- The only people fit to enjoy Glastonbury festival is low-twenty-somethings on drugs.
- Sheep's wool feels like workman's pajamas.
- Casual racism(?) against Irish Catholics is not only tolerated, it's encouraged. And hilarious.
- It doesn't get dark in the UK until after 10:00 PM in summer.
- English mud is certainly at least 3% sh*t.
- Black sheep's wool just gets bunched with the white wool and bleached. ("Nice one!")
- All English accents are not charming.
- Irish "history" sounds as far-fetched as it's folklore.
- People are more than happy to adjust their diction to make sure "you understand".
- Sheep herding is an exhausting, but fulfilling, lark.
- People think all American eateries look like Fuddruckers.
- "Eaton Mess" is a delicious shambles!
- Brit desserts have strange names. ("Victoria Sponge" sounds like the name of a spoiled Roald Dahl character that scolds her dolls.)
- Disney is responsible for people thinking people from Bristol sound like pirates.
- The "Island mentality" has not caught on in the UK.
7/01/2011
I'm back!
I'm finally back from my 10-day long British adventure and I've never been so tired. Every day was chockablock with activities so apologies if I didn't have time to buy you pressies. It was a short holiday but I made sure to take it all in. This is some of what I learned!
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my friend Andrea Rule sent me this - its hilarious (i grew up in the UK and now live in the states) i say this is spot on!
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Thanks! I didn't want to generalize too much, but i stand by everything I said.
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