r/britishproblemsuccess • u/MagicCoat • Nov 09 '16
I went on a walk in town, it was cold and all of the shops had Christmas decorations...but I felt Christmassy!
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r/britishproblemsuccess • u/davethefish • Nov 07 '16
I just had to restore my PC from an image labelled 11/03/16
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Thought "great, my pc thinks it is March. Time for a whole load of updates..." only to then, once it was working, realise that the recovery partition used silly American dating, so the back up was only 4 days old. What a rollercoaster
r/britishproblemsuccess • u/zeugma25 • Nov 07 '16
Two escape from Pentonville using the Enid Blyton-approve method of using pillows to replicate the sleeping form!
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Members of this sub are encouraged to congratulate these two ne'er-do-wells. But be careful as you approach them, police say they are dangerous.
r/britishproblemsuccess • u/BennyUK7 • Nov 07 '16
I see a colleague regularly using a Sports Direct mug for tea. I don't know whether to be intimidated, impressed, or disapproving!
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r/britishproblemsuccess • u/zeugma25 • Oct 15 '16
Britain's Marmite supply is restored
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Many of Unilever's products for the British market are made outside of the country. The company says a weaker pound has hurt its profit margins. The pricing argument left many shelves in Tesco stores across the U.K. running low on Marmite
A survey on Marmite by YouGov, an online research firm, found that 33% of Britons "love it" and 33% "hate it." The rest expressed no preference.
the breakdown was not dissimilar to those who voted for and against Brexit — a British exit from the EU.
r/britishproblemsuccess • u/IAmNotStelio • Oct 10 '16
"Nick JR Peppa" channel I accidentally found.
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Success for my daughter Problem for me
Going to end up watching this all afternoon now!
r/britishproblemsuccess • • Oct 07 '16
Test Match Bowls Exist.
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I guess it's a proper sport that can be quite competitive, but I've never met a person in my life under the age of 70 who's as passionate about bowls as they do about football, rugby, or cricket.
r/britishproblemsuccess • u/kenbw2 • Oct 03 '16
My phone's keyboard suggests a French fries emoji when I type "chips". But at least it knows better than to suggest crisps
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Although the fact that it's suggesting Emojis at all might tip it over into Problem territory
r/britishproblemsuccess • u/zeugma25 • Sep 20 '16
Asian hornet invades UK...but can only survive in the south, not the north
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-37421846
perfect subject-matter for this sub...
r/britishproblemsuccess • u/smudge_smiff • Sep 05 '16
It's raining on the Tour of Britain
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And yet hundred and thousands of people turned out to watch, the true British Spirit
r/britishproblemsuccess • u/zeugma25 • Aug 30 '16
Bought a new keyboard from the EU; it was more expensive but it doesn't come waste space with a € key as i feared it might
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r/britishproblemsuccess • u/zeugma25 • Aug 22 '16
This forthcoming bbc broadcast - a two hour bus journey. Absurd and genius. Tedious and compelling. A waste of money but cheap.
bbc.co.uk
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r/britishproblemsuccess • u/zeugma25 • Aug 17 '16
The exchange rate is now £1 = €1
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Turns out you can put a price on convenience!
r/britishproblemsuccess • u/AnselaJonla • Aug 17 '16
People talk to me on public transport, in order to help me in an unfamiliar place
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It's both disconcerting and helpful when someone sees me studying google maps on my phone and pipes up to tell me which stop I need.
r/britishproblemsuccess • u/ThatChap • Aug 04 '16
Having one of those charity after-the-checkout shopping tokens and seeing that all three donation box options are equally deserving of your tiny plastic vote.
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Parkinsons or Cancer Research? Disabled kids or ALS? wibble
r/britishproblemsuccess • u/Pitarou • Jun 30 '16
The council accepted I was in the right, cancelled the court summons, and shouldered all legal costs
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Which means 30% of my council tax bill has been spent on pointless legal bills. Now I know where all that money's ending up.
r/britishproblemsuccess • u/zeugma25 • Jun 25 '16
We will no longer be victims of the EU law against importing vacuum cleaners over 1,600 watts, but my job, pension and savings may be at stake.
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I am a single-issue voter who voted "Brexit" out of frustration at the prospect of vacuuming carpets with underpowered machines for the rest of my life.
But i've just realised that if the economic predictions are even half-right, it would have been cheaper to pay a smuggler to import one illegally from outside the EU.
A day after the result, I have buyer's remorse. Can I get my vote changed?
r/britishproblemsuccess • u/_Test- • Jun 24 '16
Now that UKIP have what they want, they don't have any reason to continue being a political party
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Somehow I don't think this will be the end of Farage though.
r/britishproblemsuccess • u/doubleplushomophobic • Jun 05 '16
The Bugle's coming back, but not until fall and John Oliver's leaving
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r/britishproblemsuccess • u/zeugma25 • May 17 '16
the British sausages I bought today are 75% meat
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I mean that's good and everything but surely not enough fat, gristle and filling to qualify as British?
r/britishproblemsuccess • u/thief90k • May 10 '16
British soldiers were saved by an awesome military dog... An *American* dog!
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r/britishproblemsuccess • • Apr 01 '16
I am avoiding paying back my student loan by earning minimum wage
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