whats it like to live in the U.K?

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Very few people actually eat black pudding, I'd never go near it. A lot of British stereotypes are well outdated and don't apply anymore. ;)
 
Race Idiot
Um nub, magniers is much nicer than that strongbow crap.

Also South of England > North of England because I said so.
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As a loyal worker of Tesco Stores(YEAH RIGHT), I can tell you that here in the South, Magniers is much more popular and we are often sold out of it.

However, being a northern lad, born and bred, I have to say that the North is the best place to live. Live4Speed will agree with me, as we are both from Manchester, but I prefer the environment up north. Down here it's too loud and so many freakin chavs.
 
Sting
As a loyal worker of Tesco Stores(YEAH RIGHT), I can tell you that here in the South, Magniers is much more popular and we are often sold out of it.

However, being a northern lad, born and bred, I have to say that the North is the best place to live. Live4Speed will agree with me, as we are both from Manchester, but I prefer the environment up north. Down here it's too loud and so many freakin chavs.
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Too right, may I also remind you that stronger doesn't = best, it just means cheapest way to get bladdered. I drink a lot of different ciders, largers and beers, I just like the taste of Strongbow more. And the north is better, too damn right, my respect for you has doubled with that post ;).

BTW, this may start to answer the question of what does the north think of the south and vice versa :lol:. Nah it's all good banter, I genuinely prefer the north to the south but I don't disslike the south, I just wouldn't consider a move there.
 
TheCracker
Posh southern nancy! - Oop north we don't have fancy gadgets like toilets - we just hold it in.

...I can see that i've set myself up here for jokes about been full of **** haven't I! :dunce:
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Gah! I was expecting something more cultured, but apparently, there's too much Florida in you now.
 
Thats another thing about the UK, it's awash wth toilet humour.
 
markj_87
Very few people actually eat black pudding, I'd never go near it. A lot of British stereotypes are well outdated and don't apply anymore. ;)
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I eat black pudding and it bloody lovely.

Scaff
 
A lot of people are repulsed by it, I know I am. ;)

And even though it originated in Britain, most countries have variants and probably eat it as much as Brits do. I know in Germany some people eat 'blutwurst'.
 
A dumb but serious question for those of you in the United Kingdom:

How do they teach/discuss the colonization, rebellion, and independence of America in your history classes? (I've always wanted to know how those sorts of things are taught from a totally different perspective.)
 
Pupik
A dumb but serious question for those of you in the United Kingdom:

How do they teach/discuss the colonization, rebellion, and independence of America in your history classes? (I've always wanted to know how those sorts of things are taught from a totally different perspective.)
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They don't - at least not in schools.

They concentrate on historically significant events for our island - events leading the Battle of Hastings (1066), the English Civil War, some of our more interesting Kings and Queens (Henry VIII is popular) and WWI & II.
 
They don't even mention it? :eek: I would think they'd find it just a tiny bit significant.
 
The only thing that was closest to today's America I was taught at school was the Natives that lived there, slowly getting killed off by us. That's about it. I don't even know how Independence Day was created. In fact, I only remember it now when I watch the movie or when someone creates a thread on here...
 
Nope, we didn't do anything to do with America and you independance in history, we did the Romans, but America isn't on our curriculum.
 
IŒman
They don't even mention it? :eek: I would think they'd find it just a tiny bit significant.
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Why?

It's just another country we didn't discover, occupied for a while and then left. If they mentioned all of the countries formerly in the British Empire, there'd be no time left for any other lessons...
 
I remember doing a little bit about American history in GCSE Modern History. We covered the 13 original states, the 'roaring twenties' and subsequent market crash, isolationist policies, KKK, Roosevelt's reforms, and things like that.

But nothing about Britain's colonoziation of the US or anything about the Civil War.
 
Nope, me meither: my knowledge of the US is poor. I don't even know what Thanksgiving Day is and what they like to give thanks for :confused:

And which one is the 51st state??? :confused:

And why do Americans seem to spend all their time crashing into "State Troopers" on the "Highway"?:confused:

And how many press helicopters typically follow your average American car chase?:confused:

And which idiots voted for Bush?:confused:
 
FastEddie12
And which one is the 51st state??? :confused:
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I wonder why it is that so many people think there actually are 51 or 52 states? My brother always tells me that Hawaii and Alaska are the 51st and 52nd states. :confused:

FastEddie12
And which idiots voted for Bush?:confused:
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That would mainly be the religious types in the mid-western states. A map of which states voted for who is quite amusing.:sly:
 
Hmm, in World History courses, I recall learning about the Battle of Hastings in 1066, but I can't remember what was so important about it. I do remember that you had a commemorative coin about it in 1966, though!

We talked about the Magna Carta, mainly because it set the stage for the Constitution and personal freedoms and individual rights.

Tossing your tea in the Boston Harbor. Shakesphere and Monty Python's Flying Circus are important literary notables. (Does that count?)

Helping you guys out in WWI and WWII...a little late, of course.

Not much else. Surprisingly, lots of women and effeminate men in America are quite fascinated by your queen, other royal people with funny ears, and the former Princess Diana. It doesn't mean anything to me, personally.

Me, I just think you all have it made in terms of motorpsort (there always seems to be something going on in the industry) and music (ditto).

Another question...after football and cricket, how important is motor racing to the sports-following public? (Since I keenly followed international motorsport, I always figured it was much more popular than America, but I'm not so sure of that anymore.)
 
Taxes are tight but the food is good, oh yes. Were very multicultural these days too, at work theres a South American girl (whe's hot by the way), a few Asians, a Spanish guy, a Polish girl and lad from down under as well as a few Africans. That's just in a near proximity to me, theres a lot of people I don't know working in the other side of the building and on other floors.
 
FastEddie12
PS I did actually know there were only 50 states, but only because of the film "51st State" :lol:
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I guessed you were just joking, but it's surprising how many people think there are 51/52 states. I'd have thought 50 is a nice easy number to remember.

But anyway, back to the UK. :sly:
 
A few people think there's 51, but not many think theres 52, well I've never met anyone that thought there was 52.

This pretty much sums up the whole 51st state thing.
 
Famine
They concentrate on historically significant events for our island - events leading the Battle of Hastings (1066)
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That being the last time anyone invaided our little island and won :)

IŒman
They don't even mention it? :eek: I would think they'd find it just a tiny bit significant.
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Well, it did happen 4,000 miles away, and we have our historical hands full with invaiding Europeans.

Down south, we get a wee bit of snow - about 1 day a year, and it never settles. The weather and geography don't try to kill you (bar the odd flood) like I hear they do 'cross the pond, with tornados, earthquakes and the like. Plus our scenery rocks.

Never been up north for more than a weekend (although I'm half Scouse*) so I can't really compare north vs south, but we do have the better share of race tracks. Silverstone is 1 1/2 hours away, Goodwood, Brands Hatch and Thruxton are all roughly an hour (south, east and west respectively), and Castle Combe and Donington are about 2 1/2 hours away (west and north). The Nuburgring's a (relitavely) short hop over the Channel through France, Belgium (via Spa Francorchamps, which is en-route) and into Germany - about an 8 hour drive from my house. And our roads are brilliant fun (recently discovered some fantastic roads about 10 miles from my doorstep that I never knew about, called the Pirbright Bends - 10 miles of awesomeness).

Music is good, especially if you like your rock/metal - Reading Festival is half an hour away, Donington Download is just up the M1.

The country's small enough to drive almost anywhere in a day - you're never more than 75 miles away from the coast; small enough to go anywhere without a killer drive, but large enough to still make a decent holiday of it.

That's all I can think of right now. I suppose, on balance, it's a good place to live, but it's expensive.

See here for some more views and opinions.

*Slang for someone from Liverpool, in the same way a Geordie is someone from Newcastle.
 
FastEddie12
Nope, me meither: my knowledge of the US is poor. I don't even know what Thanksgiving Day is and what they like to give thanks for :confused:

[QOUTE]And which one is the 51st state??? :confused:
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Alaska
And why do Americans seem to spend all their time crashing into "State Troopers" on the "Highway"?:confused:
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We drink and drive way to much.
And how many press helicopters typically follow your average American car chase?:confused:
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every car chase
And which idiots voted for Bush?:confused:
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not even going to awnser.
 
I think thoes questions were rhetorical, but anyway. One thing we do have in the UK is plenty of farm land, we used to have wolves, but they were exterminated. Before the RSPCA :lol:. We still have fosex, red and grey squirrels and such, I see a few foxes where I live, theres an old Stockport to Liverpool railway line that runs near my house, not been used for ages. In some places the track is still there, but it's all covered with bushes and trees and such now, you get a lot of animal life in there. We also have the best league for the best sport in the world.
 

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