{"id":2964,"date":"2004-11-20T17:24:21","date_gmt":"2004-11-21T09:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/21\/the-typical-briton\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T14:04:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T22:04:09","slug":"the-typical-briton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/20\/the-typical-briton\/","title":{"rendered":"The Typical Briton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:9789,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/story.news.yahoo.com\\\/news?tmpl=story2&amp;u=\\\/041116\\\/photos_wl_uk_afp\\\/041116171813_d3cdvupq_photo0&amp;e=8&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/news.yahoo.com\\\/news?tmpl=story2&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9790,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.kottke.org\\\/remainder\\\/04\\\/11\\\/6977.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20050406021521\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.kottke.org:80\\\/remainder\\\/04\\\/11\\\/6977.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 22:03:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 22:03:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9791,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/news.bbc.co.uk\\\/1\\\/hi\\\/uk\\\/4013525.stm&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/news.bbc.co.uk\\\/2\\\/hi\\\/uk_news\\\/4013525.stm&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9792,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.kottke.org\\\/remainder\\\/04\\\/11\\\/6978.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20050310121956\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.kottke.org:80\\\/remainder\\\/04\\\/11\\\/6978.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/kottke.org\\\/04\\\/11\\\/heres-the-reason-for-the-odd-photo&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 18:39:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 18:39:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8822,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000002&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/graphics\/2004\/11\/graphics\/typicalbriton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/graphics\/2004\/11\/graphics\/typicalbriton-tm.jpg\" height=\"175\" width=\"150\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" alt=\"The Typical Briton\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The caption on <a href=\"http:\/\/story.news.yahoo.com\/news?tmpl=story2&amp;u=\/041116\/photos_wl_uk_afp\/041116171813_d3cdvupq_photo0&amp;e=8\" title=\"Yahoo! News UK Photos\">this Yahoo photo<\/a> was odd enough that I wonder if it may not disappear in the near future, so rather than simply linking to it, I figured I&#8217;d grab a quick screenshot and post it also.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  A British hooligan in the streets of Belgium. The typical Briton is polite, witty and phlegmatic, but lacks a certain style and has a dental hygiene issue while having an occasional drinking problem.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Slow day, maybe? A caption writer a little too bored on the job? Some humorous filler text that accidentally got approved? There&#8217;s no real way of knowing, unfortunately.<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kottke.org\/remainder\/04\/11\/6977.html\" title=\"Oddest caption ever for a Yahoo News photo\">kottke<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Update: Apparently, the caption has something to do with a survey of <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/uk\/4013525.stm\" title=\"Britons 'funny but drunken' breed\">what other nations think of the Brits<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(also via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kottke.org\/remainder\/04\/11\/6978.html\" title=\"Here's the reason for the odd photo caption from the previous post\">kottke<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&#38;offerid=78941.10000002&#38;subid=0&#38;type=4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" alt=\"iTunes\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\"><\/a> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&#38;offerid=78941&#38;type=3&#38;subid=0&#38;tmpid=1826&#38;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DDeeds Plus Thoughts%2526albumTerm=Fatboy Slim's Greatest Remixes%2526songTerm=World's Made Up of This and That, The (Fatboy Slim)%26partnerId%3D30\">World&#8217;s Made Up of This and That, The (Fatboy Slim)<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&#38;offerid=78941&#38;type=3&#38;subid=0&#38;tmpid=1826&#38;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DDeeds Plus Thoughts%26partnerId%3D30\">Deeds Plus Thoughts<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&#38;offerid=78941&#38;type=3&#38;subid=0&#38;tmpid=1826&#38;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DDeeds Plus Thoughts%2526albumTerm=Fatboy Slim's Greatest Remixes%26partnerId%3D30\">Fatboy Slim&#8217;s Greatest Remixes<\/a><\/em> (2000, 5:48).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The typical Briton is polite, witty and phlegmatic, but lacks a certain style and has a dental hygiene issue while having an occasional drinking problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2028],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-2964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-humor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2964\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}