sunray
02-14-2003, 06:56 PM
I found this on the net ... quite interesting!!
Only in Britain ... (or maybe not?!)
:stars ... can a pizza get to your house quicker than an ambulance
:stars ... 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.
:stars ... do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a DIET coke.
:stars ... do banks leave both doors open and chain the pens to the counters.
:stars ... do we leave cars worth thousands of pounds on the drive and put our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage.
:stars ... do we buy hot dogs in packs of ten and buns in packs of eight.
:stars ... 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.
The things we Brits get up to ...
:stars ... three Brits die each year testing if a nine volt battery works on their tongue.
:stars ... a hundred & fortytwo Brits were injured in nineteen ninetynine by not removing all pins from new shirts.
:stars ... fiftyeight Brits are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers.
:stars ... thirtyone Brits have died since nineteen ninetysix by watering their Christmas tree while the fairy lights were plugged in.
:stars ... nineteen Brits have died in the last three years believing that Christmas decorations were chocolate.
:stars ... British Hospitals reported four broken arms last year after cracker pulling accidents.
:stars ... a hundred & one people since nineteen ninetynine have had to have broken parts of plastic toys pulled out of the soles of their feet.
:stars ... eighteen Brits had serious burns in year two thousand trying on a new jumper with a lit cigarette in their mouth.
:stars ... A massive five hundred & fortythree Brits were admitted to A&E in the last two years after opening bottles of beer with their teeth.
:stars ... five Brits were injured last year in accidents involving out of control Scalextric cars.
Only in Britain ... (or maybe not?!)
:stars ... can a pizza get to your house quicker than an ambulance
:stars ... 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.
:stars ... do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a DIET coke.
:stars ... do banks leave both doors open and chain the pens to the counters.
:stars ... do we leave cars worth thousands of pounds on the drive and put our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage.
:stars ... do we buy hot dogs in packs of ten and buns in packs of eight.
:stars ... 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.
The things we Brits get up to ...
:stars ... three Brits die each year testing if a nine volt battery works on their tongue.
:stars ... a hundred & fortytwo Brits were injured in nineteen ninetynine by not removing all pins from new shirts.
:stars ... fiftyeight Brits are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers.
:stars ... thirtyone Brits have died since nineteen ninetysix by watering their Christmas tree while the fairy lights were plugged in.
:stars ... nineteen Brits have died in the last three years believing that Christmas decorations were chocolate.
:stars ... British Hospitals reported four broken arms last year after cracker pulling accidents.
:stars ... a hundred & one people since nineteen ninetynine have had to have broken parts of plastic toys pulled out of the soles of their feet.
:stars ... eighteen Brits had serious burns in year two thousand trying on a new jumper with a lit cigarette in their mouth.
:stars ... A massive five hundred & fortythree Brits were admitted to A&E in the last two years after opening bottles of beer with their teeth.
:stars ... five Brits were injured last year in accidents involving out of control Scalextric cars.