# Would UK Dopers like to stand up and be counted? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 24, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969 "2009-10-24T16:23:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![mhairi2222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@mhairi2222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhairi2222)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/81 "2009-10-27T20:35:41Z")
Scot here, abiding in the lovely Aberdeen. I too like the American slant to the board. It’s good to hear about life elsewhere. Although, I must admit, I do enjoy the discussions about British aspects of life. Short lived, and rare as they are. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/82 "2009-10-27T21:40:22Z")
An Ulsterman I am proud to be, from Antrim Glens I come! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/83 "2009-10-27T21:45:47Z")
Born in Paddington, lived in Bristol, Lincoln, Northallerton, Whitstable and Oxford. Do I qualify? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/84 "2009-10-28T02:01:25Z")
The bear or the station? ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/85 "2009-10-28T02:52:49Z")
I’m not British but I live in the UK; do I qualify? +1 in that case, otherwise, move along, nothing to see here. ---
**Author:** ![Caractacus\_Pott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Caractacus\_Pott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caractacus_Pott)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/86 "2009-10-28T08:53:20Z")
American in England wondering why there are so many damned roundabouts in a row in the south of Milton Keynes. 20 roundabouts? Cor, they drive me crackers! Barmy even. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/87 "2009-10-28T09:30:54Z")
> [@Caractacus\_Pott](#): > > American in England wondering why there are so many damned roundabouts in a row in the south of Milton Keynes. 20 roundabouts? Cor, they drive me crackers! Barmy even. If you don’t like roundabouts, don’t go to Cornwall: they have multiple roundabouts, where you go from one roundabout to another before you get on your chosen road. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/88 "2009-10-28T09:33:11Z")
> [@Caractacus\_Pott](#): > > American in England wondering why there are so many damned roundabouts in a row in the south of Milton Keynes. 20 roundabouts? **_Cor, they drive me crackers! Barmy even_.** Your real name isn’t Dick van Dyke, is it? ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/89 "2009-10-28T09:47:29Z")
[QUOTE=Caractacus Pott] American in England wondering why there are so many damned roundabouts in a row in the south of Milton Keynes. 20 roundabouts? Cor, they drive me crackers! Barmy even. [/QUOTE] Blimey guv, a score? You missed a few. There’s over 300, south, north, east, west. Roundabouts are actually popular as part of the ‘grid’ road system, off peak you can drive right across town without stopping, can you do that anywhere else in Britain? Yeah, I’m a bit partisan, been in MK a while now. BUT I’M STILL A LONDONER REALLY. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/90 "2009-10-28T10:01:43Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > If you don’t like roundabouts, don’t go to Cornwall: they have multiple roundabouts, where you go from one roundabout to another before you get on your chosen road. And definitely don’t go to Swindon, where you might have to negotiate [this](http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/images/2007/10/22/msn_magic_roundabout_470x350.jpg). Actually, just don’t go to Swindon at all. ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/91 "2009-10-28T10:42:29Z")
Scot in London here. ---
**Author:** ![JoseArcadio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@JoseArcadio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseArcadio)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/92 "2009-10-28T10:48:43Z")
> [@mhairi2222](#): > > Scot here, abiding in the lovely Aberdeen. I too like the American slant to the board. It’s good to hear about life elsewhere. Although, I must admit, I do enjoy the discussions about British aspects of life. Short lived, and rare as they are. Don’t suppose you could hook me up with a supply of butteries? These philistines in Glasgow don’t even know what they are! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/93 "2009-10-28T11:09:46Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > And definitely don’t go to Swindon, where you might have to negotiate [this](http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/images/2007/10/22/msn_magic_roundabout_470x350.jpg). 68 minutes. Not bad, not bad ;). ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/94 "2009-10-28T11:14:00Z")
> [@Ximenean](#): > > 68 minutes. Not bad, not bad ;). Quoi? ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/95 "2009-10-28T11:16:13Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Quoi? It’s the time between the two posts. Why that’s not bad, I’m not sure. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/96 "2009-10-28T11:18:37Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > It’s the time between the two posts. Why that’s not bad, I’m not sure. I make it 31 minutes though. ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/97 "2009-10-28T11:18:49Z")
Count me as another UK resident, but antipodean by birth, safely ensconced in the shire of the Hamps Si ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stafford_cripps/32/7167_2.png) [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/98 "2009-10-28T11:19:15Z")
> [@JoseArcadio](#): > > Don’t suppose you could hook me up with a supply of butteries? These philistines in Glasgow don’t even know what they are! 😃 If you’re missing the opportunity to get all your daily salt and fat requirement in one tasty, handy roll, you could try the freshly baked section at Tesco. My local one sells them (to whom I have no idea) in Edinburgh. ---
**Author:** ![Lars\_Aruns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/99 "2009-10-28T11:19:49Z")
I’m another UK resident, although not UK-born. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/100 "2009-10-28T11:21:39Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Quoi? Because there is a well-known SDMB law that whenever the subject of roundabouts in Britain comes up, a link to the “magic roundabout” must be posted shortly afterwards. 68 minutes (8:53 to 10:01) is not the record, but it’s a decent enough time. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969.md?page=6)