British and proud of it????

[BRAMBLE]

Being British is about driving in a German car
> to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, then
> grabbing an Indian curry or a Turkish kebab on
> the way home, to sit on Swedish furniture and
> watch American shows on a Japanese TV.
> > And the most British thing of all?
> > Suspicion of all things foreign!
> >
> 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 people order double
> cheeseburgers, large fries and a DIET coke.
> > 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.
> > Only in Britain are there disabled parking
> places in front of a skating rink.
> >
> 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 Xmas cracker-pulling accidents.
> > 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 trying to open
> bottles of beer with their teeth.
> > 5 Brits were injured last year in accidents
> involving out-of-control Scalextric cars.
> >
> and finally...
> >
> In 2000 eight Brits were admitted to hospital
> with fractured skulls incurred whilst throwing
> up into the toilet.
> > British and proud?

[alliekate]

Half english/ half scot and bloody proud of it !!!!!!!!!!!! LOL....Hah ha ha.............

[Tyke]

I'm an Australian Citizen now................. and blaaddy proud of that too!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jo&Rich]

Originally Posted by Tyke

I'm an Australian Citizen now................. and blaaddy proud of that too!!!!!!!!!!!

My kids (3 & 4) say "You don't say Bunnings in Australia, it's Bahnnings!". Didn't take long for them to turn!
Still proud to be a Brit though; especially now I've left
Jo