Guess what the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia have in common?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

cray cray

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giyf

[rocks 494]

giyf

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

giyf

I know what it means. Who were you referring to?

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I know what it means. Who were you referring to?

if that's not obvious to you, then idk what to tell ya.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

if that's not obvious to you, then idk what to tell ya.

I am not allowed to know.

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I am not allowed to know.

the only person who holds you back is you.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

the only person who holds you back is you.

And Charles!

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And Charles!

That #######!!

/shakes fist at sky

[Ban Hammer 13,554]

That #######!!

/shakes fist at sky

[Glyn and Kathy 288]

Well, as an American that lives in the UK (for the second time) I would wonder where they got these statistics from. GRANTED, the weather here sucks which makes being outside and active difficult at times, but children WALK to school (school buses are few and far between) people walk ALL the time to many different places, and I can't tell you the number of people on bikes that clog the roads at times (really hard to go around them on the narrow roads). I know I walk 2 miles a day and I was a couch potato in the states.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

It's all the time spent sitting in the pub

[rocks 494]

Well, as an American that lives in the UK (for the second time) I would wonder where they got these statistics from. GRANTED, the weather here sucks which makes being outside and active difficult at times, but children WALK to school (school buses are few and far between) people walk ALL the time to many different places, and I can't tell you the number of people on bikes that clog the roads at times (really hard to go around them on the narrow roads). I know I walk 2 miles a day and I was a couch potato in the states.

Exactly. There isn't even any sidewalk here, walking is not an option.

You will be accused of bias like I was for thinking this.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Well I can't say I've seen a public beheading, judicial amputation or stoning in the UK. Perhaps they'll have it at the Olympics.

[Glyn and Kathy 288]

Exactly. There isn't even any sidewalk here, walking is not an option.

You will be accused of bias like I was for thinking this.

Well, I'm definitely not biased. I can't stand generalizations about certain groups of people, and being a YANK in the UK, I hear them all about Americans. Gun toting, burger gulping, crass, loud, obnoxious, fat, conceited, ignorant Americans. You name it, I've heard it here. I'm just calling it how I see it. There are sidewalks EVERYWHERE, and lovely footpaths and trails all over here. Hubby and I went for a stroll around the village last night after tea, stopped into the pub for a pint, and continued walking home and we must have passed half our neighbours doing the same. Kids were all outside playing football, riding bikes. I honestly think the weather is so terrible here, that when the sun is out everyone here is just drawn outside, because when the weather is good here, its WONDERFUL.