What is the current stereotype of British people?

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brendude13 said:

Troll_Whisperer said:

radishhead said:

Troll_Whisperer said:
Not a stereotype, but a few things that I've noticed and that I found amusing:

Many people never rinse the dishes with water after putting the soap, they just let them dry with the soap on them.
In some households the hot and cold water taps are separate, so you either get burnt or frozen.
They respect their position in escalators a lot (right side if you're not climbing), which is actually useful.

What else are you supposed to do? Have a tap which is both hot and cold? :S

I was talking to a canadian person once on an online game, and he was telling me that he was making money mowing lawns - he didn't think that British people had gardens? That's a new stereotype on me.

Yes! Absolutely. Is it so weird a concept? Lol.

Basically both go in the same tap and you can regulate how warm/cold you want it by simply moving the handle right/left and regulate how much water you want by moving it up/down.

Haha! Just forgot what my tap looked like, I had to go and check xD

Anyway, the bathroom tap is just one nozzle with two knobs either side, one hot and one cold which you can twist to make the water whatever temperature you want it.

My kitchen tap is just one nozzle with a bar at the top which you twist clockwise or anti-clockwise (left and right from a front view) to change the temperature of the water.

You only find the two separate nozzle taps in really old houses where they haven't decided to update the plumbing.

Yeah, like that! I realise it's only in old houses (like mine, unfortunately), but I haven't seen it elsewhere.

Perhaps it's because I've visited many shared flats (most of my friends in London live in sahred houses/flats) and these tend to be in worse conditions.