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The Brits have an uncanny ability to scream out their nationality without saying a single word. Some of their quirks are so quintessential that they may as well come with their own passport.
Tea cosies, egg cups, cucumber sandwiches and the most perfect, orderly queues seem to be a staple across the pond. Where else would you find a gentleman apologizing to a chair after bumping into it? Or a lady checking the weather through the window, while drinking tea with her pinky finger sticking out? They'll say "I'm not bothered," while being extremely bothered, and "interesting" when what they're really thinking is, "utterly awful."
Someone posted, "Tell me you're British without telling me you're British" and the crowd went wild - with a poker straight face, of course. From the person who admitted to forming a "queue of one" right next to the bus stop, to another who said they travel with their teabag wallet, our posh friends are proving that you can take the Brit out of Britain, but you'll never take Britain out of the Brit. Here are some of the funniest responses...
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#1
This is my evening walk
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#2
If it’s chucking it down someone will
always say “Oh but it will be good for the garden though.”
#3
I stand right next to the bus stop, even when I’m the only person there, forming a queue of one.
#4
I look at the weather through the window.
Then I check the Met Office.
Then I look at the percentage of rain forecast.
Then I rationalise it to the positive.
‘60% chance of rain, oh that means there’s 40% it won’t’
Barbecue then …
StrangeOne 46 minutes ago
It's always the lower percentage that's most accurately to come true.
#5
A perfect icebreaker at a party is commenting on how small Wagon Wheels are these days.
Ixanga Cancun 1 hour ago
Would be acceptable too to discuss wagon wheels v jammy dodgers. Less jam in the middle these days too.
#6
Nothing tests courage like trying to catch a collapsing Hobnob before it dissolves into the tea.
#7
The week before any holiday, you'll often hear me say "this time next week we'll be (add appropriate activity/place).
#8
If someone smashes a glass in a pub, the only response is “weeeeyyyyy”
#9
Whenever I’m in a station that has both the underground and overground, I hum the Wombles theme tune to myself
#12
Saying “they won't sell many ice creams going at that speed” when they see an emergency vehicle with blue lights going.
#13
i have a teabag wallet, i take it with me when traveling 😊
Ixanga Cancun 1 hour ago
I went to SE Asia last year and took PG Tips ones, just in case they only had green tea.
#14
Wandering around my garden in my dressing gown after I wake up with a mug of tea in my hand, inspecting my pot plants!!
Breadcrumb. 1 hour ago (edited)
Smoking a joint in my underwear as I water my garden in the summer. A Canadian, B.C. comparison.
#16
Morning cuppa without thinking about it then unintentionally having more tea later cause I can 😂
Rick Murray 1 minute ago
I'm on my second morning cuppa and only just starting to feel like a viable human.
#17
I slap my thighs and say “right” when getting up from a chair ready to leave
#18
If anyone says “to me” I will respond with “to you”.
#19
I answer the door to people who are promoting or selling something because I feel rude if I didn't 🤣
Rose the Cook 1 hour ago
Many years ago my children and I shared a house with a girl who would invite them in and listen to the whole sales pitch because she considered it rude not to.
#20
That's what I need a tea cosy! My washing machine is in my kitchen
Serena Myers 55 minutes ago
Ours too. There's no room for it anywhere else, and that is where the plumbing for it was installed when the house was built 50 or so years ago.
#21
‘It’s like Blackpool illuminations in this house’ to my husband when he forgets to switch the lights off in the hall and landing
#22
Whenever I see a responding police car with its blues and twos going, I can't stop myself saying "Ayup, someone's late for their lunch."
Ixanga Cancun 1 hour ago
If it's in the afternoon and an ambulance, they're just trying to get back in time for their tea.
#23
I hold the door open for people then when they say nothing...I say out loud, doing this for my own good then am I.
Ixanga Cancun 1 hour ago
You don't really, you mutter it under your breath just loud enough for them to hear.
#24
I am outraged if anyone pushes in front of me when I am at the bar or in a shop. I have categorised my biscuits into everyday, fancy and treat. There are rules about which sauces go with different meals and I have eye rolled so hard I pulled a muscle.
#25
I eat my crumpets with bovril 💪
#27
Last night when I was walking the dog I saw a cat walk into the road and lie down. I said- out loud, in a public place, to an animal- "can't park there mate"
#28
My tutting has reached peak levels after 40 plus years of practice.
#29
Taking some teabags in a suitcase with me, try to remember to carry a umbrella in my bag unless complete sun is forecast & if abroad and I wear shorts - the white legs give it away 🤣
#32
I have a spare kettle, in case of power cuts, that goes on the gas hob. Powercuts are miserable but without tea it’s a crisis
#34
I own a full tea set and a teacosy - and I don't even drink tea.
#35
As a Brit living in the Pacific Northwest US - my cupboard has at a minimum marmite, Branston, a couple of cans of Heinz and some mango chutney. I still call Gyro (US) a kebab and thirty years hear still have to mentally translate “chips” doesn’t mean I need to reach for vinegar (malt vinegar they call it here). Same I look at zucchini and think courgette, and egg plant and think aubergine.
#36
Whilst I am now also an Aussie citizen I would be easily recognised by the number of times I apologise 😂😂
#37
“Very exotic”
Brits when chefs use any kind of seasoning
#38
God save our noble king god save our gracious king god save the king
*fanfare*
SEND HIM VICTORIOUS HAPPY AND GLORIOUS
#44
See someone washing their windows and tell them "You've missed a bit"
Also to anyone washing their car "You can do mine next"
#46
I eat my tea at 6pm underneath the big light!
#49
I call a bread roll a barmcake
Ixanga Cancun 1 hour ago
If you live in Manchester you might. Most of England calls it just a roll.
#51
Stew and dumplings or steak and kidney pudding
StrangeOne 7 minutes ago
I thought it was kidney beans and steak. Not the kidney organ. I mean... people eat liver...
#52
Drinka Pinta Milka Day!
And
That’s nearly an armful. I’m not going around with an empty arm
#55
Oi mush who’s coat is this hat jacket hanging up there on floor, will it be there now in a minute like
#58
I made a full Sunday roast at 3am once 🤷🏼♀️
Is that British enough?
#59
Christmas puddings are always made on the weekend after Granny's birthday.
I am now the Granny in question
YakFactory 2 hours ago
Depends when Granny's birthday is, how long they'll have to mature before Christmas.
#60
I got into an argument with a colleague over whether dinner was lunch, tea was super and what the actual chuff counted a supper
What do you think ?
Aarya Rubio 1 hour ago
My last salary was $8750, ecom only worked 12 hours a week. My longtime neighbor yr estimated $15,000 and works about 20 hours for seven days. I can't believe how blunt he was when I looked up his information, This is what I do..... 𝐉𝐨𝐛𝐀𝐭𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝟏.𝐂𝐨𝐦
StrangeOne 3 minutes ago
They don't all have bad teeth. The British just don't care about cosmetically making teeth as straight and white as much as the USA does.
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My last salary was $8750, ecom only worked 12 hours a week. My longtime neighbor yr estimated $15,000 and works about 20 hours for seven days. I can't believe how blunt he was when I looked up his information, This is what I do..... 𝐉𝐨𝐛𝐀𝐭𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝟏.𝐂𝐨𝐦
StrangeOne 3 minutes ago
They don't all have bad teeth. The British just don't care about cosmetically making teeth as straight and white as much as the USA does.
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