Jerrys, Tea and High Visibility Vests…

Before leaving England I do feel the need to tell the world the following:

1. The English countryside and small villages and their inhabitants are exactly like you think it should be: lovely tiny houses, friendly locals, cows, pigs, horses and rabbits, traditional pubs and even a small village like Debenham has a lovely old style post office where you still can buy only one envelope for some pence, a butcher, a grocery, a supermarket, an ATM, a leisure centre and two (!) pubs…
2. The English go mad when they run out of tea. They need to have at least five cups a day and if you do not boil the water to a certain extend or you add too less or too much milk they go crazy…
3. The English kind of admire Germans for their effort and accuracy but they can´t admit it… so they have to mention the war all the time and call them jerrys…;)
4. The English for some reason think that Germans love David Hasselhoff (The Hoff)… couldn´t really figure out why…
5. The English can´t pronounce names over one syllable… only Ants, Dans, Mics, Nats and Jens do exist…
6. The English love Health and Safety rules… you need to wear a high visibility vest when lying under a truck (luckily Dragoman seems to be the only place in England where Health and Safety is not practiced to death) and obviously people need to be reminded to lock doors by big signs with lockers on it (are English really dyslexic and stupid?? I don´t think so…)
7. The English seem to be frightened to live, they need insurances for everything, but then almost everything is excluded in their insurances and everybody needs to “cover their own ass” as they are afraid to be sued…. This leads to the fact that you can´t touch somebody at the inner side of their thigh when saving somebody’s life and putting him or her in a recovery position as he or she might suit you afterwards of sexual harassment… at least I have been told this in my first aid course…

So finally: I did not want do offend anybody with these remarks and I am not liable for the content of this page;)) I really really enjoyed my time in England, I felt always very welcome and made good friends. But looking forward to go to Africa now and enjoy freedom without Health and Safety rules and insurances…

PS: Yes I know, I am nevertheless happy about having a health insurance which flies me back to Europe just in case…

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