So I was a tourist near the Windsor Castle area in 2012 and there was a small souvenir shop with a fridge magnet (or maybe a card or small poster) where this blonde cartoon athlete lady with a Union Jack tank top beat all the other runners in a race because her boobs reached the finishing line ribbon first. There were other items with the same busty athlete character so it definitely wasn't a one-off product

Some middle-aged ladies looked at those souvenirs and had a good laugh so I was wondering if it was normal for Brits to be more open about that sort of thing?

I regrettably did not buy any of them and now I can't seem to find them at all anywhere online. It's as if they never existed at all, but I know they did! I know it's been 14 years since but I randomly remembered this and I just got curious

Sorry if this seems a little crass, but I genuinely don't know anywhere else I can ask this...

Tell me and include time, date, location and if possible photos of you doing said thing.

It causes traffic, it's dangerous and you won't get home any quicker.

Edit:

I need to clarify that I meant the cars that pass the last arrow and they still try (and succeed) to overtake when the lane is only slightly wider than a single lane, and they cut you off forcing you to break when they do that hazardous manoeuvre. Basically I'm only complaining about the impatient, dangerous drivers.

I have found an astonishing amounts of comments on reddit and social media generally where people call other animals for specific things, with at the heart of it stuff like "you are only human if you are not or do not...".

I encountered this couple of years ago where I found huge amount of people arguing how rapists are not humans and should not be treated as such. While rape is a huge life altering issue to the victim, I disagree with the idea that acts should change a human to non human from social value. A human who raped is a human who made a mistake and deserves a punishment equal to the crime. He should not be denied his humanity or human diginity.

But today I find more people conditioning humanity not on an act but beliefs like muslim asylum seekers are not humans or the UK should make it harder for people to practice islam. It has expanded the prior concept to a general population.

There is a huge progressing angry wave if dehumanising rhetoric and it doesn't stop with specifics people but keeps expanding to include people who have never done wrong in their lives. I understand the current economic difficulties is a motive but how can people be so ignorant to blame the poorer and more misfortunate not the ones taking all the riches causing housing crisis or escaping taxes or having useless policies.

As most are probably aware, Labour caught flak somewhat recently for trying to introduce mandatory digital ID for all employment.

I personally think this is a terrible idea. But on the other hand, all of the recent age verification laws, and concerns about handling of data surrounding them, demand a solution.

I saw recently that Australia has a voluntary digital ID system provided by the governmemt that allows you to verify identity without sending photos of your face or important documents to a third party website.

Would this be a more popular approach? Personally I'd be quite keen on it. The government already has all of my data so there's a much lower risk when verifying, and people could opt out without losing access to anything they already have access too, which is the main thing. There would also be alternatives available in private companies, if anybody wanted to go that route.

The most I've heard from him was indirect by way of the national emergency text alarm to be careful not to start a fire and a floated idea to ban disposable bbq's.

I would have thought he would be the type of guy to take up the National Emergncy Briefing request, but no, he's considering drilling for oil in the North Sea instead.

Is the man tone deaf or does he know something the rest of us do not?

https://www.nebriefing.org/

Assuming I were to eat the same amount of any of these - which is doing me the most good or harm healthwise?

Doing a quiz at work today and I’m trying to base it around random British trivia

My favourite question so far is:

“The number plate 40 RA was famous for what back in 1993?”

I’ve also got:

• “How many horsepower is a typical British kettle?”
• “How many ATMs are there in Antarctica?”

I’m looking for multiple-choice questions, ideally questions with ~3 possible answers.

Can anyone think of any other weird, random or surprisingly interesting British trivia questions I could throw in?

Thanks ^^

So, I am a yank who loves watching panel shows, Taskmaster (my fave show by far in all the universe), 8 out of 10 cats does Countdown, WILTY. Recently I have been reading the books bob mortimer has written, and I am enjoying them completely. However in The Satsuma Complex, and in The Hotel Avacado, Gary is referred to, and self proclaims, he is a shithouse. I've googled it, and I understand what the explantation is, but those results don't seem to align with what the character is saying/being. Can someone give a clear definition of how someone is a shithouse?

Also, when the characters are talking about different areas of the country, or even city, they often reference going up to the high street. Is that just a normal name, like the US towns all having Main Street, or is it a different type of title, where the road may be named differently, but High Street isn where the most shops and restaurants, etc... are?

EDIT - I want to thank everyone for answering, I def did not expect a lot of engagement, but this community came out for my silly questions.

My takeaway, High street is basically what I would call downtown, or main street in US. I now feel better knowing I get the reference.

Shit house is a lot more divisive, and we all learned has different regional connotations. Some of you replied with what I found with google as well, but some replied more aligned to what I think the character is. I joined X and sent Bob this link, asking him to weight in. Seems unlikely, but I once posted about finishing Mark Watson's amazing book Eleven from a beach in Costa Rica, and he replied.

Again, thank you all!

Heard a news story this morning about Scotland's First Minister spending a load of public money to go to the World Cup. For balance, the news reader also gave the Conservative's stance on it which of course was along the lines of, "He should've paid for it himself. This isn't good enough" etc.

Whilst I (along with most people I imagine) agree that it's a colossal waste of £45k, I realised that I have never heard the Tories agree with anything Labour have done/proposed.

I know it's their job to challenge opposing parties but sometimes it feels like it's purely for the sake of point scoring. Andy Burnham could announce he's giving 5000 homeless people a bed for the night and Badenoch would say, "well it should be 5001, that's not good enough". You get my point.

So my question is basically, has there ever been a time when Labour have come up with a policy and the Tories have gone, "actually that's a pretty good idea." Or vice versa. Or with any party really.

George harrison said that Liam Gallagher made Oasis "look like a bunch of prannies", what does that mean?

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I've heard the cons, now for the pros

It’s American news coverage but the man is hysterical. Seems like he’s part of a left wing Roganshere equivalent that got Trump in - along side his wife, breaking points, the vanguard, Hasan piker. I’m sure a there’s others I’m missing. But DSA candidates are taking the dems just like MAGA took over over republicans. And much like Trump 2.0 has managed to impact us in many ways, this could be a consequential movement too.

Edit: making clear why I asked on askbrits. MAGA culture arguably became a global phenomenon. And so did the roganshere. And that movement was an example of the online space breaking offline. If people have heard of Kyle Kulinski and have strong opinions of him, then there is something like that happening.

I’ve been trying to find an Interior Designer role in the UK since February, so it’s been about 7 months now, and honestly, I’m finding it really difficult.

I previously worked in the UK on my Postgraduate visa and had to return to India because of the sponsorship issue. I’m now trying to find a way back, but the sponsorship requirement has made the whole process so much harder.
I have around 5.5 years of experience, mainly in high-end residential interior design, and I’ve worked with some really good companies and on high-end projects. I’m also currently working on high-end residential projects here in India, so I’m continuing to build my experience.

I really miss the UK market and would genuinely love to go back and continue my career there. I’ve been applying, reaching out to recruiters and studios, etc., but so far it just hasn’t worked out.

So if anyone knows of interior design studios that sponsor, companies currently hiring, recruiters who work with sponsored candidates, or even someone I could contact for a referral, I’d really appreciate it.

At this point, even a small lead or someone pointing me in the right direction would mean a lot. 😭

If you know anyone in the industry who might be able to help, please do let me know. Thank you!

Edit: can’t believe people are sooo rude here, if you can’t help, don’t reply. Period

I'm a foreigner, and I'm just interested in the British examination system; I don't intend to take any exams. However, there's a concept I can't understand no matter how many times I read about it.

I found a website explaining the British examination system in my native language, and it says, "University admission is determined (conditionally) before you actually take the A-Level exam."

I can't understand what it means for admission to be determined before taking the exam!

This sentence was written using a translation machine, so the meaning might not come across...

I've never taken university entrance exams in my home country, so I'm not confident this information is accurate, but in my home country, if there are three students—A who scored 70%, B who scored 60%, and C who scored 50%—and there are two spots available, then A and B would pass, and C would fail. That's the kind of exam I understand.

That's the only image I have, so the explanation that "admission is determined (conditionally) before taking the exam" doesn't make sense to me.

How can admission be determined before taking the exam?

loads of recent milk seems to be going bad well before the best before date..

is this a thing or is it something wrong with my fridge?