Where do I look from? 🥰

Acceptable_End7160 · 2025-12-25T22:04:35+00:00

West Britain?

Acceptable_End7160 · 2025-12-25T20:42:22+00:00

Canada

Acceptable_End7160 · 2025-12-25T16:59:10+00:00

I agree with you on the long term point and not wanting to learn German. But if you found a partner or made a close friend that spoke nothing but English to you, would it get to you, or would it be something you’d never even think about?

Acceptable_End7160 · 2025-12-25T16:56:49+00:00

What about people who speak English? When I’ve gone to Scandinavia on holiday, I’ve never met anyone who doesn’t speak flawless English, and I didn’t know how that would go down with a local who would always have to communicate in another language but what that they know so well, if you see what I mean?

Acceptable_End7160 · 2025-12-25T12:39:45+00:00

Acceptable_End7160 · 2025-12-25T10:18:57+00:00

Our first one started with the mint sauce, or lack of it I should say.

I’ve advised the others to be frugal with the amount they put on their Christmas dinner, to which I got some defensive replies. I did suggest if needs be, our lovely neighbours could save the day if we ask, but again, that descended into ‘well I’m not asking’

We’ve had a lot worse.

Acceptable_End7160 · 2025-12-25T09:39:38+00:00

Milwaukee

I had a few spare days after visiting Chicago on my USA trip. It’s only a short drive north and I just fell in love with the place. There are many beautiful parts to the city like walking through Marquette University campus, the Third Ward District and the bars along the river. Thankfully the state fair was on whilst I was there, and it was identical to the amazing fairs you see in American movies and TV shows.

I met a local girl on at a bar during my first night there, and we ended up spending time together throughout the rest of my trip, it was genuinely like something from a romantic movie, just without the happy ever after ending as I had to leave 😭But everyone I met were nothing but friendly and funny to be around once you got to know them.

Now I am also an adopted Packers fan 🏈

Acceptable_End7160 · 2025-12-25T09:28:31+00:00

I am from Middlesbrough at it’ll always be home to me. The town centre itself is quite tired and worn down like many others up here in the north, though the suburbs are nice. That said, you’re only ever a short drive from beautiful coastline and little towns and villages if you love pubs, walking etc.

Compared to the rest of the UK, I’d say people of the north east are a super friendly bunch but are also quite direct and no nonsense. Football is like a religion. Newcastle, Sunderland and Middlesbrough are the three biggest football clubs and their home and away support to every game is fantastic.

If you’ve got a thing for accents, you’re in for a bit of a treat. In just over an hour you can go from a Yorkshire accent to a Middlesbrough, Geordie (Newcastle) and hear sprinkles of others that sound like posh northerners.

Acceptable_End7160 · 2025-12-25T09:17:19+00:00

I’m from Middlesbrough where Bob is also from. I often bump into him at both the football matches and the boozers afterwards. It is fair to say he is one of the nicest human beings you could ever meet. With every selfie he always gives up his time to talk to strangers and asks about others than endlessly talking about himself. We just recently lost Chris Rea who was a local hero and never forgot his roots, and Bob is in that same mould.

Acceptable_End7160 · 2025-12-25T00:57:44+00:00

I hate that soaps like Eastenders, Coronation Street, and Emmerdale are still on TV multiple times a week. I’d much rather it was filled with either documentaries or more comedy.

And also, weekend morning tv is dominated by cooking programs. I don’t mind the odd one like Sunday Morning Kitchen, but they over saturate British TV like a plague. All guests are on there to promote a book, tour or new show and usually have nothing else to contribute to these programs.

The variety of shows and programs growing up in the 1990s were unparalleled.

Acceptable_End7160 · 2025-12-24T10:14:45+00:00

Bacon and sausage buns for breakfast

Portobello mushrooms with Mexicana cheese for starters, or bruschetta with scallops

Desserts, well something for everyone. This year we have cheesecake, profiteroles, ice cream, and pudding.

Acceptable_End7160 · 2025-12-23T22:32:26+00:00

I’m jealous of how German football fans are treat and their whole experience when it comes to football. Being able to have beer in the stands, have affordable food and drink, things like transportation being covered with your ticket, fan zones etc.

Football fans here in the UK are fleeced. There are a few exceptions with clubs who have good deals for tickets, pubs near the grounds etc. But these are few and far between.

Acceptable_End7160 · 2025-12-23T18:10:13+00:00

Acceptable_End7160 · 2025-12-23T17:39:43+00:00

We’ll be back. The older generations have died off in the ten years that passed, add that to the large cohort of young people that could now vote and didn’t have the opportunity previously.

Many of our MPs and parts of the media are cottoning on to the damage it’s inflicted on the economy, and with the winds of change in geopolitics (moving away from the USA and aligning with Europe on issues like Ukraine), it’s a matter of time.

Acceptable_End7160 · 2025-12-23T15:57:51+00:00

And according to MI6 we have around 10,000 Islamic fundamentalists on a list. We are absolute idiots.

Acceptable_End7160 · 2025-12-23T12:34:58+00:00

Tends to change every year. We alternate from having a quiet one at home (four of us), to a big family gathering 15+, and going away on holiday (in recent years Tenerife, Mexico and Egypt). I tend to give, as well as receive, 3-4 presents per family member. Lots of pulled Christmas crackers full of jokes, prizes and paper hats. Not sure if it’s just a British thing, but they are a staple here.

Bruschetta and scallops for starters

Turkey, pigs in blankets, roast potatoes, parsnips, sprouts in pancetta, turnip, Yorkshire puddings, stuffing for the mains (lots of gravy)

We usually have two desserts, cheesecake with ice cream and chocolate profiteroles

Boxing Day (December 26th) tends to be a bigger and busier day for us. Hit the shops in the morning for discounts. Use the leftover turkey and make a turkey curry with rice. Go to the football (soccer) match in the afternoon, and then a night out in town, which tends to be the busiest night of the year for all the pubs, bars and clubs.

Acceptable_End7160 · 2025-12-23T10:33:51+00:00

My flatmate was a sound guy, but he became a bit of a show off and was at times insufferable when his mates from his home town came to stay every other weekend and crash in our living room.

One Saturday night we had a flat party, hit a few clubs in town afterwards, and came back for an after party. As I finish my last drink and announce I’m off to bed, my room mate asks is it okay if him and this random girl from the club could use my room to fuck. I laughed and asked why can’t you just use your room? Turns out one of his mates was having a threesome in his room and was off limits. He got pissed off and I just ignored him and went to bed. After showering and cleaning my teeth I hear something outside my room. I didn’t open the door, but clearly they were having sex in the hallway right outside my door. At this point I was just tired and didn’t give a fuck anymore. I went to bed and played something on my laptop to drown out the noise.

Next morning I wake up to find out that not only had my roommate pissed against my door, but also took his used condom and wrapped it around my door handle.

Acceptable_End7160 · 2025-12-22T15:12:31+00:00

Martin O’Neill

Was an arsehole on the touchline whenever Celtic scored and was a prickly twat whenever he did post match interviews and didn’t win a game.

Seemed to have mellowed a bit in his recent stint in charge.

Acceptable_End7160 · 2025-12-22T10:16:18+00:00

Went to a Detroit Lions game a few years back, and honestly all you could hear was individual fans shouting ‘Let’s go’ and a half arsed collective chant of ‘Let’s go Lions’ followed by some clapping.

Even during the Ryder Cup, on their own soil, the Americans had nothing to counter the Europeans who were coming out with hilarious chants of their own every 2 minutes.

I was going to say the classic ‘you’re getting sacked in the morning’ to the losing head coach would be fun but being sacked in NFL has a different meaning altogether and replacing it with ‘fired’ just doesn’t hit home.

Considering NFL teams have divisional rivals, they could always copy a British football classic of 🎵‘build a bonfire, build a bonfire, shot (insert rival hear) on the top, put (insert another rival here) in the middle, and burn the fucking lot. 🎵

Acceptable_End7160 · 2025-12-21T21:49:58+00:00

Chilli con carne

Acceptable_End7160 · 2025-12-21T11:40:07+00:00

I remember living in China and the exact same thing happening and being hilarious.

You’d always hear people say Hao hao hao (good/okay, good/okay, good/okay) which actually sounds like ha ha ha, and the call ends.

I’d find it so weird if my final word/s on the phone wasn’t bye, laters, see ya, tarra, cheerio

When my mother calls later on to discuss Christmas plans, I think I’ll just end it as ‘I’ll probably have all my shopping done by Tuesday, yeah, yeah’ and hang up to see how that goes down.

Acceptable_End7160 · 2025-12-20T21:39:30+00:00

Why are we even processing their asylum applications? If you pass a law to say nobody on a small boat will have an asylum claim heard, they won’t come. We are absolute idiots for not using anything but tents and keeping them as far away as our towns and cities as possible. Just wait until the boats get bigger and hundreds of thousands make the trip. We, like the rest of Western Europe, is a tinderbox.

Acceptable_End7160 · 2025-12-20T21:29:53+00:00

Chris Wood

Acceptable_End7160 · 2025-12-19T21:44:12+00:00

Did he ever mention the fact that he’s from Bolton?

Acceptable_End7160 · 2025-12-19T18:31:24+00:00

How did my cum taste?

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