Lighthouse Posted 13 September, 2022 Share Posted 13 September, 2022 Motorway service stations. Being able to pull in and have a p*ss for free, then choose between any four from McDonald’s, BK, Pizza Express, KFC, Road Chef, M&S, Smiths, Waitrose, Starbucks or Costa is absolute paradise compared to anything I’ve seen on the continent. Usually €0.50 in a machine which only takes loose change, not card, followed by a p*ss into a urinal which is hanging off the wall and leaking everywhere. Then onto the food court, which normally just involves a choice of 5 different stale, dried out chicken sandwiches from a vending machine in a Relay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloggy saint Posted 13 September, 2022 Share Posted 13 September, 2022 Stabbing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 13 September, 2022 Share Posted 13 September, 2022 Fancy dress at the cricket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Left Back Posted 13 September, 2022 Share Posted 13 September, 2022 Large scale sporting events, and connected Crowds to watch sport encounters, no matter how obscure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 13 September, 2022 Share Posted 13 September, 2022 Internet football forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 13 September, 2022 Share Posted 13 September, 2022 Chocolate Brazils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 13 September, 2022 Share Posted 13 September, 2022 1 hour ago, Lighthouse said: Motorway service stations. Being able to pull in and have a p*ss for free, then choose between any four from McDonald’s, BK, Pizza Express, KFC, Road Chef, M&S, Smiths, Waitrose, Starbucks or Costa is absolute paradise compared to anything I’ve seen on the continent. Usually €0.50 in a machine which only takes loose change, not card, followed by a p*ss into a urinal which is hanging off the wall and leaking everywhere. Then onto the food court, which normally just involves a choice of 5 different stale, dried out chicken sandwiches from a vending machine in a Relay. Have you been to any countries apart from Albania? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuel Posted 13 September, 2022 Share Posted 13 September, 2022 Politeness. Fried breakfasts. Fish and chips. Real ale. Royalty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 13 September, 2022 Share Posted 13 September, 2022 Wet Bank Holidays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloggy saint Posted 13 September, 2022 Share Posted 13 September, 2022 Obesity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 13 September, 2022 Share Posted 13 September, 2022 3 minutes ago, cloggy saint said: Obesity. The USA does it better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted 13 September, 2022 Share Posted 13 September, 2022 The bad guy in American films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 13 September, 2022 Share Posted 13 September, 2022 Soldiering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted 13 September, 2022 Share Posted 13 September, 2022 Queues. We're good at them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 13 September, 2022 Share Posted 13 September, 2022 Motor sport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsland Codger Posted 13 September, 2022 Share Posted 13 September, 2022 Afternoon tea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint1977 Posted 13 September, 2022 Share Posted 13 September, 2022 (edited) Cask ale, especially Porter, Milds and bitters British pubs and pub quizzes Worcestershire Sauce/Henderson’s Relish HP Sauce - when it was still made here Cream tea with scones and jam Regional accents and their variation across segments of the country with modest difference in mileage Fish and Chips Bank Holidays Queues Detective Fiction - books and TV eg Morse, Sherlock Holmes, PD James or Ruth Rendall Cornish pasties Roast Dinner Red phone boxes Lower and non league sport, with the crowds they get Roast Dinners Crisps Edited 13 September, 2022 by saint1977 HP Sauce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 13 September, 2022 Share Posted 13 September, 2022 5 hours ago, Lighthouse said: Motorway service stations. Being able to pull in and have a p*ss for free, then choose between any four from McDonald’s, BK, Pizza Express, KFC, Road Chef, M&S, Smiths, Waitrose, Starbucks or Costa is absolute paradise compared to anything I’ve seen on the continent. Usually €0.50 in a machine which only takes loose change, not card, followed by a p*ss into a urinal which is hanging off the wall and leaking everywhere. Then onto the food court, which normally just involves a choice of 5 different stale, dried out chicken sandwiches from a vending machine in a Relay. It's no surprise we can have a piss for free when they charge you £36 for a small bottle of water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 13 September, 2022 Share Posted 13 September, 2022 Festivals. The sheer volume of them we have every summer is astounding, and while some of the generic ones are a bit shit there's some incredible ones too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuel Posted 13 September, 2022 Share Posted 13 September, 2022 2 hours ago, whelk said: Soldiering I would have thought China would have the edge, with all that electronic component manufacturing they do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle04 Posted 13 September, 2022 Share Posted 13 September, 2022 Talking about the weather. Panic buying at the merest whiff of a shortage of something. Appologizing for things our ancestors did 300 years ago. Allowing burglars carte blanche to go about their business unmolested by the police. Encouraging often ruinous gambling addiction. Spending billions on motorway "improvements" that have resulted in hundreds of miles of death traps. Cheese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 13 September, 2022 Share Posted 13 September, 2022 18 minutes ago, kyle04 said: Talking about the weather. Panic buying at the merest whiff of a shortage of something. Appologizing for things our ancestors did 300 years ago. Allowing burglars carte blanche to go about their business unmolested by the police. Encouraging often ruinous gambling addiction. Spending billions on motorway "improvements" that have resulted in hundreds of miles of death traps. Cheese. Spelling words correctly and not using the zeeeeee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan The Flames Posted 13 September, 2022 Share Posted 13 September, 2022 Our continued enjoyment of news footage of someone canoeing down a flooded high street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Left Back Posted 13 September, 2022 Share Posted 13 September, 2022 Dry, sardonic humour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 13 September, 2022 Share Posted 13 September, 2022 Queues already been mentioned but the queue to walk past The Queen’s coffin is going to be the mother of all queues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 13 September, 2022 Share Posted 13 September, 2022 4 hours ago, egg said: Queues. We're good at them. Earlier journalists were queuing to to interview people queuing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 14 September, 2022 Share Posted 14 September, 2022 Binge drinking Banter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted 14 September, 2022 Share Posted 14 September, 2022 Bangers. It's hard to get decent ones here in San Diego. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 14 September, 2022 Share Posted 14 September, 2022 Ale house's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 14 September, 2022 Share Posted 14 September, 2022 (edited) Putting apostrophe's (sic) in the wrong place. Edited 14 September, 2022 by trousers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloggy saint Posted 14 September, 2022 Share Posted 14 September, 2022 Teenage pregnancies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 14 September, 2022 Share Posted 14 September, 2022 On 13/09/2022 at 14:54, cloggy saint said: Stabbing. 41 minutes ago, cloggy saint said: Teenage pregnancies. 23 hours ago, cloggy saint said: Obesity. Not sure this was what Lighthouse envisaged when starting the thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Left Back Posted 14 September, 2022 Share Posted 14 September, 2022 1 hour ago, whelk said: Not sure this was what Lighthouse envisaged when starting the thread Indeed. You don't happen to live on the Island of Portsea @cloggy saint? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 15 September, 2022 Share Posted 15 September, 2022 Stealing monuments for the British Museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 16 September, 2022 Share Posted 16 September, 2022 Putting useless people in jobs they have no right to be in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 17 September, 2022 Share Posted 17 September, 2022 5 hours ago, Turkish said: Putting useless people in jobs they have no right to be in That is literally the only reason I am employed. Don’t ruin this for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyboy Posted 17 September, 2022 Share Posted 17 September, 2022 Turning a blind eye to corruption, repeating pub rumours as facts, occupying two parking spaces with one car, training cats to shit in neighbours' gardens...the UK leads the world in many things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 17 September, 2022 Author Share Posted 17 September, 2022 1 hour ago, rallyboy said: Turning a blind eye to corruption, repeating pub rumours as facts, occupying two parking spaces with one car, training cats to shit in neighbours' gardens...the UK leads the world in many things. You're joking right?I know hating the Tories is your thing but Britain is almost certainly in the 20 least corrupt nations on Earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 17 September, 2022 Share Posted 17 September, 2022 10 hours ago, Turkish said: Putting useless people in jobs they have no right to be in The new job? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnersaint Posted 17 September, 2022 Share Posted 17 September, 2022 On 13/09/2022 at 14:43, Lighthouse said: Motorway service stations. Being able to pull in and have a p*ss for free, then choose between any four from McDonald’s, BK, Pizza Express, KFC, Road Chef, M&S, Smiths, Waitrose, Starbucks or Costa is absolute paradise compared to anything I’ve seen on the continent. Usually €0.50 in a machine which only takes loose change, not card, followed by a p*ss into a urinal which is hanging off the wall and leaking everywhere. Then onto the food court, which normally just involves a choice of 5 different stale, dried out chicken sandwiches from a vending machine in a Relay. Funny. It wasn't always the case though at least food wise it wasn't. Sanitary arrangements? They're another matter altogether. You'd hear claims of people getting decent quality 3 course lunches/dinners with wine in French service stations not so long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedArmy Posted 17 September, 2022 Share Posted 17 September, 2022 Little cakes/bites for after lunch and dinner (or afternoon tea if you’re a bit of a ponce) French fancies, Battenberg, Cherry Bakewell even a bit of Victoria sponge etc Mr Kipling is the goat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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