The UK has given the world plenty: modern football, the World Wide Web, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones… and, of course, fish and chips. But one of its greatest exports might just be its sharp, unique sense of humor, the kind that can make people laugh from thousands of miles away.
To celebrate it, we’ve rounded up some of the funniest posts from the Instagram page UK Relatables. If you’re British, you might find yourself nodding along. And if you’re not, consider this your peek into the kind of banter that keeps the nation entertained online.
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I got rationed to one packet of salami by some humourless hatchet faced old bint. I only had 2.
Excuse me??? That's not very polite! Oh, ok, I wasn't that particular hatchet faced old bint as I've never sold/eaten salami in my life, you are forgiven, G A XD
Load More Replies...My friend was told she couldn't buy a bunch of five bananas, four was the limit for fruit items. I said it's a good job we weren't buying grapes!
Customer had a complete meltdown when I told her I couldn't sell 19 bottles of vinegar to her.
I was stopped from buying 8 loose mushrooms. But, I could but 5 tubs of them.
And you can freeze mushrooms. Sounds unlikely, but slice them raw and flash freeze, or saute them and do the same. It's amazing what can be frozen (if you have a freezer, of course)
Load More Replies...Actually we don't hyphenate as much as Americans.
Load More Replies...Royal coast of arms of the UK, not Britain. Got the north of Ireland (occupied territories) on it,.
Load More Replies...Should've put a streak of purple in your hair to ward off those vibes.
Off piste but some d*********e on FB just apologised to me for calling me fat because he assumed I was the other person in my profile pic. I did not apologise for calling him a maga incel boomer... and that was before I even found out he is in fact fat. 😆
I must be tired. I had a whole different image when I read "Report Junk".
I don't feel like getting all the data, but US wages have pretty much been stagnant for decades, yet the cost of living keeps rising.
US Federal minimum wage in 1999 was $5.15/hr. That's $9.92 adjusted to inflation. The current federal minimum wage is $7.25. but this gets worse as you go further back. In 1980 the minimum wage was $3.10, that's $12.15 adjusted for inflation. So the US government would have to set the minimum wage to $12.15/hr to just get back to what it was in 1980.
Load More Replies...This is essentially the same thinking as The Economist magazine's "Big Mac Index".
This is a couple years old but a freddo is 30p in my local shop, minimum wage is £12.21, so you can get 40 freddos now
The current National Living Wage in the UK (for those aged 21 and over) is £12.21 per hour,
Eight US states adhere to the federal minimum wage, which is $7.25. Who could live on that?!
2025 Update: Freddos are £0.70 x 72 necessitates a minimum wage of £50.40/hour.
My history teacher insisted that Mars bars had always kept pace with inflation, so costs should be measure in Mars bars.
Southern Americans don't even bother with the but. A simple "bless her/his heart" is, depending on the tone, a disparaging remark.
So miss out on some truly great insults that follow though...
Load More Replies...Kids these days round these here parts say "to be honest, _______ slap in face truth inserted here , not gonna lie"
Empty rolls are used to pester the cats from a distance. Make weird noises or put the end on your cat's back and blow warm human breath on them or bonk them on the butt. Endless moments of fun for the whole family.
I always make sure I have two and then challenge anyone nearby to a duel. The mailman thought I was a bit mad
When my dad was terminally ill in hospital, he got into trouble pretend sword-fighting. He used two walking sticks, and they were by the side of his hospital bed. His older brother came to visit him and challenged him to a duel with the sticks, so dad, aged 75 and uncle M, aged 80 had a play fight, the pair of them giggling like 5 year olds. They only stopped when their older sister (aged 85) told them that if they didn't behave, she'd get the nurse in charge to come and tell them off. I don't think the urge for play fighting and duels ever wears off, no matter how old you get!
Load More Replies...I can personally attest that this transcends country borders.
Yay!! I do that too!! And sing to them through it. They each have their own theme songs!!
Load More Replies...In Seattle (US) there's an official wrapping paper tube fight a few days after Christmas every year. Hundreds show up. It's quite a chuckle.
Both, plus that trick where you make it look like there is a hole in your hand from your pov.
The two pix are not mutually incompatible, just the same people 20-40 years apart.
The wolrd's most watched sport... it's a world thing, not a Brit thing, if we're being honest. Football violence is a problem in too many countries. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1321624-world-footballs-10-most-dangerous-fan-bases
Load More Replies...That chip on your shoulder is more like the world's biggest potato.
Load More Replies..."Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."
Why not? None of the ones we have are working out very well.
Load More Replies..."So, a lady in a lake gave this to you and proclaimed you as King...Is that the story you want to stick to, sir?"
Police officer: It was then we searched the defendant's car and found a weapon. Lawyer: What calibre would you say it was? Police officer: By the look of it, Excalibur.
They'd have a field day with my son then. Multiple swords, daggers, axes, flails. Has a 3 blade one that you'd wear on your hand/forearm that would make Wolverine proud. Ever watch Underworld? Remember the whip? Yep, he has one of those too. Each section of that whip is a 4 sided blade. If it ever gets swung at you, you definitely won't grab it and hold on. The largest axe took 3 months to clear customs and takes 2 people to pick up the 6 foot box it came in.
Then why wear clothing on the upper body? Skin dries faster than a T-shirt.
Load More Replies...My uncle was a postie. They made him retire at 65, but he missed it so much that he started doing part time work for them, initially just as temporary work at Christmas in the sorting office, and then gradually more and more. He had to retire properly at 75, even though he was still capable of walking miles. At 85, he still walks at least 5 miles a day, mostly in shorts. Healthiest and fittest person I know, he absolutely loved his job. He's definitely weather resistant.
Yep (postie here) and in the period between "too cold for only shorts but still not -10 degree Celsius" I often add some knitted legwarmers ( you know the Bavarian short trousers with long socks? It's practically the same but this way I can take them of when I overheat)
Load More Replies...I have worn shorts every day for years, and I'm not a mail carrier. If you have nice legs, show them off.
UPS drivers in the US. They drive their vans with the doors open, too.
I've yet to see an inflatable kayak, most disappointing
Load More Replies...The cashiers were breaking the sound barrier back when they had to memorize prices, about 30+ years ago in Germany. You only had a remote chance of getting your stuff packed back in the cart with strategically placing one of the "Wednesday specials". That bought you half a second. There was a counter behind the cashiers where you could sort your mess and pack them properly into your basket, plastic bag or one of the free carton boxes from the big bin.
side note: they took the part where the groceries landed after scanning from us and the "sorting board" where we sorted into the bags.I hate the new layout of our Aldi
Load More Replies...Lidl and Aldi are german chains and we germans are known for efficiency
The local bodega has such an incredible variety of food and products it would take a week to see all items on offer. Went in for some pumpkin seeds, left with several tins of herring that I'd missed on previous excursions.
Interesting! I reckon they have the best stollen (but be careful not to buy, e.g., stollen filled with poppy seeds!). Apart from that, I only ever shop there for the Middle. (There's no Aldi near my usual haunts.)
Load More Replies...I love the fact that they’ve upped their game from the usual, “You can’t park there, mate”.
I was across the street getting a pastrami on rye at the Delhi when this accident occurred
Towels, washcloths, sheets, pillow cases, curtains, tablecloths, furniture covers, ...
Perhaps those are the clothes he wore at the weekends, as the drag act in the local gay bar.
According to WHO (2020 data): Americans drink the equivalent of 470 pints of mild beer annually. The average British drinker consumes 1,100 pints of beer in a year. The average American drinks just around 31 glasses of wine. The average British drinker consumes roughly 73 glasses of wine! The United Kingdom has the highest proportion of heavy episode drinkers at 33.4%. The United States had 24.5%.
British pints are also 20% bigger than American pints.
Load More Replies...That's actually a stereotype. Russians don't drink that much per capita, compared to the rest of Europe. They are far down the list, and it's going down. Depending on the list you look at, usually it is countries like Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, etc. are on top.
Load More Replies...Maybe if Wisconson, Minnesota and Washington state were sleeping in that day. Know several people that will down a 1.75 or two of the hard stuff every day.
They can't include the large Mormon population who doesn't drink. Or some of the Amish.
I once had an argument via e-mail with BBC News' health editor because they'd published a story that said young, British women drank an average of 216 litres of alcohol per year. That's 390 units/week. I never persuaded him that was implausible. Long story short, it was based on a report that said "216 litres of alcoholic drink per year" (which still seems alarmingly high to me). Ironically, it was a report aimed at the drinks industry, so it was celebrating the amount.
216L is about 7 pints per week, not implausible.
Load More Replies...But the people on charge are acting as if they have already had too much.
Load More Replies...I love this! I also love how many people yell 'yes I would' when the ad came on, whether true or not :)
Goats can get a little ornery, but sheep are docile. Can't say the same for this chonker. It looks like it'd knock you over for breathing the same air.
Are we just avoiding the fact that it's shaped like a sheep from MineCraft?
If your testes were that big, you'd be permanently angry too....
Load More Replies...Actually they overheat if you dont, and one unsheared sheep survived a wolf attack because he was too fluffy.
Load More Replies...Yeah, apart from the fact that those are mostly metal drain covers and covered with sand so the horses don't have a problem slipping on them. Quote, " Sand was used to cover drains and inspection covers on the ceremonial coronation route for safe passage of horses, not cover potholes." But that rather ruins your narrative doesn't it?
It really doesn't. How much money was spent on covering manhole covers etc? And it's still a golden carriage for some bloke to ride around in a country where we can't afford for schools or hospitals to fix their roofs or pay their staff.
Load More Replies...The royal family are parasites. Not sure why the UK continues that farce while the rest of the country struggles.
The king was probably wearing a crown that if sold, would have provided enough money to fill many, many potholes. But we must pay our taxes to keep the monarchy in the style to which they have become accustomed.......makes me sick.
Jan, the coach pictured is the Diamond Jubilee State Coach, completed in 2010 by Australian coachbuilder W. J. Frecklington. The Gold State Coach is the one you're thinking of: completed in 1762 and it's always been incredibly uncomfortable to ride in. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Jubilee_State_Coach and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_State_Coach
Load More Replies...Untrue. The bill to the taxpayer is estimated at £72 million. Thats less than £1 per person.
Load More Replies...1/2 Riley Quinn: actually, our Royalty is quite cheap and basically pays for itself - admittedly with the proceeds of stolen property (the Crown Estate). They have no real power. What would you prefer? That we have a system whereby we elect a crook as head of state who uses corrupt methods to fill his owns boots as quickly as possible? (up until recently, I'd've suggested that's how it worked in various corrupt regimes in Africa and South America. Now? One has to add the USA to the list... 😬)
Load More Replies...I went to the town of Penguin in Tasmania last year and all their bins are shaped liked penguins :)
I expected as much, to be honest. Saddos piling on as usual. Fvck em.
Load More Replies...Younger than Black Adder. I'm of the opinion "Mr Bean" peaked in Black Adder II: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackadder_II
Load More Replies...Decades ago, I used to sell videos of Fawlty Towers. Customers refused to believe there were only 12 episodes!
Load More Replies...What colour was Mr Bean's mini in the first episode?
Given its the "homelessness is a lifestyle choice" (*) Tories, the grimmest interpretation would be the correct one. * - Suella Braverman
“Wow, you washed this month? That’s more than we could have asked for"
Load More Replies...Unemployed people are lining up for this job. Just kidding. Lazy people don't stand in long lines, they stay home.
This is the 'i know I recognise that person but can't for the life of me remember why/where from/their name' greeting.
It's Courtney and Shane from Smosh, on YouTube.
Load More Replies...That's the smile I give to any stranger, doesn't have to be an old person.
I’ve got a better one than that! I do overnight at a BP garage and one of the police officers that often drop in told me he got ID’d for a Monster when He Was In Uniform! Someone genuinely thought that he could have been under 16. Considering training in the UK takes at least two years he’d have had to start when he was 13! For any confused non-Brits you have to be 16 to buy energy drinks in the UK because of the health implications.
I expect they saw the uniform, remembered the old joke about policemen looking younger, and decided to tease him a bit.
Load More Replies...There is no legal age for the purchase of energy drinks in the UK, although some retailers have an internal rule for a minimum of 16 years.
Absolutely 100% untrue. I know because I work in a BP garage and had to do the training for all the different age limits. There’s loads most people don’t know about. However to buy energy drinks one really does have to be 16.
Load More Replies...Gamer stayed up all night mainlining ted bullz
Load More Replies...I don't understand why you have to be ≥18 to buy non-alcoholic beer. Are They worried it'll be a "gateway" to the real thing?
For the uninitiated, a roll of wallpaper could be mistaken for wrapping paper. Should've just used newspaper.
€ (The Euro) is neither British or used in the UN - United Kingdom.
Conversely, I've got a couple of sheets of Moomins wrapping paper on the wall as posters.
I don't believe this. The Sellotape never sticks on wrapping paper and it unwraps itself. (I'm assuming Ireland due to the use of euros not pounds)
Comedian Rich Hall Live at the Apollo. When Brits snap! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYb80zUs6_g
Not sure what that costs in US dollars, but I’m sure I’d go for it it in an instant. This assumes that I’m not getting American beer.
Nah, he'll find someone right before the bar closes
Load More Replies...He thought it was a euphemism, so shut your bricklaying mouths, you bricklaying bricklayers!
I am pretty sure they a great relationship and this is a joke. He is talking about having to eat three chocolate bars
This is absolutely done with the kind of love and familiarity that allows such banter to be received as an indication of how close the two are. We’re quite prone to this too
Load More Replies...Not true, I'm American and I got the joke. It helps that Mr. Sbow is Mancunian, I'm clinically underweight and he often says my clothes make my rear look fat, a compliment to me but an insult to other American women.
Load More Replies...I was raised by relocated Canadians who were raised by English and Scottish, and can confirm this is loving. My sister and I routinely call each other, "You stupid cow!" Haha
Nothing to do with a lack of education, the Scottish often write phonetically as a lot of their words are pronounced very different to the original spelling.
Load More Replies...*confers with other dads* Yep - The council of dads approve. Peak Dad joke.
Load More Replies...You pull this c r a p with American cops, and you'll have your house surrounded.
Me too, still giggling about it 10 minutes later. And you just know that the cop laughed too cos they're Scousers
Load More Replies...We did a similar one in high school: "You've got updock in your hair"
Ugh. The leftovers from Sunday Lunch. UK version of meatloaf for the USAsians
? No, stew is definitely a meal in and of itself, made with new ingredients. Also it's really nice. This post just implies to me that this particular mum is c**p at making it.
Load More Replies...My mum used to make stew with the leftovers from Sunday lunch. She used to throw the whole chicken carcass in the pot with spuds, carrots, peas and gravy. It was horrible.
That does sound horrible! I've often used the left-over chicken & carcass to make stock for soup but that's about it.
Load More Replies...Go out and get some today, the little Co-op will be open.
Load More Replies...Hubby loves a waffle sandwich, just shots them in the toaster on max
Why your local caff will always be the best for lunch/ breakfast. No overpriced rubbish like the chains. - was charged 7£ for a toastie - bread and cheese only. ( central London- my friend at work asked if I was joining him for lunch down the Kernal . I said where? He replied with the Kernal.. the Kernal Gadaffi, the caffy! (Cafe) and had delish food like in the pic
Don't question your choice. Every now and then, I have dessert pie for supper.
MAd Dog 20 20, I thought us Americans were the only ones to go down that rabbit hole.
Well now, have you seen how much damage the Scots can do when they're had a skinful? That wee missile doesn't compare. 😉🤣
Load More Replies...I don't want my mental health tracked, you idiots. I want my mental disorders to go away.
Can you imagine where that data is being sold and how vulnerable to ‘marketing’ some people could be
Load More Replies...Slightly off topic, I've got a new toothbrush which not only times how long I've spent brushing, but it shows a little smiley face if I've done two minutes, but a sad face if I've done less. Now I have to live with the fact that I've just upset my toothbrush.
Read a book while cleaning your teeth... I find my toothbrush gets very bored with me taking too long!
Load More Replies...That's a control box for a Pelican crossing. I'd never thought what happened to them since the Pelicans had been replaced by Puffins. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelican_crossing#Decommissioning
They don't look like that anymore? Haven't lived in the UK since 1998
When I was younger and stupid, I'd roll down the window and stick my head out while I was driving. Worked better in winter.
After sitting in endless traffic jams, there's teeth marks in my steering wheel. Who am I to judge?
I'd much more prefer this. It seems like every other day I'm seeing news about another shooting.
Most likely a mental health issue with a nutrient deficit, which would make "hunting" him a bit over the top.
The world is falling apart, but what is the latest news about Taylor Swift?
I tried the same search term. Not good. Then I turned "safe search" from "moderate" to "off" and wished I could see the actual frog-faced twérp himself...
Do you know who Farage actually IS? That's like asking for s**y Trump pics.
Load More Replies...Chips are usually on the side rather than the toast, but I'll eat theat.
Despite having some farm animals, we were pretty poor and had to make do with some odd choices for supper. Beans on toast was fairly regular during lean times. Oddly, I still turn to it for comfort food all these many years later.
you heathen brown sauce on chips and with beans no less i bet you ignore the tea time alarm
Load More Replies...I am Canadian and I used to love beans on toast for breakfast. Not sure about the chips on it though.
Beans and chips on toast with extra chips. I see nothing wrong with this.
Westbourne, Bournemouth UK. I used to live round the corner from there.
At least if it's a Tesco, when you go in and give money you get something in return.
I like how old churches are used for all kinds of things here, instead being let to rot because the Church "can't afford" (WTF?) to keep them up. In Edinburgh there's one that's a hostel, one that's a theatre, an indoor market and a climbing venue. And surely many others. Also, a lot of churches open their halls for other events, the astronomical society meets in an active church for talks. ( Augustine United Church for those who are interested).
Photo booth that does "picture yourself with a celebrity", innit.
Load More Replies...As a wrench monkey I can attest theyre all overeducated donkeys. Cant do anything outside their specialty
Load More Replies...Same thing happens at the University of Wallaballoo, except that it's philosophy majors.
Maybe he has just learnt the difference and wants to show off? TBH, it's not clever at all and I don't think it should be on this list
Load More Replies...grammar is knowing the difference between than and then
Load More Replies...Ditto. First time, it went off about 4 times in 20 minutes. so at that point I switched it off.
Load More Replies...Go for it. Just practice your Fierljeppen skills. I have confidence in you, strange person.
Thank you soo much, I was hoping someone would remember Ron Obvious' attempt to jump the English channel whilst carry half a hundred weight of the sponsors bricks
Load More Replies...Tbf nowadays delivery drivers never seem to put any effort in delivering a parcel and just drop it in plain sight , this must have taken some effort from the delivery driver
It's easy to open a combination padlock. Just pull it slightly and turn the wheels till they click.
Load More Replies...That one is a 17th. Century building in Bury St. Edmonds, in Suffolk. There is an even older building housing a Greggs in the market place in Newark-upon-Trent, Nottinghamshire. The building is Tudor and dates from around 1460. Also in the market place is a pub, The Old White Hart, built at around the same time and which has been in constant use as an inn since it was built. Both are extremely beautiful buildings that have changed very little in over 560 years.
This is in my home town of Bury St Edmunds. I used to work directly opposite. But if you think this is cool, you should Google the Nutshell pub, which is just around the corner. Britain’s "smallest pub", apparently.
Well, they are known to washbasin when they hit an iceberg.
Load More Replies...In Australia, it's only a basin if it's in a bathroom, but a basin can also be called a sink like all others, and it often is, because it's quicker to say.
Looking at these comments, it appears that 'synonyms' are the last straw that will trigger us to warfare. ;-)
Sinks are large enough to fit a pot. And they are not made of porcelain. That's the difference.
persephone134: the house I grew up in had sinks - and the biggest sink in the house was in the kitchen, it was huge, and it was made out of porcelain. It got replaced by a much smaller pair of sinks made out of stainless steel - on the other side of the kitchen. Some time after that, I grew tall enough to reach. 😉
Load More Replies...The kitchen has a sink, and the bathroom has a washbasin in my American flat.
Sink was in the kitchen, basin in the bathroom. We never called it a washbasin, just referred to it as the basin. Lots of kitchen had porcelain sinks even out here in the colonies in a lot of the older houses, eventually replaced with enameled cast iron and eventually stainless steel
Yeah, only no. When I was at school, any computers which could do graphics like this were still in development...
When I was in school we had a two-meter long slide rule on the wall.
Bill Swallow: hold on a bit: two meter long slide rule? But "metre" is how it's spelt outside the US. Surely a US school would have had a 6 foot slide rule in such a position? 😉
Load More Replies...When I was at school the computers were BBC Model Bs. In secondary school the computers were Acorns.
When I was at school the computers weren't yet invented.
Load More Replies...Just remotely connected to a client's machine and was greeted by this!
The expiration date is probably from 1996, but the manager found a box in the back and figured, what the heck.
In the UK they've always been Twix since they were first launched there in 1967, and then later in the US. They were called Raider on mainland Europe at various times, apparently. I can only assume they thought the non-English speakers wouldn't get the Twin Sticks reference, but I don't really think anyone in the UK did either.
Load More Replies...I saw a dispenser or a vending machine in a park. Took me a moment to realise it's seeds for birds, for 2 PLN. The pigeons knew the sound and immediately gathered around me. One ate out of my hand. Amazing. That's the best thing they can put in a park. And the birdies ate the seeds, not like spoiled seagulls who only want bread, now.
I had the biggest b***s so I could pass at the beer store when I was 14
Load More Replies...I know you're joking but for those that really are desperate to know :-) From the article- I was going to count the number of baked beans you get in a Heinz tin, but it was taking longer than I expected so I stopped when I got to 300, which was about half. Therefore, I estimated that the amount of beans you get on a Heinz Beanz Pizza is about one sixth what you get in a tin. https://www.devonlive.com/whats-on/reviews/counted-baked-beans-heinz-beanz-7840171
Load More Replies...Wrong. Baked beans belong on everything.
Load More Replies...Owned by Reach PLC, same as Daily Mirror. So yes, they do.
Load More Replies...Thar b/c they also have co-op funerals and they don't want you going in the wrong one.....both in my local high street.
There's one near me that's nextdoor to a nursery 😂
Load More Replies...I got chased by the cook of an Indian restaurant with a machete in Stoke if that counts?
Load More Replies...According to my ex, the McD in Borehamwood used to be a brothel. You used to be a great nation
Load More Replies...I refuse to watch anything with that drink driving cùnt and his enabling pal are in. Twǎts are as morally bankrupt as Katie Price in my book any yet people love them.
It's from im a celeb , where a load of celebrities are trapped in the jungle , this is from when Amir Khan took the strawberries and cream they got as a treat and scoffed it all.
Load More Replies...School compass. Stab a bottle of fizzy pop and cause mayhem. I never had anything to do with that sort of thing, but it's easy enough to figure out.
Load More Replies...The rest of the world thinks you're the Baddies, and you lot cant see it
Load More Replies...I get down voted when I put this out there, but I love British humo(u)r. 😂
Why would you go downvoted for this? Do you really think people are that humorlessnor fishing for upvotes?
Load More Replies...I get down voted when I put this out there, but I love British humo(u)r. 😂
Why would you go downvoted for this? Do you really think people are that humorlessnor fishing for upvotes?
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