funny learning

[Eva]

I just try to learn a better English and I found this funny story in my "practice book":

"Most people are rather shy about it, and always deny that they adore it.
In most countries, if people are waiting at a bus-stop they stand around in a disorderly fashion. When the bus arrives they make a dash for it and push their way on. An English person, even if he or she is alone, forms an orderly queue of one and waits patiently.
At weekends, the Londoner queues up at the bus-stop, travels out to the country, queues up for a boat, then queues up for a tea, then queues up for ice cream, then joins a few more odd queues just for the fun of it, then queues up at a bus-stop and has the time of his/her life. For most people this would be a boring way of spending a free day, for the English it is an exciting day out."

And yes - I saw these queues in London, in Manchester, in Newcastle, in Sheffield..... :up: :mrgreen:

[Chris]

Queues are great!!!

It is amazing what you hear in gossip whilst queueing in the Post office on a Monday morning.

And the queues for the bar on an evening when you get to stand in front of the lasses sat in front of the kareoke adn look all suave whilst ogling the barmaid.

I love queues me!!!!! :roll:

[sherrie87]

If the British love of queues is true, I would fit in so much better there! That is one of my pet peeves, going somewhere where there should be an orderly line and yet people are spread about everywhere, only to all rush for the door when it opens. The post office is the worst, but it does seem that Americans everywhere have a tough time forming an orderly line- there always seem to be small children running around the line, or one person who just assumes they MUST always be the first in. It may sound petty, but how I would love to have my fellow Americans take a lesson from the British!

Sherrie

[Chris]

One of my pet peeves also involves American queues.

You go to a theme park and wait patiently in the queue for the ride. As yu get to the front there is your party and just one person in front of you. Suddenly the single person whistles and their entire famly turn up and cut straight in to join him in the queue and you are now 50th in line!!!!

I hate it when that happens!!