# an essential guide to visiting the UK .. hope all my American friends will find this **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 23, 2004, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-essential-guide-to-visiting-the-uk-hope-all-my-american-friends-will-find-this/230653 "2004-02-23T12:44:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-essential-guide-to-visiting-the-uk-hope-all-my-american-friends-will-find-this/230653/21 "2004-02-24T00:53:25Z")
Wow. Nobody even remotely fell for it. I guess we 'Mercins are smarter than you thought, eh? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-essential-guide-to-visiting-the-uk-hope-all-my-american-friends-will-find-this/230653/22 "2004-02-24T03:06:23Z")
I hadn’t seen it before and I thought it was funny as hell. In no way should this be construed as a note of support for Whipping Boy. ---
**Author:** ![CadburyAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@CadburyAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CadburyAngel)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-essential-guide-to-visiting-the-uk-hope-all-my-american-friends-will-find-this/230653/23 "2004-02-24T03:06:56Z")
Heh. I do admit that I was outfoxed by the “subway” thing when I was in London this summer. For some reason I couldn’t find the tube station: I just kept going under the street and coming out the other side! What on earth was happening to me? Fortunately, some other tourists were taking pictures nearby when I worked out what “subway” must mean in London. They gave me the photo, which I paste here for your pleasure: :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-essential-guide-to-visiting-the-uk-hope-all-my-american-friends-will-find-this/230653/24 "2004-02-24T14:53:41Z")
> [@whippingboy](#): > > which they call a “wank.” As this is still a fairly new practice in Britain, it is not uncommon for people to oversleep. If you are late for supper, simply apologize and explain that you were having a wank – everyone will understand and forgive you. You do seem to be quite the wanker, whippingboy. Getting enough sleep is important, and clearly you have a levelheadedness that bespeaks many hours spent wanking . . . ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-essential-guide-to-visiting-the-uk-hope-all-my-american-friends-will-find-this/230653/25 "2004-02-24T16:07:16Z")
Well I may have fell for goolies but I knew that a Quid was worth more than 17 cents. After that I realized that everything must be wrong and it was a joke. And I got most of the jokes as well. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-essential-guide-to-visiting-the-uk-hope-all-my-american-friends-will-find-this/230653/26 "2004-02-24T16:07:55Z")
(Reading from Guide Book): Please Fiondle my Buttocks! ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-essential-guide-to-visiting-the-uk-hope-all-my-american-friends-will-find-this/230653/27 "2004-02-24T22:53:59Z")
but, but, but, sir, I thought you said no joke threads in the pit. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-essential-guide-to-visiting-the-uk-hope-all-my-american-friends-will-find-this/230653/28 "2004-02-24T22:55:16Z")
> [@PhiloVance](#): > > but, but, but, sir, I thought you said no joke threads in the pit. 😉 Silly me, this ain’t the pit. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-essential-guide-to-visiting-the-uk-hope-all-my-american-friends-will-find-this/230653/29 "2004-02-25T01:34:31Z")
> [@whippingboy](#): > > if this is from another web sight then I apologies …I was sent it by a friend and we were discussing it and the fact that some Americans are so insular and inward looking that they probably wouldn’t get the joke so I posted it to see what the reaction would be You know, before you’re allowed to take anymore pot shots about how insular and ingnorant we Americans are, I think you ought to be forced to take a test on American history and culture. Because I’ve got a sneaking suspicion you’re every bit as ignorant about foreign cultures as you accuse us of being. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-essential-guide-to-visiting-the-uk-hope-all-my-american-friends-will-find-this/230653.md?page=1)