# British stereotypes- clichés needed! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 25, 2017, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410 "2017-05-25T11:21:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410/41 "2017-05-26T16:17:24Z")
Wotcher, bruv. They ain’t 'alf barmy in old blighty, innit? ---
**Author:** ![Mikeisskeptical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@Mikeisskeptical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikeisskeptical)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410/42 "2017-05-26T19:10:51Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Wotcher, bruv. They ain’t 'alf barmy in old blighty, innit? Your 'avin a bubble int’ya? ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410/43 "2017-05-26T19:26:02Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > We are toying with the idea of trying to get the site security dressed up in palace guard outfits. I hope they’re up for it 😉 No, don’t do this. Even if it’s obviously fake. Sayeth the [Mirror](http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/handling-salmon-suspiciously-dressed-up-10336647), ‘According to the Seamen’s and Soldiers’ False Characters Act 1906, it is illegal to pass yourself off as a member of the Armed Forces. So dressing up as an admiral for a fancy dress party could land you three months in jail. The law states it is an offence to “impersonate the holder of a certificate of service or discharge”.’ And don’t dress up as a police officer either. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410/44 "2017-05-26T21:44:28Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > No, don’t do this. Even if it’s obviously fake. Sayeth the [Mirror](http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/handling-salmon-suspiciously-dressed-up-10336647), ‘According to the Seamen’s and Soldiers’ False Characters Act 1906, it is illegal to pass yourself off as a member of the Armed Forces. So dressing up as an admiral for a fancy dress party could land you three months in jail. The law states it is an offence to “impersonate the holder of a certificate of service or discharge”.’ > > And don’t dress up as a police officer either. How does one suspiciously handle a salmon? Sounds interesting… There’s a ‘performance’ exemption to the uniform restrictions, and we’ll be fully licensed up for shows. I can’t see that being relevant. I think a suspicious/terrible foods booth has to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410/45 "2017-05-26T21:47:02Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > And don’t dress up as a police officer either. I, I’ve witnessed several young ladies dressed up as police officers and quite frankly behaving in a most un-police-officer way. Were they doing wrong? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410/46 "2017-05-26T22:21:06Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > I, I’ve witnessed several young ladies dressed up as police officers and quite frankly behaving in a most un-police-officer way. Were they doing wrong? If they swiftly got rid of those uniforms, everything was fine. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410/47 "2017-05-26T22:28:53Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > If they swiftly got rid of those uniforms, everything was fine. They did. They must have realised their mistake. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410.md?page=2)