Well ladies and gentlemen, I have done it. This is my 100th post.
I should really write about something really interesting, or something that would make people laugh or go “ooooo”, but… I am actually struggling in what to write.
I know… I’ll do a list.
Here’s some *myths* thought of the English (and some truths too…) with some pictures to help!
- We are very polite (obviously never met me)
- We like to queue (ok, a little bit of truth in that one)
- We say “pip pip” and “tally ho old chap” (only in a joke… Unless you’re posh)
- We eat crumpets all the time (hardly – they’re too expensive)
- We eat ‘English Muffins’ all the time (nope – actually, that’s more of an American thing)
- We all love scones (as long as they come plastered with jam and clotted cream)
- We have bad teeth (we have ‘real’ teeth – we don’t get our teeth capped at the first opportunity)
- We all eat fish & chips (quite true!)
- We don’t complain (ha! Actually, we complain all the time – “waiter! This meal isn’t fit enough for the rats in your kitchen!”
- We all come from London (wrong!)
- You can drive to Paris for a day trip (yeah, because it’d only take you 8hr 19 to get there from where I live (thank you Google directions 😀 ha ha))
- We are all British (I’m English. I am not Scottish, not Welsh, not Irish… I am not British. I am English)
- We’re all upper-class (nope – I’m good old ‘working class’ and proud)
- Tea-drinkers (ok, this one is true too)
- We all drink from china teacups, and we have to have a saucer (tea does taste better from a china cup, but give me a builders mug any day)
- We all know the Queen (of course, dear, she comes round for tea and crumpets, daily; lol)
- Warm beer (nope. Lager is served from the fridge – Beer (i.e. bitter, real ale, stout) is served at room temperature)
- Football hooligans (mmm… So, so. Yes, the majority of the hooligans come from England, but not every football fan is a hooligan – Oh! By the way… That’s ‘soccer’ to you Americans 😛 ha ha x)
- It always rains in England (almost completely true!)
- We swear too much (yep)
- We all live in castles (of course! I’ll just let my hair down from the tower…)
- We give our foods unusual names, such as toad in the hole, Welsh rarebit and bangers & mash (true!)
- Everyone owns a dog, and looks after it better than themselves or their children (nope)
- We’re all cricket fans (actually, a minority like cricket)
- We all have a stiff-upper lip (hmmm…)
- We’re all Morris Dancers (again, nope – I can’t stand it)
- We eat jellied eels… (Eww! *bluergh*)
- Everyone is a chef (not true, although the worlds’ most famous chefs are English)
- We’re all for ‘Queen and Country’ (maybe 50 years ago…)
- We all smoke (not true)
- We’re all prudes (actually, we’re not quite up to scratch with Germany, but we’re definitely not prudish)
- We have mastered sarcasm (absolute truth)
- We have all had a nanny or an au pair as a child (thanks Supernanny and Mary Poppins, but not everyone can afford you)
- Everyone in England is pale skinned (if you a true Brit, you should be pale skinned and fair haired, aka an ‘English Rose’)
- London is constantly covered in smog (sometimes, yes)
- We’re all witches (nope)
- We complain when it rains; we complain when it’s sunny; we complain when it snows; we complain when it’s windy (ALL TRUE)
- We’re punctual (I’m late for everything, so wrong..!)
- We all wear socks with sandals (noooooo!!)
- We all look like Mr. Bean or Austin Powers (lol)
- We all talk like Austin Powers (nooo! Well, maybe in London 😉 lmao)
- We all love gardening (if you saw my gardens, you’d very much disagree)
- We are all in to antiques (I like old stuff, but I don’t go hunting for it)
Sorry for my post not being that impressive today, although I thought some of the above was worth a giggle. See you all tomorrow ❤
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