15 Things Brits Are Afraid To Admit 🇬🇧
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- Buckle in kids! Today we're introducing you to 15 VERY unpopular British opinions! From dissing Nandos to hating on Greggs (and even TEA!!), today's video reveals what Brits are really thinking beneath those friendly smiles 😄😂
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Do you rember that video about health statistics in the UK and America, I will tell you that Americans are richer and can afford healthier food, education, therapy and healthcare. And Americans exercise more than British people. Americans definitely eat more proccesed food and fried food which is why they live longer.
You have opened a big can of worms on the racism question but as you both came from Korea it will give you a protein for a meaty stirefry
YOu have the ability to dissemble and devide and conquer so welcome to the ancient order of the old imperialists
Great video. Ashamed to admit I agreed with more of these than I disagreed. "I'll get my coat!".
Christmas pudding is disgusting
Of course there are racists in the UK, anyone who says otherwise is delusional. There are racists in every country. In general would I say the UK as a whole was racist? no.
UK is one of the least racist countries
@@abb5596 I Disagree the British are racist but more polite about it
Yhhhh, I think ppl who say that forget of the EDL
@@mephistophelescountcaglios1489 the British, what all 70 million of them?
@@ovrair6340 Watch an EDL march, nobody really counts all seven of those guys
Nandos isn't British, it's South African. Set up by a SA guy who employed a Mozambique chef called Fernando, hence NANDO's
True but it's become British by association. Like the hamburger is German but a lot of people think it's American or certainly associate it with the USA.
Nando's in Australia is a franchise and more like a McDonald's in style unlike the UK which is more restaurant in style
Nandos is by far the best fast food restaurant.
I only ever saw fast food types when I was there but that was a few years ago, things could have changed. I much prefer the restaurants. It felt odd not getting served the food
Chicken and chips in a basket. Expensive too.
Listen kids. (by the way I love you both, I want to adopt you), here is a bit of advice. Do NOT do any content on the Royals. You will lose subscribers. Either the monarcists will get upset or the republicans will. My missus is a royalist, I'm a republican. We had a fight about this last week that nearly ended in a divorce. Just don't touch it.
Me: *Reads thumbnail* So you have chosen death...
Trust me, it gets worse
@Dragonten I know, right?
@@WanderingRavens What? Seriously? I felt offended by some of these statements.
@@saadaleem7260 They aren't ours, love xD
You should have chosen cake instead (look up cake or death)
Gavin & Stacey is a character-led, narrative comedy drama about 2 families from different cultures and how they rub up against each other. While ostensibly about the named characters, the real story is the writers' characters Smiffy and Nessa - a lager lout and fiery emo chick (to oversimplify). Brilliant, loveable and eccentric characters, created by the supporting cast, fill out the rest of the roster. Well worth a watch.
My unpopular opinion is that a functioning democracy requires an informed and educated population.
Unfortunately you were at the back of the queue when God dished out the informed and educated gene.
@@alanalderson1427 as an agnostic, what's this god thing you're talking about?
@@alanalderson1427 Er.... maybe I'm missing a pop-cultural reference here, but.... that comment just made me wince so hard I think I may never un-wince. I'm autistic, so I may be missing any intended subtext with the comment. However...
Genes - Iherited from parents, not given by God.
Education - The process of learning. No one is born educated. They have to become educated.
Being informed - see above.
Not making ironically contradictory statements - Becoming educated and informed helps with this. 👍
@@tomthespaceknerd5396 unwince yourself sonny. Just a metaphor to indicate a person is not a full shilling, or is three sheets to the wind, or even a sandwich short of a picnic.
Beer is definitely an acquired taste, But once you've acquired it, you do genuinely enjoy it.
also don't group beer and lager together.....beer/lager divide is a major source of tribalism between UK drinkers....
There couldn’t be that many people faking it. I love beer, cocktails are for pussies.
You could say the same for anything with alcohol in it.
Like it or loathe it, you'll be hard pressed to find a Brit who would want rid of the NHS.
we all want it, i think what we hate is how truly underfunded it is.
@Tyrone Ngubu Agree, we shouldn't deify the NHS or treat it as if its the envy of the world, because it isn't.
Except those who can profit by selling it off . . .
@@sameebah This is such a tired lefty trope.
The Tory government has been in power for two thirds of the time the NHS has been in existence. If they wanted to sell it off, they would have done so by now.
The NHS isnt something designed to make money, so why would anyone think about selling it off?
I want the NHS to be better, because it's the most over rated health service in Europe.
@@sandersson2813 - I didn't mention any party . . . So clearly YOU think the Tories are the ones who would sell it off.
A process which seemingly has already started, with the transfer of a significant number of GP practices to a US insurance company.
Look everyone is entitled to an a opinion, it just so happens that my opinion is the correct one!
Well you're entitled to your opinion even if your opinion is also wrong 😜
😂😂😂😂
Never say that to the wife/girlfriend if one wants to sleep in the bed not the shed/garage.
everyone who feels entitled, has an opinion.
@@scottythedawg I’m not entitled, I’m just right 🤣
It's not that we don't like the nhs, it's a really beneficial thing. Its just how they are run is the issue. Funding, availability etc
Totally agree with this, the principle of national healthcare is overwhelmingly supported in the UK, most people wouldnt want this to change but that doesn't mean it does everything well. In my experience the NHS does emergency care really well but less impressive with chronic illnesses and prevention (there is also an obvious postcode lottery with some things).
couldn't agree more. the NHS is pretty universally popular - but conservative governments (and Blair's labour) have tried to undercut it to facilitate privatization - which means it's running below its potential because it's underfunded, staff cuts, etc etc. and then certain quarters of the press (*cough* Murdoch *cough*) spin the narrative to suggest the NHS is crap and not fit for purpose. if it were properly run it would be spectacular. even not properly run it's pretty great.
@@harriedavies3940 A million times yes!
@@harriedavies3940 This, 100%.
@@harriedavies3940 As Noam Chomsky said, it's the standard method of privatisation. Defund, make sure things don't work properly, people get angry and annoyed, then sell it off to private capital. The NHS is just a shell nowadays. Much of it is privately run.
I am English and I have lived in Massachusetts for 3 years now. It makes me so mad when people complain about the NHS. Its basically free health care. My American husband went to the emergency room and after just not even 10 minutes attention got a bill for $500. NOW complain about the NHS.😡
If they where good there like Japan(and NHS) I would understand why you have to pay but America is weird
How is the NHS free? You pay through your National Insurance for it.
@@sandersson2813 we in the UK are quite aware that the NHS isn’t free ...... we pay for it through our national insurance tax that is very affordable and the amount paid is proportional to the amount that you earn.
Most people would be happy to pay more national insurance tax for a better NHS but you cannot trust the politicians to spend that extra money with prudence .... nearly everybody agrees that the NHS needs reforms from the top down but no system is perfect, the main thing is that we don’t need to worry about our health care and with the NHS there’s no expensive bills to pay for your hospital stay and treatment no matter how long it takes.
So yes we understand that it’s not free ...... it just feels like it’s free because you don’t miss your affordable national insurance tax contributions .
I said BASICALLY free. Meaning you don't really notice the NI as its not a lot!
It’s not free at all. We pay every month from our wages. Just because it comes out from wages doesn’t mean it’s basically free.
My house is a Football free zone! Husband, kids, none of us like it. We are also more of a coffee household, the only tea I drink is herbal. Indifferent to the Royal Family and grateful for the NHS, but I think it's definitely mismanaged!
Are you even British?!?
Yes
Same here, can't stand football neither does my family. My husband doesn't drink tea at all where as I drink lots of it but I hate coffee.
@@eddie9777 very much so 😁! My dad also hated Football, but he was a tea drinker. My husband comes from a family of football lovers, fortunately it didn't rub off on him 😂!
Sorry for your loss.
I could be having an awful day and a Greggs sausage roll will make it infinitely better
it would have to be a very bad day if Greggs could cheer you up.
@@jeanlongsden1696 indeed, Greggs is shit, it's like the McDonalds of bakeries, cheap and convenient but you can get better just about everywhere else.
i miss proper small family-run bakeries.
Bakers Oven had the best sausage rolls, and then they were acquired by Greggs. Greggs food is terrible quality. Sorry, but it's true.
If I’m going to Gregg’s it’s for comfort not quality...
As a wise commenter once said: You're not going to Greggs because it looks good, your going to Greggs because you're hungry
There is massive support for the NHS, though everyone thinks it could be improved. Ther is very little support or even tolerance for the involvement of private for-profit firms (aka privatisation).
I talked with an acquaintance who had been the Chairman of one of the Regional Health Authorities - responsible for dozens of hospitals. He told me that he had found it hard / impossible to get them to buy short life supplies on a 'as required' basis. Hence they were forever throwing away drugs and other supplies whose 'use by' date had expired.
Another problem was the "Use it or lose it" approach that the Civil Service applies to budgets, which drives hospitals to use unspent money at the end of the financial year on 'something' that might be useful and ensures all the budget is spent. He described finding one hospital with thousands of beautiful bed sheets in stock as a result of such a budget spending splurge. What's not to like? Well the design of hospital beds changed after the purchase, so none of the sheets can be used, because they do not fit.
@Blanco WFC Well then, get yourself some private health insurance and be glad you can afford it. Most can't.
My 2nd favourite thumbnail behind the one with Grace saying 'I can't be arsed'. Another fun vid, thanks
NHS is honestly amazing compaired to any health care you’d find anywhere else
The NHS is amazing. I had open heart surgery 3 years ago. The treatment I received was second to none. I was discharged from hospital 4 days after surgery.
Love your content, just found you yesterday. My Britishness hates your cute couple thing but I love it also. You are delightful people. You should come to Suffolk, we all live in caves and eat our own young here!
Born in Beccles, do recommend it there (also has a unique piece of architecture- the only church tower separate from the church in the UK). Plus Seppings sausages are a joy.
Welcome, Von!! We're so glad you've joined our little corner of the internet :)
@@Polycomical I'm not too far from Beccles. I do love the Suffolk coastal countryside.
Ayyyyyy I'm in south Norfolk! Hi! How are ya 😊
@@crystalkirlia4553 LOL I'm good, I live in Norwich so technically I skipped the border!
Don't go near the Royal Family. Remember what happened to Princess Di? 🤣
You can get gluten free marmite Grace. Some supermarkets sell it, so you can’t get away that easily. 🤣🤣🤣
The Brits aren’t invading, Nando's is a South African company.
Ive just recently started watching you both and i already love ur channel
Hey!!! Welcome! :D
@@WanderingRavens im glad to be here and i hope your enjoying England :D
saying alcohol is overrated in scotland will put your life in danger
I'm in Scotland and don't like alcohol. 😂
I'm Scottish and only have an occasional drink. However, there does seem to be a hype about it, when during the various lockdowns all the radio hosts went on about was "I can't wait for the pubs to open, to go for a few drinks/beers" etc. There does seem to be an obsession with alcohol from a fair amount of the populace.
I am going now to get my self some popcorn, get the comfy seat ready and look forward to seeing the 2 part videos you are going to do and which topic you choose to tackle. 😂😂😂
Ravens. Thanks for your channel ;always interesting and entertaining. And I love your real fire which is the best use I've found for a widescreen TV. ie. An animated picture: coral reef, cloud, water, land, sea and stars capes . Train, bus etc journeys and of course a real fire.For relaxation, I do like to sit in my armchair, tea in hand, watching footage of ships in storms as the horizon tilts off the screen every which way.
1:46 I think the word they're looking for is "shittier".
I think that may depend on what part of the UK you are from. I would say shit/shitter and shitty/shittier.
@@anfski2000 I'd go with that, different meanings.
Shitter is less good.
Shittier is more dirty or mean, dishonest.
It is a common thing. Just add -er to the end of a word. Shitter = More Shit. All the vowel shifts are the result of people being lazy. Shittier is another phoneme longer, a dipthong too.
This isn’t about architecture or anything but it does make my town pretty special. I’ve heard that my town of Egham was actually inspiration for Dr Seuss’ book Green Eggs and Ham! He was briefly stationed here during WW2 but he didn’t settle well. His RAF host Flight Sergeant Sam Beckinsale tried to draw his attention to local amenities and people pointed out to him how green the area was (partly due to its proximity to Windsor Great Park) but Dr Seuss apparently retorted “I do not like green Egham”.....annnnd the rest is history 😂
Ok fun fact about my hometown. Prior to London, Winchester used to be the capital of England xD
Before that it was Norwich.
I’d probably hold off a video on the Royal family in light of the impending Oprah interview and Prince Phillip being poorly (just my opinion) xx
Definitely hold off on it for now, now that it's happened the fallout is huge
Hell no. Because of that interview, this is exactly the reason you need to do a video on the monarchy NOW! 😘
Beer and lager are lovely. As are cocktails. As are wines. And cider. And guiness. And spirits.
I may have a problem :P
It's only a problem if you cannot afford it all
My problem with alcohol is the Tax and Duty on it, a bottle of decent wine in Spain is €2 and up, a bottle of Gin, Whisky or Vodka €6 to €8.
Not an alcoholic, just saving up to be one.
Best part of this video is Eric’s nod to camera as he says “well, we didn’t say it...”
😆
I love the tube, I even like the smell. True, it can be a ball ache in rush hour when you're packed in like sardines but if you wait 3 minutes and get the next one. quiet and plenty of seats. lovely.
I’m from the Us, and I love Wheetabix with cold milk, and a drizzle of honey!
I like the weather in the UK, except on the three days a year when it's hot and sunny or when it's pissing down. Spring and Autumn, when it's cold and damp or overcast and drizzly are are the best.
I have been watching your RUclips videos and I just wanted to say thank you for creating great funny content for us:) it is very interesting to see what Americans think about British culture! Haha ( gavin and Stacy is the best show haha)
Thank you so much!!
@@WanderingRavens :)
Absolutely LOVE Christmas Pudding 💕💕💕💕
You just cannot diss Christmas pudding, the Queen or the Tube :) ;)
Beans on Weetabix? The world has gone mad.
Thanks for another great video! 🙂. I love Christmas pudding, and also Marmite (not at the same time). However, when I was a kid I hated both of them? Just shows how our tastes changes with age. One more thing, when eating Christmas pudding, you really need to have either cream, brandy cream or brandy butter with the pudding. Truly delicious 😋😋😋
I would stay away from the royals for the moment (with the whole megxit stuff), but its a great video idea for the future!
Thanks for letting us know!
You don't have to stay away from the Royals at all.
No reason why you shouldn't get stuck into this self centred, tone deaf, hypocritical bullies Harry and Meghan
You can do the two on the royal family. I just need to dust and hoover two luxury rooms at the Tower of London first 😁👍🇬🇧
I like the queen. I'd trust her more than any of our politicians. HOWEVER, I trust her kids and grandkids about as far as I can throw them. Queens okay, but the rest of them are worth nothing to me and I rly don't trust them
Oh come on, I know you're probably joking a bit, but they're just people, it's ok to criticise them.
Nando's is South African, not British. It first opened in Johannesburg in 1987.
I have never been in one , I always assumed it was Mexican.
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Have you been to Liverpool? Two very different cathedrals, the beautiful St George's Hall, the Liver Birds, Port of Liverpool building and Cunard building at the Pier Head, the ferries that cross the River Mersey, Liverpool's Parish Church (been there since around 1260) plus many other historic places.
Not yet!! But we're dying to visit!
British Trains can be cheaper if you book in advance (more for Long Distance though than short) (but they have more restrictions - you can only go on a certain train )
Scone like "Gone"
Scone like "Cone"
**Waits for argument to break out in comments**
... like "gone", not "pond", surely ;)
depends where you're from...
You monster 😂😂
No its not, how dare you.
In the north it's scone like bone.
I love Christmas pudding, but you need cream with it. I also think we are probably a bit more racist than people think, but far less racist than the activists would have us believe. I can't believe anyone would be mean to Grace, absolute disgrace.
It may be that we give better camo to racists by our attitudes and penchant for violence (a la fisticuffs, none of that nancy gun stuff here...). However, if the claim that we are more racist than we'd like to believe is correct, you would be the prime example of how that is. This does not mean we are super racists (never met a nice south african, but that's not bloody surprising man...), but that we prefer to not see it.
@@markhackett2302 I'm not in the least bit violent. Not sure what you're trying to say.
@@cdeford I never said you were. We are.
Regarding the NHS, one of the issues is the government of the day changing the NHS Management as this is cheaper than actually investing in the service (known internally as re-arranging the deckchairs on the Titanic rather than looking where you were going).
As an example, during a 24 year period of employment at the local hospital the organisation I worked for changed 6 times while I sat at the same desk.
Each time it changed, all the documentation had to be changed to reflect the new logo and/or title (after paying huge consultation fees for the new structure & graphic designing), Director level appointments would change with many of the incumbents moving on to other NHS organisations with compensation.
Changes have included the NHS being split into 'purchaser & provider' units so that hospitals could compete against each other, the introduction of Hospital & Community Trusts..
This was to allow local groups to decide what was needed in their area (and the Govt to pass the buck). This led to more bureaucracy such as NICE National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence to reduce postcode prescribing & treatment availability. As well as the CQC Care Quality Commission introduced to ensure that standards were being met & maintained, This had been glossed over during the splitting of the NHS into smaller & smaller pieces.
Im from Llandudno in north wales. Everyone here is so nice and friendly. We are quite a big town but everyone (who goes out) seams to know each other. In our town we have, The Orme, Cable Car, Tram, Ski Slope, Theatre and 2 beaches (One on North Shore which has rocks and The Pier, and West Shore whcih is sandy) :)
I’d agree with football culture bleeding into all aspects of society. Rampant, irrational tribalism has never been worse.
I’d also agree with the undercurrent of racism (it’s evident in football too). Just check Daily Mail comments relating to immigrants arriving by boat or anything relating to Meghan Markle and it’s plain to see.
Disagree about football culture driving rampant irrational tribalism, I feel our media and politics have a lot more to do with this.
I agree with this. And while I also agree that the media and politicians have driven the increased tribalism, the very beginnings of it's resurgence can be traced to around Euro 96. It catapulted certain aspects of patriotism back into the mainstream consciousness and laid the overly-simplistic, reactionary, and juvenile groundwork of what modern nationalism is based on.
If you don't belive there's a link look at how many nationalist groups are populated by people who identify as "football lads".
Poor Meghan. ...hahahaha.
It upsets me to hear that Grace encountered a wild racist although I had already heard about this in a previous video. I think the kind of person to do that is a waste of space anyway and the rest of us think they are quite pathetic. Intolerance is so ugly but luckily the UK is one of the most tolerant societies in the world. 🤗♥️
9:25 - My town has a unique set of covered walkways one storey above ground level, with access to a second level of shops or other businesses
Would that be Chester by any chance? 😄
As a Scot it took me a while to warm to you guys as most of your opinions are based on England. I know you visited Ireland during lockdown and seemed to enjoy it. Please visit Scotland. The cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh are a must then check out Loch Lomond . In fact walk the West highland way. you will love it and have years supply of video footage from a weeks visit. :)
Thing that makes my town special is that we have the world's longest pleasure pier.
Must be either Southend or Southport.
And a beach that doubles as a gravel pit! 🤣🤣🤣
@@jamespasifull3424 You are right there lol
Hot milk on Weetabix, sugar then mush it up so it's like baby food, delicious. The difference between areas and cities are the people. Nandos does a great Steak and chips 😁
Hot milk brings out the malty taste.
I thought i was the only one who did this.
@@DIRTYshizno347 see your not such a weirdo after all there's two of us 😂
My Polish friend says that the only way to eat Weetabix is with CHEESE.. . I suppose she sees it like a rather thick crisp bread!
@@gerardphelan7996 😮
My nan believed tea solved everything, someone died put the kettle on, having a bad day put the kettle on, what's that got your arm chopped off put the kettle on, tea solved everything.
Nando's started in 1987, the first restaurant opened in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Yeah but it's owned by Tom Oswaldtwistle from Lancashire.
Christmas pudding is lovely with custard or cream or refried in the morning
I read that as 'with a custard cream' ... I was very confused as to why you were putting custard creams in with your christmas pudding ... it sounds terribly dry 😂
@@charlottegiles2050 hmmm custard creams are godly though
I raise you... brandy butter.
@@jenny2245 that's not a raise :) I'm afraid its an invalid topping lol (at least for me, I love brandy but can't stand brandy butter). Custard for me is hard to beat.
It is indeed lovely! But yes, I would NOT want to eat it in the Summer! So perhaps there is an element of tradition to our liking of it! But then again, I wouldn't want to eat a Scone/Cheesecake at Christmas lol.
Gregg's is the McDonald's of bakeries: you get exactly the same, okay-quality food, every time.
We definitely have a bad relationship with alcohol. Binge drinking, underage drinking, and the idea that a great weekend is one where you have absolutely no memory of it.
As for the NHS, it needs more funding, and less people trying to Americanise it. (I can't believe you have so many people saying videos on the royals would be controversial, and yet nothing about the NHS? Perhaps they just think that it is too obvious to be worth mentioning?)
The NHS is extremely well funded, perhaps over-funded, it needs better management.
@@archiebald4717 the NHS is not funded well at all, it receives budget cuts all the time and the government are trying to privatise it
Thank you very much. It's now eight minutes past midnight. I should be asleep but I've just watched this video and now I want another cup of tea.
Do it.
The term 'shitter' is, as the lady opines, a synonym for the US 'restroom'. The contraction for 'more shitty' is 'shittier'.
Mine is that Branston baked beans are clearly better than Heinz. The sauce is better
Deffo , we parred off heinz years back , branstons sweeter and nicer
All Heinz products are too salty.
Every now and then it looks like Eric's hair is on fire
Haha! Hadn't noticed that
Nando's Peri Peri has been in the states for years. I've never eaten there but I had a friend who worked at one. It seemed fairly upscale.
I'm unsure how this is different from the UK. My impression is that Nando's is fairly ubiquitous over there.
I took a long time to figure this out but about 2 years ago I had the epiphany that I didn’t have to eat Christmas pudding because it was “traditional”. I could eat something that was delicious like sticky toffee pudding. Good video, hope you guys visit the north of England someday.
Oh yes. I can really see, all the builders gathering for a cocktail. After a hard day at work.
Hahahahahaha
Christmas pudding is wonderful
Your videos are very entertaining to watch, especially from a Brit perspective
I really like the idea of the 2 part series, I think that's a gap on the RUclips metric :)
Christmas pudding is good to me 👍
Indeed - it is the highlight of the year. This (2020) Christmas I spent Christmas alone for the first time in my life and dug out a artisan Christmas pudding I had bought in 2011. It was BRILLIANT, the extra long time allowed for the fruit to mature made it taste so wonderful.
I stock up every December with enough individual puds to last me all year -can't get enough of it.
Christmas pudding is wonderful, especially if you make it yourself.
We give America a lot of lip about how obsessed they are with sports whilst ignoring the fact that football hooliganism exists
No we don’t, lol we are just as obsessed if not more. It’s about the sports themselves that they love in America lol that’s what we mock
Yes, hooliganism is still a thing, in the 80's you could have gang wars over different teams, they got really really violent.
There is no much wrong with this comment, I don't know what to correct first. :D
On a winter's morning, two Weetabix sprinkled with sugar then hot milk poured in the bowl (not over the top of the Weetabix) is a joy to behold. You get the sweet crunch of the sugar and top of the Weetabix, then the warm cosy soft Weetabix underneath.
Christmas pudding is vile. So is Christmas cake.
You guys are great I love your interpretation of British culture , you should visit the Glen Coe area in Scotland I’m sure you would love it
You can buy the Nando’s sauce by itself in a bottle rather than going to the restaurant and get burned or undercooked chicken.
I'm amazed how the chicken I got from Nando's the one time I went, was both burnt AND under-cooked.
I've never had burned or undercooked chicken in 100+ Nandos meals
@@hjr2000 good for you.
Trains: in my experience, the timing is relatively unreliable; usually quite hard to get a seat, And extremely poor food service in first class.
Yeah, pretty sure Southern rail gets shit on all the time when it comes to being on time etc. Plus the whole bus replacement service.
I think the 'plan in advance' bit it meant to counter the extremely expensive side of UK trains. I've been living abroad a few years now so could well be corrected if it's no longer the case but if you booked 2 weeks in advance and travelled off-peak you could knock 70% or more off the cost of a ticket bought on the day.
I priced a train ticket from Blackpool to London. £275 each way off peak I went online and booked it 4 weeks in advance and it was £20 each way off peak. That was in 2016.
13:01 please tell me that was a clip of that episode of mr bean where he dips twigs into marmite 😭
It was!!! 😋
The NHS is great, they have saved many of my family’s life’s without any problems and also when we had our kids they were great, the NHS is a truly amazing thing.
Indeed, but can be better still.
@@hjr2000 nothing is perfect
I love Twiglets and Marmite.. :)
so about the royal family thing.... im british and im not a royalist, and i think its wierd that we still have a royal family, especially as their role is becoming more and more ceremonial. however, they do earn the nation a lot of tourism money, so the economy would be worse off without them financially
I really like Christmas pudding :), like fruit cake too, and most things with raisins/fruit in ☺️
"Beer is proof that God loves us, and wants us to prosper"
- Benjamin Franklin (circa 1760)
Beer: Because Man cannot live by bread alone
Love Christmas Pudding but only a small portion as it is very sweet, with custard, ice cream or cream sometimes all three. If you do a vlog about the Royal family be prepared to open a can of worms, I love our Royalty but not necessarily all the family. Xxx❤️🇬🇧😍😘
So like anyone's relatives then 😂
@@dave_h_8742 lol yes so true 🤣😂.
"Having all of the pints" - that's exactly the idea :D
Its like this, can have a strong view and some what hatred of things but the moment some one from another country says the same, what we hate becomes the most loved thing and in some serious cases daggers can be drawn.
OK - I'll bite. And pick on the One Topic that is bound to start a row.
Brexit was a catastrophically stupid thing to do.
no, joining the European Common Market in the first place was the stupid thing to do. but you probable are not old enough to remember that.
@@jeanlongsden1696 The British economy was in an appalling state in 1973 and joining the then EEC stopped it getting even worse.
I don't care for either football or American football. Neither sport interests me!
Same :/ I'm not big on sports
Rugby tho 😉
Ur one of those
@@zachm25 Personally, when at school, I always favoured archery, cricket, rowing, rugby, and tennis.
@@ShainThomas I'm not fussy mate 😂 was just seeing who would say what first
My personal choice is beer over lager as their are so many varieties of beer in the UK from the many dark beers and stouts through to lager. Southerners tend to drink lager more than in the midlands and further up north up to Scotland. Going to the many pubs is more as a social thing in the UK where families and friends can get together and meet up over drinks and perhaps having a meal together.
British Citizenship test 2019.
2. Being unable to stand up and leave without first saying “right”.
3. Not hearing what someone at a party says for the third time, so just laughing and hoping for the best.
4. Saying “anywhere here’s fine” when the taxi’s directly outside your front door.
5. Being sure to start touching your bag 15 minutes before your station, so the person in the aisle seat is fully prepared for your exit.
6. Repeatedly pressing the door button on the train before it’s illuminated, to assure your fellow commuters you have the situation in hand.
7. Having someone sit next to you on the train and realising you’ll have to eat your crisps at home.
8. The huge sense of relief after your perfectly valid train ticket is accepted by the inspector.
9. The horror of someone you only half know saying: “Oh I’m getting that train too”.
10. “Sorry, is anyone sitting here?” - Translation: Unless this is a person who looks remarkably like a bag, I suggest you move it.
11. Loudly tapping your fingers at the cashpoint, to assure the queue that you’ve asked for money and the wait is out of your hands.
12. Looking away so violently as someone nearby enters their PIN that you accidentally dislocate your neck.
13 Waiting for permission to leave after paying for something with the exact change.
14. Saying hello to a friend in the supermarket, then creeping around like a burglar to avoid seeing them again.
15. Watching with quiet sorrow as you receive a different haircut to the one you requested.
16. Overtaking someone on foot and having to keep up the uncomfortably fast pace until safely over the horizon.
17. Being unable to turn and walk in the opposite direction without first taking out your phone and frowning at it.
18. Punishing people who don’t say thank you by saying “you’re welcome” as quietly as possible.
19. The overwhelming sorrow of finding a cup of tea you forgot about.
20. Turning down a cup of tea for no reason and instantly knowing you’ve made a terrible, terrible mistake.
21. Realising you’ve got about fifty grand’s worth of plastic bags under your kitchen sink.
22. “You’ll have to excuse the mess” - Translation: I’ve spent seven hours tidying in preparation for your visit.
23. Indicating that you want the last roast potato by trying to force everyone else to take it.
24. Mishearing somebody’s name on the second time of asking, meaning you must now avoid them forever.
25. Leaving it too late to correct someone, meaning you must live with your new name forever.
26. Running out of ways to say thanks when a succession of doors are held for you, having already deployed ‘cheers’, ‘ta’ and ‘nice one’.
27. Changing from ‘kind regards’ to just ‘regards’, to indicate that you’re rapidly reaching the end of your tether.
28. Staring at your phone in silent horror until the unknown number stops ringing.
29. The relief when someone doesn’t answer their phone within three rings and you can hang up.
30. Wondering why this list started at 2 instead of 1, but not wanting to look stupid by asking.
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Thanks to Rob Temple, author of 'Very British Problems'.
I always get a jumbo sausage with my fish and chips - sorted
Best of both, a man after my own heart. I always struggle between the two before getting one with chips and getting the other on its own
@@advictoriam3106 at Xmas time, our local chippy started wrapping a double sized jumbo sausage with bacon before its was battered and deep fried mmm
@@YourBeingParanoid Oh my good god that is bordering on erotica! That sounds absolutely incredible. Where do you live? I need to try this yesterday nevermind waiting until Xmas haha. Just wish I could find jumbo sausage to buy that were as good as the chippy has to do this at home.
@@advictoriam3106 I'm up in Newcastle - home of Gregg's too!
Ew, fish is gross.
No definitely not a corn dog either as Savoloy or big pork sausage. Xxx❤️😍🇬🇧😘
From 2001 to 2015 our largest customer was in the UK. I must have made 2 dozen business trips there over those years, however meals were almost exclusively in hotels and restaurants. That means I never really saw the "tea culture" thing as I could get either coffee or tea in the places where I dined. It's coffee for me (but I do like tea, I even have 2 boxes of Bigelow Assortment on my shelf). However, the alcohol thing (pub culture) is fairly obvious. The first time I noticed a major difference was at a sports bar on a day off. After spending several hours and many pounds on cocktails, I wondered why I was as sober as I was (the same amount of cocktails in the US would have left me hammered). When it came my turn to buy a round, I walked to the bar and noticed they measured alcohol like it was liquid gold. There were signs posted behind the bar that described the requirement for legal, calibrated measures and firm pricing for all alcohol and wine. Consequently, when those Brits visited the US, they were floored by bartenders "free pouring" (no measuring) their cocktails. If that didn't blow their minds, they lost all control when every 4th drink was free. I mentioned all of this to a British friend that lived in the US, and he said that the UK has a collective drinking problem that requires government regulation. That was weird to me.
Reddit is the worst thing that's happened to the internet, so I would ignore everything they tell you about anything.
Mostly, I watch the generally static dog.
Don't dis the beer🍺🤪
Chrismas pudding is awesome, and a tip about Marmite use a teaspoon of it in a cheese sauce and you'll have the best tasting cheese sauce ever
9:27 The nearest major town is called Richmond, North Yorkshire which is turning 950 years old today 🥳
Nice place... I went to a superb community pub there. Food was fantastic... as was the many different kinds of beer. Shout out to Richmond, North Yorks! 👍
My unpopular opinion might be that Scottish Blend teabags combined with fresh Scottish water is way better than Yorkshire tea, and infinitely better than any tea made with mingin' hard water from southern England.
That certainly would be a hugely unpopular opinion as everyone in the world knows Yorkshire Tea is the best by far.
Hating "The Office" is NOT an "unpopular" British opinion. For me, Ricky Gervais is as about as funny as a kick in the crutch.
Ricky Gervais stand up is much better than any of his TV series
Never watched it because he made me cringe.
Him and Coogan are the signal for me to instantly change channels.
@@lenwilcock3937 Coogan is a legend, I'm Alan Partridge (particularly the first series) is one of the all time greatest British comedy series, up there with Fawlty Towers and Blackadder
Always felt like Ricky Gervais is more or less David Brent in real life. I do agree with his opinions on animal rights though.
21st of June for about 2 weeks will be an eyesore on the streets of the UK due to alcohol but an amazing period to be involved in and everyone will have so much fun. This will explain our love of alcohol and I believe its more the social setting than the alcohol itself.
Wheetabix with cold milk is good if sugar free, however hot wheetabix. (Heating up milk in a pot and pouring over, not microwave) should contain sugar