Very proud to be British Because...

Only in Britain... can a pizza get to your house faster than an
ambulance.

Only in Britain... do supermarkets make sick people walk all the way
to the back of the shop to get their prescriptions while healthy
people can buy cigarettes at the front.

Only in Britain... do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries,
and a DIET coke.

Only in Britain... do banks leave both doors open and chain the pens
to the counters.

Only in Britain... do we leave cars worth thousands of pounds on the
drive and lock our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage.

Only in Britain... do we use answering machines to screen calls and
then have, call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't
want to talk to in the first place.

Only in Britain... are there disabled parking places in front of a
skating rink.

Only in Britain... can you take find and replace the word america from an american joke and have it still make sense.

Only in Britain... do you get fat white boys with enourmous amounts of jewelry (chavs) and they think they are tough bad boys.

NOT TO MENTION...

3 Brits die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue.

142 Brits were injured in 1999 by not removing all pins from new
shirts.

58 Brits are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of
screwdrivers.

31 Brits have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while
the fairy lights were plugged in.

19 Brits have died in the last 3 years believing that Christmas
decorations were chocolate.

British Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after cracker
pulling accidents.

101 people since 1999 have had broken parts of plastic toys pulled out
of the soles of their feet.

18 Brits had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit
cigarette in their mouth.

A massive 543 Brits were admitted to A&E in the last two years after
opening bottles of beer with their teeth.

5 Brits were injured last year in accidents involving out of control
Scalextric cars.

17% of brits believe everything they read on the internet

and finally.........In 2000 eight Brits cracked their skull whilst throwing up into the toilet.

Rule Britannia!!!

5 Brits were injured last year in accidents involving out of control
Scalextric cars.

Besides it's all taken from an old email anyway, but I'm sure it wasn't about the British (hint: think about the 8th point)...

The stats are amusing of course, but I think you'll find most of them (bar the cracker arm problems) are well below most other countries... (Only 8 cracked skulls from puking, I saw more than that at Uni!)