Philip with one "L", whilst quite amusing (whilst, Ben?) these are by no means uniquely British ! almost all of them apply here in the US
possible exceptions: "cracker pulling" - is that the party noisemaker where you pull a string forcefully to make it go off like a firecracker? our cars weigh thousands of pounds and are worth thousands of dollars :-) most beer bottles have twist-off caps (although there may be some stupid enough to try to remove these with their teeth) what's a Scalextric car ?? -Ben > -----Original Message----- > From: Philip Arnold - ASP [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 7:43 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Only in Britain > > > You may have read the first few but there are different ones further > down!!!! > > Only in Britain... can a pizza statistically get to your house faster > than an ambulance. > > Only in Britain... do supermarkets make sick people walk all > the way to > the back of the shop to get their prescriptions while healthy people > can buy cigarettes at the front. > > Only in Britain... do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, > and a DIET coke. > > Only in Britain... do banks leave both doors open and chain > the pens to > the counters. > > Only in Britain... do we leave cars worth thousands of pounds on the > drive and put our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage. > > Only in Britain... do we buy hot dogs in packs of ten and > buns in packs > of eight. > > Only in Britain... do we use answering machines to screen calls and > then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't > want to talk to in the first place. > > Only in Britain... are there disabled parking places in front of a > skating rink. > > 3 Brits die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue. > > 142 Brits were injured in 1999 by not removing all pins from > new shirts. > > 58 Brits are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of > screwdrivers. > > 31 Brits have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas > tree while the > fairy lights were plugged in. > > 19 Brits have died in the last 3 years believing that Christmas > decorations were chocolate. > > British Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after > cracker pulling > accidents. > > 101 people since 1999 have had to have broken parts of plastic toys > pulled out of the soles of their feet. > > 18 Brits had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit > cigarette in their mouth. > > A massive 543 Brits were admitted to A&E in the last two years after > opening bottles of beer with their teeth. > > 5 Brits were injured last year in accidents involving out of control > Scalextric cars. > > and finally......... > > in 2000, 8 Brits cracked their skull whilst throwing up into > the toilet > > > Philip Arnold > Technical Director > Certified ColdFusion Developer > ASP Multimedia Limited > T: +44 (0)20 8680 1133 > F: +44 (0)20 8686 7911 > > An ISO9001 registered company. > > ********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the system manager. > ********************************************************************** > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
