England = "Self-important and irritating"

2008-05-09 21:07:24

#1

cowami: OY, BITCHTITS!; +1,106|6761|Noo Yawk, Noo Yawk

LONDON (Reuters) - England is an irritating and insular country full of overweight, binge-drinking, reality TV addicts, a new guide warns tourists.

But in the new Rough Guide to England, the English are also hailed as a nation of animal-loving, tea-drinking charity donors who love nothing better than forming an orderly queue.

let the "wotchit dikead"s rain down

2008-05-09 21:09:32

#2

S.Lythberg: Mastermind; +429|6918|Chicago, IL

what does that make America then?

2008-05-09 21:17:56

#3

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|7120

I'll agree with binge drinking. According to something I read recently, binge drinking involves drinking over 3 pints in one sitting. I don't think I've ever drunk less than that in my life.

2008-05-09 21:21:46

#4

aj0404: It'll just be our little secret; +298|6821|Iowa...

S.Lythberg wrote:
what does that make America then?

really fat?

2008-05-09 21:23:41

#5

S.Lythberg: Mastermind; +429|6918|Chicago, IL

aj0404 wrote:
S.Lythberg wrote:
what does that make America then?
really fat?

not me, but there's certainly a lot of them.

2008-05-09 22:07:56

#6

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7237|Cambridge (UK)

cowami wrote:
"Self-important and irritating"
LONDON (Reuters) - England is an irritating and insular country full of overweight, binge-drinking, reality TV addicts, a new guide warns tourists.

But in the new Rough Guide to England, the English are also hailed as a nation of animal-loving, tea-drinking charity donors who love nothing better than forming an orderly queue.

let the "wotchit dikead"s rain down

Tha's 'bout right.

2008-05-09 22:19:12

#7

Cyrax-Sektor: Official Battlefield fanboy; +240|6619|San Antonio, Texas

Still gotta love their sitcoms.

This guide insults to attract readers. British people may pick up this book to see the "facts" and call them wrong. But to keep things civil, they'll stick in some compliments with veiled insults. It's all about sales.

2008-05-09 22:28:03

#8

TimmmmaaaaH: Damn, I... had something for this; +725|6911|Brisbane, Australia

ghettoperson wrote:
I'll agree with binge drinking. According to something I read recently, binge drinking involves drinking over 3 pints in one sitting. I don't think I've ever drunk less than that in my life.

QFT.

I love hearing the governments recommended drinking amounts.

https://bf3s.com/sigs/5e6a35c97adb20771c7b713312c0307c23a7a36a.png

2008-05-09 22:31:10

#9

RoosterCantrell: Goodbye :); +399|6951|Somewhere else

TimmmmaaaaH wrote:
ghettoperson wrote:
I'll agree with binge drinking. According to something I read recently, binge drinking involves drinking over 3 pints in one sitting. I don't think I've ever drunk less than that in my life.
QFT.

I love hearing the governments recommended drinking amounts.

The standard I run into is that if you are intoxicated at the legal level more than 4 times IN A WHOLE YEAR, you are technically, under what ever silly system they have, an alcoholic.

4 times..... well.... I guess I am a hopeless failure drinking pile of doom, according to them.

2008-05-10 02:41:33

#10

wah1188: You orrible caaaaaaan't; +321|6931|UK

ghettoperson wrote:
I'll agree with binge drinking. According to something I read recently, binge drinking involves drinking over 3 pints in one sitting. I don't think I've ever drunk less than that in my life.

I also agree I've just woken up from a drunken stupor.

Last edited by wah1188 (2008-05-10 02:41:49)

2008-05-10 02:45:08

#11

Surgeons: U shud proabbly f off u fat prik; +3,097|6961|Gogledd Cymru

Yeah, England sucks, too many pen pidyns tbf.

2008-05-10 05:02:16

#12

BRiiNDED: Member; +137|6595

"wotchit dikead"

Jealousy

2008-05-10 05:12:33

#13

Switch: Knee Deep In Clunge; +489|6934|Tyne & Wear, England

I love it how the English get called binge drinkers with all of the negative connotations.

Yet when people talk about the Irish, the Australians or Germans, they speak of their drinking habits as something to be proud of.

Double Standards, fuck yeah!!!!!

Last edited by KILLSWITCH (2008-05-10 05:15:02)

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

2008-05-10 05:31:33

#14

bennisboy: Member; +829|7117|Poundland

KILLSWITCH wrote:
I love it how the English get called binge drinkers with all of the negative connotations.

Yet when people talk about the Irish, the Australians or Germans, they speak of their drinking habits as something to be proud of.

Double Standards, fuck yeah!!!!!

I never thought of it like that!

2008-05-10 05:37:36

#15

Nappy: Apprentice; +151|6700|NSW, Australia

ghettoperson wrote:
I'll agree with binge drinking. According to something I read recently, binge drinking involves drinking over 3 pints in one sitting. I don't think I've ever drunk less than that in my life.

me either i drink as much as i can! ive never been out drinking and not had as much as i could, unless im at a club or bar or something

2008-05-10 05:38:02

#16

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7053|SE London

Sounds fair.

Aren't the Rough Guides English anyway?

Out of 200 countries they have guides for no countries are:

so fascinating, beautiful and culturally diverse yet as insular, self-important and irritating as England

I especially liked the:

They said the English are proud of their multi-culturalism and are united by one thing -- their sense of humor.

Though why the fuck an English article, from an English newsgroup about an English book spells humour wrong, is beyond me....

It's that Steve Addison's fault......

Reporting by Paul Majendie, Editing by Steve Addison

Last edited by Bertster7 (2008-05-10 09:30:24)

2008-05-10 05:44:17

#17

mkxiii: online bf2s mek evasion; +509|6707|Uk

what stereotyping up their own ass cunt wrote that?

2008-05-10 06:28:10

#18

Rubix-Cubes: Member; +123|7127|UK

TimmmmaaaaH wrote:
ghettoperson wrote:
I'll agree with binge drinking. According to something I read recently, binge drinking involves drinking over 3 pints in one sitting. I don't think I've ever drunk less than that in my life.
QFT.

I love hearing the governments recommended drinking amounts.

The U.K goverment are the biggest drinking, cigar smoking, whore fucking sheep shagging arse kissing bunch of bi-sexual mofo naziz in ZE WORLD.

2008-05-10 06:50:02

#19

AWSMFOX: Banned; +405|6934|A W S M F O X

Bunch of berks TBFF.

2008-05-10 07:02:57

#20

Vilham: Say wat!?; +580|7237|UK

The Sheriff wrote:
Yeah, England sucks, too many pen pidyns tbf.

Screw you dick head!

2008-05-10 07:06:41

#21

jord: Member; +2,382|7149|The North, beyond the wall.

I'm sure I've heard that line about queues on TV. I call shenanigans.

Also, England prevails.

2008-05-10 07:11:51

#22

SamTheMan:D: Banned; +856|6445|England

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a3/Bmi30chart.png/800px-Bmi30chart.png

Number of murders per year, per 100,000 inhabitants.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Map-world-murder-rate.svg/800px-Map-world-murder-rate.svg.png

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_t … tal-crimes

mi5 > cia

sas > us marines

chips > fries

pavements > sidewalks

cars > autos

pop > soda

UK > us

/thread

2008-05-10 07:20:18

#23

Mint Sauce: Frighteningly average; +780|6757|eng

AWSMFOX wrote:
Bunch of berks TBFF.

Shadup diked.

#rekt

2008-05-10 11:30:56

#24

Entertayner: Member; +826|7042

COWAMI

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE HAD THIS ARGUMENT ON IRC?!??!?!

AMERICANS ARE DUMB

k;

2008-05-10 12:12:44

#25

DesertFox-: The very model of a modern major general; +796|7156|United States of America

SamTheMan:D wrote:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e … 0chart.png

Number of murders per year, per 100,000 inhabitants.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c … te.svg.png

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_t … tal-crimes

mi5 > cia

sas > us marines

chips > fries

pavements > sidewalks

cars > autos

pop > soda

UK > us

/thread

You crazy bastage.
1. Where does everyone get this idea that the USMC is equivalent to SAS? Honestly, perhaps the ROYAL MARINES??!?!?!!one!eleven!
2. Chips are for dipping or poker lulz
3. Pavement refers to all sorts of paved surfaces, as in an asphalt street, blacktop, sidewalk, or cement covered area, so yeah....
4. We call them cars....
5. We call it pop
6. You is crazy and this whole post was a joke for you bloody northerners

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