9 Things Americans Do That Brits Don't

Between Britain and America, there are quirks, customs, and actions that the people of one country do, while the other does not. Here are 9 things Americans do that Brits don't.
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[@vickielawson3114]

FYI, we Americans don't call it "iced water", we call it "ice water".

[@Mattwiistand]

Water with Ice

[@mooniejohnson]

"Ice residing in water" 😉

[@logankoster4703]

Frozen water resting in melted ice

[@big.venom.snake.boss.]

Semi cubed water

[@artstsym]

Ice-adjacent water.

[@rowynnecrowley1689]

In America, acknowledging the presence of a stranger is pretty much required. The rule is, if you make eye contact, you must acknowledge their existence at least non-verbally, with a smile or a nod. If you don't, you're being rude.

[@historygeekslive8243]

Exactly. Couldn't have said it better myself.

[@craigbenz4835]

That's my take on it. If someone else doesn't, then try to keep some distance, because something isn't right with them and distance is what they want anyway.

[@Wkkbooks]

It's like tipping your hat. A civility.

[@takerdust]

I'd rather ignore people, but I'm programmed to acknowledge strangers, or the awkwardness would get me.

[@MillerMeteor74]

@ Rowynne Crowley - I worked at a particular hotel near me from 1990 till just recently. I worked outside in the golf grounds department, but all of us had to go inside the hotel to use the employee cafeteria on a daily basis. In the early days there, anytime one of us passed an employee on the sidewalk who worked inside, we would smile or say a greeting, and 90% of the time the person who worked inside would either look away or otherwise pretend not to see us. It was very disconcerting.

[@pdf6838]

America sounds alot like Australia. People go out in PJ's . Often with no shoes. We often smile at strangers and randomly chat to each other in queues.

[@garycamara9955]

I've never seen anyone in PJ's in public.

[@Mapqwerry]

Unfortunately, American women smile at British men. It is interpreted as a come on. Had a friend who got sexually assaulted and she was slut shamed for having smiled at him at their first encounter. Thank you for calling this out. It is a mere formality to smile, not an invitation for sex.

[@isaacwood1261]

When I was visiting London, I went to the post office to purchase stamps. There was a woman in front of me who had a baby in a tram. I commented to her about how beautiful her baby was. She looked at me with a sheer state of horror and ran out of the post office. It's not like I said I wanted her baby to sacrifice in a demonic ritual!!

[@hello-cn5nh]

I don't blame her

[@billmoyer3254]

@@hello-cn5nh oh boy, must be UK

[@nigelwylie01]

I’m from the U.K. and do that often, no problem. Is there something scary about you? Do you carry knives visibly about your person? Or were you wearing a balaclava at the time? 😂

[@andrewdriver3318]

@@nigelwylie01 I don't think its an American v. UK thing. I think it is an Rural v. Urban thing. I remember watching a UK skit that was a faux news broadcast about a man from a rural county moving to London and terrifying everyone by saying 'hello' on the tube.

[@lindaeasley5606]

I'm an American and I'm fine with interaction with strangers like this ,but there was an incident in a doctor's waiting area some years ago that was very awkward and annoying. I was sitting there and this lady I didn't know started talking to me about her family's troubles 🙄 All I could do was occasionally nod and say " yeah " and give a fake look of concern. I couldn't wait to get out of there.

[@deadasparagus]

If my drink isn't cold enough to freeze a Mammoth for thousands of years it's undrinkable.

[@lindacaldwell6251]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MadeUpLikeADoll]

I 2nd that.

[@xReaperGrimWolfx]

Same xD couldn't agree more

[@alvinwine5665]

100% agree especially since I'm in South Florida and it does get warm here from time to time. Yes it gets cold here in Florida sometimes it's quite cold when my friends come from the north they are suprised.

[@holger_p]

I can drink much faster, if the drink is not too cold. And the stomach is not getting a shock and the body it not turning on heat production to compensate the ice. A cold drink gives you a fresh feeling in the mouth, but that'ts about it.

[@laserwolf65]

There are two acceptable drink temperatures: 1. Ice cold 2. Hot (think coffee, or tea) Anything else is an abomination.

[@bradtorville5526]

Exception: Iced tea. Some like iced coffee too but I hate that. Do love the tea cold though.

[@trajectoryunown]

Unless you're getting a fountain drink. I paid for a whole cup of soda, I'm getting a whole cup of soda.

[@Tser]

Where I live has a similar climate to the UK and I still can't stand tap temperature water. Ew, it's like drinking spit.

[@jimgreen5788]

laserwolf65, please tell Tevye the Milkman and his family (Golda, Tzeitel, Hodel, Chava, Bielke and Sprintze) hello for me the next time you're in Anatevka. Mazeltov! : ))

[@Yeesack]

I mean I like my water like 50 Fahrenheit where fridge temp is like 33 and room temp is 75 so kind of in the middle

[@MikeDCWeld]

The biggest reason we buy bags of ice is that they come in greater quantities than people can typically make at home. They are often simply poured into coolers to keep the food and/or drinks cold. They are also great for serving large groups of people, especially if the event lasts for a few hours.

[@arslongavitabrevis5136]

Very good explanation that makes a lot of sense. In Argentina, we usually get them at petrol stations. Americans tend to be more imaginative and practical than the Brits.

[@st.haborym]

Exactly

[@amyprecociouslake4806]

I like this!!!

[@Raygathex]

Also for keeping fish cold when out fishing

[@danielleking262]

I chuckled so much when he was shocked people go out in their pajamas and sweat pants, and then he mentioned Walmart 😂

[@thomgizziz]

It is a terrible reflection of society. It shows that people have no pride in themselves and dont care about others. This mentality bleeds into all aspects of the culture and if you dont care about others or even your own image why on earth would you care about the country or anything associated with it... and you wonder why things are going down the toilet.

[@yvetteking7749]

Once upon a time in America, that wouldn't have been acceptable anywhere. I'm not that old, and I never did that. I'm glad that I can go shopping in my jeans and t-shirt. That's casual enough. I don't even wear shorts because I have a mirror.😊

[@quiestinliteris]

Of course, Walmart is a completely different dimension. Sure, you'll get people in pajamas and sweats, but you'll also get that guy wearing a full suit of plate armor and his friend in a damp wetsuit eating a raw eggplant like an apple.

[@Mystery13x]

@@thomgizziz Such a stupid thing to be mad about, THEY'RE STILL PANTS. The only thing different is the material. IT DOESN'T MATTER. My wardrobe has nothing to do with anyone else. I want to be comfortable not squished into an uncomfortable outfit.

[@brianjones9780]

@@thomgizziz land of the free to wear whatever we want. Frankly, my idea of success is being able to spend every day wearing a bath robe like The Dude if I feel like it.

[@MDStallings7]

"It gets very hot in Chicago and Indiana" Me in Georgia: "ha that's cute"

[@jeanvignes]

Me in southern Louisiana: y'all are adorable.

[@shmarlo3203]

MDStallings7 y’all want eggs I’m cooking some on the Arizona sidewalks

[@rocksjoshua]

Me in Florida also laughed at that. It can get up to 100 degrees there, but down here it stays 100 degrees in the summer 😂 Plus the humidity makes it worse.

[@shmarlo3203]

Joshua Ebanks 100 is nothing try 120

[@rocksjoshua]

@@shmarlo3203 100 + humidity is worse than dry heat. It feels like your in a sona 24/7

[@joemckibben7757]

I blew the mind of a hotel desk clerk in Swindon when I told her that every hotel in the US had an ice machine and every room had an ice bucket. Her response was, “Why?”

[@kyungrix1112]

I brought my own Yeti style insulated Ice Bucket to this hotel I'm living in for 3 months. The ice machine is only a few doors away from mine and I fill that bucket up every day. I GOTTA HAVE ICE! 😅

[@theparanoidandroid3583]

Yeah, as a Brit myself it is just weird to hear about. I guess it's down to cultural perspective!

[@richardfabacher3705]

@@theparanoidandroid3583 No, it's climate. In England 70°F is a "ghastly heat wave." In Alabama, we call that "a mite chilly."

[@theparanoidandroid3583]

@@richardfabacher3705 I get why you would want more ice in a hotter climate (especially as I myself lived in Saharan Africa for four years) but it's the actual idea of an "ice machine" that seems weird to me... is it like the reverse of a kettle?

[@richardfabacher3705]

@@theparanoidandroid3583 Much more complicated. There are basically 2 types of "ice machines: Laurence notes the refrigeration units found in stores that sell ice in large bags. The ice is made in a factory, bagged, and transported for sale. The other type, found in motels and hotels as well as restaurants and snack bars, makes ice in trays/molds by trickling water in, freezing it, then dropping it into the refrigerated hopper to be scooped-out as needed. Most home refrigerators in the US have built-in ice makers which may include dispensing crushed or cubed ice by pressing a paddle/bar/tab/lever (varies widely) or they drop cubes into a hopper inside the freezer. All forms involve a water line filling a tray which freezes the "cubes" then when they freeze, a small motorized device pushes them out and the process repeats. All testaments to our addiction to carbonated drinks. But seriously, have you ever tried to drink a 105° F Coca-Cola? Don't!

[@mmartin0101]

I love it when your wife explains something to you from off-camera. In this one she’s explaining why people buy bags of ice. She voices something that many Americans viewers are doing - sort of shouting out (in their heads) why something in America is the way it is. Any away, just a suggestion. You might do more of that. I think it works well.

[@jacquestuber628]

And yet I see plenty of people who shout out constantly how America doesn't matter and how what they do doesn't matter, it's weird how many people come into a video about America first and then I'm not saying this one but there are plenty of videos out there about America and people will tell you how stupid it is to do with that way and how they don't do that in their own country.

[@johngregory4801]

Kind of like Drachinifel's wife voicing sea mines in his videos, just before The Big Embrace. She's the happiest mine EVER 🤣🤣🤣

[@starfursuits8515]

I recently moved to the UK from the US, and smiling in public thing is what has gotten me in the most trouble just while out for a walk. Even had a mom clutch her small child close to her after I said "good morning" while passing by.😅 I didn't realise greeting people would creep people out when I first got here. So getting all these confused and worried looks from people really confused me.😂 Still learning!

[@PAMELAPORTER-ci7mr]

How strange! I can't imagine NOT speaking to the people I see. And we wave at our neighbors, too. No wonder my forebears left. 😅

[@Reece-Mincher3601]

We DO greet each other believe it or not! You were most likely (being American), being overly friendly, not with any malicious intent obviously, but it does raise our suspicions when someone is "too cheery", like what are you hiding?

[@hblack379]

I’ve encountered something similar in my time in New Zealand. I’ll be out for a walk and will smile, nod, or say hello to someone and half will ignore me or purposefully look away. Makes me feel like I’m weird or something 😅 Is always a bit awkward but so is ignoring the person and/or they initiate the hello so it’s just a gamble either way haha. Definitely miss American’s more consistent openness to talk to passerbys.

[@SierraNovemberKilo]

Its an overhang of status thing. Unless you've been introduced you do not approach another. The higher status person is allowed to address lower status people. Thus, on average most general people would not start conversations with strangers.

[@x0rn312]

​@@Reece-Mincher3601are we overly friendly or are you guys friendly deficient?

[@saphiregirl90]

I sat in a five guys at a mall in London and there were free refills and it made me smile to no end to see the British reaction. Some people responded with physical anger, “why would anyone need that much pop?” Others, especially teenagers, so much happiness!

[@kyungrix1112]

They don't realize you can just NOT fill your cup up again.

[@curtisa3069]

@@kyungrix1112 Or buy the smallest size pop and then refill it. At least in America they usually have three or four sizes (usually about 250ml, 500ml, 600ml, and sometimes 1L or larger) you can buy--but with free refills, why buy anything but a small?

[@szlash280z]

@@curtisa3069 absolutely, I never get a large drink of I'm in the place with free refills. even then, I don't refill the drink when I'm done. there's no point unless you got alcohol to put in it 😉🤣🤣🤣

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

I don't think I've ever taken advantage of free refills beyond just refilling as I'm leaving. One cup to drink with my meal, one to sip on as I go about my day. The second one I'd rather have with no ice so that I can put it in the fridge at home and later add my own ice.

[@szlash280z]

@Beware the Lily of the Valley yeah people like to say Americans will just sit in the restaurant constantly drinking the free refills, but most people do what you just described or don't get a refill at all.

[@carlied1220]

When I was walking in Paris with my friends ,a couple stopped us and said “ You are Americans ,right ? “ I asked them ...how did you know , and they said because you people are smiling at everyone .😂😂😂😂

[@RJ-mw2gw]

Carline Pergola- DeFeo That’s so nice!

[@benicio1967]

Carline Pergola- DeFeo LOL!!!! I LOVE that!!! Thank you for sharing that!!

[@craigbenz4835]

I'm genuinely curious about why others don't.

[@texasrangers4]

now I know to frown overseas, thank you

[@carlied1220]

Craig Benz I don’t know why ,but they are so grouchy looking walking around .

[@jomesleveque6834]

As an American, I find these videos fascinating. I think it’s very interesting to see how people from foreign countries experience new things in other countries like America

[@noneofyourbusiness27]

Same

[@timfriday9106]

lol yeah, since Americans are very well known for not knowing shit about anyone elses cultures. lol

[@paulrupright4694]

Let’s be clear, flying the flag was exponentially more post 9-11-01. They were sold out for months and months and months for the first time since 1941.

[@lesliefish4753]

It's also common in the US to keep a flag flying in front of your house if you have a family member actively serving in the military.

[@sonicbobomb15]

Or in general. It's amazing how much we display our flag.

[@robert-jason-king]

Fun fact: displaying American flags was an act of protest in Texas, as they were against the withdrawal of forces from Vietnam.

[@SamanthaVimes]

Smiling at strangers is just a silent "Have a nice day, fellow human!"

[@simplesimply3753]

“Im smiling so you know I won’t kill you and hope you don’t kill me”

[@jek__]

"look I don't have fangs like those other monkeys! I'm not a threat! dont attack me" lol

[@cplcabs]

and yet you beat and kill each other for the most meaningless of things

[@mr.stuffdoer8483]

@@cplcabs says the guy with a Union Jack as his pfp. How many centuries did Europe spend suppressing the entire world?

[@urieldiaz2361]

@@cplcabs Brit’s when they realize they’re brutal ways of killing eachother with knives is just as bad 😮

[@Jillianrc]

I recently moved to a classic American suburban neighborhood, and it’s honestly just like “in the movies and tv shows”. Everyone’s out working on their lawns or their cars in the garage, and when I walk my dog I always get roped into a conversation with a stranger. People are just so genuinely friendly which I think is nice...most of the time.

[@colbymcarthur7871]

as a suburban American, it's great when you're bored/social but definitely annoying when you're super tired and just want to go home!

[@SneakyLinky323]

They are usually nice but if they don't want to talk to you they will tell you to f off

[@cajunlinks]

Sounds like Pleasantville or Stepford.

[@randallschurlknight4657]

Move into the small crack towns those are lit asf

[@hodgeelmwood8677]

@Dalmaen Actually they're just trying to figure out if you're a neighbor or someone from outside the neighborhood. It's like when the salesperson in a store says hello the moment you walk in - they're just letting you know that they know you're there. In the store's case, it's to make it more difficult for people to shoplift; out on the street, it's a way of keeping tabs on strangers vs. neighbors.

[@gemfyre855]

I ordered a drink in the US (I'm Australian) and asked for no ice and the guy was shocked and said most people ask for MORE ice. I want more space for the drink I'm paying for! Not frozen water thanks. (this wasn't a free refills place).

[@thepretzel2]

I also ask for no ice for that same reason, but that does include free refill places so I can go longer before needing a refill and it's usually cold anyways. Also, I hate that watered down taste when the ice melts.

[@jrt818]

A certain large fast food chain in the US has calculated the delution of the ice so the drink has a standard of sweetness to the finish. The drink might be sweeter than liked if it comes without ice.

[@Jarran2R]

@@jrt818bless those chains, the drinks always end up tasting so much better when they account for the ice

[@juliblued]

She's right about the PJ thing starting in the 90s. I find it tends to be location specific though. Drive throughs, Walmart, and universities ( especially during midterms and final exams).

[@shinjineesen400]

Colleges and universities in the USA for the first two classes of the day. 8 am and 9 am. IIRC we were also allowed to bring in coffee. Some of us took a long time to wake up properly. I had classes at 8 am for the first two years. PS I *chose* that time. Enough to go back, get a proper breakfast in the dorm and do my foreign language homework immediately as far as possible. (I had a shower at 7 am and got ready). Then off to other classes 10 am, 11 am, then lunch, 2-5 pm....

[@SeeJayPlayGames]

my wife and I went to Manhattan in like 2003 or something and took the style to the streets. After that, we started to notice people wearing PJs in public a whole lot more... could it be that we were looking for it, or that it was happening more...? I don't know.

[@dant.3505]

If I am just going to the corner store down the street then my pj's are good enough. But anywhere else i will get dressed to go. As soon as I get back home I'll get my comfy PJs back on😊

[@kristal3346]

As a Floridian, I can confirm we put ice in nearly all of our drinks. The only exception would be if the drink is suppose to be hot, like hot chocolate or some coffees or teas. There might be less ice in the winter and more ice in the summer, but there is always ice in the drink. It feels wrong without it.

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

I'm 52, lived in FL since 2000. Prior to living in Florida, 20s 30s I rarely added ice to cold drinks, soft drinks. Up to 30, I'd have ice in a tray for weeks, unused.

[@chemp231]

Here in New hampshire it's a little rarer, but we have frozen coco and iced or frozen coffee drinks we drink up here all year around.... -10f some days out and we still drink an ice coffee.

[@ChronicallySmokinChronic]

​@chemp231 that's what I like to do even when it's cold asf outside I need me some iced coffee

[@deborahh2556]

Prepared iced drinks, such as iced coffee, I do drink, but otherwise I drink room temp drinks..room temp as in, air conditioned room. I'm a Floridian and prefer my drinks this way. My husband, on the other hand, is literally an ice hog.

[@BrettonFerguson]

I live in Michigan. I rarely use ice in anything. Water and soda during the summer when it is above 90 degrees. But most days if I put ice in my drink I might start shivering.

[@tracychristenson177]

Sometimes, it gets over 100 degrees! Sometimes! (People in Arizona burst into hysterical laughter.)

[@kitaaallen9297]

People in Australia- 😒🙄🤦🏻‍♀️

[@elizabethsohler6516]

In AZ it's dry. In GA it's humid. I live in NJ and you notice 100° more when it's humid.

[@pamelajoy3495]

I live in Mesa Arizona.... Freaking over 110degrees, for a minimum of 3months every summer

[@NinjaFlibble]

doesn't Phoenix get hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk? (I think I saw a video of someone doing that like ten years ago)

[@VioletDeathRei]

@@elizabethsohler6516 The humidity also makes cold worse.... much worse.

[@ModernRascal]

As a Floridian, winter here is just cold summer. The humidity makes the cold sting, but it doesn't usually freeze for more than a couple days a few times a season

[@1603shadow]

I visited the UK back in 2010 and while out to dinner in London I was served a room temperature Coke. I asked for ice for my drink and they were puzzled but brought me a bowl of ice. 😂

[@bradleyheck7204]

That's called "The Yank Bucket" back in the kitchen, but they have gotten less rude about it, now. In the 1990s the staff would do a little public shaming ritual of you.

[@dickJohnsonpeter]

Why would anyone want warm soda? It's not like it can be a preference because It objectively tastes worse. why would people in England want room temperature drinks?

[@cplcabs]

room temperature coke? That shouldn't have happened at all

[@rneumeye]

I've had the reverse... You ask for ice and they bring you ONE cube. 😐🧊 Then they hand it to you as if they had flown to the artic circle and chipped it off a glacier themselves. 😐🧊 It's ice. 😐🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🥤

[@yvetteking7749]

Warm beer is one thing, but warm Coke? Yuck.

[@christystewart4567]

My dad back in either the late 60s or early 70s made a business trip to London. At some after work function he was served a glass of scotch with an ice cube. Then the guy serving him said “oh, I know you Americans like your ice” and promptly added a second cube.

[@AuntTagonist]

Yes we love our ice..but I at least would never water down my whiskey. That is why we have whiskey stones here!

[@lindaeasley5606]

Scotch on the rocks is what it's called. They don't dilute the whiskey much at all since you usually finish it before the cubes have melted down all the way

[@bradleyheck7204]

What a madlad that waiter was!

[@goldgeologist5320]

Ice in whiskey or scotch. Just wrong!

[@danielleking262]

omfg so he just adds another cube without even asking first, wow, lol

[@victoriae725]

Clarification on why people buy bags of ice: they're handy for when people need lots of ice at one time. Usually, people will buy them for parties such as barbecues or to fill coolers for trips and the like.

[@trixie9777]

There are more steps involved using ice trays: pull out trays; twist trays then ice flies all over the counter w/some cubes falling onto the floor; carefully pouring water into trays so it doesn’t spill (I don’t use tap water); & carefully walking to freezer. If water spills on the floor it has to be wiped up. With a bag of ice: reach in, put in glass DONE!

[@CloudslnMyCoffee]

Its necessary for the tailgate party!

[@jeanvignes]

I live in storm country (southern Louisiana) and I've learned to keep four big bags of ice in the freezer for when the power goes out. It keeps the perishable food cold enough that it won't spoil if the power is restored that day. My power has gone out for 8-12 hours FOUR TIMES since February 1 (a little over three months) so this is not an idle concern.

[@mangaanimefan3089]

@@trixie9777 there's also the step of picking the ice up off the floor, throwing it in the sink, having it bounce off the side of the sink, and landing on the counter or, if the universe is being a particular b**ch that day, back on the floor.

[@88KeysIdaho]

As an American, this will amaze non-Americans. I buy bags of Ice, because I like the shape of the ice done by various brands. I can just make rounded cubes, but if I buy ice, I can have disc-shaped, hollow tube shaped, or broken shard-shaped. Ice is a key component of cocktails, and ice matters. That's why we BUY ice !!

[@carolsmith3485]

I had visited the UK, specifically Scotland, in the 90s. I remember two instances that still make me chuckle. I was at a cafeteria-style restaurant and was asked what I would like to drink. I asked for iced tea. The lady looked at me like I had just arrived from Mars. Apparently, at the time, iced tea was a foreign (as I was) concept. I don't know if that's changed. On another occasion, I visited a pharmacy in search of a bottle of isopropyl alcohol. Once again, my antennae must have been showing, but I was able to come away with a box of isopropyl alcohol wipes. I thoroughly enjoyed my trip and I hope to go back one day and also explore a bit of England as well. 😃

[@yvetteking7749]

I had similar experiences.

[@yvetteking7749]

@@TDI-87 If you want isopropyl alcohol, at the chemist's (pharmacy), you should ask for surgical spirit.

[@DECODEDVFX]

We generally view iced tea as an abomination. You can buy cans and bottles of iced tea (Lipton's etc) in shops. But you will be judged for buying it. You'll rarely see it being served in a restaurant or cafe. Isoprop is usually called surgical spirit.

[@sarahd1706]

You’re hilarious, and you speak of differences without negative judgment. I’m loving your content.

[@StEEzYSqEEzY]

As an American born and raised, i will never go into public in pajamas.

[@laurenblachford1501]

well done 😐

[@michaelhoward487]

I would sooner bring back streaking than go out in public in pjs (I don't own any anyhow).

[@greenquartz]

Same. My sister and I dared each other to do it once, but we put on the nicest/newest PJ's we owned and then we couldn't work up the nerve to go anywhere except Waffle House at 11 something at night. And the five people there stared at us the whole time. Ugh! It was pretty funny though. We felt like idiots.😂

[@donnaeturner]

I'm with you.

[@haroldwilkes6608]

@@laurenblachford1501 Except at WalMart....

[@TheRealThaenatos]

Free refills are a must when a place charges $2-3 for a drink that costs them $.05 for one fill.

[@Heavywall70]

I friend of mine who managed a few Taco Bell’s told me soft drinks were so cheap that a customer could buy a regular drink and refill it and drink as much as humanly possible al day and she’d STILL be ahead.

[@pnkfld7892]

@@Heavywall70 used to work in the restaurant industry, this is so true. Even worse with alcohol. One drink out of a bottle will cover the whole bottle so only the first drink is no profit, the rest is gravy 😂😂

[@user-jy3zl2vp4b]

Yes. I was hoping he might mention the cost of a drink in England. I bet it is extremely low. But you are right, when you are paying so much, you want to "try" to get your money's worth. (of course our plan backfired because now we are overdosing on sugar and our waist lines are enormous!)

[@Pidalin]

Someone told me that restaurants have main profit from overpriced drinks, not from food, maybe that's reason why it is so overpriced. In KFC they hare "neverending drink" but also that cup has only 0.4l and cost almost like 2 2l bottles of pepsi and you mostly can't drink more than one or two cups in such short time, so they know what they doing, it's not actually valuable for customer. :-D But in western europe or USA it's crazy, they want for example 5 eur for beer in restaurant, but same brand cost 1 eur in bottle. Here in Czech Republic beer in restaurand cost cca double price of bottled same beer.

[@notroll1279]

Based on the way fast food is produced, you could demand free refills for burgers as well - seriously, how much can it cost to produce a BigMac? In Germany, the calculation of a restaurant usually bases on the assumptions that drinks have to fetch a high margin because the food often does not. And free refills would kill that mechanism.

[@Jimmys4AU]

We have "iced tea" in the South and it's usually very sweet tea also; but that's not very common in some places in the US. I've been to some restaurants in the mid-west where the server looked at me weird when I asked for ice for my glass of tea, which they brought to me freshly brewed I'm sure, and still warm. They brought me a few cubes of ice in another glass; those cubes didn't stand a chance against that tea. I'm just glad they didn't stand there and watch to see how many packets of sugar I put in the glass.😄

[@bcaye]

I have lived in the Midwest for most of my life and the only way I see this happening is if you don't specify iced tea.

[@Mad-Lad-Chad]

@@bcaye I've seen it here in the midwest when asking for "tea" instead of "sweet tea". I rarely hear "iced tea" around here.

[@SeeJayPlayGames]

You did it backwards. You're supposed to add the sugar while hot, THEN cool it. Trust me. I'm a professional.

[@Levacque]

It blows my mind that people STILL get confused about the different types of iced tea. Like, cold tea is a pretty simple concept. It's been in parts of America for centuries. You'd think that an American, despite not living in the South, could still become aware of the concept of deliberately cooling down tea. It's just so odd to me that it's even a conversation anymore.

[@Levacque]

​@@SeeJayPlayGamesfor sure! Gotta raise that saturation point so that more sugar can dissolve!

[@mattl7886]

A grin and a nod or a "hello" in passing seemed pretty universal to me when I was in Northern England and Scotland for a few days. I felt like I blended in. Amsterdam though, It took me a day or so to break the habit of seeming like a weirdo and just averting my eyes just the left and right of a person once eye contact was made.

[@joeyramstad8529]

As a Canadian planning on a move to Scotland this brings me comfort, this is how we usually greet people and Lawrence had me worried I'd be confused for a predator if I didn't break that habit!

[@DECODEDVFX]

The north of Britain is very friendly compared to the south. Smiling at strangers or saying hi when passing is completely normal.

[@ravenmills-prouduscitizenm9609]

The one time I’ve been to London I was seeking ice. Please give me ice! Why isn’t there ice in my ice tea? Da Heck

[@laurab5750]

When I visited I always had to ask for ice in my beverage. I usually got 1 small cube.

[@crystalrose8210]

I said the same thing! I missed my ice on my trip. That and my own bathroom. Community bathrooms at our hotel?

[@keira9107]

@@crystalrose8210 that must have been a very cheap hotel because that’s not standard in the uk

[@cidb.212]

Calling it iced tea when there's no ice? Damn those Brits and their ironic sense of humor:)

[@jlw22356]

Why would you want a watered down drink and a reduced amount off drink?

[@CathyMiller0711]

Bags of ice are used in coolers of soft drinks or beer too in summer-for BBQs, camping, tailgating.

[@fakebrake]

And hurricanes when you know it's over a week with no power. Went 12 days in Houston after Ike.

[@rowynnecrowley1689]

And for making cocktails. I put it in my wine. Has to be crushed, tho. None of this cube bullshit.

[@Sgt_SealCluber]

Or if your ice maker breaks and it takes you 4 years to order a new one.

[@Wkkbooks]

in pajamas no doubt

[@airicastarwall1349]

Making ice cream as well

[@vanhattfield8292]

I am from the US and the date format that we use in the company I work for is yyyy-mm-dd, such as 2023-06-29. In many of our documents and files the date is included as part of the file name and having the year identified first makes it very easy to identify when they were created and to group them together.

[@seanmalloy7249]

That's what I got used to working as a civil servant at a naval hospital, because it made the dates sort properly, and it's crept into my private usage, simply because it's come to feel 'right'.

[@SussexYank]

Flag flying in the UK has increased over the years. When I first lived in the UK, back in 1970, it seemed that the Union flag, or the England flag, was never flying. But here in Sussex, England, one sees these flags far more frequently these days.

[@ShoJ369]

In Ireland we smile and say Hello to everyone 😊 🇮🇪

[@cdogg-he8ni]

Glad to hear it! I hope to make it to there someday, I might not live in Ireland, but I'm damn sure I'm Irish!

[@omnisel]

About the buying bags of ice thing, it's important to remember that the US is a very big very rural country and refrigeration did not become adopted uniformly. In hot rural areas, buying bags of ice was important for cellars and non-electric freezers i.e. ice cabinets.

[@Ellecram]

In the distant past there used to be ice trucks that would deliver to homes for the ice boxes in vogue at the time. In fact they used to differentiate natural ice cut from lakes/ponds to artificial ice made in the newly developed refrigeration containers.

[@michellegilliam2892]

I have ice in my drinks 365 days a year. I live in the low desert of Arizona so of course ice most of the year is lovely but I just generally prefer cold, cold drinks. We buy bags of ice here in AZ A LOT! You can even buy bags of ice at fast food drive throughs which is super convenient if you are going there anyway. Also something that is everywhere here are stores that sell water and ice. Seriously, selling water is very big business in AZ. Love your videos!

[@Levacque]

Honestly, it could be blizzarding and I would still want cold water. I live on the transition between Rockies and Canadian prairies, so it gets damn chilly. But it doesn't matter when I need a drink of water. If it isn't at least cooler than room temperature, it simply doesn't feel right.

[@alsaunders7805]

I live in the South and like no ice in my drinks ever. I don't even refrigerate my beer at home. Everybody that knows me tells me that I'm weird. 🤔🤓🍻

[@garycamara9955]

Don't they sell bottles of water everywhere?

[@garycamara9955]

​@@alsaunders7805Thats because you are weird!

[@alsaunders7805]

@@garycamara9955 Yep, I know and I don't care. 👍🤓🍻

[@cybulskiya8725]

Thing that bothered me when i was in europe was having to pay for water at restaurants. Like they dont just bring u water when u sit down u have to ask for it, and they usually ask you what you want to eat before u get a drink its odd

[@maryrichardson1318]

I lived in Germany for 6 years. You learn quickly not to ask for tap water. There water is very hard and has a lot of minerals in it. Most of the Americans living on the army base had to give their cats and dogs bottled water, or they would get kidney stones.

[@chowderwhillis9448]

@@maryrichardson1318 lucky I live in the mountains of North Carolina, Asheville literally sells their city water in bottles, I’ve always drank from the creek and tap as springs are common here. But going to Florida, nah man, I’m good I’m not drinking tap water from the plains and swamplands.

[@maryrichardson1318]

@@chowderwhillis9448 I know how you feel. I live in central Kentucky. We have an underground spring in a cave near us that bottles the water and sells it. High Bridge Spring Water. It is DELICIOUS.

[@fivish]

You dont pay for tap (fawcet) water, just bottled water.

[@DemonAbyss10]

@@chowderwhillis9448 Pennsylvania, at least my area of it is pretty much the same way. I remember an actual local civil conflict that got next to zero media coverage happened because nestle tried to but the rights to all the springs .

[@larrydavison8298]

Cooler + bag of ice + cans of soda A thing we do for picnics and grilling parties.

[@christinakav5029]

Larry Davison same for us here in Australia! If you go to someone’s house and they offer you a drink and there is no ice it’s considered almost undrinkable!

[@richardbambenek2601]

A cooler full of beer being cooled by ice is eye candy. It just looks so inviting.

[@LisaCarroll_1959]

I live in Oklahoma and it's normal for people here to have iced sweet tea 365 days a year! It doesn't matter what the temperature is outside and I don't usually drink water unless that glass is full of ice. I really enjoy your channel, because it's nice to see someone pointing out our uniqueness for everyone to appreciate.

[@brianburns7211]

I think the free drink refills is a fairly modern concept in the U.S. It seemed to pop up in the late 1980s-1990s. I remember going out to eat as a child, and my mother would tell me that if I was really thirsty to drink the complimentary water, since she wasn’t going to pay for a second glass of whatever beverage I’d ordered.

[@ptorq]

When I was a kid I recall that you only got free refills on certain beverages; iced tea (which was NOT pre-sweetened) and coffee (hot; if you'd asked for an iced coffee you would have gotten some VERY strange looks) generally had free refills, sodas usually did not.

[@mumsyxc]

@@ptorq That seems to have been the custom all my life in my neck of the woods. Places that give free refills on cold drinks exist, but they're very rare.

[@steb3713]

British people do smile and say hello to each other. Especially in the north. The only place I've been where it hasn't happened is in that London.

[@NoahSpurrier]

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[@SunshineCatwoman]

The going out in public in pajamas thing only really started during the last decade. I would be embarrassed to walk around in public in my pajamas (unless it was a Halloween costume), and I don't understand why so many people are okay with doing it.

[@AmandaTexas]

Because people are slobs now. Look at photos of people out and about in the 1950s and you will quickly realize that we've become lazy, fat, depressed people.

[@brachio1000]

The other day, I saw a young woman at the store who was wearing pajama bottoms, but with a stylish blouse, jacket, and shoes, all of it coordinated. She was cute, and the outfit was attractive, so, I don't know, I guess I give up.

[@IosuamacaMhadaidh]

I'm 40, and when in high school I remember the girls starting that trend, usually on test days. Not sure if that was the beginning of it generally but it was the start of it in my part of the world.

[@urphakeandgey6308]

It's not so much literally going out in pajamas, it's more just the casual nature of American attire. Like a previous commenter pointed out, many people will go out in "pajamas," but it's still "coordinated" and meant to be a style. I'd also like to point out many places in the US are much hotter than the UK. This is especially true for any state in "The South," but also areas like Southern California, Arizona, and so on. Both those states have big cities in warm climates. (LA and Phoenix respectively.)

[@kevinloving3141]

Um would scrub pants count, I have to admit I gone to sleep in scrub pants, no I don't work in the medical field, and gone on errands in the same scrub pants, just like the feel of scrub pants, being their made of basically bed sheet material.

[@21ruevictorhugo]

I’ve read that flags were important during revolutionary times in the US. There were some colonists who wanted to get rid of British rule and others who didn’t, and this was a way to define which side you were on. Okay, that was a couple hundred years ago but it became an expected thing in places like Massachusetts, where I grew up. To most people these days, flying a flag isn’t a way of making any particular statement, it’s just traditional.

[@jakewhitney4296]

I actually like the way we write dates out as month/day/year because the second you hear the month, you know what time of year or season it is right away and the information just flows better.

[@halfsourlizard9319]

If you put the year first, you'd know what century and decade it was, and the information would flow even better.

[@Deedric_Kee]

I died laughing when you brought up the pajamas 😂😂😂. Btw for me, I'am an american that will never leave the house in my PJs 😊👍

[@benicio1967]

Deedric Kee yes!! Nor will I!! Lol

[@rowynnecrowley1689]

I purposely by pajamas that I'm not embarassed to wear outside. Just in case I need to make a late night run to the store. I'm not getting dressed just to pop out for smokes. Or in case of fire.

[@novatryxward9372]

I only wore pjs at school on spirit days lol. But in winter I will wear sweat pants when I walk my dog at night.

[@beeaye7944]

I definitely think there's a generational divide between who will and won't go out in public in pajamas. 😂

[@cocotaveras8975]

Bee Aye xD Yep 😂😂😂. I’m a Zoomer and I would probably go out in public in my PJs to be honest with you. 🤣🤣🤣

[@davidfrischknecht8261]

I was born and raised in New Jersey which typically gets pretty darn cold in the winter. If I'm drinking a beverage from a tumbler I'll put ice in it so it stays nice and cold, even in winter. There's nothing worse than warm soda, iced tea, or lemonade.

[@BKsunstar]

@Expo Scotland it will end up flat one way or the other, and its not watered down til the ice melts

[@tarajh]

Right?! Do NOT serve me an "iced" tea with 3 sad little half-melted cubes bobbing around in a lukewarm beverage. Gross. I want it c.o.l.d.

[@mew589]

My dad used to drink warm Mountain Dew. Blech.

[@Jerseybytes2]

I'm in north west Passaic county, and it doesn't matter how cold it is. Hubby always walks around with this mega cup of ice tea with tons of ice in it

[@C-Lightning]

Oh hell yeah, ice is a necessity in most drinks!

[@sooz9433]

I'm old. When I smile at people, which I always do, and then ask "how are you?" I'm sincerely asking how you are today. If you're not well, I expect to hear that, if you're angry I would like to offer an ear and maybe a solution... I have never been so shallow as to ask how are you and not want to really know. Perhaps I'm alone in these feelings but I don't think so. I adore your videos, your accent, your British teeth and your wit. Thank you for sharing your time with us.

[@chplvr1328]

Not everyone likes to impart all the intimate details of their present condition to a stranger, especially if they might offer advice. We have forms for a reason.

[@Steve.Cutler]

Two things that made an impression on me, when I was in England in the early 90's, was the first time I saw milk on a shelf unrefrigerated, and going to Safeway and seeing the tiny American section. Literally a quarter of a grocery store shelf.

[@Levacque]

Whatever they were selling, it wasn't straight milk. Room temperature milk has a shelf life of like 1.5 hours before some pretty significant and irreversible chemical changes start to occur.

[@TheLobsterCopter5000]

I have honestly never seen room temperature milk, and I hope I never do. Milk goes off fast enough already.

[@Levacque]

@@TheLobsterCopter5000 I'm so disturbed by what must have been in that milk to make it shelf-stable

[@filanfyretracker]

@@Levacque we have it here in the US in boxes, I have no clue how it tastes but I think its something called Ultra High Temperature pasteurization.

[@halfsourlizard9319]

UHT milk is quite common in parts of the world where cattle don't live (e.g., islands). Can't speak to how it tastes; drinking milk as an adult seems very odd.

[@davidwelty9763]

The pajamas in public thing is fairly recent and most Americans think it’s asinine.

[@davidwelty9763]

really dude and those Americans who still have self respect.

[@Helvetica_Scenario]

People who go out, especially to work, in pajamas might as well just wrap themselves in plastic garbage bags and be done with it.

[@boojoe1989]

My roommate does this shit all the time and it drives me fucking nuts... can’t figure out why he can’t get a girlfriend, I have told him that going into public looking like a slob isn’t helping his case

[@ragingraichu219]

I'll go in my pajama bottoms, but I will wear a t-shirt, lol.

[@donna6895]

Agree

[@kaitlynrunion4192]

I'm generally a water-ordering person in restaurants, but I have to say that if you do order a soda they will very likely fill your glass to the very top with ice before pouring your drink, so getting a refill isn't actually like having a second serving. It's more like actually getting one full serving.

[@brucedillinger9448]

So true.

[@drzarkov39]

Try ordering water without mc-ice. It's still cold.

[@not_zippy]

I HATE when people do that. I was at a wedding once, and I asked the server for a sprite with no ice. He gave me LESS ice. IT JUST MAKES IT SO THAT THE SODA GOES FLAT IN 2 SECONDS, I WILL FIGHT EVERY SERVER WHO DOES THIS.

[@MikeDCWeld]

​@@not_zippyno means no!

[@cameronjadewallace]

I hate ice in anything that isn't water. Waste of space, waters it down, and just a nuisance while drinking. It's still a nuisance in water, but it keeps water cold (the only way I like drinking water) and when the ice melts, more water. Somehow, it's the only way it makes sense in my brain

[@Matt_Fields_29]

It's call tailgating because it's usually done with a pickup truck where you lower the tailgate to set up whatever food and drink you're having.

[@samanthacline1265]

I’m from the South in the US. In the summer, the tap water reaches 80°F/27°C while the air temperature reaches well into the 90s°F/mid-30s°C with high humidity. There’s a reason cold lemonade and iced tea is preferred here over a hot cup of Earl Grey.

[@jeanetteshawredden5643]

In Texas, NM & AZ the actual temps are 100's 105, 110 etc. Add humidity and the "heat index" or "real feel" is even hotter..

[@samanthacline1265]

@@jeanetteshawredden5643 Yes. With the heat index where I live, it tips what it feels like outside to be usually between 100-110°F, too. With the humidity, it feels like Mother Nature is sweating on you.

[@filanfyretracker]

I am curious how your tap water gets so hot, Even if we run a few weeks with 90f days and like 80f nights here in NJ the tap water never gets that warm. Guessing its because the water mains are not 6ft in the ground.

[@VaraLaFey]

​@@filanfyretracker During Phoenix summers you don't need to turn on the hot water in the shower unless you like it blistering. The ground is caliche, which is very hard to dig through - your shovel kinda bounces off it - so especially in older area the lines are closer to the surface and there are almost zero basements. Which sucks, as basements are not only very useful, they are also cooler than main/upper floors. They are one of the few things I missed when moving to Phx from the upper quasi-Siberian midwest.

[@novaconetta1577]

"you can actually buy BAGS of ice" 8:22 🤣❄️We are obsessed with ice. We also have preferences for size and shape of ice cubes, crushed vs square vs round. My favorite ice cube is cylindrical with a hole. And then there are icy treats like snowballs aka snow cones (somewhat regional) which consists of shaved ice with sugary syrup over it. Comes with toppings too!

[@gavinreid2741]

My local supermarket in England has sold bags of ice for years.

[@tweetypie1978]

U can buy bags of ice in the UK. They have sold them since I can remember which is late 80s early 90s

[@danielwade9487]

@@tweetypie1978 Yeah, but can you get ice from rando, pop-up ice dispensers everywhere 24/7? I never understood the economics, but they wouldn't exist if they couldn't make $ off it. Super small towns have these and I can only think they're for keeping game harvested cool enough to transport home.

[@richardfabacher3705]

@@danielwade9487 90% of that "dispenser" ice goes into ice chests for chilling drinks and keeping food from spoiling while camping, boating, having a large bbq, etc. Those super small towns are frequently near camping/boating/swimming areas.

[@Blondie42]

Comes in hand for keeping drinks stored in coolers cold, too. I'm surprised Tara didn't elaborate a bit more on that for Laurence. Also people who go out fishing 🎣 for leisure keep the fish fresh with ice bought at the store. Helps, too, when the fridge and or freezer dies and you don't want perishables to go bad quickly while getting it fixed or replaced.

[@agentredfox]

I can tell you have been living in the Midwest, calling carbonated beverages “pop”.

[@keirytenorio8991]

It's soda (I'm from Tennessee)

[@brianjankowski4419]

I'm from Western New York. We say pop. But to me I know the lingo and might change it up with soda. Or soda pop. It's the same thing. I don't know why people get offended.

[@EleetCanoe]

its pop from northern ohio

[@alphazenturbo]

I've called it pop all my life (I live in MI a stone's throw from the Canadian border). One time I in TX at a festival and asked for a pop, and the guy looked at me like I had three heads. I then said Coke and got what I wanted, the concession guy still giving me a weird look. Later on, I was told a 'pop' meant a hit of meth.

[@johnbaird4912]

Agent Red Fox Lots of brits call it pop

[@johnnychuk]

Laurence, just watched this three year old video. You are funny as F! You really make me laugh and smile! Thank you soooo much for being you!

[@Diana-sr5ub]

Where we live we wave (if out side) at every car that goes by our house. Mainly because you can find a neighbor mad at you for not waving.

[@emesselt]

I love how your wife clued you in - right there - about why bags of ice are useful.

[@ruprecht8520]

Ice bags are not typically used to put ice in drinks. They are more often used to fill coolers. You then put your soda and beer in the cooler to keep it cold. This saves you from having to use the refrigerator.

[@333rpd]

Canadian here, spent 3 weeks in England and Scotland last July , they have free (diy) drink refills at Nandos. Back in the 70's I worked at the Canadian subsidiary of a UK consortium, we also had US suppliers. So we delt with dates in both formats. :( Then I discovered the YYYY MM DD format , :) and have used it ever since.

[@darrenh116]

I should point out that there's a very important exception to the "no smiling at strangers rule" in Britain: dog walking. If you're out walking your dog and you happen upon another person walking their dog, make sure you smile, point at your dog and say, 'he/she is friendly', then they say their dog is friendly as well, and you let the two dogs quickly sniff each other as the two of you have a very brief, pointless chat about the weather, and then move on.

[@Levacque]

Canadians also follow the "must talk about the weather" rule when you've been roped into an interaction by your dog. However, we also must smile or nod at strangers like the Americans do. It's a lot of fun watching videos like this, reading the comments, and realizing once again that Canada stands firmly on the cultural fence between Britain and the States.

[@mediumjohnsilver]

"An American without ice in his drink is unthinkable, if not unconstitutional!" - Glenda Jackson in Hopscotch (1980)

[@christinakav5029]

MediumJohnSilver me too and I’m Australian!!

[@richsimon7838]

MediumJohnSilver When we were driving our Spanish exchange student back to the airport to go home after living with us for the school year I asked him what he would miss most, surely he would me, of course! His lighting fast response was “ice!, how am I ever going to go back to drinking anything without ice!.

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

@@richsimon7838 haha

[@teemusid]

She went to England, then to the French Riviera. Did her dobermans survive by eating Follett? I've watched that movie many, many times. I taped it off of cable, then purchased the official videotape, then the Criterion Collection version on DVD.

[@mediumjohnsilver]

@@teemusid I watched the DVD a few days ago, and it still is delightful. As for the doberman, I suppose she phoned someone to take care of the dog sometime after she got away.

[@candaceroberts3238]

At my hotel on my first trip to England I called room service for a bucket of ice. There was confusion on both sides of the phone. But when they knocked on our door what I received was a soup cup with 3 ice cubes. This was 30 years ago and this confusion happened often. Maybe it’s different now. I was at restaurant, the manager was finally called to figure out why I would want an extra glass of ice. The funniest was many workers peeking to see what was happening (with the crazy ice lady). Anyhow, we began looking for fast food restaurants when we wanted a drink with enough ice.

[@pmc2999]

I went for a two week tour of Scotland in 2018. No ice to be had.

[@pmc2999]

@@randzopyr1038 oh I'm sure they have ice in the winter. I wanted ice in my cup. Makes you realize how things you think are completely normal are completely bizarre somewhere else. Fun though.

[@bradleyheck7204]

They'll bring you three to six cubes, with tongs, and handle them like perscription opioids, looking around furtively.

[@mdcampbell7360]

​@@randzopyr1038 Billy Connolly once joked that Scotland has two seasons, winter and June.

[@Levacque]

The thing is, any commercial kitchen should have an ice maker for practical cooking purposes. They have access, they're just being weird about it. Like, to treat a request for ice like some kind of freak show curiosity is so silly. You're telling me those cooks and servers haven't gotten way more demanding requests from customers?? Nah. They just decided to be jerks about the ice for some reason.

[@Crackpot_Astronaut]

Hearing the tone of disbelief when you said "People do it in the comfort of their own homes" when referring to ice water made me actually laugh out loud 😆

[@jeanhirsch2054]

I ordered a second bottle of lemonade at a London restaurant in summer of 1999. The waiter told me I could not have it. I realized that he said this because I was American. I never expected to get it free. He eventually agreed to get me the lemonade when he realized I was willing to pay for it. I had considered explaining to him that soda fountain refills tend to be fre in the US, but the drink itself is believed to cost the restaurant less than the cost to wash the glass. And bottled drinks in the US never include free refills. At a very expensive and wonderful Sunday brunch at Lake Louise in Canada I think we did get a no extra charge second bottle of Coca Cola.

[@mumsyxc]

Funny thing about lemonade. In the USA it means a sweetened mixture of lemon juice and (usually still) water. In the UK, when I was there, lemonade was lemon-lime soda, like 7-Up or Sprite or whatever PepsiCo calls it.

[@deanneparis8888]

I can't imagine not having ice in my water. Of course I am a Floridian beach dweller but when I lived in Wisconsin during the winter I still put ice in my water. Lol

[@StamfordBridge]

It’s funny because when we Americans go to Europe (or most of the world for that matter), and we are served water or drinks without ice, it can feel a little as if we’re being handed uncooked food. 😂. At least at first.

[@benicio1967]

DeAnne Paris myself included. I think I tend to fill my glass with ice not only because I live in Texas but also because it’s something I watched my mother do her entire life. That’s one thing I really can’t part with. At least fill my glass HALFWAY with ice if you’re rationing it. 😉😊😉

[@craigbenz4835]

I lived in Florida long enough to be surprised and delighted when I moved back to Michigan to get cold water from the cold tap. I had forgotten completely about that.

[@benn454]

@@StamfordBridge I wouldn't touch any water that didn't come out of a bottle in Europe. Their rivers are filthy.

[@blueptconvertible]

Where were you from? I'm in West Allis. #OnWisconsin

[@tracyz9155]

Since “We the people” are the government, we show our connection with each other with the Flag. There is no one person (not even the President who changes) who represents all of us. That’s what the Flag says - We’re all in this together. We can do this

[@carlied1220]

Tracy Zielke Hear-Hear , Nicely Said 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@StamfordBridge]

That’s a very nice, very optimistic take. Not the kind of rhetoric I hear from a lot of adamant flag wavers.

[@MrZadokthePriest]

The Brits (Canucks & Aussies too) have the queen and so there is a symbol to focus on that unites everyone. Tho Canadians like Americans tend to fly the flag. Keen observation about the representative role of a neutral & common symbol.

[@chrismaverick9828]

I think it even goes deeper than that. The flag doesn't represent the government of the United States. It represents the people, our common desires that come along with self-determination, and thus the nation as a whole, regardless of government.

[@jonathanfinan722]

Yeah but that smells of fascism. Nothing good ever came from behind a flag. Flags and other nationalist symbols are wholly divisive. “This is our thing that makes us better than the others.” Patriotism (the doctrine of pride in something you had no hand in, ie being born somewhere, and the achievements of others) and nationalism are pure poison, an affront to humanity. Like religion and other superstitions, these are things we should have left in the Iron Age.

[@fredseekingbibleturth]

That smile thing is taught. I remember growing up getting yelled at for not smiling at people. So you learn to smile at every one.

[@ericahyland1624]

I grew up in Connecticut which is in the Region of the US known as New England simply because it was on the same latitude and thus has the same climate and the British Isles so it reminded the colonists of home. Anyway, we still put Ice in our water there too

[@michaelbufford8994]

I went to college with a couple of Brits. I was funny how we spoke the same language but at times could not understand each other. Love your videos keep coming

[@danielm5535]

Famous Churchill quote, “English: the common language that divides us.” So. True.

[@laurahubbard6906]

@@danielm5535 two countries divided by the same language.

[@strangeworldsunlimited712]

I once was having an online conversation with an Australian, typing text at each other, and she used what I assume was a very common Auzzie slang term (I have since forgotten... it was almost 20 years ago), and I had to have her go back and explain the term to me. After we both had a bit of a laugh over it, I said something to the effect of, "How can we have a language barrier when we're speaking the same language?!"

[@Ryarios]

Two countries separated by a common language...

[@free9200]

I have a few American friends and I went to the states last summer to visit them. I popped to the petrol station opposite my hotel to get a few essentials. Anyway, the woman who served me went 'any gas?' to which I replied 'steady on love it isn't even time for dinner yet' lol.

[@mr.beepers2119]

Lawrence, your wife is right. Shopping in PJ's is relatively new.

[@adrianlambert7130]

They were doing this in the UK until about ten years ago when shops started putting up signs saying it wasn't allowed. This video is all wrong!

[@glennvader8853]

But it is still wrong!

[@johnmcnally5418]

Isn’t it ghastly. So glad to be missing this.

[@whynotagain3639]

@@adrianlambert7130 most of his videos are complete lies, he either lived under a rock in the UK or is just an idiot just blatantly lying about things.

[@whynotagain3639]

They've been going to supermarkets in PJ's for over a decade in the UK. Sometimes with their slippers on and a dressing gown as a coat too.

[@corajallen9471]

Bags of ice can also fill coolers which keep drinks cold while traveling.

[@kath5201]

What to wear to the Store in my little town. Winter version: Boots, Knit Scarf, A Hoodie, Knit Cap, & Super fuzzy PJ Pants, preferably with a cartoon chatacter on them.

[@tehbunnehfawks]

This man needs a Tv show. His voice is amazing and his comedy is awesome.

[@gingergilmorehorner1433]

Yes! As Ricky Gervais Stunt double! Lol

[@AnnV918]

I know right!!??? I’m addicted!!

[@cosmokramer5055]

You should watch the old show titled An Idiot Abroad, created and starring Ricky Gervais

[@shannonvalleriecarr-dawson9470]

When my daughter was 8 months old she had a fever of 108f and they had to ice her (dip her in a bath of ice water) to bring her temperature down. She screamed the most horrific scream a parent could even imagine. So yes there are people who, per se, have cold baths. (Btw she is almost 18 and is doing much better now)

[@nyrockchicxx]

They don't recommend the ice bath anymore. Not for years, because it's too shocking to the system, but definitely cold water, or cool water increasing the coldness gradually.

[@paullangton-rogers2390]

Yeah, Margret Thatcher aka The Iron Lady our former Prime Minister used to take ice baths with an electric current running through the water (true). Maybe why she had that massive hair that stood up lol.

[@mlee40738]

Lol, Lawrence, thanks for your humor. Its funny to think about the differences between how different countries do things, but then you add a whole 'nother level of fun to it.

[@DenyTheZeitgeist]

I never used to acknowledge people but I think I picked that up in retail. A quick “hello” or a smile/nod goes a long way in telling them “I see you” as well as “I SEE YOU.”

[@aldonapolitano5979]

Many years ago, when I was a younger man, having the family over for a celebration, my father gave to me this advice: As he was making 2 scotch/rocks, he paused, turned to me with a look that said "this is really important" and said "son" (he almost never called me son) and here he bordered on solemnity, "when the ice is gone, the party's over". It was a magic moment.

[@kathylouise1936]

Truth!

[@wessexdruid5290]

Ice in scotch? Utter sacrilege... The idea is to allow you to taste the complex flavours, if the scotch is anything decent.

[@tubularfrog]

@@wessexdruid5290 As someone (American) that prefers scotch on the rocks, it's the evolution of flavors as the cold scotch warms in your mouth and the volatiles slowly release. I even keep my scotch in the fridge. Some people like scotch and soda, or water, and as the ice melts it approaches those styles also. I'm not too picky about how it's served, especially if someone else is pouring.

[@wessexdruid5290]

@@tubularfrog Have you ever drunk a single malt properly? i.e. without ice and with just a splash of Highland spring water, to unlock it? Compare the two, then come back and talk about which has more flavour - and aroma.

[@kevinsullivan3448]

Have you tried scotch frozen bullets or stones instead of ice to chill your drinks?

[@krozjr5009]

“Smiling in public”/“How are you” as a greeting Welcome to outside-London. Please enjoy the countryside, pure air, and polite people.

[@gretalturdberg5954]

It's pretty much the same in the US, except we have a lot of rural areas here, although some cities are nice anyway. I live in Texas, so while I know people are very friendly in Austin, the total opposite is true of Houston.

[@Jillianrc]

@@gretalturdberg5954 I’m from Austin and can confirm people are very friendly and polite for the most part. Not so much in other Texas cities.

[@greenalison556]

was going to say up here in the north of england everyone says hello an smiles/chats (or did lol). I would hazard a guess the poster lived down south or in London. Even in big cities in the north definately more chatty in passing.

[@catw4729]

@@greenalison556I don’t think so, I seem to remember that he’s referred a few times to coming from Cleethorpes (on the Lincolnshire coast). I live in Lincolnshire and find people greet each other when out and about, but Lincolnshire people do seem to be quite reserved. Add to that that the coast is an area with a lot of summer visitors.

[@grandetaco4416]

I was born and raised in America and I found it annoying that total strangers wanted to acknowledge my existence. Then I moved from Michigan to Texas and found people in Texas want to talk to me in the elevator/lift. So I realized I was the problem and I should just act friendly back to spite my annoyance with humans, because why should I spoil such a friendly place.

[@diane1390]

I live in Fresno California, and when I lived in Death Valley National Monument back in 1979, I learned to never drink iced water. It nearly killed me. Since then, I drink room temperature. Now iced tea is nice.

[@mishmashmedley]

as far as the date goes, I'm an outlier in american circles, as I have worked a lot in digital archiving over the years, and we used Year-Month-Day - it makes it easy to sort things oldest to newest or vice versa.

[@Charlieb82]

You're obviously from the south of England - we always talk to strangers and smile at people in Newcastle!

[@PiousMoltar]

He's from the Midlands (Lincolnshire) but somehow he sounds way more posh than he should.

[@mikesaunders4775]

Like Raoul Moat.

[@alyswilliams9571]

I think we Brits are pretty friendly actually outside of the big towns and cities. I live in Somerset and strangers smile at each other and talk to each other in queues a lot. It's the same when I go back to Wales where I was born and brought up.

[@celticvixen8002]

That’s ‘cos we’re canny in Geordieland!!! 😊

[@fionagregory8078]

What about Sunderland where George Clarke the luscious architect comes from?

[@roguesmile1491]

People typically buy bags of ice for large coolers. If you are going camping or taking a cold dish or drink a distance or even to chill drinks for a party, you would load the cooler with ice which is hard to do with just ice trays. You can consume the ice if you are having a large party and don't have enough ice for your guests, but typically it's used to cool bottles/cans.

[@daughteroftheblackmadonna8936]

A major peeve of mine is iced water in restaurants when it’s zero degrees outside. Madness

[@chiaradascenzo4130]

for me as an italian in uk is so impressive to see people smiling and saying hi to you in the street. here they do it much more than in continental Europe, so it's interesting to know that in USA they are even more smiling.

[@TL_oS]

In this strange time of “quarantine” I make even more of a point of smiling with my eyes and being even friendlier when out in the world. And I notice others doing the same. We all must do our best to show more kindness all around.

[@rs5570]

I’ve taken to drawing a smile on my masks with a Sharpie. Takes the work out of being around others.

[@Trifler500]

Lawrence: "Is it even winter in Florida when it's winter here?" Tara: "Yes, but no..."

[@burtonhollabaugh3767]

Frostprove, Florida is not a northern town.

[@chadleach6009]

Winter for Floridians, fall for basically anyone else.

[@loriwbahadur]

Florida has two seasons. Summer and fall. You can experience temperatures from anywhere from 20°, 85°, in fall. In summer, you're pretty much between 85° and 120°. If you come to Florida, there are tailgates at both seasons' sporting events. In Jacksonville, we even have a ice skating rink. If you get a chance, every major city in Florida has the best of every cultures' festivals, at least once a year. And, all the government websites for each is found through the state's website, www.myflorida.com.

[@mmercier0921]

Last time I was in Orlando was late November. 85°f at 07:00... 98° at 16:00 when these thunder storms sweep through like the armageddon. I don't know how people without air conditioning in every room manage to survive there. Only thing I liked were the little lizards and snakes, everywhere.

[@chadleach6009]

@@mmercier0921 ah, I miss my hometown.

[@Yuy12121]

Well, yes, the ice cools you down, but the temperature and the water changes the nature of the drink. Cold drinks taste different to room-temp drinks.

[@BigHailFan]

Actually yes! We DO have ice baths.....in hospitals. Hospitals will use ice baths if someone's internal temperature is out of control. So, they will put them in a bathtub full of ice. It's extremely painful from the sheer cold, but it's far better than boiling yourself alive from a fever.

[@rev.ruthe.gallot9103]

went for a walk in my neighborhood today and it felt wonderful to have everyone smiling at me ... not to mention waving and saying hello to perfect strangers. After a few weeks of not seeing another human sould I was happy to greet everyone, and so, it seems, was everyone else. No shame here!

[@craigbenz4835]

I suppose he isn't exposed to this in Chicago, but it is common here for drivers to wave at other drivers and pedestrians.

[@SouthernIowaLady]

Tonight people were circling the town square with their vehicles. Windows were down so they could hear each other's radios and waving was happening.

[@Wkkbooks]

waving the flag in pajamas!

[@novatryxward9372]

Yeah kindness can really change a person's day, even if your just saying goodmorning.

[@animationlynx5054]

@@SouthernIowaLady hi guys hope your all staying home !! lock down here in the u.k. we go out on our doorsteps every thursday at 8.00 to clap our nhs staff .. and all the key workers ,is very emotional to witness communities coming together 💕

[@ScrapmanJoe]

Winter in Florida just means I put on a long sleeve shirt.

[@jeanvignes]

I moved back to southern Louisiana last fall (I was born here and grew up here) and I didn't even bother with a coat for the entire winter. I think I needed a sweater five or six times. If I need a sweater, it's usually in the summer and someone has the AC cranked too low. (I always brought one with me to the theater, back when we could go to theaters. Sigh.)

[@rathemoor5712]

Same for me in TX. I have never owned a coat. I have only ever owned jackets and hardly ever wear them.

[@kimberlyromo4898]

And you only need the long sleeve every once in a while because sometimes it’s 85 degrees on christmas😂

[@roefane2258]

As someone who lived in Minnesota....I don’t even have words.

[@TheAlibabatree]

Winter in South Florida means i put on a long sleeve.... sun shirt. The same long sleeve sun shirt i wear in the summer because with out it i would get skin cancer.

[@scottgoldfarb95]

I take ice so seriously that I buy it by the bag but I also have a bunch of trays as a backup incase the bag runs out before I buy another... yes, even in the winter

[@Goldfish_Vender]

I really hate the public pajamas thing. Even when there were these "Pajamas day" at school, i would not participate, because it's just weird for the obvious reasons most non-americans think so.

[@joshuawyckoff9895]

Also, you buy ice from the store to keep stuff (such as soda, bottled water, alcoholic beverages, or sometimes items of food (like a charcuterie or sandwiches for a picnic)) in coolers cold. If you are just using a typical Ice tray, it will take you forever to fill up a cooler. If your fridge has a build in ice maker, it will still take ages to fill up a cooler.

[@denislemieux4915]

In the mid-west at least, it's also a necessity. Always have a bag or two just in case the weather knocks out power.

[@AmandaTexas]

In the USA, we mostly have ice makers in our freezers, but you are right, it takes a long time to fill up a cooler. I make frozen bottles of water for the cooler. But all my drinks need ice, ice and more ice.

[@jackmiller4946]

I don’t want to live in a world without ice in my drink .

[@zargonthemagnificent330]

Surely it is dependent on what the drink is ? No sane person, American or British, would put ice in a beer for example.

[@tinaswafford1985]

Maybe not, but it's nice to have the beer in ice.

[@TheXev]

When I lived next door to my Grandmother, we had VERY cold well water, and it would have been rare for us to use ice except when it was very hot. Always used ice when making Kool Aid, but we'd make 1/4th of the cool aid in hot water (to melt the sugar), ice it down, then fill it up with water.

[@ROBYNMARKOW]

I went to Starbucks the other day ( Drive thru only of course) & ordered an iced tea & while Ice is kind of the the point of iced tea,half of my drink was just that which was annoying since there was barely any drink..😕

[@JanetSilversides]

Jack Miller I prefer more ice than pop in my drinks.

[@keouine]

I love these comparisons. It's important to know that He could easily make a "10 things Americans Do now that were uncommon or unheard of 20-30 years ago" using much of the same material. Except for improvements in smart phones, the mood these days is more "50 things one cannot do in the US that one used to be able to do."

[@chronicstitcher7933]

Ice water, Ice tea, ice soda (pop). I can't imagine having to drink tepid drinks. Yes, at least down south here, I'm sure it started back in the day when folks still plowed the fields with out machinery, and it gets pretty damn hot down here. I have even wondered that if I ever visited the UK (I have friends there so it's possible), would they look at me like I'd grown a second head if I ask for ice in my drink. Just recently found your channel and I'm loving it!!

[@marybratton5514]

I spent one summer in Florence, Italy 1993 and I would have paid good money for ice in my drinks!

[@Levacque]

In 2015 in the UK, I found ice water to be somewhat common but not ubiquitous. Just about any other soft drink like pop or lemonade etc would be served to you in its bottle or can with an accompanying (ice-free) glass. And if they serve you a room temp bottle, well, that's a reflection of poor planning on their part. Most places had nice cold drinks, except for the cups of tea. The only beverage in the UK that should reasonably be served at room temperature is a glass of red wine - even the beers are supposed to be the room temp of the **cellar** and therefore lightly chilled.