Help me become a Londoner!

Smylers Smylers at stripey.com
Tue Nov 24 12:57:30 GMT 2009


Dominic Thoreau writes:

> I've been in Britain for 8 years now, and I know the biggest lie in
> the country.
> 
> "How are you? "
> "Oh, can't complain"
> 
> The Brit can always complain, but mostly it's about things that don't
> really matter. It's when the complaining stops that they're really
> pi$$ed off....

  Roy Mallard:  What's it like working here?
  factory worker:  Well, we can't complain.
  Roy Mallard:  So you get on well with management then?
  factory worker:  No -- it's them what said we can't complain.

[Probably misquoted: I failed to Google up a script, so the above is
from memory.]

Smylers


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