To be British...
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- ********0
it's kinda the wrong time to ask over the world cup.
- ********0
Trinidad and Tobego strips are quite expensive.
- ********0
haha..
- rasko40
if there was an option to divorce oneself from national affiliation I would do it immediately..
Patriots frown at my dissidence, but when I inform them of how as part of this move I will no longer be paying British taxes, they form orderly queues to divorce themselves too.
As the boob revealing Janet Jackson once said "what have you done for me lately?"
- nicko0
To be British...
is to always exit the World Cup via a penalty shoot-out
- ********0
I frown at your dissidence!
Where's that queue?
- rasko40
reveals boob with secret map and compass device
- ********0
However. These taxes pay for such services such as public transport and the NHS - the envy of the world!
- rasko40
haha yes - what a service!
you know they tried to charge me £3 for a single fare from tufnell park to camden the other day - that is 2 stops!!
- ********0
Three pounds you say? That's a bargin.
I got to stand up by the bogs on the Stanstead Express for twentyfive quid yesterday!
- ********0
Spent a week in Tokyo the other week. Trains every 2 minutes on the dot. 70p or so to get half way accrross the city. Cleanest trains I have ever been on.
Arrive back in Heathrow, pay £4 to get a fucking rail replacement bus as the tubes are off. Again. Cunts.
- rasko40
I love the way trains (not subway) in Japan, the trolley dolly or whatever you call them, do a formal introduction before they enter the carriage, and then a formal goodbye and bow when they exit.
- Concrete0
Why is it that developing countries such as indonesia have better health care and public transport than we do? What are their governments doing that ours aren't?
- UndoUndo0
I love public transport....got up at 3.30am a couple of weeks back to get the sky link shuttle to the airport at 4.15..it didnt arrive..so waited 30 mins for the next one which also didnt arrive then spent 25 quid to get a cab. lush
- JackDB0
Lager louts and roundabouts...
- kelpie0
Lager louts and roundabouts...
JackDB
(May 16 06, 05:06)is that a beautiful south album?
- Beeachboy0
Why is it that developing countries such as indonesia have better health care and public transport than we do? What are their governments doing that ours aren't?
Concrete
(May 16 06, 04:17)Why are theirs better?
- rafalski0
What are their governments doing that ours aren't?
Concrete
(May 16 06, 04:17)
--Some say there's no better govt than a wise king. In Indonesia, they have 'soft authoritarianism', technically meaning the president rules it all.
- Concrete0
Why are theirs better?
Beeachboy
(May 16 06, 05:13)Travel much?
The hospitals are immaculate, and if you need an op you get it when you need it. Not put on a list. Every patient has a private room instead of disease infected wards.
Public transprot is cleaner cheaper faster.
Are you entirely satisfied with what this country provides for the tax you pay?
- Beeachboy0
No, don't travel!
How is it funded? Was that your experience as a foreigner/traveller/insurance payer?
I am to be fair, although i am not married, 30, rent and in a well paid job. The streets are clean where I live, a healthy mix of class, good schools, i feel safe walking in the streets at anytime, i have a few illnesses where i get very cheap medicine that works, my journey to work is ok, although the tube can get crowded, but when there are so many people using the line this is to be expected (hardly the governments fault - as there will always be that number of people whoever is in power).
there's probably other things i can't think of