Brits have been sharing the hills they’ll die on no matter how stupid they sound – 22 especially homegrown beliefs we’ll defend to the death
13.
‘If a ‘pub’ allows you to reserve a table, it is not a pub.’
–PaleAustin
14.
‘The British people need to seriously take a look at their attitudes towards each other. We’ve become very disconnected and it’s almost like we’re all desperate for each other to fail.’
–StopTheTrickle
15.
‘No curry sauce on lovely battered fish.’
–WeeklyThroat6648
16.
‘I have two hills: The area code for London is 020. Same for other 02x codes, they are three digits only. British postcodes are the best in the world.’
–deadliftbear
17.
‘Hash browns do not belong on a full English breakfast. They are a transatlantic invader.’
–boredandolden
18.
‘The word schedule has a silent c and is pronounced with a ‘sh’ sound at the start not a ‘sc’. Simplified American English shouldn’t creep into British English.’
–RedPlasticDog
19.
‘Brown sauce before noon. Tomato sauce after noon.’
–HurloonMinotaur
20.
‘No matter how you, as a Brit in Britain, order a ‘pain au chocolat’ at a bakery, you sound like a bellend.’
–memcwho
21.
‘Waitrose is fair more affordable and reasonable than most people make it out to be, at least if you go through their essential range. I would rather go to Aldi, as the quality and price of food from Aldi is fantastic but the idea that Waitrose is overpriced tosh for posh people is crazy unreasonable.’
–Bitter-Fee2788
22.
‘The BBC is a huge national asset that needs preserving for national security and sanity.’
–inside12volts
Second that last one, although also not sure it counts as stupid.
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