Question for the British: Queuing

[RemoWilliams]

So I remember watching "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and Arthur Dent busting into an office with his colleagues and seeing long lines abound. Without hesitation he states, "I can handle this, I'm British. I can queue all day."

So I ask, do you guys seriously stand in lines more often then the rest of the world? I imagine you guys have insane patience and courtesy then. Do tell

 

[GarethSE]

we queue like motherfuckers
we can handle it because we're BRITISH

 

[kev]

Yeh its true. There were occassions when I was in Germany/France and wanted to punch someone for queue jumping

 

[Line666]

What's a British?

 

[kaomao]

yes been there 2 times and their queue are awesome.
In Italy is the opposite, we do have queues, but we don't queue for everything like they do lol
for istance at a bus stop when the bus is arriving sometimes you have to fight to get on ahaha
When I was going to school (many years ago) it was priceless to see people jumping on the bus to take a seat, no matter if you waited for so long there's always a shithead jumping on the buss to take a fucking seat.

 

[Jaymz]

The UK is just one big queue

 

[GarethSE]

kyoo
queue
what the fuck is up with that word
q you you
hahah what

 

[Jaymz]

No doubt some word originating from the French.....enough said haha!

 

[ahjteam]

kyoo
queue
what the fuck is up with that word
q you you
hahah what

WORD HISTORY

When the British stand in queues (as they have been doing at least since 1837, when this meaning of the word is first recorded in English), they may not realize they form a tail. The French word queue from which the English word is borrowed is a descendant of Latin cōda, meaning "tail." French queue appeared in 1748 in English, referring to a plait of hair hanging down the back of the neck. By 1802 wearing a queue was a regulation in the British army, but by the mid-19th century queues had disappeared along with cocked hats. Latin cōda is also the source of Italian coda, which was adopted into English as a musical term (like so many other English musical terms that come from Italian). A coda is thus literally the "tail end" of a movement or composition.

 

[Metaltastic]

Holy shit this thread is incredible, I had no idea queuing was such an integral part of your culture

 

[The Unavoidable]

I thought it said "Queening"



which is also fun

 

[GarethSE]

oh

 

[ItsAFugazzi]

Holy shit this thread is incredible, I had no idea queuing was such an integral part of your culture

Me neither.

 

[GarethSE]

i was in lloyds tsb once in a k you you and there was a guy in a suit who couldnt stop flashing his iphone around and talking loudly
i wanted to hurt him

 

[kev]

i was in lloyds tsb once in a k you you and there was a guy in a suit who couldnt stop flashing his iphone around and talking loudly
i wanted to hurt him

Hope you informed him that apple products are for teh gheys and that his suit was a cheap copy

 

[GarethSE]

ikea nesting instinct

 

[drew_drummer]

Ballbag.

 

[GarethSE]

beanbag ballbag

 

[Line666]

Titanic beanbag ballbag

 

[drew_drummer]

Leonardo DiCaprio's ballbag.