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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI thought the English had better sense than us
Bouernemouth Beach, England yesterday with no respect for social distancing
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I thought the English had better sense than us (Original Post)
packman
Jun 2020
OP
No, they're just as dumb. After all, they elected BoJo and voted for Brexit.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jun 2020
#1
Having spent a lot of time with the Brits, they're all hoping the alchohol will do the trick.
erronis
Jun 2020
#4
Not much. When I was a little kid we would go to Jones beach and after being in the water...
TreasonousBastard
Jun 2020
#7
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,669 posts)1. No, they're just as dumb. After all, they elected BoJo and voted for Brexit.
Thekaspervote
(32,754 posts)2. This!!
Miguelito Loveless
(4,458 posts)8. Yep. More gullible folks who believe everything
they read on Facebook.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)3. Always hoping it's the camera angle making it look more crowded
But since theyre declaring an emergency over this, maybe not.
erronis
(15,230 posts)4. Having spent a lot of time with the Brits, they're all hoping the alchohol will do the trick.
Admittedly only 6-8% (unless gin and tonics - 20-30%).
Well below the virus-killing level of 70%.
But knowing these fine people, they'll make up in quantity what they lack in quality.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)5. I feel very much "at home" in the UK, if that says anything. n/t
-Laelth
Aristus
(66,316 posts)6. Nope. they're just as stupid, but with cooler accents...
n/t
Wounded Bear
(58,639 posts)11. Nothing much sexier than a woman speaking cockney...
Aristus
(66,316 posts)13. Except a woman speaking Liverpudlian...
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)7. Not much. When I was a little kid we would go to Jones beach and after being in the water...
for a while when I got out I was sometimes terrified I couldn't find the family. Such were the crowds.
(Later I was terrified they might have planned it that way.)
zanana1
(6,110 posts)9. That is horrible.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)10. That is my biggest nightmare.
I absolutely hate crowds. I would feel suffocated in an environment like that. I don't know how people can bear it. I feel anxious just looking at that photo.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)12. They've got their dummies too.
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