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“Can Someone Please Tell Me”: American Says They Are “Confused” By These 30 Things In Britain
Even though Britain and America share the same language, these two countries couldn’t be more different. Whether it’s their quirky accent, absurd sense of humor, or baffling obsession with tea and the weather, Brits have a gift of leaving people on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean scratching their heads from confusion.
So when swfinds moved across the pond, they began noticing all the things in the UK that "puzzle" them. Getting to a new country and immersing in its culture left the American so baffled, they started a satirical TikTok account to create hilariously exaggerated videos and to make others laugh.
Bored Panda collected some of the "weirdest" things the user has posted. Check them out below and make sure to upvote the most comical ones. And if you have a funny explanation on hand, don’t be shy and share it with us in the comments!
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Alexis Perold 3 years ago
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.
Not Proud British 3 years ago
Fairy doors. They aren't everywhere tbf, mainly on the base of trees cause little old ladies think they are cute.
Jen 3 years ago
They are Fairy doors and they arent unique to the UK - it was a trend that went along with a couple kids books that came out in the mid2000s and a bunch of companies jumped on it. You were supposed to put one outside and then one inside in the kid's bedroom and they would welcome the fairies inside as friends where they would leave little gifts or move things around every so often. Most people put the outside one in the back of the house by the garden but they really were everywhere with small kids for a while.
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
I've seen them in Massachusetts for trees. Adorable makes me smile on my walks
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Ren Karlej 3 years ago
We have these in the woods near me. Lots of fairies might prefer a more urban lifestyle!
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Dave Smith 3 years ago
Not its not, you must be spreading misinformation. Its common knowledge in my Facebook group that these clock towers are hiding 5g masts. Why supermarkets, well most of us gather there and they can mass infect us with the 5g viruses. Although yours does sound more plausible, can I join your group.
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cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
Speed runners. So they can time themselves. John "Asda Racer" Jones holds the current record of a £100 shopping load in 3 minutes 22.47 seconds. When asked if he was happy with the result he said "I was doing great but a spilled pasta spiral got under the front right wheel and I had to stop and move to one side costing me around 2 seconds"
Ren Karlej 3 years ago
Who is downvoting these excellent joke responses?? Begone downvoters.
Load More Replies... Just saying 3 years ago
It makes them look like a church with a church spire and clock, hence the weather vane on the top too. It's where we go to worship cheap food.
J A 3 years ago
Many supermarkets took over old town halls, corn exchanges and churches that formerly had clock towers.
Sensei 3 years ago
atleast these clocks are useful to tell time but here in US we have flag masts on every store
Liz the Wanderer 3 years ago
Because we don't care what time it is, as long as it's 'Murica!
Load More Replies... Alilyp 3 years ago
So we don't spend too long at the shops! They used to chime loudly on the hour so we would be aware of how long we were in the shop
Ren Karlej 3 years ago
If I had to be in a supermarket more than an hour I think I would cry!
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Naturally, every country has its quirks that immediately strike you as different. But this time around, Great Britain deserves special recognition. From wondering what those yellow bins on the side of the road are to asking why the subway is called underground when it’s actually above ground, swfinds bio humorously states: “So many things in the UK confuse me!”
The user regularly posts exaggerated clips of "weird" things they encounter in the UK. Many people seem to find them entertaining since the creator has gathered more than 34.6K followers and 2.6M likes in just a few months. The simple and sometimes silly questions have irritated some Brits and Americans, leading to commenters saying that the account is in fact satire.
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Virgil Blue 3 years ago
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?
Nuno Pires 3 years ago
Exactly. But the concrete balls are much more dificult to move to another place. These cones have a litlle hole, so a litlle crane can grab them and move them aside, in case of an emergency or sidewalk repairs.
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Jenny Heit 3 years ago
Yep protect people walking from motorists cutting corners. Very British to round them to bell shape. Wouldn't want to damage the car from driving erratically
King Joffrey 3 years ago
Also to signify that anyone cutting corners like that is a b*****d.
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Peej Maybe 3 years ago
We call them "Kensington Tractor Killers" round our way. Nothing as satisfying as watching a school run mum hit one with her (mostly plastic) Range Rover or BMW SUV
Fenchurch 3 years ago
I witnessed one recently, she came round the corner too fast and literally ended up parked on top of it. Plastic car parts everywhere. Funniest thing was how she kept trying to drive it off again, and looking confused as to why her car wasn't moving. Nope you're stuck there.
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Robert T 3 years ago
It's a bollard. They used to be little weedy poles, but since we now have an epidemic of SUVs, we have to have these idiot things which will wreck a normal car if you even touch it.
Joey Marlin 3 years ago
Yes, they are actually called 'bell bollards' and are there to protect pedestrians and buildings from heavy goods vehicles.
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M O'Connell 3 years ago
Wouldn't simply getting the vehicles neutered solve the inappropriate mounting problem?
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Mary Goodwater 3 years ago
They are meant to discourage vehicles and they are called bollards. I giggle every time I get to use that word!
Bella Jones 3 years ago
I've never seen one of these, and I've walked on probably thousands of pavements in the UK.
Joey Marlin 3 years ago
They aren't in use nationwide. They are town and city specific, depending on the council and the amount of HGV issues they have. They are primarily to stop lorries ending up on pavements.
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James016 3 years ago
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
Roxy Eastland 3 years ago
Many buildings had a lot of large windows for things like factory work before electric lighting was standard. Now the inside can be lit safely and relatively cheaply the high maintenance for windows (from cleaning to the risk of a brick getting thrown through them) can't be justified and they are bricked up. Surely this happens in other countries too?
Memere 3 years ago
Yes, and it can also reduce the heating/cooling costs too.
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Beeps 3 years ago
I have a similar question though: why are some new homes built with “fake” bricked up windows? It’s not usually even to make the design symmetrical. I’d genuinely like to know.
Ren Karlej 3 years ago
Perhaps provide an example as it would be easier to explain - hopefully!! I can't think of any that exist as a genuinely 'faked' bricked up window on newer builds and I work in the construction sector - though of course I've not seen every building in the country!! There will be design elements where different bricks and/or styling is used to make a building look pleasing to the eye (at least to the person who designed it). Be interesting to see if you could share?
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Richard Portman 3 years ago
I am waiting for the day when Bored Panda makes a post "20 Things That Are F$#*kd Up About Lithuania". Lietuva you can do it.
Dawn Duckworth 3 years ago
American who lived in London (student housing, around Russell Square). Some of the windows were bricked up because the house with 5 floors were converted to 5 flats. Large rooms were converted into smaller rooms and the new walls literally ran thru the middle of older windows.
Jeremy Bell 3 years ago
Sometimes, it is not a real window opening that is bricked up, but simply a pattern in the brick that mimics a window opening.
Jeremy Bell 3 years ago
In the UK we often still build houses in the mock Georgian style and this can include blocked up windows.
Jill Bussey 3 years ago
Apart from the (correct) post about window tax, they are also included on stores sometimes for aesthetic reasons.
While moving overseas can be a thrilling experience—meeting new people, tasting traditional foods, exploring unfamiliar cities—it can also be a difficult and overwhelming time. Although some people can fit in quite easily, others might take longer to familiarize themselves with the new country.
According to UWS London, we experience culture shock because of the specific challenges we face when we first move and how we deal with losing our familiar surroundings. So if your new environment is similar to the one you came from or if you have lived in another country before, you might be able to adapt quite smoothly.
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cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
Very VERY big q-tips for cleaning big ears. A firm favourite with Prince Charles and Gary Lineker. It is also the reason why you never see them in the same location together
JC Micua 3 years ago
Cell sites. These looks like it has two stacks of a set of three antennas each to cover 360 degrees. It is very thin probably because of council requirement to make it look unobtrusive and pleasing to the eyes. Few people, specifically those who design and build them know what they are.
Richard Portman 3 years ago
I haven't seen them either. We have discs everywhere instead.
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cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
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
RoseTheMad 3 years ago (edited)
Most "American" foods are "stolen" from other places. Burgers? Germany. Hotdogs? Also Germany. Apple Pie? UK (apples were never native to the US initially), Dutch Pancakes/Popovers? That's a Yorkshire Pudding... there's some great Native American recipes though, I love the Native American fry bread, it's so easy to make but it tastes great with so many things!
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Brian Bennett 3 years ago
"Cause they have sausages in pastry and are baked. Not hot dogs dipped in slop and deep fried!
Alexis Perold 3 years ago
They're not corn dogs. They're sausage rolls. It's meat wrapped in pie pastry.
Jill Bussey 3 years ago
How is this anywhere close to a corn dog? It's a sausage roll; no corn involved.
Ren Karlej 3 years ago
Right! They are. This is the explanatory text at the beginning of the thread: When swfinds moved across the pond, they began noticing all the things in the UK that "puzzle" them. Getting to a new country and immersing in its culture left the American so baffled, they started a satirical TikTok account to create hilariously exaggerated videos and to make others laugh.
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SirDigbyChickenCaesar 3 years ago (edited)
We do have them in the US. What rock are these people living under?
However, if you’re a foreign student or a first-time expat who has never lived abroad before, you might face some challenges. There are four stages of culture shock that you could experience in one year. Of course, every person has different experiences, and some process the changes quicker than others, but most people share similar feelings.
First is the honeymoon phase. When you move somewhere new, you can have great fun and enjoy unexpected things around you. It is also known as the “tourist” stage: [It] often includes the feelings of excitement that you have as you look forward to the new journey you are starting.”
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King Joffrey 3 years ago
Haha black pudding is a blood sausage and you most definitely don't eat it with cream. It doesn't have chocolate in it either - the brown stuff is essentially dried blood.
空の夢 3 years ago
thank you! im not from UK and had no idea what that was 😓
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Ren Karlej 3 years ago
Pudding is basically a neutral term in the UK - puddings can be sweet or savoury.
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Matthew Fox 3 years ago
Ah yes, someone from a different culture must be stupid for having a different understanding of the same word. Any of you Brits fancy a f@g?
Question everything 3 years ago
Calm down, this is an obvious joke. This pudding would have been picked up at the meat section, someone just found the name funny and went with it.
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Sandra Givens 3 years ago
Pudding in the US means a sweet, usually milk-based dessert. Lots of British words mean something completely different in the US, like saying a show is a bomb, meaning hit in London but a failure in New York.
Tommy Kyroa 3 years ago
Well from where I'm from in the U.S. it depends how they say it, if someone says, "That show was the bomb!", that would mean good, while saying, "That show bombed!", would mean it sucked.
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SirDigbyChickenCaesar 3 years ago (edited)
I'm in the US, I love this stuff, eat it regularly. People on here really do give Americans a bad rep. Also, this is probably just a really stupid joke, I really hope so. But they serve this at multiple restaurants in my town.
TheBee 3 years ago
Absolutely delicious and underrated and misunderstood. I don't know about having it with cream though. Try it before you knock it.
Anne Edwards 3 years ago
I used to be able to buy them in three different stores in Hamilton, Ontario but nobody is selling them here anymore. I miss them.
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Vinita Talaulikar 3 years ago
Black pudding is a savoury sausage & not sweet dessert. It is a distinct regional type of blood Sausage originating in Great Britain & Ireland. Made of pork or beef blood with pork fat or beef suet and a cereal, usually oatmeal, oats groats or barley groats.
Crispy Toast 3 years ago
I had no idea, being American, but I know sausage when I see it. Thank you for clarification.
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Cassie Sondrup 3 years ago
The fact he thought it was a chocolate pudding
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Robert T 3 years ago (edited)
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.
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
While not quite historically accurate I like your explanation the best
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Gareth Graham 3 years ago
Used to be a pub. Kegs would delivered straight to the cellar to keep them cool
Kai David 3 years ago
Who exactly is this American?? Every major city has these in the downtown areas and all over new York city. They can be seen in tv shows and movies. Many of them have their own social media
Nicole A 3 years ago
I've seen enough Law and Order shows to recognize these things despite not being to NYC. This person is either taking the p!ss or purposely acting an idiot.
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King Joffrey 3 years ago
These are cellar doors usually found in front of pubs. They put a giant 'pillow' on the cellar floor and the delivery man drops the kegs of beer from street level.
Otter 3 years ago
Ah, I was wondering if they were coal cellars! Perhaps they were, once, when all UK homes were heated with coal.
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Gary Geracci 1 year ago
I think they they are the same as old Buffalo N.Y. Entry to the basement for large deliveries. In the old days maybe coal?
Paz Arboleda 1 year ago
They have these in older parts of US cities not just for coal but for any delivery of items-you often see them in old Popeye cartoons or old movies like with Laurel & Hardy.
Yet, the honeymoon eventually ends, and you have to deal with the reality. This is the negotiation stage, probably the worst one of your whole adventure. “You may feel exhausted and constantly tired of the discoveries you have been making. You may also feel frustrated by how different things are from what you are used to,” UWS London explained. "The aspects of your new life that you found endearing at first, may feel irritating or confusing when you’re in the negotiation stage.”
After that, you begin to adjust to your current living situation and learn how to manage your feelings. Your baffling thoughts that are trying to make sense of how and why things are so different, suddenly become clearer. “During this stage, you may still experience problems and negative feelings” but you begin to understand more about your surroundings.
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James016 3 years ago
Salt is stored in them for when the roads are icy and the grit trucks come out
Devil's Advocate 3 years ago
Almost all of them are labelled, OP is just being stupid
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I’m A Black Cat 3 years ago
Those are America-repatriation loophole boxes. American tourists are thrown in and they are sent through a fast-track tunnel back to US, where they just pop up from secret manholes. True story
cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
Portals to Narnia. Please quote the correct spell: OWAH TATWAH TIE YAM
Onion rings like to make your breath smelly 3 years ago
Not just the UK, there are many in public places in Canada too, because of the vast amount of snow.
John Smithers 3 years ago
Got these in the United States too ... I think most of these questions are from people from Southern California where Ice isnt an issue andCitys are newer
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Fat Harry 3 years ago
I thought it meant "kidnappers operate in this area".
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cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
Those are not parents. Those are perverts in trench coats kidnapping children
I’m A Black Cat 3 years ago
Leave your child here to be kidnapped safely. Thank you
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Tee Witt 3 years ago
If you look carefully it looks like the 'parent' is in some form of shorts
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Guy MacGregor 3 years ago
Because it is cheaper and safer to have a standardized sign / symbol. They are all identical. And I guess if it was a"male" symbol OP would have complained exactly the same way. Please stop imagining issues that does not exist.
The final stage of culture shock is adaptation and acceptance. Even if you may never fully accept your new home, you no longer feel isolated or lonely and are used to your day-to-day life and activities with friends. In this phase, “many people can permanently say goodbye to culture shock and feel happier and more secure in their environment long-term.”
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Amy S 3 years ago
Because many of our homes were built before we had proper roads. There wouldn't have been any cars when that house was built.
Devil's Advocate 3 years ago
Why do they keep suggesting simple things are "dangerous"?
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cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
You mean murder portals? It's for when unwanted guests. We push them out of the door hard into oncoming traffic
Kai David 3 years ago
We have this in the USA. Especially on the eastern seaboard in the older city neighborhoods. Common all over PA. Apparently, this American OP of this thread is not very bright.
Amanda Terwey 3 years ago
Well considering the fact that the majority of Amer. homes don't have those types of doors, doesn't mean OP isn't bright. It just means he/she comes from a part of the country that doesn't have them. You're the one who's not bright if you think that.
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Insert Generic Username 3 years ago
The doors don't look any different than the ones here in the land of mass shootings and diabetes.
Peter Vens 3 years ago
Dude with highest guncount in the world calls that nice piece of pavement dangerous lmao
Got Myself 4 Dwarves 3 years ago
My house is on one of the oldest streets in my town, and opens up onto the pavement but I don't mind so much as I have a front door then a storm door before the street so isn't too bad.
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Otter 3 years ago
Can someone tell me why Americans pour milk over candy, and eat it with spoons at breakfast?
Scarlett 3 years ago
Because we all eat like garbage? No worries, I personally think Lucky Charms belongs in the candy isle.
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Ren Karlej 3 years ago
No, no - The Candy Isle is just off the west coast of Scotland 😂😂😂
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Salty Wild Hair 3 years ago
That does not look like fruit loops brother, that looks like candy coated popcorn.
Try to remember that the feelings you’re going through are completely normal and that most expats go through this too. Culture shock is not a sign things are going badly, but a part of the whole experience. One day, you will probably look back on this time and see that it was full of sweet moments.
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IRA 3 years ago
Because most of us don't live in big a** mansion with laundry room ? And very normal in Europe ?!
Ragnhild Nilsen 3 years ago
Not normall in Europe, but normal in the UK ;) The rest of us have them in the bathroom if we don't have a separate utility room
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Gareth Graham 3 years ago (edited)
Most British homes were built before invention of washing machine. So if you installed one, that was where the plumbing was
Question everything 3 years ago
Exactly. New houses tend to be built with utility rooms.
Load More Replies... King Joffrey 3 years ago
The obvious reasons are that we don't usually have a separate room to do laundry and the fact that electrical sockets are illegal in the bathroom so we can't have them in bathrooms either (continental Europe style).
Joey Marlin 3 years ago
I also don't want it in my bathroom. I use my machine at night and my bathroom is near my bedroom. Or if people are having baths who wants a machine running and if there are a lot of you thst would be hard to avoid. My washing machine is in very great use.
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Heather Atwood 3 years ago
I honestly think having your laundry in the kitchen is a great idea-you can do laundry while cooking and you don't have to haul laundry up and down to the basement!
Paz Arboleda 1 year ago
I would rather have it near the bedrooms as that is where most of your dirty laundry in generated.
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Kimi Tomminello 3 years ago
I've lived in 2 separate duplexes with the washer and dryer in the kitchen in America. I don't get this one at all
Very Bored Panda 3 years ago
Most washing machines and tumble dryers are kept in the kitchen in england
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Virgil Blue 3 years ago
Because they were often houses or shops that were converted to be restaurants by the look of it.
Karen Philpott 3 years ago
And in smaller towns there may be Council bylaws prohibiting shops/businesses from looking out of place. Macca's as we call McDonalds in NZ, stands out like a flashing red light and in some towns it would take away the character of the town.
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Alexis Perold 3 years ago
So that they fit into the surrounding scenery and architecture. They're big on preservation. It's probably also environmentally friendly to convert existing infrastructure rather than tearing it down to waste and rubble and then building something new.
Julia Sankaran 3 years ago
I heard that they intended for the interiors at least to be ugly so you didnt hang around and take up space when done eating.
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Because, unlike the US, the UK authorities know what aesthetics are, and they won't allow big ugly concrete buildings.
cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
These are the homes of people who lost a legal battle with the fast food chain because their surname was McDonald and violated copyright
RoseTheMad 3 years ago
It's why the nursery rhyme is Old Mcdonald HAD a farm. He doesn't anymore.
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Debbie Anderson 3 years ago
Could it be a 'Ronald McDonald House' ?? For sick children & family?
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Perry Sologia 3 years ago
These are very unusual: possibly 2 on the country. The one in the town of Slough is known as the "magic roundabout".
Becky Samuel 3 years ago
The Magic Roundabout is in Swindon thankyou very much. It's pretty much all we have and we're darn well going to let everyone know about it!
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Robert T 3 years ago
Sorry, but no, we cannot explain this one. It appears that one of the road planners took too much LSD and came up with the "magic roundabout". If you get confused and go the wrong way round part of it you get transported to another dimension from which there is no return. Stay away from these at all costs.
I’m A Black Cat 3 years ago
And in that other dimension you just keep going round and round for all eternity
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Peej Maybe 3 years ago
The Magic Roundabout is in Swindon (as I'm sure others have said) - and you know what? It works beautifully because NO ONE is insane enough to try and drive around it speedily like they would on a normal roundabout. No one knows what they're doing so they crawl along. Huge success!! (I think Swindon Council once published the accident statistics for that roundabout and they were ridiculously low compared to other similar junctions). When I drove in the US I was terrified of your 9 lane junctions all merging into, like, 2 lanes! EEESH!
Virgil Blue 3 years ago
Traffic flow. It seems strange but this configuration leads to less congestion and less problems. Just takes a little getting used to.
Matthew Wilkins 3 years ago
There's one of these in Hemel Hempstead, which I've used half a dozen times. On the approach it looks like it'd be a nightmare but i found I could get around it really easily and intuitively but, being a Brit, I'm already used to driving on the left and using single roundabouts - i can imagine people not used to driving on the left or using roundabouts might struggle.
Mohsie Supposie 3 years ago
The one in the picture is from Hemel Hempstead. The trick is to ignore the big round about and just concentrate on the small ones. Also, know where you want to go!
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There are only 2 of these in the UK i think - they are meant to be treated as small roundabouts
Martin Walker 3 years ago
This is where I live in Hemel Hempstead. There arent actually many of these magic roundabouts in the UK. Works great though
cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
Some mad man thought circles would be great as part of a straight set of roads, but inadvertently reduced the number of vehicular collisions in the process
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Joey Marlin 3 years ago
Its my car's favourite TV programme, though it prefers the older series.
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J Adams 3 years ago
These are coach house quite popular now as they are a very economical use of space. They are a modern interpretation of historical properties which would have stabling underneath for horse drawn carriages. You have a garage and maybe kitchen and shower room on the ground floor then living areas above topped off by bedrooms on the 3rd floor. The major draw back however is often the garages aren’t big enough to house a modern car!
Carrie de Luka 3 years ago
So true - those responsible for not updating the size of garages build today really need to get their acts together!
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Phil Jones 3 years ago
Its all about space - we dont have huge open plains of green land to build houses on so it makes sense to build the garage within the footprint of the house and the house on top
Paz Arboleda 1 year ago (edited)
Actually newer homes in urban areas are like this usually 2 and 3 story even in LA like these homes in the San Fernando Valley, the garages are at the back Screenshot...ea-png.jpg 
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Says an American who probably has a garage *as part of their house* ----- from an American.
Curly Bill Brosius 3 years ago
Wallace and Gromit was based on fact. People can slide out of their beds and in through the cars sun roof. Then a piece of cheese is fed to them as they drive to work.
Amy Beckler 3 years ago
I love Wallace ang Grommit! They turned me on to Shaun the Sheep!
Load More Replies... Dawn Duckworth 3 years ago
Convient parking. Leaves tiny, narrow 2 lane roads open instead of filling them with street parking.
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Mistralok 3 years ago
It depends on how eggs are processed. Eggs are laid with a protective coating on the shell which keeps them (and the chicks of course) safe from infection. In the US, and some other countries evidently they are washed and that coating is removed so they will easily and quickly spoil
Pezor Zass 3 years ago
why was this downvoted? this is factually acccurate
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Virgil Blue 3 years ago
Provably because the manufacturer finds it easier to just make and ship them with the egg rack instead of having 2 versions of the same fridge.
Joey Marlin 3 years ago
Yep. I throw them away and leave eggs in egg boxes. The racks are not recommended as the eggs rattle against them every time you open the door (they are so often in the door) and it weakens the shell. This can make them even more porous and the egg picks up any smells in the fridge and gets tainted. No thanks.
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Got Myself 4 Dwarves 3 years ago
Standard manufacturing design so it can be sold in multiple countries? I use the ones from my fridge as a drying rack for beauty blenders so not a complete waste
Chassi 3 years ago
Because the UK is known to purchase their eggs fresh. Fresh eggs with the bloom can be left out of the fridge. The US corporate farms have hens so cramped together that they are unhealthy, which results in unhealthy eggs that also needs scrubbed. Now the scrubbed eggs have to stay in the fridge to combat bacterial growth. Healthy hens = healthy eggs.
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cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
Sometimes the crime rate is so high that the courts just put a tag on the whole town to save time
eSther Crotzer 3 years ago
By hour rentable Bike / Scooter return location scanner. Large city’s everywhere have these in some form or another.
M O'Connell 3 years ago
I believe that's a tracking device which has been removed from a stolen vehicle and tossed.
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Rob Wooldridge 3 years ago
Just in case anyone comes here looking for the real answer. This is the receiver for GPS trackers for tracking birds: https://marshallradio.com/ww/videos/tutorial-videos-en/gps-and-instructions-en/
Eunice Cracknell 3 years ago
Thank you Rob, from Oz. Was beginning to think I'd never find out!
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Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
Parmigiano Reggiano is NOT supposed to look like that. That piece is quite old and moldy.
enrico montagner 3 years ago
As an Italian I said you must right about had doubts. A parmigiano reggiano even if had 2 years (24 months) not look that bad. Its clear it was not correctly preserved use a plastic protection not help to "breath" the cheese.
Concept-Peter Roosdorp 3 years ago
Well, I will agree that it isn't "straight from the can" type of fresh. But aging cheese has been done for many hundreds of years.
F. H. 3 years ago
It's not "aged" it's just moldy. Parmesan doesn't usually feature edible mold.
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Jyri Hakola 3 years ago
Yes, and that handle in the flagpole is for parent to control the cart when needed
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J R 3 years ago
I think everyone needs to reread the title... "satirical" + "confusing" - it's a joke.
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Robert T 3 years ago
Ironically, although the picture is of childrens' trolleys, we do have smaller trolleys for elderly people or those that don't want so much shopping. They are shallower meaning you don't have to bend so far to put stuff in and out of them. I know my back appreciates them!
cybermerlin2000 3 years ago (edited)
Kiddie trolleys. So kids can help shop for fun. First ones I’ve seen with the parent handle on the flag bar though. Good idea
Joseph Hamm 3 years ago
Exactly, Stevo. When I saw the verbage attached to #20, I began to realize these questions weren't written by an American. In the US, we call these vehicles carts, not trolleys. I've never heard anyone in America call them trolleys.
Load More Replies... Zoe Vokes 3 years ago
There’s plenty of space in a trolley for a weekly shop for four people. There’s usually a deep trolley for a big shop and a shallow trolley for a smaller shop. I guess in America they sell things in more jumbo sized containers so it fills up fast?
Whitney keen 3 years ago
If you shop as costco then yes, giant sizes, but otherwise we just tend to buy a shitload of groceries at once and its not uncommon for a house to have an extra fridge or freezer for food storage.
Load More Replies... Whitney keen 3 years ago
People say we have em in the US but I live in Georgia and I've never seen one anywhere in the entire southeastern part of this country.
Load More Replies... Not Proud British 3 years ago
Erm, those are for kids to keep them occupied. But then, you know that.
Steve Allingham 1 year ago
Kiddie trolleys, haven't seen them in a while. A lot of supermarkets used to have them until they found out what a pain they were.
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cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
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
Devil's Advocate 3 years ago
Yep, but definitely not "all", not that common at all
Load More Replies... Phill Healey 3 years ago
In London Estate Agents actually go around putting signs anywhere they see another agents sign. There is so much commission to be made that they just don't give a s**t how they get it. They'll trick people into contacting them for a viewing and then just say the property has gone but they've got other property to show you
Savage Susan 3 years ago
Realtors do the same in the U.S. all the time. ABC realty lists it, a customer of XYZ wants to buy it, it goes through XYZ and ABC gets a cut. I bought my second house that way.
Terri Martin 3 years ago
It's the same in the US. Just because it's listed with one company doesn't mean another realtor can't show it to his interested clients.
Zaza 3 years ago
Isn't this the "for sale" sign from a realtor hired by the sellers and the "sold" sign added by the realtor of the buyers?
Amy S 3 years ago
The buyer doesn't have any sign added. Can I ask why the buyer would need a realtor? In the UK the estate agent acts for the person selling the house.
Load More Replies... Steve Allingham 1 year ago
Buying a house is very different in the UK, usually only the seller will have an estate agent who the buyer approaches directly based on their advertising. There is no 'staging' or any of that rubbish unless it's a VERY high end sale. As a buyer you can register an interest in a certain type of property in a certain area with any number of agents, and they will contact you if something suitable comes up, this is usually a free service. Increasingly, sellers pay a fixed sum rather than a commission percentage. All the legal paperwork is usually done between the buyer and seller's solicitors, although the very brave can do their own conveyancing if they wish.
Paz Arboleda 1 year ago
That can happen in the US, usually most houses are sold via a Multiple Listing Service MLS, and the same properties can appear online on websites like Zillow and Redfin, you choose a realtor to be 'your realto' and you can look at a house for sale by another realtor.
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Devil's Advocate 3 years ago (edited)
Because we aren't as fat so we actually fit in. Plus most toilets aren't this small
Colleen Rudolph 3 years ago
There is little difference between the uk and the us so far as obesity goes. The percentages are 68% vs 64%. You are very close to as fat as us so please stop talking all that nonsense.
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Robert T 3 years ago
Ah, now what you have found there is a bathroom designed from people who are suffering from both ends. You can safely and comfortably peform the necessary without making a mess.
Question everything 3 years ago
Funny. Also whoever designed this cloakroom toilet was a moron. To comply with the rules a tiny corner sink would have sufficed.
Load More Replies... Got Myself 4 Dwarves 3 years ago
These are specifically designed for the hungover or unwell so you can poop and throw up simultaneously- if you ever been that unwell you'd know they're invaluable. (Clearly joking, kinda sad I need to point that out). But like, they're big enough to serve their purpose - what do you want? A massive room to faff about in? Maybe a gap in the door would make higher feel more at home?
Zaza 3 years ago
Unusable? What are you, an elephant? I'm 6 ft tall and have a wide behind and this would not be a problem at all (assuming you don't go to the toilet to put your feet up and watch 3 hours of netflix)
Jane Dorothy Warner 3 years ago
Many older houses only had inside toilets put in after the house was built, so had to use the space available. Before inside toilets, we only had outhouses in the garden.
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JustAnother Soul 3 years ago
One is hot. The plumber who installed this ran out of hot labeled taps.
Kendra Miller 3 years ago
In old British houses with separate hot and cold, it's because of the danger over contaminated hot water it was made law to keep the two separate. Cold water would come in from the watermains, it would be divided between cold, which would run directly to the taps and hot, which will be pumped to an attic water heater. Unfortunately old fashioned water heaters weren't animal proof and would frequently have dead rats and more floating around. It is then pumped to the hot water taps. Hense cold was for drinking and hot was only ever for washing.
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
Very interesting thanks. Learning more than I expected about Our British Cousins
Load More Replies... Tash 3 years ago
We don't have two cold taps. We sometimes have a separate cold & hot tap. Most modern homes have a mixer tap these days though.
Joey Marlin 3 years ago
They are usually replaced in old homes when people renovate as well.
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Not Proud British 3 years ago
We don't have two separate cold taps. I think this photo is fake.
Lily bloom 3 years ago
Or the hot handle was replaced with one that says cold
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Khavrinen 3 years ago
There's a three minute explainer video on YouTube by Tom Scott, titled "Why Britain Uses Separate Hot and Cold Taps", if you're interested.
alwaysMispelled 3 years ago
We have separate hot and cold taps in the US, OP is showing TWO cold taps
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Jonathan Dowell 1 year ago
History - hot water indoors came after cold water. Actually, when I was a kid most US homes had 2 taps as well.
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Not Proud British 3 years ago
It's a frikkin' bus shelter, the photo only shows the side of it. These posts are just ridiculous.
Kimi Tomminello 3 years ago (edited)
As an American I recognized it as a bus stop shelter as we have the same thing in the middle of the sidewalks in every city I've ever been in. You're right, they are ridiculous.
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Signe Manat Hansen 3 years ago
There's like 15 kilometers on the right side of the sidewalk where you can walk
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
If you'd stop messing with your phone you would see the danger coming!
Heather Jerrie 3 years ago
I'm more concerned about blind people - it makes getting around harder for them.
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M 3 years ago
cheddar is never orange - you mean red leicester - American Cheese is not something anyone from Europe recognises as 'cheese'
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
"American Cheese" is not cheese. CHeese made in America, however, can be quite good, and I say that as a cheese fanatic, who makes her own. Beecher's cheddar would meet UK standards. Cascadia's Sofia is a lovely one, too. And I'll take our (more or less local) MeadowCreek goat cheese right along any from the EU.
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Virgil Blue 3 years ago
Ah, if I recall right it's just coloring, but the fun bit is that US cheddar (or maybe another "cheese") isn't even considered real cheese in europe
Kimi Tomminello 3 years ago
You're thinking American "cheese". There's plenty of real American cheddars that aren't mass produced that would satisfy a picky palate. Not all Americans are ignorant enough to think that cheese is supposed to be orange and plasticky.
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Tiffany Sparks 3 years ago
So is New York sharp cheddar also not proper cheese because it's white and not this weird yellow color? Muenster produced in the US has white with orange rind. Proper or no? Orange dye to cheese was for ID purposes, "American cheese" isn't even cheese it's "pasteurized prepared cheese product" because it's derived from cheese but masses of oil makes it nearly non-food
Load More Replies... Phil Jones 3 years ago
cheddar is not orange because in the USA you add so many additives to make it orange!!
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
The US-made cheddar I get is not, in fact, orange. It's white.
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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
"Your"? Hey, cut some of us some slack. Also, the "slab of easy-melt crap" is, I agree, awful. But many cheeses made in the US are very good, and some are available at least regionally if not nationally. Also, if you want to afford cheese, that "goo" is about all most can afford, presliced and eye-catchingly yellow-orange.
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Traci Kincaid Kiter 3 years ago
As an American (I apologize, truly), I have to agree that American cheese is NOT cheese. My preferred cheddar is always cheddar. The yellow cheddar is only yellow because it's been dyed that color. No cheese should ever come in individually wrapped sliced. *shudder*
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Sharon Ingram 3 years ago
You’re supposed to take the wrapper off. (humor)
Load More Replies... Jill Bussey 3 years ago
Americans can't make cheese. And don't threaten Cheddar (note the capital letter, please). If it's not the same as "your" cheese, then it's you who are in the wrong.
Olga Aftyka 3 years ago
If we are talking real proper cheese then Mimolette can it a bit orange-ish. Never cheddar. learn your cheeses American peasant ;p
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LeighLeiben 3 years ago
OK, but what the hell is "salad cream"?? We don't have that in the US. It's either dressing or it's mayo.
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Lavender Oak 3 years ago
You realize American citizens don't send recipes to companies as requests right? I swear the worst British people are on here.
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Danny de Meyer 3 years ago
Americans complaining about something being full of sugar? Fake news for sure.
Insert Generic Username 3 years ago
Like with the sausage rolls, this person apparently cannot read. Nowhere does it say mayonnaise. It is clearly labeled.
Roger Gurr 1 year ago
In case we want to spread it on bread. Sugar isn't an ingredient in British (or European) bread.
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Devil's Advocate 3 years ago
Americans call them biscuits. Americans are wrong about so much
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Load More Replies... Alilyp 3 years ago
They are not biscuits - but you can get plenty of biscuits with raisins such as a garibaldis yum yum
Elenabug Mangold 3 years ago
It literally says scones on the box. They are uneducated and an idiot. There are still scones in America, though we don't sell them by package.
#28
Devil's Advocate 3 years ago
Stop calling things "dangerous" that you don't understand! The top bit is metal so that it IS safe
cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
We live for danger. Only last week did I put an extra sweetener in my coffee
King Joffrey 3 years ago
That's why you have a separate ash tray at the top of the bin, like in the picture.
Joey Marlin 3 years ago
Yep, we had one outside an office and occasionally smokers wouldn't properly stub out their f**s so you would occasionally get a teeny fire. Never dangerous as they are designed to contain it but we would just lob a cup of water in them just to be sure. It was in a fairly busy London backstreet so spotted quickly. We also have Ash Bins in parks for hot BBQ waste.
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Insert Generic Username 3 years ago
OP is making all Americans look incredibly stupid and ignorant.
Lavender Oak 3 years ago
Nope it's a joke post, the only people looking bad here are the a*****e Europeans who have absolutely no sense of humor even though they think they have sarcastic humor Americans don't understand. Nope, we get it, it's just not funny. It's like they're all someone's annoying uncle that tries too hard and is very into themselves. Spoken as an American with a British dad who's lived in the UK. They are idiots.
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SPQRBob 3 years ago
Well, when people throw them into the urinals, it makes them quite soggy and hard to light.
Kaitlin Schwarz 3 years ago
Hahah. So wait. These things have a separate top compartment the cigarettes go into, or it drops straight into the trash? It's hard to tell by the picture.
Load More Replies... RoseTheMad 3 years ago (edited)
Most people do anyway. The UK is f*****g full of litter, it's awful tbh :( like where I live, people will just chuck their empty bottles/food boxes from the chip shops off the bridge into the river/out to sea. ugh.
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Beverly Lodge 3 years ago
I don't get why it's "dangerous"? It's a metal container and helps keep the street clean. It's weird that people think this is weird.
Krysta Pandoo 3 years ago
It's a different compartment. It's to stop idiots putting their cigs in the bin.
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Taibhse Sealgair 3 years ago
Per wikipedia: A hot cross bun is a spiced sweet bun usually made with fruit, marked with a cross on the top, and has been traditionally eaten on Good Friday in historically Commonwealth countries such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, and some other parts of the Americas, including the United States. Country of Origin: UK
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Devil's Advocate 3 years ago
Because we invented them, before the USA even existed, and they're yummy
DruidsRock 2025 3 years ago
We call them Hot Cross Buns in my part of the US, which sure as hell isn't NY 🤮
Elle Belle 3 years ago
I dunnos.. I am from NY and I recognized them. Now I also have the nursery rhyme stuck in my head...ack.
Load More Replies... King Joffrey 3 years ago
These are hot cross buns and I'm sure it's New Yorkers who stole our idea.
Kimi Tomminello 3 years ago
There's no such thing as "New York Easter Buns" as far as I've heard. I'm an American and recognized these as hot crossed buns... No clue what op was talking about.
Load More Replies... LeighLeiben 3 years ago
I have no clue on this one and I've been in Pennsylvania and New York my whole life. I've never heard of "New York Easter Buns". It's not a thing. These posts are always full of misconceptions from the dumbest of Americans.
Elle Belle 3 years ago
Cidiots. (City+idiots). There is a reason why rural Long Islanders and Upstate NYers call them this..
Load More Replies... tom 3 years ago
Because it's important to know when to celebrate when a chap got stapled to the cross
Fat Harry 3 years ago
Are we supposed to celebrate it? Seems an odd thing to celebrate!
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Tracey Stammers 1 week ago
Hot cross buns around since the 14 hundreds. They are sold all year round, because we buy them!
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Virgil Blue 3 years ago
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.
Fat Harry 3 years ago
We also routinely vaccinate hens against salmonella.
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Timea Peter 3 years ago
Eggs have a natural greasy layer which keeps them protected so if you don't wash the eggs you can keep them outside of the fridge for a couple of weeks. Probably in the US the eggs are washed.
SPQRBob 3 years ago
Let's examine exactly what that greasy layer consists of in excruciating detail, shall we?
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Devil's Advocate 3 years ago
They...can...catch... salmonella... Yes, eggs can catch salmonella...our food standards are WAY higher than America, our egss are safe plus we cook them rather than eating them raw...like weirdos...
JustAnother Soul 3 years ago
We don’t wash the natural protective layer off the eggs that keeps the salmonella out.
Ragnhild Nilsen 3 years ago
Eggs never "catch" salmonella, that comes from the chicken. If the chickens are healthy so are the eggs.
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cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
Religion. It is widely believed that placing solar panels on your roof will encourage the sun to come out but you have to dance and chant too which involves hugging yourself and rubbing your upper arms while chanting "Bit nippy innit?"
Phil Jones 3 years ago
should have gone to specsavers (a UK expression from the 17th century).....
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Those are not solar panels one in the old days called them skylights! ( Don't know what the hell they're called now!)
Thomas Olsen 1 year ago
and even if it was solar panels it would be an asinine comment
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Thomas Turnbull 3 years ago
They are loft windows no solar panels, also the sun does not need to shine for solar panels it just needs to be light,
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Fat Harry 3 years ago
You'd have thought that act was largely unnecessary after we sent most of our idiots to America in the 1700s.
Load More Replies... Alexis Perold 3 years ago
How is planting a tree on a traffic island dangerous? My advice to make it less dangerous is not to drive full speed into a traffic island. Tree or no tree doing so will be dangerous. Though atleast the tree will stop you in your tracks if you happen to come ploughing through like a crazy person.
Devil's Advocate 3 years ago
It's super safe if you can drive and don't crash into them. How is this person so stupid??? Even by TikTok standards??
Virgil Blue 3 years ago
I'd guess to make sure drivers keep the speed limit and eyes on the road.
Tracey Stammers 1 week ago
I don't know; perhaps the trees came first and rather than destroy everything a way has been found to preserve them. Very few accidents happen due to these - They are more likely to calm the traffic!
#33
tom 3 years ago
The literacy act of 2019 to include wildlife and ducks encourages them to read the signs before crossing the road
Ragnhild Nilsen 3 years ago
And that, my dears, is why the chicken crossed the road
Load More Replies... Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Its called love and concern for our fellow creatures - although I'm loosing hope for humans!
Gareth Graham 3 years ago
It's to warn drivers about possibly hitting an animal which could cause an accident or distraction
athornedrose 3 years ago
in the US we have deer crossings. you just have whatever animal is common. this doesn't seem all that different to me
JustAnother Soul 3 years ago
Because we understand that we share this planet with other creatures, and we care about them. You should try this sometime.
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Myrtille rat 3 years ago
I agree , I'm disgusted and ashamed at how my fellow citizen mostly chose to not deal with the cleaning and disposal of their doggos poop . the day I catch the friggin pig who let his dog poop in front of my door on a regular basis, I'll follow him and put it in his/her mailbox
Load More Replies... King Joffrey 3 years ago
No but you get a smaller fine to begin with and the maximum fine if you and your dog are repeat offenders.
cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
Depends on how much sh*t the local politician needs to finish his day
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Same as here they have max fines for everything! You know you just made a statement a idiot would make!
#35
cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
That's a detonator cap. Makes the entire bottle of alcohol into an instant Molotov cocktail
Virgil Blue 3 years ago
They look more like extra seals to prevent illicit sipping? Photo is a little blurry.
Devil's Advocate 3 years ago
Yes. Yes they are, have you not seen half these posts?
Load More Replies... Phil Jones 3 years ago
This page is getting ridiculous!! They are not measures they are security tags
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Groundcontroltomajortom 3 years ago
Blasphemy!!!! HP sauce is legendary and an English kitchen cupboard must have.
Robert T 3 years ago
Ah, Houses of Parliment Sauce. It is made with all the fermented bullsh*t that flies around the House of Commons, which gives it a certain pique. This is then mellowed with some of the soft snores emanating from the House of Lords. It is finished with dash of tongue in cheek British humour.
Not Proud British 3 years ago
I am guessing that all of these are written by one person, who is just an idiot.
Dave Smith 3 years ago
That's exactly what I was thinking.. I did enjoy all the joke posts but reading your comments left me guessing also.
Load More Replies... Lizzie Smith 3 years ago
It's called flavour, spelled with a u. There are other flavours than sugar in the UK.
King Joffrey 3 years ago
It's brown sauce, not BBQ sauce. They might look the same but brown sauce is a bit vinegary.
Joey Marlin 3 years ago
HP is a type of brown sauce as it has different blend of fruit and spices to a standard brown sauce.
Load More Replies... Tracey Stammers 1 week ago
Matter of personal taste. Not like BBQ sauce - it is not a marinade or cooking sauce. It is great as it is. More kick that Tomato Ketchup. Red sauce and brown sauce are British staples; especially with breakfast.
Sebastian Melmoth 3 years ago
That stuff is closer to a type of steak sauce, like A-1, than it is to a traditional (traditional to the average American) BBQ sauce.
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King Joffrey 3 years ago
These are English muffins - totally different from 'cakey' muffins (which we also have).
BasedWang 3 years ago (edited)
in the US our "english muffins" usually don't have blueberries n stuff either.... This might be one of the few times on this post that I agree with TwoDogs
Load More Replies... Not Proud British 3 years ago
What you call muffins, we call 'big cupcakes'. An English muffin is a soft, floury bread roll (or barm or bap depending on whereabouts in the country you live).
Joey Marlin 3 years ago
The sweet cake style muffin is a later creation to the traditional English muffin.
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Gareth Graham 3 years ago
If you call Irn Bru British to a Scot. You better be ready throw down
Dave Smith 3 years ago
I've just tried it out. Nothing happened, in fact he didn't even know what I was talking about.
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Sarah Wilson 2 weeks ago
Don't these visitors from across the pond read labels? It's not orange pop (soda) it's Iron Bru, it's made from girders, the rust formed in the process makes it turn orange.
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Joey Marlin 3 years ago
In Britain we have to carry our smallest currency, the pennies, around in massive bags in order to pay for our fuel, have people not seen those old tartan shoppers on wheels? That is why those were invented!! 😉 Come, come, tis all a merry jape.
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King Joffrey 3 years ago
This is not even the most confusing thing about British petrol stations. The weirdest thing is we fill up in litres but measure fuel consumption in miles per gallon.
cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
American currency conversion: Approximately 27 bananas or 2 thirds of a Florida alligator
Jo Choto 3 years ago
Every American gas station I've ever been to has the price with 99/100 of one cent in the price, so this is nothing new.
Bobby 3 years ago
So stupid american here. I know that price isn't 141 pounds per liter, how am I supposed to read that price?
Robert T 3 years ago
It is in pence. It is £1.417 per litre. We actually do show 0.7 of a pence as the price. It gets rounded up to a whole penny when when you get to your total.
Load More Replies... Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Use that thing on your shoulders with a brain in it - it ain't hard to figure out!
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Devil's Advocate 3 years ago
In case America invades. We also all carry black powder and cannonballs around just in case
LalaLand123 3 years ago
You guys should have used the cannons to keep the person who made this post out.
Load More Replies... pigasus1 3 years ago
You should see all the cannons where I live in America. I'm in the middle of Civil War battlefields.
Kimi Tomminello 3 years ago (edited)
Some coastal locations where I live in America have preserved forts from the revolutionary war with canons eroding away. They aren't marked historical sites either. You'll just be hiking through the woods and all the sudden you come across stone bunkers.
Load More Replies... cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
That's the point! Why do you think no one tries to invade any more? Instant ballistic death around every corner!
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
They are a display! they can't be shot! Damn are you people for real?
Tracey Stammers 1 week ago
To frighten tourists away! (Only the ignorant ones with tunnel vision historical education)
#42
Phil Jones 3 years ago
Not a lot people know that they are actually portals to secret universes that are set in the 1950s...
Caroline Nagel 3 years ago
You can find them on the Belgian seaside as well.
Load More Replies... Gareth Graham 3 years ago
They are called chalets. You can rent or own them. It's a spot to change, keep your stuff or just sit and chill whilst enjoying the beech
cybermerlin2000 3 years ago (edited)
They are filled with rakes and every morning, just before the sun comes up if the chants and dances are done correctly, thousands of workers come out and drag the invading sand back into the sea before it can attack the population
Tracey Stammers 1 week ago
They are very costly changing and tea-making huts - In most you cannot stay overnight and you also pay tax on them. Average cost £40,000.
King Joffrey 3 years ago
Those are beach huts, the UK equivalent of a holiday home. They used to be popular back in the day but are actually quite rare now.
Joey Marlin 3 years ago
They were never the same as a holiday home! They are for day trips to the beach and somewhere to keep your things or watch the world go by. You aren't allowed to stay in them overnight.
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Molly Block 3 years ago
That was quite a cute comment, actually. I bet I am one of the new people here who got it.
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Devil's Advocate 3 years ago
They do on almost all of them, how long did it take you to find one without?
Joey Marlin 3 years ago
Yep, dropped kerbs and studded paving for blind people are typical.
Load More Replies... cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
For wheelchair users to feel like The Dukes Of Hazard as they thud off the edge of the curb. Gives them a little thrill in their lives
Virgil Blue 3 years ago
Made in times when wheelchair accessibility wasn't thought of much. Hope they get around to fixing them.
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Evil Little Thing 3 years ago
Even Americans don't think that's orange juice. Sunny D is what you get when you try to make orange juice without oranges.
Load More Replies... Tracey Stammers 1 week ago
It needs no preservation measures - It is probably stable for hundreds of toxic years!
Thomas Olsen 1 year ago
now i got this going on in my head https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdRo2NJJcUU
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What do you think ?
GreatFlyingSpatula 3 years ago
I know this must be trolling, but my blood pressure as a Brit has sky rocketed
Joey Marlin 3 years ago
It was all meant to just be a joke. Remember this 'calm down dear? For once Michael Winner ( also used by David Cameron with typically poor judgement in the House of Commons) has a point.
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Myrtille rat 3 years ago
I'm amazed at how people are jumping on their horses about these ..common the guy is just making light jokes and trying to be fun. and find it even weirder if British people who are well known for their great sense of humor calls the dude an idiot or such
Joey Marlin 3 years ago
I forcused on the joke responses, much more the British way!
Load More Replies... Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Sorry pandas - but I really don't know how some of these questions (some are legit) but the majority must be asked by people who can't tie their own shoelaces! (I know down votes will be on most of my comments but geeze use your heads)
Jo Choto 3 years ago
I know he's trying to be funny, but the whole post could be summed up as "Why isn't Britain America?"
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago (edited)
Why isn't America Britain?, alternatively.
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Rob Chapman 3 years ago
I get that he's joking. I mean, it says right there in the title of the article that he's trying to be sarcastic. But....he failed miserably.
Carrie Laughs 3 years ago
Yes, it is a piss-take. If you read the blurb at the beginning it clearly explains it is meant to be satire. You aren't alone in missing that apparently!
Load More Replies... GreatFlyingSpatula 3 years ago
I know this must be trolling, but my blood pressure as a Brit has sky rocketed
Joey Marlin 3 years ago
It was all meant to just be a joke. Remember this 'calm down dear? For once Michael Winner ( also used by David Cameron with typically poor judgement in the House of Commons) has a point.
Load More Replies... Myrtille rat 3 years ago
I'm amazed at how people are jumping on their horses about these ..common the guy is just making light jokes and trying to be fun. and find it even weirder if British people who are well known for their great sense of humor calls the dude an idiot or such
Joey Marlin 3 years ago
I forcused on the joke responses, much more the British way!
Load More Replies... Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Sorry pandas - but I really don't know how some of these questions (some are legit) but the majority must be asked by people who can't tie their own shoelaces! (I know down votes will be on most of my comments but geeze use your heads)
Jo Choto 3 years ago
I know he's trying to be funny, but the whole post could be summed up as "Why isn't Britain America?"
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago (edited)
Why isn't America Britain?, alternatively.
Load More Replies... Rob Chapman 3 years ago
I get that he's joking. I mean, it says right there in the title of the article that he's trying to be sarcastic. But....he failed miserably.
Carrie Laughs 3 years ago
Yes, it is a piss-take. If you read the blurb at the beginning it clearly explains it is meant to be satire. You aren't alone in missing that apparently!
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