‘What is the most aggressively British thing you’ve ever caught yourself doing?’ – 21 people who are UK-coded to their very core

12.

‘Counting the items in a person’s basket at the ten or less items till.’
–lovinglifeatmyage

13.

‘Lawn mower arms race: when someone on your street mows their lawn and you have to mow yours too.’
–Alternative-Fox-7255

14.

‘Eating a chilli chicken masala in the middle of summer with my top off, sweating like a pig.’
–surreyade

15.

‘Clearing my throat loudly and correcting someone when they say ‘skedule’.’
–Positive_Wiglet

16.

‘Back in the 80’s sun bathing on a beach in Italy I absolutely had to have a cup of tea, so my mates went off to find a brew while I watched over out stuff. I died laughing when I saw them crossing the beach balancing a tea tray, tea pot, cups and saucers – the whole lot. We might as well have put a flag of St George on the top of the umbrella and be done with it. Laughing now thinking about it.’
–Kanreki_25

17.

‘I went to Uzbekistan a few years ago on a group tour. We wondered if we were the only Brits in the entire country. To test this theory I shouted ‘oh eight hundred double oh!’ as we walked past the town square in Khiva. It turns out we were not the only Brits!’
–MrsArmitage

18.

‘Defending the personal space of a swan. A tourist in the Lake District was following a swan at close quarters and making weird gestures and noises at it. It kept moving away, he followed. I did the exact same to him. He didn’t like it. I told him to back off the swans and advised him that they belonged to the Queen (it was about 10 years ago). He left.’
–Historical_Heron4801

19.

‘Being introduced to strangers of the opposite sex whilst on a naturist beach. It involves hand shakes, eyes above the chest and cocktail party formal friendliness.’
–peterhala

20.

‘Socks and sandals in Spain.’
–Shoddy_Juggernaut_11

21.

‘Started a fake queue outside a comic/game shop. There wasn’t a book signing or game release on that day or anything special. We just waited until a few people joined our queue, and then wandered off, leaving them somewhat perplexed.
Our queuing instinct is strong. We don’t even question it.’
–zombiejojo

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