Kavey

I had to share this with you all… <BR>/&lt;avey <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR>Only in Britain... can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance... <BR> <BR>Only in Britain... do supermarkets make the sick people walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front. <BR> <BR>Only in Britain... do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a DIET coke. <BR> <BR>Only in Britain... do banks leave both doors open and chain the pens to the counters. <BR> <BR>Only in Britain... are there disabled parking places in front of a skating rink. <BR> <BR>Only in Britain... do we leave cars worth thousands of pounds on the drive and put our junk in the garage. <BR> <BR>Only in Britain... do we buy hot dogs in packs of ten and buns in packs of eight. <BR> <BR>Only in Britain... do we use the word "politics" to describe the process of government; "Poli" in Latin meaning "many" and "tics" meaning "bloodsucking creatures." <BR>

Eric

Dont be so elitist - we have many of those good things in the States, too!

lisa

I find it very funny that these things are true in Britain too. The same exact e-mail made the rounds here in the U.S. a couple of years ago, only it was "Only in America..." So I guess it's not "only" in either one!

Kavey

Eric, Lisa <BR> <BR>I am not sure if that is reassuring (that it's the same world over) or worrying (that it's the same world over)!!! <BR> <BR>/&lt;avey

Dawn

Kavey, this describes the United States to a tee, cute thread!

silly

I. In Britain you don't get your prescription from a supermarket. <BR>2. In Britain there are shops not stores. <BR>3. In Britain, people order chips not fries. <BR> <BR>Silly thread.

If you are

I get my prescriptions at Tesco

toosill

I'd hardly call Harrods,Peter Jones, Marks & Spencer, some of the hugh waitrose or Tesco's -a "shop". <BR>And Mcdonalds do still call them fries on their menu boards in UK

Will

<BR>So do Burger King. <BR> <BR>And Kettle call their crisps 'chips'. <BR> <BR>And only in Britain do you have to: <BR> <BR>- wait in a post office queue while people collect their pension cheques <BR> <BR>- use an extension lead to dry your hair in the bathroom <BR> <BR>- ask for 'lager' if you want a cold beer <BR> <BR>- wait for your bank to open before you can use their ATM machine, located _inside_ the bank <BR> <BR>- wonder whether there really _is_ a speed camera where the sign says there's one <BR> <BR>- wonder how a 60-year-old, unarmed policeman on a 30-year-old bicycle can protect you from a gang of armed thugs on a motorbike. <BR>

HeHeHe

Will, the only place you'll find a sixty year old policeman on a bicycle is in a british movie of approximately 1930s vintage. The only place you'll find a "gang" on a motorbike is in Goa -elsewhere they usually hold just two.

Will

<BR>Rubbish! We have both in this country.

Me

Give credit where it's due kavey. <BR> <BR>I saw this some months ago in the Sunday Times, only then it was all <BR>"only in America can you ......"

Kavey

To those who have pointed out that this probably originated in the US, I think you are probably right... <BR> <BR>But there is a lot of common ground there... <BR> <BR>By the way, we can also get prescriptions in the supermarket, shops are sometimes referred to as stores, though it is an americanism, and chips are often called fries due to influence of TV and American fast food chains... <BR> <BR>The one I liked best was the first one... about the pizza v the ambulance, but only because I live in London where concerns about the time ambulances take to reach you are so scarey that if you dont laugh about them you would have to cry... <BR> <BR>Only in Britain can we form a queue of one. <BR> <BR>How's that? <BR> <BR>(Stealing from a quote I posted on the site some time ago)

Ann

Only in Britain will you see a woman wearing two cardigans.

Miky

I beg your pardon ladies and gents; the same applies to Canada! So there, you're not so unique after all, eh?! ( I'm referring to OP)