GoldenLine
Zaloguj się
Bernd Schreckenberg

Bernd Schreckenberg I am an experienced
teacher, with a
diverse background,
h...

Temat: Quaint British traditions

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/08/world/europe/08putte...
Link do wypowiedziLink
Bernd Schreckenberg

Bernd Schreckenberg I am an experienced
teacher, with a
diverse background,
h...

Temat: Quaint British traditions

A stroll through the field the other day unearthed no doggers (it was raining) but revealed much evidence of their existence. Debris — used condoms, things made of rubber, pages torn from pornographic magazines, snack wrappers, discarded tea cups — littered the area. The paths were dotted with black mats that people had conveniently left behind for the next time.
Link do wypowiedziLink
Bernd Schreckenberg

Bernd Schreckenberg I am an experienced
teacher, with a
diverse background,
h...

Temat: Quaint British traditions

Pancake Racing - In which each participant carries a pancake in a frying pan. All the runners must toss their pancakes as they run and catch them in the frying pan.

4 more try:

http://www.learnenglish.de/culture/unusualsports.htm

A full calendar of events in GB you'll find here:"

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/curiou...Bernd Schreckenberg edytował(a) ten post dnia 18.10.10 o godzinie 22:47
Link do wypowiedziLink
Bernd Schreckenberg

Bernd Schreckenberg I am an experienced
teacher, with a
diverse background,
h...

Temat: Quaint British traditions

Lord Rokeby decided that he would like to spend all his life, near or in water. He spent hours in the sea off the Kent beaches, and his servants often had to drag him out on to dry land, unconscious. As he got older, at his home Mount Morris near Hythe he had a vast tank built with a glass top, had it filled with water and spent nearly all his life floating in the water. He grew the most enormous beard, it hung down to his waist and spread out on the surface of the water. All his meals were taken in his pool, to the embarrassment of his family. His obsession with water was so great that had drinking fountains installed wherever he could and drank great quantities every day. He lived to be 88, so he was a good advertisement for the health giving properties of water!

As well:

http://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/briteccentrics.htm
Link do wypowiedziLink
Bernd Schreckenberg

Bernd Schreckenberg I am an experienced
teacher, with a
diverse background,
h...

Temat: Quaint British traditions

Why not celebrate something rather odd, like the attempted blowing up of 'The Houses of Parliament'?

One of England's more bizarre celebrations is Guy Fawkes Night, when the English commemorate events in 1605 when Guy Fawkes and his colleagues attempted, but failed, to blow up the Houses of Parliament.

http://www.toptastes.com/features/nov02/guy.htm
Link do wypowiedziLink
Bernd Schreckenberg

Bernd Schreckenberg I am an experienced
teacher, with a
diverse background,
h...

Temat: Quaint British traditions

And, if you wonder about the British cuisine:

http://www.recipes4us.co.uk/Cooking%20by%20Country/Eng...
Link do wypowiedziLink
Bernd Schreckenberg

Bernd Schreckenberg I am an experienced
teacher, with a
diverse background,
h...

Temat: Quaint British traditions

Don't get on the wrong side of them Brits, they tax you good! :)

Hat Tax, much like window tax, was levied by the British Government in 1784 as a way of taxing citizens according to their wealth without resorting to income tax. First introduced by Prime Minister Pitt the Younger, hat tax laws forced hat sellers to acquire licences and employed a tiered tax system dependent upon the cost of the hat with mandatory tax-revenue stamps pasted in its lining.

Apparently, many milliners and hat-wearers tried to dodge the tax by claiming that their headwear wasn't actually a hat. This form of evasion became so widespread that it led to government amendments to the legal definition of a hat in 1804.
Link do wypowiedziLink

konto usunięte

Temat: Quaint British traditions

Bernd Schreckenberg:
[i]A stroll through the field the other day unearthed no doggers
Just be glad they haven't discovered Yoga. You know why a dog...?

Anyways, I guess in 50 years we would understand some more of the extravagant sequelae of the neuro-develepmental things like we understand that if you have a problem running thanks to shin splints you need to examine your hips. I know some of these kids who cut themselves came from ADHD, for example. The kinetic chain is easy to understand but those thinking hassles are still "out there."
Link do wypowiedziLink

konto usunięte

Temat: Quaint British traditions

You somehow neglected to mention the little known British sport of 'Kraut-baiting'.


Obrazek


Some vile teutonic bore would be paraded through the streets with the townsfolk throwing wurst at his naked body. He would then be compelled to recite Goethe's poetry accompanied by German band music, a ring would be forced between his nostrils, and he would be set upon by a pack of vicious Kraut hounds. The crowd would jeer, and lay bets on how many stanzas of poetry he could complete before meeting his death.

This ancient custom was finally outlawed in the prevention of cruelty to Germans Act of 1870, yet the practice still survives in some remote areas.

Above is an image of a Kraut ring from Brading. Isle of Wight. As recently as 2009, a number of German tourists were baited for the amusement of the local populace, leading to protests from the German embassy, and threats of a boycott of Isle of Wight produce in Bavaria.Clare Short edytował(a) ten post dnia 20.10.10 o godzinie 00:44
Link do wypowiedziLink
Bernd Schreckenberg

Bernd Schreckenberg I am an experienced
teacher, with a
diverse background,
h...

Temat: Quaint British traditions

Try being funny and you might receive something like:

"marking wartosciowy is like agreeing with you. it's for me the quickest way of saying, "yes, Warren, I think you are right" :D"
Link do wypowiedziLink

konto usunięte

Temat: Quaint British traditions

Bernd Schreckenberg:
Try being funny and you might receive something like:

"marking wartosciowy is like agreeing with you. it's for me the quickest way of saying, "yes, Warren, I think you are right" :D"

I prefer to give than to receive.
Link do wypowiedziLink
Bernd Schreckenberg

Bernd Schreckenberg I am an experienced
teacher, with a
diverse background,
h...

Temat: Quaint British traditions

Clare Short:
Bernd Schreckenberg:
Try being funny and you might receive something like:

"marking wartosciowy is like agreeing with you. it's for me the quickest way of saying, "yes, Warren, I think you are right" :D"

I prefer to give than to receive.

Marking wartosciowy is like agreeing with you. it's for me the quickest way of saying, "yes, ClareWarren, I think you are right" :D
Link do wypowiedziLink
Bernd Schreckenberg

Bernd Schreckenberg I am an experienced
teacher, with a
diverse background,
h...

Temat: Quaint British traditions

Clare Short:
Bernd Schreckenberg:
Try being funny and you might receive something like:

"marking wartosciowy is like agreeing with you. it's for me the quickest way of saying, "yes, Warren, I think you are right" :D"

I prefer to give than to receive.

Head? Buhahahaha :)
Link do wypowiedziLink
Bernd Schreckenberg

Bernd Schreckenberg I am an experienced
teacher, with a
diverse background,
h...

Temat: Quaint British traditions

One hell of a beer:

http://www.indyposted.com/11186/sink-the-bismarck-worl...

Finally, a simple way to cut back on beer expenses, drink one beer and get nice and drunk. Well maybe not, but the Scottish brewery BrewDog has announced a beer that will get you feeling good with very little effort. Known as Sink The Bismarck! the beer offers 41% ABV, beating out previous record holders that included Tactical Nuclear Penguin which recorded an ABV of 32% last year and Schorschbock at 40% which was recorded just several weeks ago.

Read The Full Story: BrewDog Brewery Of Scotland Announces Worlds Strongest Beer – Indyposted

Check for more:

http://www.brewdog.com/shop.php
Link do wypowiedziLink
Bernd Schreckenberg

Bernd Schreckenberg I am an experienced
teacher, with a
diverse background,
h...

Temat: Quaint British traditions

Anyways, for those who wonder about them British fellas:

http://www.howtodothings.com/family-and-relationships/...

:))
Link do wypowiedziLink
« Wróć do tematów
Odpowiedz

Podobne tematy


Następna dyskusja:

British attitudes to Poles:




Wyślij zaproszenie do
Anuluj