Bugsy Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Olympic ticketsBloody muppets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keni Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Bugsy, I might have quite a few guests here during the Olympics as I have the feeling they would rather not be in Uk at that time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Ice-ni Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 My neighbours and I cheered when London handed over better filled brown envelopes than Paris for the 2012 DrugFest. As one of them said "The South will pay and the North will benefit" - the opposite of course in UK.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I don't get what the fuss is about. It's always been clear from the website that there would be a further release of tickets post-works. Much more sensible than over-selling and finding out later that there wouldn't be enough. Sadly, I have to be in the UK for other reasons when the games are on so no doubt I'll get fleeced for the cost of crossing 20 miles of water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Whilst you are all enjoying a chuckle, have a laugh at the visitor guides.http://projectbritain.com/behaviourfood.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 [quote user="Théière"] Whilst you are all enjoying a chuckle, have a laugh at the visitor guides.http://projectbritain.com/behaviourfood.html[/quote]I think my mother wrote that (apart from the optional fork for puddings - not optional but essential! - and the use of the word serviette as an alternative to napkin (very non-you and "common"[:D]).Well-mannered children in this day and age? Where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Napkins should be placed across the lap - tucking them into your clothing may be considered 'common'. That's me labelled when the spag bol gets dished upI am happy with the common people :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYLj0v4DPCE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Having been brought up by a raging snob, I find these manners things quite amusing but taxing at the same time. Whilst I hope I don't judge people by the way they behave at table and the way they speak, it's quite difficult not to shake off years of getting told off/slapped for breaking the etiquette rules so hearing people say serviette instead of napkin, pardon instead of what, lounge instead of sitting/drawing room etc etc, all still grate on me! But I digress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I've been chortling at those for at least the last five years as I've scoured the internet for stuff on British Culcher to use with my students, so they weren't written with anything vaguely Olympic in mind, AFAIK. I also think they were at least partly written by, with and for primary school children as part of a larger project.Wondering whether to induce OH to move out for the duration...we're close enough to the Rowing venues to be sitting on a potential rental goldmine..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 [quote user="You can call me Betty"]I've been chortling at those for at least the last five years as I've scoured the internet for stuff on British Culcher to use with my students, so they weren't written with anything vaguely Olympic in mind, AFAIK. I also think they were at least partly written by, with and for primary school children as part of a larger project.Wondering whether to induce OH to move out for the duration...we're close enough to the Rowing venues to be sitting on a potential rental goldmine.....[/quote]Maybe not written for the olympics but never the less linked from their site [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 That doesn't surprise me...there's a dearth of useful material on British customs and habits on the web. How I have searched.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Incompetence?http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16409480 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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