What it means to be British

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Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a
Belgian beer, then travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or
a Turkish kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch
American shows on a Japanese TV.

And the most British thing of all? - Suspicion of anything
foreign.

Oh and......
Only in Britain ... can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.
Only in Britain ... do supermarkets make sick people walk all
the way to the back of the shop to get their prescriptions while
healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.
Only in Britain ... do people order double cheeseburgers, large
fries and a DIET coke.

Only in Britain ... do banks leave both doors open and chain
the pens to the counters.

Only in Britain .... do we leave cars worth thousands of pounds
on the drive and lock our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage.
Only in Britain ... do we use answering machines to screen calls and then
have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we
didn't want to talk to in the first place.

Only in Britain ... are there disabled parking places in front of a
skating rink.

NOT TO MENTION...

3 Brits die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue.
142 Brits were injured in 1999 by not removing all pins from new shirts.
58 Brits are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers.
31 Brits have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the fairy lights were plugged in.
19 Brits have died in the last 3 years believing that Christmas decorations were chocolate.
British Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after cracker pulling accidents.
101 people since 1999 have had broken parts of plastic toys pulled out of the soles of their feet.
18 Brits had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit cigarette in their mouth.
A massive 543 Brits were admitted to A&E in the last two years after opening bottles of beer with their teeth.
5 Brits were injured last year in accidents involving out of control Scalextric cars.

and finally.........

In 2000 eight Brits cracked their skull whilst throwing up into the toilet.
 

Dreamor

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Thorwyn[B&Q] said:
urm... how the f*ck can you die from that?! O_O

Have seen it happen, a guy who used to sit next to me at work did that... he lived but was in some pain :twak:
 

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Odd how we take our slag for granted but outsiders must think wtf?

"Going for a jimmy back in 2 ticks"

"wtf mate?"
 

Dandare

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Only in Britain can you pay over £100 a week to the goverment for the last 10 years and recieve just £10.50 a week for the care of my stepson :(
Which is why at some point this year when my car is sold we will all be sat on a spanish beach laughing at how Tony is shafting the country :)
 

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leviathane said:
idd.

But tbh this is what it rly means to be British, (stolen from LoE boards xD)
clicky

Rofl, I am not sure if I should be proud or ashamed :D
 

cHodAX

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Dandare said:
Only in Britain can you pay over £100 a week to the goverment for the last 10 years and recieve just £10.50 a week for the care of my stepson :(
Which is why at some point this year when my car is sold we will all be sat on a spanish beach laughing at how Tony is shafting the country :)

Yep, I paid a boatload of tax over the last 13 years or so and yet I can't even get a to see an NHS dentist but if I was an asylum seeker they would be legally obliged to treatment.
 

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cHodAX said:
Yep, I paid a boatload of tax over the last 13 years or so and yet I can't even get a to see an NHS dentist but if I was an asylum seeker they would be legally obliged to treatment.

So The Sun would have you believe!
 

Dandare

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Gamah said:
So The Sun would have you believe!
Fuck all to do with The Sun's quotes mate, try living in Yorkshire and you'll realise all the old NHS densists have gone private to make more money.
Luckily I'm in one but g/f can't find one to accept for love nor money :(

On a side note and off topic Gamah are you attending the Global Gathering?
 

cHodAX

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Gamah said:
So The Sun would have you believe!

No, my cousin works in a dentist and she has to turn people away on a daily basis but immigration ring up and they are forced to take people onto the books because the asylum laws state that they must be given full medical services while they wait for the asylum application to be decided. Sadly there is no such law that states British citizens must be given access to full medical services, it only states that services should be provided when possible.
 

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which is aload of ballacks ! oh well thats life..
 

Dandare

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Haggus said:
which is aload of ballacks ! oh well thats life..
Whats a load of ballacks?
What a good contribution to a discussion with no real meaning what-so-ever :)
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Did'nt mean that in a nasty way mate just not sure what you mean :)
 

Haggus

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nah thats fine mate.

I'm on about ze politics and stuff, what with aslyems getting more medical care than actually british people. I totally disagree with this. Born and Bred comes first imo - Theres loads of bollocks they get if they come over here. Free education, jobs, medical care. I think we should shut england untill we sort it out.

Instead of giving there country money, we are getting away with not doing it by letting them into the country. Its ballacks.

Understnad ?
 

Yeke

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The dentist thing is wank I lost a filling about 18 months ago and tried to get into a dentist I'm still waiting now just minus about half a tooth apparently the emergency dentist wont treat me as "You are not in enough pain".

but hey asylum seekers have a legal right to dental care..... :england:
 

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dentists have to make a living aswell you know, they make fck all money from NHS, hence why more and more are becoming private/denplan. But thats more thanks to the government all this nhs shit.
 

cHodAX

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leviathane said:
dentists have to make a living aswell you know, they make fck all money from NHS, hence why more and more are becoming private/denplan. But thats more thanks to the government all this nhs shit.

Bollocks, your average NHS dentist now earns over £80,000 year with the new pay structure introduced a couple of years ago. They make boatloads of cash from the NHS and it is guaranteed money, ok they have to see alot of patients and rush jobs to meet targets but they don't work any harder than the bloke down the local bacon factory doing night shifts and they get 5 times more money. That's before you even take private work into account. Don't ask me to have pity on dentists, they are just like consultant surgeons, making money hand over fist by playing both sides off against the middle.
 

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