Top 50 Typical ' British Traits '

**Liz H** · 05-12-2008, 08:54 PM

The following according to a recent poll of 5, ooo UK adults, by OnePoll.com are the most common trait of Brits:

1. Talking about the weather
2. Great at queueing
3.Sarcasm
4.Watching soaps
5.Getting Drunk
6.A love of bargains
7. A love of curtain twitching
8. A stiff upper lip.
9. A love of all television
10. Moaning
11. Obsession with class
12. Gossiping with neighbours over the garden fence
13. Obsession with the traffic.
14. Enjoying other people's misfortune.
15. Inability to complain
16. Love of cheap foreign holidays.
17. Long working hours.
18. A soothing cup of tea to ease worries.
19. Eating meat and two veg.
20. Looking uncomfortable on the dance floor.
21. Feeling uncomfortable when people talk about their emotions.
22. Clever sense of humour.
23. Obsession with property values.
24. Pandering to political correctness.
25. Road rage.
26. Being unhappy with our weight.
27. Wanting a good tan.
28 Being proud of where we live.
29. Not saying what we mean.
30. The ability to laugh at ourselves
31. Washing the car on a Sunday.
32. Taking the mickey out of others.
33. Asking people about their journey.
34. Inability not to comment on how other people bring up their children.
35. Jealousy of wealth and success.
36. Being overly polite.
37.Texting instead of calling.
38. An inability to express our emotions
39. Obsession with the Royal Family.
40 Fondness for mowing the lawn.
41. Love of rambling through the countryside.
42. A love of all things deep fried.
43. Emulating celebrity lifestyles.
44. Leaving things to the last minute.
45. Irony.
46. Keeping our homes neat and tidy.
47. Take decisions and accept the consequences.
48 Achieving against all odds.
49.Wanting our sportsmen / teams to fail.
50. DIY on a Bank Holiday

I don't know what DIY is short for, can anyone tell me ?

I think that many of these traits could apply to other nations as well as

Brits.. I do recognize myself, though in some of these traits. Any
comments ?

Liz