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No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
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Message Posted:
14/08/2008 10:36

How does the rest of the world view the UK? Are we really a nation of 'Boozy Brits?"

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
14/08/2008 10:59

hi no1 ,it certainly looks that way , i dare say it happens in most countries but with the brits they seem hell bent on proving their reputation is justified , drunkeness and debauchery { just wished it was around when i was younger , too late to start now eh ! } only jesting

regards , simbas

TRNCVaughan


Joined: 27/04/2008
Posts: 4578

Message Posted:
14/08/2008 11:06

These days I only get the drunkeness, sadly.

Chick-a-Dee


Joined: 16/06/2008
Posts: 342

Message Posted:
14/08/2008 12:43

What's wrong with us Brits ... letting our hair down and having a good time. At least we're not stuffy. We know how to ROCK! We did put the GREAT in Great Britain - let us not forget.

Rogerdodger


Joined: 24/04/2008
Posts: 271

Message Posted:
14/08/2008 13:25

Drinking not a problem:



Drink, get drunk fall down, no problem



Seriously, the UK is not the only country to have this problem, I have been all over the world and seen the same, if not worse, but when it happens in the UK, it gets advertised more, as the old saying goes, "people in glass houses should't throw stones.

cyprusishome


Joined: 31/03/2007
Posts: 2381

Message Posted:
14/08/2008 13:27

Just look around at the resorts that largely British people have tried to destroy.



Ibiza, Majorca, Faliraki, most of Corfu, Aya Napa to name but a few. The local people in these places detest everything about people from UK, except of course the money they can scam out of them in their drunken parties.



There is enjoying yourself and there are British people making idiots of themselves.



Said it before, go around Girne harbour and pick out the Brits, not hard to!!!!!

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
14/08/2008 13:31

There is a big campaign in the world against smoking and I think in twenty years time they will have a similar campaign against alcohol. At the moment it is antisocial not to drink and as far as I am concerned I have been brave enough to stand up and say "orange juice please" )

I can drink a little wine, I hate beer and can't drink hard drinks like votka or whisky.

ismet

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
14/08/2008 13:37

throwing up in the street , practically in a state of undress , lewd behaviour , having as near to sex as you possibly can in public , i think thats giving the world a pretty damn good impression of the british way the youngsters holiday.yes its true to say all youngsters do , but not to same extreme as the british , you only have to ask the indigenous people , they will say every time that the brits are by far the worse

wynyardman



Joined: 15/12/2007
Posts: 4580

Message Posted:
14/08/2008 13:45

My opinion,



They should be arrested and charged, then their passports should be taken from them for five years. I am still proud to be British, and when we are guests in other countries, we should act appropriatley.



Grumpy old man?



Havind said that.....there is nothing finer than a couple of G&Ts after a day at work, or in the sun. Then an evening on Effes with convivial Company. Then the occaisional bottle of wine with friends.



Oh to hell with it! We probably do drink too much!



Thats life I suppose.



wyn

watty


Joined: 04/04/2008
Posts: 77

Message Posted:
14/08/2008 14:26

Hi Wynn



You told me you did'nt have a drink problem



You Drink

Get Drunk

Fall Over

No Problem



Watty

reproman


Joined: 05/06/2008
Posts: 252

Message Posted:
14/08/2008 14:51

Surly it is a very real problem when British people themselves dont like going to certain places because....ITS FULL OF BRITS!



I have lost count of the number of British peole i have met that say they are ashamed to be British when they see the behaviour of some of their fellow people.



I think tarring all Brits with the same brush is unfair, its that group of people, also known as 'chavs' that have ruined the reputation of British people abroad and unfortunatley at home in the UK too.





Repro.

cruggs


Joined: 06/04/2008
Posts: 498

Message Posted:
14/08/2008 15:03

went to france several years ago with work colleges,three of them were drunk

when we got off in france,one fell over and smashed his face,the other two

were sick all over the pavement. i felt truly sorry to be english.when they were

sober you could`nt get better work mates.it comes as no suprise that the

french and others look at the brits on holiday with disdain.

ilovemydogs



Joined: 20/04/2008
Posts: 514

Message Posted:
14/08/2008 15:18

i think there would be no problem if everyone was like me.. i get drunk and cry or sleep on the bathroom floor. no violence.

Chick-a-Dee


Joined: 16/06/2008
Posts: 342

Message Posted:
14/08/2008 15:48

Waht do you cry about ? ILMD

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
14/08/2008 15:50

I agree with all (most) of the comments made here. However apart from being a nation of "Boozy Brits" - don't we have a reputation as being a hospitable nation? Are we a caring nation? Don't we welcome tourists to our country and make them feel at home?

wynyardman



Joined: 15/12/2007
Posts: 4580

Message Posted:
14/08/2008 16:00

Watty,



We are known for Black Country hospitality, and conviviality.



As Ni1Doyen says we have welcomed tourists for years, yet we have never felt a need to



let the side down. I blame the youth! Pay them less, and work them harder!



Hope to see you 24/9 at The Ship for a little quiet hospitality.



wyn

Chick-a-Dee


Joined: 16/06/2008
Posts: 342

Message Posted:
14/08/2008 16:03

Wynyardman ....



Bring the melons with you on the 24/9 ... you never know if you may need them! You know the part of the anatomy that is effected by booze!

Rogerdodger


Joined: 24/04/2008
Posts: 271

Message Posted:
14/08/2008 16:13

Cyprusishome,



Sounds like you don't like the brit's " as you put us", if you don't like us then don't look, also sounds like you have an axe to grind, everybody is entitled to their opinion, do not tar all with the same brush

Rogerdodger


Joined: 24/04/2008
Posts: 271

Message Posted:
14/08/2008 16:18

One point to add,



"I will never be ashamed to be British"



I may be ashamed of some of the things the British tourists do when they go on holiday but open your eyes to the rest of the nationalites!

cyprusishome


Joined: 31/03/2007
Posts: 2381

Message Posted:
14/08/2008 16:21

As you say roger - "everyone entitled to an opinion"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



One thing, always ashamed to be called British, I am English!!!!!!!!!!

watty


Joined: 04/04/2008
Posts: 77

Message Posted:
14/08/2008 17:24

I think you should all ways be proud of your country, just because some idiots

make a prat of themselves, the country is not too blame it's the parents who bring the kids up.

How many forum members have had problems with there kids ?



People of my age were taught to repect elders respect values respect themselves.



THATS THE CRUX the word RESPECT has gone out of the english language.

ilovecyprus


Joined: 08/05/2007
Posts: 2880

Message Posted:
14/08/2008 17:31

playfulness, fun and a sense of mischeviousness helped through alcohol is fine, alcohol igniting anger, inconvenience and harm to others is to be frowned upon. There is a line, stay one side and enhance the reputaion of the Brits as fun loving people , cross it and damage our image you pay a high price.

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
14/08/2008 17:40

I think the drink problem has worsened since they allowed pubs and bars to open all day.

ilovemydogs



Joined: 20/04/2008
Posts: 514

Message Posted:
14/08/2008 17:43

chick-a-dee.... i cry because my trevor isn't eating any melon

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
14/08/2008 17:47

Wyn's eaten all the supplies!

pilgrim



Joined: 11/05/2007
Posts: 1404

Message Posted:
14/08/2008 22:26

From what I remember,Todays not a lot different than the 60,s mod era, fighting rockers, all night clubs, sexual revelution, and rum and coke, but the only overseas most of us ever went was the Isle of Wight. ( festival). Good times.

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
15/08/2008 10:34

Pilgrim - those were the days! Parker on, Hish Puppies on, kick start the Lambretta.....away we go.........

TRNCVaughan


Joined: 27/04/2008
Posts: 4578

Message Posted:
15/08/2008 10:43

So you took a fountain pen with you....?

wynyardman



Joined: 15/12/2007
Posts: 4580

Message Posted:
15/08/2008 10:46

I thought that Vaughan. I note no mention of melon in their knapsacks, in those days!!!!



wyn

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
15/08/2008 10:50

Believe me Wyn, we did'nt need the Melon in those days.

As the song said..."Love is all around me and so the feeling grows....."

pilgrim



Joined: 11/05/2007
Posts: 1404

Message Posted:
15/08/2008 11:31

Doyen, yep, TV 200 genuine fur trimmed ex us army parker, Bank holidays at Brighton.

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
15/08/2008 15:21

pilgrim ...those were the days!! If only we could turn the clock back.

PtePike



Joined: 20/05/2008
Posts: 2334

Message Posted:
15/08/2008 16:23

Nver knew there were so many former yobs on the BB.

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
15/08/2008 16:30

Yobs!! Mods were not yobs Eric....where have you been? ;)

pilgrim



Joined: 11/05/2007
Posts: 1404

Message Posted:
15/08/2008 17:26

obviously led a sheltered life, or believed media hype of violence, only ever witnessed one scuffle caused by bruttish over zealous police.

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
15/08/2008 17:33

Yes and we gave them a right kicking. (only joking Eric)