Jane and Russ Middleton

thought you guys would like this one !!

Jane
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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.
> >
> >nuff said !! lol

Nomore

Yeah thats the stuff!!! rock on tommy

Grayling

This has been on here several times..... It has been doing the rounds for years.
it often appears as American or Australian or whatever depending on which site/forum it is posted on.

G

Jane and Russ Middleton

Ah well, I haven't seen it before..... It made me laugh so I though I would share with others !!!!

Burst MY bubble why dont you ???

Jane

fraser

Pop

chels

You could say the same about most things on here!

MD09

I think that figure is seriously under quoted.

themerlin

There are tribes deep in the Amazon, untouched by western civilization that have read that before

stuckinblighty

Im proud to be English


( most of the time )