#verybritishproblems — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #verybritishproblems, aggregated by home.social.
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An article about how British people are generally voice-message averse compared to other cultures and not one mention of the fact we find it discourteous to talk on the phone in the presence of others?
That's the reason we don't use voice messages, and I don't need to read any research papers to tell you that. We HATE hearing other people's phone calls, whether one side or both.
Unless you're at home alone, a voice message is never going to make a welcome appearance. 🤣
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Lost points in the pub quiz last night for saying Garlic is in the Onion family (Amaryllidaceae in EOL/iNaturalist). The wanted answer was "Lily family". Unfortunately taxonomy of many monocots has been in flux for a while, as wikipedia says "the circumscription of Liliaceae is not monophyletic").
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I'm working from the office today and there's some absolute maniac in the kitchen who pours the milk into their mug before taking the tea bag out. We are all agog and aghast. #tea #VeryBritishProblems
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PSA
If, like some kind of idiot, you accidentally buy sugar free Heinz baked beans and then discover they taste like crap, the following helps greatly.
Knob of butter
Plenty of black pepper
A good squeeze of Heinz ketchup
A splash of Worcestershire sauceAnd finally a flourish of grated cheddar.
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A colleague bough *skimmed* milk when it was their turn to buy milk for the #tea kitchen.
Unforgivable.
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Lies! Is nothing sacred anymore?! #NotMyMonsterMunch
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Lies! Is nothing sacred anymore?! #NotMyMonsterMunch
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Lies! Is nothing sacred anymore?! #NotMyMonsterMunch
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Lies! Is nothing sacred anymore?! #NotMyMonsterMunch
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Lies! Is nothing sacred anymore?! #NotMyMonsterMunch
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Yesterday the children saw a video about #Muppets, how they're made, and animated. They wondered if we have any puppets, and the answer is: Yes.
Not a Muppet, but deep in a box of my old children's toys, we have Edd The Duck. Terrifying.
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Happy Fork Handle day to all who celebrate!
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Happy Fork Handle day to all who celebrate!
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Happy Fork Handle day to all who celebrate!
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Happy Fork Handle day to all who celebrate!
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Happy Fork Handle day to all who celebrate!
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Thinking about that time my Australian wife (partner at the time, early days) left me a shopping list, and I ended up standing in the middle of my local supermarket what the fuck a zucchini or an eggplant is 😢
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I needed a good laugh and this one never fails to crack me up!
🤣🇬🇧🫖🤣#FunnyMeme #BritishHumour #Funny #Humour #Cartoon #Anarchy #England #VeryBritishProblems
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Heavy work weekend over Easter, but managed to get away last night for my mate's mum's 70th birthday down the social club
There was one cask beer on (Young's Ordinary 🙄). I got charged £4.10 and my mate Dave, while stood next to me, got charged £4.50 by the same barman 😂
Anyway the beer was shite, so we switched to Guinness and got the fuck out of there
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Articulated here by the culture section of The Independent, a surprisingly accurate take on something that has been frustrating me also of late.
Where are the voices from regular people in journalism, broadcasting and media in general? Disappearing further and further, while we stick heirs and heiresses on presenting and reporting duties.
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#VeryBritishProblems
“Sorry, is anyone sitting here?”
Translation: Unless this thing on the seat next to you is actually a person who looks remarkably like a bag, I suggest you move it. -
Finally got round to putting up my @verybritishproblems calendar 😂
I love it. Bit peeved that I've missed out on 2 months of British idioms and behaviour - but it's up now. Better than previous years where calendars have never unwrapped 😋Progress!
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Useful cut-out-and-keep guide if you work with a Brit.
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After a 5-year study, a multinational team of engineers, scientists, and mathematicians has determined the smallest measurable arc of a circle — it’s the distance between nipple-numbingly cold and scalding on a standard British shower valve.
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@gerwyn Should I give you a quick call instead?
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@Whiskeyomega see, if ask did you mean : 'IS Christmas' that feels rude because, well you're a stranger. But if I just ignore your reply because I'm too embarrassed to ask - that also feels rude. #VeryBritishProblems ... 😆
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@wiziwiz And partly because they're British #VeryBritishProblems
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German lesson of the day: "Gastgeschenk": "Host present"
This usually means "present you give to your host", but it can also mean "present BY the host", and while this is less likely, the ambiguity is enough to enough to trigger #veryBritishProblems-style anxiety. Who gifts the gifts?!
