Americans React: Hilarious British Pics That Capture Life in the UK

[@knownonsenseman8283]

I'd like to clear up a misunderstanding I often hear from Americans - Brits don't love queuing: we in fact hate it. Because the only thing we hate more than a queue is a queue-jumper.

[@vallee3140]

so right

[@Otacatapetl]

We queue because it's the right thing to do, not because we love it.

[@1justme]

Did you see the queues to vote and get into the political rallies in the US? Looks like Americans love to queue, too. 😅

[@jeffwhite-ri5th]

Britain is changing the future is ISLAMIC BLACK & INDIAN STATE Americans are now posting on youtube when they visit cities in the Uk no English people are sighted

[@knownonsenseman8283]

👍

[@charlesgodfrey1296]

The Angela thing is for anyone to use as a codeword to staff in bars etc to help them get out of a potentially dangerous situation by calling them a taxi or allowing them to leave through an alternative exit.

[@geoffreynolds8835]

You must watch Horse Guards Parade, London. Also the Tower of London. Where the Guards walk over tourist's who block their way etc. 😅

[@deborahgabrilsen3691]

Documentary on Kings Guard Horses off Duty at Holkem Beach, it's so lovely to see the horses having fun

[@angeladormer6659]

Gosh, it's a lot of work in these days of photo-shopping. But the work is steady.😂😂😂😂😂

[@wessexdruid7598]

No - I don't know what any of the replies have to do with your post, either.... 🙄

[@Zanockthael]

To be a downer, the BBC just did a bit of undercover reporting and found that out of 25 London bars they visited that claimed to be part of the Angela scheme, 13 of them the staff had no idea what the female reporter was talking about when they asked for Angela.

[@johnparker1088]

The Angela poster is a scheme in the UK hospitality industry where you can go ask a member of staff 'Can I talk to Angela' and they will help you leave your date discreetly via and alternative route and help get a taxi home.

[@dzzope]

Apparently a lot of staff aren't trained though. I think it was 40% said they don't know Angela or otherwise failed when tested. Good scheme though.

[@lisalehmkuhl8471]

This was such fun! Lindsay has a lovely laugh! I needed this today, thank you ❤😂

[@timthomsonart]

The model village in a model village is in Bourton-on-the-Water - which is in the Cotswolds... beautiful place!

[@suemcdonagh7650]

Yes it is a beautiful place

[@MarianneVigo]

@@timthomsonart is it the same one shown at the end of Hot Fuzz?

[@slubbberdegullion]

@@MarianneVigo No. Hot Fuzz was mainly filmed in Wells in Somerset and the model village in the film was just made up, I don't think there is one in Wells. Having said that, there are a lot of model villages in the UK - no one knows why.

[@slubbberdegullion]

@@suemcdonagh7650 Bit touristy. Well...very touristy.

[@MarianneVigo]

@ ok. Thanks, just curious as it has the model village within a model village etc in a Cotswold style in the final scene and it reminded me of this one. Thanks again.👍

[@susanashcroft2674]

Not only is Disco Steve' in the house', he looks like he's 'bringing the house down' and not with his music!! I guess his 'garage' music didn't go down too well either! 🏠🚙🎤💿

[@kathrynmurphy8147]

😂

[@elemar5]

I used to look after a community hall that various groups used. One of the groups did crochet. They called themselves The Loose Hookers. :)

[@missprimproper1022]

The lady who runs our local craft group wanted to advertise our sessions as "Stitch & Bitch" but the parish council put their foot down and banned this!

[@HannahG_x]

🤣

[@D1331D]

🤣🤣🤣 Brilliant

[@D1331D]

​@@missprimproper1022 Great name 😂

[@LauraFord-ep5fs]

😂

[@richardhargrave6082]

Yes, there's a show called Loose Women We don't need ropes to form an orderly queue, its in British DNA

[@jtomlin1uk]

Needed for foreigners though (if you disagree, see the note about Ormonde below)

[@roesje13]

Loose Women is the UK version of The View

[@deniseadams1703]

@@roesje13both as terrible as each other.

[@megw7312]

Are you sure they’re not doing a ‘conga’?

[@richardhargrave6082]

@@megw7312 I🤣🤣t probably turned in to a Conga!

[@nickgrazier3373]

With the kings Guard, look up the horses on holiday because the horses are taken to the sea side for a couple of weeks every year!!

[@jeffwhite-ri5th]

Britain is changing the future is ISLAMIC BLACK & INDIAN STATE Americans are now posting on youtube when they visit cities in the Uk no English people are sighted

[@russellede]

There's definitely a lot of foxes over here, my usual petrol station has a family of foxes who will happily chill on the forecourt. You can drive right up next to them and they simply don't care! I think they enjoy people watching

[@helenwood8482]

Our current landlady told us some years ago that she would only raise our rent if she had to. In all the time we have been living here, she only raised it once. When COVID started, she also told us to let her know if we needed more time to pay it. We didn't, but knowing she wasn't going to throw us out if we did meant a lot.

[@emmsue1053]

Good tenants are a blessing.

[@PortilloMoment]

@@emmsue1053 As are good landlords.

[@wessexdruid7598]

@@emmsue1053 If only all landlords felt so, and didn't see their houses as assets to be 'sweated'.

[@reactingtomyroots]

That's awesome. Great landlords and tenants are a blessing to each.

[@hayee]

Whoever did the Welsh Women meme hasn’t been to Wrexham on a Saturday night. The tradition lives on

[@kathrynmurphy8147]

😂 I used to live nearby, that’s so funny

[@duncanwyer2460]

😂

[@StewedFishProductions]

That's so funny and so true... 🤣🤣🤣

[@megw7312]

Do they know their history? Jemima Nicholas - Battle of Fishguard 1797. Ryan Davies relates ‘Napoleon-v-Mam’ on You Tube.

[@reactingtomyroots]

🤣

[@peckelhaze6934]

The Walrus is genuine. He is nicknamed 'Thor'. He is now in Iceland, but he might be back. We have a 'Loose Women' chat show in UK. King's Guard are 'Blues and Royals'. We don't have screens. In the summer I had a fox in my garden sunbathing. 20 feet away was my cat in the greenhouse watching it.

[@ethelmini]

That's half of 'em. The blue half, the ones in red are Lifeguards.

[@moonshayde]

@@ethelmini The Hussars sometimes do guard duty as well as the Blues & Royals & the Lifeguards.

[@lloydcollins6337]

​@@moonshaydethink that's the King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery isn't it?

[@wessexdruid7598]

You're lucky - I had a cat who had her belly ripped open, by a fox. Luckily, she survived.

[@wessexdruid7598]

@@moonshayde Lots of service units stand guard at Royal Palaces (the 'King's Guard'). You can see Royal Marines, Ghurkas, Royal Navy, RAF Regiment, line infantry, etc.

[@Nimzzeee]

9:28 most people have blinds or net curtains. More about obscuring visibility into the home rather than keeping critters out.

[@scott4600]

in UK you can have 4 seasons in one day LOL . Love the chess move joke

[@annfrancoole34]

Well you don't have a monopoly on that 😀😃😄☘☘☘

[@gamingtonight1526]

"Angela" is for men and women. If you feel at risk in a bar or pub, you go to bar staff and ask for Angela, they should know what to do to help you!

[@wessexdruid7598]

Big fuss in the press last week, as the BBC went out to test it - over 50% of the pubs hadn't got a clue what it meant, even though they had the signs up. One pub manager was secretly filmed angrily denying that anyone called Angela had ever worked there - and he should know, he'd been there four years!

[@Rachel_M_]

This tale sums up Welsh Women In 1797, 1,400 French troops landed in Llanwnda, Wales, as part of an expedition to incite the British to rebel against the crown According to legend, Jemima Nicholas, a cobbler, armed herself with a pitchfork and led a group of women to capture 12 French soldiers. She locked the soldiers in a local church overnight, and the French surrendered shortly after at the Royal Oak pub

[@harbl99]

Legend has it that the French were confused by the tall black hats and the red shawls the Welsh women wore. The French thought they were redcoats!

[@Rachel_M_]

@harbl99 hadn't heard that part 😂.

[@carolinequirk6136]

In 1997 the women of Fishguard made a tapestry of the landing, based on the one of the invasion in 1066. It is on display in Fishguard.

[@Rachel_M_]

@@carolinequirk6136 thanks ☺️ will have to check it out.

[@megw7312]

@@Rachel_M_. Ryan Davies Napoleon vs Mam on YT

[@georgebarnes8163]

The local farm shop dispenses eggs, raw Jersey milk, various milkshakes, potatoes and in the summer months they also dispense strawberries, redcurrants and blackcurrants prepacked.

[@Phiyedough]

At one time it would have only needed an honesty box.

[@reactingtomyroots]

That's seriously awesome!

[@nickgrazier3373]

Queuing! It’s actually a way of breaking into conversation with the phrase “are you the back of the queue?” # film never ending story!!!

[@Salix631]

Or to someone randomly standing around 'are you in the queue' when they leap back into consciousness and move further away!

[@rogerjenkinson7979]

If I join a queue & someone else comes & asks me if I'm at the end of the Queue I always say Not any more. They always look back to check.

[@Musketeer009]

Some men prefer other men and can also be in uncomfortable situations. Hence 'Angela', being a codeword to the ber staff can be used by either gender.

[@scotmark]

Also, some women are scary...

[@mehallica666]

And catfishing exists.

[@DJ_Sycottic]

Brits don't like queuing, most hate it. We just tolerate it and most of all, respect everyones place in the queue... 🇬🇧

[@DaveGreen-gw6ew]

That's until you get the person who decides to leave their shopping trolley/ basket in the queue and wander off 2 or 3 times because "they have forgotten something". I have been known to move the trolley/ basket out of the way so that others and myself can get served and I have told the other person where to go if they didn't like it.

[@DJ_Sycottic]

@DaveGreen-gw6ew But that's different, if they aren't respecting you, then you don't have to respect them. Respect is a two way street.

[@malcomkumar]

Can't stand having to stand in a queue especially in 2024 but like you say, it's part of life and in your DNA to stand respectfully in a queue

[@ohwiseowl9163]

Loose woman is basically The view

[@Mark_Bickerton]

Yeah it's real and equally vomit inducing... well maybe not quite the same, but its close enough!

[@SteveG-k8q]

Loose women is basically the view, just a bunch of old birds whining about their husbands and pretty much everything else 😂

[@reactingtomyroots]

Well, now I know what program to avoid. 🤣

[@Sophie-mv7bd]

Foxes and seagulls in the UK are basically the equivalent of raccoons in the US

[@ianlewis3023]

America has foxes and 'seagulls' too

[@AlisonSayer-uf5tp]

Where I live in the Scottish Highlands, we have lots of farms that have small farm shops, most of them have honesty boxes, and some of them have those vending machines. Our local farm shop is open 24 hours and has a vending machine selling local meat, eggs, milk, yoghurt, vegetables, honey, soaps, chocolate, literally everything you need. I love how much local produce we are able to buy.

[@wessexdruid7598]

We have them down here in Wiltshire. Also cheese in a vending machine. 🙂

[@solentbum]

Theree is a Milk vending machine on the road from Chichester to Petworth, and also a machine in the Clarks Shopping Village in Street, Somerset.

[@suzannebrookes5950]

We generally don't have screens on our windows or doors, as for bugs, only really need to worry about the gnat (Mosquitos) and they are easily remedied by having plugins (Electrical plugs that send out an aroma that deters gnats from coming in) Foxes are very common and can sometimes wander indoors, I live in the countryside and slept with my backdoor open in the summer time, woke up to a little fox nibbling on my toes, it was very sweet, our animals don't get rabies btw, that was eradicated in 1902.

[@annaworth286]

In summer, a fox vixen and her two cubs, would spend afternoons in my garden, she would relax in the sun whilst her babies played safely close by, it was magical.

[@carolineb3527]

That horse is probably the one called "Ormonde" - he's a famous Lifeguards horse because he bites. Whenever he gets the chance. Sadly, this year the tourists got out of control - far too many of them, and far too many crowding the horses, holding the reins, waving flags and umbrellas in front of the horses, touching the guards... They put up signs "Horses bite, beware" (no effect), then they added "don't hold the reins" (no effect), that was changed to "don't touch the horses" (no effect)... so now they have painted lines on the pavement and tourists are supposed to stay behind the lines. So far it's working reasonably well but we'll have to see if it works during the main season next year. Poor Ormonde, I bet he thinks it's just done to spoil his fun. 😁

[@christineharding4190]

Don't think it's Ormonde but it might be Radon aka Arnie.

[@TheGarryq]

Ormonde is with the Blues and Royals, not the Lifeguards

[@carolineb3527]

@@TheGarryq You're probably right. Well, it could be Arnie then as @christineharding4190 suggests - both those horses are b*da*ses who don't take prisoners. My favourites. 😊

[@vallee3140]

I love Ormonde he is the only reason I watch that

[@cooljune5081]

Another comment, sorry! Ask for Angela is a scheme where if someone finds themselves getting unwanted attention and is feeling threatened, they can go to the bar and ask for Angela. It's a code for if they need help to escape a situation and the bar staff will assist them. Also, if you look up the Kings Guard, look up a horse called Ormonde who is famously cranky 😂😂

[@samstevens7888]

Ormonde is great lol he isn't cranky he just doesn't suffer fools gladly. Most tourists are fools. When he goes after other guards he just likes to remind them who they are dealing with lol I can watch videos of him alday long lol

[@cooljune5081]

@samstevens7888 🤣

[@ianwilkinson4602]

We were in The Cotswolds in Broadway. we awoke 9.00am to find 2" of snow, by 1.00pm it was a lovely warm and sunny day all the snow had gone.

[@solentbum]

One evening it was snowing heavily , my son wanted to go out to play on his brand new sled, but it was after his bedtime he was told he could play in the morning. By morning it had all gone. He has still not forgiven me 40 years later! The sled has still not been used.

[@StewedFishProductions]

Grade II listed (1/9th scale) replica of the village of 'Bourton on the Water' in the Cotswolds.

[@andybaker2456]

There is also a village in Essex called Ugley, which has a Women's Institute. I believe it's now known as "The Women's Institute of Ugley" as they were sick of all the jokes. 😂

[@razor1uk610]

Is it locally pronounced You G Lee (sounds like Hugh/Ewejlee/Hugely without the H) ? instead of Ugly ?

[@andyjdhurley]

@@razor1uk610 err, no it isn't, only by ignorant tourists (I say that as someone who has lived close by for 57 years)

[@razor1uk610]

@@andyjdhurley ..hence why I was asking if it's pronounced alike Rugely/Hugely..

[@andybaker2456]

@@razor1uk610 No, it's pronounced "ugly"!

[@andybaker2456]

@andyjdhurley He was just asking the question, he wasn't saying it's pronounced "Ugely"!

[@SamanthaH-wo2pb]

I live in Offaly, in Ireland & we have plenty of vending machines for eggs. We even have a local dairy that has a vending machine on their farm for milk, chocolate milk etc.

[@scott4600]

just as long as the eggs are taken soon and not four weeks old!

[@StewedFishProductions]

And its an Offaly nice place to visit... 😂👍

[@clairedavies4795]

Im welsh and never heard of that tradition. If i pulled mine out they'd scrape the pavement 😂

[@anncollier2094]

Same here, claire, same here!

[@razor1uk610]

..can you tie em in a knot, ..can you tie em in a bow, ..can swing em to and fro, 😂 Butt I feel jesting aside, 😅 I hope they really don't inhibit you that much when you're crawling, or bounce off your thighs or knees whilst walking..😮😢😂😅

[@clairedavies4795]

@razor1uk610 im crying laughing u nutter

[@razor1uk610]

@@clairedavies4795 ..I am glad that made you laugh heartily 😅 ..I was worried I was a bit much..

[@clairedavies4795]

@@razor1uk610 not at all. I've a sense of humour 😁

[@neilfett1233]

"Angela" is a code word, if you're uneasy with someones presence and want to get out of the situation, you go to the bar and ask for "angela" and the bar stuff will give you the nod and get you out of the situation without the other person knowing

[@hellsbells8689]

It's not always Angela. Some bars tells you to ask for Angel Shots, that way they can keep the Creeper busy at the bars with free shots as the person needing out can excuse themselves to the loo but really be getting into a taxi home without Creeper knowing.

[@mrgingercow]

So there are a bunch of foxes. Foxes are the largest land predator in the UK. Also rabies is extinct here, so he wouldn’t be rabid.

[@steven54511]

Nobody in the UK has screen windows unless they're eccentric. We simply don't have a need for them. No bugs or creepy crawlies intent on doing you harm here. Obviously, we have flies, spiders and other things that annoy the hell out of people but they're typically harmless.

[@jmillar71110]

Unless your in Scotland at midge season 😂 they buggers are hellish😂

[@LarsV62]

​@jmillar71110 Oh, please don't remind me of that summer in my childhood when or family visited the Polar Circle monument in Norway. 🫣 Hot day, hardly a cloud to see and middle of bug season... I guess we stayed out of the car for five minutes at most? 😂

[@billyhills9933]

Also our windows aren't made to accommodate screens because they don't slide. Typically you'll have handle on the inside and the window opens outwards.

[@deankelz29]

i got a screens on my windows in london i put on lol next to invisible keeps all dust pollen out i hate gnats or anything flying and insects and spiders im allergic to bees and wasps never have to worry about them anymore they are brilliant and cost nothing lol

[@StewedFishProductions]

@@jmillar71110 Yes, I came here to say the same thing... the tiniest of annoying swarms and pure hell... I suppose the 'head nets' could count as an 'insect screen' of sorts..? LOL 😃

[@ShelleyOtter]

Thank you for sharing this, it was hilarious! The best I’ve seen 😀 Yes, we do have lots of cats wandering about….mine would visit my neighbours every day, check around their kitchens and then leave. She did help herself to a chicken breast once, but the neighbour seemed ok about it 🤭

[@chriskberks5471]

That was really great to watch. Your reactions were brilliant. 😂😂😂

[@ianwilkinson4602]

This Kings Guard is fantastic, he guides his horses head towards "special" people so they can "pet" it , it's amazing and beautiful,

[@angelawalker8615]

Having Angela has a code, when it also happens to be your name, can find you constantly being escorted into taxis....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bernadettew3614]

The proposal tin is Alphabetti spaghetti. Like your spaghetti O’s but every letter. As kids we had to make the most words on our plate with them lol

[@snowfirma5423]

Love your laughter and Lindsay giggles..You two are growing to be British everyday...

[@suzannehawkins383]

So in London at the church of St Martin’church at Trafalgar Square, there is a lift to go down into the crypt where there is a restaurant. The lift doesn’t work right. When I was visiting in 2011 a sign in the lift indicating that you had to stand close, or the lift would go out of service, that ‘they were attempting to convince the lift that it’s only purpose in life was to go up and down’. The same sign was still there when I visited in 2019..

[@bill-wd7zs]

That a a great laugh. Not seen most of this before so was very funny to watch it with you.

[@MarianneVigo]

Hi. This gave me a nice boost, particularly your reactions 😂. Re watching videos about the Household Division, something to remember is that all 5 regiments of foot guards (Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots, Irish and Welsh) and both cavalry regiments (Life Guards and Blues & Royals) are full time professional soldiers in the Army - they just happen to rotate every couple of years to ceremonial guard duty too. The foot guards are regular infantry and the cavalry are armoured vehicle (tanks) personnel in their non-ceremonial duties. That’s why you will often see them wearing combat medals when on ceremonial duties and during events such as Trooping the Colour. It’s because they have been serving in combat zones around the world alongside other Army units. That’s why you see dumb tourists (from the UK too) getting into trouble because they think they’re in a theme park rather than at a military guard post (which is why, particularly at Horse Guards where the mounted and dismounted Troopers are close to members of the public, there are armed MOD (Ministry of Defence) police there too). Both foot guards and cavalry can, and do, react to idiotic, and / or stupid members of the public and will shout and / or shove you out of the way and trample over you if you encroach on their guard spaces or don’t move out of their way when they are marching on guard duty. Remember that you would not do that to the same soldier if he / she were carrying out their guard duty in their military fatigues (unless you’re particularly stupid), so why do it when they are carrying out the same guard duty at royal residences, just because they are in their ceremonial uniforms? Hope that helps. 😊

[@irene3196]

Great film of the Horse Guards having a day out at Yellowcraig Beach in Scotland 2023. It's only 10 minutes, but so feel good!

[@BoogalooStu-tg6by]

Bourton-on-the-water is the name of the village with the model, with the model.. ad infinitum…

[@jillybrooke29]

I have netting on my windows to stop my cat jumping out upstairs, it does help with bugs too. Last night at midnight I had a fox and a hedgehog in my front garden.

[@cornwallcrafter8410]

Came home late from a dog walk in the summer, neighbours were asleep and suddenly all 3 of the dogs are going apeshit under their window - there was a massive hedgehog in our front garden 😂

[@WreckItRolfe]

One of the problems with TVs is that the sound now comes out the back as standard, and people now have them mounted on the (party) wall.

[@margaretnicol3423]

Well that made a nice change. I haven't seen most of those before. Thank you.

[@sarahclapp505]

Black Friday has nothing on 4pm discounted meat at Tescos 😈😈😈😈

[@Phiyedough]

It is sad rather than funny, I am one of those people who can't afford full price meat.

[@chrisellis3797]

I love the 'inception' model village with the model of the model village

[@Su-Too]

If checking out the Kings Guards look at the videos staring Ormonde the horse. He is one grumpy horse and doesn't like tourists lol!

[@moonshayde]

Ormonde is definitely the naughtiest of the guard's horses!!

[@reactingtomyroots]

That's awesome! 🤣 Thanks for the suggestion.

[@andybigwood5260]

No bugs, no screens

[@helenwood8482]

We have plenty of bugs. We're just find of them. We put up bug hotels in our gardens for them and we love having them in the house.

[@philb2085]

In London you'd need one for maybe about ten (non-consecutive) days in mid-summer 😂

[@AndrewAHayes]

I had my neighbour performing DIY at 1am in the morning, he was drilling into the wall and woke me up, I plugged a microphone into my guitar amp and quite loudly shouted, "Are You Taking The Piss?" the drilling stopped, I have had him doing DIY up until about 11pm since then, I used my headphones with my guitar as I did not want to disturb my neighbours, not any more!

[@carolinebmcc3435]

Ask for Angela is a safety issue rescue, staff will help anyone to get out of building away from uncomfortable situations , great initiative

[@frankdoyle9066]

Thanks guys. I really needed a laugh tonight. And you provided it!!

[@C_Xx7xX]

This was very funny, thank you 😃

[@nicolasmiley7181]

“Hi I’m Angela” poster is in a lot of pubs toilets. It is a code for please help me. All the bar staff will be trained to react if they hear this. So if you are standing with somebody who is harassing you, if you feel uncomfortable trying to explain the situation all you have to say is “hi I’m Angela”

[@Snarnler]

Except hardly any places do it😊

[@wobaguk]

Maybe its just me, but if it that is in the mens as stated, I cant see too many people saying 'Hi I am Angela'

[@no-oneinparticular7264]

They ask for Angela, not say they are Angela

[@no-oneinparticular7264]

​@@wobaguk No, they ask for Angela, not say that's who they are.

[@scotmark]

@@Snarnler There was a Beeb article on it just the other day. At one large chain pub, the guy supposed to be manager was asked by the female researcher if Angela was working that night. "Nope, don't know any Angela and I've been working here four years." At another boozer, in stark contrast, the barman instantly arranged to keep her date in the pub for long enough for the woman to get to another nearby pub and ask for his pal who worked there and would shelter her until the coast was clear. The scheme is named after a victim of domestic abuse who triggered this safety campaign. And, yes, it's for both men and women who feel unsafe. Not sure how you make the call for help discreet with the codeword so widely publicised.

[@carolineskipper6976]

Loose Women is indeed a daytime TV show. I gather the US show 'The View' is a very similar format. There is a village near where I used to live called Ugley, and the Women's Institute there is called "The Women's Institute of Ugley" as opposed to the usual format which would be "The Ugley Women's Institute. I was also amused by the name of the working men's club (a traditional social centre and bar) in the Yorkshire vilage of 'Idle' which was named "The Idle Working Men's Club" We don't have screens on windows in the UK. Having them is one of the things I'd struggle with in the US (although completely understand why they are a thing there). I love a window thrown wide open!

[@reactingtomyroots]

That's it, not loose, it was the village of Ugley we were thinking of. 🤣

[@penname5766]

OMG the Ferrero Rocher one is genius. I would pay to see the reactions of those kids when they come trick or treating 😂😂😂

[@abofrey]

The model village you're thinking of is in Bourton on the Water, in Gloucesteshire. (Yes, it's the Cotswolds)

[@23oakhill]

Yes the egg vending machine is on a farm, there are lots of milk vending machines too. Take your own bottle.

[@helenbrown6527]

You two really get the British humour.

[@deniseelgie-cook7553]

For the king troops try London City walks

[@hellsbells8689]

I agree. Please don't use one of the "Shock Jock" type of channels that use a really shocking thumbnail and title to draw you in. London City Walks actually teaches bits about the horses and the rules/traditions of Horse Guards, the place. He will have some of the Ormonde, the beloved biting horse, videos and they are nice to watch sometimes but when tourists swamp the horse while he or she is on duty, not only is it disrespectful, it's bloody dangerous if the horse decides they have had enough and are coming out of their box, which they do.

[@moonshayde]

@@hellsbells8689 I think they've painted a white line 'box' to help people keep their distance now

[@vikkieckersall6623]

I live in Scarborough and Thor, the walrus can to stay for a few days over Christmas a couple of years ago. He started until new years eve and the town cancelled it's new years fireworks show, so as not to scare him. He then left to carry on his journey.

[@BilboBiggun007]

Morning you two, your subscribtions are slowly getting towards the magic 100,000, keep going guys, ps ive just realised you two AREN'T stereotypical Americans, quiet, non defensive and humble, i thought this type of American was as rare as rocking horse shit👌

[@BarryRerack147]

Is this racist?

[@BilboBiggun007]

@BarryRerack147 no Barry, I'm not racist, my comment is true, Americans are stereotypically loud, "in your face" and overly defensive when criticised, and as in some Americans case can't take a joke.

[@KSmeaton1]

​@@BarryRerack147not racism just a stereotype

[@BilboBiggun007]

@BarryRerack147 no Barry it's not racist, Americans are stereotypically loud, "in your face" and overly defensive when criticised, lighten up Barry, it was meant to be funny not racist or insulting, just funny, sorry if I upset your feelings, it's so easy to do that in today's world 😭

[@Bazroshan]

Two days ago there was an item on TV news. Someone asked for Angela at a couple of pubs but the bar staff were nonplussed.

[@TSM-908]

The big bean picture was made by mashing up a whole can of beans and then shaping them into a single bean - so it is a large baked bean.

[@pegaz6529]

"Silence is golden" these sayings are earned, not given. I like my neighbors because they're quiet, and vice-versa. Also, I have magnetic fly screens on all my windows because I have them open all the time and don't like flies. And most Brits don't like queuing, but know we have to to get what we came for, so we shut up and queue.

[@KSmeaton1]

Yes Loose Women is a show on telly. A talk show. I would love to see your reactions to the harry potter films! May struggle with it on YT though. I'd suggest something like patreon for stuff like that.

[@slytheringingerwitch]

Like their 'the View.'

[@airs1234]

I have loads of cats that come to my garden and sometimes come I. The house for a little nosey.

[@garyjordan4735]

In Yorkshire there is a town called Idle. It has an Idle Working Men's Club.

[@happilyeggs4627]

The egg vending machine is at an unmanned farm shop.

[@PLuMUK54]

As others have said, the model village is probably in Bourton-on-the-Water. There is a museum that I think that you would both love. It is a transport museum but nothing like an average museum. There is also Birdland, a small zoo worth a visit.

[@scott4600]

we do not need screens on windows/doors in UK. Insects here are civilised.

[@emmsue1053]

Hahaa, tell that to my summer flies please.

[@paolow1299]

You have never met Midgies in Scotland then .

[@scott4600]

@@emmsue1053 I mean they don't usually come in stinging swarms

[@23oakhill]

Bourton on the Water is the model village place. Rather a tourist trap but the model village is good fun.

[@susanashcroft2674]

The model village is in Bourton -on-the-Water.

[@necessaryevil3428]

No rabies in the UK 😊 🇬🇧

[@georgebarnes8163]

Bats in the UK being the exception

[@brigidsingleton1596]

​@@georgebarnes8163 Bats are protected, respected, collections are held at times Maybe written notices in rhymes (?!!) To save, And hopefully folks will behave And not crave Any bat for a pet, As they fly, and might upset The rabies rulings, With bat droppings (& wee) pooling So, quarantine pets, be calm, be aware, Do as advised, look, but don't stare The bats out, and about... The Rules: "Keep Britain Safe _&_ Keep Rabies Out."

[@razor1uk610]

​@@georgebarnes8163it is not only our bats, whom are mostly only insectivorous, butt I feel.. ..you can include some of the persons escaping from the very many wars around & across Northern and Central especially Mid Eastern 'frika and the Arabian Peninsula, do tend to have absorbed a more rabid mindset from usually one creedo of belief.

[@stuartfaulds1580]

@@razor1uk610 Although there was someone who had to do something regarding a bat colony which resulted in him being bitten and resulted in one of the last cases of human rabies infection in the UK.

[@alchristie5112]

The best 24/7 vending machine I’ve seen is for chilled fudge donuts (with custard filling) ;)

[@pauldurkee4764]

Lindsey is spot on regarding the egg vending machine. Some farms make more money by selling direct to the public to cut the supermarkets out, in my area we have Milk Huts with vending machines for fresh organic milk and flavoured Milk in nice glass bottles.

[@irenepaulton3392]

The model village is at Bourton-on-the-Water and I have a black and white photograph of me there in the late 1950s!

[@markdevonshire6052]

11:43 I believe the ask Angela this is a safety initiative for women who are feeling unsafe, they use the code "ask for Angela" which let's staff know they feel in danger or unsafe, the staff I believe are trained to then help in best way possible

[@YoloMenace001]

Its not just women, alot of men have done it too.

[@markdevonshire6052]

@YoloMenace001 interesting, have only seen snippets of it online but seems like a great idea, especially with society as it is these days. I know there was wrong uns in times gone by but definitely appear to be more now

[@davidhyams2769]

Except a recent report suggests that a lot of staff at bars, pubs, clubs, etc, don't have a clue what this means.

[@YoloMenace001]

@davidhyams2769 its probably that its not specifically 'angela', could be another name or something else being said to give an alert

[@davidhyams2769]

@@YoloMenace001 But it is, specifically, Angela. That's the whole point of the initiative. Why would you assume it could be any old random name?

[@msfrred1st]

The best KZbin channel to watch for Horseguards is London City Walks. John is the only videographer who gives commentary throughout his videos. He is also the only KZbinr whohas bee allowed to film behind the scenes.

[@captaincorky237]

I used to work in a pub which has this. If a woman came to the bar and asked if she could speak to 'Angela' we got her into a taxi out the back door. Quietly.

[@petermartin1967]

Steve and Lindsey, your videos always brighten up my day 😊❤

[@reactingtomyroots]

Thanks Peter, we appreciate it. Glad you're enjoying them. :)

[@WendyPrice-r5e]

" Ask Angela" is a campaign for people feeling threatened or worried on a date/night out. You go up to the bar staff and casually ask if Angela is there. The bar will either call you a taxi or call the police and look after you until you can get home safely without being followed. Angela is a code word that all pubs/nightclubs know. It can be for gay dates as well which is why it is also in the men's bathrooms.

[@whishywashy1]

Can you imagine coming home from the worst day at work and you beloved says they’ll do you beans on toast. You smell the aroma coming from the kitchen and they shout out “How many beans do you want love, 1 or 2?😂😂

[@richardfield6801]

The wierdest vending machine I have ever seen was at an isolated garage way out in the Hertfordshire countryside. It sold little tins of bait worms for fishing. There were no rivers nearby.

[@mattblackledge9068]

People driving into houses is more common than people think. Never had Steve drive into one of my houses though. 😂

[@markcooke729]

The model village with the model village in the model village is in Bourton on the Water in Gloucestershire, a must see place! I used to live not far from there a few years ago, having growing up very near by!

[@bryanmuirden1886]

If you want to check out Horse Guards in London then please use Buska in the Park or London City Walks You tube channels (if they are agreeable) rather than the spammer/scammer channels. Horse Guards has an amazing history, and a cool museum. The two oldest, and therefore the senior regiments (Life Guards, and the Blues and Royals) of the British Army perform the ceremonial duties there when they are not busy driving tanks etc. Until recently you could pet the horses, but due to the sheer numbers of tourists, and the distress caused to the horses touching has now been banned. The horses are from Ireland and are a cross between thoroughbreds and Irish Draft horses. The Lifeguards horse in the picture that you have just reacted to is well-known for biting, and has been nick-named Arnie (I'll remember her real name after I've posted this).

[@megantaylor5904]

9:53 nope, we don't have screens unless we put them in ourselves. In this country, at least half the year is either/both cold and wet, and i do mean wet. Flooding in various parts is a regular thing.

[@AlienNationLiveEvents]

Yes, we have an egg vending machine locally and it's very popular. Straight from the hen house to the public.

[@number1discodave]

What is the Heinz Big bean? Their masterpiece was made by mashing the contents of two tins of Heinz baked bean before it was hand moulded into shape, and the tomato sauce poured on top. The creation was placed on a regular-sized piece of toast to show the scale of the giant bean

[@HollyandSandy]

Angela is just a code word for the bar staff. If you ask for Angela they'll help you escape the situation you're in.

[@patriciaperrin8757]

We don't usually have screens on our windows (or doors, for that matter). Flies are the most common insects to come indoors, along with the occasional wasp or bee (which we try to catch and release back outside). Flies, however, are usually sorted out with fly spray, an aerosol insecticide, which kills them.

[@mehitabel6564]

The egg vending machine (given it's in a village) is deffo at a farm. I get my milk the same way, from a milkbot outside the dairy wall. The cows come in to milk themselves whenever they feel the need. The milk goes into the ice-cold milkbot other side of the dairy parlour, and we come along with our glass bottles and fill them with milk. They also do cheese and yoghurt alongside the eggs. Works very well!

[@carolinel6236]

Generally no screens on windows in UK. The Kings guard now have a box painted on the ground around them and their horses leaving a barrier the public are not to enter.