People have been sharing the things they believe about the UK that are ‘total speculation’ – 23 proper chin-scratchers
13.
‘The education system doesn’t want us to be fluent in foreign languages like German or Spanish because if we were it would be easier for us to move to Europe for work.’
–Wide_Appearance5680
14.
‘Because we drink builders tea with milk not this herbal ying lang macha stuff we evolved to have the best biscuits in the world.’
–Happy5Day
15.
‘Billionaires are using the UK as a test ground to see how much they can squeeze people before they revolt. Then they can replicate the results across the rest of the world.’
–mattscazza
16.
‘99% of people in the UK who catch a ‘cold’ or virus in the summer actually suffer from hey fever. They just don’t realise they have an allergy. The hey fever gets worse and then turns in to chest infections etc.’
–JedsBike
17.
‘The Queen had a weather machine so she could control the weather to guarantee a perfect London Olympics.’
–ImTalkingGibberish
18.
‘Sheffield will eventually fall into the giant Victorian flood relief tunnel (the Megatron) that lays beneath it.’
–slaydawgjim
19.
‘Supermarkets are using some sort of Faraday cage to block mobile internet signals, which forces users to use their own WiFi. Thus pillaging our information to sell to the highest bidder.’
–LearningToShootFilm
20.
‘That our old-school liberalism i.e. our love of independence, our respect for the rights of the individual, and our dislike of arbitrary authority, is both our best and our worst feature.’
–flimflam_machine
21.
‘That the country isn’t actually run by an elite cabal making all the decisions at some top secret HQ. It’s actually run by generally well-meaning people who want to make positive changes but are thwarted by NIMBYs, special interest groups, market forces over which they have no control, a reactionary rightwing press and an electorate that wants the government to spend more money on things but is against paying more in tax.’
–EssexGuyUpNorth
22.
‘The real reason Westminster doesn’t want Scotland to be independent is that the overwhelming majority of the UK’s surface freshwater is in Scotland. Loch Ness alone contains more water than all the lakes of England and Wales combined. Water security is going to be a real threat in the next century. It’s the same reason China holds onto Tibet.’
–Jaraxo
23.
‘Stonehenge is fake. It was put into storage during WWI for safety but the records of where were lost. A papier-mâché replica with willow frame was made in 1921 but weather didn’t help so it needed replacing every spring.
‘In 1963 a fibreglass replacement was made and has been in place ever since, a couple of stones have been damaged during the 80s and replaced but it’s still all fake. Just knock on the stones and you can hear they’re hollow.’
–Hamsternoir
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