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[theweaselking]

BBC Parliament internal email:
NEWSFLASH:
There has been a widespread outbreak of grumbling and tutting today in London, along with a large number of people going home instead of to work, with a certain amount of guilty pleasure.

- from The Definitive Collection of Quotes from Brits speaking out about yesterday's bombing.

"No, really, we're not scared. You can try and kill as many people as you want, you're still going to lose because we're just that damn British. Also? Notice those docks and airports? Still open to the freedom loving folk. Suck it, bitch."

Comments

[mrbankies.livejournal.com]

All good, although I found the following quite funny:

To quote an old Londoner who lived through the blitz and got caught up in the Canary Wharf explosion: "I've been blown up by a better class of bastard than this!"

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

When the news reporter said "Shopkeepers are opening their doors bringing out blankets and cups of tea" I just smiled. It's like yes. That's Britain for you. Tea solves everything.
You're a bit cold?
Tea.
Your boyfriend has just left you?
Tea.
You've just been told you've got cancer?
Tea.
Coordinated terrorist attack on the transport network bringing the city to a grinding halt?
TEA DAMMIT!
And if it's really serious, they may bring out the coffee. The Americans have their alert raised to red, we break out the coffee. That's for situations more serious than this of course. Like another England penalty shoot-out.

[aimisdirty.livejournal.com]

That is great.

I can only hope that when Canada gets hit, we keep a sense of humour and shrug it off even half as well (yeah, right - have you /seen/ little Annie McLellan when she is subject to even the smallest amount of stress?)

[torrain.livejournal.com]

I will lay in a supply of tea for the occasion.

In fact, I think I already have one.

Cannot donate blood and so cannot help CBS attain the level of "Yes, thank you, we will take names and numbers but we're still only going through with *scheduled* appointments for people to donate blood." security that the British blood services had, but I have leapt the first hurdle to donate bone marrow, so that's something.

[corruptedjasper.livejournal.com]

Allegedly, they're going for two scandinavian cities next, and then Amsterdam, Rotterdam, or Utrecht. Maybe I should set up a pre-emptive "I'm fine" post for when the day comes. Or then again, I might not actually be fine, if they decide to go for Utrecht.

[spartonian.livejournal.com]

Canada gets hit... the people will continue playing hockey and drinking Labatt's.

[torrain.livejournal.com]

I thought we'd gotten over that whole silly playing hockey nonsense. Is it threatening a comeback?

(Labatt's? You couldn't pay me enough.)