What's Britian like?
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While all of that is true, I believe the Scottish and the Irish like each other, primarily because we both hate the English. At least that's my understanding of it. As I don't know any Scots who dislike the Irish and vice verse.RaigairTheOmnipotent said:
Damn rightTrivun said:
Hey, if you team up with us (the north) and Scotland, we could take down London and the south, then from a glorious new nation of "Awesome Britain (No southerners allowed)"Furburt said:
Or maybe "Awesome Damp Islands (No southerners allowed)", since there's a bit too much baggage with "Britain"
Really!?!?!tricky_tree said:
Bad weather, bad food, everything is more expensive then everywhere else, we get somethings last (dvd's and such) and chavs are a huge problem.
As Bill Bailey said "we crave disappointment", "we're just a bunch of stoned, illiterate, wheezing, shagging, lardy bastards".
Thats why I am hoping to move to aus a.s.a.p.
It's alrite. We can drink at 18 (legally) we get money from the government to go to university. There's argos.
The history is old and stuff. London is a bit poo imo, don't really like it. People seem friendlier in the north. healthcare is free.
I do want to leave here for somewhere else when I get the chance then maybe come back and settle down after a few years abroad.
Nice countryside, we've got Dr Who and some really good music festivals and decent internet. It rarely snows (apart from right now) normally rains, we drive on the correct side of the road.
That's about it really.
The history is old and stuff. London is a bit poo imo, don't really like it. People seem friendlier in the north. healthcare is free.
I do want to leave here for somewhere else when I get the chance then maybe come back and settle down after a few years abroad.
Nice countryside, we've got Dr Who and some really good music festivals and decent internet. It rarely snows (apart from right now) normally rains, we drive on the correct side of the road.
That's about it really.
Hey it could be worse. You could have had the misfortune to be born in some shithole country in Eastern Europe, any country in Africa, south America, or a hundred and one other places where life sucks immeasurable amounts of ass in comparison to the UK. Places where they actually have important things to worry about, not petty things like getting DVD's later than our cousins across the Atlantic.omega 616 said:
Just be thankful for what we've got, that's the way I see it. It's not perfect, but where is?
They're called asides and Shakespeare used them.atomicmrpelly said:
Ha, no.
Family Guy is terrible. I can only do the specials and the first couple of series. Maybe it's because us britain's have superior comedy.
Oh. Segway!
Britain is great for comedy.
Still, one of the best? It's mediocre at best. Think of all the awesome places to live, Dubai for a start, were a 1 bedroom flat can be as much as £70 million.Wadders said:Hey it could be worse. You could have had the misfortune to be born in some shithole country in Eastern Europe, any country in Africa, south America, or a hundred and one other places where life sucks immeasurable amounts of ass in comparison to the UK. Places where they actually have important things to worry about, not petty things like getting DVD's later than our cousins across the Atlantic.omega 616 said:
Just be thankful for what we've got, that's the way I see it. It's not perfect, but where is?
The North-East isn't a scumhole! Just most of it is.No one knows said:
I know Middlesbrough and Stockton aren't great but what about all the wonderful country villages -- and Yarm!
OT: Well anyway I'd say Britain is pretty damn sweet, people in general have a good sense of humour and, in general, keep to themselves.
Yeah, there certainly are better places to live, but realistically, I dont think I can afford themomega 616 said:Still, one of the best? It's mediocre at best. Think of all the awesome places to live, Dubai for a start, were a 1 bedroom flat can be as much as £70 million.Wadders said:Hey it could be worse. You could have had the misfortune to be born in some shithole country in Eastern Europe, any country in Africa, south America, or a hundred and one other places where life sucks immeasurable amounts of ass in comparison to the UK. Places where they actually have important things to worry about, not petty things like getting DVD's later than our cousins across the Atlantic.omega 616 said:
Just be thankful for what we've got, that's the way I see it. It's not perfect, but where is?
I don't know what it's like outside of Staffordshire really, but I live in a rural town called Rugeley and it's not very British really. The weather is usually pretty dreary, but it's a valley and there's a power station near by so we don't really get the snow that everyone else is having this time of year.
Also there's a heavy Indian Muslim community here, so much that this year we weren't allowed to put up Christmas lights in the town centre.
Also there's a heavy Indian Muslim community here, so much that this year we weren't allowed to put up Christmas lights in the town centre.
I was born there!cuddly_tomato said:
But, uh, I don't live there anymore.
Britain's fine. At least my humble town is.
Pretty god damn decent; free health care, free education (for me anyway ), good music, good TV, fascinating history, excellent culture in general.
When compared to much of Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and South America I couldn't complain.
well I could, can and will because I'm British but yeah, Pretty sweet here in Ol' Blighty
), good music, good TV, fascinating history, excellent culture in general.When compared to much of Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and South America I couldn't complain.
well I could, can and will because I'm British but yeah, Pretty sweet here in Ol' Blighty
I've lived in the North and the South and like the North a lot more - people are just more friendly. When I got lost in a city in the South/Midlandsish sort of area I had to buy copies of Big Issue from the homeless guys to get directions. When I got lost in Manchester a guy with no shirt and tattoos came up to me and my partner and very kindly and polity explained where we should go.
Am in Newcastle at the moment and like the people a lot. But I guess that depends on the person - some folks are not in to striking up conversations with total strangers, I find people interesting
We are bloody good at queuing. If you go to a railway station and three windows are open to buy tickets, we tend not to form 3 queues - for speed and efficiency we make one queue and go to the next available window. Much more fair and efficient and always done without a word of organisation (my mental image of a lot of Europeans, from personal experience, is that they just do not know how to queue).
I'm not overjoyed with government/education/healthcare at the moment. But those are things that do change and as the OP is more likely to be a tourist, it shouldn't really matter to him.
I love the history of our little isle. Walking part of Hadrian's Wall or visiting a medieval castle just puts a smile on my face. I'm lucky (sort of) to be old enough to remember when you could visit Stonehenge and touch the stones.
The weather is about what you can expect if you look at where we are on a globe. As a visitor, you pays your money and you takes your choice. You aren't going to get the riviera in the UK. And the reason we talk about the weather a lot is because we get so much of it.
Yes there is a yob element. But I doubt that is unique to the UK either. Certainly there are places in the Newcastle Upon Tyne area that I would be wary of, but that most cities have their dodgy areas. Hell, when I visited San Francisco a number of years ago we handed a cabby an address of a comic book shop that my brother wanted to visit and the guy told us that it was in a part of town that we would not want to go.
Am in Newcastle at the moment and like the people a lot. But I guess that depends on the person - some folks are not in to striking up conversations with total strangers, I find people interesting
We are bloody good at queuing. If you go to a railway station and three windows are open to buy tickets, we tend not to form 3 queues - for speed and efficiency we make one queue and go to the next available window. Much more fair and efficient and always done without a word of organisation (my mental image of a lot of Europeans, from personal experience, is that they just do not know how to queue).
I'm not overjoyed with government/education/healthcare at the moment. But those are things that do change and as the OP is more likely to be a tourist, it shouldn't really matter to him.
I love the history of our little isle. Walking part of Hadrian's Wall or visiting a medieval castle just puts a smile on my face. I'm lucky (sort of) to be old enough to remember when you could visit Stonehenge and touch the stones.
The weather is about what you can expect if you look at where we are on a globe. As a visitor, you pays your money and you takes your choice. You aren't going to get the riviera in the UK. And the reason we talk about the weather a lot is because we get so much of it.
Yes there is a yob element. But I doubt that is unique to the UK either. Certainly there are places in the Newcastle Upon Tyne area that I would be wary of, but that most cities have their dodgy areas. Hell, when I visited San Francisco a number of years ago we handed a cabby an address of a comic book shop that my brother wanted to visit and the guy told us that it was in a part of town that we would not want to go.
Which is why I am moving to aus, alot nicer there and everything is cheaper than in England.Wadders said:Yeah, there certainly are better places to live, but realistically, I dont think I can afford themomega 616 said:Still, one of the best? It's mediocre at best. Think of all the awesome places to live, Dubai for a start, were a 1 bedroom flat can be as much as £70 million.Wadders said:Hey it could be worse. You could have had the misfortune to be born in some shithole country in Eastern Europe, any country in Africa, south America, or a hundred and one other places where life sucks immeasurable amounts of ass in comparison to the UK. Places where they actually have important things to worry about, not petty things like getting DVD's later than our cousins across the Atlantic.omega 616 said:
Just be thankful for what we've got, that's the way I see it. It's not perfect, but where is?
I know they have a crazy policy relating to games but I will just get my brother to buy them for me in England and post them to me.