Queuing is a definite ‘thing’ in Britain. I live in Scotland, some years ago I was in a queue in a newsagent’s when a French man decided that he was too special to wait and barged in at the front. I objected. He responded in such a way that all the other people in the queue exploded. Normally quiet, civilised people were incandescent and he ended up running out of the shop. If there’s a queue, there’s a queue. Unless someone is dying, or their wife is about to give birth you get in line and belt up. End of. Ha ha!
Had breakfast at the Clover Grill diner in New Orleans once, never seen so much butter in a pan*. There was more butter than omelette in my omelette! * and I'm Scottish.
With the bin collection, we usually don't leave them out on the pavement/sidewalk because our streets are narrow and they cause an obstruction to people walking. You're actually liable if someone injures themselves walking past your bin if you've left it out.
Not where i am. ive moved to tooting in wandsworth, and my street is wide...we leave the rubbish near the road. i dont support it of course..gotta get the wheelie bin!
Not here, we put ours out on the pavement the night before, have done so for the 20 odd years we have lived here as have all the neighbours and it was the same where we lived before. Never had any issues.
I'm one of those bizarre Brits that hates ,nay despises tea.The only way I can drink tea is very strong with 2 sugars and milk (NATO standard) give me coffee every time.
Queueing came about because of WWI and WWII and rationing. Pantomine is best discribed for the US audience as an interactive burlesque, yes there is drag but is a comedic grotesque version and NOT sexual in any way. English Cooks (chief is a French word) were consider the best in Europe until late in the reign of Louis XIV of France. Now we have to have everything smothered in sauce. Spit roast ANYTHING, or make a pie, sweat and sour stews, ask a medieval English cook (FYI there is a recipe for a rice pudding sausage! Not to mention a cockatrice!)
The character that turns up with the black hair and a white stripe is Steven Toast, played by Matt Berry. It's worth checking out the series "Toast of London" as well as more of Matt Berry's shorts (especially 'Father's Day' and 'The Boat Race'), not forgetting his turn in the series 'The IT Crowd'
Pubs are the backbone of the Nation. Whether some do drinks and other drinks and food. Parties, Kareoke, Quizzes, games, sports, or not. Just a very few examples why they are important: Looking for a job, ask at a Pub as someone might know someone who knows someone where there is one suitable. Require a Plumber, Electrician, or answers to some quantum physics problem whilst building your Time Machine etc, or how to improve on some recipe? Answer is Pub! Random education like debating anything like is Rheasilvia on the Asteroid Vesta the tallest Mountain in the Solar System higher than Olympus Mons on Mars. Or measuring from the Earth's centre the highest mountain on Earth being Chimborazo in Equador? Pub! If not at a Pub then Tea.
Nothing spoils the look of the neighbourhood more than a wheely bin! Those who leave them out, normally have their house number painted on like a three year old did it!
Pubs are the community hubs not just for drinking alcohol. They play indoor sports like pool and darts. Watch live sports on the big screen. Live performance arts like music and stand up comedy. Sing karaoke and quiz night.
I have between 5 and 10 cups of tea everyday , so I guess I must be in crisis , by the way the majority of people in wales and scotland hate being called brits , we are either welsh or scottish .
Class is a massive thing in the UK, especially if you looking for good jobs, but there also a massive divide between the traditional rich south and poorer north/Scotland.
I never understood the queueing thing. Every Country tends to do it. The Japanese are great at it. Waiting in line or queueing is just common sense. The idea that if people break the queue then there is trouble is also not quite accurate. In England people pretend they haven't noticed it and pretend to look somewhere else. Until the person goes then we moan to each other about it.
@@shaggybaggums In Spain, apart from supermarkets and so on, you tend to loiter! Everyone knows Exactly where they are in the queue though, because when someone new shows up they ask 'Who is last?', If it is you, you say 'me,' so that person knows they follow you and so on. The staff have a pretty good idea too, and they tend to know the serving order. If you don't stake your claim you don't get served! I had a friend who was terrible at it, She would stand by the veg stall in the market with her money in her hot little paw, fixed grin on her face and hopeful look in her eye, while all around her people came, got served and went. She would be growling at me from behind the rictus grin 'Look at that! She has only just come and she has been served, yet they are ignoring me!' I would tell her every time 'That is because you are not in the queue! You have to stake your claim, loud and clear, and everyone knows where they are in the order then.' I love it when the new arrival asks 'Quien es ultima?' and a dozen heads turn and a dozen fingers point straight at you! It may look like they are just having a chat, or messing with their phone, or whatever, but they know Exactly what the position is! She never made hers clear, so she got dismissed as irrelevant. Lol .
thing is the weather hmm in no time you can have every type of weather there is so yes we do talk of it - being an island we get the lot -- remember fishing one side of the river with the blazing hot sun to only see snow the other side of the river
Many years ago on my first visit to N/America I was like a kid in a sweet shop being so excited about sticking my snout into some crazy American dishes & trying various cuisines when I got there....But it broke my heart to find out , a USA 16oz TBone is the same as a UK 16oz TBone and tastes the same and Chinese food is Chinese food no matter where you go. I think the biggest shock to my system for the USA is staying in a lovely Motel out there and not finding a 25C bed that vibrates.... Damn !
We just keep the shite out of our food over here bro , no products harmful for human consumption, ,great vid Andy Morecambe England pal respect 👏 👍 🏴🇺🇲
Ugh. It's insanity around here. Oh my God, they were doing raunchy stuff at the drag show where there were kids. Show is at a bar and is an all ages show. Kids can't drive, and are clearly there with the parent. It's like FFS use some common sense before you go being stupid. They're not seeking kids out for these shows, the parents are having the kids tag along.
G'day EB, how ya goin mate? Mate iv'e been watchin a few reaction vids lately, did i miss your reaction to James Blunt's Monsters? Or have i missed it somewhere along the line? 😊😊😊.
@@TheEclecticBeard. We have a general rubbish bin, a plastic/glass/food can bin and one bin for paper and cardboard. One bin every 3 weeks gets emptied. One week it’s the paper recycling bin, next week it will be the plastic/ glass bottle bin and the following week it will be the general waste bin. One of our towns local councils tried this way in emptying the bins and it seemed to work for that town, so the government decided to roll out access England. I can’t speak for Scotland or Wales.
@@TheEclecticBeard i meant in the current climate, i know they have, and at least 500 years in the ukbut these are drag shpows for children. some are even drag shows of bible stories for the children i can imagine how well that would go dowen with some of the american right
Flexing much with that bright shiny tablet sent from the god's in the background Alan? Lmao hope you and the family are doing ok buddy and as always PEACE!!!!!!
@@TheEclecticBeard awhhhh hell no Alan it should be front and centre dude it's 100% worthy of being shown off... Thank you for being such a cool dude and as always PEACE!!!!!!!
IMHO, class obsession isn't really a thing anymore in the UK. You get brick layers earning £2,500 a week (according to the papers). Everyone is equal, especially down the pub.
I used to love going down the pub with my mum and dad, brother and sister as kids. We'd go in the beer garden and my parents would have a few drinks and chat with the locals while us kids played on the grass or park if there was one and drink cartons of pop and eat crisps and a 10p mix (penny sweets in a little white bag) those were some of the best memories :D someone usually had a dog with them as well and we'd play with the dogs and go back to the table our mum and dad were at every so often to refill on pop and pinch a sip of their drinks or snacks. Was good times. There's a pub 3 minutes down my road now with a lovely beer garden and people are still doing the exact same things we did in the late 80s/early 90s which is nice 😊
I drink around 14 cups of tea a day. the reason to put milk in first is, if you are using a bone china cup. as it can crack from having boiling water poured directly into it. where as you can pour boiling water straight into an earthenware cup or mug. if an American try's mocking British food, I automatically know they have never been to the UK to try it. as we have more choice of food on our highstreets than the majority of the world, due to the cuisine that we brought back from the days of the Empire. the main reason Americans think our food is bland is because of the rationing in WWII. where the Americans stationed in the UK had their food imported from the States, so they wouldn't affect the British food shortages. so the Yanks would be eating steaks, while the Brits was eating mince and boiled potatoes,
I was astounded recently when a different channel with a man from the US learning about UK and Ireland said he'd never actually seen a curry, of any sort!! Let alone eaten one!
It amuses me when Americans, who have never actually visited the UK, state our food is bland & terrible. How would they know if they haven't tasted it?
In the culinary world it is bland though. It's essentially meat and potatoes and gravy. Minimal spice. Travel the world and see what's out there. Uk cuisine is low on the list.
@@kevtb874 You have obviously never travelled to this country or actually tasted our varied food. Most Britons have a passport so we travel all over the world - unlike the majority of Americans. Also, we can taste different cultures cuisine without leaving the country, as we have numerous restaurants set up here.
@@josiebridle1947 other culture's cuisine is not UK cuisine. I'm from Ireland. I know what bog standard meat and potato meals are like. It's fine. When done right it's very nice. But it's no Italy or Greece or Mexico.
I know waiting in line is a queue but here most folks just say waiting in line as I believe (especially folks under 30) can't even pronounce queue lol, much less spell it.
Good reaction Alan Most of this is video is over hyped As far as the weather conversation goes, the furthest you can be from the coast is approximately 70 miles so the weather can change very quickly here
If you are in a queue at the supermarket in the UK and you have only one or two items often people will offer you to go ahead of them. And sometimes people on the till will spot you have only one item and will call you through. 👍xxx🤣
I once told my girlfriend I loved her in a text. that should have been ok but her reply was " it would be nice if you put some ex's after " I love you". What she got back in reply was " I love you, Cath, Angela, Eva, Beth. " she was not impressed
I once suggested to my friend that when he met his girlfriend off the train he should have some flowers. But, I talked him into getting a packet of plain flour and one of self-raising flour. It didn't go down well.
You wanna hear the Spanish! Everyone from toddlers barely able to talk to sweet faced old grannies and nuns. It is just that non Spanish speakers are blissfully unaware that the air is blue around them!
When we emigrated to OZ mum and dad complained about the tea as offered in cafe's and restaurants, as "water bewitched & tea begrudged" meaning it was too weak. I swear when mum made tea you could stir it with a teaspoon and come out with only the handle, it was that strong.
Even the police are trained to go and make a cup of tea in a person's kitchen if they're there to break bad news. If not, you still offer a cop in your house a cup of tea! Well, unless they're arresting you.
I am british and queuing is polite, I hate queuing, but you should wait for your turn like everyone else. If someone tries queue jumping, someone will say something and tell them to wait their turn like everybody else.
I'm a born & bred Brit - I was filling out a survey the other day and it asked about my hot drink choices - I realised I hadn't had a cup of tea for years - it's always coffee. We need to do something about this.
Pantomimes. Having read the news recently about what is happening in Florida, I would say that even though pantomimes are aimed at children, no theatre in Florida would put on a pantomime, because they involve men dressed as women and women dressed as boys which could be seen has a drag act. Since that could mean the theatre losing it's alcohol licence they just wouldn't risk it.
This is the first time I've dared to watch one of your videos since my hubby died in January because he loved watching you, so I'm smiling & crying at the same time - initially, I looked over my shoulder to smile at Andy before remembering he's no longer with me! I'm a proper tea-belly, I even offered the ambulance crew & funeral director on the day my hubby died 🤗 We never took our daughter to pubs, other than the likes of Harvesters, when we were going out for a family meal, but Andy doesn't drink, whereas I am partial to red wine 🍷
Dear Theresa, I am sorry for your loss. It must be incredibly difficult with it being only weeks since the loss of your husband. Unfortunately, when going through such an unimaginable amount of grief, many people do not respond because they are concerned they do not know what to say. This, however, only increases the feelings of loneliness. I wanted to reach out and extend my sympathies to you. May God bless and comfort you.
Pantomimes are normally for the kids, which is why they are likely to be "Fairy Tales" also the audience participation, again is for the kids as they love shouting out "he's behind you" time and again, there are plenty of other shows for the adults, but pantomimes are generally for kids. and the innuendos are normally so subtle that the adults get a laugh too. I'm pretty sure that the rest of the world has a class divide, there will always be those that are Poor, those that are above the bread line and those that are rich, we just have a name for it, it's called Class. In general I do not put an X on every single Text I send out, but it would depend on who i'm texting, but not all Brits stick a thousand X's on the bottom of our texts, so not sure why he's saying this is only the British that do that, because I'm sure we're not all doing that. weather conversations, ok we've all done that, regardless of what country you were born, not a quintessentially British thing to do, just a conversation starter. Queuing, I think goes back to war times, when people use to stand outside their local shop for opening times with their ration book in hand, just to get that half a pound of lard, or a pound of Banana's, because Banana's were sort after during the war, among other items of course, but we do queue, and we tend to do it with a little more patients then the rest of the world, Even our potatoes are very British because they queue (grow) in straight lines too. of course we are not the only ones that queue. I'm not sure I would say that I'm "Passionate" about Bin day, but I do it because it's what's expected, plus they won't take your bin if you haven't sorted your recycling out first, so for those that think we're all celebrating on the day the bin man arrives, well we're not, we're not as "Passionate" as the guy in the video says. Guy Fawkes, yes there are some Brits, that go all out and celebrate "fireworks night" on the 5th of November, but for those of us, that hate the fact that the fireworks start going off around Halloween in October and don't stop until the middle of November, which is bloody annoying, if you've got to work, have babies to put to sleep, have dogs that don't like the loud bangs or the constant barking from every dog in the neighbourhood, every 5 bloody minutes, it is slowly becoming the dreaded celebration that a lot of Brits wish would go back to being held on the 5th November only and not have to put up with fireworks for a month. ahhhh, Tea,,,,,,, well what can I say, I'm British and as I sit here writing this, I do have a nice cuppa-tea next to me, it's doesn't cure all, but it's certainly the best way to start a conversation with someone, "Don't feel well, I'll make the tea" "want a chin wag, (chat) I'll put the kettle on" "waiting for someone to arrive, I'll get the cups out and we'll have a nice cuppa while you wait" it doesn't cure anything, but hell the discussion that are had over a nice cup of tea and maybe a few dunk-able biscuits can cure all sorts of problems. when my mother passed, instead of toasting her life with a glass of wine, We all had a cup of tea, because my mother was what we call a "teaholic" Brits love a nice pint of anything, he makes us sound like Alcoholics, not all Brits drink until we can't walk, and some of us don't drink at all, and just like tea we all have our preference, not sure this is a Brit thing though, we just do it better, except maybe the Irish and the Scottish, damn now they can really drink. Yes we have Biscuits, Lots of them with different names, we don't just label anything that is biscuit consistency and call it a "cookie" a Cookie to a Brit is a specific type of biscuit, the word Cookie to us in not universal to all types of biscuits. Brits aren't fussy, when it comes to food, if we like it, then hell yeah we'll adopt it into our culture, it doesn't matter if it's french, Indian, Chinese, Tai, it doesn't matter as long as it tastes good. Not sure why the rest of the world would take the piss out of our food or what we call it, especially when in America they can't even get real chocolate, and there's nothing like a chocolate Bar, and not Hershey's, which tastes nothing like the chocolate we Brits enjoy. Again not really sure what in this video is Wholly a British normal, I'm sure a lot of people have a preference, depending on what part of the world you were born, what state you were born in etc, I'm sure that in America, the different States, people do things different to what they would to in the next state over. the Title of the Video "Top ten things Brits do that think it's normal" well, it is normal for us, drinking Tea is normal, most of us have Parents, Grand parents and even great grand parents that were all brought up drinking tea, so it's whats passed down to the next generation, but that could be said for everyone no matter where you live or where you were born in the world. So, "what is normal" and why make us feel like we are abnormal just because our culture is different. Just my opinion, you are entitled to your own, even if it differs from mine, and If you've read this far, I thank you for your time.
Panto time - I always loved taking the kids when they were young. Didn't matter if it was AmDram or had celebs. Was even more fun one year when we got roped in with the local AmDram society for a weeks performance of a panto. I played a villager in the chorus during the show and had a quick change at interval to come in as 1 of 3 clowns. Very quick costume and make-up change all done by ourselves. 1 performance every weeknight over the week, and 2 performances on the Saturday.
Hey EB, with regards to the class thing, the best explanation of the british class system was done by John cleese and the two ronnies back in the sixties just search John Cleese, Ronnie Barker class it's black and white but it is, how it was..............
Class in the UK is very different to US, and not necessarily anything to do with how much money you have. Trump is rich but has no class. If you are working class in the UK, you will always be working class, even if you win £100M. It’s about breeding, education, etc.
Remember, remember,the 5th of November,light up the sky, with standard fire works, (standard) being the company that made them, ,. I live in Scotland and I've never ever seen a deep fryer mars bar, nor do I know anyone who's eaten one, although my late mother used to fry scones with Sunday breakfast , normally what we call a " fry up," , I believe the more cultured among us call it a "mixed grill" , bacon,eggs,black pudding, sausage,beans, tomato and mushrooms, also am I the only one that's noticed that Americans,. Say "ask" differently from the Brits, . Happy healthy peace.
Until a few years ago until a few years ago it was illegal for anyone under 14 to enter a pub. Then a 14 year old could only enter with their parents and could not have alcohol. Nowadays most pubs do food so that’s why you see kids in pubs.
us brits have make some bloody great public information videos and one of the best is " Vinnie Jones, Hands only CPR" from the British heart Foundation. I hope you can find it on UA-cam and react to it, It helped mr to save my wife's life when she collapsed from a cardiac arrest.
Personally for me when sick I would go for something like ribena though prob a different brand blackcurrant and mix with hot water instead of cold. It basically ends up being a liquid lozenger, similar idea to lemzip for fellow UK people but without the actual medication. So no worries on how much you have and cheaper to to buy a bottle of blackcurrant etc and some tablets than lemsip these days.
Tea was not a thing for many of us years ago, I miss the old electric percolators that use to go 'glug glug' and smell the kitchen out with coffee, and economical too, now you cannot seem to buy these anymore in the UK ,just those fancy coffee machines with expensive pods you have to keep buying.However most brits were/are happy with instant coffee which our euro neighbors use to look down on us for LOL.
Hi I'm back and a little more sober :) this time I'm commenting on the tea comment as a cure all. with a bit of joking that is more an English thing. In Scotland we tend to go for Irn bru . especially as a hangover cure. there are lots of videos on here about irn bru and its medical properties for what you guys around the world will just call a soda /pop etc but in all reaction videos, nobody has really explained the flavour properly. the recipe is also secret. so is coca cola but in UK (especially Scotland) more Irn bru is drank than coke and that includes colas made by other brands.
Just a guy from the Netherlands, maybe also check out our thinks, geografie now, not just bikes and some other channels. We are quite a country in the word😮😊
I dont know who that female chef is that uses butter but I remember that she was in an amazing South Park episode and I think she used butter. I love that show
the kids i pubs thing has rules. the pub must be serving food and the kids are eating. You simply get a round under age people in the bar by ordering a chips and a selection of dips.
Tea does cure everything, my Grandma was right
When my dad announced he was moving out the first thing I said was " I'll put the kettle on " says it all 😅 .
Queuing is a definite ‘thing’ in Britain. I live in Scotland, some years ago I was in a queue in a newsagent’s when a French man decided that he was too special to wait and barged in at the front. I objected. He responded in such a way that all the other people in the queue exploded. Normally quiet, civilised people were incandescent and he ended up running out of the shop. If there’s a queue, there’s a queue. Unless someone is dying, or their wife is about to give birth you get in line and belt up. End of. Ha ha!
Had breakfast at the Clover Grill diner in New Orleans once, never seen so much butter in a pan*. There was more butter than omelette in my omelette!
* and I'm Scottish.
With the bin collection, we usually don't leave them out on the pavement/sidewalk because our streets are narrow and they cause an obstruction to people walking. You're actually liable if someone injures themselves walking past your bin if you've left it out.
it's also illegal and councils will issue fine to people who leave them out for days
Not where i am. ive moved to tooting in wandsworth, and my street is wide...we leave the rubbish near the road. i dont support it of course..gotta get the wheelie bin!
@@frombrum We've always kept ours outside the gate since wheelie bins were introduced here in the 90s. Never had a single mention or caused an issue.
Not here, we put ours out on the pavement the night before, have done so for the 20 odd years we have lived here as have all the neighbours and it was the same where we lived before. Never had any issues.
I've just googled this. Apparently the fixed penalty is not UK wide, coucils can only fine you if you live in England
That beard is majestic
We do say that about the bins... My nana was like that "see her bin still out ?? 3 bleedin days thats been there lazy moo" lmao
I'm one of those bizarre Brits that hates ,nay despises tea.The only way I can drink tea is very strong with 2 sugars and milk (NATO standard) give me coffee every time.
Don’t worry about trying to say the UK or England etc, we get you. You can say The British Isles if you want to make it easier to cover the lot though
Audience participation at the theatre is the same as it is in America, until it comes to panto season, the all the rules go out of the window
Queueing came about because of WWI and WWII and rationing.
Pantomine is best discribed for the US audience as an interactive burlesque, yes there is drag but is a comedic grotesque version and NOT sexual in any way.
English Cooks (chief is a French word) were consider the best in Europe until late in the reign of Louis XIV of France. Now we have to have everything smothered in sauce.
Spit roast ANYTHING, or make a pie, sweat and sour stews, ask a medieval English cook (FYI there is a recipe for a rice pudding sausage! Not to mention a cockatrice!)
The character that turns up with the black hair and a white stripe is Steven Toast, played by Matt Berry. It's worth checking out the series "Toast of London" as well as more of Matt Berry's shorts (especially 'Father's Day' and 'The Boat Race'), not forgetting his turn in the series 'The IT Crowd'
Pubs are the backbone of the Nation. Whether some do drinks and other drinks and food. Parties, Kareoke, Quizzes, games, sports, or not. Just a very few examples why they are important: Looking for a job, ask at a Pub as someone might know someone who knows someone where there is one suitable. Require a Plumber, Electrician, or answers to some quantum physics problem whilst building your Time Machine etc, or how to improve on some recipe? Answer is Pub! Random education like debating anything like is Rheasilvia on the Asteroid Vesta the tallest Mountain in the Solar System higher than Olympus Mons on Mars. Or measuring from the Earth's centre the highest mountain on Earth being Chimborazo in Equador? Pub! If not at a Pub then Tea.
Nothing spoils the look of the neighbourhood more than a wheely bin! Those who leave them out, normally have their house number painted on like a three year old did it!
Who the hell in the UK drinks Jaeger Bombs? Isn't that some American frat boy drink?
Pubs are the community hubs not just for drinking alcohol. They play indoor sports like pool and darts. Watch live sports on the big screen. Live performance arts like music and stand up comedy. Sing karaoke and quiz night.
I went to Panto with school every Christmas 🎄 I took my kids as well .
He,s behind you..😅😅😅😅
@@eamonnclabby7067 Yeah it was Jimmy Saville, I ran like bloody hell .
@@maxmoore9955 😊😆😆😆
I have between 5 and 10 cups of tea everyday , so I guess I must be in crisis , by the way the majority of people in wales and scotland hate being called brits , we are either welsh or scottish .
Our local authority can issue a fine if you leave your trash can at the kerbside outside of a certain time!
You do have to check out Piers Morgan vs Brett Lee. It does involve broken bones, but it was Piers'.......
Class is a massive thing in the UK, especially if you looking for good jobs, but there also a massive divide between the traditional rich south and poorer north/Scotland.
I never understood the queueing thing. Every Country tends to do it. The Japanese are great at it. Waiting in line or queueing is just common sense. The idea that if people break the queue then there is trouble is also not quite accurate. In England people pretend they haven't noticed it and pretend to look somewhere else. Until the person goes then we moan to each other about it.
It's the fairest way to do it, first come, first served.
In the very rare occasion I (UK) see a queue jumper - I bring them up on it. Even if it's not me they're jumping. Some things are sacrosanct.
@@shaggybaggums In Spain, apart from supermarkets and so on, you tend to loiter! Everyone knows Exactly where they are in the queue though, because when someone new shows up they ask 'Who is last?', If it is you, you say 'me,' so that person knows they follow you and so on. The staff have a pretty good idea too, and they tend to know the serving order. If you don't stake your claim you don't get served! I had a friend who was terrible at it, She would stand by the veg stall in the market with her money in her hot little paw, fixed grin on her face and hopeful look in her eye, while all around her people came, got served and went. She would be growling at me from behind the rictus grin 'Look at that! She has only just come and she has been served, yet they are ignoring me!' I would tell her every time 'That is because you are not in the queue! You have to stake your claim, loud and clear, and everyone knows where they are in the order then.' I love it when the new arrival asks 'Quien es ultima?' and a dozen heads turn and a dozen fingers point straight at you! It may look like they are just having a chat, or messing with their phone, or whatever, but they know Exactly what the position is! She never made hers clear, so she got dismissed as irrelevant. Lol .
LOL !So true !🤣
Fuck it I'm putting the kettle on!
thing is the weather hmm in no time you can have every type of weather there is so yes we do talk of it - being an island we get the lot -- remember fishing one side of the river with the blazing hot sun to only see snow the other side of the river
I think talking about weather is pretty much universal. The Spanish are similarly obsessed and it is always too hot, too cold, too windy etc.
Many years ago on my first visit to N/America I was like a kid in a sweet shop being so excited about sticking my snout into some crazy American dishes & trying various cuisines when I got there....But it broke my heart to find out , a USA 16oz TBone is the same as a UK 16oz TBone and tastes the same and Chinese food is Chinese food no matter where you go. I think the biggest shock to my system for the USA is staying in a lovely Motel out there and not finding a 25C bed that vibrates.... Damn !
"Chinese food is Chinese food no matter where you go". I've heard it's very different in China. (not westernised)
I'd say that India is even more class obsessed :)
Yep,the Hindu caste system.
We just keep the shite out of our food over here bro , no products harmful for human consumption, ,great vid Andy Morecambe England pal respect 👏 👍 🏴🇺🇲
Great video
pantomimes are great for kids. they love it
Wow you guys fry butter omg heart attack in a bite I would say but great video
heart attack in a bit is an apt description.
Watch Jim Davidson and Charlie Drake in panto o get some of the ideas about it lol
I expect panto would be illegal in some parts of the US now, what with all the cross dressing.
Ugh. It's insanity around here. Oh my God, they were doing raunchy stuff at the drag show where there were kids. Show is at a bar and is an all ages show. Kids can't drive, and are clearly there with the parent. It's like FFS use some common sense before you go being stupid. They're not seeking kids out for these shows, the parents are having the kids tag along.
G'day EB, how ya goin mate? Mate iv'e been watchin a few reaction vids lately, did i miss your reaction to James Blunt's Monsters? Or have i missed it somewhere along the line? 😊😊😊.
Fried butter. . .really? . .is it nice?
XXX - damn good shine Eh.
A scottish invention: The deep-fried mars bar.
Are bin/trash cans are now emptied every 3 weeks.
Ours weekly. We've got 2 that get empited every Friday
@@TheEclecticBeard. We have a general rubbish bin, a plastic/glass/food can bin and one bin for paper and cardboard.
One bin every 3 weeks gets emptied.
One week it’s the paper recycling bin, next week it will be the plastic/ glass bottle bin and the following week it will be the general waste bin.
One of our towns local councils tried this way in emptying the bins and it seemed to work for that town, so the government decided to roll out access England.
I can’t speak for Scotland or Wales.
you couldnt have panto in the usa, as it has drag artists in it
Drag shows have existed here for years.
@@TheEclecticBeard i meant in the current climate, i know they have, and at least 500 years in the ukbut these are drag shpows for children. some are even drag shows of bible stories for the children
i can imagine how well that would go dowen with some of the american right
I’m friends with people from all classes . Judging people on their class just shows you have no class yourself
OXOX ,hugs and kisses 😂
Flexing much with that bright shiny tablet sent from the god's in the background Alan? Lmao hope you and the family are doing ok buddy and as always PEACE!!!!!!
Yeah, thinking I may have to redo behind me again and stick it on the wall somewhere back there.
@@TheEclecticBeard awhhhh hell no Alan it should be front and centre dude it's 100% worthy of being shown off... Thank you for being such a cool dude and as always PEACE!!!!!!!
Ever increasingly short on clothes...........................AWESOME nice wording 👍
Love pantomime
IMHO, class obsession isn't really a thing anymore in the UK. You get brick layers earning £2,500 a week (according to the papers). Everyone is equal, especially down the pub.
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Add to that say FIRST when we are,clearly,3rd...
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Fried butter fuck me!!!! Sounds delicious, sarcasm there, however a full English breakfast IS delicious, by the way I'm from 🇬🇧👍
I used to love going down the pub with my mum and dad, brother and sister as kids. We'd go in the beer garden and my parents would have a few drinks and chat with the locals while us kids played on the grass or park if there was one and drink cartons of pop and eat crisps and a 10p mix (penny sweets in a little white bag) those were some of the best memories :D someone usually had a dog with them as well and we'd play with the dogs and go back to the table our mum and dad were at every so often to refill on pop and pinch a sip of their drinks or snacks. Was good times. There's a pub 3 minutes down my road now with a lovely beer garden and people are still doing the exact same things we did in the late 80s/early 90s which is nice 😊
god a mixed bag ! 1 am old and now have a son and i could of dropped dead a few years ago when I found out a mixed bag was now 50p lol
The Queen laying in State the most magnificent display of queuing
Tea is so important, most UK military armoured vehicles are equiped with a boiling vessel (BV) so the crew can make tea when they need to
I bet they pronounce BV as "bevvy" :)
yes and some APCs ( I'm thinking FV243 ) had 2
I drink around 14 cups of tea a day. the reason to put milk in first is, if you are using a bone china cup. as it can crack from having boiling water poured directly into it. where as you can pour boiling water straight into an earthenware cup or mug.
if an American try's mocking British food, I automatically know they have never been to the UK to try it. as we have more choice of food on our highstreets than the majority of the world, due to the cuisine that we brought back from the days of the Empire. the main reason Americans think our food is bland is because of the rationing in WWII. where the Americans stationed in the UK had their food imported from the States, so they wouldn't affect the British food shortages. so the Yanks would be eating steaks, while the Brits was eating mince and boiled potatoes,
I was astounded recently when a different channel with a man from the US learning about UK and Ireland said he'd never actually seen a curry, of any sort!! Let alone eaten one!
God, this list is soo f'ing boring, and makes Uk seem dry af🥱
I thought it was gonna be about taking over most of the world😂
It amuses me when Americans, who have never actually visited the UK, state our food is bland & terrible. How would they know if they haven't tasted it?
In the culinary world it is bland though. It's essentially meat and potatoes and gravy. Minimal spice.
Travel the world and see what's out there. Uk cuisine is low on the list.
@@kevtb874 You have obviously never travelled to this country or actually tasted our varied food. Most Britons have a passport so we travel all over the world - unlike the majority of Americans. Also, we can taste different cultures cuisine without leaving the country, as we have numerous restaurants set up here.
@@josiebridle1947 other culture's cuisine is not UK cuisine.
I'm from Ireland. I know what bog standard meat and potato meals are like. It's fine. When done right it's very nice. But it's no Italy or Greece or Mexico.
@@kevtb874 We do not only eat or cook bog standard meat & veg. meals. That's like me stating Ireland only eats potatoes. It's ridiculous.
@@josiebridle1947 it' s a stereotype based on a big chunk of truth
In a panto, the Principal Boy is usually a woman dressed as a man & the Principal Dame is usually a man in drag.
You say waiting in line but what you call the line then if not a queue?
I know waiting in line is a queue but here most folks just say waiting in line as I believe (especially folks under 30) can't even pronounce queue lol, much less spell it.
Good reaction Alan
Most of this is video is over hyped
As far as the weather conversation goes, the furthest you can be from the coast is approximately 70 miles so the weather can change very quickly here
If you are in a queue at the supermarket in the UK and you have only one or two items often people will offer you to go ahead of them. And sometimes people on the till will spot you have only one item and will call you through. 👍xxx🤣
Pantomime should be a worldwide thing, as it's a great way to introduce kids to theatre and is guaranteed to bring people enjoyment
I once told my girlfriend I loved her in a text. that should have been ok but her reply was " it would be nice if you put some ex's after " I love you". What she got back in reply was " I love you, Cath, Angela, Eva, Beth. " she was not impressed
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I once suggested to my friend that when he met his girlfriend off the train he should have some flowers. But, I talked him into getting a packet of plain flour and one of self-raising flour. It didn't go down well.
@@maxlothar9719 Red Dwarf reference 😅
@@maxlothar9719 Love it. that's my kind of humour
Swearing, think only the UK/Ireland/ Australia swear quite as much.
You wanna hear the Spanish! Everyone from toddlers barely able to talk to sweet faced old grannies and nuns. It is just that non Spanish speakers are blissfully unaware that the air is blue around them!
When we emigrated to OZ mum and dad complained about the tea as offered in cafe's and restaurants, as "water bewitched & tea begrudged" meaning it was too weak. I swear when mum made tea you could stir it with a teaspoon and come out with only the handle, it was that strong.
Even the police are trained to go and make a cup of tea in a person's kitchen if they're there to break bad news. If not, you still offer a cop in your house a cup of tea! Well, unless they're arresting you.
I am british and queuing is polite, I hate queuing, but you should wait for your turn like everyone else. If someone tries queue jumping, someone will say something and tell them to wait their turn like everybody else.
I see this so often in the pub - the busy staff will go serve someone and they'll say "No, they were before me (and point at whoever)". Lovely :)
I must be an exception to the rule as I don't drink tea. Coffee is my tipple ☕️
I'm a born & bred Brit - I was filling out a survey the other day and it asked about my hot drink choices - I realised I hadn't had a cup of tea for years - it's always coffee. We need to do something about this.
Pantomimes. Having read the news recently about what is happening in Florida, I would say that even though pantomimes are aimed at children, no theatre in Florida would put on a pantomime, because they involve men dressed as women and women dressed as boys which could be seen has a drag act. Since that could mean the theatre losing it's alcohol licence they just wouldn't risk it.
It talks about pantomimes but kept showing the Catherine Tate show 🤔😂
I've never chanted remember remember the 5th of November either 👀😆
This is the first time I've dared to watch one of your videos since my hubby died in January because he loved watching you, so I'm smiling & crying at the same time - initially, I looked over my shoulder to smile at Andy before remembering he's no longer with me!
I'm a proper tea-belly, I even offered the ambulance crew & funeral director on the day my hubby died 🤗
We never took our daughter to pubs, other than the likes of Harvesters, when we were going out for a family meal, but Andy doesn't drink, whereas I am partial to red wine 🍷
Dear Theresa,
I am sorry for your loss. It must be incredibly difficult with it being only weeks since the loss of your husband. Unfortunately, when going through such an unimaginable amount of grief, many people do not respond because they are concerned they do not know what to say. This, however, only increases the feelings of loneliness. I wanted to reach out and extend my sympathies to you. May God bless and comfort you.
Yeh you're not wrong there mate, no-one over there can criticise our food...👀👌🤷♂️😂😂💜
I think that guy needs to get out more. Most of those things are done in many other countries too
Pantomimes are normally for the kids, which is why they are likely to be "Fairy Tales" also the audience participation, again is for the kids as they love shouting out "he's behind you" time and again, there are plenty of other shows for the adults, but pantomimes are generally for kids. and the innuendos are normally so subtle that the adults get a laugh too.
I'm pretty sure that the rest of the world has a class divide, there will always be those that are Poor, those that are above the bread line and those that are rich, we just have a name for it, it's called Class.
In general I do not put an X on every single Text I send out, but it would depend on who i'm texting, but not all Brits stick a thousand X's on the bottom of our texts, so not sure why he's saying this is only the British that do that, because I'm sure we're not all doing that.
weather conversations, ok we've all done that, regardless of what country you were born, not a quintessentially British thing to do, just a conversation starter.
Queuing, I think goes back to war times, when people use to stand outside their local shop for opening times with their ration book in hand, just to get that half a pound of lard, or a pound of Banana's, because Banana's were sort after during the war, among other items of course, but we do queue, and we tend to do it with a little more patients then the rest of the world, Even our potatoes are very British because they queue (grow) in straight lines too. of course we are not the only ones that queue.
I'm not sure I would say that I'm "Passionate" about Bin day, but I do it because it's what's expected, plus they won't take your bin if you haven't sorted your recycling out first, so for those that think we're all celebrating on the day the bin man arrives, well we're not, we're not as "Passionate" as the guy in the video says.
Guy Fawkes, yes there are some Brits, that go all out and celebrate "fireworks night" on the 5th of November, but for those of us, that hate the fact that the fireworks start going off around Halloween in October and don't stop until the middle of November, which is bloody annoying, if you've got to work, have babies to put to sleep, have dogs that don't like the loud bangs or the constant barking from every dog in the neighbourhood, every 5 bloody minutes, it is slowly becoming the dreaded celebration that a lot of Brits wish would go back to being held on the 5th November only and not have to put up with fireworks for a month.
ahhhh, Tea,,,,,,, well what can I say, I'm British and as I sit here writing this, I do have a nice cuppa-tea next to me, it's doesn't cure all, but it's certainly the best way to start a conversation with someone, "Don't feel well, I'll make the tea" "want a chin wag, (chat) I'll put the kettle on" "waiting for someone to arrive, I'll get the cups out and we'll have a nice cuppa while you wait" it doesn't cure anything, but hell the discussion that are had over a nice cup of tea and maybe a few dunk-able biscuits can cure all sorts of problems. when my mother passed, instead of toasting her life with a glass of wine, We all had a cup of tea, because my mother was what we call a "teaholic"
Brits love a nice pint of anything, he makes us sound like Alcoholics, not all Brits drink until we can't walk, and some of us don't drink at all, and just like tea we all have our preference, not sure this is a Brit thing though, we just do it better, except maybe the Irish and the Scottish, damn now they can really drink.
Yes we have Biscuits, Lots of them with different names, we don't just label anything that is biscuit consistency and call it a "cookie" a Cookie to a Brit is a specific type of biscuit, the word Cookie to us in not universal to all types of biscuits.
Brits aren't fussy, when it comes to food, if we like it, then hell yeah we'll adopt it into our culture, it doesn't matter if it's french, Indian, Chinese, Tai, it doesn't matter as long as it tastes good. Not sure why the rest of the world would take the piss out of our food or what we call it, especially when in America they can't even get real chocolate, and there's nothing like a chocolate Bar, and not Hershey's, which tastes nothing like the chocolate we Brits enjoy.
Again not really sure what in this video is Wholly a British normal, I'm sure a lot of people have a preference, depending on what part of the world you were born, what state you were born in etc, I'm sure that in America, the different States, people do things different to what they would to in the next state over.
the Title of the Video "Top ten things Brits do that think it's normal" well, it is normal for us, drinking Tea is normal, most of us have Parents, Grand parents and even great grand parents that were all brought up drinking tea, so it's whats passed down to the next generation, but that could be said for everyone no matter where you live or where you were born in the world. So, "what is normal" and why make us feel like we are abnormal just because our culture is different.
Just my opinion, you are entitled to your own, even if it differs from mine, and If you've read this far, I thank you for your time.
Not a tea fan but the rest is true, love from Scotland x
I'm having a tea while watching this😂
Virtual cuppa to you sir...Taylor's Yorkshire tea...with a drinkable Biscuit 😅😅😅😅...
Panto time - I always loved taking the kids when they were young. Didn't matter if it was AmDram or had celebs.
Was even more fun one year when we got roped in with the local AmDram society for a weeks performance of a panto.
I played a villager in the chorus during the show and had a quick change at interval to come in as 1 of 3 clowns. Very quick costume and make-up change all done by ourselves.
1 performance every weeknight over the week, and 2 performances on the Saturday.
I read that as "Amdam" and thought "what's this got to do with Amsterdam - they don't do panto?" My bad, sorry.
Oh no you didn’t
Hey EB, with regards to the class thing, the best explanation of the british class system was done by John cleese and the two ronnies back in the sixties just search John Cleese, Ronnie Barker class it's black and white but it is, how it was..............
I've reacted to it. I commented on how dead on it was with how each class saw the other.
You appear to be searching for something in your beard?
Loose all kinds of things in there. Probably looking for a wrapped sweet cake I stored in there last week.
The queuing thing probably comes from the war years and rationing, people had to queue up and maintain a semblance of order, or chaos would ensue.
America has pantomime, it's called WWE.
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Class in the UK is very different to US, and not necessarily anything to do with how much money you have. Trump is rich but has no class. If you are working class in the UK, you will always be working class, even if you win £100M. It’s about breeding, education, etc.
Remember, remember,the 5th of November,light up the sky, with standard fire works, (standard) being the company that made them, ,. I live in Scotland and I've never ever seen a deep fryer mars bar, nor do I know anyone who's eaten one, although my late mother used to fry scones with Sunday breakfast , normally what we call a " fry up," , I believe the more cultured among us call it a "mixed grill" , bacon,eggs,black pudding, sausage,beans, tomato and mushrooms, also am I the only one that's noticed that Americans,. Say "ask" differently from the Brits, . Happy healthy peace.
Sometimes during Bonfire Night in the Midlands and the North. They eat Ginger Parkins cake and Bonfire Toffees. They are molasses boiled candy.
Until a few years ago until a few years ago it was illegal for anyone under 14 to enter a pub. Then a 14 year old could only enter with their parents and could not have alcohol. Nowadays most pubs do food so that’s why you see kids in pubs.
us brits have make some bloody great public information videos and one of the best is " Vinnie Jones, Hands only CPR" from the British heart Foundation. I hope you can find it on UA-cam and react to it,
It helped mr to save my wife's life when she collapsed from a cardiac arrest.
Personally for me when sick I would go for something like ribena though prob a different brand blackcurrant and mix with hot water instead of cold.
It basically ends up being a liquid lozenger, similar idea to lemzip for fellow UK people but without the actual medication. So no worries on how much you have and cheaper to to buy a bottle of blackcurrant etc and some tablets than lemsip these days.
Tea was not a thing for many of us years ago, I miss the old electric percolators that use to go 'glug glug' and smell the kitchen out with coffee, and economical too, now you cannot seem to buy these anymore in the UK ,just those fancy coffee machines with expensive pods you have to keep buying.However most brits were/are happy with instant coffee which our euro neighbors use to look down on us for LOL.
Hi I'm back and a little more sober :) this time I'm commenting on the tea comment as a cure all. with a bit of joking that is more an English thing. In Scotland we tend to go for Irn bru . especially as a hangover cure. there are lots of videos on here about irn bru and its medical properties for what you guys around the world will just call a soda /pop etc but in all reaction videos, nobody has really explained the flavour properly. the recipe is also secret. so is coca cola but in UK (especially Scotland) more Irn bru is drank than coke and that includes colas made by other brands.
Just a guy from the Netherlands, maybe also check out our thinks, geografie now, not just bikes and some other channels. We are quite a country in the word😮😊
I got thrown out of a Pavarotti concert once. Seemingly he doesn't like you singing along. Who knew??.
The usa does have pantomime, it's athletic pantomime called Pro wrestling, wwe.
Fried BUTTER 😲 Well I've learned something today.🤢
There are quite a few American stars who love doing Panto including Henry Winkler.
I dont know who that female chef is that uses butter but I remember that she was in an amazing South Park episode and I think she used butter. I love that show
the kids i pubs thing has rules. the pub must be serving food and the kids are eating. You simply get a round under age people in the bar by ordering a chips and a selection of dips.
My bins get pick up on Monday twice a month, that's rubbish, and recycling
When I made extra strong tea for a lady friend I would say "here, drink this it will put hair on your chest".
Since moving to the USa more than 10 years ago I have seen more queues then I did in all my years in Scotland.
Don drink tea. Never have, never will. Vile tasting stuff, Coffee all day long
Have a watch of Jim Davison 'sinderella' adult pantomime 😂
Hi Alan, thank you for the fried butter comment, that is pure gold 🤣👌