How many UK forumites here?

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congrats

Christian
currently cambridge
but starting at the UEA (norwich) on saturday



"I'm tryin hard 2 breathe now, but theres no air in my lungs, theres no1 here 2 talk 2, n the pain inside is makin me feel numb"

will ascot (and its not posh before anyone comments on it)

i study at sheffield hallam uni, I'm from wales

currently doing an internship in the usa with a few manchester students...

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Does it count that I wish I was in the UK?
Seriously, where else in the world is the word prat used ona daily basis?
And...you guys have claim on soccer...oops football, harry potter, and other great things

COOL BRITISH THINGS TO MAKE YOU ALL JEALOUS:

Tea
Marmite
Yorkshire
Bowler hats
We get to be bad guys in Jackie Chan movies
The following words are used regularly: prat, crap, bollocks, wanker, pram
Flashlights are called torches
ColoUr
A really cool flag
Football features both feet and balls
More history than thou
Iron Maiden (some like them, I'm told)
Radiohead
Coldplay (you Americans do seem quite keen on them... I don't see why myself)
FEEDER!
Driving on the left
Nowhere near Canada (kidding, Canadians rule!)
The Russians don't hate us (as much)
Our judges wear wigs
Pounds sterling
Hugh Grant
Anti-gun laws
The Romans beat our asses thousands of years ago
Et cetera...

I hate to tell ya but the word crap is quite common here. It's one of my favorite words actually. ;-P

Hey im Lynsey! Im at the university of Salford at the moment!

Message deleted on 2015-09-05 06:30:16 PDT

hey people

im Fi from Yorkshire!!

Englands kewl Nine Days should so come over here and play some gigs sometime...that would seriously rock!

hey we dont use prat alot!! i aint heard that word for ages so there proved you all wrong. hmm yeh crap is used alot but not so sure bout the others....maybe it depends where you are.

manchester is kewl i go on regular shopping trips there! lol

I guess right now I'm a UK forumite...I'm in London.


I'm going to Manchester in a few days what's good to do over there?



~MeLiSsA

Message deleted on 2015-09-05 06:30:16 PDT

do your judges really wear wigs? Hmmmmmmmmm...

hehe they arent just any old wigs either>
so yea i live in bristol, off to leicester uni on sunday. eekk

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I'm Chris and I live near Preston. However I seem to be spending 5 weeks a year in the U.S. these days.

Have never heard Nine Days on the radio or TV over here, but did hear 'If I Am' in a cafe in the Royal Exchange building in Manchester once

i is indeedy. oooo how scary. you already over here?

i also got sent this the other day and i thought some of you might enjoy it:


>>Proud to be British?


Very proud to be British..

Because...

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.

Only in Britain... are there disabled parking places in front of a skating
rink.

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.

Since 1999 101 people 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 think the last one pretty much sums up british people.

funny, the british influence in the US is quite remarkable



~Ryan~

I've seen that first part before, but it was about the US.

Hiya! I'm also from the UK, down in Kent... which is kind of near London, if you've never heard of it. Don't particuarly like where I'm living. Tis full of Gareth Gates and 50 cents fanatics who seem to think I'm weird...probably coz I am. ;-)

Chantal

i move to uni tomorrow

arghhhhhh
*runs and cries*



"I'm tryin hard 2 breathe now, but theres no air in my lungs, theres no1 here 2 talk 2, n the pain inside is makin me feel numb"

aaakkkkkkk good luck. i go on sunday, and well ive been trying to pack and its not going well, as everything is in one massive box that is too heavy to pick up! me thinks i may have to rethink that one..

im not overkeen on leicester myself
the town centre anyway

my mums done most of my packing :|
the living room is a complete mess of all my stuff
many many boxes

dont forget a camera
your cd's
bank book
and all ya uni details



"I'm tryin hard 2 breathe now, but theres no air in my lungs, theres no1 here 2 talk 2, n the pain inside is makin me feel numb"

i have all those. i think i drowned in a sea of paper when packing my uni details.

its not that bad! it has shops. which is always good. particularly for a shopping centre : )

i think mine are all in a little file
hope so anyway
only got my accomodation details through this morning :s

gotta be up at 9 tomorrow
im not far away, but my lift needs to rush home

norwich has a better shopping place



"I'm tryin hard 2 breathe now, but theres no air in my lungs, theres no1 here 2 talk 2, n the pain inside is makin me feel numb"

all you brits, are there any nifty castles over there that one could stay in as though they were a hotel? preferably some that have a reputation of being haunted?

-Mike





Go listen to my band. We're awesome.

http://www.myspace.com/rosencrantzny
weallgotwoodandnails

Message deleted on 2015-09-05 06:30:16 PDT

yes there are and i really want to stay in one! they aint cheap tho. and they are mostly in scotland. i think i might be doing it at new year actually and just get loads of people to go up cos well that would be really cool.