indyjones
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- Joined
- 5 Nov 2002
- Messages
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>Only in Britain...can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.
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>Only in Britain...do Supermarkets make the sick people walk all the way
>to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy
>people can buy cigarettes at the front.
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>Only in Britain...do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries,
>and a DIET coke.
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>Only in Britain...do banks leave both doors open and chain the pens to
>the counters.
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>Only in Britain...do we use the word "politics" to describe the process
>of Government. "Poli" in Latin meaning "many" and "tics" meaning
>"bloodsucking creatures."
>
>
>Only in Britain...do we leave cars worth thousands of pounds on the
>drive and put our junk in the garage.
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>Only in Britain...do we buy hot dogs in packs of ten and buns in packs
>of eight.
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>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 handicap parking places in front of a
>skating rink.
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>3 people die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue.
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>142 people were injured in 1998 by not removing all pins from new shirts.
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>58 people are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of
>screwdrivers.
>
>
>31 people have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while
>the fairy lights were plugged in.
>
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>19 people have died in the last 3 years believing that Christmas
>decorations were chocolate.
>
>
>Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after cracker pulling accidents.
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>
>101 people since 1997 have had to have broken parts of plastic toys
>pulled out of the soles of their feet.
>
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>18 people had serious burns in 1998 trying on a new jumper with a lit
>cigarette in their mouth.
>
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>A massive 543 people were admitted to A&E in the last two years after
>opening bottles of beer with their teeth.
>
>
>5 people were injured last year in accidents involving out of control
>Scalectrix cars.
>
>
>8 people cracked their skull in 1997 after falling asleep while
>throwing up into the toilet.
>
>
>Only in Britain...do Supermarkets make the sick people walk all the way
>to the back of the store 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 use the word "politics" to describe the process
>of Government. "Poli" in Latin meaning "many" and "tics" meaning
>"bloodsucking creatures."
>
>
>Only in Britain...do we leave cars worth thousands of pounds on the
>drive and put our junk in the garage.
>
>
>Only in Britain...do we buy hot dogs in packs of ten and buns in packs
>of eight.
>
>
>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 handicap parking places in front of a
>skating rink.
>
>
>3 people die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue.
>
>
>142 people were injured in 1998 by not removing all pins from new shirts.
>
>
>58 people are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of
>screwdrivers.
>
>
>31 people have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while
>the fairy lights were plugged in.
>
>
>19 people have died in the last 3 years believing that Christmas
>decorations were chocolate.
>
>
>Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after cracker pulling accidents.
>
>
>101 people since 1997 have had to have broken parts of plastic toys
>pulled out of the soles of their feet.
>
>
>18 people had serious burns in 1998 trying on a new jumper with a lit
>cigarette in their mouth.
>
>
>A massive 543 people were admitted to A&E in the last two years after
>opening bottles of beer with their teeth.
>
>
>5 people were injured last year in accidents involving out of control
>Scalectrix cars.
>
>
>8 people cracked their skull in 1997 after falling asleep while
>throwing up into the toilet.