From the London skyline to skipping the “t’s” in a bunch of words (think “bottle of water” in an English accent,) the UK has cemented itself in our collective psyche, one way or another. But actually living in Britain isn’t just Harry Potter-esque castles and endless crumpets with tea, as we can now learn through the magic of the internet. 

The “Casual UK” group is a place for Brits to share those little moments that can only be found in the UK. English streets, mug comparisons, and complaints about eccentric neighbors all make an appearance. We also reached out to British comedy writer and stand-up comedian Davina Bentley to learn more. So get comfortable, maybe get a cup of tea and be sure to upvote your favorite posts. 

#1 Beware, Horses May Bite

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#2 Old Skool UK Graffiti

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#3 Do Not Disturb The Garden Centre Sleepy Cat

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Bored Panda got in touch with UK comedy writer and stand-up comedian Davina Bentley to ask some questions about humor and comedy in Britain compared to the rest of the English-speaking world. After all, despite similarities in language, everything from media to stand-up has its own nuances from place to place. 

“English humor is bleaker. It’s less earnest than say American humor and it’s weirder. Because British people are particularly idiosyncratic and English humor reflects that. We like things a bit gritty and unpolished.”

#4 It’s Kicking Off At Co-Op This Morning

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#5 Hard Hitting Questions On Loose Women Today

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#6 You Must Pay For Your Crimes

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We also wanted to hear what she thought were some of the most visible differences between how Brits approach “funny” characters, in comparison to, say, Americans. “The characters. English culture doesn’t always celebrate “winners” or jocks, it sometimes celebrates “losers” and I think that could be a struggle. To make sense to a US audience, Tim from the office had to be “glowed up” from Martin Freeman to John Krasinski.”

#7 Went To The Tropical Butterfly House Yesterday And This Fella Was Mocking Me

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#8 My Girlfriend Has Just Moved From Birmingham And Says My Village Is “Weird” For Having An Egg Vending Machine. She’s Wrong, Right..?

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#9 British Weather Summed Up In 2 Images

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Finally, we wanted to know what Davina’s quintessential UK experience was. “Dancing to Girls Aloud at a wedding, Smirnoff Ice from the corner shop, and crying in Topshop,” she told us, so perhaps add it to your to-do list when you are planning your next trip to Britain. You can find Davina’s comedy videos and sketches on Instagram here and on TikTok here. 

#10 Preparing The Golden Balls Of Disappointment For Halloween

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#11 Bit Harsh From The Bbc

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#12 This Comment On Someone’s Breakfast

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#13 I Made What The World Wasn’t Waiting For… Big Bean

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#14 A Guy Asked His Mate To Take His Bin Out As He Wouldn’t Be Home. He Went Above And Beyond

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#15 Northern Train Having An Existential Crisis

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#16 Not Much Sympathy From The Boss

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#17 Bench Memorial At Stanmer Park, Brighton

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#18 Peak Pettiness Or Justifiable Security In The Office Kitchen?

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#19 My Mates New Pet – Lamborghini

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#20 Oh Dear

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#21 Received From My Landlady This Morning, They Aren’t All Bad :d

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#22 Today I Visited A Model Village That Had A Model Of The Model Village That Itself Also Had A Model Of The Model Of The Model Village

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#23 Saw This And Instantly Thought Of Casual UK!

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#24 Saw This For The First Time In The Mens. I Always Thought It Was A Myth. (Coventry, Battle Bar)

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#25 Brits Queuing Without Barriers At An Ed Sheeran Gig

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#26 So There’s A Fox In My Upstairs Bedroom. Not Entirely Sure How It Got In

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#27 A Facebook Post From My Local Pub Last Night

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#28 So Over The Last Few Days I’ve Watched This Evolve From Just A Traffic Cone, To A Traffic Cone And A Bin, To A Traffic Cone, A Bin And A Full Patio Set. I’m Impressed

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#29 A True Neighbourly British Complaint

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#30 Your Fridge Has Been Delivered To Your Safe Place

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#31 ‘Full English Breakfast’ Costume For A British Themed Party. Apparently I Didn’t Quite Understand The Assignment

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#32 Curry House Of The Dead

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#33 My Son Tells Me (An Hour Before Bed) That He Needs A Cardboard Model Of His Favourite Book For School Tomorrow. Think We Can All Agree I Nailed It, Especially Hedwig

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#34 Heard A Noise In The Kitchen Whilst Sat Reading. I Don’t Own A Cat

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#35 All Is Well In The World

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#36 Disco Steve Is In Da House!

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#37 Happy Birthday To That One Kid From Hot Fuzz

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#38 When Your Mum Watches Good Morning Britain So Much It Gets Permanently Burned Into Your TV

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#39 I Miss Liverpool

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#40 Missus Wants Me To Pull Out All The Stops When I Eventually Propose. I’ve Kept This Bad Boy For Two Years

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#41 Flying To Dublin Tomorrow So I Made My Own Carry-On Bag

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#42 Local Supermarket Has Started To Put A Protective Barrier Around The Employees Whilst They Put The Reduced Food Out On The Shelves. Out Of Shot Is A Horde Of Eager Pensioners Ready To Pounce

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#43 I Can’t Be The Only One

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#44 “King Charles’ Coronation Service Will Be Four Hours Longer Than His Mother, Due To His Limited Mobility.”

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#45 On A Conference Call…my 14yr Old Daughter Presented Me With This Note To Avoid Disturbing Me

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#46 Tesco Delivered The Wrong Wine. I Complained, And Another Delivery Driver Turned Up 2 Hours Later With £31 In Cash In An Envelope!

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#47 Certainly Wasn’t Expecting This Message From My Dad Last Night

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#48 Mum Always Gets Annoyed When We Mess With Her Nativity Scene. This Year We Took Baby Jesus Out For Beers And A Curry

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#49 Found This Monstrosity While Walking In London

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#50 Mental How I Can’t Smoke In This Shop, But Guide Dogs Can

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#51 Just An Average Customer At My Local Co-Op

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#52 Well Now, That’s Not A Very Nice Thing To Say About Someone, Bbc News

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#53 Casually Saw A Walrus At Scarborough Harbour Last Night Taking A Nap

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#54 It Explains So Much

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#55 First Day Back In The Office At Work. Printed Off Some Faqs To Stick On The Door To Avoid The Post-Christmas Small Talk Barrage. Genius Or Peak Antisocial Grump?

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#56 An Egyptian Woman Is Unimpressed By Stonehenge

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#57 Love What Asda Called Their New Knock Off Dr Pepper

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#58 First Time Ever: Finished A Bottle Of Worcestershire Sauce, Before It Expires!

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#59 Hmm

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#60 Birds Eye View Of The UK

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#61 Looks Like Henry’s Had A 21st Century Makeover

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#62 We Love Our Fellow Brits Really. Honest

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#63 Who Controls The Tide?

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#64 Is There A More British Sight Than A Postie In Shorts In The Snow?

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#65 At Least It’s Not Shut For The Foreskinable Future

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#66 My Technophobic Wife Accidentally Locked Down Her Entire School

Apparently she was ‘just typing’.

My wife is the most gifted teacher I’ve ever met. She works in an incredibly deprived school and has turned her department into one of the best performing in her local authority.

She accidentally pressed a combination of keys that set off the alert by default.

Everything is fine. Put down your pitchforks.

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#67 My Daughter Being So Casually British About Coming Out

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#68 Wtf? The Rental Agent Said This Is A Great Bathroom. Wtf Is Wrong With These Morons? I’m Average Height By The Way

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#69 Borrowed Wife’s Car This Morning And Found This. Should I Seek Professional Help For Her?

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#70 I’m Here In The UK On A Work Trip. I Love How Us Yanks Think You Guys Are “Too Polite”!

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#71 Queen Elizabeth II Corgis Waiting Outside The Procession For Her Coffin To Arrive

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#72 Not My Car But It Is My Neighbour

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#73 A Proper Christmas Start

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#74 This Is Not My Cat

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#75 Council Just Left Stacks Of New Bins For Us To Fight Over And Buggered Off

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#76 Happy Halloween Guys God Save The Queen

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#77 Looks Like Someone Didn’t Pay Their Builder

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#78 London To Edinburgh Train Today… Let’s Hope No One Needs To Pee

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#79 Found This On The Work Printer

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#80 This Is Ridiculous

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#81 Every UK Household’s Secret Shame

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#82 Spotted In My Local Sainsbury’s – Not Sure This Quite Adds Up

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#83 I’m In A Bad Place At The Moment… Not Mentally, I’m Just In

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#84 I Don’t Even Know Where To Post This

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#85 Found Sealed In My Nans Kitchen Cupboard

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#86 I’m Back Home For Christmas In Bedfordshire After 8 Years Of Being Away And I Have 2 Questions! When The Frick Did This Haircut Happen And Why Wasn’t It Stopped?

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#87 My Local Pubs Cheese And Onion Rolls

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#88 On This Day 25 Years Ago We Lost Princess Diana. Forever In Are Hearts

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#89 Technically True

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#90 The Opening Ceremnony For… Lidl?

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#91 Watching The England V France Match And Searched Up The Referee On Google

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#92 Top Tier Dad Joke From My Dad

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#93 I Have A Sick Dog So I Ordered £70 Worth Of Groceries From Morrisons Via Deliveroo. Morrisons Accepted The Order But Cancelled Almost Every Item. I Paid £5 Delivery And £5 Tip. And I Got An Onion. Deliveroo Refused To Cancel. Behold, The World’s Most Expensive Onion

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#94 Step Aside Chatgpt!

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#95 Thank You For Your 44 Years At Asda

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#96 Just Got This Email From My Boy’s School. There Was A Swift Follow Up To Say Teacher Should Be Replaced With Cheetah

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#97 Staying At My Parents Tonight. My Boyfriend Just Looked In Their Fridge And Said ‘I’ve Never Seen A Fridge Have So Much Yet So Little At The Same Time’

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#98 It’s Just A Hole In The Wall I Don’t Get It, What’s So Special? ? Why Is It A Tourist Attraction? Why Are The Reviews Like This?

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#99 Had These Internationally Shipped To The U.S.. I Appreciated The Mini Lesson On How To Correctly Read The Date

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#100 Finally Found A Job Worse Than Mine – Playground Inspector. I Watched Him Test Every Piece Of Kids Playground Equipment In The Rain

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#101 Friend Is Studying For Their Citizenship Test And I Have To Say We Both Thoroughly Disagree With This Answer

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#102 Coworker Keeps Joking About Me Being ‘Precious’ Because I Never Accept When He Offers To Make Me A Cuppa. This Is How He Makes His Tea

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#103 I Got A Life Size (6’5) Jeremy Clarkson Cardboard Cut Out For Christmas, What Should I Do With It?

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#104 Over A Year Ago I Bought A Kettle That Had A Short Plug Lead, Today I Found This

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#105 It Takes Roughly 30 Creme Eggs To Fill A Fullsized Easter Egg. Presenting…the Megga Creme

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#106 A Greggs Just Opened Up Next To Another Greggs In Norwich

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#107 First Time Living On My Own, I Put These Here Over A Week Ago And They’re Still There. How Do I Get Them To Go To The Bathroom?

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#108 Microsoft Has Mistranslated Zip Files As “Postcode” In The Gb Insider Version Of Windows 11

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#109 It’s Lovely Being Back In The UK And Getting Proper TV Journalism

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#110 I’ve Been Stood Here For Hours And Nothing Has Even Happened

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#111 Note Left In The Kitchen By My Housemate Because Her Oven Glove Has Disappeared

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#112 New Girl At Greggs Doesn’t Know The Bacon To Bap Ratio Yet 🙂

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#113 Ai Can Generate British Streets With Alarming Accuracy

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#114 Pics From Our Old Letting Agent’s Check Out Report. Still Baffles Me

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#115 Used An Ai To Bring Henry Viii Into 2022- Thoughts?

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#116 Wish Me Luck, Guys!

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#117 Cheers Eon, Glad I Sat In The Dark For An Hour

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#118 Someone On Facebook Posted This Breakfast Served At Alton Towers Hotel And It Keeps Me Up At Night

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#119 Whose Stuff Does The British Museum Have?

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#120 I Kinda Wanna Know If I Have The Most Owned Copies Of Flushed Away, Like Maybe Not In The World But In The UK? I Have 9 So Far. Any Of You Have More?

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#121 I Don’t Know Where To Start

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