Are these Stereotypes TRUE? | Top 12 BRITISH Stereotypes | Common Stereotypes About the UK

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[@xorizontal2372]

Obsession with the weather is part of our national identity

[@MrSiBrum]

Agreed.

[@pippatick]

@@MrSiBrum Agreed, but often it's not about the weather, it's coded small talk. See facebook.com/all4/videos/1195785550556129/?v=1195785550556129 (at 0.52)

[@BaddaBigBoom]

True: it's either too bloody cold, too bloody hot or too bloody average!

[@jenniedarling3710]

Gives us something to complain about.

[@mattinfullvision9598]

It's just a natural thing to say "bloody weather eh?"

[@LadyValkyrie1990]

The north will give you a shock 😂 completely different to London. You think London is polite, northerners are another level.

[@kelman727]

lady battlefield Londoners are polite?!

[@cryptotharg7400]

It's grim, up North. We call a spade a spade!

[@yasminsawar4762]

are you sure?

[@gachaelephant6841]

Yeah I live in London but I have family in the north so I go to visit them in the north and everyone is so much friendlier.

[@ivorbiggun710]

By gum.

[@jackwarren1782]

British rain has become less and less over the past few years I remember when I was a kid it always used to rain in the summer

[@anya7944]

Col Fordham yeah same for me in Yorkshire

[@jackwarren1782]

Sorry that's just the ignorant southerner in me 😅

[@Vault97]

I miss those days

[@its_me_dave]

Never rained when I was a kid...

[@jamieharradence4042]

Yeah when I was a kid summers were filled with endless days of sun

[@ddfann]

The poor food myth comes from American GIs during WW2 when rationing was in place. British food is fantastic and varied.

[@SteelyDavey]

London is in the U.K. but it's a separate entity these days, you'll have to travel round England to get a more accurate representation of British stereotypes.

[@EASYTIGER10]

Isn't "London is totally different from the rest of the UK" a bit of a stereotype in itself?

[@r.davis0239]

EASYTIGER10 Have you been to London within the last 10 years?

[@annother3350]

'London is totally different....' Is only ever said by non londoners

[@nick260682]

SteelyDavey Nah, straight away when you talk about London as one homogenous place, I kinda get the impression that you don’t know what you’re talking about. The different areas of London vary vastly

[@ailishnixon7192]

@@EASYTIGER10 I would personally say every part of the UK is different

[@RushfanUK]

Brit's are not repressed we just don't treat strangers as friends.

[@alanastone5241]

You do NOT need an apostrophe in that word! Stop It!

[@DLJ_Official]

@@alanastone5241 You do not need to capitalise the word 'it'.

[@BaddaBigBoom]

Haha "Britses" :-)

[@danielkrcmar5395]

"Germanish cottage"!? That is classic English Tudor

[@BaddaBigBoom]

Indeed, grade one listed.

[@gamesscow2382]

exactly my thought

[@AlienHunterification]

Lol was wondering were the German remark came from for a English cottage.

[@0cgw]

I was just chatting to the Queen over a cup of tea in my castle about your video before we headed off to the match. She and Philip said you should pop into her local pub for some beers followed by a fish-and-chip supper. Just ask your butler to contact the palace to make the arrangements.

[@ivorbiggun710]

I'm a little surprised that Australians don't drink a lot of tea. It's a very good drink in a hot climate. After all, 1.3 billion Indians can't be wrong.

[@AlienHunterification]

Chinese

[@amandafranks5108]

the Person who first said that the UK has bad food was some yank who only ate peanut butter xD

[@amandafranks5108]

you're idea of good food is a ketchup sandwich

[@thecoffeeneverfails]

@flip inheck ignoring the large amount Michellin chefs. Also best comfort food available

[@nick260682]

Frankly Frank You don’t know what English food is, do you?

[@BaddaBigBoom]

@@amandafranks5108 "You are" idea of good food?

[@bobbybigboyyes]

Our food is ten times better than the coloured chlorinated shit they eat over there!

[@adambeaumont2534]

"Universal heath care" *Chuckles* "I'm in danger"

[@jons6125]

In the U.K. the garage is a fridge 2/3 of the year

[@cryptotharg7400]

As a proud English bloke, I loathe and despise all "sports."

[@ivorbiggun710]

Oh god. Me too. I remember the first time I saw that - on the front of a magazine sometime in the 90s with a photo, somewhat appropriately I suppose, of Merv Hughes on the front.

[@bobbybigboyyes]

Same here. I especially hate bloody football but I love my fast cars.

[@lukeh6678]

ok, but who asked?

[@lingy69]

me too, I live near Manchester and whenever we're abroad people go "United or City" and I just don't give a f**k abuout either of em. Even people here act like it's a crime to not like either

[@Thurgosh_OG]

literally no one I know, including me, is into Sports and most of them loathe football.

[@lincimpi1337]

The weather- I’d say you’re about 5 years late because we used to have absolutely shocking summers and couldn’t even class as summer but we’ve strung a few good years together to be fair..... 100% used to rain every damn bank holiday too!!!!!

[@davey16100]

I'm 53 and remember great summers when I was younger, having water fights and sitting in any small pool of water that we could find.

[@freddiemac1438]

UK weather is temperate - we’re an island!

[@welshpete12]

Being an island has nothing to do with it . It's where it is placed on the world map that counts !

[@nuts1302]

Hate it when people say we sound posh. Specially if they've only gone to london.

[@ianking664]

We do drink a lot of tea, that is true

[@annother3350]

Shit. You guys need to calm down. You're drinking too much coffee

[@Topgooner01]

Yeah, we all know the Queen well!!! Only in the Summer, | gave her a call and said "Hi Liz, do you fancy popping over this weekend, as I'm going to throw some shrimps on the Barbie!". She said "Off course mate, see ya on Saturday, do you mind if I bring Phil and the Corgis???!!!". Can't imagine where these people get these stereotypes from????

[@MrSiBrum]

The weather here is amazing. It's so diverse that we get to experience all types of weather on a regular basis. Yes, it can be gloomy for weeks on end at times, but, like you said, we can have 3 months without rain. The British in the majority, complain about the weather on a regular, yet there's nothing really to complain about. I hate football, I can go months without drinking tea (I prefer coffee over tea) & I certainly do not know the queen aha. The Brit's do love a good alcoholic beverage, but, I do believe that we drink excessive. But you're right, summer is the drinking season. Order here is great though, if someone jumps the queue, we get mad!

[@easyforme9342]

Everyone in the world: the UK speaks so posh The UK: wagwan wat u saying bruv

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Not the UK, just the South East Englandshire.

[@aucourant9998]

I don't drink tea in cafes etc because none of them know how to make a good cup of tea. You normally get a teabag floating in milky hot water with a soggy label on string clinging to the side of the cup.. So outside, I drink coffee. But at home I drink tons of tea, loads of the stuff.

[@jamesavery921]

The average Brit gets drunk more times a year than people in any other country. (43)

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Then there's a very small amount of extremely drunk Brits making up for the many of us who drink little or no alcohol. it's been many years since I've seen anyone I know drunk.

[@hannahd5267]

My old school has seen the queen personally because one of the queen's mother's houses is next to my old school

[@darrenphillips7092]

Interesting observations / comments. I was born and raised in Kingston upon Hull, England and although I've lived in California, USA for the past 18 years, my first 25 years in the UK are memories of drinking tea constantly all day - every day and it rained every day so we drank hot tea to stay warm (probably didn't rain every day but that's how it seemed). When it wasn't raining, it was gray / overcast and depressing so we were just waiting for the rain. (or snow) I don't recall too many sunny / warm days. I don't miss it. Maybe the tea thing is how I was raised but but from morning til night the kettle was always hot. Grandma even made tea the old way with an actual tea pot. On the posh talk - I'm common as muck as are most people from Hull or 'ull' as we say. I had an aunt who thought she was posh, but she was as common as the rest of us. I also HATE sports, probably because in high school we were forced to play sports outside in the rain / cold. On the food, that's one thing I do miss. Even making British food in the US isn't the same made with American ingredients. Even Cadbury's chocolate here is under license from Hershey's and not the same. Thankfully we can import real UK chocolate via Amazon.

[@KirstieLewis]

Wait till you get to January/February for the weather lol. I love the cold so doesn’t bother me, but yes climate change has really effected our Summers over the past 5 years, it used to rain consistently through summer, we’d probably get a week of sun before, if that

[@darrena5384]

And I think the “brits watch a lot of tv” comes about because our weather is bad so we have to stay in doors and watch tv all day and night? 🤷🏼‍♂️😂

[@callumbrunton2761]

For the weather, it's not that it rains all the time, it's that it could rain at any time, for five minutes or for days, and then stop... and then start again, or not.

[@tashavaughn3346]

That house is called a Thatched roof cottage. They are made of dried vegetation like water Reed and straw. To get it done can cost upto £100per sqft and the home can be difficult to insure.

[@rebeccat7005]

We ain’t weird we just ain’t gonna treat complete strangers like our friends and hug them

[@speleokeir]

Houses: Most UK housing stock is either 2 or 3 bedroom terrace houses, 3 bed semis or 4 bed detached or flats in tower blocks. There are quite a few small villages in various parts of the country with do have thatched cottages but they're rarely cheap and outside the budget of many people. - Tea: Personally I chain drink the stuff and know many others who are the same. First thing many people do when coming home is put the kettle on. There are plenty of coffee drinkers too though and most people drink both. We tend to drink instant coffee though as proper stuff is too much faff. - My sister was given an award by the queen once, but I don't know anyone else who's even seen her, let alone met her. - Food: Britain is a multicultural place these days so you can get a wide variety of stuff, although that may change if Brexit goes ahead and things that aren't natural to the UK become more expensive. The reputation for crap food came the years of rationing after WW2 and was probably true until the 70s-80s (when we joined the EU) but isn't these days.

[@mcncirce]

The weather is always a topic here because we are a small island in a temperate zone and the weather can change at the drop of hat - all 4 seasons in one day sometimes

[@Andy_U]

Hiya. I agree with you about the 2nd fridge in Oz for beers, when I was there, but that's mainly because my family were 20 miles from the shops, so you didn't just buy a 6-pack. We bulk bought everything, basically. The next door neighbour brewed his own, brilliant beer, but, of course, by next door, I mean at least a quarter of a mile away. Also, the only country where I've experienced Windburn as well as Sunburn. Yes, you quickly learn how and when to cover up. Oops, I'm going on too much. All the best to you.

[@simonjohnston3100]

I think when people talk about us having "crap weather", it's actually more that we have unpredictable weather. People just think the weather's crap because they got caught out by it

[@adrianwilliams469]

I love the rain and a good old thunderstorm

[@simonjohnston3100]

@@adrianwilliams469 definitely. No such thing as the wrong weather, just the wrong clothes

[@adrianwilliams469]

@@simonjohnston3100 you are right on the button there Simon. Our winters are not like winter anymore even though we wear the right clothes.

[@Destrark151]

On the tea stereotype, I'd agree with it. I'm from Yorkshire and while I've never had a taste for tea myself, my parents basically live off the stuff, first thing they do when coming down in the morning is putting the kettle on, though my mum does drink quite a bit of coffee too. Thinking back to year 6 in primary, if people arrived early to school the teacher would have mugs of tea available to anyone that needed to warm up. And all through secondary school in morning break there would be biscuits, orange squash and copious amounts of tea available. EDIT: And do you still agree with your idea about the mild weather now there been massive floods?

[@kmorton5995]

Brit here and my family had a separate beer fridge when I was growing up. Never even considered it was weird.

[@garethhanby]

Did you live above a pub?

[@robin_5099]

I find the concept of a fridge dedicated to alcohol rather an odd one. Definitely very uncommon here in the UK

[@siliconjim2554]

Exactly. We keep alcohol outside in the U.K., because the awful weather keeps it cool.

[@catherinerobilliard7662]

I have a chiller in my pub (shed). Luxury!

[@davidcook7887]

Robin Barayuga Not common. What a great idea!

[@annother3350]

I know plenty of people with a beer fridge. It's a 'luxury' but not unheard of!

[@NapoleonGelignite]

I have one between my wine fridge and the humidor, doesn’t everyone?!

[@andyonions7864]

The weather just is... You've had freak good weather. Usually, we have a wet season and a cold wet season. We ARE definitely heading into the latter right now. For rain, head to Wales (1 out of 3 days rain) or Manchester (5 out of 7 days rain).

[@gabbyperris3244]

Oh god yeah Manchester. I look out my window every morning and it's just depressing 😂

[@4svennie]

I'd say coffee is more prevalent now in the U.K. with the likes of Costas, Starbucks, Caffè Nero, Coffee Republic, etc... being everywhere. It's often quite hard to find a cup of tea on the go. So tea making is more one of those things done mostly at home or at the office if you've got time. Which is a shame because I'd love to drink more tea, it's just coffee is more available. I think the weather thing is in part down to us. Because we talk about the weather to instigate a conversation with someone while standing in a queue or to break an awkward silence. I reckon we do watch quite a bit of TV as we are quite a stay at home people. Many Europeans are more social-able visiting friends often, eating out more than we do, etc... I think this is down to our work day and too exhausted to do anything, weather and finances. I think stereotypes obviously came from somewhere but like Chinese whispers, they get exaggerated quite quickly or they were quite close at one point but then times changed, people changed, what were once common practices changed but the stereotype didn't change with it. If you fancy a bit of a laugh on countries ad stereotypes, check out Al Murray (aka The Pub Landlord) on nations. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3S2YpaLft11jMk Also I have a beer fridge in my bedroom underneath the TV, which is next to the computer (it doesn't solely stock beer and often has cola, milkshakes or fruit juices). ((sorry, corrected some of the spelling errors. Predictive text, boo)).

[@johnoakley3068]

I'll try to explain "Accents" and "dialects" here in the UK. The Queen speaks "received pronunciation" What you would call a "posh accent", only 1% of the population speak like that. In the south you have Places like Kent, Sussex, which have a slightly different accent from people who live in London, but then again there are a lot of "Londoners" that live in both Kent & Sussex. In the south west you have places like Somerset, Cornwall, Devon, Bristol. They speak with a "west country accent" but are actually different to each other, for instance if you had two people one from Bristol, and one from Cornwall, they would sound quite similar to someone not from those areas, but to each other, they will sound different. A Cornish person would definitely know that the person from Bristol is not a native Cornish person and vice versa. Cornwall of course does have it's own language, at one time it died out, but is now becoming quite popular again. In the far west you have Wales, they have their own accent and indeed their own language too. I won't go any further north in this post, but suffice to say, that your point about "posh accents" is that only 1% of our population speak like that, and if anyone wanting to visit the UK wants to hear that accent, then they are better off visiting the southern half of England, rather than the west, east, or north.

[@KillamROTMG]

British accents change every few miles, there’s honestly hundreds of British accents. The accent of my neighbouring city varies vastly from the folk from my city for example.

[@AJ-cv9zf]

So only 1% of the english speak the language correctly then?

[@johnoakley3068]

@@AJ-cv9zf , apparently so , or 99% do and 1% don't? depends on your point of view I guess.

[@vivienwilliams1538]

This lady is very good. Realistic. We don't all like tea. And she is sensible about the other things we are supposed to like too (for instance, not EVERYONE watches Strictly Come Dancing - can't imagine anything worse, personally!). But we are on the whole polite. You will not get anywhere if you are not polite!! Say sorry even if you wish the person was (were!) dead. Do it, baby!!!!!

[@Jay-lr3me]

Great vid well explained!

[@mandyg6874]

Yep, that’s true, we can’t handle the sun. I spend all summer hopping from under tree, to umbrella, to shady building. My husband and I always go to warmer Countries in Autumn/Winter to avoid the hottest weather, just can’t do heat and would rather do shade than plaster on all that sun screen.

[@northernfireworks402]

We probably drink just as much in the winter. Indoors outdoors, wherever!

[@rebeccat7005]

We ain’t been exaggerating about the weather it’s just not been raining that much recently

[@paulmcdonnell8304]

It's called winter

[@AstroLaVista]

The cottages you like are Tudor cottages. There are tons of mock Tudor houses in the UK which were built in the 90's. A flat I rent out is in a block which is mock Tudor even. Very popular design :)

[@susanpattison8653]

There are castles all over the country still lived in.Some date back to the Norman conquest and many have been owned by the same family for hundreds of years.Look up a few in the North East like Alnwick Castle,(Duke of Northumberland),Bamburgh Castle and Raby Castle,(Lord Barnard).

[@JohnSmith-ki2eq]

The type of house you are talking about is a "Tudor Timber Wattle and Daub" house.

[@blackbob3358]

mock tudor, mr smith.

[@TR4zest]

@@blackbob3358 The home she showed an image of was not mock tudor.

[@welshpete12]

@@blackbob3358 No, that house is the real deal !

[@ClubuldeEnglezaYouTube]

I stayed 1 week in London. It was in September, a couple of years ago. It didn't rain at all. Last year, I repeated the experience. Again, no rain during my stay.

[@LitMedia794]

Love the positivity from the videos, you should check out Devon and Cornwall during summer you won't be disappointed

[@Matywaller]

It’s funny that so many foreign people like the queen, I challenge you to go into any pub and ask 10 random brits what they think of the royal family

[@pippatick]

I like the theory that bad weather is just itching to be seen as imperfect. I used to live in Australasia and tried very hard to set the record straight around the rain/misery image, not one cared to listen to me.

[@sagittariusmoon1043]

The house you like I think it's called ,, Tudor ??xx thatched roofs tho 😍

[@tinathetangerine3413]

I want to visit/eventually move to the UK and I’m actually pumped about the weather. Anything has to be better than gulf coast Texas weather.

[@garethdavies8004]

Not everyone has a garage for a second fridge. So you just buy the biggest fridge that will fit through your front/back door and keep one shelf dedicated to beer. Cheers from Wales.

[@Jamie_D]

I feel like the bad weather thing here stems from it's unpredictability, you can go out walking for a few hours and get hit by all 4 seasons even though it was meant to be sunny for the day :) like i always carry an umbrella even if it hasn't rained for a week, cus at some point it will change at the perfect worst time for you :D

[@TheCorek1949]

I went with my (English) boss for a drink at lunchtime in US. I was asked later if I needed to talk with someone about my drinking. What!!!

[@ivorbiggun710]

Sitting here, completely arseholed as I am, I can confirm that we like a drink. In fact I don't need a second fridge for alcohol because there is only alcohol in my fridge.

[@lizzief4461]

I use to sound posh then I moved out of a posh area and slowly lost it now it barely exists but I can step back in to it if I wish to

[@ITFC45]

Brit living in Brisbane- 1. I get a little burnt then tan in Europe but I melt here in Aus, its bad 2. One of first things I noticed was people don't move over and make room for each other on the path. 3. Aus lager isn't the best and the English/ brits can drink the aussies under the table. Great video... Its interesting to see from the otherside

[@jodieberesford8794]

The thing about the tea is kinda true, it depends where you are if you are in Central London or big cities you will not see it but in more central England it is one cup of tea after another

[@jledgister]

london drinks coffee. england drinks tea.

[@masonbrickwood5545]

I actually met the queen, she came to my school and she shook all of the kids hands, it was quite a few years ago and i was only like 9 so i don't really remember, but i still have of the tea mugs that she gave out to everyone. Was a really cool life moment though.

[@MrAbigail5]

Yes totally agree about the weather I'm from Northern England and its not as warm as the south, but England is not in Africa it's not supposed to be blazing hot all year round!

[@jacmac3118]

Pretty much spot on, apart from a slate roof is better than a thatch roof because of north Atlantic wind and rain

[@True_Heretic]

Great Britain slopes down from Scotland to the South Coast of England like a like an elongated triangle. The higher up from sea level, the more likely there are hills and mountains, which cause clouds to drop their rain. So Southern England isn't that rainy and cloudy compared to Northern England, which tends to be colder and darker as well.

[@rtsharlotte]

I think you hit your theory is like "hitting a nail on the head!"

[@JoJo_Scorpio]

2019 summer was the best we've ever had in UK 😂

[@amberdavid9989]

I swear that the weather is just getting milder bcos of gLoBaL wArMinG. i think it used to be rainier and colder defo when i was little.

[@gabbyperris3244]

Exactly. That's what I keep telling people. It did used to b colder!!!

[@jamesflannery-serle3489]

Global warming may be happening but not caused by mankind , the evidence of sunspot activity and cosmic ray blocking.

[@jamesclogg8708]

If u ever have a work man round u offer then tea they say yes every time

[@imogenbrewster3091]

People who enjoy football don't go trash their cities when they win, they go beat up innocent fans of the opposing team when they lose, leaving said fan in a vegetative state the rest of their life

[@notverysur3rightnow145]

As a Brit, I agree that a lot of people can't handle the weather(including me)

[@daxdasche6112]

Coffee drinking overtook tea drinking in the UK in 1988. Also, the Irish drink more tea per person. I drink tea in a pint mug, when writing my thesis I was drinking 15-20 pints of tea a day. Keeps the kidneys flushed!

[@mgutkowski]

British/Irish weather is (or used to be) very unpredictable. It's a function of being a big island off the coast of a giant land mass next to a huge ocean susceptible to competing ocean currents. I remember the fanfare only a few years ago when the Met office trumpeted that they were now getting 6 out of 7 forecasts right. It's also massively changeable for he same reason. Bright sun one day, torrential rain the next - and for no apparent reason.

[@edwalker598]

2 minutes in and i already want to brew some tea

[@watchonjar]

The reason why we complain is becuase its rainy season literally from like September October up until december -febuary where its also rainy season which chances of snow and hail, then its rainy season again up until like may/jun. Another thing you have to keep in mind is that the weather has gotten considerably better in like the last 4-5 years ironically because of global warming, and we have had weird stuff happening like heat waves in like late spring. before the last couple years I feel like we didnt really get summer until mid may and then it would end really quickly in September whereas now it stays round until October. Finally you have only been living here for the best months out of the year so you give it time.

[@daxcoco1229]

We can get 4 seasons in one day and it's something to break the ice with

[@barrydavies9747]

The weather is something people use in the UK to start a conversation off. From rain to snow, if its to hot or to cold it's just a topic to start u off unless the rugby or football is on then straight to the point

[@CrazyInsanelikeafox]

The cottages with the white walls and black/brown trims are from the Tudor period. Some of them still have thatched roofing.

[@andybaker2456]

When I was in Australia I found that Aussies seemed to drink a lot of tea too. The main difference though was that they seemed to put light brown sugar in it rather than white sugar!

[@Jamie_D]

I think coffee has become much more popular over my life time and it now rivals the amount of tea drinkers, honestly couldn't say for sure which is drank more.

[@fionagregory9376]

Yes we do like tea. Tetley's make tea bags make tea.

[@mattkaia1932]

"I'm from London and I love your videos.👍

[@onlyme1028]

The housing you described as *your* *favourite* are the timber-framed housing which most Brits would call *Tudor* *houses*. Not all are built in the Tudor period though as it may be a pastiche built in the Victorian period or even modern day. 🏠

[@Greenwood4727]

Tea, it is one of the most divisive things, its a passion... there are reasons why we always say go make tea..when you are angry make a cup of tea there is a logical reason for that, because you have to go and concentrate on making it going away from the person or thing that makes you angry calms you down a little the logical steps in making tea helps with focus.. now making tea there are many ways and arguments about it.. its a passion, do you put the milk in first or last, do you use a clean cup everytime or do you season it which can enhance the taste, tea bags, or tea pot.. which type of tea, what is the best water to use,, hard or soft water, sugar, cup or mug.

[@user-ox6yt3wr8n]

Yvette: the sun isnt that intense here, I dont get burnt Me ( British kid ): goes outside of a couple of minutes and look like a tomato

[@archietompkins5065]

Ahaha, living in London you don't know rain, try Wales for a few weeks in autumn 😂😂

[@38loca]

Me: *lives in the south west where sir frances drake himself said it was the rainiest place he’s ever been* Weather forecast: sun here ooh and over here, wait and of course south west... the sun in London.

[@jameshumphreys9715]

We can't do snow, we come to a halt.

[@jameshumphreys9715]

@@lewilewis3944 I have mackem blood in me, from my mum, she was always cold.

[@jameshumphreys9715]

I'm Welsh

[@jameshumphreys9715]

@@lewilewis3944 she grew up in the council house, hylton castle right opposite to hylton castle primary school. I'm from Bridgend, South Wales

[@me5969]

We can. It’s just the news and the southerners (English one’s) that fall apart. But they’re a delicate down south anyway to be fair.

[@callumcranstoun9067]

Do people really think British people live in castles... Jesus 😂

[@beepboop9742]

bro what u mean we do --_--

[@Vault97]

Every Englishman’s home is his castle 💁🏽‍♂️😂

[@rebeccat7005]

Giavanno Mario what u mean we don’t

[@beepboop9742]

@@rebeccat7005 I was joking...

[@stevegray1308]

Last year we had very little rain indeed over summer. This year we have had a lot more, i.e. a normal year, at least here in Yorkshire. Also we do go collectively insane when the sun appears. I am 61 and dont watch massive amounts of TV, I prefer reading and gaming.

[@thelorddoctor1519]

Trust me, football hooliganism is a bit thing in Britain. Especially in London, like when Arsenal and Spurs play

[@paulbj49]

I think the weather thing is because it is so changeable

[@Johnsmith-ix9bw]

Here in the UK all women start the conversation with a chat about the weather. Non stop. As you said the weather is far worse in other Northern hemisphere countries, yet I realise chatting about the weather is an ice breaker. Stiff upper lip, does not exist amongst single parent tarts, they meet you, the next male victim, and talk about their feelings, and its all about them, " You dont know what the last barstard did to me " Sob story after sob story, and its always mens fault for their plight. Women, never are responsible here. Especially female politicians.

[@AJ-cv9zf]

Well said. MGTOW are still a bunch of losers

[@lordomacron3719]

when it comes to weather the British isles are at a convergence zone for 4 major air Cell which makes our weather quite unpredictable this is such a rare occurrence that the British Climate type is a technical term as only 4 or 5 places in the world have similar weather conditions

[@oliviamillington8246]

Climate change has had a massive effect on the weather, 10 years ago seeing a sunny day in summer was a rarity, it would rain every other day. Now it's rare to not have a proper summer

[@jezdye3615]

Utter bollocks! How old are you, 12?

[@tarkett8529]

Jez Dye while he’s way over exaggerating climate change has made a difference, our seasons are more muddled than in the past the weather was pretty predictable generally speaking it seems much less so now.

[@daved8514]

Interesting. I once spent a month in Australia and it was amazing - better than I expected - but it was very expensive and it got so hot at one point that I actually started to crave the cool British weather (but when the temperature reaches 40 degrees wouldn't anyone wish it was a bit cooler?).

[@paulhill1665]

Was in the Royal Navy for 16 years, unlike the USN, who are completely dry RN ships are not, although the daily Rum ration stopped in 1969. Did a couple of trips to America, all the Americans wanted to do was to come onboard to drink our beer. Durning my time, may be different now, as a senior rate we had draught beer, this was not available for general release. The Navy wanted a beer that could travel, could cope with the weather conditions, and a long life. The beer they selected was called CSB. Contracts signed etc, then someone asked what is the alcohol content, was too late, never saw any American manage any more than 3 pints, before losing all control below the neck. If we went ashore we all asked for a jug each in the bars, that really threw the locals, at that time American beer was dreadful, massive headache the next day, but never drunk. ( in this part of America a jug was shared by a group, maybe 6 or 8) In general yes we can drink huge amounts here in the UK, is there a drink problem, not more than any other country. Places like Germany, or parts of it drink more.

[@trudiebrown4284]

Those white houses with black wood outside are from the tudor period or tudor copies

[@taridean]

I think once you've lived here a few years (especially further north) you will soon see why the weather stereotype exists. We tend to have more grey than blue skies most of the year. The rain here doesn't get as heavy as other places in the world, but it showers and for long periods of time keeping things constantly damp. On top of it these showers can happen anytime of year. You eventually get used to it and you're guaranteed a subject to start a conversation with.

[@ccw5886]

The weather is changeable, not dreary and grey because it is surrounded by conflicting weather patterns and surrounded by ocean. It's unique. and I love the changes