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Anamesolongnoonecouldhavepossiblychosenit2
Well that escalated quickly
Yksiv
Should be changed to "Very People Problems".
chesterthecheetomolester
As an American these are valid for us as well. Substitute the tea for coffee.
polywoly
Not British, but having lived there long enough, can relate to all of these.
Mahkaite
The realisation that I am actually a British person trapped in a swedes body. I have to move to my true country.
ANorthman
I realize where we Canadians get it from now.
AleksandrBlazkowicz
As a Canadian, this all applies to me as well.
Tazmo523
I feel like the last one, when I leave stores "oh god I didn't accidentally put something in my pocket?" As I pat myself down.
tornbetweenscyllaandcovfefe
I took tools with me when I used to leave England and always go "Oh, I Hope my stuff is still legal" even when I've checked the day before.
eightythousandandeightyfive
TIL I'm British
TanithRosenbaum
Aren't we all?
NATA5
Girl on the bus fell asleep and I spent the whole ride worrying who was going to wake her up and how I would if I had to. 1/2
NATA5
She ended up waking up on her own at the last stop but seeing these posts make me think "damn I'm British as hell". 2/2
Bitterkandy
Do Americans not experience this stuff? I'm Australian and fuck me if these aren't all on point.
darkoshen
Ah, no. On the el or the subway, we just barge around like unmoored coal-boats.
ragingbassoon
Haha so true!! :)
kantaloupe
Where did you get the dead goat?
Dirgu
It was live when I put it in there... (phrasing)..
RealPrestonGarvey
I live in America and many of these apply to me.
Elriuhilu
I guess everyone in the world is British, myself included, even if I have never been anywhere near Britain.
Morpheous
Imperialism is a bitch, huh?
z0de
Britain has probably been near you though
eetsumkaus
sun never sets on the British Empire.
kikiatari
Well come visit us old chap, we're the bees knees.
CatPresident
These are way too true. Especially that cashpoint one.
glitterwank
The change one hits home it's so true. You have to exchange that quick nod with the cashier to let them know you'll be on your way
Pottstick
This applies in the colonies as well.
echonite
no kidding. I've done all of these. Safe for the tea one, but replace tea with literally anything and it applies.
eetsumkaus
well, except the tea one. Fuck Tea. Go 'Merica
VinnieJonesDiary
YOU LEAVE TEA OUT OF THIS! TEA DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO DESERVE THIS HATE! Sincerely Ireland (the place that drinks more tea than the British).
DarthFutuza
DON'T MAKE ME THROW THIS INTO THE HARBOR!
VinnieJonesDiary
Just give it to us, we'll give it a good home, no need to hurt innocent tea! We'll tell the Brits you said they should fuck off.
DarthFutuza
Oh okay. Here.
anormaldudefromflorida
Iced... Tea... Let that sink in lads XD
Sauroctonus
Delicious stuff.
witsd
Savages.
promethbastard
Coming from a Florida man? That's rich.
anormaldudefromflorida
Haha it's great when BREWED sweet. None of this "you can add sugar" bullshit
Dogwater
As an American, replace "Tea' with "coffee" and these all apply to me, as well
KillaMaaki
Oddly enough, I never let my coffee get cold, but I frequently leave my tea somewhere on accident. Room temperature tea is very sad indeed.
Isuckatbeingagirl
Same here
wrknsmart
TIL I'm British. Although technically "American," I'm not really surprised. I've seen Shaun of the Dead at least a dozen times.
FennecAeon
I'm not British, But I am an anxious, homebody and all of these are too real.
odraencoded
Maybe we are British but we haven't realized it yet? Maybe ou British awakening lays in the future
IGetWetDreamsAboutTonyStark
See you in Britain next lifetime!
TheNorthumbrian
That's the spirit, you wonderful little colonial. *waves Union flag*
FennecAeon
Well, I am Australian.. But I'm born to a Dutch Malay and A Greek parent... SO I don't know if I can claim convict connections to Britain
chooseday
Join us! :D
TheGame21x
These could all just apply to people with anxiety. Like me. Man, some of these hit too close to home.
Cazzamela
I am British, but I did not realise just how British until I read these!
cleverusername69
I think hoarding plastic bags in one drawer in the kitchen is like a worldwide thing.
sparkleypegasus
Also stuffing all of them in a single bag, only to forget about them or to accrue a collection of bags
Cheomesh
Pft, nah...they live in my pantry...
EinUsernameFuerAlleDieDieDeutschVerstehen
German: Check
KirchoffsVoltageLaw
College student in college here: All under my desk.
tallwkward
Joke is more about the outrage that was caused when they implemented the 5p charge for plastic bags
CaptainSolo
Norwegian here: check
cleverusername69
For clarification, American here: check.
trekkre
Whoa whoa whoa, all you bags fit into ONE drawer? The pantry floor is the proper location; it holds much more
BugJuiceComesFromWhoYouAre
Mine are inside a styrofoam cooler at the bottom of my pantry closet. It's never ending. It's like Mary Poppins bag of fucking bags.
TeddyBearsPicnic
Czech here: check
cleverusername69
Ha.
Shelest
A bag with bags.
EinUsernameFuerAlleDieDieDeutschVerstehen
Yeah, my plastic bags are in a plastic bag. This is kinda an inception thing
kimchibwoy
My mom would make me fold them into triangles and organize them by color...
PalomaMiSa
Spanish here, check
Josiahkf
Canada here: Those plastic bags are outlawed in my town since they're so terrible for the environment. We all use reusable bags now.
gsdluvr
Figures, Canada. ;)
Realgera
Russian check
Cangay
My sister called me a psycho because I fold those bags into little squares. I just like neat drawers
cleverusername69
That's pretty insane.
OSCgal
Agreed. I reuse them for cleaning the litter box.
lyricallove
Yep!
sweetnaivety
ME THREE!
cleverusername69
ME TOO!
SirDistic
Same
CaesarSalad
My mom does that.
shorr
Finland check. Although I make them triangles for easier use
CapnJackHarkness
I have a specialized wall appliance thing for holding them, even
WeaselsRippedMyFlesh
My local grocer accepts bags for recycling. I bring my hoard of bags in about once a year.
Sealy300
Yes, however they now all cost 5p to sell minimum: therefore a majority of brits now own investments in polybags.
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WillaSue
Is this a thing? I think I need a thing like this.
BeeDragon
I knit a bag storage tube on a loom that hangs in a closet. My mom made tubes out of dish cloths with elastic bands on each end.
BeeDragon
No one I know keeps them in a drawer.
Fuckweasel
Ours are stored under the kitchen sink, inside yet another plastic bag.
NotAmused1001
I have a tube that's narrower at the opening that I put my....never mind.
LittleStrawHouse
No, go on...
cleverusername69
That's revolutionary my friend.
argentfenix
Does that mean that the last bag that goes in is the first bag that comes out ? Meaning the bag at the bottom has been there for years?
bentwrenches
No, they push through. New bags in one end old ones out the other.
argentfenix
Ahh, I put mine in a drawer too, and I'm sure the last bag has been in there for as long as I lived here.
espinacas
Me too! The cloth-tube thingy was for keeping the bread back in my childhood, but now... it's just a bag filled with plastic. Kinda sad.
moarDuolingo
Brazilian here: check
burritodemachaca
Mexican here: check
TeddyBearsPicnic
I have to drink rediscovered cold tea out of respect
MaxieMooo
This is our punishment.
plantrobot
even if it has little mold islands?
Sealy300
but...The milk pools at the top and centre of the cup after a day.
ThorinMapleshield
I usually just toss it in the harbour.
JarlUlfricStormcloak
Add long as it didn't look weird. Sometimes I forget long enough that it had mold and that's scary.
TeamRocketHR
Your name is adorable. I also try to revive cold teas by adding more hot water.
flightlessfruit
just put it into the microwave for a few seconds.
TeamRocketHR
Don't have a microwave at the moment, but I do have a hot water kettle.
flightlessfruit
makes sense then.
SubtextSailor
Agreed, but you never, NEVER, microwave it.
Iwearsocks
I DO! I am NOT wasting my Red Rose, I refuse!
Annutty
but i microwave everything!
cleverpighiding
I decant it into a pan, then stick it in the oven. Then back into the mug. Works every time. TEA must not be wasted.
SubtextSailor
As a child, when I wouldn't finish my tea, my mum would say "there are children drinking coffee in Italy", I've never left a cup since.
TheDrySideOfThePenny
I give it to the plants.
YouThinkThatsBad
That's cannibalism
TheDrySideOfThePenny
They love it. Sick fucks.
EmmelineFoxley
unless it is Rooibos. That is the only exception.
betterave
But rooibos isn't tea.
SubtextSailor
Sure, if you're drinking Rooibos you can microwave it, or really do anything you need to do to make it palatable.
EmmelineFoxley
Rooibos is my 2nd biggest addiction! (1st is cheese, obviously)
SubtextSailor
I'll definitely agree with you on the cheese, but Rooibos just doesn't cut it for me.
ThisIsBrandNewInformation
In Ireland we microwave our tea if it goes cold ... I am ashamed to admit this because we definitely love tea more than you guys
SubtextSailor
I'm disappointed, that's like me saying "oh yeah, we put ice in the Guinness when it gets warm". (I may have stereotyped a little here)
slippreyskippy
Irishman here, I NEVER reheat, either a hot sup added or drink it cold. Delicious either way!
ThisIsBrandNewInformation
I have never drank a cold cup of tea and quite frankly I'm too afraid to find out what that would taste like
BiteTheHandsThatThieve
We just toss it into the harbor.
FilthyMudblood
Savage af
DarthFutuza
FranticCosmonaut
Patriotism. +1
FilthyMudblood
Savage af
MakeItBackAlright
Shots fired.
allygator777
Around the world
eetsumkaus
nono, it was just HEARD around the world
allygator777
That's what I meant
GoodnessGraciousGreatBallsOfFiree
As an American - isn't all tea cold?
hoofherrightinthefrontbutt
We actually have special 'cold brew' tea bags now. No boiling, steeps in 3 minutes. Also, no sugar for me. I use Stevia.
jormie
u avin' a giggle there, m8?!?!?!
mozzaru
Fuck you. Take my upvote.
TeddyBearsPicnic
Oh no, no, no, no! You may be thinking of 'ice tea' a sweet drink without milk? English tea is hot & mostly served with milk, without sugar.
Kyyyyyle
*gags*
PhilTheKhajiit
Iced tea isn't necessarily sweet. I take my tea iced with a lemon wedge, no sugar. I'm treated like a pariah in the American deep south.
Feanor19
I'm 'merican and I would never add sugar to iced tea. I think that's a southern thing. Nor would I add milk to hot tea. Y'all crazy
SSGoku4000
Sweet tea is pretty good. Try it if you're ever in the south.
VinnieJonesDiary
I tried it while visiting Texas, it was like being punched in the face with sugar, I'll stick to hot tea with milk, they way god intended.
McFly47
Nigga go to any popeyes in NY and you'll get it
SSGoku4000
I believe he was making what we Americans call a "joke."
ialwaysupvoteanythingstarwars
Or as the brits would call it, united's season so far.
TeddyBearsPicnic
Aha, but tea is no joking matter.
SSGoku4000
In America it is. Our favorite tea joke is the one where we threw it all into the Boston harbor.
VidiVeniThenSheLeft
You'd be surprised. Asking for tea in GA gets you only iced tea, and asking for hot tea gets you weird looks.
Hetzer
Woah woah woah. Did I just find a Brit that isn't superior about their different kind of tea? You're a shining example of toleration.
Sealy300
Oh dear, you must know that we brits find it difficult to brag about anything, even about tea and to Americans.
allegroconspirito
I microwave mine
flightlessfruit
don't you know that that destroys the dna in the water molecules and gives your plants cancer?
ConLawHero
Not British, but I personally identify with every one of these save the tea one. I finish my tea, savage.
LokiKingOfJotunheim
The only time it's acceptable to leave tea out is when it's British tea and you dumped it into the harbor...
citaria
We still remember this ya bunch of tea-rrorists!
Magsnificent
We were just adding seaweed and freedom to it. It's an interesting flavor combination. Try it!
WildAndGreen
As a pole I f-ing microwave it if it gets cold(seriously nobody thought about that?)
ConLawHero
Every morning I microwave coffee because my wife gets up at 4am to go to work at the hospital and i get up at 7.
flightlessfruit
I did. Works with coffee & tea. Alternatively put a few cubes of ice in -> iced tea / iced coffee.
HD2composer
As a 33 year old black guy 'all the way over in california' ...I relate to 99% of these
theSungamer
Not British, bur I personally identify with every one of these save the tea one. I finish my tea, Adam Savage
Bubbleny
Are you Canadian?
ConLawHero
Murica!
deltaisfordeath
For me instead of tea it's a half-drank beer the next morning. 'Merica!
flightlessfruit
Never leave a beer half-drank. 'Schland!
Breakingplaid
Ditto
DrKriegersClone
Half-drank beers morning beers are grosser to me than dirty socks. People who leave that for the host after a party are savages.
JustASmallTownMinnesotanImgurlLivingInALonelyWorld
My problem is I can't drink coffee or tea if it's too hot, so I leave it somewhere to cool off and forget about it :(
flightlessfruit
brew it a little stronger and then just put in one or two ice cubes. that should get it to drinking temp almost instantly.
DarkSock
As a Mississippian, I was a grown-ass man before I realized some people drink tea hot like coffee instead of sweetened with sugar over ice.
realmdweller
Here here!
SarahTree
I have tea beside me I forgot about.
REV076
TIL, that I'm British. But, oh dear, I don't mind this at all.
Iforgetharrypotterisfiction
Buy a mug warmer, many of my cups of forgotten tea have been saved. Changed my life.
Zachno
Is "Cashpoint: Queue" a new Payday 2 DLC?
freedomofnow
Yeah I think we all have a little british inside of us.
Thatavus
Boom!
slagath0r
Same for me including the tea, and not British
WrongUn
you should be given an honorary British passport for this, you're a shining example, ol' boy
CarpeMofo
You should read 'Watching the English' it's great.
sparkleypegasus
I never have this problem, I drink it straight when it's boiling
flightlessfruit
drinking anything above 65°C regularly is increasing your risk of throat cancer, just as a heads up.
sparkleypegasus
What? Really? Then I'm fucked cos I also smoke and my tonsils are gnarly :/
liquidbeef
Even the exact change one? I don't understand that one. American, if that helps.
yamii931
We're worried they think we're going to try and shortchange them and it embarrasses us I suppose, so we wait for the confirmatory nod.
liquidbeef
Ah, gotcha thank you. I do that too.
AlefgardHero
As an American it's the same problem but with coffee.
Foxlord
I can't have coffee so it's tea and juice for me but the others are the same. Also I've never seen a line at an atm.
LokiKingOfJotunheim
As a fellow Murican, I'll take tea over coffee every time...
KickMeElmo
Glad someone beat me to this.
IAmJustTryingToFitIn
I've been swapping soda/pop with tea and I honestly haven't looked back.
LokiKingOfJotunheim
I only drink soda when I go to fast food places. Partly from being cheap. Fast food is for when I'm feeling lazy and don't wanna cook...
Meph1stopheles
Savage.
birdplanetreething
That hits home.
HapilyDamaged
I've done this with beer, I'm not proud.
ANewBadlyDrawnReactionImageAsIMakeThem
with me its spaghetti
stardy
yeah man same here its almost every time i enter another room... ohh noooo not another one! =[
glacialbae
NO! I forgot about my cup of spaghetti!!!
JuliusMedius
Never forgetti
JNaylor2k12
Don't be upsetti, have some spaghetti.
LurkurNoLongur
That's actually hilarious. Sad, but hillarious.
ecodude
How the hell do you forget spaghetti!?
Brandddd
Never forgeti the ides of spaghetti
weaselwithachainsaw
I never forgetti
jakejakejakejakejakejakejakeyourbooty
Awkward Yeti
ANewBadlyDrawnReactionImageAsIMakeThem
By being thoroughly japed by the Great Papyrus!
Raxiel
No doubt I'll be considered some sort of savage, but when I find a cup of cold coffee I just microwave it.
PricklyGoo
I just accept my punishment and drink it cold.
AlefgardHero
Me too.
AliElkie
As a British person I brought shame to my family be becoming a coffee drinker
AFineMadam
Come with me to France, I'll be in Paris.
Romale
I never got the either or, i drink both, sometimes in the same meal
flightlessfruit
0.5l coffee to wake up, 2-4l green tea to stay focused, few g of powdered guarana to stay awake and a mug of hot cocoa to take the edge off.
Romale
lol
JustADudeFromLA
Welcome to the fold
cleverusername69
No shame in that.
ConLawHero
Not going to lie, have coffee more than tea, but I finish my tea dammit!
MaxieMooo
"family" What about the nation!? PREPOSTEROUS!
Ballsack23
Fun fact, coffee was actually the standard British drink before tea was introduced
Cheomesh
England is increasingly becoming a coffee nation.
mspaintlad
It's still gonna be some time until coffee is drunk more than tea.
MaxieMooo
Blasphemy!
Cheomesh
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2013/dec/19/tea-coffee-drinkers-sales
OhMayoIsForGayos
Stay back, evil!
ThatIndividual
I flip back and forth. I get less acclimated that way
UnnecessaryAnswerMan
Good... good... Let the caffeine flow through you.
flightlessfruit
tea has caffeine as well, just fyi
NeverNonplussed
Drink it cold, you limey cowards.
acidrainman
Just microwave it
pirate4lifes
Never!
Bertholomew
Grosssssss
ArthurJKirkland
No! You never defile tea with a microwave!
flightlessfruit
dunno why you're getting downvoted. I've microwaved tea, coffee & pasta without problems. usually I just put ice in, except for the pasta.
acidrainman
Yeah,i drink 15 cups a day,so i know my tea!it really doesnt taste much different.if the tea is strong it can taste a bit stewed.
ThatMomentWhenImgurJokesAreOnlyFunnyToImgurians
All us imgurians will relate to this post, since we are all awkard introverts
IJustWantToGiveUpvotes
Having to ask "Is that right?" when they don't acknowledge that the change is correct.
TellMeWhereIsGandalfForIMuchDesireToSpeakWithHim
I just pretend I want the receipt
youshouldbuyarowingmachine
I go for the "That should be right" whilst handing over the cash technique.
fileiddiz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8c5wmeOL9o
jenklk2
My favourite one I remember reading was: Spending most of a windy day thinking "I hope the bins will be okay". That one hit deep.
luckoftheirish
The overwhelming urge to cheer when a glass breaks
IHateYouAllSoDamnMuch
That's beautiful.
KillerKommando
Wheelie bins.
LoopStricken
My area has only recently changed to bins. I now know this fear.
Snooj
"Pass by a person hanging out on a corner on the way to the store. Now have to find a different way home."
sparkleypegasus
We have stupid small blue recycling boxes for paper - they blow away even in a breeze if they're empty!
3point141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105
Hurricane Bawbag, Over 3,000,000,000 bins were vanquished that day and not a single trampoline stood. Never forget... Never forgive.
rkstormer
What on earth kind of a name is Bawbag for a hurricane (or anything else for that matter)?
BaulBag
My name is almost relevant I regret to say.
monto207
My favourite name for a hurricane ever!!! Bawbag will be forever remembered
MlCHAEL
I'm apparently an uncultured American and doesn't know what this means. Any help?
CuteShoes
A garbage bin with wheels which you fill with bags of your garbage, then roll down to the curb when it's your day in the pickup schedule.
MlCHAEL
Oh! We have the same thing and same/similar terminology it just didn't click. Thanks!
DontYouDareSayThat
Fellow American: They're worried that their trash cans will blow over on a windy day, possibly into the street.
MlCHAEL
Yes thank you! Now that it's been said it seems so obvious lol
Imonlyhereforthesnacks
I didn't know until someone posted a gif about a trashcan and then it clicked. Thank you for taking the heat here.
DontYouDareSayThat
I gotchu fam.
RichardDeanAnderson
My bin is currently trying to make a break for it. I can see you bin, I know what your up to!
CaptainHughJass
I have a big 55 gallon drum that I keep my trash in and it flew away today
GodofPaws
You're
ActuallyMyNamesMarina
OopsImTrash
I like you.
AliBarber
My up to what
BrownBreadRedemption
Up dog
panderbeers
Turn down for what
Siegerose
http://imgur.com/dVX4XyJ
DrWilliamHorriblePhD
Fuck off Stannis, we don't want your shit today.
peppermintpixie
paintballmastajay
This comment made me so happy
newsguycraigevans
I did some genealogy research and found out much of my family is British, which explains why I think Mr. Bean is so fucking funny.
thepickletickler
I live in Massachusetts and last week my building lost all our recycling bins to the wind. To this day we can't find them.
CrustyMattedArsehole
Not even kidding I've nearly been knocked off my motorcycle by an escaping wheely bin
iisbored
this also sounds like canadians i identify with all of these
ThistleBlue
Reminds me of Hurricane Bawbag..and that Trampoline video..funnily enough, the bins in the video seem fine.. https://youtu.be/U326Vm3XHFg
Kamekami23
Shit! I forgot to take the bins out!!
RaginWhales
Are you sure you're not from Minnesota?
idonthaveanyideawhatthehelliamtalkingabout
Or Iceland
Nerfection
Oh ja?
einahpetslol
How ya figure?
AndThenThereWereSquirrels
Studies suggest that it is exceedingly difficult to accidentally be from Minnesota.
SkeazyChester
Why wouldn't you post your favorite one?
lindalahughes
It's very windy here in Evesham tonight, however bin day isn't till Thursday.
Halogenesis
You should try putting a brick over it. Shit works.
nothingontv
This is very real for us in Vegas.
samsonguy920
Mine has acquired ninja skills this year. Before it sounded like it was tackling Tom Brady, but now it doesn't make a sound. >
samsonguy920
> It is staying tethered this year.
shimmyshimmyyashimmyyamshimmyyay
Doubledip.gif
SocoFox
Nobody knows what it's like... to be a dustbin... in Shaftesbury... with hooligans.
yamii931
The hooligans are loose!
SocoFox
Bunch of dudes with penny loafers and no socks, walking in lockstep, singing, "Weeee're the hooooligans."
hannahmaymagpie
+1 for Shaftesbury!
RedVagOfCourage
I read this in a British accent
tomyironmane
Salzab
The point is it can affect you even when you know you have nothing to hide or declare. Like worrying alarm will go off as you exit shops?
tomyironmane
The U.S. federal government pulls it all the time... frequently on military recruits.
mantiscruiser61
This is true.
tomyironmane
The first three days at Parris Island was one long mindfuck.
mantiscruiser61
Yeah, for us in Great Lakes it was the first week. Did you all have "Them Moment of Truth" which really separated the herd?
suddenlyrelevant
We use ours to protect our back gates, if you put them diagonally to the wind they don't blow over and break the wind current a little :D
EvilTwinSoftware
Spoiler alert: They're not OK. They're gone.
agentmcgee
My food waste bins and cardboard bag have vanished for the 3rd time this year this week.
MagicalMysteryTripToThaPharcyde
Relating so hard from Canada right now
DownWithYouAll
One of the greatest natural disasters that could befall Albion.
skynes
UK citizen here, more than once I've had to fetch our bin from halfway down the street.
sparkleypegasus
Every week because the bin men leave it there?
FiddyTucker
What about dealing with their history of imperialism and the deaths caused as a result? It's still a big problem yet to be acknowledged
VinnieJonesDiary
As someone from a country that suffered quite heavily under that imperialism; shove it up your arse and get over yourself.
FiddyTucker
Well then go fuck yourself ya soup taking cunt
SwedishElectricianandSchnitzelGuru
Oh just shut up and take your seriousness somewhere else you lefty.
Nerfection
Hey! I'm a lefty. Please don't lump him in with me! (but if you do, can I get a government handout to help me deal with it?) :)
SwedishElectricianandSchnitzelGuru
Nothing wrong with lefties with a sense of humour! Political afillitation doesn't affect humour D:
FiddyTucker
Eat a dick, the deaths of thousands upon thousands of people is more important than some imagined 'British problem'
SwedishElectricianandSchnitzelGuru
Wanna discuss politics and whether or not this generation is responsible for what happened ages ago? Go somewhere else than Imgur.
VinnieJonesDiary
I love seeing bins taking themselves for a walk on a windy day!
gandraw
don't you have rope in England?
VinnieJonesDiary
I wouldn't know, I'm Irish. Anyway tying up the bins ruins the fun!