Strange British Things.

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This is Girard at work I reckon

 

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I'm learning a LOT right now from these listicles...



UK is like our alcoholic father who always drinks too much and gets inappropriate at events, you've grown so far past him but you don't want him to feel embarrassed of hisself

 

[william_kent]

partly true - we will also tell you that it is illegal to eat a swan and that all belong to the queen

 

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[Mr. Tea]

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Surely this is found in plenty of American homes too?

 

[Mr. Tea]

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You're gonna lose your shit when you learn about the little black plastic disc in the middle of the basin.

 

[william_kent]

Flaming Tar Barrel Festival

 

[woops]

partly true - we will also tell you that it is illegal to eat a swan and that all belong to the queen

also, you should make tea with water at boiling point, and putting milk in the cup first will lower the temperature of the water, so that makes sense.

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i can top this, my washing machine is in my (triangular) living room

 

[craner]

It's quite quaint that Americans still think that 'Britain' is a thing.

 

[william_kent]

Atherstone Ball Game

 

[william_kent]

Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling Wake

 

[sus]

Surely this is found in plenty of American homes too?

Literally none. It's endearing you think so, though.

 

[Mr. Tea]

Literally none. It's endearing you think so, though.

So does even the tiniest apartment have a "utility room" or something?

 

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Americans have things called "laundry rooms"

 

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Yes, sometimes they get put in the bathroom, but the kitchen is primo real estate for dishwashers and ovens, no room for washers and dryers.

 

[sus]

You find a corner of the house with tiles—something where if water leaks, you can mop it up no problem—and then you stack em two high, a dryer and a washer. Sometimes a utility closet. Sometimes the bathroom. Sometimes the basement of the building, there'll be a couple units for everyone in the complex.

 

[william_kent]

Brazilians may have capoeira, but our secret martial arts are also disguised as a quaint folk dance

 

[Mr. Tea]

Sometimes the basement of the building, there'll be a couple units for everyone in the complex.

Ah yeah, years ago I dated a girl who lived in a big 1950s block in Chicago and there was an arrangement like this (except it was on, like, the 20th floor).

Edit: tell a lie, it was from the 60s. Cool place, awesome views across the city.