Every country—every city, even—is a place unlike any other. And only those living there can usually fully grasp its charm. But that doesn’t mean others can’t appreciate it.
Well, today’s appreciation post is dedicated to Britain, and it’s brimming with funny memes about the place, as shared by the ‘Growing Up British’ Instagram account. On the list below, you will find some of their best posts, so if you’re eager to immerse yourself in British humor and familiarize yourself with the country’s charm, wait no longer and start browsing. Happy scrolling, mate!
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Soon it will be "All Americans must undergo quarantine before allowed to enter European countries". At least if we're clever and want to protect our children from polio and measles.
Stuff like this is why I hate being American. Now nobody believes we aren’t all asshles like our wannabe dictator.
I love that this advice comes from the Nap Queen. It feels legit.
Load More Replies...It's fine as long as your foot doesn't hang over the edge, thought everyone knew that...
They don't know you're there if you're under your protective, invisibility blanket.
It's an unwritten law - you have to have some kind of fabric draped over you even if your leg is hanging out the side.
This, it could be roasting but I will still need the duvet over me, I just pop a foot out the side.
Load More Replies...Demons! This person is crazy… It’s obviously a serial killer who would get you when unprotected by a duvet!
So the demons ghost through all the walls and ceiling and then are forced to retreat because...duvet?🤣🤪
Exactly. The duvet has a protective force field.
Load More Replies...In my case, I need my blankets to protect myself against attack from my rescue kitty. Apollo is sweet, but still occasionally goes into Tasmanian Devil mode.
I worked in remote areas, so remote that there were no stores and one enterprising man ran a store out of his home. He would drive to town, the nearest was 25 miles away, half of which was a dirt road, an hours drive, he would return with filled tanks of propane, cases of beer and groceries according to lists the neighbors provided. There was no medical, fire suppression, schools, mail or police they took care of themselves as best they could the nearest post office held the mail in ‘general delivery’ and they could pick up for the entire town! They did have phone service, barely!
Load More Replies...Lived in a house where the nearest shop of any description was a 20min drive away. Really annoying when you just fancied a bar of chocolate in the evening. Good for dieting though!
We no longer have that here, it was my favorite afternoon program. Yes, I'm old.
Load More Replies...Nope, actually never think about supermarkets but always think what kind of weird stuff is going or could be happening inside (too much crime podcasts)
You can plan your shop. I'm more interested in the kind of broadband, Internet access they might have.
What would be even better is going to the pub for afternoon drinks, skipping the club and being back home in bed by 10. PERFECT.
Yeah, but if you go to the nightclub you can just dance and not have to make conversation.
Hanging at the wrong night clubs. The median age at my favorite places is 40+.
I sat in a pub with my wife and our two adult sons. We had to text each other to communicate.
oh d**n, I think I would have--AND had it coming out my nose too!
In UK climate, especially in Scotland, the chocolate ones are more common.
Load More Replies...Nah, insults are the basis of British and Australian humour, especially in close relationships. Americans sometimes get very put off by it
Load More Replies...Then I was in highschool and started using it in my hair! Yeah I was "that" kid.
Load More Replies...Oh yeah. Also, put scotch tape on my arms/hands, peel it off and look at the germs.
Masses of skin cells maybe? Germs are microscopic. - a biology teacher
Load More Replies...One idiot I was at school with painted the roof of his mouth with Copydex glue so he could peel it off.
I poured it all over my geometry set tools, let it dry and peel it off.
I’ve got a 14 year old who has an iPhone AND like to peel glue off her hands.
Seems like you could've saved some money on that iPhone
Load More Replies...Aaaah the perks of being ugly and never having to make this mistake because nobody will even ask you out :-)
i'd have had to tell him something like "your loss" as i was getting my soda, then flirt with him mercilessly every time i went in there
Don't talk to me about sophistication, I've BEEN to Leeds!
Load More Replies...Because we usually visit multiple countries when we've finally saved up enough money to cross the Atlantic, that's why!
I went to America? Wow great, New York or Los Angeles? Patagonia, you t**t.
I guess it's like when they say they're from America when they mean North America or the USA, and use it interchangeably.
Not really - America is a shortening on USA, even yanks generally seem to call themselves “Americans” not “North Americans- but not Canadians” or “USAians”.
Load More Replies...I called my cousin the other day, and he said he was abroad. I asked where, and he said "Africa." I asked where in Africa, and he repeated "Africa." We are both European.
I think that most of the time that Americans go to Europe, they visit several countries while they're there.
I live in Stoke. This is still to vague. Did you go to the greggs in Stoke town or the greggs in one of the Stoke villages?
Australia for me, thank you for moving us to the opposite end from all the rubbish going on in the north everywhere. The penguins and us are quietly preparing our tariff retaliation and nobody is noticing.
(Michigan here) I actually sent a 'contact me' note to Doug Ford (Canadian Premiere) telling him "well played" on the threat to cut off the power to NY, Mich, Penn, and the rest.
Load More Replies...My parents dragged us to the US from the UK in the 90s and I'm still salty about it because I can't afford to go back. >:(
In my nearly six decades as a US-born expat, the thought that I was born in the wrong country has frequently crossed my mind but never as often as in the last ten years.
This dude in a kilt shows me on the map: "Born in Gretna, Scotland. Lucky me! Just look how close the border is."
When rude people push past me, I tend to very loudly say, 'I think the words you are looking for are excuse me!'. This happened a LOT when I was in a wheelchair. Embarrassed the hèll out of my kids, but I'm good with that. 😆
"You're welcome" is not used in New Zealand usually, and I get some weird looks when I use it.
I'm Canadian so I don't shout, but I do audibly say what you do, in a droll, sarcastic voice.
Maybe they don't consider what the OP did to be a favor or even at all welcome.
I did something similar once when my wife was clothes shopping. I popped my head out of a rail of dresses she was looking through. The young girl behind her learnt some new words that day.
Stuff a little pee almost coming out. If it wasn’t for my industrial incontinence pads I’d be a complete embarrassment every time I go out.
BP copy/pasting from Reddit, BP censored j u n k i e, Reddit did not, BP so worried about offending their American puritan Masters that they censor everything. Sigh.
That's horrendous! Did he not even think of getting some chocolate oranges too?
I was very excited to find many Cadbury easter eggs were completely gluten free, unlike the blocks which are all 'may contain traces'. I made the mistake of ignoring the label and eating the otherwise gf labelled Favourites and got sick so I won't do that again. I tried to save all the easter treats for this weekend, but didn't succeed. Will have to shop again on Saturday.
I am only imagine how much 7 lbs of Cadbury Cream Eggs would have cost in the US these days!! I remember when they used to be like $0.25 each… 🥲 30 years ago
Load More Replies...I went to Kmart looking for some new pants and came out with two sponge holders and a funny cat-shaped bowl. No explanation for this has ever been provided.
Load More Replies...I love 5 minutes walk from a B&M, one of the ones with a garden centre. Unfortunate.
Garden centres are my kryptonite. This could be bad
Load More Replies...It was during the pandemic and mass mask wearing that I discovered how much I lip read and how deaf I am when people wear masks!
Me too and I felt like I'd lost about 20% of my hearing ability.
Load More Replies...But sometimes it can make conversations a lot more amusing when you mishear stuff.
Subtitles can provide that kind of amusement too. Who knew that Gloucestershire Constabulary could come out as glossy chicken strawberry. I blame the ACC's accent.
Load More Replies...Same problem here, but in my case it's old age, not a bikini sized for a chihuahua
Always follow traffic laws and you don't have to worry. (Flashing the lights at oncoming traffic is common in Germany to warn them about a police speed trap)
Same in UK but it can also mean: put your lights on as it's night time or turn your effing beams off as you are blinding everyone.
Load More Replies...Ooh, were they nice and crispy or soggy? 'Cause soggy hash browns can just ruin a day. 😜
I wasn't prepared to encounter fundamental truths this morning.
Load More Replies...True, but no one forces you to read it. Sometimes it's just horrified fascination...
Load More Replies...I've heard people say "Primani". (Primark + Armani = Primani)
Last time I went in there I was in awe and wanted to buy up the whole store. Then the next time I went in there I realized it was like a Hudson Bay Company with Walmart prices and Walmart quality.
I bought a pair of sunglasses from TK Max in an outlet centre as they were only £20
TĶ Maxx different though, they buy in leftover stock etc that sometimes IS expensive, so you can get good bargains, but Primark is just cheap n cheerful.
Load More Replies...More like Forever 21. Mainly clothes and accessories
Load More Replies...The irony of wanting to get an early start on procrastination of all things xD
We were asked to have a sharpener with a reservoir, for that precise reason.
Im bald, all i got to worry about is whether i want to reflect all the power of the sun or go with a nice matte look.
I was told that my oily hair would get worse if I over washed it, as my scalp would then produce more oil to make up for it. As a result I wash it 2x a week, and keep it combed for tidyness.
So unfair, I swear it waits until I'm going on holiday just so it can come too.
Load More Replies...I never understand this concept of "hair wash days". I wash mine every other day. My mom washes hers every day. And we have curly, wavy hair.
Different hair types and textures have different hair care routines. .
Load More Replies...I'm so confused by people who don't wash their hair every day. If I don't, my hair gets really oily (which is super visible because I have fine, thin hair unfortunately) and my scalp itches. It feels grotty and itchy.
Worst bit is when you have to say, 'no, that is another of your children'!
Ha ha, I've been there with my Mum in the past. In fact, sometimes she confuses our names before quickly correcting herself. Always good for a laugh.
Load More Replies...I remember every single thing our kids like/don't like, even their SOs and own kids by now, but my husband either doesn"t care or doesn't remember. Or maybe he's the eternal optimist, like "maybe they like it now".
Up until my dad died at the age of 72, he never remembered that I HATE ham and he offered me a ham sandwich so many times it wasn't funny. Every time I told him that I didn't like ham and he would say, "I thought that was your sister". A few years after he died, we were swapping stories and I told that one and one of my sisters said the same thing used to happen to her because she hates ham too. I never knew I that... hahaha, he must have been so confused! lol
Came home from college on a break. My mom was cooking a beatiful pork roast. I had to remind her that I don't eat pork. 'Since when?' 'Umm It made you sick when you were pregnant with me. I'm guessing about that time.'
Yep, i hace the opposite. Mom still thinks spaghetti is my favorite. No, I was poor and it was quick.
Load More Replies...Having a bad memory is pretty common especially in older people. It's not intentional, so why does it p**s people off so much. Give those older folks a break, they can't help it. I'm sure they'd be happy to remember whether you like certain foods if they could.
Same. And I'm only in my early forties. There were some girls at school that got started, shall we say, a little early.
Load More Replies...Chose not to have kids because I didn’t want to spend my time constantly yelling at them to stop fighting like my parents did with my sister and me. So now I spend my time yelling at them to stop dog and cat to stop fighting.
probably not, if you call them an "it" a dog is not an inanimate object
So sad that English people can't even write their own language correctly anymore. It's ''sitting in bed,'' and ''as its dad,'' no apostrophe; it's not an abbreviation in this case, but the possessive case of the word ''it.'' Is it so hard to write correctly?
I don't think I'd survive a trip that long on a skateboard. Or are the prices such that five bob is actually just to the corner and back?
American here…please tell me about these chocolate digestives I keep hearing about. Whatever they are, I need some!!
Roughly, chocolate graham crackers, or something very similar.
Load More Replies...Fish Fingers and Custard. Or Jaffa Cakes. Either works. Reminds me - I need to order more Jelly Babies.
I thought right until the end it was in the coffin and was giggling... now I feel like a monster
In the future in the U.S. we’ll say, “Before Trump.” Heck, I already say that. 😢
And I could say I had it twice (because I did), so therefore I've "seen death" twice
If you were born in the USA before 2001, you lived through the longest war in US history.
I wish we had Linda McCartney food in my country. I used to eat it when on holiday in the UK, and some of their products are soooooo delicious!
I had no idea she had a product range until now. In the U.S., Morningstar and Boca are the two main vegan brands. There’s Beyond too, but I don’t care for it.
Load More Replies...You're thinking of John Lennon's second wife, Yoko Ono.
Load More Replies...Enjoy your meat sausages all ya want! I'm not touching them with a ten foot pole! They're scrap meat filled with sodium, saturated fat, and processed trash like nitrates and nitrites. I'll stick to my plant based vegan lifestyle while you're in a hospital bed with obesity, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer, and depression.
Psst...you're not doing us vegans any favors with this rhetoric.
Load More Replies...I always say to them "why're YOU crying? You don't even have a job!" Makes Mom/Dad chuckle.
Load More Replies...This one time (at band camp, of course) I saw a baby in a pushchair wake up on a beach. the look on their face was amazing.. :)
A baby can't see that far :) You have to stop and think to realise, but babies have no way to learn how to focus and track movement, until they come out.
That probably saves him from a heart attack. That is waaaay too much caffeine. This is coming from a person who used to drink a large coffee with 2 to 3 shots of espresso added.
I used to drink almost a liter of CocaCola every day. I totally lost my taste for it after a concussion and lost 20 pound in a month.
Load More Replies...Caffeine withdrawal from a dose THAT low??? This is one of those people that says he gets dizzy when you light up in your basement three houses down the street from him, isn't it?
Mate I was drinking 6/10 coffess a day at 12. Your brother is weak.
Ideally your parents should be so glad you're moving out that they let you take your pillow with you
Just wait until she realizes that moving requires packing, carrying, and then unpacking, if she’s so bothered by the thought of a $25 pillow. Lol
Well it does get cheaper if you take the narcotics OUT of the pillow.
You can avoid that by sewing your own pillowcases, it is really easy to handle and you can make much more decorative stuff out of every fabric you like.
Thrifting or Op shopping is fun, but for my bedding and things like that I'll always buy new.
Load More Replies...Works nights out were a killer, at some point I would decide we needed a spot of fizz and order three bottles of prosecco for the table...
Load More Replies...Mine is watching Children In Need or Red Nose Day, drinking wine, with a take-away, then feeling really guilty and donating a shed load of money. Good causes I know, but probably cheaper going to a top end restaurant!
This is drunken gambling, buy two now and maybe you get more drinks given to you than what you bought at before the night ends.
Drinking brings out your strong subconscious generosity- how kind!
Topless beautiful girl buying her OWN drinks? Sweetie that was a gay bar, not a hen do.
I liked anything multiplied by 9 since if you took the individual digits in the answer and added them up they were also 9 (or a multiple of 9) e.g. 14x9 = 126, 1+2+6 = 9
How the hell am I just finding out about this now
Load More Replies...Ahh, the answer to the question What is the meaning of life? according to hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.
Load More Replies...9x4=36. No idea why. How odd we all have one and can answer with almost no thought
i liked the 11x table (well at least the part up to 9) bc it was just 2 of whatever you were multiplying it by. 11 22 33 and so on, beautiful
I loved square numbers, even before I knew what they were. Except 8x8. Don't ask me to explain why, but I just didn't like 8x8...
Ah now that is a favourite of mine, especially when cutting something into small squares, because you just keep halving it
Load More Replies...Mine was 7x8=56. I always felt this was the most complicated so I had to learn this one by heart while all the others I genuinely calculated each time.
I'm absolutely this. All the others you can work out quickly by all different means, but this one you had to know.
Load More Replies...Embarrassingly whenever someone with an accent talks to me I tend to unwittingly talk back to them in that same accent.
Me too, and it's completely unintentional. Apparently it's a sign of empathy. I'm just amazed I haven't had my head punched in all these years.
Load More Replies...My therapist thinks I’m English and my distant cousin thinks I’m American. Am Australian
After I get extremely angry, survivors tell me I was talking slowly in a low voice with a slight Belfast accent. Maybe I'm channeling my grandparents.
When I talk to someone I have to stop myself from imitating their accents.
Been doing this since childhood. Am now 48 and broke out into several different accents just today.
For the same.reason milk isn't considered runny beef.
Load More Replies...Make an appointment or just neglect themselves, knowing d**n well they should exclude a malignancy
I understand that in Germany, there is an unwritten agreement that doctors don't charge fellow doctors.
Depends, if I go to a doctor just like a regular patient my health insurance will pay for everything. Apart from that we do prescribe ourselves most things like antibiotics, pain killers and so on for minor issues
Load More Replies...I think doctors self medicating is frowned upon. And posties delivering their own post is fine. It's when they take home other people's that it's an issue...
We can prescribe for ourselves and our family members without an issue, as long as the prescription is justifiable to the General Medical Council (GMC). For instance, if I have an infection and I prescribe myself antibiotics, or my mum has acid reflux and I prescribe her a PPI such as lansoprazole, that would be acceptable by the GMC regulations. However, we can’t prescribe ourselves or our family members controlled medications (such as morphine). For that, we must see another practitioner. We’re also encouraged to consult with another physician in cases of depression, as it’s better to have someone else help you manage your mental health.
Load More Replies...I used to be a postie and did indeed deliver my own mail. My depot manager was a bit pedantic and insisted I delivered it through my own door instead if just taking it home with me.
We can actually self-prescribe and prescribe for our family members, but we must be able to justify it to the GMC why and what we self-prescribed. For instance, if I prescribed myself or my mum some antibiotics for an infection, that’ll be acceptable. The exception is controlled substances (such as morphine) unless there’s a very, very good reason, otherwise another practitioner must prescribe them.
I have never seen Autogynocologist or Autoenterologist on a hospital registrar, but I admit I've never thought to look for that.
As far as I know doctors can't write prescriptions for themselves or family members (except in emergencies) for obvious reasons. Whether they can arrange for themselves to see a consultant I don't know.
Episode is called "Gridlock". S3 E3, David Tennant, My favourite DR.
Load More Replies...I wonder what effect that G-force loading would have on a developing foetus?
Yes. Also the taste. I've never had anything out of a dishwasher that didn't taste and smell weird. Might be a supersmeller/supertaster issue.
I'm really sensitive to smells, and used to really dislike the smell of things out of the dishwasher. It helps to clean the dishwasher regularly, and choose carefully which tablets you use.
Load More Replies...Might be mildew in the dishwasher. Run some specialty dishwasher cleaner through it
I don't mind it. Might be connected to the fact that one of my favourite scents is boiling water on a facewasher (which gets me confused looks when I mention it)
Oh I know what you're talking about. I actually do like the smell of clean steam.
Load More Replies...I love the smell of clean dishes when I open the dishwasher door. They're not wet though. They're warm and dry.
I don't like that smell. I don't like that it smells dry, but it's steam.
I have this habit too... my mother refers to me as "tablegoat" when I do that.
"Not drunk is he who from the floor can rise alone and still drink more."
"But drunk is he who prostrate lies, without the power to stand or rise."
Load More Replies...I was amazed when my sister said she went for a 'tactical' at her first Rover's Scout camp. I had never heard of it before, but apparently it is part of Aussie drinking culture too (mostly bogans probably).
"Ye're na drunk if you can lay down, hang onto the floor, and not fall off."
Lots of close explanations but not quite. A tactical chunder is when you're drinking rounds with your mates, typically pints of lager, and the pace is making you bloated. Rather that slow down or sit a round out (abuse will follow if you do) a tactical chunder will free up som space in your stomach to let you keep up with the group.
This is confidently incorrect. A tactical chunder is when you do shots (or any drink) and then throw them up before the alcohol gets into your bloodstream so you don't end up wasted.
Load More Replies...25yrs ago I sent an email from my school account out to every other student, staff member, and board of education member for the city of Glasgow, outing a dude who was dating a friend, but hitting on me and secretly dating 2 other girls at 2 other schools. The email system was supposed to be used for within your school only, but they hadn't blocked off the address book for every other person on the city's public school system. Thousands of people saw a huge list of his lies and antics, complete with photos. All the girls dating him got the email and dumped him, he became a laughingstock and everyone ostracized him, even his parents, he had to spend Xmas and New Years hiding at his sisters house. They blocked off email access between the schools after that.
MWAH HA HA HA. Don't be a part of the problem, be the full problem.
Load More Replies...The f*****g Tories are responsible for so many deaths, they deserve every suffering that comes their way. Do you remember "...and when a few old people die - too bad"?
What annoys me is that here in NZ, where sensible precautions were taken and many lives were saved, those that were in charge are now being villified. Sigh.
As Jimmy Carr pointed out, the survivors always think you overreacted.
Load More Replies...I hate hate HATE that fvcken c**t. I could never see how people found his buffoon act endearing.
They keep repeating the same three seasons in Australia on free to air. It's very frustrating. We do get a new season once a year if we are lucky but working out if it's actually new when advertised as such is annoying.
Load More Replies...When I was a 20-something and found out you can get 2L bottles of cider for cheap in Britain I was jealous. (I think I first heard about it on the show Waterloo Road) The only alcohol you can get fairly cheap in Australia is s**t beer because too many youngsters were binge drinking alcopops etc so they taxed them. I am old enough to have been a teen when Cruisers were still cheap enough that mum would buy them for me at the pub.
Don’t be jealous. It tastes vile. 2lt of white lighting might be £2 but it tastes like a tramps armpit
Load More Replies...US cider is unfermented apple juice. UK cider is a fermented product. This caused a lot of laughter at US soldiers expense during the war, until they caught on..
I was a cider kid in Australia, I don't think this happens in the states though. USA is really a weird country.
Many of us would’ve been terrified of the consequences of underage drinking. I was also hesitant to drink at all due to alcoholism on both sides of my family.
Actually, primary school teachers have whole rhymes and diagrams talking about it and how to remember which is which...
I don't think I've ever cheated in a quiz, but I am still annoyed about one where the question was 'what can you do to get maximum juice out of a lemon?' and I answered both rolling the lemon on the table before juicing and putting in the microwave. One of the people on my team, a first year pastry chef disagreed about the microwave and only said rolling it and the rest of the team went with his answer. Microwave was correct and I'm still pissed we lost that point.
Once I was in a team with someone who knew EVERYTHING. From highways to birds of prey, everything. Except where Prince was from. I guessed Prince didn't get the nickname Minneapolis Midget from growing up in Los Alamos, and we won by one point. My point, obviously :)
Load More Replies...My highest moment in a pub quiz was answering "what vehicle has the registration NCC 1701" and having my team mates yell at me "you CAN'T know that!"
OP should consider the possibility that she was merely the worst cheater in the competition..
If you are unitedstatian like myself, 'scruff' is apparently a dirty or untidy person when you are speaking British.
I want to know the logistics of even being able to cook this monstrosity
At least you finally educated me on what biryani is! (Quorans talk about it.)
Hahaha this is the case in the US as well. Only some farmers will actually shoot at you 😬
I grew up in Alberta where a psycho conservative libertarian farmer did exactly this. A truck of teenagers went joy riding in his field so he shot and killed one of them. Then he expected the people of the town to take his side. 30 years later and everyone in the surrounding towns refuse to do business with his family. They have to make 300 km trips to get supplies for the season. It's Alberta though, so the jury let him off because murdering kids is okay if you're a conservative
Shooting is not allowed in Europe! Anywhere, any time, for whatever reason.
In Australia, one version of the conversation is something like, "Hi, how are ya?" "I'm alright thanks, how're you?" "Yeah, I'm alright". I like to think of the British version as having begun there and as they've been around a bit longer, it's become truncated to "Alright?" (kinda answered and asked by person 1) "Alright" (replied by person 2, generally understanding that person 1 already answered, so doesn't ask again). There's quite an elegant efficiency to it.
That's like the 'knowing nod' when the idiot supervisor is walking around trying to teach people their own job.
Australians have many of these..Couple of Examples: What's goin on? Often shortened to S'goin on? (can add mate or the always affectionate C word for really good friends). Another one, You right mate? Can be used two ways, #1: Genuine concern after someone has hurt themselves, #2: Asking someone who's obviously angry about something often resulting in them telling you to F**K Off.
Called my manager with an update as I was stuck in traffic on my way in as the motorway was closed. Usually takes me 30min to get to work. After 90 mins, I was still only halfway there. She told me to stop and get a coffee. I have a great manager!
I got stuck in traffic, by the time I got near work I knew I would not be able to get a park. Drove home to work from home.
Load More Replies...In high school, you'd get detention if you were late for class too often. But you didn't get in trouble if you just didn't go to that class at all, as long as you turned in an abscence note at the school front desk. If you were 18, you were allowed to write your own abscence notes instead of your parents, because you were an adult. I guess they didn't realize this loophole because most students graduated before 18. But I abused that loophole a lot, and just wrote a note and skipped the class if I was late, because that saved me from detention.
Yup. Usually after muttering "oh well, in for a penny, in for a pound" to myself.
I'm not British but this is the first that has really stumped me. Is it just because Londoners just call it central London or...? As a Melbournian I refer to Melbourne, including inner suburbs Melbourne, and the 'town centre' the CBD. Would that confuse/irritate other people? It wouldn't worry me what others called it.
I wish I worked with other people! I just have to say that and 'what the f**k' to myself over and over.
Change it to "incorrect" - then when you get it wrong, it will remind you what it is :)
I think I did similar! After that I changed it to Iluvme for a while.
Change it to "case sensitive", cos that's IT's answer if you ask them.
Try promentalshitbackwashpsychosis - the fear of being eaten by a sandwich ... any takers?
I discovered that if a password was long enough you didn't have to bother with different characters. My last log in was iridescentguineafowlguava.
Doesn't work in my organisation. However Password@work1 does
Load More Replies...Great singer and has some fine work out there, and one of my favourites. But sadly it was a power boat at high speed not a jet ski (in a designated diving area) The Mexican justice system leaves a lot to be desired... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsty_MacColl
A butty is a sandwich. A bacon butty is a gift from heaven...
Load More Replies...I love going to supermarkets in other countries. The deli tells me what you want me to think you eat, the supermarket tells me the truth.
Every time I go to UK and go to Tesco or Asda I'm looking at EVERYTHING. I discovered newfound snacks I hadn't seen in decades in Canada.
And, if you're feeling exotic "ungarisch" that tastes like Paprika
Load More Replies...I'm from Germany and learned about vinegar crisps in the UK in the 90s and always took home as many bags as possible. Yummy! Now we have them here as well, finally.
LOL, the school where I work has two IVEP teachers (volunteers from other countries). The entire staff of the school went on a bus to an education conference in another state, and every time we made a stop, those two were buying all the junk food they possibly could, like "Ooh, American snacks!!" XD
I did that when I was in Canada and I gotta say, the ketchup chips are nice but still not top tier. I couldn't try the cool American doritos because they had gluten. I can imagine tourists being pleased with the light & tangy chips in Australia.
Agree, one fact I love to repeat about Subway is that, in France, they're not even allowed to call their rolls "bread" as they contain too much sugar.
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I didn't, I was thrilled. My mum was a teacher at my primary school. Nice lady, but the kiss of death for my social standing.
My brother went to the high school where our mother taught. He told people they weren't related and the name was jut a coincidence. He got away with it for the better part of a week.
Load More Replies...I broke down crying because I was so happy I would never have to set foot in that hellhole school again.
I didn't, I was glad to get out of there. We had a tiny class yet so much drama.
Milton Jones: I ordered a book called "How to have absolutely nothing to do with your neighbours". Unfortunately, I was out when it was delivered...
I really don't get that British system, especially as they are known for not wanting to interact with their neighbours. I hate going to the post office/private collection place if I've missed a delivery here in Australia, but it's still better than knocking on my neighbour's door.
It's been almost 20 years since I moved to Britland and I am still baffled by it.
Load More Replies...I’m quite happy to accept parcels for my neighbours. It’s the only way I meet people. Plus the guy who lives opposite me is absolutely gorgeous,
In Ireland, if you post on socials that you are abroad and the house is actually robbed, most house insurance companies won't pay out. Technically you advertised it
No, we didn't have social media back then :) It is the sort of thing she would say though. She also worried about getting gate crashers at parties we had at home, even though we were so far removed from the type of people who would crash that I doubt they would even know who we were, let alone that we were having a party.
It's still recommended now by police. Like not giving out all your personal information too.
All the celebs in LA should take this advice, at the rate they get robbed while out of town.
Oh I hope this is still the family tradition, because that's fantastic. HAHAHAHA
For Americans, s h a g can mean f*****k. I am s o t i r e d o f doing this because of BPs censors!
Load More Replies...I'm sitting here wearing a University of Southampton hoodie because I graduated from there...twenty two years ago.
I wore my grade 6 bomber jacket until it stopped fitting me, 10 years later. I wouldn't wear my year 12 one out because someone I barely knew signed it with obscenities (also I hated the colour). It's funny though, in Australia you usually see them being worn by people either just over the summer before they start uni, or non-stop for the next 5+ years.
I wore my year 10 one to an ugly jumper (sweater for the US people) party
Load More Replies...I only buy one pack at a time. And then it's empty and I regret not having more.
Yes! I'm a 57 year old and absolutely think I'm too young to be hearing some of the conversations in my office.
Hmmmm...it is grim up north. This picture suggests you can't polish a t**d but you can roll it in glitter.
Disagree with your first sentence, but stealing the second one...
Load More Replies...I know a mum and daughter who lived together and were told by numerous people that they should go on Goggle box because of how they comment on shows. The daughter didn't want to and the mother has since died, but I think they would have been well liked. I also amuse myself and my sister with my commentary, but I know that it is only funny to us. Our friends never found any of our in jokes/answers to cards against humanity prompts funny and just thought we were really weird. :)
Leap years (and the 11 day difference between the Julian and Gregorian calendars) were actually the result of the Vatican observatory seeing that the sun wasn't at the same point every year - they had a hole in the wall and where the light ray landed on a set day was no longer where it had been.
And all the seasons would be well out of sync because of the extra time we don't catch up on.
But we would 5 free, uncounted feast days every year and a feast month every century or so.
Load More Replies...Waitrose used to have a wine bottle chiller machine that you popped your bottle of wine in for a minute and it chilled it so it was ready to drink when you got home, or in the carpark…
In our supermarkets here in SA we had a chiller for white wine. A good 20 years ago. Took 2 minutes. Was probably liquid nitrogen in the tube spiral
Must have been Covid. Owen got too close and the guy shouted "isolate" (not i'm so late). Must I draw it?
The store bought ones often smell less so maybe that's the problem? Or Josh is just high...
Load More Replies...What is this Utter dingbat on about?? Of course strawberries smell 🤦🏻♀️🤣🤣 Sun warmed strawberries from the garden smell divine 🍓
I grew up British. All this? Oh dearie me. The end times are upon us.
Scouse? Geordie? Brummie? Cockney? Welsh? Scottish?
Load More Replies...I grew up British. All this? Oh dearie me. The end times are upon us.
Scouse? Geordie? Brummie? Cockney? Welsh? Scottish?
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