You know you're British when...

nishantvshah
By nishantvshah

You believe that Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday are all good nights for drinking. Sunday is also entirely reasonable.

After a big night out you find yourself looking for a curry house.

Coming to work with a hangover is entirely accepted and indeed expected at least once a week.

You're always half an hour late to work and no one notices or even cares.

You can actually give directions to tourists on Oxford Street!

You step over a drunk on the underground rather than offering to help them.

You don't even bother looking out of the window when you get up in the morning to check what the weather is like. You know it is grey and overcast.

You consider a suit to be normal attire for the pub.

You expect men to actually cut, comb and style their hair (using hair products). And to wear decent clothes and moisturize daily.

You collapse with laughter when listening to the funny accent of the Aussie international telephone operator (or on TV!).

You think £40 for a haircut is quite reasonable.

You can't remember what 'customer service' means.

More than three hours sunlight on summer days seems excessive.

You don't think twice about tipping your hairdresser

You finish every sentence with 'Cheers' or 'Yeah'.

You only realise you have lost your sun glasses when you remember you left them in Greece 2 summers ago.

You like English cooking. After all, it's hard to beat a full English breakfast.

You are on to your 6th umbrella and your second overcoat... this year.

You buy disposable baby BBQs from Tesco.

A day at the beach means wearing the warmest clothes you own while standing on golf ball-size pebbles and the thought of swimming doesn't even enter your head.

You always call soccer "football" and you support a team that's not Manchester United.

You don't think twice about buying a sandwich wrapped in cellophane.

A sunny lunchtime means searching for a patch of grass and stripping off practically down to your underwear.

You've accepted queuing as a way of life. In fact you're proud of how good you are at it.

By EXLegend• 22 Jul 2010 10:55
EXLegend

you know you are a brit when you wake up with a heavy head, bad breath, rubber still on the tube and realize its not your bedroom :DDD

By deepb• 22 Jul 2010 10:54
deepb

Way too punctual. Scary punctual even.

By gkramer• 22 Jul 2010 10:49
gkramer

I kinda agree to that, Brits are punctual.

By anonymous• 22 Jul 2010 10:39
anonymous

Hi cheekylady, britexpat,

This tread is not about English, it is about British.

The scottish use Cheers.

I totally disagree with the below statement.

""You're always half an hour late to work and no one notices or even cares""

British are the best being on time and leaving on time, which is the right way.

By soniya• 21 Jul 2010 18:07
soniya

Ok..Some of our british friends didn't like this thread, it seems..

By gkramer• 21 Jul 2010 14:56
gkramer

Brits are always disoriented :o)

By cheekylady• 21 Jul 2010 14:48
cheekylady

right side is the wrong side! ;o)

By cheekylady• 21 Jul 2010 14:46
cheekylady

maybe it's just a Cape Town thing ;o) my husband (Cape Townian) and all his mates bk home really do end almost every sentence with 'cheers'.... or maybe a guy thing ha ha

By deepb• 21 Jul 2010 14:26
deepb

I got so emotional when people were ignoring you and posted hyderabadi thread for you rizks. You didn't even say thank you. beri bad.

By afrinnabees• 21 Jul 2010 14:26
afrinnabees

nope deep i never cry...and its very hard..for pepole to make me cry..but its truth tat i get tensed up soon but not emotional........

By Rizks• 21 Jul 2010 14:13
Rizks

Cried ?

ohhhh...why people get so emotional here ? :(

By deepb• 21 Jul 2010 14:11
deepb

Because they pokey poor kiddo and she got all upset and cried :P

By britexpat• 21 Jul 2010 14:09
britexpat

I thought "Cheers" were something South Africans sat on ....

By Rizks• 21 Jul 2010 14:09
Rizks

deepb mere laal...:)

why 2 poke ur head or ur middle leg in wat some others do ?

by the way, i really dont know wat happend and who threated to my priend Pajju...but my policy is

"Majaa karo Life me...Tensions rakho Knife pe....:)

By _noms_• 21 Jul 2010 14:08
_noms_

...& another one?? uff!

By gkramer• 21 Jul 2010 14:08
gkramer

Right side is the right side :o)

By nishantvshah• 21 Jul 2010 14:07
nishantvshah

lolz rizks... and to all my brit friends, i just happened to stumble upon a page which i ctrl_c'd and ctrl + v'd :)

By afrinnabees• 21 Jul 2010 14:07
afrinnabees

rizks i am waiting for ur reply in gujju thread..........

By deepb• 21 Jul 2010 14:07
deepb

No gkramer, that one is for the Americans :P

By Xena• 21 Jul 2010 14:07
Xena

sentence with the word Cheers....

We use cheers only for toasting... Three cheers for ..... or Cheers mate (when clinking glasses)

or if we are saying goodbye...

As in "Cheers.... see you guys soon"

By britexpat• 21 Jul 2010 14:07
britexpat

The right side is the wrong side and the left side is the right side ... If you see what I mean... :o)

By Rizks• 21 Jul 2010 14:06
Rizks

ohh la la ...:)

By deepb• 21 Jul 2010 14:06
deepb

Rizks, but it matters so much for some others who were threatening pajju with re-election for group admin even lol.

By gkramer• 21 Jul 2010 14:05
gkramer

You know you are British if you drive on the wrong side of the road ;)

By afrinnabees• 21 Jul 2010 14:04
afrinnabees

i never give serious comments to you rizks.....infact i really lub reading ur comments......

By afrinnabees• 21 Jul 2010 14:03
afrinnabees

Deep..dont u know i neither belong to India i from interior part of unknown island in this world.......

By Rizks• 21 Jul 2010 14:02
Rizks

afrin dont get serious munni...i was just kidding !!

deepb, it really doesnt matter who belongs to which group ? afterall we all QL members are one big damn Group...:)

cheerz mate

By deepb• 21 Jul 2010 13:59
deepb

But rizks, didn't you read other thread before it got deleted? Afrin is fake Mallu + Tamil so she does not belong in Kairali group :P Maybe you can accept her in Hyderabadi group ? :)

By afrinnabees• 21 Jul 2010 13:59
afrinnabees

my dear rizks..i am not blind..my vion is clear..i was just telling colt to change the style as all others have followed him and created same kind of threads........

By Rizks• 21 Jul 2010 13:57
Rizks

Poor afrin got blind....:(

Can any mallu's hit Afrin's head with a Coconut ?:)

By Pajju• 21 Jul 2010 13:56
Pajju

afrin this thread by nishant not colt

By afrinnabees• 21 Jul 2010 13:54
afrinnabees

now these kind of threads are really out of Fashion Colt pls..introduce a new fashion so tats followed ........

By deepb• 21 Jul 2010 13:51
deepb

I disagree, majority of them end a conversation with cheers :P

By cheekylady• 21 Jul 2010 13:34
cheekylady

You got some of it totally wrong, nishan!

we don't end every sentense with 'cheers'... South Africans do! ;o)

and I agree with baldrick....

we call it football, because this is what it is!!!!!! not soccer! arrrggghhh ;o)

By britexpat• 21 Jul 2010 13:32
britexpat

"You step over a drunk on the underground rather than offering to help them."

** Not True.. Look at all the people around the world we've helped :O) **

You know you're British when you can laugh at jokes yourself.

You know you're British when you regard a Pint of Bitter and a packet of Crisps as a meal out.

You know you're British if you think Muffin the Mule is a sexual offence.

By baldrick2dogs• 21 Jul 2010 13:11
baldrick2dogs

OK, let's see. As a Brit:

You believe that Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday are all good nights for drinking. Sunday is also entirely reasonable.

*** Yep, nothing wrong with that!

After a big night out you find yourself looking for a curry house.

*** Yep, nothing wrong with that!

Coming to work with a hangover is entirely accepted and indeed expected at least once a week.

*** Not true at all

You're always half an hour late to work and no one notices or even cares.

*** Not true at all

You can actually give directions to tourists on Oxford Street!

*** Nope, not all Brit's live in London

You don't even bother looking out of the window when you get up in the morning to check what the weather is like. You know it is grey and overcast.

*** true, that's why I'm here

You consider a suit to be normal attire for the pub.

*** Not true at all

You expect men to actually cut, comb and style their hair (using hair products). And to wear decent clothes and moisturize daily.

*** Not true at all

You collapse with laughter when listening to the funny accent of the Aussie international telephone operator (or on TV!).

*** Nope, but I find it amusing that Americans think we sound alike

You think £40 for a haircut is quite reasonable.

*** Not true at all - QR15 is OK though

You can't remember what 'customer service' means.

*** Not true at all - much better than here!!!

You finish every sentence with 'Cheers' or 'Yeah'.

*** Who the $%^& wrote this cr a p

You like English cooking. After all, it's hard to beat a full English breakfast.

*** Too right ;o)

You always call soccer "football" and you support a team that's not Manchester United.

*** We call it football cos that's what it is! only sissy Americans call it Soccer. And I DO support Man U :o)

You've accepted queuing as a way of life. In fact you're proud of how good you are at it.

*** That's cos the rest of the world has no manners!!!!!

By gudone• 21 Jul 2010 13:09
gudone

naaaaaah... not anymore of ths.. fed up

By deepb• 21 Jul 2010 13:06
deepb

lol @ the brits being experts in queuing part :P

By Colt45• 21 Jul 2010 13:04
Colt45

here

http://qatarliving.com/node/1193279

By nishantvshah• 21 Jul 2010 13:04
nishantvshah

agreed guys... i guess today has become a you know you're a day...

i just thought ill share something i found :)

By kuquels• 21 Jul 2010 13:03
kuquels

its not funny anymore

By FlyingAce• 21 Jul 2010 13:02
FlyingAce

What is happening, where is ( When you r pakistani ) thread...

By FlyingAce• 21 Jul 2010 13:02
FlyingAce

What is happening, where is ( When you r pakistani ) thread...

By Visper• 21 Jul 2010 12:57
Visper

TFS..

But I'm getting tired of this You Know Your Alien thing..

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