Things you’d never expect an Englishman to say:
- “I don’t think our football team has a realistic chance of winning the world cup….”
- “I’d quite like our government to join the Euro…”
- “I think the Duke of Edinburgh is an excellent human being….”
- “Tim Henman has won Wimbledon…”
- “The Daily Mail was very insightful today….”
- “The French are an excellent race of people….”
- “I don’t think there are enough speed camera’s on our roads….”
- “I would like it to rain a little bit more…”
- “I think Tony Blair did the right thing….”
- “Hello there neighbour, how are you?…”
- “Eastenders was so realistic tonight….”
- “The Queen’s dead….”
- “Spandau Ballet were an important band…”
- “Simon Cowell has done so much for the music industry….”
- “Put Danny Baker back on TV…”
- “Jade Goody is really intelligent….”
- “That Anthony Cotton show is the best thing on TV…”
- “I think we should release Ian Huntley…”
- “Maybe we should ditch the Union Jack and take up the Stars and Stripes…”
- “Yuri Geller can really bend spoons….”
- “Anne Widdecombe really is quite attractive…”
- “Hugh Grant is such a versatile actor…”
- “Our TV license is great value for money….”
- “Council Tax is so cheap these days….”
- “We have enough national holidays….”
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Crazy Brits » Things We Will Never Say said,
December 6, 2007 @ 8:18 am
[…] this post and thought of some […]
Sephe said,
December 6, 2007 @ 8:23 am
Very funny. I thought of some more:-
“Let’s not discuss the weather”…” http://www.crazybrits.co.uk/2007/11/23/things-we-will-never-say/
Always travelling said,
December 8, 2007 @ 6:48 am
Love it! Also very partial to the phrases-as-blog-entry deal. I’ve just done a little ditty on things people say to Australians, e.g. ‘Your English is VERY good for a non-native speaker’ and ‘I’ve only met 3 Australians before and it has made me wonder, is alcohol abuse a big problem in your country?’…
Always Travelling » The French are an excellent people said,
December 8, 2007 @ 6:51 am
[…] those of you who are also partial to the phrase-list-as-blog-entry deal, check out this post on Things you’d never expect an Englishman to say - classic. A sneak peak: “The French are an excellent people…”; “Maybe we should ditch the […]
imogen richardson said,
February 27, 2008 @ 1:47 pm
This was so coll all my family were reduced to tearsits even better than t.v wicked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
too many frogs... said,
March 13, 2008 @ 5:07 am
I love your list - and I don’t think you’d hear ‘the English have an admirable society’ over here either! I have heard something recently quite “shocking” though - a French friend who wants to go to London to try fish and chips! On this jaw-dropping revelation, my (French) boyfriend and I just stared at him: ‘You want to do WHAT!?!’