October 07, 2005

Brits are exciting! Cast off the pinstripe suit, the bowler hat and throw away the tightly furled umbrella, us Brits are the "most extroverted and open to new experiences of any of the groups studied." According to a Science Magazine survey. Also proved: Swiss Germans are conscientious, Czechs are nice and Yanks are also extrovert ... but so are Canadians ....
posted by dickdotcom 18 years ago
  • Yes, we are. Now, who would like to see my bowler hat collection?
  • Must be the thrills they get from being a Nation of Shoplifters.
  • Capt. Renault: did you know the most shoplifted book in the UK is 'Feel the Fear and do it anyway'?
  • I once shoplifted a tape of 'Saucerfull of Secrets' by Pink Floyd from Woolworths. I don't regret it. Great album.
  • Australians: drubks.
  • Perth is near Morocco, now? That's great, I can at last get decent hash.
  • Oh yes, and Tim Tams are heaven.
  • Thery just look like fancy p-p-p-penguins to me.
  • Hmmm. I admit p-p-p-penguins have 'em beat for memorable ads. I can't decide which choccy biccie has the stupider name, however.
  • Tim Tam sounds like a hat to me... 'Where's me blaady tim tam, blue?' (That was in an Australian accent...)
  • *stands in corner with furrowed brow, eyes darting left & right, sipping drink quietly*
  • Awful.
  • Hey, look, so I'm no Mike Yarwood! Nobody's perfect! Wanna see my Frank Spencer?... 'Oooh Betty!' Eh? Not bad eh?
  • Nobody wants to see your 'Frank Spencer'. Now put that away.
  • It can do a whoopsie on the carpet...
  • You only have to read Fark on any thread about Britain to discover that many Americans have some very weird ideas about the British...
  • Everything I need to know about Great Britain I've learned from Monty Python.
  • Tea time, fried 'maters, Marmite, and kippers, and bowler hats. What more is there?
  • Tiny Tim, dammit! There's Tiny Tim! And hooligans! And the tendency towards buggery among public school students.
  • And chavs. They're the chavviest.
  • Show us yer butties!
  • Oh, yes, they are.
  • I'm guessing if you read any thread by Americans on Fark you'll get some very weird ideas of Americans, too. ...though I don't deny what you said, either.
  • If you read Fark you'll get some very weird ideas.
  • I didn't have to be told this. My whole life's just one crazed-dog scooter ride to the edge of oblivion. Moreover, I object to the puncturing of national stereotypes. God forbid I have to start thinking of all you bloody foreigners as people rather than as a set of caricatures.
  • I am oppressing a native RIGHT NOW.
  • Brits are dead cool. I'm saving myself for one.
  • This study has no significance, since it didn't include the Scots or the Welsh...the only interesting inhabitants of the British isles.
  • They also for got the Manx.
  • Y'know, there's a piquancy in being told by someone from Canada that one's compatriots are not interesting.
  • I ENJOY PIQUANT
  • Americans tended to consider themselves assertive and Canadians submissive, whereas the Canadians consider Americans their "Yank Fuck Toys"..
  • Bit of a cockup on the stereotyping front, wot?
  • Pip pip!
  • I say, rather! I DO say! Quite.
  • I say what about that Marmite?
  • Bleargh! Marmite is the devil's ear wax!
  • but vegemite r00lz
  • I like Marmite, Vegemite, Promite, and all types of miso. I had to ask my English wife if I was permitted to comment on this thread; she said, "I would prefer it if you spent less time on that **** computer".
  • Ah, they all say that.
  • True.
  • I wish I had a 4 star computer
  • Sony? Dell? Palm? Cube? Wood? Clay? Rock? Mock? Dirt?
  • That's "four cat's arses" rather than "four stars". Apologies for any confusion.
  • Apology accepted but not understood.
  • @@@@
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  • Apparently vegemite, marmite etc are almost pure monosodium glutamate, which might explain their addictiveness. I notice babies seem to consistently love vegemite toast sojers.
  • You sick fucks.
  • My cats adore Marmite, too Stupid cats
  • Yeah, but cats also dig earwax, so lets not put too much faith in their appreciation for flavour.
  • Wolof: does your wife know my wife?
  • It's not just wifes, ddc. 'YOU LEAVE THAT @#*&^ THING RIGHT NOW OR YOU'LL BE SORRY!' Ah, there aren't sweeter words in any language...
  • Oh, that one's a mother thing.
  • Oh, Mom was of more gentle & direct means. Unplug videogame's power cord while saying 'Dinner's ready, we're waiting for you...'
  • Oh, you're talking about video games. Yeah. We usually got a kick to the butt and an order to get to the table, NOW. And it was UPHILL BOTH WAYS.