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32 Things British People Have To Deal With in 2014

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Old Jul 23rd 2014, 4:13 pm
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32 British People Problems We Have To Deal With In 2014. #12 Is So Accurate It Hurts.

#17 in particular cracked me up.
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I do #5 EVERY TIME.
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Definitely #5, however #7 happens to me all the time here in Canada, but not when I lived in the UK! I do recall #31 happening a lot when we last visited the UK...
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29 gets my vote
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Old Jul 23rd 2014, 5:44 pm
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Just returned from good ol' Blighty and No.25 was definitely very evident!
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#7 is a 50/50 chance usually depending what area of the country you are in.

I agree with #29 - had this today with 3 teenagers standing across the walkway space between market stores talking about when they were going for their sun bed session - what is the obsession with sun beds in the UK?
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Old Jul 23rd 2014, 7:16 pm
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Originally Posted by SchnookoLoly
#17 in particular cracked me up.
Absolutely.

In the guardian the other day they had suggestions for use of leftover carrots. One was for a carrot kofte.

It included olive oil, dried apricots, spring onions, lightly toasted pine nuts, garlic clove, dried breadcrumbs, Aleppo pepper or chilli flakes, fresh coriander, fresh parsley, dried mint, egg, salt and freshly ground black pepper, tahini, yoghurt, juice of 1 lemon, smoked paprika.... all for "leftover" carrots.
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I don't get a lot of them..
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Originally Posted by Sally Redux
I do #5 EVERY TIME.
Yeah, me too. I didn't realise it was that common.
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I've had me dinner, a glass of vino, and reread them. They make sense now except for the last one, what's that all about?
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I've had me dinner, a glass of vino, and reread them. They make sense now except for the last one, what's that all about?
Something to do with Rimmel advertising with the slogan "get the London look" and using a model with a gap between her front teeth.

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Originally Posted by Alan2005
Yeah, me too. I didn't realise it was that common.
+1 on No.5 and +1 on not realising.
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
Something to do with Rimmel advertising with the slogan "get the London look" and using a model with a gap between her front teeth.

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