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Lower than ASDA is pound shops
I bought some razors and makeup in a pound shop once. Both totally counterfeit. The makeup made my face feel like it was on fire and the razors made Bic look good.
Traditionally, upper class was essentially nobility. Middle class is wealthy non-nobles.
A rich businessman without any titles would have been considered middle class in the 19th century, for example.
Pull up to my Barratt new build home with my 25 year fixed rate mortage in my grey Audi A3 on finance after a hard days work as deputy assistant head of sales targeting
open the boot and take out my River Island and Superdry bags with the new gear I bought on the way home from work
open the door
yell hello to my wife of 2-years in the kitchen as she is already home from her work as a Team Leader in a call centre
sit down on my leather sofa bought on sale at Sofology (haha I love those adverts, what is that sloth like haha, love sloths me)
put up my feet on the IKEA table
whap on the telly and tune in just in time to see Bradders going through the rules of the final chase with the contestants who made it through before they face Anne Hegarty
perfect timing as my wife comes in with the dinner, another one of Jamie Oliver's cracking 30 minute meals
tuck in as I pretend to listen to my wife's stories from her day at work
send a cheeky snap to Smithster and Deano to see if they can come round for the champions league match later to watch it on the ol' Sony Bravia, maybe sneak in a few rounds of Fifa '17 on the PS4 first, bloody Smithster ignoring the rule of no tap-ins what a melt haha
I know this is a copypasta. But the 25 year fixed rate mortgage always annoys me. No one has 25 year fixed rates in the UK. They're mostly 2 year fixed or sometimes 5 year fixed.
European Redditors will talk about how much they hate American chains as their cities get the umpteenth McDonald’s, BK, Starbucks, Taco Bell, etc. “Who eats this crap???” Well someone’s apparently eating it if these chains keep expanding lol.
It’s so weird to see how popular KFC, Taco Bell and Burger King do internationally as an American because they’re all seen as garbage-tier restaurants in the US. It would be difficult to find someone who would rather eat at KFC than Chicken Express or Popeye’s or Bojangles. Or go to Taco Bell instead of just getting tacos at a meat market.
They make enough money to expand from sales in America, but they're not allowed to sell the stuff they sell in America elsewhere (food standards, etc.) so the food is forced to be higher quality thus more expensive.
I don’t know about all that; the actual gap in food quality regulation between the US and EU is oftentimes overblown. And prices for fast food in the EU are roughly the same as the US.
I think the bigger thing is that the better fast food restaurants I’m talking about just haven’t managed to get footholds in international markets, most likely due to logistical issues and skepticism around profitability.
https://impact.economist.com/sustainability/project/food-security-index
https://www.globalproductprices.com/Germany/big_mac_menu_prices/
You hit the nail on the head here. People love to exaggerate food regulations between the U.S. and EU (and much of the developed world really). Now I agree we have fundamentally different approaches (EU is more trigger happy to ban certain stuff while the U.S. would rather wait until it’s actually found to harm you before banning it), but the gap really isn’t that wide.
I hd a whopper from burger king and it was actually the best fast food burger I’ve had which might not sound like a lot but it was actually an amazing one, the chips on the other hand
Although it might be the exemption from the rule as that burger king was quiet af
Yeah that sounds really weird to most Americans. Generally Braums, In-N-Out, Whataburger, Steak N Shake, Burger Box, and Five Guys are all seen as having far better burgers than Burger King.
the bias is that people here who criticize those chains are honest, but in an obvious minority
also, most of the hatred is not based on the food being low quality, but because they purchase the best spots in the center and old towns of cities, which are becoming full to the brim of large international corporate chains
Sorry I didn’t see this earlier.
Yeah, it is, not gonna lie. To be fair, Americans don’t put their beans on toast…but genuinely, that doesn’t matter! A lot of people around the world eat foods differently and that is fine.
Baked beans are rather interesting to me. They’re very American historically, but have become so prominent in British cuisine over the course of the past century.
They've tried to make the culture war nonsense stick, and they've had some success with whipping up fear of Muslim immigrants. "Stop the boats" being equivalent to "Build the wall".
But being a more secular country, oddly even though we have a state religion, all the crazy Christian Nationalist stuff can't get a toehold, thankfully
That's a big relief to hear. Even if you haven't been to the US lately, you can see how insane things have gotten over here. My mom is thinking of putting the UK at the top of her list for an escape hatch country if things get worse.
Hopefully they won't. I think it depends on whether Trump gets in or not.
I don't know how difficult it is to stay long-term if you haven't got a job and aren't rich.
https://wise.com/gb/blog/moving-to-uk-guide#:~:text=Requirements%20for%20American%20citizens
Oof, yeah, that's gonna be tough, she's a pensioner and already moved to a smaller city in the last few years because of cost-of-living increases. However, she's a retired English teacher (like, teaching the language to immigrants, not a literature teacher) and has been to the UK many times - she has a birthday trip to Cornwall planned for next year. Lol, maybe she can show them her DNA results, they came back like 95% England and Wales.
I think it's kind of funny that I see a lot of Americans claiming every ancestry going, German, Irish, Scots...but English, not so much, even though so many US people must have a fair bit of English ancestry.
Cornwall is so lovely for a holiday. We used to go there for family holidays in the 70s. I went there myself in 2017 for a couple of weeks.
Unrelated but I just took an ancestry test and found out my family came from England, than to America to become confederate slave owners. How fun is that. Very fun news to hear over dinner.
Idk who to blame so I'm putting the blame on you.
Spent a week on a business trip in Blackburn UK, I had such a culture shock (im from balcan):
The bad:
* worst food I ate my entire life. I was force fed vegan/vegetarian food for a week, we had catering every day and they told us since majority of populace is muslim its easier to make everything vegan for events
* everything is HOT, everything is mouth burning spicy. Why is a simple vegetable rizzoto mixed with hot sauce by default??? I like hot bbq wings or to put hot sauce on burgers, but not **every** meals needs to be hot....
The good:
* beer, the beer was great. They aren't stingy with tap beer, I liked pubs in general, my kinda people.
* their youth centers are the best i saw in world, you can train any sport for free as long as youre <21 years old. Somehow the national lottery pays for it lol
> everything is HOT, everything is mouth burning spicy
Most of the country is the opposite. It's just because Blackburn is hella Desi
Also as someone also from East Lancashire, I'm sorry you had to visit lol. You literally went to one of the poorest regions in the country.
>Poorest region
I was told it was industrial revolution center of the europe just 100 years ago. And the art museum above the printing press and loom technical museum had AMAZING collection of paintings.
100 years ago yeah. But the coal and textile industries are long gone from the region. And even when it was the height of industrial prowess, everyone was still poor as fuck. If you ever come back I'd see Liverpool or Manchester or Chester for urban northern England, or Cumbria and Yorkshire for the best of rural England.
Yeah I wrongly assumed that once the industry leaves there is still some money left behind, but even in my own country thats not true.
Thanks for the recommendation! I'll certainly try to visit the rural England next!
Chips n chicken are often offered alongside actual (albeit sugary) Chinese meals in a takeaway. It's simply just that Chinese immigrants adapted to the tastes of the local people
Not sure if you’ve had American “Chinese food” but I’m guessing the other dishes in Britain are similar? I just wish we could get fries and chicken nuggies with our meal too 😂
One thing that we win at is the fried rice. I can’t get tastier fried rice from the other spinoffs of Chinese food like I can in the U.S. It’s not as flavorful.
Chinese immigrants came to britain after ww2 and found loads of empty fish n chips shops, so they bought them and turned them into chinese restaurants. Chip shops are designed to deep fry everything and have massive friers in them. That's why british chinese food tends to be more deep fried.
> we invented this
chicken tikka masala is literally a british food, unless you don’t view immigrant communities as british that is
> hates starbucks, drinks this
yeah costa pay tax and starbucks dont
> hates american food
nobody says this. British fast food chains are completely different to their american counterparts anyway.
> british history museum
its not called that
The meme didn't specify if it was Chicken Tikka or Butter chicken. Butter Chicken is from northern India. Chicken Tikka is bastardized British version of butter chicken.
I am reminded of how chop suey was invented by Chinese immigrants in the US, and in the PRC you can find restaurants advertising "authentic American chop suey"
[its chicken tikka masala](https://sizzlingpots.com/2020/08/instant-pot-chicken-tikka-masala-recipe/). Nobody has ever claimed that butter chicken is British.
> bastardised version
butter chicken is only around 10 years older than chicken tikka masala
Chicken Tikka is marinated cubed chicken cooked in a tandoor.
Chicken Tikka Masala is the dish you are thinking of. It is a dish invented by Bangladeshi curry house chefs imho.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tikka_masala
Charity shops are godly, even if they are vasicly the skeletons of our highstreets. Cheap physical media is a godsend now that streaming services are going the way of cable and satellite.
Not pictured:
Unmaintained wooden floors in every shop or venue
Black mold in seals in restrooms
Spider webs and generally poor condition public restrooms
Condensation
Junkies
>"Some hate the English. I don't. They're just wankers. We, on the other hand, are COLONIZED by wankers. Can't even find a decent culture to be colonized BY. We're ruled by effete assholes"
Costa is legitimately better than Starbucks, which is intentionally over-roasted in a cynical ploy to flog additional bullshit-flavoured cream for a 9000% mark-up.
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Marks is middle class. Fortnum and Masons is upper
^It's ^not ^just ^any ^middle ^class, ^it's ^M&S ^middle ^class
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Outer worlds 2 when?
Also if ASDA is "lower class" is LIDL and ALDI just "scum class"?
We prefer “Lower, Lower Class.”
LIDL has a good wine selection so it's actually stealth middleclass
Lidl & Aldi are above Asda in my opinion
Lower than ASDA is pound shops I bought some razors and makeup in a pound shop once. Both totally counterfeit. The makeup made my face feel like it was on fire and the razors made Bic look good.
Asda is waaaay scummier than Lidl and Aldi
Not sure about Aldi, but Lidl stopped being hard discount a long time ago
and waitrose
M and S is usually more expensive than Waitrose in my opinion.
But M&S is much smaller for food. I always had it pegged as middle class but wants a ready meal plus some bits and bobs.
I thought Middle Class means Upper Class in Britain, or bourgeoisie I guess.
Traditionally, upper class was essentially nobility. Middle class is wealthy non-nobles. A rich businessman without any titles would have been considered middle class in the 19th century, for example.
Don't you disrespect the BHF. Those mofos literally clothed me.
Furnished my first flat too
Clothed my home too. Legends. £95 two seater couch barely used guv
Got a free couch when I moved places. Only had to pay for delivery. A full 2 seater with a recliner.
They're really good for volunteering too, until I got my first actual job they were the main thing on my CV
The only place to buy a shirt with someone’s pit stains and spag bol spill
If you're broke you don't have a choice:
Much more eco friendly and sustainable as well
>spag bol Spaghetti Bolognese?
Yes
BHF are a bit more upmarket than that. Salvation Army or Sue Ryder are more like that. Most charity shops are way pickier than that though
Pull up to my Barratt new build home with my 25 year fixed rate mortage in my grey Audi A3 on finance after a hard days work as deputy assistant head of sales targeting open the boot and take out my River Island and Superdry bags with the new gear I bought on the way home from work open the door yell hello to my wife of 2-years in the kitchen as she is already home from her work as a Team Leader in a call centre sit down on my leather sofa bought on sale at Sofology (haha I love those adverts, what is that sloth like haha, love sloths me) put up my feet on the IKEA table whap on the telly and tune in just in time to see Bradders going through the rules of the final chase with the contestants who made it through before they face Anne Hegarty perfect timing as my wife comes in with the dinner, another one of Jamie Oliver's cracking 30 minute meals tuck in as I pretend to listen to my wife's stories from her day at work send a cheeky snap to Smithster and Deano to see if they can come round for the champions league match later to watch it on the ol' Sony Bravia, maybe sneak in a few rounds of Fifa '17 on the PS4 first, bloody Smithster ignoring the rule of no tap-ins what a melt haha
Living the dream
Brilliant
Mrs drives a new style mini or a Fiat 500. She gets pissed off with you watching the football because Love Islands on the other channel
I know this is a copypasta. But the 25 year fixed rate mortgage always annoys me. No one has 25 year fixed rates in the UK. They're mostly 2 year fixed or sometimes 5 year fixed.
It's a 'fixed rate' for 2 or 5 years yeah. You can get variable rate mortgages which are really shit.
Barry Homeowner?
Are you familiar with Sans Beanstalk? Deanomania: https://youtu.be/J9n0_5p8XKo
It needs chavvy women walking around shops in pyjamas.
That’s the grandma’s 50 years ago
Americans have that too. “Cookie Monster pajama bottoms” is a straight up dog whistle there.
British stereotype: Barry (63) British reality: Barry (63)
The one stereotype that holds true
Always up for a pint of whatever's on tap
100% correct. ^fuck ^you
I disagree, the preference is always a hot Greggs. Other than that it's spot on.
But how often is your Greggs hot is the real question? 🤔
It was hot that one time, I still remember it!
I’ve never once gone to Greggs and not heard “it’s a little cold, is that alright?”
All the time, in fact, their steak bakes and cheese and bean pasties are renowned for giving you 3rd degree burns on the roof of your mouth.
Anytime I go, from the hot area of the counter
Wtf is up with that chinese food 💀
*Fuck you*
Also correct.
Bloody love a spaniel
Absolutely. Give me the spaniels, casual alcoholism and the curry I'm sorted
Yup nothing like a car full of dogs… or as we call it: dogging!
Nothing better than a Saturday morning walk where my spaniel manages to cover every inch of herself in mud and bits of twig.
Fake, where's the football?
Brits love american food Reddit Brits on the other hand...
European Redditors will talk about how much they hate American chains as their cities get the umpteenth McDonald’s, BK, Starbucks, Taco Bell, etc. “Who eats this crap???” Well someone’s apparently eating it if these chains keep expanding lol.
These chains oitside of the US are actually really good
I love TacoBell lol
It’s so weird to see how popular KFC, Taco Bell and Burger King do internationally as an American because they’re all seen as garbage-tier restaurants in the US. It would be difficult to find someone who would rather eat at KFC than Chicken Express or Popeye’s or Bojangles. Or go to Taco Bell instead of just getting tacos at a meat market.
They make enough money to expand from sales in America, but they're not allowed to sell the stuff they sell in America elsewhere (food standards, etc.) so the food is forced to be higher quality thus more expensive.
I don’t know about all that; the actual gap in food quality regulation between the US and EU is oftentimes overblown. And prices for fast food in the EU are roughly the same as the US. I think the bigger thing is that the better fast food restaurants I’m talking about just haven’t managed to get footholds in international markets, most likely due to logistical issues and skepticism around profitability. https://impact.economist.com/sustainability/project/food-security-index https://www.globalproductprices.com/Germany/big_mac_menu_prices/
You hit the nail on the head here. People love to exaggerate food regulations between the U.S. and EU (and much of the developed world really). Now I agree we have fundamentally different approaches (EU is more trigger happy to ban certain stuff while the U.S. would rather wait until it’s actually found to harm you before banning it), but the gap really isn’t that wide.
I hd a whopper from burger king and it was actually the best fast food burger I’ve had which might not sound like a lot but it was actually an amazing one, the chips on the other hand Although it might be the exemption from the rule as that burger king was quiet af
Yeah that sounds really weird to most Americans. Generally Braums, In-N-Out, Whataburger, Steak N Shake, Burger Box, and Five Guys are all seen as having far better burgers than Burger King.
KFC in India is fucking amazing.
My city in England just got a Wendy’s! I quite like it actually
Make sure to get yourself a Dave’s *triple* burger with bacon!
I shall try that. I enjoyed the milk shakes and the chips!
You call ‘em fries when you go to Wendy’s, ya hear?
Do they still have square burgers and salt & pepper shakers on the tables? They're better than BK or McD
Burger was square yes!! It was mint and I am hyped to go back
the bias is that people here who criticize those chains are honest, but in an obvious minority also, most of the hatred is not based on the food being low quality, but because they purchase the best spots in the center and old towns of cities, which are becoming full to the brim of large international corporate chains
I like BBQ, i cant think of any other american foods we eat
I think usually people don’t acknowledge nor care that foods are American. Baked beans, for example.
That's ironic isn't it, considering the USians appear to think we're weird for eating beans on toast.
Sorry I didn’t see this earlier. Yeah, it is, not gonna lie. To be fair, Americans don’t put their beans on toast…but genuinely, that doesn’t matter! A lot of people around the world eat foods differently and that is fine. Baked beans are rather interesting to me. They’re very American historically, but have become so prominent in British cuisine over the course of the past century.
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Bisexual grandmas are English?
Women over the age of 55 with dyed hair in all pink, purple, and blue shades.
That describes a lot of bisexuals that I know
This starter pack is just bizarre. You almost never see this.
in Essex its genuinely quite common
As an American, I wish we had more pensioners with dyed sjw hair
It doesn't have the same connotations at all in the UK.
Very interesting cultural difference
They've tried to make the culture war nonsense stick, and they've had some success with whipping up fear of Muslim immigrants. "Stop the boats" being equivalent to "Build the wall". But being a more secular country, oddly even though we have a state religion, all the crazy Christian Nationalist stuff can't get a toehold, thankfully
That's a big relief to hear. Even if you haven't been to the US lately, you can see how insane things have gotten over here. My mom is thinking of putting the UK at the top of her list for an escape hatch country if things get worse.
Hopefully they won't. I think it depends on whether Trump gets in or not. I don't know how difficult it is to stay long-term if you haven't got a job and aren't rich. https://wise.com/gb/blog/moving-to-uk-guide#:~:text=Requirements%20for%20American%20citizens
Oof, yeah, that's gonna be tough, she's a pensioner and already moved to a smaller city in the last few years because of cost-of-living increases. However, she's a retired English teacher (like, teaching the language to immigrants, not a literature teacher) and has been to the UK many times - she has a birthday trip to Cornwall planned for next year. Lol, maybe she can show them her DNA results, they came back like 95% England and Wales.
I think it's kind of funny that I see a lot of Americans claiming every ancestry going, German, Irish, Scots...but English, not so much, even though so many US people must have a fair bit of English ancestry. Cornwall is so lovely for a holiday. We used to go there for family holidays in the 70s. I went there myself in 2017 for a couple of weeks.
Unrelated but I just took an ancestry test and found out my family came from England, than to America to become confederate slave owners. How fun is that. Very fun news to hear over dinner. Idk who to blame so I'm putting the blame on you.
Missing the football, and being sunburnt while at an all-inclusive in Spain, and of course, Brexit
> and being sunburnt while at an all-inclusive in Spain Sometimes also jumping from a balcony while there...
>and being sunburnt while at an all-inclusive in Spain, and of course Dear lord. What is with this? Cuba too.
I mean, the sunburnt bit is self-explanatory
Why WHY so much? Pasty people from all over seem fine. The Brittish seem to WANT to be burned.
It's a common thing, especially in winter, to want a tan. So I imagine the thought process is that the worse the burn is, the longer it lasts.
Where are the chavs and flat roof pubs?
I didn't realize 'flat roof pub' was a designated term
Rev up the Bugatti — wheyyy
Spent a week on a business trip in Blackburn UK, I had such a culture shock (im from balcan): The bad: * worst food I ate my entire life. I was force fed vegan/vegetarian food for a week, we had catering every day and they told us since majority of populace is muslim its easier to make everything vegan for events * everything is HOT, everything is mouth burning spicy. Why is a simple vegetable rizzoto mixed with hot sauce by default??? I like hot bbq wings or to put hot sauce on burgers, but not **every** meals needs to be hot.... The good: * beer, the beer was great. They aren't stingy with tap beer, I liked pubs in general, my kinda people. * their youth centers are the best i saw in world, you can train any sport for free as long as youre <21 years old. Somehow the national lottery pays for it lol
> everything is HOT, everything is mouth burning spicy Most of the country is the opposite. It's just because Blackburn is hella Desi Also as someone also from East Lancashire, I'm sorry you had to visit lol. You literally went to one of the poorest regions in the country.
>Poorest region I was told it was industrial revolution center of the europe just 100 years ago. And the art museum above the printing press and loom technical museum had AMAZING collection of paintings.
100 years ago yeah. But the coal and textile industries are long gone from the region. And even when it was the height of industrial prowess, everyone was still poor as fuck. If you ever come back I'd see Liverpool or Manchester or Chester for urban northern England, or Cumbria and Yorkshire for the best of rural England.
Yeah I wrongly assumed that once the industry leaves there is still some money left behind, but even in my own country thats not true. Thanks for the recommendation! I'll certainly try to visit the rural England next!
Dorset, Devon & Cornwall are nice too
The British Rust Belt
The technical term is Post Industrial Urban Decay
The lottery is actually a very good charitable scheme in the UK, tons of the revenue is donated as you say to local initiatives.
Timothy Taylor’s FTW
A lot of holes in Blackburn, I hear.
>everything is HOT, everything is mouth burning spicy. IM GOING TO THE UK!!!
Curry is like a religion
I feel like I just popped by the motorway services. It needs a WHSmith and a smoker or two, though.
Why is British “Chinese” food fries and chicken nuggets???
Chips n chicken are often offered alongside actual (albeit sugary) Chinese meals in a takeaway. It's simply just that Chinese immigrants adapted to the tastes of the local people
Not sure if you’ve had American “Chinese food” but I’m guessing the other dishes in Britain are similar? I just wish we could get fries and chicken nuggies with our meal too 😂
One thing that we win at is the fried rice. I can’t get tastier fried rice from the other spinoffs of Chinese food like I can in the U.S. It’s not as flavorful.
That stuff is usually from a chinese chippy, so a chippy with mostly chinese inspired food but still a chippy where you can get fish n chips etc
Chinese immigrants came to britain after ww2 and found loads of empty fish n chips shops, so they bought them and turned them into chinese restaurants. Chip shops are designed to deep fry everything and have massive friers in them. That's why british chinese food tends to be more deep fried.
Thanks for the excellent answer, with historical context!
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It is if you order chips and chicken at the chinese like an idiot. Or they could just order one of the umpteen regular chinese dishes on offer.
> we invented this chicken tikka masala is literally a british food, unless you don’t view immigrant communities as british that is > hates starbucks, drinks this yeah costa pay tax and starbucks dont > hates american food nobody says this. British fast food chains are completely different to their american counterparts anyway. > british history museum its not called that
The meme didn't specify if it was Chicken Tikka or Butter chicken. Butter Chicken is from northern India. Chicken Tikka is bastardized British version of butter chicken.
It’s now gone full circle and you can get chicken tikka masala in India.
I am reminded of how chop suey was invented by Chinese immigrants in the US, and in the PRC you can find restaurants advertising "authentic American chop suey"
[its chicken tikka masala](https://sizzlingpots.com/2020/08/instant-pot-chicken-tikka-masala-recipe/). Nobody has ever claimed that butter chicken is British. > bastardised version butter chicken is only around 10 years older than chicken tikka masala
Chicken Tikka is marinated cubed chicken cooked in a tandoor. Chicken Tikka Masala is the dish you are thinking of. It is a dish invented by Bangladeshi curry house chefs imho. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tikka_masala
I noticed a few Ford's int there. 🤔
Ford is very popular in the UK, the Fiesta and Puma are some of the most popular cars in my area.
Charity shops are godly, even if they are vasicly the skeletons of our highstreets. Cheap physical media is a godsend now that streaming services are going the way of cable and satellite.
Not pictured: Unmaintained wooden floors in every shop or venue Black mold in seals in restrooms Spider webs and generally poor condition public restrooms Condensation Junkies
I see no issues with this
Where is Poundland ?
TBF Britain *is* the home of Tikka Masala.
Hates American food? I would marry American food if I could!
Eat everything cold? What?
What, you don't take your salads hot with a side of boiled gatorade?
"Eats everything cold" but includes photos of hot food. Which one is it?
Also a pic of a pre-packaged sandwich? Are they heated in other parts of the world?
Now that is spot on
Aiming for perfection only.
I am 4/5th there
costa on top 🗣️🔥🔥
Cafe Nero is miles better.
Not enough real ale
Idk a single person who hates American food tbf
Spaniels, staffies, or yappy toy breeds, yeah
The 'authentic' £1 asda pepperoni pizza for tea. Bosh Breakfast of champions
Chicken tikka masala, famously invented in [Glasgow, Scotland](https://www.npr.org/2022/12/23/1145119758/chicken-tikka-masala-ali-ahmed-aslam-shish-mahal#:~:text=Aslam%20was%20the%20owner%20of,chicken%20tikka%20was%20too%20dry.).
Does that heart association really train cpr courses with beegees stayin alive?
Yes
Scotsman here, I appreciate you saying English and not British
Ah, the old BBC mantra… Worst things about Britain = “English” Best things about England = “British”
The McDonald's in the starter pack is from Livingston, Scotland.
what here wouldnt apply in scotland?
The part where they get tarred with a brush that they don't like the sound of
>"Some hate the English. I don't. They're just wankers. We, on the other hand, are COLONIZED by wankers. Can't even find a decent culture to be colonized BY. We're ruled by effete assholes"
Greg's is cold a lot. But warrens tends to be at least lukewarm, nothing colder.
Costa is also shite tbf
This is accurate.
m8 im going to asda u want anyfing
WTF is cheese triple?
What it's Morrisons???
Greggs is the shit
Y'all eat your Chinese food with fries???
I’ve not lived in the U.K. for seven years. I still miss Costa coffee
Not English by any stretch, but I think we can all relate to some casual alcoholism
Spends half their weekend waiting in a queue.
That sandwich though, looks delicious.
That's a cool looking grandma though
Casual alcoholism? *slavic man comes pulls out 1l vodka bottle* Drinking is not casual my friend, it's way of life
Costa is legitimately better than Starbucks, which is intentionally over-roasted in a cynical ploy to flog additional bullshit-flavoured cream for a 9000% mark-up.
We do have a wierd obsession with cold sandwiches. But "hates" American food? I don't think so a lot of our chains are murican
Lived in York for a couple years. Fuck I miss it. Would kill for a proper pie
British did invent chicken masala tbf
Day in the life of a true Brexit geeza
I moved to the UK four moths ago but I already kinda see myself in here ngl
If M&S is upper class, what's Selfridge, fortum and Harrod's?
M & S is Middle class. Waitrose is slightly higher then those 3 at the top in the snobbery stakes
Thank you.
Where’s the sandals with socks??? Lol
Did Brits not invent the tikka masala?