Is this true?

[Koos Holswilder]

Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a
Belgian beer, then travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a Turkish
Kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on A Japanese TV.

and the most British thing of all? Suspicion of anything foreign.

Oh and......

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.

101 people since 1999 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.

Gr. Koos

[richierich]

I agree with the top part, but I have seen the second half quoting the same figures but with Americans as the victims. Some of the top half things are frankly disgusting, I once had to wait over 45 minutes for an ambulance, apparantly it wasn't life threatening, so they sent an ambulance from 20 miles away, rather than 200m down the road, to be fair it wasn't life threatening, but when your knee cap is at ninety degrees to your bent leg, it feels pretty life threatening!

[Ancient Nerd]

On the other hand, when I was working in the Netherlands a few years ago, the Dutch guys in the office discovered cockney rhyming slang. This compensated for all the above.. Unfortunately, they found something else about a month later.