Insist that Noah Webster’s misspellings are” correct”
Peg your Mcvites digestives
Roll your eyes or make a slightly sarcastic remark when someone attempts to bridge an awkward silence by making small talk about the weather.
Bring up their mum?
Ask them what they do for work and when they give some lowly peasant service job you reply with “oh that’s nice.” And change the subject
Jump the queue
As someone from Milton Keynes I resonate hard with the last one
Don’t do a little wave when someone gives way to you while driving.
In some places, like Slough, you’re actively encouraged to hate the place you’re from, and outsiders aren’t considered truly localised until they too can’t fuckin stand the place.
That divider’s absence divides people 😉
Jump in front of someone in a queue!
Unless you wana pay for my food put the divider there!
Number 2 bothers me and I ain’t even british
#3 – I’m originally from Blackpool. I get to be rude about it. Tourists do not.
Would number 1 (leaving a cup of tea) be an insult? Or would it be cause for self-flagellation: “*My tea-making skills have obviously failed me. I have served sub-standard tea to a guest*”.
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Insist that Noah Webster’s misspellings are” correct”
Peg your Mcvites digestives
Roll your eyes or make a slightly sarcastic remark when someone attempts to bridge an awkward silence by making small talk about the weather.
Bring up their mum?
Ask them what they do for work and when they give some lowly peasant service job you reply with “oh that’s nice.” And change the subject
Jump the queue
As someone from Milton Keynes I resonate hard with the last one
Don’t do a little wave when someone gives way to you while driving.
In some places, like Slough, you’re actively encouraged to hate the place you’re from, and outsiders aren’t considered truly localised until they too can’t fuckin stand the place.
That divider’s absence divides people 😉
Jump in front of someone in a queue!
Unless you wana pay for my food put the divider there!
Number 2 bothers me and I ain’t even british
#3 – I’m originally from Blackpool. I get to be rude about it. Tourists do not.
Would number 1 (leaving a cup of tea) be an insult? Or would it be cause for self-flagellation: “*My tea-making skills have obviously failed me. I have served sub-standard tea to a guest*”.