Only in Britain
Posted by ePlus on 16 November, 2006 at 22:06 pmI had received this in an email and I thought why not to post this on my blog instead of writing a rant about some of the stuff below:
And the most British thing of all? Suspicion of anything foreign.
Oh and……
Only in Britain … Can a pizza 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 lock our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage.
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.
NOT TO MENTION…
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 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 eight Brits cracked their skull whilst throwing up into the toilet.
I have to take a piss in the dark because I am NOT allowed to change the bulb? A qualified person has to be called in (an electrician) to change the bulb, because of H&S rules and regulations no one in the store can change it. 
From the moment that I go to my boss “Where are the spare bulbs so that I can replace the one in the toilet as I can’t see where I am aiming at?” - then it would seem logical that if anything *happens* to me while I change the bulb, e.g. fall over, electrocute myself or whatever, then it is all at my own risk. 
