The British

[doubledutch]

If half the things said about English or British here were said about some other group of people, there would be screams of racism and bigotry. What a load of stereotyping bullshit.

[sifi]

Oh, and things have gone way too PC overhere too; one cannot have a joke anymore for fear of it being misconstrued

[doubledutch]

Jokes tend to be funny. Offending people tends not to be.

Edited July 9, 2011 by doubledutch

[sifi]

And the Brits are less and less capable to seperate the two!

[doubledutch]

Britain was home to Douglas Adams, Round the Horne and Cleese, Jones, Chapman, Palin and Idle. That is punching well above it's weight.

[sifi]

Somebody had best tell Cleese that he's dead .....

[doubledutch]

Somebody had best tell Cleese that he's dead .....

[sifi]

Python wasn't a person

[doubledutch]

Python wasn't a person

[grumpyhack]

I think people in most countries tell jokes at the expense of others. The English poke fun at the Scots for being mean. In Wales the same tightfisted jokes are told at the expense of the Cardis (people coming from Cardiganshire in West Wales).

The English tell jokes at the expense of 'thick' Irishmen. The Dutch tell the same jokes at the expense of the Belgians and the Belgians tell the same jokes at the expense of The Dutch.

Edited July 9, 2011 by grumpyhack

[doubledutch]

I think people in most countries tell jokes at the expense of others. The English poke fun at the Scots for being mean. In Wales the same tightfisted jokes are told at the expense of the Cardis (people coming from Cardiganshire in West Wales).

The English tell jokes at the expense of 'thick' Irishmen. The Dutch tell the same jokes at the expense of the Belgians and the Belgians tell the same jokes at the expense of The Dutch.

[deardo]

Can't be arsed to read through the entire thread, but yes, the OP is so right. We love a moan don't we. Myself, i had a top, top time. Yes, not the best year but fooking great all the same. Can't wait for 2013. Bring it on.

[Spindles]

All very true - but one can do so less and less because of the PC brigade.

[James Bolivar]

I agree with many of the posts here - we do tend to moan and don't complain enough. People in service jobs aren't even used to being complained to - I've seen expressions of shock when I've sent back bad food or complained about the service. Unfortunately, Glastonbury Festivals Ltd doesn't support any easy way of complaining, they don't even conduct a post-event survey; all we can do is express our discontent on forums like this and, of course, stop going.

That said, I disagree with the OP on the scale of moaning here, 80%, cock! I find myself a lone voice of reason on most threads and the number of happy-clappy, "I loved U2" threads far outnumber the negative.

[knivesout]

I agree with many of the posts here - we do tend to moan and don't complain enough. People in service jobs aren't even used to being complained to - I've seen expressions of shock when I've sent back bad food or complained about the service. Unfortunately, Glastonbury Festivals Ltd doesn't support any easy way of complaining, they don't even conduct a post-event survey; all we can do is express our discontent on forums like this and, of course, stop going.

That said, I disagree with the OP on the scale of moaning here, 80%, cock! I find myself a lone voice of reason on most threads and the number of happy-clappy, "I loved U2" threads far outnumber the negative.

[James Bolivar]

you really are a miserable dickhead aren't you. have you got anything better to do than just come on every thread to complain about the festival and tell everyone else how they shouldn't be enjoying this event? seriously, lighten up a bit. nobody particularly values your opinion

[HurrahBrother]

I'd say about 80% of the posts I've read on here since coming back from Worthy Farm have been extremely negative. Why?? Because The British love a good moan, will you's do us all a favour and chill out and realise that you've just been to the best festival in the world.