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As a born and bred Englishman, it pains me to say that my homeland has given the world plenty of entertainment recently, and not in a good way. I am of course talking about our abysmal performance at Euro 2016. Oh yeah, and, you know, that whole Brexit thing...
Because of this, it's nice to find something aimed at the UK that a Brit can actually smile about. And Twitter account @britishreactions is that something. It's completely stereotypical, completely ridiculous and...well...completely accurate. More tea anybody?
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Amanda Panda 9 years ago
I've done this, also because I'm a woman, I will decline the first offer, ask me again, and its on!
Ali Jarvis 9 years ago
For real? I mean it is very polite and extremely British. *offer* 'No thanks' 'Are you sure?' 'Oh, go on then, thank you' But I'm the type to offer once. If you say no it's because you don't want. I'm too polite to offer again because I don't want to seem pushy or forceful, I'll just add a 'let me know if you change your mind' for good measure. :D
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joe ciocci 9 years ago
I never make comments, but jesus that one had me laughing! unbelievably accurate
SilverSkyCloud 2 years ago
i do this with buffets too, i never want to be the first one to the table
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Bacony 7 years ago
It's better than having our memes deleted because of Article 13.
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Richard Petch 9 years ago
Only said by the DWP when they have cocked up somebodies pension, AGAIN.
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Charlie Jallans-Daly 9 years ago
Us Commonwealth countries have so much culture in common :D
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Noella Cheung 9 years ago
Having studied in the UK as an EFL student for so long, I sort of thought this is normal when you speaks in English...
Nadine Giffin 9 years ago
A proud Canadian tradition we inherited from the motherland. Rule Brittania!
Marika Stanway 9 years ago
Or someone bumps into someone else next to you in a shop, they say sorry three times before they walk away. As you were standing there watching this whole exchange, you also need to say sorry to both of them, before you all walk away and on top of it all you all share a smile :)
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Celeste Spaniel 9 years ago
Yes! I'm English, and my Dad does this a LOT, only when he's angry!
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Notchimine Mette 9 years ago
I use those a lot... Might be the British ancestry coming through...?
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Norah Morris 9 years ago
I thought this was about cereal for a second then I realized it was about tea
Sandra Van Beusekom 9 years ago
As for me, just seeing someone put milk in tea at all makes me get that look. It's disgusting. Bleh.
Sussann Sawatzki 9 years ago
Who the heck puts milk in first? Tea won't properly steep in anything less then boiling... and no i'm not a Britt
Eric Huckvale 9 years ago
I have to clarify things here - 50% of us would be horrified if someone did that. The other 50% would be horriied if they didn't
Celeste Spaniel 9 years ago
Agh! My fiancé pours the milk in while the tea bag is still in there! It really irks me! :9
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Phanic! at My Chemical Fall Out Twenty One Brides 9 years ago
Am I a British person stuck in the body of an American? Because I can relate to all of these.
Maria Isabel Katto 9 years ago
Walk in the wrong bar. Take a seat, order two beers, make small talk to the girls and exit
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Dawn Frank 9 years ago
Is nobody thinking what happened to the dog to make it look that way?!! Lol
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Maria Isabel Katto 9 years ago
Hahahahaha, not so in Mexico. Wake up, strecht until your fat hand hits neighbour, get up and rub fellow travelers with butt and belly in their faces, exit.
smash17 9 years ago
In NZ, you pick up you stuff, shuffle a bit, and hope the person gets the message. Sometimes they let you out right away. Other times they convey the message that they're not risking their lives by moving while the bus is in motion, and refuse to budge. You respond by shuffling more and more in the hopes that they realise how drastic the situation is. Eventually, they let you pass. No one would possibly say "sorry" here - that's far too direct and confrontational. (Passive aggression 101.)
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Tee Witt 4 years ago
We had better weather in Scotland over a 14 years period than I have ever had in England. You obviously do not know what you are talking about.
Load More Replies... Richard Petch 9 years ago
You are not true English if you expect sun all through the summer, our summer normally falls on a Tuesday.
MagicalUnicorn 9 years ago
so true in central europe as well. didn't saw accurate prognosis whole summer though
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gedwards1 9 years ago
the beer is implied by pint. we measure many things in pints, but if someone offers to get you a pint, it's always beer.
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Phanic! at My Chemical Fall Out Twenty One Brides 9 years ago
I've never related to something more in my life.
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gedwards1 9 years ago
but not by going to the doctor, don't want to bother him/her
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Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
From what I have been told this is a common British facial expression after tasting Americans version of tea
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Louise Linde 9 years ago
I was on a bus heading into Newcastle City Centre. Pressed the bell to get off. Then the bus suddenly stopped on the Central Motorway. Too embarrassed and polite to tell the driver I wanted the next stop, I got off anyway and even thanked him!
Holger Lockertsen 9 years ago
I could have done that too. I think I must have some British blood after reading all of these. :-D
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Lemixie Pond 9 years ago
The more I read the more I realise I am a British soul born in a different country
Eva Tóthová 9 years ago
actually, i observed, that here in UK are people crazy when it comes to crossing road. they don't bother with zebras that are just few meters away, and absolutely nobody waits for green light when the road appears empty.... sometimes even when it's full
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Phanic! at My Chemical Fall Out Twenty One Brides 9 years ago
My entire life summarized in a single tweet.
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Diana CrunChewy Watson 9 years ago
Not sure from where you hail, but in Sacramento, California, we don't care about a wave, just get the f**k out of the way.
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Carla Sampaio 9 years ago
I'm Portuguese and hate this too. Thinking better, I may be a bite British also.
Tiny Dynamine 9 years ago
In Portugal it would be like waiting for the second coming for that to happen.
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Caroline Mickle 9 years ago
Someone please get this poor man a straw, for goodness sakes. ????
Hayley Lightcap 9 years ago
Oh god his mouth looks like a really ugly cave that a monster looking for a home moped and now lives in a tree because it's so ugly
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Chris Wilman 9 years ago
hahaa! why do we do that? I can feel myself doing it just by reading it!
Ilona Vaitkevičiūtė 9 years ago
Another one - someone steps on YOUR foot and YOU say sorry, as of to say it's my fault, my foot was in your way!
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Ian Cannon 9 years ago
Plot Twist; Parcel was for next door, you accidentally cleaned the house.
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Florin Panaitescu 9 years ago
that's actually perfect, because time goes by - it's about 6:48 (and 1 second, and 7 seconds, and so on and so forth)
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I_Love_Food🍰🍨🍱🍤🐕🐈 5 years ago
oh. i just say it out loud, really happily. the reaction though!!
Dawn Frank 9 years ago
If this ever happened to me (which it has...) I would say something along the lines of "well I'm not wrong" and I would say it confidently!!
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Angela Griffiths 9 years ago
Hadn't realised till I read this that I do actually say that. And never thought about the fact everyone knows which light you mean when you say "turn the big light on, please"
Jo Hadley-King 9 years ago
Or the "top light". As in "Don't put the top light on, you'll ruin the ambiance."
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Tim Douglass 9 years ago
A friend of mine, on being informed he had cancer: "Well, that's a bummer."
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Quinn Enestvedt 9 years ago
Can anyone recommend a non-bitter tea? I REALLY want to like tea, but...
Jane Ennis 9 years ago
I drink green tea and herbal tea.......very rarely 'ordinary'. Which leads to conversations like this. _ What tea would you like? _Oh, just ordinary. _I haven't got any ordinary.
LittleLurker 9 years ago
Tbh this is me- it has to be iced or it's just icky. All other forms of tea are evil.
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Carol Taylor 9 years ago
my fav saying to cars sitting at GREEN lights is "what are you waiting for, a personal invitation..??"
Susanna Vesna 9 years ago
Oh man! Hearing this in my head in my bestfriend's voice, who is from Liverpool ! Priceless!
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Sabina JInx 9 years ago
Not in the Caribbean. We hug almost everybody XDDDDD
Load More Replies... Carol Taylor 9 years ago
because you simply cannot, for the life of you, remember their name..chuckles...
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Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
Where is this idea that all the British only drink tea come from, c.1800? Some people have no idea about British customs and people.
Rachel Hutton 9 years ago
Mate p**s off. Not everyone feels like making tea a bloody production with a pot and leaves. Teabags are totally fine, get over it.
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Tiny Dynamine 9 years ago
What? The snake? I don't get this. I presume they are 'you' and 'your best mate'.
Logan Arianne Bowe 9 years ago
The snake is supposed to be the person you dislike
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gedwards1 9 years ago
no, that's going home in last night's outfit but with your knickers balled up in your handbag
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Mike Ireland 9 years ago
growing up with British grandparents it's automatic for me. these are also hilarious, whereas for most in the U.S. they would go "Huh?" just realized i used 'whereas'! the British just doesn't leave...
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D Rolls 9 years ago
I'm American and identity with a good few of the things. (Especially tea and the milk first thing)
Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
I AM British and I do not read these with a British accent. Hate people pretending they know the accent.
Misha Pillai 9 years ago
I don't know, but most of those reactions are unmistakably convent school educated indian. :-)
Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
What utter rubbish. Do you think Indian Convents spoke English with the English to learn from?
Load More Replies... Mike Ireland 9 years ago
growing up with British grandparents it's automatic for me. these are also hilarious, whereas for most in the U.S. they would go "Huh?" just realized i used 'whereas'! the British just doesn't leave...
Load More Replies... D Rolls 9 years ago
I'm American and identity with a good few of the things. (Especially tea and the milk first thing)
Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
I AM British and I do not read these with a British accent. Hate people pretending they know the accent.
Misha Pillai 9 years ago
I don't know, but most of those reactions are unmistakably convent school educated indian. :-)
Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
What utter rubbish. Do you think Indian Convents spoke English with the English to learn from?
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