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Depending on what side of the pond you happen to live on, words like “afternoon tea,” “lift,” and “chips,” all mean something different. So it stands to reason that memes, jokes and other funny little bits of everyday life will be different as well.
The “Great London Meme” Instagram page is a wonderful repository of posts and content about the hilarious and painfully relatable parts of life in the UK. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your thoughts and experiences in the comments down below.
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Bill Swallow 2 months ago
Don't be silly. In the US, you would NOT get punched or stabbed. You'd get shot.
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Trophy Husband 2 months ago
I once had a jerk try to cut in at an intersection where that happened a lot and usually I was good at not letting it happen, but he was faster than me, so I honked. Our windows were down because it was a nice day, and he yelled to ask me why I honked. I yelled back that I had the right of way. He said so what. I said if we don't all follow the rules, none of us will get where we are going safely. I'll never forget this young punk in the tripped out ghetto car that I wouldn't have been surprised to see pull a gun on me, as he calmed down, thought about it, said "you're right," and let me back in to my spot in line...
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Tucker Cahooter 2 months ago
They are powered by the world's most mathematically solid random number generators
michael Chock 2 months ago
Washing machine minutes don't include fill time. If your water pressure is jacked, so are you.
Herringbone 2 months ago (edited)
Filling has nothing to do with the last remaining 1 minute which can sit there unchanged for several normal minutes.
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Ilan Elron 2 months ago
be fair to your appliance - they never say next to the LED display that those numbers are minutes, pounds or calories
Lee Gilliland 2 months ago
That's because "115 minutes" doesn't mean "an hour and 15 minutes", it mean "1 hour 55 minutes". The law's written funny.
Aleksandras Tvardauskas 2 months ago
Washing machine timer - the only place where AI could actually be useful. Make that machine learning learn that if it took 2 hours to wash my things last week, it will probably take 2 hours to do the same this week.
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Apatheist Account2 2 months ago
Middle-lane hogging was made illegal some years ago, and one can be given a ticket for it.
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L.V 2 months ago
And stop at the exact place where there's no way to get around them, and you need to should at them to move, because they are apparently all deaf
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KatSaidWhat 2 months ago
You could have 6 lanes and the people on screens would still a***e them.
Pferdchen 2 months ago
This reminds me of an old Heinlein short story called "The Roads Must Roll." IIRC, the transportation was a system of parallel moving walkways. The first one was slow, but you could then step on to the next one, then the next one, and then the next one... Here's the browser synopsis of the story: Heinlein's story "The Roads Must Roll" features a futuristic transportation system with moving roadways, exploring themes of technological change and social cohesion. The narrative highlights a rebellion among technicians who believe their role in maintaining this system is crucial to society.
One of the most hilarious aspects of comparing UK and American English is that you know right away you can speak the "same" language and miss half a conversation. The words, spellings, and even rhythms of speech diverged as the two cultures split apart, and what seems normal in one country sounds quaint, confused, or even funny in the other.
Vocabulary is the most obvious difference. A Brit puts petrol in a car’s bonnet while an American puts gas in the hood. If you’re in the UK, you stand in a queue, in the US, you wait in line. An American might wear pants to work, but in Britain “pants” means underwear, so trousers is the safer choice if you don’t want raised eyebrows. Holiday and vacation, lift and elevator, lorry and truck, the list of mismatched everyday words is long enough to keep travelers blundering for years.
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Michael Largey 2 months ago
You don't want a swarm of pigeons taking off with your bike, do you?
Sofia 2 months ago
I think that crows are intelligent and strong enough to do this
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Francois 2 months ago
It is also a Victoria Pendleton bike which can be brought for the price of a fish & chips washed down with a couple of pints.
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 2 months ago
They're not bad bikes, actually. I know three people who have one, and I'm fairly impressed with them for the price.
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Shelley Colleen 2 months ago
This makes sense, though. Drŭg aḍḍiction has brought back the age of the cat burglar.
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FoxThatHasFennecaphobia 2 months ago
I genuinely think that they changed the name of the poster. Yesterday I think it was something like dr fart or something
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Mike Rodrick 2 months ago
No worse than NYC. THAT'S the size of the entire apartment for $2000 mo.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 months ago
I've never seen a broom closet that can actually only hold a single broom.
2x4b523p 2 months ago (edited)
That is likely a clothes closet, mine was about that size when I lived in London. Most properties here don’t have such luxuries as separate broom closet esp. new built.
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Fraxinus excelsior 2 months ago
I do believe back in the late Victorian era where rooms were still overpriced, there used to be places that let out "sleeping" rooms where there used to be lengths of thin rope strung from side to side, patrons would then sleep dangling on these ropes, hence the phrase " they could fall asleep on a washing line"
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Spelling, too, has its quirks, many of them leftovers from Noah Webster, who in the 19th century sought to simplify and standardize American English. Colour lost its "u" and turned into color, centre to center, defence to defense, and organise borrowed the "z" of organize. The British like an additional "i" in spelling aluminium, whereas Americans keep aluminum. All of them are incorrect, they are just a product of two different histories of reform and opposition.
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Lori 2 months ago
I’ve done this, your houses are so beautiful, and there is fresh air and garden space and I just LOVE what I see. I’d be on the next flight outta here (USA) if I could afford to do so!
KatSaidWhat 2 months ago
Me on zoopla all the time despite my lease being until end of May and not being able to afford a house. Or qualifying for a mortgage. Also googling our patients' houses because I work in Chelsea.
detective miller's hat 2 months ago
I do that all the time. Check out some of the zillow listings for Mendham, NJ.
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Nea 2 months ago
As an Indian, my dea of London was from Charles Dickens, Wordsworth, Nd our own history books. When I first visited and saw Shards, I was slightly disappointed that I didnt visit the city when this ghastly building wasnt visible from almost everywhere.
Megasmacky 2 months ago
A shockingly ugly building. It looks like it was made out of scrap metal.
Foxglove🇮🇪 2 months ago
I lived in London in the 90s, but left before the biggest buildings went up - so I've never seen the Shard, the Cheesegrater or the London Eye!
Extinct Animal 2 months ago (edited)
Best views of London are from Wales or Scotland...Where you can't see the s**t hole from.
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James016 2 months ago
I think that is the Elizabeth line, if so he is way past the London travel Zones :)
Pronunciation makes more subtle but equally revealing distinctions. Americans always pronounce their "r" sounds distinctly, whereas most British accents omit or mumble them. Stress falls in varied places as well: Americans pronounce "ad-VER-tise-ment," whereas Brits tend to use "AD-ver-tis-ment." Even herb names are not exempt, in America the "h" in "herb" does not get pronounced, whereas it gets pronounced in the UK.
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Three Possums in a Coat 2 months ago
bro your mum looks like she is in real housewives and or a mafia wife. Either way she slays that fit
Jaya 2 months ago
I'd say she isn't a maffia wife, but a maffia boss herself. She looks too powerful to just be a wife, she's the one in control.
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Serena Myers 2 months ago
You kids! 50 years ago a bedsit in South Kensington was £5.00 a week!! I hate to think what it would be today.
KatSaidWhat 2 months ago
Can confirm around £1k. I work in Chelsea and can't afford to live near work.
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Uncle Panda 2 months ago
It happens every year and I think of it as a sign that fall is coming. September always shows us pairs of college students holding hands, one in flip flops, shorts, and a tank top, and the other dressed head to toe in a full length parka.
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Then there are the idioms and cultural references. An American who says they’re “mad” usually means angry, in Britain “mad” is more likely to mean eccentric or mentally off. A British “public school” is an elite private institution, which sounds like nonsense to an American ear. Slang is another minefield: chips are fries in the US, but crisps are chips in the UK, a rubber is an eraser in Britain but something very different in the States.
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Sarah 2 months ago
I like when everyone is packed in like sardines, but apologises if your hands brush against each other holding the poles
James016 2 months ago
There is contact we can accept and brushing hands is not that
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nut nibbler 2 months ago
Look at the seat where the top corner of the bag with stripes is, that looks rather much like a wet spot on that seat which is empty.
Andy Frobig 2 months ago
In this case the politeness comes from warning someone before they sit there
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Tubes are often so packed that if you sit down it can take a while to battle your way out to the doors.
Joey Marlin 2 months ago
Honestly, never saw this when I worked in London and used the tube but then if I saw an empty seat and no one who had a greater need I'D be sitting in it!
Mary Peace 2 months ago
I used to travel on the tube to work every weekday, for 15 years. Either someone has just stood up, or there's something about that woman that no-one will sit next to her.
Elaine Roberts 2 months ago
Yeah, this never happens. Someone would be trying to squeeze into the seat before the previous occupant had even fully stood up.
highwaycrossingfrog 2 months ago
Lol as if! More like you're pulling into the station and everyone is eyeing up the woman clearly gathering her bags to leave and trying to subtly position themselves at the best angle to nab that seat the second it's empty. If that seat is empty, it's not because of politeness!
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Kristiina Männiste 2 months ago
Heathrow is pure chaos anyways. The last time I was there they first announced our plane was at gate 3. Then 5 min before boarding they said - Oops its actually gate 22! How does one manage to displace a whole f plane like that?
Asmodeus Hare 2 months ago
Happened to me in the US. "Flight 123 departing at Gate B in 10 minutes" minute later "Due to issues Flight 123 departing at Gate J" 1000meter race. Get to J. "Problem corrected Flight 123 is departing in two minutes at Gate B"
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Trillian 2 months ago
I frequently travel from Germany to Ukraine by train and I have found that as soon as I make it out of Germany the rest of the journey will be smooth.
Giraffe Sitter 2 months ago
Isn’t the Elizabeth Line all new build? I’ve been through many a signal failure on older lines but that’s surprising. Maybe they built the signals to fail so everyone would feel used to it.
Joey Marlin 2 months ago
I was curious. Apparently signal failures are a recurring problem and the reasons are: "The Elizabeth Line is technically unique, as it relies on three different signaling systems to manage its outer lines, the core route, and Heathrow. For the line to function correctly, all three systems need to work simultaneously. Signal failures can happen due to a range of factors, including power cuts, short-circuits on the track, or issues with communication systems. TfL (Transport for London) has created a team specifically focused on resolving signaling issues to improve reliability. So, probably less issues on the older lines!!
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Jan Rosier 2 months ago
Same in Antwerp actually. Right next to Central Station, and surrounded by streets and squares.
Even punctuation and grammar show differences. Americans often place the period inside quotation marks, while British writers may put it outside unless it’s part of the original quotation. Collective nouns take plural verbs in the UK (“the team are winning”) but singular verbs in the US (“the team is winning”). These variations don’t usually stop understanding, but they subtly shape how writing feels.
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highwaycrossingfrog 2 months ago
That is the Barman moquette, used on Northern, Central, and Jubilee line seats, not Piccadilly
kissmychakram 2 months ago
Cat relatively rare on the tube. Foxes and pigeons more common.
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Sue Corvette 2 months ago
I remember my parents having a book called “England on $5 a day”. Guess it’s out of print now.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 months ago
My measure for how expensive a city is is how much is a pint of cheap beer. I know places that do $3 pints here which is about 2 pounds these days I think. Anyone know how much it is in London?
The charm of this is that neither is necessarily "more correct." They both draw on centuries of shared history, marked by geography, reformers, books, and popular culture. Modern media blurs the line even further now, Brits pick up Americanisms from Hollywood, and Americans pick up British slang from music and streaming shows. The result is a playful congruence in which words shift, meanings alter, and "English" once more proves it has more personas than any one speaker can possibly handle.
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highwaycrossingfrog 2 months ago
The O2 bottleneck to get into North Greenwich station/down the escalators is way worse
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Teutonic Disaster 2 months ago
Since he's American, either student loans, healthcare debt or both.
Bill Swallow 2 months ago
You left out cheap@$$ bosses who can't be arsed to pay a decent wage so they can buy a bigger yacht.
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Jan Rosier 2 months ago (edited)
Oh wow, Stella, real exotic for the British. Lager for the common people on the other side of the Channel. (joking obviously, drink what you like...)
Ol' Stevie 2 months ago
Stella is the highest selling lager in the UK. Used to be my go-to beer for a long time, but they only make the watery version now, which tastes like someone's drunk it once already...
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Fat Harry (Oi / You) 2 months ago
One bus per hour? That's not rural, that's suburban! Out here in the sticks we get about three buses per day, nothing after five, and nothing at the weekend!
RCW139 2 months ago
We have two buses a day during the week but not at 'work's times
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Lise Breakey 2 months ago
Flagstaff, AZ. One train going east that stops at 4 a.m. One train going west that stops at 11 pm.
Load More Replies... Ge Po 2 months ago
Come to rural Norway. Some connections, busses only drive around school times. And only during the week one around 19:00. Miss your buss after shopping, you will have to find a place to spend some hours, or the night.
Sue User 2 months ago
Rural Idaho. No bus, no train, no taxi. Not even Greyhound. There is a Flixbus that takes over 12 hours to get to Portland, which is 400 miles. Its not " take a vehicle" it's "which vehicle ?" The one that gets good gas mileage or the truck so you can haul big things.
Load More Replies... Nikki Flynn 2 months ago
Yeh i lived in the a**e end of Cumbria for, a while, one bus a day Mon to Fri, none on weekends. It took 2 hours to the nearest town. I currently live in suburbia, 10 minutes drive for the city centre, one bus an hour that stops at 8pm and runs 3 buses on a Sunday.
Tim Fawcett 2 months ago
Try rural Lincolnshire - "When is the next bus to Lincoln?" "Tuesday"
Joey Marlin 2 months ago
I am so very lucky in the village I live in. It's rural but between (though a fair way apart) two major towns and so we get a lot of buses that go through that take me to my nearest town as well as a bus service that serves just the village to get to our nearest town. It means I have buses every 20 minutes, all weekend and late into the evening. Another nearby village doesn't have this number of buses or on Sundays/evenings. If I end up elderly and unable to drive this would be such a great place to still be living in.
9fhtcm7swg 2 months ago
Come to Canada. No more bus service, train runs every three days and costs more than your rent.
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moggiemoo 2 months ago
I lived at Woodside Park and worked at Moorgate. One train all the way. Sadly, it was a Northern Line train. We once sat for an hour near Highgate before the train caught fire and it shuffled into the station so we could evacuate.
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T'Mar of Vulcan 2 months ago
The Central Line was horrible when I visited, I think because of the doors separating the train cars. The others are better because there's more air flow.
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Spencer's slave no longer 2 months ago
Smoky bacon crisps need to be on the list too.
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WFH Forever 2 months ago
I may order British treats on the web and have them shipped to Washington state. It's only 7500 km or so ....
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Sarah 2 months ago
It’s like they’re taken by surprise every year. So many trains this summer had no working air - con
Moving Enigma 2 months ago (edited)
But then you also don't have an underground tube/train system let alone the problems with a network started in 1863. Edited: just realised that you were probably talking about AC in general and not the tube related thread, sorry for that.
Load More Replies... Nikki Flynn 2 months ago
I spoke to an American from Texas earlier this summer, he asked how we deal with the heat. Yet I constantly see Texans telling us we know nothing about heat.
moggiemoo 2 months ago
We had family over from Brisbane the year it hit the high 30s in the midlands. She couldn't understand how it felt hotter than home.
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wobbly jelly 2 months ago
And then ask those in Hong Kong what happens when the temp drops and it does now and again in a place not designed for cold.
detective miller's hat 2 months ago
I'm originally from England, but at this point with my heat intolerance, I can barely survive in Upstate NY in summer, never mind go back to a place with no air conditioning. Even WITH air conditioning, the temps this summer put me in hospital 3 times.
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Owen 2 months ago (edited)
Here in Portsmouth, we have gangs that will raid a place and steal all the expensive meat. The shop owners can't do anything about it, because how do you stop 20 people at once when you're just... Gary.
joann fielding 2 months ago
Here in the US, many places are locking up pretty much everything, socks, laundry detergent, razors, make up, booze, etc. You need the patience of a saint, not to mention the poor workers, beleaguered on every side with angry shoppers.
Robert Millar 2 months ago
Yes, shoplifting. It is more common now for reasons stated here. And maybe because we no longer transport thieves to Australia. From a song: "Oh my Lord, don't I pray, send me again to Botany Bay."
Eggwodd 2 months ago
Why is there expensive salmon in the liquor store?? Sorry, I'm across "the pond"...
Forrest Hobbs 2 months ago
Eggwodd: that's a "Little Tesco" - a cross between a local convenience store and a full on supermarket. In a proper "Big Tesco", the alcoholic drinks are out on the shelves in the normal way. It's only in the small shops that they keep the spirits behind the counter. Here in the UK, there aren't all that many shops left that just sell alcoholic drinks. Oh dear: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tesco+Express/@51.3795847,-0.0997538,3a,75y/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sCIHM0ogKEICAgIDCmZXclAE!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2Fgps-cs-s%2FAC9h4nq81_xhLd-JRo-J3R-wKZCOPwLZb4PIt0nuamA8-UOtQZBSHvI2GWcZMn3SZ-6BQBflBzHBxfNjLRRpugCOrqPKV4zFCRke2dkX4gs4LfTU3s2Tv5ZJ4P_tqDvaoLl9p6cF9CE9HA%3Dw86-h114-k-no!7i1536!8i2048!4m7!3m6!1s0x4876072e0a3ec7e7:0x666a2d4158d9017f!8m2!3d51.3795592!4d-0.0994422!10e5!16s%2Fg%2F1q62hqfym?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDkyNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
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Auntriarch 2 months ago
High value items are shoplifted to sell on. But this must be an extremely dodgy area, it's usually just spirits and joints of meat.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 months ago
I hate winter. We always have about two or three weeks of ice that are absolute hell here.
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I never trust Google with transport information, go to the bus company site. And if it's that cold, she should be wearing a longer jacket, below your derriere is better to keep you warm, ZIP IT UP, and maybe wear gloves and a scarf......
Cthulhu Kitty 2 months ago
Fyi, you can absolutely trust it in Japan. But you also have to be prepared that they are punctual to a fault that bus will leave the curb exactly when that second hand hits the minute when it says it's supposed to leave.
Load More Replies... Apatheist Account2 2 months ago
There's a difference between it being 5 minutes away and it arriving in 5 minutes.
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Marcellus II 2 months ago
It's something to do with keeping leftover food for later, IIRC.
Load More Replies... KatSaidWhat 2 months ago
I would but Lloyds decided my savings interest rate should be 0.1%. Not even joking.
Nizumi 2 months ago
This is how I always tried to explain living in England to friends in Canada: Imagine: All the prices look the same, but there's no surprise taxes at that cash register. Rents look about the same as they do for Toronto or Vancouver, maybe closer to Hong Kong prices. But you have access to all these fantastic museums and historical places for free! Easy train/plane links to other major cities throughout Europe for about the price of a Via Rail ticket between Montreal and Toronto. Fantastic, right? Now do it all on half your Canadian salary while living with four strangers.
Sue User 2 months ago
I almost took a job in London. Until i found out rent costs were listed by the week, not the month.
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Adam Zad 2 months ago
Neither of which bear any relation to ACTUAL minutes.
Load More Replies... highwaycrossingfrog 2 months ago
If you live on the eastern end of the Central line, like I do, that's Hainault via Newbury Park every 3 minutes, but 15 minutes for an Epping train
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Chewie Baron 2 months ago
No, it’s part of Greater London, but is south of the capital.
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Joey Marlin 2 months ago
Aw. It does have 'west' in it! City of Westminster - King Charles' main London residence is Clarence House at the moment.
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nottheactualphoto 2 months ago
In New York, people would say "this city!" ...which is a complete sentence.
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Fat Harry (Oi / You) 2 months ago
The exact words that sprang to my mind, too.
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Red Wyvern Emperor 2 months ago
Same with underground where I live, but those are former coal mines. XD
Tucker Cahooter 2 months ago
As to be expected. The only place you should be barefoot is in the shower
Steve Kadner 2 months ago
The only person that has to put shoes ON to go into their friends house
Cydney Golden 2 months ago
Back in the 60s my cousins and I went on the NYC subway barefoot. Our feet were not nearly that dirty.
Susan Raskin 2 months ago
Did that in the Atlanta Underground.1970s, My feet looked the same. Took 3 days to finally get it all off.
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Ace 2 months ago
'Golden hour'? Is that the hour in the pub after Happy Hour, when the drinks are no longer half price but you've just got into your drinking stride so you don't care any more?
Joey Marlin 2 months ago
Haha! Should be. Though it's the hour after sunrise and the hour before sunset because of the type of light.
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HeavyMetalHeart 2 months ago
Bakery chain Pret A Manger has a logo with burgundy colouring and a star.
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Ace 2 months ago
For those unfamiliar with it, There are multiple "London" airports, only one of them (City airport, really small and a short runway restricts it to certain small aircraft types only) actually with London proper, the two major ones, Heathrow and Gatwick, ten to fifteen miles out of town, with (these days, but wasn't always the case) half-decent direct train services to Central London, then there are the two fake ones, Luton and Stansted, the latter of which is like 40 miles away, so from South London it's half a day's journey away.
Marcellus II 2 months ago
There's another one halfway to Harwich that calls itself london too... Southend.
Load More Replies... Uncle Panda 2 months ago
I spent my life saying, "I'll deal with that when I'm 60." Then I turned 60 and, surprise!, I found that whole pile waiting for me.
Remi (He/Him) 2 months ago
Time to say you'll deal with it when you're 120 :)
Load More Replies... KatSaidWhat 2 months ago
Me a few months ago thinking I will just walk around Gatwick duty free all night, etc. Except it closes around midnight...
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Dragons Exist 2 months ago
Exactly, the fact that less people go to war is a good thing
Load More Replies... George Costanza 2 months ago
Gender equality means men and women have equal rights to sitting down (outside of pregnancy/disability/elderly). Prove me wrong.
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WubiDubi 2 months ago
Being drunk means you don't over-think the stairs and don't fall over.
Load More Replies... Panda On My Balcony 2 months ago
Like to nominate Cockpit Steps on a rainy evening as a contender.
Apatheist Account2 2 months ago
Yes, it does take a bit of navigating, especially after a long lunch.
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Danni 2 months ago
Same, wanted to be able to say I'd done it. I barely made it. Always get off at Leicester Square now!
Load More Replies... WubiDubi 2 months ago
Ahh the sweat stained black cap, we are at 80 feet.
Load More Replies... Panda On My Balcony 2 months ago
Been there when the lifts had conked out. An ever-increasing crowd of unhappy people queueing to climb up the spiral stairs.
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Henrik Knudsen 2 months ago
This would be Gullfoss in Iceland, about an hour drive from where I live.
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Fat Harry (Oi / You) 2 months ago
Ha, that's where my Brother used to live. Well, not in Westfield, that's a shopping centre.
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Robert Trebor 2 months ago
A downtown Boston hotel is more than twice as much ($530) than a room at a Hilton near the loop in Chicago ($230)
Ace 2 months ago
Not sure what the relevance of this is, random hotel rices in random US cities.
Load More Replies... Henrik Knudsen 2 months ago (edited)
Don't know anything about living in London, but I really like going there and just walking around and taking the tube with my family. But yeah, it was expensive. About the same as in Iceland.
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Fransanchez 2 months ago
Have you seen the prices in Paris???? And the people that can afford to dinne in Paris, are not taking the train to go there.......
Lee Gilliland 2 months ago
Oh FFS Cherbourg has several nice restaurants, why bother with Paris?
Load More Replies... Apatheist Account2 2 months ago
Tim Vine: I went to the counter and asked for a ticket to Paris. He said "Eurostar?" I said, well I've been on the telly a few times but I'm no Dean Martin.
James016 2 months ago
Getting to St Pancras to get an early train to make it worthwhile is challenging enough
Auntriarch 2 months ago
And if you decide to spend the night before at the station hotel, you won't be able to get breakfast before you have to leave for the train. I mean, it's a bloody station hotel! That's it's raison d'être!
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Nikki Flynn 2 months ago
Strangely it costs less to get from London to Paris on a train than it does from Leeds to London.
KatSaidWhat 2 months ago
Mate, between the price of eurostar these days and the prices in Paris since forever, you wouldn't.
Jan Rosier 2 months ago
Eurostar passes through Antwerp Central Station (Rotterdam - Antwerp - Paris and vv) This High Speed Line is never on time... arriving Antwerp with a delay between 15 and 30 minutes. As a result, all other trains using (even partially) the same tracks have to wait. My daily commute regularly has a delay of 5 - 10 - 15 minutes, just standing still somewhere to let the high speed train catch up on the delay. The irony...
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Martha Winwood 2 months ago
I have done this, it was utter hell. I had a little network of back streets that I could managed most of the way to the tube, but then the tube would often be shut down due to overcrowding and you'd have to queue for hours to get in.
Forrest Hobbs 2 months ago
Martha Winwood: er, but if you're at Oxford Circus, why wait for hours? Why not just walk a few stations along the line - everything's pretty close together in that part of town.
Load More Replies... Nosirrow 2 months ago
Gosh, I hate excessive Christmas decorations. There are people who don't celebrate it.
moggiemoo 2 months ago
Yeah. A Christian celebration in a Christian country. Aren't we the racists.
Load More Replies... KatSaidWhat 2 months ago
Oxford street is going to be pedestrianised. Which I actually think will make it even worse.
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Fat Harry (Oi / You) 2 months ago
We used to theorise that Bencraft in Southampton didn't exist. There were buses with it as the destination, but no one was ever on them, and no one knew anyone who lived there. We were convinced it was a mythical realm.
Richard Pennington 2 months ago
Fun Fact: Margaret Thatcher was for many years the MP for Finchley.
Harlsen Chesterton 2 months ago
There's a boardgame shop 7 mins walk from Finchley Central station. One of the best in London.
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michael Chock 2 months ago
Your going to get swamped with replies. You should have them identify the Tupperware before you give them the address.
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Joey Marlin 2 months ago (edited)
I follow Bladeofthesun and to contextualise their comment it's to do with all this rubbish being spouted by utter feckkwits about London having 'terribly dangerous no-go' areas. Their point is that the only real no-go areas are to do with high prices.
UKGrandad 2 months ago
But the downside is that you'll be in northern Virginia 😉
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Jan Rosier 2 months ago
Ever since Morrissey cancelled a show in Belgium on a festival where one of the culinary specialties is a kind of meat preparation (for which the town is famous) just because they did not want to cancel the selling of such meat specialty... well, let's say that cünt has lost all credibility for anything he does or says.
Owen 2 months ago
Morrisey is a p***k. Makes some great music. But he himself is a massive t**d.
Forrest Hobbs 2 months ago
Johnny Marr and the other two lads made the music. Stephen Patrick just moaned along to the tunes.
Load More Replies... Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 months ago
Eww, Morrissey! He canceled his whole West Coast tour and I can speak for most Goths here when I say "Meh, don't care.".
Ace 2 months ago (edited)
Morrisey? Goth? Naah mate, I don't think so. Why you would use those two words in the same sentence I do not know. Although I suppose some Goth/Emo stuff leans a bit towards the wrist-slitting side of things but none of it is close to being as suiccide-inducing as the Smiths.
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Grumpy old man 2 months ago
Solitary Confinement by the Members. Look it up on ye olde yewtoob
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Tucker Cahooter 2 months ago
Why the obsession in this thread with Westfield Stratford? Isn't it just a shopping centre?
Sarah 2 months ago (edited)
They are two separate shopping centres on opposite areas of London, Stratford and Shepherd’s Bush
Load More Replies... Steve Kadner 2 months ago
They say Westfield Statford is the better experience now since they've had to trim the size of Westfield Shepherd's Bush
Cougar Allen 2 months ago
I don't know whether to take that literally....
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Maggz Bennett 2 months ago
But you have to spend more than £214 on health insurance for when you get shot.
WubiDubi 2 months ago
You are fine in the UK unless they damage your teeth pistol whipping you.
Load More Replies... Steve Kadner 2 months ago
Have you spent time in prison? Awfully worried about getting shanked
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Teutonic Disaster 2 months ago
All I'd want is get away from the hot pavement and concrete! Aren't the Brits like only an hour or 2 tops away from the beach no matter where they are? WTF?
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Jan Rosier 2 months ago (edited)
again, Pret... what is that? In Dutch, it's a synonym for 'fun', but I suppose that's not what it means.
Starbug 2 months ago
Pret a Manger, it's a sandwich and light meals chain
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wobbly jelly 2 months ago
it does work the other way many years ago in Malta with a baby in push chair - mum was off somewhere - queued for a bus, bus arrives - swarmed by old ladies in black took baby, push chair moved people so I sat at front and even think someone paid my fare! - A man, alone, with a baby was an unusual site where we were - when mum did it on her own was a bun fight!
Load More Replies... KatSaidWhat 2 months ago
Or trying to get off during delays. Have actually said "let me off the f*****g train" REALLY LOUDLY. It was like Moses parting the red sea. 😆
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Panda On My Balcony 2 months ago
How would you not notice when you started seeing fields of sheep and cows out of the train window?
Nikki Flynn 2 months ago
And trying to tell amweins it doesn't actually say that is hilarious
Load More Replies... WubiDubi 2 months ago (edited)
From the country who couldn't handle the vowel rich word aluminium.
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UKGrandad 2 months ago
Hugo has no idea what the English language is if he's confused by 'start over instead'.
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Lost Panda 2 months ago
The fact that the one line about Texas is backwards from the rest of the format bothers me more than it should...
Michael Largey 2 months ago
Everything about Texas is backwards. (The English language lacks a word to fully characterize Florida.)
Load More Replies... Marcellus II 2 months ago
The idea that anything of any relevance nationwide would ever happen in Exeter UK is just preposterous.
Bill Swallow 2 months ago
Don't you *DARE* insult Yorkshire like that! The ghost of Compo Simmonite will haunt you (and ask you for a f@g).
Nikki Flynn 2 months ago
Please don't equate Tykes to Texans.... There are absolutely no similarities.
Forrest Hobbs 2 months ago
Nikki Flynn: quite right. I've visited Texas and it's nearly impossible to get a proper cup of tea out there. Electric kettles? They don't seem to have heard of them. Also, in August most of Texas looks like a desert although the locals are adamant that it's good farmland, apparently. And that's before you get on to the nature of the people - although it's not true that Texans dissolve if you leave them out in the rain. 😁
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Forrest Hobbs 2 months ago
Hmm. I'd put Norfolk down as the UK's version of Florida. Ever met the mythical medical term "normal for Norfolk"? 😉
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Martha Winwood 2 months ago
Clapham Junction is in Battersea, not Clapham. It was called Clapham Junction to sound fancier, as Clapham was more salubrious when it was built.
KatSaidWhat 2 months ago
Well, one of those is not underground, for a start. And Clapham is pretty big.
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Isabel Galvez 2 months ago (edited)
I used to live in London and I left hating it. After fifteen years I went back for a holiday. I had forgotten how great it is if you're on holiday.
KatSaidWhat 2 months ago
This is a common mistake - visit London, I LOVE IT!!! so you move here. And then realise your mistake.
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Joey Marlin 2 months ago
Loved commuting to London for work (hour by train) and going for theatre etc but never really wanted to live in it. Near it suits me.
Michael Largey 2 months ago
"When you are tired of London, you are tired of life." - Samuel Johnson
Ace 2 months ago
The quote continues "for there is in London all that life can afford" which with the slightly changed meaning of 'afford' is surprisingly apt today.
Load More Replies... Nikki Flynn 2 months ago
I was born in London, my mum left and moved to Leeds... I used to feel torn about where I belonged. Then I spent 2 weeks in London and thank all the gods daily my mum got us the f**k out.
Isabel Galvez 2 months ago (edited)
I used to live in London and I left hating it. After fifteen years I went back for a holiday. I had forgotten how great it is if you're on holiday.
KatSaidWhat 2 months ago
This is a common mistake - visit London, I LOVE IT!!! so you move here. And then realise your mistake.
Load More Replies... Joey Marlin 2 months ago
Loved commuting to London for work (hour by train) and going for theatre etc but never really wanted to live in it. Near it suits me.
Michael Largey 2 months ago
"When you are tired of London, you are tired of life." - Samuel Johnson
Ace 2 months ago
The quote continues "for there is in London all that life can afford" which with the slightly changed meaning of 'afford' is surprisingly apt today.
Load More Replies... Nikki Flynn 2 months ago
I was born in London, my mum left and moved to Leeds... I used to feel torn about where I belonged. Then I spent 2 weeks in London and thank all the gods daily my mum got us the f**k out.
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