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Subject: Re: TRUE OR FALSE FACTS ABOUT BRITISH LIFE
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"::darkshadows::" <bat@cave.org> wrote in
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> 1. People from the North speak clearer and more slowly, specially
> people from Scotland
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> 2. If you play music on a public building such as a shop, a bank, a
> pub, an office, etc, you have to pay royalties.
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> 3. British wear jeans very often, to go to work, to go to discos, etc.
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> set you have at home.
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> 5. Pubs close at 11:30, ten minutes before closing they ring a bell or
> call out "last orders" so that you can order your last drinks.
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> 6. If you go to a big supermarket, you need a special blue coin to use
> a trolley.
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> 7. If you live in Britain you will be offered a cup of tea at least 5
> times a day.
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> 8. In most small towns the dustbin man will come only once a week.
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> 9. There are bicycles carriages everywhere.
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> 10. The main meal is usually after 5 p.m.
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> 11. You can't use a radio or a razor machine in the bathroom because
> there are no sockets to fit a plug.
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> 12. British people prefer to have a bath than a shower. But they do it
> only on Sundays.
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> 13. Most British like learning other languages, such as French,
> Spanish, etc.
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> 14. Streets are always built straight, so that you can see one end of
> the street from the other end.
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> 15. Most British usually don't rinse the cutlery and plates after
> washing up.
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> 1. False
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> 2. True
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> 3. False This is now true these days
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> 4. True False it is not a tax but a licence fee and one licence
covers ALL tv sets in the house. The licence fee is only paid to the BBC
but all the commercial stations, of which there are many do not get one
penny.
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> 5. True pubs FALSE now have licences to open 24 hours per day and
it is the decision of individual landlords to open other than normal
hours.
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> 6. False either a small plastic disc of any colour usually sold by
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> 7. True more than likely providing all the stolen stuff is returned
from Boston LOL
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> 8. True
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> 9. False
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> 10. True
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> 11. True False small razor sockets are usually fixed by the mirror,
though it is not recommended that any electrical item apart from ceiling
lights are used in bathrooms
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> 12. False
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> 13. False 70% cant even speak their own language correctly due to
local accents and idleness
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> 14. False This was the practice in Roman times and some of the old
roman roads still exist today and they are of course straight.
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> 15. True some dont often wash them first LOL
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> After taking this.....
> I definitely am not BRITISH!!!
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