# 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:** 6
**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, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/101 "2009-10-28T11:21:53Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > I make it 31 minutes though. 10:01 to 11.09 = 68 minutes, n’est ce pas? ---
**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, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/102 "2009-10-28T11:26:27Z")
> [@Ximenean](#): > > 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. 😉 I’m now totally confused: 8:53 to 10:01. Are we in different time zones? ---
**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, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/103 "2009-10-28T11:34:14Z")
Jeez, I’m sorry I mentioned it now. 08:53 - **Caractacus Pott** rauses subject of roundabouts. 10:01 - **jjimm** posts obligatory magic roundabout link. The other 68 minutes is just a coincidence. ---
**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, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/104 "2009-10-28T11:46:15Z")
> [@Ximenean](#): > > 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. 😉 Ah, glad to be of service. I’ll boost it with [this one in Hemel Hempstead](http://jimcofer.com/personal/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/magic-roundabout-hemel.gif). And the best-designed roundabout I know, the [Headington Hamburger](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=headington&sll=51.752276,-1.255824&sspn=0.089053,0.222988&g=oxford&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Headington,+Oxford,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.76293,-1.196979&spn=0.001391,0.003484&t=h&z=19). Going round this one is a breeze - everybody knows which lane they’re meant to be in - you get into the lane and it just guides you to your exit, and your entrance to it is protected by lights, but once you’re on the roundabout the lights will be green for you all the way round. And the high-volume traffic is directed through the middle. Genius! God I’m interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/105 "2009-10-28T12:18:57Z")
American, living in London since 1996. One foot on either side of the Atlantic, and a _really_ bad groin pull. Is it kosher to refer to the spinoff messageboard for denizens of the British Isles, or is this a no-no? Lord knows it’s gone very quiet over there lately. ---
**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 28, 2009, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/106 "2009-10-28T12:29:37Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > The bear or the station? The Borough - St Mary’s Hospital to be precise. But I did have a Great Aunt Lucy. ---
**Author:** ![Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walker_in_Eternity)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/107 "2009-10-28T12:47:42Z")
Englishman here. Living in a village in Leicestershire, working in Leicester itself (the biggest shithole in the East Midlands). ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/108 "2009-10-28T13:29:23Z")
> [@Staggerlee](#): > > I’m in Bristol… Likewise. ---
**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, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/109 "2009-10-28T13:44:50Z")
> [@Ximenean](#): > > 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. 😉 I wonder why there’s no magic trigger for linking to pictures of Spaghetti Junction. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/110 "2009-10-28T14:53:38Z")
> [@Staggerlee](#): > > I’m in Bristol… > [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Likewise. Just what the thread needs – a pair of Bristolians. This post is in memory of the late Benny Hill. ---
**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, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/111 "2009-10-28T17:26:36Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > Your real name isn’t Dick van Dyke, is it? Hmmmmm…Have you seen us both in the same room together? ---
**Author:** ![Hallucinex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba9def/32.png) [@Hallucinex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hallucinex)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/112 "2009-10-28T17:30:34Z")
Yet another Australian in London ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/113 "2009-10-28T21:40:23Z")
Geordie living in Paris here! ---
**Author:** ![Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boulter_s_Canary)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/114 "2009-10-29T11:16:33Z")
English here - Sarf London (Woolwich) by birth, Medway chav (Rainham) by residence. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/115 "2009-10-29T11:23:13Z")
Mancunian/Mostonian, sunny northwest of England. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/116 "2009-10-29T12:10:24Z")
I like Marmite, but don’t drink tea. I like football, but not cricket. I have visited 221b Baker Street, but not Stonehenge. Why yes, I am English. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![wayward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wayward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wayward)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/117 "2009-10-29T12:23:54Z")
I mainly lurk here but I’m another resident of Bristol, [the best city in the country](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/8330514.stm). I actually met **Staggerlee** by chance in the pub a few months back but didn’t reveal my doper name at the time (hello!). I grew up just outside Taunton and my parents still live there. My dad was the mayor of the town in 2007-08 so **NineToTheSky** , you probably saw them the Gazette plenty of times. They were quite proud of their public appearances at various events and subsequent pictures in the local paper. I think their record was about seven in one edition. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Charley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@Charley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charley)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/118 "2009-10-29T16:11:58Z")
> [@wayward](#): > > I actually met **Staggerlee** by chance in the pub a few months back but didn’t reveal my doper name at the time (hello!). Is this as intriguing as it sounds? How do you know that you met? Spill … (or make something up, I don’t mind). ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/119 "2009-10-29T16:14:32Z")
> [@wayward](#): > > _I mainly lurk here but I’m another resident of Bristol, [the best city in the country](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/8330514.stm). I actually met **Staggerlee** by chance in the pub a few months back but didn’t reveal my doper name at the time (hello!)._ I’m not quite so impressed with Bristol at the moment. My daughter has just moved there, and has discovered that they don’t issue resident parking permits for the street she lives in, and there is no free parking within walking distance. She’s not a happy bunny. > [@](#): > > _I grew up just outside Taunton and my parents still live there. My dad was the mayor of the town in 2007-08 so **NineToTheSky** , you probably saw them the Gazette plenty of times. They were quite proud of their public appearances at various events and subsequent pictures in the local paper. I think their record was about seven in one edition. 😃_ We subscribe to the Gazette (on Mrs Nine’s insistence: she likes the property pages), so, yes, I must have seen the photos of your dad. ---
**Author:** ![manx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@manx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manx)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/120 "2009-10-29T17:09:10Z")
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