O/T Proud to be British

[suzanne]

Be very  proud to be British
Because:
Only in Britain... can  a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.
Only in Britain... 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. 
Only in Britain... do  banks leave both doors open and chain the pens to the
counters.
Only in Britain... do  we leave cars worth thousands of pounds on the drive
and lock our junk and cheap  lawn mower in the garage.
Only in Britain... 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.
 
NOT TO  MENTION...
3 Brits  die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue.
142  Brits were injured in 1999 by not removing all pins from new shirts.
58  Brits are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of
screwdrivers.
31  Brits have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the
fairy  lights were plugged in.
19  Brits have died in the last 3 years believing that Christmas decorations
were  chocolate.
British  Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after cracker pulling
accidents.
101  people since 1999 have had broken parts of plastic toys pulled out of
the soles  of their feet.
18  Brits had serious burns in 2000 trying
on a new jumper with a lit
cigarette in  their mouth.
A  massive 543 Brits were admitted to A&E in the last two years after opening
bottles of beer with their teeth.
8 Brits  were injured last year in accidents involving out of control
Scalextric cars.
And  finally.........
In 2000  eight Brits cracked their skull whilst throwing up into the toilet.

RULE  BRITANNIA!!

[Ironside]

Only in Britain... do  people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a
DIET coke.

i have too as there is sugar in all there other drinks

Only in Britain... are  there disabled parking places in front of a skating
rink.

are you saying that the disabled shouldnt go skating?
let alone go curling

even wheelchair users skate and play ice hockey
and britian has the world champion "DISABLED" curling team

i know it was meant as a joke but jokes with factual errors in them lead people into the wrong sort of thinking

[suzanne]

Sorry Ironside I didn't quite get the skating rink one and I meant to delete it.

[Ironside]

no problem had this debate on THM site a year or so ago, people think that disabled parking should just be outside hospitals and doctors surgerys, there are many different reasons for using a disabled parking bay  and most of the disabled have fantastic social lifes too (if only i could get one)

[booder]

curling ?         is that what girlies play in scotlandshire?

[Ironside]

curling ?         is that what girlies play in scotlandshire?

well i think there are some scottish women that are disabled aswell you know the disabled aint all men

[suzanne]

Always fancied trying curling. Didn't the Scottish girlies win a World Cup a few years back?

[booder]

curling ?         is that what girlies play in scotlandshire?

well i think there are some scottish women that are disabled aswell you know the disabled aint all men

wasnt having a pop at the disabled iron

[ScotlandStu]

Always fancied trying curling. Didn't the Scottish girlies win a World Cup a few years back?

           2002 Winter Olympics

[Robert HM]

Not sure what that Olympic medal proved, other than girls are good with a broom.

[Colchester Kev]

i think the impressive bit is that one woman shouts HURRY HURRY  while 2 others chase a stone down the ice, brushing around it like a street sweeper on crack, then to top it off another woman with a brush stands in the target with broom in hand ready to sweep should she be needed ....  why cant the silly bints get with the times and buy a bloody vacuum cleaner

I could be a world champ at that, when i was in a relationship and the ex was hoovering as i was watching footy, I was always shouting HURRY HURRY ... or words to that effect

[RED-DOG]

Not sure what that Olympic medal proved, other than girls are good with a broom.

Mrs RED's mam is good with a broom, she can even fly upside down

[tikay]

Witch way?

[suzanne]

Not sure what that Olympic medal proved, other than girls are good with a broom.

OOOOOOOOIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[thetank]

Always fancied trying curling. Didn't the Scottish girlies win a World Cup a few years back?

When we win we don't bang on about it for 40 years.