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jake-the-peg | 15:37 Wed 05th Jun 2013 | Society & Culture
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What should I put in the list of 10 things you might not know about Britain for my Indian staff?
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There are more Manchester United fans in Mumbai, that there are in Manchester.
22:09 Wed 05th Jun 2013
How to use a British toilet? (Apparently, during WWI, Indian officers arriving in France had to be shown how European pan toilets were meant to be used!)
I think that's a made up story heathfield. France were very late adopters of pan toilets. I would think they were very rare in WW1.
Our national dish is chicken tikka masala.
Can we have number 8 in the UK please.
We Brits like to queue very patiently and take our turn (and woe betide anyone who pushes in).
In Britain the Memsaab is always right.
that we are not as bad as some paint us.
We don't REALLY like talking to people in their call centres....
France has pan toilets? Blimey,that's new. My wife had to teach our young daughter how to use the hole in the ground with two footstands toilet in a restaurant right opposite the Eurostar terminal, and that was only a few years ago. At least two bars in Antibes still had them a year or so ago and they are still common in less wealthy areas. In 1914-18, the pan toilet would have been unknown beyond the Ritz and other rich haunts.
i second that ^
crossed posts again, that was for gingebee
We stole their biggest diamond to put in our queen's crown.
It would only be right and proper to scotch the myth that we don't shower regularly!
We do! Everyday! Tell em! lol
that our weather really is as bad by and large that we moan about
...yes, voulezvous, but not in the local river...
Hardly anyone here likes Cricket.
The Isle of Wight is tied to the mainland with a big rope to stop it floating off.
I think No1 for your staff should be that we will immediately hang up if you call us.
Sad but true.
Do tell them not to work for call centres.............
Surprises for foreigners? Some, from talking to foreigners : 1) British people will form a queue of one; themself and nobody else; at a bus stop, standing obediently by the sign.

2) Jumping the queue is met with a chorus of tutting and remarks to be overheard as "Some people have no manners!". It is rare for the offender to be confronted; they are meant to be shamed out of continuing
3) Nothing anybody English says is to be taken literally, it is anything but, from simple irony to self-deprecation and understatement ("I did swim a bit when I was young", may = I won gold at the Olympics; "I have a place in the country= I own Chatsworth" etc).

4) British men will introduce male friends with abuse "This is Tom. He's a right c***" means "He's my best friend/brother"

5) There is an invisible queue in pubs. The staff are expected to know who is next. If they get it wrong, you are expected to say "No, this lady/ gentleman is first". You will never understand how this works.
We use deodorant and they should practice using it too.

It's healthy, and in their best interest to observe proper hygiene.

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