Boatie McBoatface was partially Ironic, tinged with our silly streak of humour, but imagine hearing The US, or Germany or Even Russia having to ask Boatie McBoatface to identify themselves .
Shortly after the boat they discovered a new species of crab and they asked the pubic to come up with a name. However, they said that Craby McCrabface was not a suitable name.
They are also almost always really nice lotte train lines too. With some quite cute little stations and interesting villages along the way. And I really admire the passion behind them. It's always fun to go on one with my dad who will start telling us all about the history of train signalling and how they kept the tracks clear for trains to pass through without colliding.
Unless we want to mortally wound someone who has broken the implicit social contract. Then we tut, and exchange disbelieving "Did you see them break the implicit social contract?" looks with all others around. Perhaps, if you really push it, we'll shake our head in disapproval and deploy a sarcastic comment such as "Oh, of course, you first! None of us are in a hurry - we all just stand here for the fun of it!" if, for example, someone jumps a queue.
@@aecides3203 actually i just shout queue jumper really loud until theyre either done or try and start when theyre shamefully on the way back to the end of the queue
@@aecides3203 I did that very thing when I was in a queue and two ladies walked past me and jumped in front of me . I let them know "oh don't you worry about me, I'm just standing in the queue for no reason, just so you two can walk past me and jump ahead. "The whole store looked at them shaking their heads with a disapproving tut, they both went bright red and I thought one was going to cry.
a lot of outsiders dont understant that this is just how we get shit done. i dont care how good the thing is, still gonna bitch about everything thats wrong with it constantly till you fix it then ill find something smaller to bitch about. people from other cultures can get offended by that but its just what we do.....
I took my grandkids to a soft play the other day. On the way back, we were standing at the bus stop, in the rain. The kids were trying to get the cars to splash them. They got bored with that, and started to try and get the drivers to beep their horns at them. The amount of people who beeped, waved and smiled at them was amazing.
To be fair to the drivers who refused to splash the kids. If memory serves correctly driving through a large puddle and thus soaking/splashing a pedestrian is deemed to be driving without due care & consideration and thus an actual traffic offence.
During lockdown, I was still working all over the country. Driving for hours every day on empty roads through ghost towns was surreal and surprisingly draining. Then, when we were allowed out for exercise, I began seeing kids and families waiving from motorway bridges. It took me right back to my childhood and damn near wore out the horn!! It was awesome and really lifted the spirits! ❤
The way we respond to terrorist incidents. The fact that, after the Underground (Tube) and bus bombings on 7/7 in 2005, not _only_ was the Tube back up and running with an _almost_ full service _the next morning_ - the bus service was back up and running _that same evening_ . People even joked soon after that they didn't even notice the effect on the buses or Tube cos "they're always late any way" LOL 😂 I also love the fact any time there is a terrorist incident abroad, we are first in line to send _our_ experts over to those countries to help out. We did it after 9/11, as well as sent experts after the Paris attacks. Using our history and knowledge of dealing with the aftermath of the Blitz and the IRA to help others in the world will always be a point of pride for me. As was the reaction of Londoners to the Grenfell Tower fire - our differences didn't matter that day - _so_ many people from all walks of life and all places in the world came together to help out the survivors and the rescuers, it was honestly beautiful. Same goes for us always being the first to get aid onto aircraft to send out to nations affected by disease, famine, natural disasters etc. I love that _giving_ side to us, that instinct that we don't want to see other people suffering and will do all we can to stop it or assist in any way we can, and I hope we never lose it.
It is strange though how in recent years we have occasionally the strongest swear words used on tv yet if you swear in a public place if overheard by a police officer it is a public order offence and can incur a fine and even lead to arrest. So much for freedom of expression.
I once called a Victoria sponge cake 'Victoria's clunge' when having a bit of banter with fellow bandmates during a tea break and couldn't believe the amount of people that took offence to it - one woman even said it's a public order offence and I could be arrested for it.
@@paulbromley6687 You can't express yourself without using profanity? You must have an imbecilic level of diction and vocabulary! I swear like the trooper I was at times, but I'm also extremely capable of tailoring my speech to the situation I'm in.
Great Britain has been 'Rabies Free' for over 100 years ! While, (E.G.) sadly, approx. 21,000 people die each year in India... So we should count ourselves lucky, but not let our defences down.
As is the whole of the CTA comprising the UK, Republic of Ireland, IOM and the Channel Islands. Citizens can travel between them without a Passport but your pet needs one showing vaccination history and it must be microchipped.
@@stewedfishproductions7959 It has got worryingly close as cases have been recorded in N. France, which GB is now physically connected to. Hope that the tunnel security is better than that on the coast and rabid animals don't sneak through it.
Our electrical plugs have three pins, the earth pin is longest so always makes contact first, then the live and the neutral are partially insulated meaning that by the time they also make contact it's more or less impossible even for tiny fingers to touch them. The sockets automatically keep the live and neutral holes closed until the earth pin is inserted, so again, they're very difficult to interfere with. There's a Tom Scott video about this if you'd like to know more!
I was in the Supermarket on Friday. A new worker approached a manager. 'What shall I do now?', he said. 'Would you mind collecting the baskets?, the manager said. Perfect!
Britain is responsible for one of the greatest untold wars of all time, the war on slavery. From 1808 - 1870 the British declared war on the African slave trade, spending almost 40% of our GDP to do so, and didn't stop paying for it until 2018.
And even now, countries are targeting us for reparations for slavery..no other country but ours is mentioned time and time again and no mention of our stopping it.
They did, yes, but they were paying the slaveowners, for the loss of their 'property'. Also, this was after 300 yrs of exploitation....according to the UN, we owe 24 trillion in reparations. You might want to rethink how proud you are.
@GSD said “Our ability to create a joke even under the most horrendous of circumstances”. That’s so true and lightens even the most serious of subjects such as war and death. I think that’s where we get our stiff upper lip from.
Not as serious as war and death but about 20yr ago I had a major car crash and smashed my right hand up badly, whilst in a&e my dad asked the trainee nurse if I could still play the piano.... I've had the ability to do that.. She was trying her hardest to reassure but we both cracked up, she got it a second later and giggled then I was rushed to London for a major hand reconstruction job. It's OK now but I still can't play the piano🤦haha sorry
For any Americans reading the comment I highly recommend the National Trust and English Heritage, not just stately homes, but they also have small villages like Avebury, with some insane history. You can also get Membership to either organisation and it will make your holiday quite a bit cheaper
Actually, the National Trust is AMAZING - I think it has 16 million paid up members - 25% of the population. Imagine if a US organisation had 82.5 Million members just dedicated to keeping things nice...???
And if you're near to a location it is just really nice to go there and relax. The best thing about these stately homes for me is that the grounds are large enough that all the noise from the outside world just goes away, its very peaceful.
Landmark trust is a good place to look for somewhere to stay too, it can be a little pricey at times but you can stay in heritage places including some places listed as castles
As a brit, I can say that some specially trained police officers have guns and they are used if necessary in extreme situations, but the fact that most don't makes it harder for officers with ill intentions to shoot people. Definitely an advantage we have across the atlantic.
I've heard that police have to fill out something like 10 pages of paperwork if they unholster their taser and 30 pages if they discharge it. No UK cop wants to shoot someone while on duty because they'd have to write a PHD dissertation to say why it was the right thing to do at the time.
In the UK, I have seen armed police a few times, but only ever ever seen the weapons once when I witnessed the apprehension of someone that was apparently dangerous and had escaped police custody a week earlier. Not a single shot was fired
@@picklerick2861 4-5 hours drive. Are you living in a hole in the ground 5 mile deep that you need to walk up. I’m in the centre of Glasgow. 15 minutes and I’ll be seeing a beach. And Glasgow is surrounded by mountains. England is a piece of flat ground. You should be able to look out your window and see the beach in any direction, except North…🤣
The thing with Boaty Mcboatace was that the completion was to name the new High Tec research ship and they wanted a sensible name, hence Sir David Attenbourgh. Boaty McBoatface was put forward as a joke name for a laugh. As it was so popular they decided to name a support vessel to keep people happy. If you want more weird names look into our snow plough names as Doncaster has just names one of it's two new ploughs ""Gritsy Bitsy Teeny Weeney Yellow Anti Slip Machiney" no word on the name of the second one yet. If you go on line and type in Snow Plough Names UK it comes up with a fair few. I.E Spready Mercury or Gritney Spears Have Fun at our expense.😂🧡❄
The meal deals are great, used to be £3 now £3.50 you can get a sandwich/bun/baguette/sausage roll or salad for the mains, crisps/chocolate bar or fruit for dessert and can/bottle to drink, it can actually add up to far more than what you pay. When jps came over last time he got one every day for dinner.
Several things to mention: - the number of words and slang terms we have for boobs (well over 100), the fact that no matter where you live you can find open countryside within 5 minutes of setting out, our ability to create a joke even under the most horrendous circumstances
do not forget the number of names we have for ladies of little or no virtue usually of a negative nature, and sadly there are very few negative ones for men of the same persuasion.
One thing im proud of is the fact that a number of the museums in london are free entry, like the national gallery, the science museum and the natural history museum
For the meal deal, it's £3.50 and you can get things from cold pasta to wraps to triple sandwiches. Drink can be a soda, iced coffee or smoothie. The snack can be random things like olives, a cold boiled egg or chicken bites, it's usually just crisps or a candy bar though. Really good value for money. Edit: all supermarkets have this. Some have a more premium deal with better quality sandwiches. But the price is pretty much always the same regardless of supermarket
@@craigboden9455you don't get charged to use the Web, you are charged to lease and use a company's (your chosen ISP) infrastructure and Internet Backbone connection. You could bypass this by installing your own infrastructure and Backbone connection, creating your own ISP, but fibre optic cabling and networking hardware (not to mention its installation underground to a Backbone connection point) is very expensive, so it is generally cheaper to lease the use of another company's equipment (thus your charges to your ISP). A farmer in Lancashire decided to go about creating an ISP when a fellow farmer lost the ability to access the area's only internet option (a wireless network offered by Lancashire University), after trees grew too tall and blocked the radio signals. You can read about how you can cut out the "Middle-man" (your ISP) by becoming an ISP, by reading about her (Christine Conder), and the ISP she went on to create (B4RN). And that whole story really should be on a list of things Brits should be proud of. It all started, just because she wanted to help out her neighbouring farmer.
The British sense of fairness in relation to queuing is something we learn about in International Relations. It’s down to the idea that in British life if you’re in the queue then you’ll get the thing you’re there for whereas the experience of other people in other cultures is that if you’re far back in the queue then you’re likely not to get anything because there isn’t enough to go around. Sadly therefore as the country is run into the ground and the poor get poorer, our nature of letting someone else go first will die out.
The scarcity excuse isn't really the reason though. It's more about being reasonable and sane; keep in mind, Britain went through some pretty hard times, repeatedly. I mean, everyone tried to invade it multiple times throughout its history. In the case of WW2, rationing continued even after the war had ended, and people in this country were pretty poor for decades afterwards, and simply grew accustomed to a... more modest life than our US peers. But it has always been understood, at least in older British culture, that whether there's enough to go around or not, getting rowdy won't actually help things. That is what we used to teach our children; moderation and restraint. Because it used to be understood that such things are the real foundation of a civilization. British stoicism literally won wars. And the reason this moderation and reasonable behaviour will disappear now, is not because of poverty... but because there are fewer Brits involved, due to major demographic shifts in the country; the culture itself is evapourating.
I think it's part of the ettiquite culture we have as well. It makes us look better, which has definitely helped it grow, but it also makes room for a field of kindness and polite behaviour other countries don't neccesarily have.
I am proud of the British sense of fairness, electric plugs, London Underground Map and system, the NHS, the sense of history, the lack of poisonous spiders and snakes, the early drinking age, the pubs, the ability to easily make friends, the green countryside, the music scene, the variety of international restaurants, good policing, the royal mint going back to 1282, Castles, Cathedrals, free museums, the post offices, Pret a Mange (sandwich shops), Mark's & Spencer's, No Guns, MUCH better tax return forms, our sense of humour and comedians.
"the lack of poisonous spiders and snakes" Venomous but funnily enough. They do still exist. They're just not very dangerous or aggressive. I'm proud of the fact that we reintroduced a lot of animals that we wiped out to our lands. But we also have some other weird introductions like Panthers for some reason. Private collection gone bad, me thinks. But we also reintroduced Bears... not sure what to think of that.
Boaty McBoatface was indeed a proud moment. Making "Killing in the Name" by Rage Against the Machine our number 1 selling single in the pop charts at Christmas, but especially our use of curse words as adjectives, nouns, verbs and adverbs. Especially the "C" word in Scotland where it can be used in the nicest compliment imaginable, or an insult up there with cutting someone's throat in their sleep!! 😂😂
11:00 - That happened on my driving test at the A27/Oving Rd. crossing when the traffic lights were out when heading back to the test centre and this was during the morning rush hour. I had to do a turn right across the dual carriageway (with a 70mph limit) and the westbound traffic (who all had right of way) stopped at the line to allow me to make the turn.
The meal deal, is a brit thing, i know people who have visited the uk from america, cant remember his channel name jps, or something like that, he came back to vist solo this year, live on meal deals, he was on a budget, well worth watch his uk trip, he did the meals deals, but did a visit away from the tourist stuff scotland and the UK, his york vlog section, he was invited back to york radio, and was in the dragon boat race, lovely young lad
You find meal deals not just in supermarkets, but also at petrol stations, in convenience stores and even places such as students union shops at universities.
I have to say are fire service because no matter how they get treated by the youth of today they always do a great job risking their lives day after day and same ambulance staff amazing people
@@fionagregory9376 there's always one I've seen many people making a mistake but I don't feel the need to pull them I hope you feel like a champion for it
@@BigScubes well maybe so doesn't mean it doesn't happen and if you say it doesn't your a lier and you never watched the news and what I say is facts!! you can say I'm lieing but that would mean you saying the other 29 people that have tumbed it our also lieing which is it
New Zealand also is rabies free as well as having no snakes. Our police are generally unarmed, although when circumstances require it firearms are accessible. This difference to the US is probably because we gave about one seventh the homicide rate of America based on population and while hunting and sports shooting are popular pastimes we don't have a culture of guns for defence, just not needed.
@@HeatherMyfanwyTylerGreey The reason for guns and the second amendment is not publicised that much though. It was to prevent tyranny and as some great philosophers have said of Governments :- Governments should be afraid of the people and not the people afraid of the Government.
True, but our licences last a bit longer than a year. As deer, pigs and goats are introduced species here and considered pests, there is a year-round open season on them, so heavy caliber rifles are probably more common than in the UK as deer stalking here is a sport for everyone, not the wealthy few. Virtually every city has its branch of the NZ Deer Stalkers Assn, which fosters hunting skills and firearms safety. Deer are such a problem in some areas that poison bait is dropped by helicopter to keep numbers down although hunters oppose such practices both as being cruel and indiscriminate as well as a waste of a resource.
@@greyvoice7949 that was certainly the case in the long past but a bunch of guys with rifles is not going to generate much fear in a government that has tanks, aircraft etc, not to mention trained troops and a tested command structure and intelligence services. Times change and I notice in any US gun magazines that I come across (I'm a keen shooter) there is much more reference to self protection and home defence.
Except the Dartford Crossing pages - a system which seems to be in a perpetual state of "Beta", and which has been less than useful since management of the crossing was taken over by another company recently.
As a Brit I am proud of one thing.... our Courts. I have watched umpteen Court footage on YT, and frankly I see it as a branch of Hollywood theatre. Screaming, shouting at each other... trying to attack counsel and even the judge... and hystrionics, yes hystrionics! Our Court proceedings are calm, voices not raised, huge politeness and respect, and even the villians in the dock know how to behave correctly. Professional, calm and huge verbal restraint.
In addition to the safety features that are built into our electrical equipment we also have a small but significant feature built into our water supply plumbing system. We have what are called “Yorkshire plumbing fittings” which are pre soldered joints in mainly domestic plumbing systems, that reduce the risk of poorly installed joints or the need to risk excess solder on overhead plumbing joints dripping on the heads or bodies of the installers or anything else around them. Basically the solder has been pre installed in the joints so as long as the joints and the pipes are well cleaned of any grease or debris and wiped with flux before placing them in contact with each other prior to heating the connection with a gas flame, the internal solder will melt and run to seal the joints.
But they cost so much hardly anyone uses them anymore, and when they do it's normal to run a bit of solder in 'just in case', so it's cheaper to use end feed fittings. Also, with the advent of push fit and press fittings, soldering is a dying skill.
The research vessel was for Antarctic waters. It was a dangerous job and it was decided nobody wanted to inform a parent that their son or daughter had been lost on Boaty McBoatface.The submersible was unmanned so didn't present a problem.
Even so , it was fun and the most popular name. But once again people were ignored in favour of what the establishment wanted... Attenborough was OK until he jumped on the agenda pushing boat and he should know better as his post agenda boat jumping programmes were full of lies and incorrect information... He should know better , but still went along with it!
It annoys me that this is the reason to be honest - did we not, as a Nation, decide that the divers who drowned diving in a place called "Muff", while a tragic loss of life, basically won epitaphs? Giving my life for scientific discovery aboard Boaty McBoatface would've been an honour, and a fantastic anecdote for future generations of my family.
@@Trebor74but then we wouldn't have the story. It was a troll, but in a good humored way, like naming Jedi as your religion in the national census. And the kid shortly after who got to name a leisure center. ...he called it after the town it was in, something they would have called it if they hadn't had the competition 👏
Taking the piss , banter , mocking , sarcastic liscence this is how we are doesnt matter if sombody dies we will still crack a joke to break the ice its how we cope and one of our best attributes.
The fact that you have to ask what you are proud of and even then you will often get a very understated answer. I am most proud of our lack of a need to brag about what we have done, we did it and that is enough :)
The venga boys dance phone video hit for me and for the country, as i believe it was recorded and went viral the week following the Ariana Grande Manchester terrorist attack and between the times of that and the One Love Manchester benefit concert. It showed positivity of the public coming together and having a good time after the bombings. It resonated with a lot of people.
"It showed positivity of the public coming together and having a good time after the bombings." Somewhat encouraged, as it turns out, by a concerted effort on the part of the government to disarm and defuse the more natural public response to children being killed - which is anger. Positivity indeed... bunch of kids get brutally murdered, let's have a dance, woo.
Imagine if a homeless person had a medical emergency they will be triaged through the hospital accident and emergency department past wealthy or well known less seriously in need to get the best possible care as proudly the national health service works on a system of most in need come first. It leads to long waiting times it’s annoying but we trust that it’s fair.
From a military perspective, proud that out HM Forces are world class… in spite of its low budget! Also that we led the way in how to do special forces. And side note that the US Navy was originated by a Scotsman 🏴
@@jackdubz4247oh yeh that pub , what a shame that had to be pulled down , I'm talking about our cathedrals and stately homes , castles etc that have been standing for centuries.
I love it that the comprehensive UK public transport system includes a scheduled hovercraft service... you won't find that anywhere else on the planet!
In Portsmouth going to and from the Isle of Wight and it only takes 10 minutes - it's the only passenger hovercraft service in the world! Lived here my whole life, and we all still love watching the 2 hovercraft coming in and out!
@@MrsJEM I've watched them come and go for years, still haven't ridden on it yet! I really should do one day. I do think its great that we still operate the only such service in the world.
We loath quewe jumpers, remember how the Holly and Phil queue-gate scandal erupted! Once someone else jumped the queue to the front when I waited at bus stop and a sweet little old lady just second behind me did the honours and whacked that guy with her handbag! Bless you madam! 😘
Just wanted to add that children definitely enjoy the National Trust locations! They are popular with families for a fun day out, as they often have interactive displays/play areas, as well as cafes 😊
we are very respectful and know our manners, we are a little eccentric, but we love a queue, a party, a day and night at the pub, its just our way of life
It made me smile when he mentioned that people in the US wouldn't "Ask if you were in a queue" - unless someone looks extremely disinterested in the queue but is sort of near it, this never happens. We do not ASK people if they are in a queue, we are British - we instinctively sense that a queue has formed and assume our just place in it.
Another thing that blew my mind as a Canadian living in the UK: they don't have skunks or raccoons. At all. Their niche in the ecosystem (omnivorous scavenger) is taken by mostly foxes, but also badgers.
The National trust is great and I never thought about it. You pay a yearly subscription and get unlimited access to gardens, heritage sites and historically significant landmarks. The money from the subscription is then used to maintain and preserve for future generations to see. Edit: my parents would take us to a lot of these sites and even as a kid, going to something like a castle and learning all about it is cool, and often they will have volunteers who run activities for kids to get involved in. They are very much run for families imo
The thing I'm most proud of about the UK is it leads the world on human rights issues. The largest humanitarian cause of all being the abolition of slavery. It took the UK 60 years to force on the rest of the world. That's three generations of military personnel. The British tax pay bought the freedom of every slave in the British empire of the day, and held naval battles off the coast of Africa to stop the Atlantic slave trade. The British navy also captured Sierra Leone used as a slave trade hub and turned into a protectorate so the freed slaves had somewhere to live without fear, they couldn't return to where they came from because their own kings and war lords had captured them and sold them into slavery. Many American freed slaves were also shipped there as well. It cost the UK so much money the debt was only paid off a decade ago. The world owes it's freedom from slavery to the British.
Meal deals are not just sandwiches some stores like Marks & Spencer do meal deals eg soup for starters, full cooked meal for mains & a desert. All for a very good price.
Many Americans have the notion that UK Police are unarmed but arrive at LHR or other international airports and see officers walking around cradling semi automatic weapons in their arms wearing body armour. The vast majority of Police are unarmed.
Cheltenham (Chelt n um) is quite posh … The National Trust has had homes left to them and you can buy an annual pass to go into all of them, including farms (Beatrix Potter bought sheep farms with the profits from her Peter Rabbit books) and left them to the newly formed National Trust. There’s also castles, stately homes, fields, beaches, woods, some ex-industrial buildings, etc. Meal deals are around £3.50 ($4.40) for a sandwich or salad, plus a snack (including freshly prepared fruit like pineapple) and a drink, which includes iced coffee, water, juice or a smoothie. Full price for all three works out at about £6 to £7 ($7.55 to $8.81). There’s a £5 meal deal with a posher mains- Katsura chicken, sushi, etc plus the snack and drink. Llantrisant is in the middle of nowhere in Wales. Lots of big steep hills - and the Royal Mint.
I like the way that you are always kind to the British and accept not everything is better in the USA. I like your channel and always give you a thumbs up
One lesser known thing that people from the UK or rather Scotland created was the US constitution in it's original form which was based on the Declaration of Arbroath rather than as is often said Magna Carta
@@djlads Yet many of those who signed were of Scots origin and would have known the declaration especially the idea that a country has a right to exist
@@djlads Another part of the Declaration of Arbroath states that the people not the crown are sovereign. This runs contrary to any of the English documents that are claimed as ancestors to the US constitution
The Meal Deal, is generally good value, most people can eat and are easy to get. Can be very useful for Tourists. Get them in most supermarkets, some other outlets. As Tyler suggested, almost a kids packed lunch but for adults (or kids). Very reliable basic meals.
The National Trust is a charity owned by its members (over 5 million) that owns and protects thousands of acres and lots of houses. They’re open to visit, get a lovely tea and see fantastic things; and lots of children visit as well as older people.
The gov website also does alot more, whether you agree with it or not, all your benifet payments are done online, applying for grants, how much money you get this month, keeping in touch with you claimant adviser, stuff like that, car stuff done with the same site, check you tax and mot online, even to the point of looking at the MOT history of a car you want to buy, see the old MOT's, and much more. too much to go into in a comment, its a love hate thing, but we all getting used to it
Also good very useful if you have any interest in the country's political situation. e.g. - You can get a quick and clear definition of the Ministerial code and 7 principles of Public Life which all MPs and government officials are in theory supposed to stick to (but rarely do). www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-7-principles-of-public-life Checking how your MP voted in reality as opposed to what they claim to support. e.g. Claiming to be a supporter of the environment but a quick check can tell you they are really a fossil fuel supporter, etc. votes.parliament.uk/
I like the Union Jack. It combines three quite bland flags into an interesting single item that is very recognisable even from a distance. Far too many countries create a flag by picking three colours, slapping them together either horizontally or vertically, and call it a day. PS I also think that the US flag is interesting but I feel you've shot yourselves in the foot with the 'stars represent states' idea.
The Scottish Saltire isn't a "bland" flag. It certainly looks better once you dispense with that ugly cross of St George plastered over the top of it. Talk about cultural vandalism.
Hi Tyler always enjoy your videos on the differences between America and England have been to the us alot and have always found the Americans I have met to kind and polite, America is an amazing country, will look out for more of your content Andrew England
We had a video clip come on the news recently that a Seagull had walked into a store that had the meal deal section right by the entrance, and it picks up a sandwich packet in its beak and walks out with it and nobody really cared. So, I'm proud that we have shoplifting Seagulls haha 😂 jk, give the sandwich back, Scuttle, you robbing git! 😂
The National Trust run trails for kids. There's often something in the school holidays, and something a bit generic all the time. NT is great for kids.
I'm strangly proud of the utter glorious nonsense we used to get in our music charts when such things were still relevant! Including the Wombles, Thunderbirds and of all things Mr. Blobby! 😅😂
The main thing about the meal deal is the price, it ranges from £3 to £5 and are available from pretty much any shop, including petrol stations and large pharmacy chains.
A man died in 2002 in Scotland from a type of rabies, lyssavirus (EBL) from a bat bite. He was a member of a bat preservation group and was bitten while tagging or checking the health of a colony.
Our legally protected "public rights of way". These are public footpaths, bridleways, B.O.A.T. Which is a byway open to all traffic. Also called a "green lane". And a restricted byway. Which is not to be used by mechanically propelled vehicle. Some of these are even across M.O.D firing ranges. How ever when the military are using the firing range, the rights of way are closed for safety. We also have permissive footpaths and bridleways.
About 12 years ago, a group of friends and I were on our way home from Northern Pride and were on the metro platform (underground .... you'll think of it as the subway) which was very long and VERY crowded. I decided to have a singalong (I'm a lifelong teetotaler by the way) so started singing old war songs (Lambeth Walk, Tipparery etc). The whole platform joined in and then a huge cheer went up when the train arrived with the driver grinning and waving at us. By the way, I'm the activities coordinator in a residential home for the elderly and have a powerful and trained voice. It was a .... good moment.
Out of a total police force in England and Wales of 123,171 in 2019, the Home Office previously reported that 6,653 were armed officers (5.4%) but police don't routinely carry guns. There are armed response units that can rock up very quickly if something kicks off.
Once upon a time dates were calculated from the accession of a king, or an emperor or a pope and different places used different dates. But an Englishman, the Venerable Bede (672 to 735) came up with the idea of dating years from the birth of Christ. This system is now used pretty much throughout the world, although these days in the UK at least, it sometimes referred to as the Common Era rather than anno domini.
Along with the queueing etc, we also tend to file to the left too. Up the left of the stairs, down on the left(or opposite to those going up) and the same with pathways etc too. There's always some jerk who walks down the middle and gets in the way but mostly everyone goes by the unwritten social rule. I live in a two ended curved road and 90% of the residents all go in and out the same way to stop the hassle of having to let cars pass since the streets are quite narrow. I'm also proud of how friendly as are as a whole. Starting a conversation while in a queue is easy and everyone joins in. Everyone abides by the 'topics that shall not be brought up' unwritten rule too.
Re the plug socket: we have a grounding prong that is longer than the other two prongs. The bottom half of the other two prongs (active and neutral) are plastic so that by the time the plug is in the socket enough to have a connection you cant touch the metal and electrocute yourself. The sockets generally have a "cover" in the socket blocking anything from getting into the holes for the prongs and only open when the grounding pin goes in allowing the other two prongs to enter the socket. This also makes it extremely difficult to electrocute yourself on the socket itself.
The meal deal is a marketing term for a price bundle. You get a sandwich, drink and a snack for a fixed price. You might save 15% by buying the bundle. I have never seen a "meal deal" in the USA but every time you order a big mac and fries you've got a meal deal.
The meal deal thing is a life saver. Usually sandwiches cost about £2 - £4 on their own. The crisps are about £0.80, the drink is usually £1 - £1.89 on its own. The meal deal is adopted by nearly all retailers that sell sandwiches, drinks and snacks and it will be something like - “a main + a snack + a drink for £3.50. You save money by buying it together
Personally I love getting a Tesco meal deal every week when I do my weekly shop. It's a cheap and fast dinner for me on busy Saturdays. Tyler, for example, I can have a choice of many sandwiches/wraps/subs/pasta salad with a drink and a snack like crisps/fruit/protein or chocolate bar for £3.40.
Our sense of humour and our great comedy programmes.. .Steptoe and Son ,Dads Army,Hancocks Half Hour,...through to Vic and Bobs big night out,The Office etc...the list goes on and on...
There's actually a much better video about British electrical plugs than Tom Scott's video. The video "British plugs and electrical outlets are on another level" is a longer video on RUclips which goes into many more aspects and much more detail than the Tom Scott video.
07:10 Only Great Britain has routinely unarmed police forces. In the other part of the UK, Northern Ireland, uniformed police constables are routinely armed when on duty. This has been the case since the setting up of the Royal Ulster Constabulary in the 1920's, and continues to this day under the successor police force, the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
Meal deals are pretty good. Generally in the £2-3 range, and available in most grocery stores, supermarkets, "gas stations", ect. Although it might stop being a thing in Wales soon. Its generally a sandwich, pastry or salad (including pasta salad), with decent veggie and vegan ranges at the same price as the meaty ranges, the snack is generally a pack of crisps, or a fruit pot, or something like fridge raiders, pepperami, and I've been seeing these little yogurt and granola pots recently that are quite nice. The drink could be anything from a bottle of water to something otherwise quite pricey, like coconut water. Starbucks iced drinks are a thing, too, or a bottle of pop or fruit juice. And non chain shops also have caught on, aswell. They make a pretty good option for a quick meal if you forgot to pack one, or if your in the car for a long journey. The sandwiches are often ones that don't fall apart easily, so if you open it up before you set out, you can even eat whilst driving. It's not perfect, often the snacks in particular are considered quite unhealthy. But it's better, and faster, than a macdonalds.
There's a rabies-like virus present in some bats, but that's pretty much it. The last death from rabies acquired in the UK was in I think 1902, and the last infection originating in the UK was something like 1922. There have been a few cases, but all involving people bitten overseas. Personally, I'm quite proud of the Union Jack. Not for patriotic reasons, as such, but it's such an incredibly cool design. Ooh, and the fact that it's the norm in a supermarket that if you only have one or two items, the person at the front says 'do you want to go first?', and you reply 'are you sure?', and they say 'yes, go on', and then you say thank you again as you leave.
Visited the Royal Mint once. Very interesting! You get to see the room where the international currency is made. We were told there that they call Llantrisant (where the Royal Mint is) the reverse Polo. Rather than being a mint with a hole in it, its a hole with a mint in it.
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Boatie McBoatface was partially Ironic, tinged with our silly streak of humour, but imagine hearing The US, or Germany or Even Russia having to ask Boatie McBoatface to identify themselves .
That is a gloriously, hilarious scenario. Thanks. You made me laugh outloud. 😂😂😂😂
Shortly after the boat they discovered a new species of crab and they asked the pubic to come up with a name. However, they said that Craby McCrabface was not a suitable name.
@@scott4600 I think the sub that was attached to it was, but not the actual vessel. But that's just silly British humour for you.
@@adrianboardman162correct. The ship itself was named "The Sir David Attenborough"
See comedy gold on a daily basis! But the establishment stepped in yet again... Why ask if you will not do it? Sound familiar?
One odd thing I'm proud of is how many heritage/steam railways exist in the UK, and they're predominantly volunteer-run.
There’s a really nice miniature one (you can ride it) at Stapleford down near Milton Keynes.
@@WriterGirl90 ooh I'm near there. It's nice
They are also almost always really nice lotte train lines too. With some quite cute little stations and interesting villages along the way. And I really admire the passion behind them.
It's always fun to go on one with my dad who will start telling us all about the history of train signalling and how they kept the tracks clear for trains to pass through without colliding.
I'm proud of our capacity to sarcasm in the UK. We use sarcasm in the same manner that Americans use guns.
Unless we want to mortally wound someone who has broken the implicit social contract. Then we tut, and exchange disbelieving "Did you see them break the implicit social contract?" looks with all others around. Perhaps, if you really push it, we'll shake our head in disapproval and deploy a sarcastic comment such as "Oh, of course, you first! None of us are in a hurry - we all just stand here for the fun of it!" if, for example, someone jumps a queue.
Reeeaaalllyyy???
@@B-A-L No of course not, that's why I mentioned it.
@@aecides3203 actually i just shout queue jumper really loud until theyre either done or try and start when theyre shamefully on the way back to the end of the queue
@@aecides3203 I did that very thing when I was in a queue and two ladies walked past me and jumped in front of me .
I let them know "oh don't you worry about me, I'm just standing in the queue for no reason, just so you two can walk past me and jump ahead. "The whole store looked at them shaking their heads with a disapproving tut, they both went bright red and I thought one was going to cry.
Our ability to complain bitterly about how rubbish everything is, but we are still proud and would defend so many things to an outsider.
And murder their faces off if they ever try to take it from us.
Me: "I hate this place..."
Also me: "I really am comfy here and I will fight anyone who bad mouths it!"
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Could be worse
Could be French.
a lot of outsiders dont understant that this is just how we get shit done. i dont care how good the thing is, still gonna bitch about everything thats wrong with it constantly till you fix it then ill find something smaller to bitch about. people from other cultures can get offended by that but its just what we do.....
I took my grandkids to a soft play the other day. On the way back, we were standing at the bus stop, in the rain. The kids were trying to get the cars to splash them. They got bored with that, and started to try and get the drivers to beep their horns at them. The amount of people who beeped, waved and smiled at them was amazing.
Pity none of them stopped to give you a lift! Sorry.........Grinch!
To be fair to the drivers who refused to splash the kids. If memory serves correctly driving through a large puddle and thus soaking/splashing a pedestrian is deemed to be driving without due care & consideration and thus an actual traffic offence.
@@stuartfaulds1580 section 3, careless driving.
@@stevenjohnson4190 Ahh thanks.
During lockdown, I was still working all over the country. Driving for hours every day on empty roads through ghost towns was surreal and surprisingly draining. Then, when we were allowed out for exercise, I began seeing kids and families waiving from motorway bridges. It took me right back to my childhood and damn near wore out the horn!! It was awesome and really lifted the spirits! ❤
The way we respond to terrorist incidents. The fact that, after the Underground (Tube) and bus bombings on 7/7 in 2005, not _only_ was the Tube back up and running with an _almost_ full service _the next morning_ - the bus service was back up and running _that same evening_ . People even joked soon after that they didn't even notice the effect on the buses or Tube cos "they're always late any way" LOL 😂
I also love the fact any time there is a terrorist incident abroad, we are first in line to send _our_ experts over to those countries to help out. We did it after 9/11, as well as sent experts after the Paris attacks. Using our history and knowledge of dealing with the aftermath of the Blitz and the IRA to help others in the world will always be a point of pride for me. As was the reaction of Londoners to the Grenfell Tower fire - our differences didn't matter that day - _so_ many people from all walks of life and all places in the world came together to help out the survivors and the rescuers, it was honestly beautiful. Same goes for us always being the first to get aid onto aircraft to send out to nations affected by disease, famine, natural disasters etc. I love that _giving_ side to us, that instinct that we don't want to see other people suffering and will do all we can to stop it or assist in any way we can, and I hope we never lose it.
I’m weirdly proud of our swearing ability.
It’s can be very creative and amusing 😊
It is strange though how in recent years we have occasionally the strongest swear words used on tv yet if you swear in a public place if overheard by a police officer it is a public order offence and can incur a fine and even lead to arrest. So much for freedom of expression.
The thing I am proud of in Scotland is listening to Bagpipes bands playing folk music and Haggis .
People who swear tend to be more honest.
I once called a Victoria sponge cake 'Victoria's clunge' when having a bit of banter with fellow bandmates during a tea break and couldn't believe the amount of people that took offence to it - one woman even said it's a public order offence and I could be arrested for it.
@@paulbromley6687 You can't express yourself without using profanity? You must have an imbecilic level of diction and vocabulary! I swear like the trooper I was at times, but I'm also extremely capable of tailoring my speech to the situation I'm in.
Great Britain has been 'Rabies Free' for over 100 years ! While, (E.G.) sadly, approx. 21,000 people die each year in India... So we should count ourselves lucky, but not let our defences down.
As is the whole of the CTA comprising the UK, Republic of Ireland, IOM and the Channel Islands. Citizens can travel between them without a Passport but your pet needs one showing vaccination history and it must be microchipped.
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Absolutely ! I really should have included them too... 👍
@@stewedfishproductions7959 It has got worryingly close as cases have been recorded in N. France, which GB is now physically connected to. Hope that the tunnel security is better than that on the coast and rabid animals don't sneak through it.
Still awful of course, but 21k is a lot lower than I would expect for India given it's population and size!
@@tonys1636 Hundreds of rabid animals cross the channel everyday!
Our electrical plugs have three pins, the earth pin is longest so always makes contact first, then the live and the neutral are partially insulated meaning that by the time they also make contact it's more or less impossible even for tiny fingers to touch them. The sockets automatically keep the live and neutral holes closed until the earth pin is inserted, so again, they're very difficult to interfere with. There's a Tom Scott video about this if you'd like to know more!
Are you aware that a woman designed it.😊
Tyler does not read comments.
@@joedge6142 probably an earlier plug which lacked the insulation on the live and neutral pins.
@@northeything8568 who is Tyler?
@@iriscollins7583 that's interesting, no, I was not aware!
I was in the Supermarket on Friday. A new worker approached a manager. 'What shall I do now?', he said. 'Would you mind collecting the baskets?, the manager said. Perfect!
Britain is responsible for one of the greatest untold wars of all time, the war on slavery. From 1808 - 1870 the British declared war on the African slave trade, spending almost 40% of our GDP to do so, and didn't stop paying for it until 2018.
And even now, countries are targeting us for reparations for slavery..no other country but ours is mentioned time and time again and no mention of our stopping it.
They did, yes, but they were paying the slaveowners, for the loss of their 'property'. Also, this was after 300 yrs of exploitation....according to the UN, we owe 24 trillion in reparations. You might want to rethink how proud you are.
Ban Ki-moon had to apologise on behalf of UN peacekeepers because they were committing rapes… …give your head a wobble eh 😉
That is something to be proud of..M1ggins....to stop slavery...such a terrible thing in history......
Who do you think supplied all the ships to carry the african's too Merica for Merica's own slave history......???
@GSD said “Our ability to create a joke even under the most horrendous of circumstances”. That’s so true and lightens even the most serious of subjects such as war and death. I think that’s where we get our stiff upper lip from.
Not as serious as war and death but about 20yr ago I had a major car crash and smashed my right hand up badly, whilst in a&e my dad asked the trainee nurse if I could still play the piano.... I've had the ability to do that.. She was trying her hardest to reassure but we both cracked up, she got it a second later and giggled then I was rushed to London for a major hand reconstruction job. It's OK now but I still can't play the piano🤦haha sorry
For any Americans reading the comment I highly recommend the National Trust and English Heritage, not just stately homes, but they also have small villages like Avebury, with some insane history. You can also get Membership to either organisation and it will make your holiday quite a bit cheaper
Actually, the National Trust is AMAZING - I think it has 16 million paid up members - 25% of the population. Imagine if a US organisation had 82.5 Million members just dedicated to keeping things nice...???
As a member of English Heritage it is great
Free entry to all their sites plus free parking
And if you're near to a location it is just really nice to go there and relax. The best thing about these stately homes for me is that the grounds are large enough that all the noise from the outside world just goes away, its very peaceful.
Also history like Sutton hoo
Landmark trust is a good place to look for somewhere to stay too, it can be a little pricey at times but you can stay in heritage places including some places listed as castles
As a brit, I can say that some specially trained police officers have guns and they are used if necessary in extreme situations, but the fact that most don't makes it harder for officers with ill intentions to shoot people. Definitely an advantage we have across the atlantic.
I've heard that police have to fill out something like 10 pages of paperwork if they unholster their taser and 30 pages if they discharge it. No UK cop wants to shoot someone while on duty because they'd have to write a PHD dissertation to say why it was the right thing to do at the time.
Even with good intentions, things can get out of hand. Not having guns limits how far out of hand it can get, because nobody ends up dying.
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In the UK, I have seen armed police a few times, but only ever ever seen the weapons once when I witnessed the apprehension of someone that was apparently dangerous and had escaped police custody a week earlier. Not a single shot was fired
Love that we are never too far from the sea
Are you an island boy then..🤣
I can see the sea from the back and fields are over the lane at the front. I'm in Hastingd.
@@steviesbadtvbritain is an island after all
No matter where you are, at a maximum of a 4-5 hour drive, you can get to a really nice beach.
Weird to be proud of our geography but it is true.
@@picklerick2861 4-5 hours drive. Are you living in a hole in the ground 5 mile deep that you need to walk up. I’m in the centre of Glasgow. 15 minutes and I’ll be seeing a beach. And Glasgow is surrounded by mountains. England is a piece of flat ground. You should be able to look out your window and see the beach in any direction, except North…🤣
The thing with Boaty Mcboatace was that the completion was to name the new High Tec research ship and they wanted a sensible name, hence Sir David Attenbourgh. Boaty McBoatface was put forward as a joke name for a laugh. As it was so popular they decided to name a support vessel to keep people happy. If you want more weird names look into our snow plough names as Doncaster has just names one of it's two new ploughs ""Gritsy Bitsy Teeny Weeney Yellow Anti Slip Machiney" no word on the name of the second one yet. If you go on line and type in Snow Plough Names UK it comes up with a fair few. I.E Spready Mercury or Gritney Spears Have Fun at our expense.😂🧡❄
I absolutely love that!!!..It's brilliant...
In Scotland. Garbage Trucks, Snow ploughs and Gritters have funny name. Our recycling truck is called Greta Binberg.
I hate the name Sir David Attenborough, he is a far left shill.
Tbh I imagine Sir David Attenborough is thrilled that a ship with his name is carrying a sub called "Boat McBoatface", I know I'd find it hilarious!
@@alanaw27 Very apt really.
The meal deals are great, used to be £3 now £3.50 you can get a sandwich/bun/baguette/sausage roll or salad for the mains, crisps/chocolate bar or fruit for dessert and can/bottle to drink, it can actually add up to far more than what you pay. When jps came over last time he got one every day for dinner.
Our SU used to do a meal deal of a hot drink, a round of toast and a cigarette.
All for a quid.
@@DevonRex116😂😂😂
Several things to mention: - the number of words and slang terms we have for boobs (well over 100), the fact that no matter where you live you can find open countryside within 5 minutes of setting out, our ability to create a joke even under the most horrendous circumstances
Not just boobs, but penises and sex in general.
True. It's just a shame that our sense of humour is being destroyed by the current Woke Brigade. Time to fight back.
do not forget the number of names we have for ladies of little or no virtue usually of a negative nature, and sadly there are very few negative ones for men of the same persuasion.
We also have over 100 for being drunk. My favourite is ratarsed.
@@fifinoirI personally prefer either shitfaced or bolloxed
One thing im proud of is the fact that a number of the museums in london are free entry, like the national gallery, the science museum and the natural history museum
For the meal deal, it's £3.50 and you can get things from cold pasta to wraps to triple sandwiches. Drink can be a soda, iced coffee or smoothie. The snack can be random things like olives, a cold boiled egg or chicken bites, it's usually just crisps or a candy bar though. Really good value for money.
Edit: all supermarkets have this. Some have a more premium deal with better quality sandwiches. But the price is pretty much always the same regardless of supermarket
Soggy vile sandwiches with shite ingredients
Check out "British Plugs Are Better Than Any Other Plugs, And Here's Why" by Tom Scott.
Be warned, Tom Scott has been known to strike videos that react to him. (Don't know if he still does, as this was something I heard years ago)
I'm patriotic about our plugs
The World Wide Web!!! Given FREE to the entire world, and which changed the world entirely!!!
Thank you, Tim Berners-Lee. You are a true hero.🤩
We should build statues of this guy ?
whats this charge i get every month to use it then if its free?
@@craigboden9455you don't get charged to use the Web, you are charged to lease and use a company's (your chosen ISP) infrastructure and Internet Backbone connection. You could bypass this by installing your own infrastructure and Backbone connection, creating your own ISP, but fibre optic cabling and networking hardware (not to mention its installation underground to a Backbone connection point) is very expensive, so it is generally cheaper to lease the use of another company's equipment (thus your charges to your ISP).
A farmer in Lancashire decided to go about creating an ISP when a fellow farmer lost the ability to access the area's only internet option (a wireless network offered by Lancashire University), after trees grew too tall and blocked the radio signals. You can read about how you can cut out the "Middle-man" (your ISP) by becoming an ISP, by reading about her (Christine Conder), and the ISP she went on to create (B4RN). And that whole story really should be on a list of things Brits should be proud of. It all started, just because she wanted to help out her neighbouring farmer.
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That's the internet, a packet Switching network. The web is the web page bit.
(We also invented the packet switched network)
@@craigboden9455 the tech was provided free for the world to use, Tim berners-lee doesn't get anything from the bill you pay to your ISP
The British sense of fairness in relation to queuing is something we learn about in International Relations. It’s down to the idea that in British life if you’re in the queue then you’ll get the thing you’re there for whereas the experience of other people in other cultures is that if you’re far back in the queue then you’re likely not to get anything because there isn’t enough to go around. Sadly therefore as the country is run into the ground and the poor get poorer, our nature of letting someone else go first will die out.
The scarcity excuse isn't really the reason though. It's more about being reasonable and sane; keep in mind, Britain went through some pretty hard times, repeatedly. I mean, everyone tried to invade it multiple times throughout its history. In the case of WW2, rationing continued even after the war had ended, and people in this country were pretty poor for decades afterwards, and simply grew accustomed to a... more modest life than our US peers.
But it has always been understood, at least in older British culture, that whether there's enough to go around or not, getting rowdy won't actually help things. That is what we used to teach our children; moderation and restraint. Because it used to be understood that such things are the real foundation of a civilization. British stoicism literally won wars.
And the reason this moderation and reasonable behaviour will disappear now, is not because of poverty... but because there are fewer Brits involved, due to major demographic shifts in the country; the culture itself is evapourating.
Can always spot brits abroad because we queue
I think it's part of the ettiquite culture we have as well. It makes us look better, which has definitely helped it grow, but it also makes room for a field of kindness and polite behaviour other countries don't neccesarily have.
I am proud of the British sense of fairness, electric plugs, London Underground Map and system, the NHS, the sense of history, the lack of poisonous spiders and snakes, the early drinking age, the pubs, the ability to easily make friends, the green countryside, the music scene, the variety of international restaurants, good policing, the royal mint going back to 1282, Castles, Cathedrals, free museums, the post offices, Pret a Mange (sandwich shops), Mark's & Spencer's, No Guns, MUCH better tax return forms, our sense of humour and comedians.
"the lack of poisonous spiders and snakes"
Venomous but funnily enough. They do still exist. They're just not very dangerous or aggressive.
I'm proud of the fact that we reintroduced a lot of animals that we wiped out to our lands. But we also have some other weird introductions like Panthers for some reason. Private collection gone bad, me thinks. But we also reintroduced Bears... not sure what to think of that.
Boaty McBoatface was indeed a proud moment. Making "Killing in the Name" by Rage Against the Machine our number 1 selling single in the pop charts at Christmas, but especially our use of curse words as adjectives, nouns, verbs and adverbs. Especially the "C" word in Scotland where it can be used in the nicest compliment imaginable, or an insult up there with cutting someone's throat in their sleep!! 😂😂
11:00 - That happened on my driving test at the A27/Oving Rd. crossing when the traffic lights were out when heading back to the test centre and this was during the morning rush hour. I had to do a turn right across the dual carriageway (with a 70mph limit) and the westbound traffic (who all had right of way) stopped at the line to allow me to make the turn.
The meal deal, is a brit thing, i know people who have visited the uk from america, cant remember his channel name jps, or something like that, he came back to vist solo this year, live on meal deals, he was on a budget, well worth watch his uk trip, he did the meals deals, but did a visit away from the tourist stuff scotland and the UK, his york vlog section, he was invited back to york radio, and was in the dragon boat race, lovely young lad
He didn't like Birmingham though 😂 He ended up in a really rough looking area, I thought he was gonna get mugged 😂
@@CW1971 I did in 2002. Left Birmingham with broke arm 2 broken ribs. Broken hand usual black eyes
@@seanmc1351 oh wow!! Yeah you need to be careful where you go in some big cities
@@seanmc1351Does he take self defence wasn't shot or stabbed though was he?
@@CW1971 JP wandering aimlessly round an industrial estate in Digbeth was a highlight of his trip! lol
You find meal deals not just in supermarkets, but also at petrol stations, in convenience stores and even places such as students union shops at universities.
I have to say are fire service because no matter how they get treated by the youth of today they always do a great job risking their lives day after day and same ambulance staff amazing people
Their* lives
@@fionagregory9376 there's always one I've seen many people making a mistake but I don't feel the need to pull them I hope you feel like a champion for it
Youth of today have more to worry about than having a go at firemen!
@@BigScubes well maybe so doesn't mean it doesn't happen and if you say it doesn't your a lier and you never watched the news and what I say is facts!! you can say I'm lieing but that would mean you saying the other 29 people that have tumbed it our also lieing which is it
@@BigScubeshere the attacks on fire sraff have been by drunk and high adults in their 40s
New Zealand also is rabies free as well as having no snakes. Our police are generally unarmed, although when circumstances require it firearms are accessible. This difference to the US is probably because we gave about one seventh the homicide rate of America based on population and while hunting and sports shooting are popular pastimes we don't have a culture of guns for defence, just not needed.
Yes, the UK has firearms police units if terrorism or similar situation occurs. But everyday policing on the street does not require it.
@@HeatherMyfanwyTylerGreey The reason for guns and the second amendment is not publicised that much though. It was to prevent tyranny and as some great philosophers have said of Governments :- Governments should be afraid of the people and not the people afraid of the Government.
True, but our licences last a bit longer than a year. As deer, pigs and goats are introduced species here and considered pests, there is a year-round open season on them, so heavy caliber rifles are probably more common than in the UK as deer stalking here is a sport for everyone, not the wealthy few. Virtually every city has its branch of the NZ Deer Stalkers Assn, which fosters hunting skills and firearms safety. Deer are such a problem in some areas that poison bait is dropped by helicopter to keep numbers down although hunters oppose such practices both as being cruel and indiscriminate as well as a waste of a resource.
Sounds like a hell of a nice place 👌
@@greyvoice7949 that was certainly the case in the long past but a bunch of guys with rifles is not going to generate much fear in a government that has tanks, aircraft etc, not to mention trained troops and a tested command structure and intelligence services.
Times change and I notice in any US gun magazines that I come across (I'm a keen shooter) there is much more reference to self protection and home defence.
I've never really considered it, but the gov website is very useful.
Except the Dartford Crossing pages - a system which seems to be in a perpetual state of "Beta", and which has been less than useful since management of the crossing was taken over by another company recently.
As a Brit I am proud of one thing.... our Courts. I have watched umpteen Court footage on YT, and frankly I see it as a branch of Hollywood theatre. Screaming, shouting at each other... trying to attack counsel and even the judge... and hystrionics, yes hystrionics! Our Court proceedings are calm, voices not raised, huge politeness and respect, and even the villians in the dock know how to behave correctly. Professional, calm and huge verbal restraint.
There are a couple of very good videos on RUclips about the UK plugs and sockets. Very interesting surprisingly.
One of your fellow Americans (JPS) came over for a visit and lived on our meal deals whilst touring the country. Ps I love your Reddit videos x
In addition to the safety features that are built into our electrical equipment we also have a small but significant feature built into our water supply plumbing system. We have what are called “Yorkshire plumbing fittings” which are pre soldered joints in mainly domestic plumbing systems, that reduce the risk of poorly installed joints or the need to risk excess solder on overhead plumbing joints dripping on the heads or bodies of the installers or anything else around them. Basically the solder has been pre installed in the joints so as long as the joints and the pipes are well cleaned of any grease or debris and wiped with flux before placing them in contact with each other prior to heating the connection with a gas flame, the internal solder will melt and run to seal the joints.
But they cost so much hardly anyone uses them anymore, and when they do it's normal to run a bit of solder in 'just in case', so it's cheaper to use end feed fittings. Also, with the advent of push fit and press fittings, soldering is a dying skill.
I'm proud of the way we don't take the piss out of Americans nearly as much as we could. (I'm not actually including myself in this).
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OH I badly let the UK down on this - sorry...
Haha! Join the club.@@piccalillipit9211
Or should
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It's absolutely true about the plus and sockets,they're genius
The research vessel was for Antarctic waters. It was a dangerous job and it was decided nobody wanted to inform a parent that their son or daughter had been lost on Boaty McBoatface.The submersible was unmanned so didn't present a problem.
Even so , it was fun and the most popular name. But once again people were ignored in favour of what the establishment wanted... Attenborough was OK until he jumped on the agenda pushing boat and he should know better as his post agenda boat jumping programmes were full of lies and incorrect information... He should know better , but still went along with it!
It annoys me that this is the reason to be honest - did we not, as a Nation, decide that the divers who drowned diving in a place called "Muff", while a tragic loss of life, basically won epitaphs? Giving my life for scientific discovery aboard Boaty McBoatface would've been an honour, and a fantastic anecdote for future generations of my family.
If they didn't like the answer then they shouldn't have asked the question.😊
That makes perfect sense to me
@@Trebor74but then we wouldn't have the story.
It was a troll, but in a good humored way, like naming Jedi as your religion in the national census.
And the kid shortly after who got to name a leisure center. ...he called it after the town it was in, something they would have called it if they hadn't had the competition 👏
Taking the piss , banter , mocking , sarcastic liscence this is how we are doesnt matter if sombody dies we will still crack a joke to break the ice its how we cope and one of our best attributes.
The fact that you have to ask what you are proud of and even then you will often get a very understated answer. I am most proud of our lack of a need to brag about what we have done, we did it and that is enough :)
The venga boys dance phone video hit for me and for the country, as i believe it was recorded and went viral the week following the Ariana Grande Manchester terrorist attack and between the times of that and the One Love Manchester benefit concert. It showed positivity of the public coming together and having a good time after the bombings. It resonated with a lot of people.
It's a shame that "Tub-thumping" wasn't used to show our unbreakable spirit!
I thought it ludicrous, horrible music, bad dancing, and just unjustifiable silliness, I would never be proud of that under any circumstances.
@@vtbn53all of what you said was why it was fun and the fun is what we are proud.
@@vtbn53 You sound like a great laugh!
"It showed positivity of the public coming together and having a good time after the bombings."
Somewhat encouraged, as it turns out, by a concerted effort on the part of the government to disarm and defuse the more natural public response to children being killed - which is anger.
Positivity indeed... bunch of kids get brutally murdered, let's have a dance, woo.
Imagine if a homeless person had a medical emergency they will be triaged through the hospital accident and emergency department past wealthy or well known less seriously in need to get the best possible care as proudly the national health service works on a system of most in need come first. It leads to long waiting times it’s annoying but we trust that it’s fair.
The number of accents in this country, you can go a couple of towns over and the accent will change several times
We have animal passports and pets without a medical history are quarantined for 6 months when brought to the UK.
Man imagine buying a pet in UK and them having a British passport while mine's third world. 😢
From a military perspective, proud that out HM Forces are world class… in spite of its low budget!
Also that we led the way in how to do special forces.
And side note that the US Navy was originated by a Scotsman 🏴
Our ancient buildings the way we preserve them for future generations .
Apart from the ones that are set on fire in the middle of the night and then quickly demolished.
@@jackdubz4247oh yeh that pub , what a shame that had to be pulled down , I'm talking about our cathedrals and stately homes , castles etc that have been standing for centuries.
I'm proud of our music... from folk to Ska and beyond.
I love it that the comprehensive UK public transport system includes a scheduled hovercraft service... you won't find that anywhere else on the planet!
In Portsmouth going to and from the Isle of Wight and it only takes 10 minutes - it's the only passenger hovercraft service in the world! Lived here my whole life, and we all still love watching the 2 hovercraft coming in and out!
I love using my jet pack to get to work.
Well pity the train personnel go constantly on strike! One tomorrow. Not proud of that.
@@MrsJEM I've watched them come and go for years, still haven't ridden on it yet! I really should do one day. I do think its great that we still operate the only such service in the world.
hahahahaha
We loath quewe jumpers, remember how the Holly and Phil queue-gate scandal erupted! Once someone else jumped the queue to the front when I waited at bus stop and a sweet little old lady just second behind me did the honours and whacked that guy with her handbag! Bless you madam! 😘
queue jumpers*
😂😂😂love this!
And as we know these ladies all keep an anvil in their handbag.
@@flitsertheoIf only😊
Just wanted to add that children definitely enjoy the National Trust locations! They are popular with families for a fun day out, as they often have interactive displays/play areas, as well as cafes 😊
we are very respectful and know our manners, we are a little eccentric, but we love a queue, a party, a day and night at the pub, its just our way of life
It made me smile when he mentioned that people in the US wouldn't "Ask if you were in a queue" - unless someone looks extremely disinterested in the queue but is sort of near it, this never happens. We do not ASK people if they are in a queue, we are British - we instinctively sense that a queue has formed and assume our just place in it.
Another thing that blew my mind as a Canadian living in the UK: they don't have skunks or raccoons. At all. Their niche in the ecosystem (omnivorous scavenger) is taken by mostly foxes, but also badgers.
The National trust is great and I never thought about it. You pay a yearly subscription and get unlimited access to gardens, heritage sites and historically significant landmarks. The money from the subscription is then used to maintain and preserve for future generations to see.
Edit: my parents would take us to a lot of these sites and even as a kid, going to something like a castle and learning all about it is cool, and often they will have volunteers who run activities for kids to get involved in. They are very much run for families imo
The thing I'm most proud of about the UK is it leads the world on human rights issues. The largest humanitarian cause of all being the abolition of slavery. It took the UK 60 years to force on the rest of the world. That's three generations of military personnel. The British tax pay bought the freedom of every slave in the British empire of the day, and held naval battles off the coast of Africa to stop the Atlantic slave trade. The British navy also captured Sierra Leone used as a slave trade hub and turned into a protectorate so the freed slaves had somewhere to live without fear, they couldn't return to where they came from because their own kings and war lords had captured them and sold them into slavery. Many American freed slaves were also shipped there as well. It cost the UK so much money the debt was only paid off a decade ago. The world owes it's freedom from slavery to the British.
Meal deals are not just sandwiches some stores like Marks & Spencer do meal deals eg soup for starters, full cooked meal for mains & a desert. All for a very good price.
Many Americans have the notion that UK Police are unarmed but arrive at LHR or other international airports and see officers walking around cradling semi automatic weapons in their arms wearing body armour. The vast majority of Police are unarmed.
yeah I think most police at airports are armed, AFOs (authorised firearms officers) are there all the time
Our sit coms . Best comedy ever .
Cheltenham (Chelt n um) is quite posh …
The National Trust has had homes left to them and you can buy an annual pass to go into all of them, including farms (Beatrix Potter bought sheep farms with the profits from her Peter Rabbit books) and left them to the newly formed National Trust. There’s also castles, stately homes, fields, beaches, woods, some ex-industrial buildings, etc.
Meal deals are around £3.50 ($4.40) for a sandwich or salad, plus a snack (including freshly prepared fruit like pineapple) and a drink, which includes iced coffee, water, juice or a smoothie. Full price for all three works out at about £6 to £7 ($7.55 to $8.81). There’s a £5 meal deal with a posher mains- Katsura chicken, sushi, etc plus the snack and drink.
Llantrisant is in the middle of nowhere in Wales. Lots of big steep hills - and the Royal Mint.
I like the way that you are always kind to the British and accept not everything is better in the USA. I like your channel and always give you a thumbs up
One lesser known thing that people from the UK or rather Scotland created was the US constitution in it's original form which was based on the Declaration of Arbroath rather than as is often said Magna Carta
It's based of a lot of UK documents also the Charter of the Forest according to the US bar association.
@@djlads Yet many of those who signed were of Scots origin and would have known the declaration especially the idea that a country has a right to exist
@@djlads Another part of the Declaration of Arbroath states that the people not the crown are sovereign. This runs contrary to any of the English documents that are claimed as ancestors to the US constitution
If you want to see how safe our plugs are, there are a couple of vids out there on it.
The Meal Deal, is generally good value, most people can eat and are easy to get.
Can be very useful for Tourists.
Get them in most supermarkets, some other outlets.
As Tyler suggested, almost a kids packed lunch but for adults (or kids).
Very reliable basic meals.
The National Trust is a charity owned by its members (over 5 million) that owns and protects thousands of acres and lots of houses. They’re open to visit, get a lovely tea and see fantastic things; and lots of children visit as well as older people.
Saying sorry to you when you tread on my foot.
😂😂😂😂😂
I have been known to apologise to the sofa for bumping into it! Well, I'm English!
most of our police don't carry guns but we do have a firearms units if they are needed
Like British SWAT
Unless you’re at an airport or train station. You will see them there.
Technically they are all armed, Truncheons and Tasers are classed as weapons, all be it non lethal but still weapons
@@ianmorris6437 we talking about guns.. the lethal kind 🤦♂️
@@ianmorris6437They are talking about guns if you can read, you fool🤦♀️
The gov website also does alot more, whether you agree with it or not, all your benifet payments are done online, applying for grants, how much money you get this month, keeping in touch with you claimant adviser, stuff like that, car stuff done with the same site, check you tax and mot online, even to the point of looking at the MOT history of a car you want to buy, see the old MOT's, and much more. too much to go into in a comment, its a love hate thing, but we all getting used to it
Benefit*
Also good very useful if you have any interest in the country's political situation. e.g.
- You can get a quick and clear definition of the Ministerial code and 7 principles of Public Life which all MPs and government officials are in theory supposed to stick to (but rarely do).
www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-7-principles-of-public-life
Checking how your MP voted in reality as opposed to what they claim to support. e.g. Claiming to be a supporter of the environment but a quick check can tell you they are really a fossil fuel supporter, etc.
votes.parliament.uk/
which was really useful during the pandemic
@@MsKaz1000 i worked all through the pandemic on accident and emergency as a domestic,
I think it's the fact that it's mandatory stuff. You don't have much choice about using it, but they make it painless as possible
I like the Union Jack. It combines three quite bland flags into an interesting single item that is very recognisable even from a distance. Far too many countries create a flag by picking three colours, slapping them together either horizontally or vertically, and call it a day.
PS I also think that the US flag is interesting but I feel you've shot yourselves in the foot with the 'stars represent states' idea.
The Scottish Saltire isn't a "bland" flag. It certainly looks better once you dispense with that ugly cross of St George plastered over the top of it. Talk about cultural vandalism.
It's a combination of 3 bland flags? The Welsh flag is not bland.
@@M1gginsthe Welsh flag isn't part of the union flag...
England, Scotland and Ireland
look up the Sumerian symbol for "the Gods"
A school lunch for adults is a good way of describing a meal deal. Usually under 4 quid. Tescos is the best!
Areas of roads where serious and fatal crashes occur get more public money spent on measures to correct this and improve safety standards
Hi Tyler always enjoy your videos on the differences between America and England have been to the us alot and have always found the Americans I have met to kind and polite, America is an amazing country, will look out for more of your content Andrew England
We had a video clip come on the news recently that a Seagull had walked into a store that had the meal deal section right by the entrance, and it picks up a sandwich packet in its beak and walks out with it and nobody really cared. So, I'm proud that we have shoplifting Seagulls haha 😂 jk, give the sandwich back, Scuttle, you robbing git! 😂
The National Trust run trails for kids. There's often something in the school holidays, and something a bit generic all the time. NT is great for kids.
I'm strangly proud of the utter glorious nonsense we used to get in our music charts when such things were still relevant! Including the Wombles, Thunderbirds and of all things Mr. Blobby! 😅😂
The main thing about the meal deal is the price, it ranges from £3 to £5 and are available from pretty much any shop, including petrol stations and large pharmacy chains.
Rabies was eliminated in 1922, and the last occurrence in an animal import was 1970.
A man died in 2002 in Scotland from a type of rabies, lyssavirus (EBL) from a bat bite. He was a member of a bat preservation group and was bitten while tagging or checking the health of a colony.
@@michaelcaffery5038 The source I found said rabies was eliminated except for bats.
Bar etiquette is so true. It would be rude to say "I was first", you generally wait for someone else to say "You were first"
Our legally protected "public rights of way". These are public footpaths, bridleways, B.O.A.T. Which is a byway open to all traffic. Also called a "green lane". And a restricted byway. Which is not to be used by mechanically propelled vehicle. Some of these are even across M.O.D firing ranges. How ever when the military are using the firing range, the rights of way are closed for safety. We also have permissive footpaths and bridleways.
About 12 years ago, a group of friends and I were on our way home from Northern Pride and were on the metro platform (underground .... you'll think of it as the subway) which was very long and VERY crowded.
I decided to have a singalong (I'm a lifelong teetotaler by the way) so started singing old war songs (Lambeth Walk, Tipparery etc).
The whole platform joined in and then a huge cheer went up when the train arrived with the driver grinning and waving at us.
By the way, I'm the activities coordinator in a residential home for the elderly and have a powerful and trained voice.
It was a .... good moment.
The amazing number of strangely named villages, towns etc
Kettlesing Bottom in Yorkshire springs to mind!
Out of a total police force in England and Wales of 123,171 in 2019, the Home Office previously reported that 6,653 were armed officers (5.4%) but police don't routinely carry guns. There are armed response units that can rock up very quickly if something kicks off.
Family, mates, wholesome food, spirit❤
My favourite Tesco meal deal is chicken bacon stuffing sandwich with fridge raiders and a big energy drink
Once upon a time dates were calculated from the accession of a king, or an emperor or a pope and different places used different dates. But an Englishman, the Venerable Bede (672 to 735) came up with the idea of dating years from the birth of Christ. This system is now used pretty much throughout the world, although these days in the UK at least, it sometimes referred to as the Common Era rather than anno domini.
Forgot to say that that makes me proud to be a Brit
Along with the queueing etc, we also tend to file to the left too. Up the left of the stairs, down on the left(or opposite to those going up) and the same with pathways etc too. There's always some jerk who walks down the middle and gets in the way but mostly everyone goes by the unwritten social rule.
I live in a two ended curved road and 90% of the residents all go in and out the same way to stop the hassle of having to let cars pass since the streets are quite narrow.
I'm also proud of how friendly as are as a whole. Starting a conversation while in a queue is easy and everyone joins in. Everyone abides by the 'topics that shall not be brought up' unwritten rule too.
The UK patent processes used to be very good and idea theft was dealt with harshly.
Re the plug socket: we have a grounding prong that is longer than the other two prongs. The bottom half of the other two prongs (active and neutral) are plastic so that by the time the plug is in the socket enough to have a connection you cant touch the metal and electrocute yourself. The sockets generally have a "cover" in the socket blocking anything from getting into the holes for the prongs and only open when the grounding pin goes in allowing the other two prongs to enter the socket. This also makes it extremely difficult to electrocute yourself on the socket itself.
Um, yeah, Tyler, brawls inside or outside of a bar or pub in the UK -- those don't happen, ever, at all ....
The UK has the most annual tornadoes per land area per year.
Despite this hardly anyone in the UK has ever seen one in person.
The meal deal is a marketing term for a price bundle. You get a sandwich, drink and a snack for a fixed price. You might save 15% by buying the bundle.
I have never seen a "meal deal" in the USA but every time you order a big mac and fries you've got a meal deal.
May fav bit is that I still spend the savings by getting the fruit and the crisps 😂
The meal deal thing is a life saver. Usually sandwiches cost about £2 - £4 on their own. The crisps are about £0.80, the drink is usually £1 - £1.89 on its own.
The meal deal is adopted by nearly all retailers that sell sandwiches, drinks and snacks and it will be something like - “a main + a snack + a drink for £3.50.
You save money by buying it together
Personally I love getting a Tesco meal deal every week when I do my weekly shop. It's a cheap and fast dinner for me on busy Saturdays. Tyler, for example, I can have a choice of many sandwiches/wraps/subs/pasta salad with a drink and a snack like crisps/fruit/protein or chocolate bar for £3.40.
Our sense of humour and our great comedy programmes.. .Steptoe and Son ,Dads Army,Hancocks Half Hour,...through to Vic and Bobs big night out,The Office etc...the list goes on and on...
There's actually a much better video about British electrical plugs than Tom Scott's video.
The video "British plugs and electrical outlets are on another level" is a longer video on RUclips which goes into many more aspects and much more detail than the Tom Scott video.
07:10 Only Great Britain has routinely unarmed police forces. In the other part of the UK, Northern Ireland, uniformed police constables are routinely armed when on duty. This has been the case since the setting up of the Royal Ulster Constabulary in the 1920's, and continues to this day under the successor police force, the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
Unfortunately it's needed. You know who finance them?
Treat others as you would expect to be treated.
By sending them to Rwanda or locking them up in disease-ridden prison ships.
The basic tenet of most of the religions that I have looked at.Such a shame that most of them don't practice what their holy books teach them.
I’m proud that we have places across the UK that specialise in the strangest things
Even our gritters get named by the public. There is a website that tracks them
Gary gritter 😂
Meal deals are pretty good. Generally in the £2-3 range, and available in most grocery stores, supermarkets, "gas stations", ect. Although it might stop being a thing in Wales soon. Its generally a sandwich, pastry or salad (including pasta salad), with decent veggie and vegan ranges at the same price as the meaty ranges, the snack is generally a pack of crisps, or a fruit pot, or something like fridge raiders, pepperami, and I've been seeing these little yogurt and granola pots recently that are quite nice. The drink could be anything from a bottle of water to something otherwise quite pricey, like coconut water. Starbucks iced drinks are a thing, too, or a bottle of pop or fruit juice.
And non chain shops also have caught on, aswell.
They make a pretty good option for a quick meal if you forgot to pack one, or if your in the car for a long journey. The sandwiches are often ones that don't fall apart easily, so if you open it up before you set out, you can even eat whilst driving.
It's not perfect, often the snacks in particular are considered quite unhealthy. But it's better, and faster, than a macdonalds.
There's a rabies-like virus present in some bats, but that's pretty much it. The last death from rabies acquired in the UK was in I think 1902, and the last infection originating in the UK was something like 1922. There have been a few cases, but all involving people bitten overseas.
Personally, I'm quite proud of the Union Jack. Not for patriotic reasons, as such, but it's such an incredibly cool design.
Ooh, and the fact that it's the norm in a supermarket that if you only have one or two items, the person at the front says 'do you want to go first?', and you reply 'are you sure?', and they say 'yes, go on', and then you say thank you again as you leave.
Visited the Royal Mint once. Very interesting! You get to see the room where the international currency is made.
We were told there that they call Llantrisant (where the Royal Mint is) the reverse Polo. Rather than being a mint with a hole in it, its a hole with a mint in it.