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Stand at any bus-stop in Britain for one minute and a complete stranger will turn and say 'Cold Innit?' Added by 'Bus is late again innit'?

By the time the bus comes, the stranger has told you all about their ingrowing toe-nail and the fact that they had to wait 30 mins to see a doctor.

I myself, love the Turkish oulook on life where everyday is a new day with new joys to be found.

Why do we do it????? Can't we have a British no-moaning day?

we have been like it since the labour party came to power

Its probably the weather.

el guapo;1132432 wrote: we have been like it since the labour party came to power


Untrue, my little tree frog...... Politically, the misery started under the Conservative Thatcher regime but seriously,

We are not at war

we have a generous benifit system if your out of work

we have free health care..... no-one is turned away

our government is not really that bad in comparision to say Mugabe

we are a free country that does not discriminate against race or colour

we are not open to draught, famine and disease

etc etc etc

Yet, everywhere i go..... people are moaning. Stand in the supermarket for 10 mins and you'll hear people moaning that the checkout queue is too long.

Galbally;1132440 wrote: Its probably the weather.


Oh yeah..... all those floods that never happened. Anyway, who rattled your cage Irish person :wah:

oscar;1132426 wrote: Stand at any bus-stop in Britain for one minute and a complete stranger will turn and say 'Cold Innit?' Added by 'Bus is late again innit'?

By the time the bus comes, the stranger has told you all about their ingrowing toe-nail and the fact that they had to wait 30 mins to see a doctor.

I myself, love the Turkish oulook on life where everyday is a new day with new joys to be found.

Why do we do it????? Can't we have a British no-moaning day?


I love your idea of a no-moaning day. We could use it here in the States too.

Went to pick my car up from the garage today as I was having a little problem, cost of the little problem £1200!

I dyed my hair last night, My usual colour and it came out a little different, My hair is now ginger.

I have a banging headache, probably from the bubbleshooter in the arcade.



oscar;1132426 wrote: Stand at any bus-stop in Britain for one minute and a complete stranger will turn and say 'Cold Innit?' Added by 'Bus is late again innit'?

By the time the bus comes, the stranger has told you all about their ingrowing toe-nail and the fact that they had to wait 30 mins to see a doctor.



I myself, love the Turkish oulook on life where everyday is a new day with new joys to be found.



Why do we do it????? Can't we have a British no-moaning day?No.

Untrue, my little tree frog...... Politically, the misery started under the Conservative Thatcher regime but seriously,

We are not at war. Erm, yes you are, in Afganistan and Iraq.

we have a generous benifit system if your out of work. Its not that generous.

we have free health care..... no-one is turned away. Your health system is a lot better than people realize, much better than ours, I agree with you on that.

our government is not really that bad in comparision to say Mugabe. No, that's true, but you should compare yourself to the best not the worst, thats like saying, "well our police are better than in El Salvador" not exactly a great benchmark.

we are a free country that does not discriminate against race or colour. Unless your a Catholic, and you want to marry someone in the Royal Family of course.

we are not open to draught, famine and disease. Not yet, give it 20 years.

etc etc etc

Yet, everywhere i go..... people are moaning. Stand in the supermarket for 10 mins and you'll hear people moaning that the checkout queue is too long.

In general your right though, we (in the West) are lucky, we don't know how lucky we are, unfortunately I think our luck may be running out, so don't worry, you will have lots to complain about in the coming years, real things.

oscar;1132426 wrote: Stand at any bus-stop in Britain for one minute and a complete stranger will turn and say 'Cold Innit?' Added by 'Bus is late again innit'?

By the time the bus comes, the stranger has told you all about their ingrowing toe-nail and the fact that they had to wait 30 mins to see a doctor.

I myself, love the Turkish oulook on life where everyday is a new day with new joys to be found.

Why do we do it????? Can't we have a British no-moaning day?


It's probably all due to that "Stiff Upper Lip" you guys are supposed to keep.:wah:

Galbally;1132450 wrote: Untrue, my little tree frog...... Politically, the misery started under the Conservative Thatcher regime but seriously,

We are not at war. Erm, yes you are, in Afganistan and Iraq.

we have a generous benifit system if your out of work. Its not that generous.

we have free health care..... no-one is turned away. Your health system is a lot better than people realize, much better than ours, I agree with you on that.

our government is not really that bad in comparision to say Mugabe. No, that's true, but you should compare yourself to the best not the worst, thats like saying, "well our police are better than in El Salvador" not exactly a great benchmark.

we are a free country that does not discriminate against race or colour. Unless your a Catholic, and you want to marry someone in the Royal Family of course.

we are not open to draught, famine and disease. Not yet, give it 20 years.

etc etc etc

Yet, everywhere i go..... people are moaning. Stand in the supermarket for 10 mins and you'll hear people moaning that the checkout queue is too long.

In general your right though, we are lucky, we don't know how lucky we are, unfortunately I think our luck may be running out, so don't worry, you will have lots to complain about in the coming years, real things.


There we go folks........another moaning Brit :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

oscar;1132445 wrote: Oh yeah..... all those floods that never happened. Anyway, who rattled your cage Irish person :wah:


My government did, the bunch of idiots that they are.

oscar;1132453 wrote: There we go folks........another moaning Brit :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl


Bloody home counties whelk thrower. :rolleyes:

Lon;1132451 wrote: It's probably all due to that "Stiff Upper Lip" you guys are supposed to keep.:wah:


The 'Stiff upper lip', Lon, is the attitude of how ever bad things are..... there are worse off than yourself and do not complain even when your legs falling off.

oscar;1132442 wrote: Untrue, my little tree frog...... Politically, the misery started under the Conservative Thatcher regime but seriously,

We are not at warof iraq is not going on

we have a generous benifit system if your out of work unless ya self employed

we have free health care..... no-one is turned away ok ya got one there

our government is not really that bad in comparision to say Mugabe compared to hitler he is a ***** cat

we are a free country that does not discriminate against race or colour apart from gypsys

we are not open to draught, famine and disease but we do flood

etc etc etc

Yet, everywhere i go..... people are moaning. Stand in the supermarket for 10 mins and you'll hear people moaning that the checkout queue is too long.


cos we have the right too

Galbally;1132456 wrote: Bloody home counties whelk thrower. :rolleyes:


I have told you before Irish person....... i have never thrown a whelk anywhere in my life. Under new labour, i voted for the rights of british whelks against the genocide from limpets and muscles. :p

oscar;1132457 wrote: The 'Stiff upper lip', Lon, is the attitude of how ever bad things are..... there are worse off than yourself and do not complain even when your legs falling off.


My favorite example of a taciturn Brit of the old school was the Cavalry Captain, who had his leg shot off by a canon during the Pennisular War or some such occurrence. After the shot had taken his leg off, one of his fellow officers turned to him and was heard to remark.

"By god sir, I think they have blow your leg off"

Whereupon he replied.

"By god sir, so they have".

He then proceeded to fire his one-shot pistol at the men manning the canon.

Brilliant, thats the spirit that made Britain great. :wah:

oscar;1132460 wrote: I have told you before Irish person....... i have never thrown a whelk anywhere in my life. Under new labour, i voted for the rights of british whelks against the genocide from limpets and muscles. :p


Indeed, I stand corrected madam.

el guapo;1132459 wrote: cos we have the right too Don't you dare go agreeing with that Irish person.

Anyway, Iraq is not our war..... George Bush started it :sneaky::sneaky::sneaky:

Galbally;1132463 wrote: My favorite example of a taciturn Brit of the old school was the Cavalry Captain, who had his leg shot off by a canon during the Pennisular War or some such occurrence. After the shot had taken his leg off, one of his fellow officers turned to him and was heard to remark.

"By god sir, I think they have blow your leg off"

Whereupon he replied.

"By god sir, so they have".

He then proceeded to fire his one-shot pistol at the men manning the canon.

Brilliant, thats the spirit that made Britain great. :wah:


That's the spirit old chap. It got us through Dunkirk and it'll get us through a bit of flooding and a sprinkling of snow.

oscar;1132466 wrote: Don't you dare go agreeing with that Irish person.

Anyway, Iraq is not our war..... George Bush started it :sneaky::sneaky::sneaky:


Ooh, its all "Georgie made us do it" now, oh well, perfidious Albion eh?

oscar;1132467 wrote: That's the spirit old chap. It got us through Dunkirk and it'll get us through a bit of flooding and a sprinkling of snow.


Damn right it will, so stop blubbing like girls about Lady Di, the snow, the poor foxes, Cheryl Cole's haircut, and all that other rubbish.

Things are getting serious, you need a bit of stiff upper lip back, quick.

So get your tin hats on, and get going. :guitarist

Galbally;1132468 wrote: Ooh, its all "Georgie made us do it" now, oh well, perfidious Albion eh?


Absolutely correct:

YouTube - Tony Blair and George Bush - It Wasn't Me

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

oscar;1132471 wrote: Absolutely correct:

YouTube - Tony Blair and George Bush - It Wasn't Me

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl


Nice one. Your dead right as well. That's exactly what we'd do as well, blame it on the Yanks, and sneak away when no one is looking. Hehehe. :yh_rotfl

oscar;1132457 wrote: The 'Stiff upper lip', Lon, is the attitude of how ever bad things are..... there are worse off than yourself and do not complain even when your legs falling off.


I know, but having to keep a "stiff upper lip" all the time would make anyone have to complain a lot, not so?:wah:

On the other hand, keeping other body parts stiff could give one a completely positive attitude.

Galbally;1132470 wrote: Damn right it will, so stop blubbing like girls about Lady Di, the snow, the poor foxes, Cheryl Cole's haircut, and all that other rubbish.

Things are getting serious, you need a bit of stiff upper lip back, quick.

So get your tin hats on, and get going. :guitarist


I couldn't give a monkey's elbow about Lady Di, Cheryl Cole and all that rubbish although i am a little concerned about Chelsea now they have sacked Scolari.

I fought long and hard to make my poor foxes a protected species so they are worth worrying about.

Lon;1132474 wrote: I know, but having to keep a "stiff upper lip" all the time would make anyone have to complain a lot, not so?:wah:

On the other hand, keeping other body parts stiff could give one a completely positive attitude.


We've got clinics here that can help with that :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

oscar;1132477 wrote: I couldn't give a monkey's elbow about Lady Di, Cheryl Cole and all that rubbish although i am a little concerned about Chelsea now they have sacked Scolari.

I fought long and hard to make my poor foxes a protected species so they are worth worrying about.


Personally I couldn't give a monkey's about foxes, they are just pests, but that's just me. I also dislike sheep, baby cows, geese, and bloody pidgeons.

Your right about Scolari, that was a bad move, they didn't even give the man 8 months, a ridiculous decision. Still, things are looking good for the Villa, so its not all bad.

How right you are...I'm going for lunch with 2 old friends I love dearly.....BUT.....the whole time will be spent by them whingeing about their 'ailments', family etc.



Whingeing is a national pastime I fear. Perhaps the spring and some warmer sunny weather will lift everyone's spirits. :-6:-6

Bez;1132486 wrote: How right you are...I'm going for lunch with 2 old friends I love dearly.....BUT.....the whole time will be spent by them whingeing about their 'ailments', family etc.



Whingeing is a national pastime I fear. Perhaps the spring and some warmer sunny weather will lift everyone's spirits. :-6:-6


You can't be a moaner Bez..... your from West Sussex where i come from and we never moan :wah: I know what you mean though..... even people we care about do it.

Galbally;1132483 wrote: Personally I couldn't give a monkey's about foxes, they are just pests, but that's just me. I also dislike sheep, baby cows, geese, and bloody pidgeons.

Your right about Scolari, that was a bad move, they didn't even give the man 8 months, a ridiculous decision. Still, things are looking good for the Villa, so its not all bad.


Very very bad decision about old Phil but Chelsea arn't out yet :p:p

I have a pack of foxes come to my garden every night and i've been feeding them for years. We named the alpha pack leader 'Clarkson'. Then, your a Villa fan so what can we expect eh? :p:p

Cold innit? :yh_rotfl

Kindle;1132446 wrote: I love your idea of a no-moaning day. We could use it here in the States too.


On reflection, how about we have one moaning day where we can all moan as much as we like and then we're banned from moaning for the rest of the year?

Any-one caught moaning will be arrested.

oscar;1132426 wrote: Stand at any bus-stop in Britain for one minute and a complete stranger will turn and say 'Cold Innit?' Added by 'Bus is late again innit'?

By the time the bus comes, the stranger has told you all about their ingrowing toe-nail and the fact that they had to wait 30 mins to see a doctor.

I myself, love the Turkish oulook on life where everyday is a new day with new joys to be found.

Why do we do it????? Can't we have a British no-moaning day?


maybe you just attract the type that like to moan. Try these stock responses.

I'm sorry but you are confusing me with someone that gives a ****.

I'm glad you feel able to express your opinion and i wish you every success in finding someone that is actually interested in it (good one for the mother in law-just be ready to run)

SO!

If life gets you down remember what the alternative is.

I hear Essex girls like to moan a lot but in a nice way:-3

gmc;1132940 wrote: maybe you just attract the type that like to moan. Try these stock responses.

I'm sorry but you are confusing me with someone that gives a ****.I'm glad you feel able to express your opinion and i wish you every success in finding someone that is actually interested in it (good one for the mother in law-just be ready to run)

SO!

If life gets you down remember what the alternative is.

I hear Essex girls like to moan a lot but in a nice way:-3


That is my favourite expression and i do use that one a lot.

There is a neighbour of mine and Pete and i hide from her. We have a field outside the house which is a magnet for dog walkers. Most of them, we know and we give a cheery wave as they pass our house but Pete and i flee when we spot this woman coming up the lane.

Her conversation always starts off 'Have you heard what's happened?' Oh god, it's awful....... people like her should be arrested for being a pain in the arsse to the public.

I hope Carolly doesn't see what you said about Essex girls :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

gmc;1132940 wrote: maybe you just attract the type that like to moan. Try these stock responses.

I'm sorry but you are confusing me with someone that gives a ****.

I'm glad you feel able to express your opinion and i wish you every success in finding someone that is actually interested in it (good one for the mother in law-just be ready to run)

SO!

If life gets you down remember what the alternative is.

I hear Essex girls like to moan a lot but in a nice way:-3But of course;):D:guitarist

My initial thought was of iconic British comedian Eric Idle.

From the "Argument Clinic" sketch :

You want to complain! Look at these shoes. I've only had them three weeks and the heels are worn right through. If you complain nothing happens, you might as well not bother.

Oh, my back hurts, it's not a very fine day and I'm sick and tired of this office...




And, from the "Travel Agent" sketch :

I mean what's the point of being treated like a sheep, I mean I'm fed up with going abroad and being treated like a sheep, what's the point of being carted around in buses surrounded by sweaty mindless oafs from Kettering and Boventry in their cloth caps and their cardigans and their transistor radios and their 'Sunday Mirrors', complaining about the tea, 'Oh they don't make it properly here do they not like at home' stopping at Majorcan bodegas, selling fish and chips and Watney's Red Barrel and calamares and two veg and sitting in cotton sun frocks squirting Timothy White's suncream all over their puffy raw swollen purulent flesh cos they 'overdid it on the first day'! ...And being herded into endless Hotel Miramars and Bellvueses and Bontinentals with their international luxury modern roomettes and their Watney's Red Barrel and their swimming pools full of fat German businessmen pretending they're acrobats and forming pyramids and frightening the children and barging in to the queues and if you're not at your table spot on seven you miss your bowl of Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup, the first item on the menu of International Cuisine, and every Thursday night there's a bloody cabaret in the bar featuring some tiny emaciated dago with nine-inch hips and some big fat bloated tart with her hair brylcreemed down and a big arse presenting Flamenco for Foreigners...And then some adenoidal typists from Birmingham with diarrhoea and flabby white legs and hairy bandy-legged wop waiters called Manuel, and then, once a week there's an excursion to the local Roman ruins where you can buy cherryade and melted ice cream and bleedin' Watney's Red Barrel, and one night they take you to a local restaurant with local colour and colouring and they show you there and you sit next to a party of people from Rhyl who keeps singing 'Torremolinos, Torremolinos' and complaining about the food - 'Oh! It's so greasy isn't it?' and then you get cornered by some drunken greengrocer from Luton with an Instamatic and Dr Scholl sandals and last Tuesday's 'Daily Express' and he drones on and on and on about how Mr. Smith should be running this country and how many languages Enoch Powell can speak and then he throws up all over the Cuba Libres. ..And sending tinted postcards of places they don't know they haven't even visited, 'to all at number 22, weather wonderful, our room is marked with an "X". Wish you were here.Food very greasy but we have managed to find this marvellous little place hidden away in the back streets where you can even get Watney's Red Barrel and cheese and onion crisps and the accordionist plays "Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner"' and spending four days on the tarmac at Luton airport on a five-day package tour with nothing to eat but dried Watney's sandwhiches.... and there's nowhere to sleep and the kids are vomitting and throwing up on the plastic flowers and they keep telling you it'll only be another hour although your plane is still in Iceland waiting to take some Swedes to Yugoslavia before it can pick you up on the tarmac at 3 a.m. in the bloody morning and you sit on the tarmac till six because of 'unforeseen difficulties'. i.e. the permanent strike of Air Traffic Control in Paris, and nobody can go to the lavatory until you take off at eight, and when you get to Malaga airport everybody's swallowing Enterovioform tablets and queuing for the toilets and when you finally get to the hotel, there's no water in the taps, there's no water in the pool, there's no water in the bog and there's a bleeding lizard in the bidet, and half the rooms are double-booked and you can't sleep anyway...


:yh_rotfl

Richard Bell;1133256 wrote: My initial thought was of iconic British comedian Eric Idle.

From the "Argument Clinic" sketch :



And, from the "Travel Agent" sketch :



:yh_rotfl


That is just tooooo wonderful :yh_rotfl

The frightening thing is you meet people like that every day in Britain. :wah: