Top 10 Things Only Brits Do and Think Its Normal

Britain is a normal country for normal people. For this list, WatchMojoUK looks at behvaiours and events that Brits think are normal, but the rest of the world thinks are absurd. Featuring pantomimes, endless queuing, and our divisive favourite foods. Let us know in the comments what you think the strangest British behaviours are.

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[nelsonricardo]

How you can mention the class obsession without bringing up Keeping Up Appearances escapes me.

[helipeek]

I’m often found in a queue to complain to my local council about the fact that my bin wasn’t collected the day after bonfire night, a cup of tea firmly grasped in my hand, discussing that mornings downpour with the guy I met in the pub yesterday lunchtime whilst ordering fish and chips.

[cheyennebrennan]

Hey, beans on toast is not only "normal" it's SACRED! 😆

[andrewjones]

How often the rubbish is collected varies depending on how often your council chooses to do so.

[paulturner]

A few years ago we had a couple of visitors from the USA who commented on our British obsession with the weather. First item on their agenda was a visit to Stratford-upon-Avon (approx 15 miles away). They started their journey in bright sunshine, met some freezing fog in the way, were assaulted by a thunderstorm when in Straford and had to contend with some snow on the way back. Guess what they talked about for the next 2 week.

BTW, you pronounced 'class' wrong, It's 'Clarse' :p

[LusciousTwinkle]

Apart from the tea one, this is more like what an American person THINKS we Brits are like...most of these are true for lots of countries...

[sgldn]

The class one was really weird. That’s not how it works here and is a gross oversimplification of a very difficult subject in life across most of Europe

[JoeBleasdaleReal]

“Mystery Meat” still gets me. Oh Brian 😂

[andrewjones]

Steven Toast, in the thumbnail, is hilarious - yet most people haven't heard of Toast of London, let alone seen it.

[davidlees]

I once for Sociology started with other class members formed a queue outside a coffee shop to see how the public would react low and behold it’s gradually got longer and longer. You can’t beat a good queue though can you.

[andrewjones]

Many people say that UK food is particularly bad, but most cities & large towns have a wide variety of food in restaurants, supermarkets etc. You're not limited to British food.

[RodericSpode]

Only Steven Toast (and other characters played by Matt Berry) could make an innocuous phrase like "let us throw caution to the wind" so hilarious.

[richardpenstone]

You missed cream/afternoon tea - thinly cut sandwhiche with the crusts cut off with various fillings, scones jam and cream and finish off with cake and endless flow of tea. I remember I had to explain it to an American couple who were on a British cruise sip with us a few years ago. They were most confused with the consept.

[KarrierBag]

Posted April 1st 🤣
Sums us up perfectly this video does.

[Bookish_Lattes]

Excuse me, the Swedish love a good conversation about the weather, that and kaffe lol

[hipp_katt]

The weather is a big topic in Canada too. I live in Switzerland now, but whenever I talk with someone back home, it's always one of the first topics that is discussed. It's like a formal requirement. Weather must be discussed or we have missed an important topic😅
Isn't the bin pick up normal everywhere?

[Jayforeman]

Sometimes I really do enjoy being British when I watch WatchMojoUK.

[cuddle.a.cactus]

Tea is a cure all! if someone dies in hospital the nurse will ask if anyone would like a cuppa to get over the shock. It's like a comfort blanket

[SonnyK]

I didn’t realise how much I drank until I left the UK. I lived in a very working class area and it was like an unwritten rule that you had to get drunk the night before any day off work. Waking up on your day off without a hangover was just a waste of a day off. Now I just drink a few times a year. If I tell my mates back home I haven’t touched a beer for four months they think it’s insane. If I tell my wife she just says four months is not a long time 😂 and she’s totally right.

[Effaly_]

Weather conversations and Queuing is definitely not something only Brits do.