids? We have those too in the Netherlands

Feudal Realty. The seller chooses as many realty companies as they like and the best champions are chosen to represent them in the arena and fight to the death until either one survives or the house gets sold

Because we aren't as fat so we actually fit in. Plus most toilets aren't this small

One is hot. The plumber who installed this ran out of hot labeled taps.

We climb over them. It's part of a street based assault course

cheddar is never orange - you mean red leicester - American Cheese is not something anyone from Europe recognises as 'cheese'

because that isnt mayo - its salad cream, a totally different sauce!

THAT IS NOT A BISCUIT

Stop calling things "dangerous" that you don't understand! The top bit is metal so that it IS safe

"New York Easter buns", dude? Those are called "hot cross buns"!

We in europe don't wash the eggs the way the US does. So the layer that is naturally on the egg to prevent infection isn't broken and its safe to keep them out if you want.

Here in Spain they also sell eggs outside the refrigerator. Eggs don't need to be refrigerated unless it's really hot

Because chicken are vaccinated against Salmonella. I understand the point of these posts, but I think it makes you look quite silly if you cold get your answer using a tiny bit of logic or a simple Google search.

'catch salmonella'? Really?

We don’t wash the natural protective layer off the eggs that keeps the salmonella out.

We have regulations In our processes which mean our eggs don't contain salmonella!

In Spain it's the same

As long as you don't wash the eggs like we do, they won't develop salmonella - which, if they were fertilised, would kill the chicks before they hatched!

Eggs cannot 'catch' salmonella. British eggs with the lion mark show that the hens they came from have been vaccinated against salmonella.

I have hens and I sometimes have lots of eggs. I never wash them and always keep them in the larder, not the fridge. Once you put them in a fridge they lose their taste.

Not everyone in the US washes their eggs and puts them in the fridge.

Yup, against salmonella: https://eggsafety.org/us-refrigerate-eggs-countries-dont/

Catch salmonella. Hilarious!

Catch Salmonella..? It's not wandering around the supermarket. Chickens are kept Salmonella-free in Europe. If they weren't, the Salmonella would get onto the egg as it was laid.

Already explained.

We like to live on the edge in Europe.

It's a personal choice, but eggs can absorb smells of kept in the fridge

Eggs DON'T go in the fridge

We could all do better understanding where our food comes from

In Italy too. Why american put it in the refrigerator?