anorakhighst said about 1 month ago or at 4:52AM on Sunday, November 30 2008.
- Supermarkets (compare Sainsbury's or even Tesco to Coles/Safeway)
- Newspapers (they have the Daily Mail/Star to mop up the idiots, leaving the Independent/Guardian reasonably un-dumbed-down)
- Postcodes (type one into Google Maps and you can get exact directions to where it is)
- Trains (though most countries do this better than Australia these days)
Any others?
Pubs
Television
Whinge (but it's very, very, very close)
Queue
i have no basis for comparison, but us brits are world leaders at at standing in a line
Brits are the only people in the world who can for a queue of 1
But bus stop etiquette is breaking down in the big smoke
I agree with all of yours anorakhighst. Can I add:
... and I second pubs and travel.
OFFIES
Queues Strikes
Pffft come to Germany
food. i mean boiled pigmy inings has nothing over stuff boiled sheep intrails blimey! give it up for pomy dosh yaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy. if y'a doint eat y'a meat y'a cant av ainy puddin!
crookd fuck rotten teeth
Well chocolate's very cheap
And nicer too
being able to drink anywhere you want, yep 12 midday in the middle of tottenham court road and they cant fucken touch you woopie, now thats fuckn brilliant
Not quite La B
theatre.
urban decay.
the young stephanie beacham.
Things the UK does better than Australia
soccer
music
history
Things Australia does better than the UK
food
wine
weather
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the Tate Modern.
WHO CARES!!!
sentimentality and enthusiasm pompous intelligence
all without a sense of irony or apologising - they can be so much more earnest than australians.
also second the chip flavours... prawn cocktail!
The UK is the only place that I've feared for my life waiting for a bus. The bloke and I nearly ended up under the wheels in the gutter when a crowd of about a hundred damp and cold south-easterners surged to try and get on a full bus.
Inexpensive and decent-looking clothes. The UK has H&M (as does everyone else except for Australia) and Marks & Spencer also isn't bad.
scotch eggs
suave freelance troubleshooters e.g., Simon Templar aka The Saint
I'm going to the UK for a month on Monday.
I already know that I am going to become addicted to British tabloid journalism and British snackfoods..
dude..
JAFFA CAKES!
*sigh*
h&m.
though i guess part of the appeal when i was shopping there was that no one would have the same stuff. if they opened one down here everyone would be wearing it.
Boys.
germaine greer.
''Peter said 2 days ago: suave freelance troubleshooters e.g., Simon Templar aka The Saint:
Oooh, Ian Ogilvie! (swoons)
Yum Jaffa Cakes, I also miss the snow!
Crimbo TV
The top twenty watched Christmas Day programmes in full: 1. Wallace & Gromit: A Matter Of Loaf And Death - BBC One, 8.30pm - 14.25 million, 53.3%
2. Doctor Who: 'The Next Doctor' - BBC One, 6pm - 11.71 million, 50.5%
3. EastEnders - BBC One, 9pm - 11.47 million, 44.9%
4. The Royle Family - BBC One, 9.30pm - 9.98 million, 41.7%
5. EastEnders - BBC One, 8pm - 9.89 million, 40.6%
6. Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special - BBC One, 7pm - 8.57 million, 35%
7. Coronation Street - ITV1, 7pm - 7.36 million, 30% 8. Wallace & Gromit In The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit - BBC One, 4.30pm - 7.22 million, 39.8%
9. The Queen - BBC One, 3pm - 6.45 million, 42.6%
10. Blackadder Rides Again - BBC One, 10.30pm - 5.58 million, 30.9%
11. Dancing On Ice At Christmas - ITV1, 8pm - 5.2 million, 20.4%
12. Emmerdale - ITV1, 6pm - 4.76 million, 20.5%
13. Shark Tale - BBC One, 3.10pm - 4.69 million, 31.1%
14. It'll Be Alright On The Night - ITV1, 9.30pm - 3.8 million, 15.9%
15. Top Of The Pops Christmas Special - BBC One, 2pm - 3.74 million, 30.6%
16. Harry Potter and the Prisoner Of Azkaban - ITV1, 3pm - 3.32 million, 20%
17. Dad's Army - BBC Two, 8pm - 2.7 million, 11.1%
18. The Two Ronnies - BBC One, 1.05pm - 2.52 million, 22.5%
19. The Santa Clause 2 - BBC One, 11.25am - 2.37 million, 22.2%
20. Stanley Baxter: Now & Then - ITV1, 10.30pm - 2.16 million, 11.8%
Mrs Peter got a few Jafffa Cakes for crimbo...
More trouble making colored foreigners.