Brit Facts

Not much to report as I'm in heavy work mode, but the stuff below comes courtesy of an email I got from my friend Dave D. I added a few of my own to give it a "Terry" flavour. Can you spot my contributions?
Though its all about Brits, I bet other nationalities may see some familiar foibles.
Good for an afternoon giggle whilst putting work on hold for a bit.

One of the British national daily newspapers is asking readers "what it means to be British?" Some of the emails are hilarious but this is one from a chap in Switzerland.

Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, then travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a Turkish kebab on the way to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American TV shows on a Japanese TV.

And the most British thing of all? Suspicion of anything foreign.

Other observations mentioned in the paper:

Only in Britain,

• can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.
• do supermarkets make sick people walk all the way to the back of the shop to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.
• do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a DIET coke
• do people order a double vodka and "slimline" tonic while eating packs of peanuts, pork scratchings, and prawn flavoured crisps
• do people pay £1000 in car repairs themselves after an accident to protect their 5 year "no claims discount" which saves them about £20 a month on their insurance bill.
• can a secretary making £20,000 a year, sue her employer and win an award for £800,000 in damages as a result of "unkind comments about her weight from her co-workers", and then be back at work the following Monday
• do banks leave both doors open and chain the pens to the counters.
• do we leave cars worth thousands of pounds on the drive and lock our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage.
• do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place.
• are there disabled parking places in front of a skating rink.
• do people send their kids to kennels (private school) and let their dogs stay home

NOT TO MENTION...

• 3 Brits die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue.
• 142 Brits were injured in 1999 by not removing all pins from new shirts.
• 58 Brits are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers.
• 31 Brits have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the fairy lights were plugged in.
• 19 Brits have died in the last 3 years believing that Christmas decorations were chocolate.
• British Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after cracker pulling accidents.
• 101 people since 1999 have had broken parts of plastic toys pulled out of the soles of their feet.
• 18 Brits had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit cigarette in their mouth.
• A massive 543 Brits were admitted to A&E in the last two years after opening bottles of beer with their teeth.
• 5 Brits were injured last year in accidents involving out of control Scalextric cars.
• In 2000 eight Brits cracked their skull whilst throwing up into the toilet.

Proud to be British???