What is a mad thing about the UK that’s hard to explain to people from overseas? – 17 baffling ways of British life

10.

‘The baffling mix of measurement systems we use, and all just sort of instinctively know which ones to use’
-Kiytan

11.

‘The whole pub yelling “eyyyyyyy” when someone smashes a glass. It’s bizarre and I love it.’
-BambiiDextrous

12.

‘If I had to think of one then I’d say it’s the question that many visitors to this country have and which is “why do you all seem like you’re never proud of your country? You English people (or maybe the UK as a whole) are always so negative about everything in your country”.

Whilst it might have a simple answer it’s also incredibly complex and layered and deeply rooted within our culture and history and it really would take an age to give a full and proper response to that question.’
-SkullDump

13.

‘“What school did you go to?” Is a seemingly harmless question but is actually someone trying to assess your social class (usually from a posho trying to see if you’re part of the inner circle).

In Scotland/NI, it could be someone trying to figure out if you’re a catholic or protestant.’
-VanicFanboy

14.

‘The washing up tub in the sink

Most other people just wash dishes under running water, or soak individual dishes, or soak them in a bigger dish that also needs to be washed.

But having a whole sink tub full of soapy water to keep your dirty dishes in? And then once washing time comes potentially not even rinsing them? Absolutely madness’
-ImScaredSoIMadeThis

15.

‘WE ARE STILL IN EUROPE!!!

We left the EU, we didn’t magically move to Africa!!!!’
-Pizzagoessplat

16.

‘Our love of queues. And the lengths we go to to protect the queue. Though strangely this doesn’t extend in the same way to queuing at the pub.’
-No-Resolve-2423

17.

‘Explaining Guy Fawkes Night to my US colleagues. It was bad enough at uni explaining parkin to someone from London.’
-mhoulden

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