You know you're in England when....

[Mobile Chicane]

You're enjoying the warmth from the wood-burning stove.

In July.

[m3jappa]

They all laugh at Essex but its still warm here

[ipwn]

Naa, you know when you're in England when people go crazy in their cars over the smallest things


Drove in Morocco for a week or so, horning and flashing lights for warnings etc are the norm here.

Flash a car hogging lance 3 at 2am, moves across and puts his foot down :/

Why has the horn and flashing lights become such an insult, I swear it would be less insulting to piss on the lane hoggers children than to flash full beam at the lane hogger..

Edited by ipwn on Monday 6th July 20:36

[DrTre]

ipwn said:

I swear it would be less insulting to piss on their children than to flash them..

Both will get you on the Sex Offenders Register though.

[okgo]

Mobile Chicane said:

You're enjoying the warmth from the wood-burning stove.

In July.

You live about ten miles south of me, I have my windows open and am on the sofa with shorts and t-shirt. I would suggest you are being a bit precious.

[ipwn]

DrTre said:

ipwn said:

I swear it would be less insulting to piss on their children than to flash them..

Both will get you on the Sex Offenders Register though.

[Defcon]

okgo said:

Mobile Chicane said:

You're enjoying the warmth from the wood-burning stove.

In July.

You live about ten miles south of me, I have my windows open and am on the sofa with shorts and t-shirt. I would suggest you are being a bit precious.

Or possibly the other way around...

[Nickyboy]

Mobile Chicane said:

You know you're in England when....

A sunny afternoon turned into only what i can only describe as a Caribbean Island in Hurricane season, horizontal rain and strong winds, at least thats what it was like in Bicester at 3pm

[Mobile Chicane]

okgo said:

Mobile Chicane said:

You're enjoying the warmth from the wood-burning stove.

In July.

You live about ten miles south of me, I have my windows open and am on the sofa with shorts and t-shirt. I would suggest you are being a bit precious.

I live in a draughty old barn at the top of a hill. It's cold up here!

[okgo]

Mobile Chicane said:

okgo said:

Mobile Chicane said:

You're enjoying the warmth from the wood-burning stove.

In July.

You live about ten miles south of me, I have my windows open and am on the sofa with shorts and t-shirt. I would suggest you are being a bit precious.

I live in a draughty old barn at the top of a hill. It's cold up here!

Its cold here now!

[Poledriver]

"You know you're in England when....."
The whole country panics because the temperature gets to 36
The whole country panics because the temperature gets to 0
The whole country panics because there is an inch of rain
The whole country panics because there is a 1/4 inch of snow
You can't get served in a restaurant after 9 o'clock
You are more likely to get caught and fined for speeding than for drink driving
Everyone complains about everything, but does nothing about it!

[Rotary Madness]

I think we should try adopting the americans way of thinking, and letting everyone have the right to bear arms. Just think about it for a minute. People wouldnt be quite as quick to jump down each others throats, as they could whip out a gun and shoot you in the face if they so desired. Gangs of hoodies/thugs might think twice about mugging someone if they turn around and start waving a gun.
Then theres the fact the goverment might actually pay more attention to what people want, because if they get mad, they might start shooting stuff up, including their second homes etc.

Just a thought

[Ayahuasca]

Rotary Madness said:

I think we should try adopting the americans way of thinking, and letting everyone have the right to bear arms. Just think about it for a minute. People wouldnt be quite as quick to jump down each others throats, as they could whip out a gun and shoot you in the face if they so desired. Gangs of hoodies/thugs might think twice about mugging someone if they turn around and start waving a gun.
Then theres the fact the goverment might actually pay more attention to what people want, because if they get mad, they might start shooting stuff up, including their second homes etc.

Just a thought

Yeah, because there is no street crime in the US is there?

[Mr Dave]

...People talk really slowly.

[Colonial]

They whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge, and whinge,

But ya love em anyway

[Ayahuasca]

Poledriver said:

"You know you're in England when....."
The whole country panics because the temperature gets to 36
The whole country panics because the temperature gets to 0
The whole country panics because there is an inch of rain
The whole country panics because there is a 1/4 inch of snow
You can't get served in a restaurant after 9 o'clock
You are more likely to get caught and fined for speeding than for drink driving
Everyone complains about everything, but does nothing about it!

You don't know when you're well off - where I live there have been TWO earthquakes, ONE of our favourite restaurants was held up at gunpoint Pulp Fiction style ("if any of you M-F'ers moves I'll execute every M-F'ing last one of you...") ,at least a FOOT of rain, and a mini hurricane - ALL IN THE SAME WEEK. Gotta love the tropics...

[cottonfoo]

You know you're in England when ...

You point out to someone that what they're doing is one or more of:

- dangerous to others
- illegal
- ignorant of others
- very rude
- highly discourtious
- massively out of order
- antisocial

And they tell you to fk off and perhaps threaten you with violence.

[deviant]

cottonfoo said:

You know you're in England when ...

You point out to someone that what they're doing is one or more of:

- dangerous to others
- illegal
- ignorant of others
- very rude
- highly discourtious
- massively out of order
- antisocial

And they tell you to fk off and perhaps threaten you with violence.

You should mind your own business then nosey

[Captain Cadillac]

Ayahuasca said:

Rotary Madness said:

I think we should try adopting the americans way of thinking, and letting everyone have the right to bear arms. Just think about it for a minute. People wouldnt be quite as quick to jump down each others throats, as they could whip out a gun and shoot you in the face if they so desired. Gangs of hoodies/thugs might think twice about mugging someone if they turn around and start waving a gun.
Then theres the fact the goverment might actually pay more attention to what people want, because if they get mad, they might start shooting stuff up, including their second homes etc.

Just a thought

Yeah, because there is no street crime in the US is there?

You don't have the roving gangs of ASBO collectors in normal neighborhoods like you do in the UK. How many times have I read on here about someone who lives in a nice area bhing about little shlts causing damage and destruction?

That doesn't happen where I live and I don't live in Beverly Hills.

[Marquis_Rex]

Ayahuasca said:

Rotary Madness said:

I think we should try adopting the americans way of thinking, and letting everyone have the right to bear arms. Just think about it for a minute. People wouldnt be quite as quick to jump down each others throats, as they could whip out a gun and shoot you in the face if they so desired. Gangs of hoodies/thugs might think twice about mugging someone if they turn around and start waving a gun.
Then theres the fact the goverment might actually pay more attention to what people want, because if they get mad, they might start shooting stuff up, including their second homes etc.

Just a thought

Yeah, because there is no street crime in the US is there?

The street crime in the US is confined to certain no-go/ghetto/tenderloin regions of cities. Now idealistic self righteous Europeans have been judging the US about this for years, however, in light of all the myriad of threads such as these
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Plastered all over these boards shows that tts who want 'social housing and estates' near more afluent neighborhoods are misguided and all that happens is that bitter jealousy ensues (which is probably worse in the UK than other places anyway) with police not bothering to lift a finger.
Or rapists breaking into houses and attacking the occupants, raping the wives repeatedly only to be given 4 year sentences -show that the UK ha a serious problem. This is a far cry from here where police still do things about these crimes- because they are crimes. Ok, so America has Ghettos such as the Gary Indiannas and Flint Michigan, well guess what? After living in dumps like Leeds and in Coventry and having to put up with this kind of ste, I can sleep just fine knowing these ghettos exist here.