What's the most quintessentially British thing? and why is it moaning about the weather?

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Oneeightnine@feddit.uk · 10 pts · 2y

I'd argue the need to have a cuppa immediately after finishing anything remotely tiring (shopping, driving more than 45 minutes, building a thing).

Extra points if you go 'ahhhh, right I need a cuppa' before actually making one.

frazw@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I'd say it's going on holiday to a foreign country, finding the one British themed pub owned by an ex-pat and eating there every night as you slowly turn into a lobster.

Bonus point for complaining about the locals not speaking for enough English or saying the local "ethnic" food gives you the shits.

These are just my observations as a brit abroad seeing other embarrassing brits.

LifeCoffeeGaming@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

An unfortunate one that, generally ill avoid any British tourist sites abroad. Our countrymen abroad are deeply embarrassing to often

LifeCoffeeGaming@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Also when you hear a Brit speaking slower and louder in order to be understood by someone who clearly doesn't speak English (or doesn't want to understand, fair play, understand that)

LifeCoffeeGaming@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (5 replies)

Cause it is and the weather is changeable and unpredictable far too often.

Side note, why don't my fellow Brits carry a brolly more often? I've always got one in my bag for the days that start out dry and rain later on!

retrolasered@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I hate umbrellas I just use a hood. Too many people dont have the spacial awareness to carry umbrellas im always having to dodge them at my eye level.

LifeCoffeeGaming@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

This is unfortunately true and to many men think the size of their penis is directly related to the size of their brolly. One doesn't need a golf brolly to walk down a crowded high street

Oneeightnine@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 2y

The brolly thing has caught me out more than a few times on the school run. I should definitely be carrying them with me going forward.

fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 2y

If too many people use an umbrella at once, it angers the weather god, who whips up a strong wind to turn all the brollies inside out, and blow lightweight people into the road.

JoBo@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 2y

I'm too short to hold one high enough to not take out other people's eyes. And if a tall person holds it, I'm getting all the drips off the side.

Given that my hair just does its own thing anyway, it's way more hassle than just getting a bit wet.

cloudless@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

British "cuisine".

LifeCoffeeGaming@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

How dare you! take that back we love our beige and brown foods!

doublejay1999@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

And then you go to another country, and find they have exactly the same sayings and idioms.

LifeCoffeeGaming@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Especially if the Brits have 'visited' that region before ....