Our 12 favourite ‘awfully British fake facts’
People have been coming up with ‘awfully British fake facts’ on Twitter – most of them are totally fake (as the hashtag suggests) and yet a lot of it rings SO true.
This lot will do a better job of explaining it than we ever could.
1.
https://twitter.com/steve_d24/status/896816942283190273
2.
If you hate your new haircut you grin and say you love it then cry when you get home
— Laura Whittle (@laurawhittleuk) August 18, 2017
3.
https://twitter.com/Lauz89/status/898630875172274176
4.
Speaking to anyone on a train or bus is illegal in England. #AwfullyBritishFakeFacts
— David Rouse (@Rouse_David) August 13, 2017
5.
#AwfullyBritishFakeFacts If you speak British English very loudly & slowly abroad, it will automatically translate into the local language.
— Rose (@SwissMinx) August 13, 2017
6.
#AwfullyBritishFakeFacts We have a 'Summer' season
— RB (@Now8Miss) August 13, 2017
7.
Freddos are 10p #AwfullyBritishFakeFacts pic.twitter.com/QkSTwFOazq
— Christopher Byford / THE DEATH IN ALL THINGS / (@Morningstaruk) August 13, 2017
8.
The Daily Mail is a newspaper. #AwfullyBritishFakeFacts
— Brian Tweedale (@BrianHTweed) August 13, 2017
9.
#awfullybritishfakefacts if you swallow an apple pip, a little apple tree grows inside you
— Joel Newnham (@newjoel) August 13, 2017
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#awfullybritishfakefacts
When Great Britain joined the EU the Wizard of Oz became known as the Wizard of 28grams.— Nigel A.Hammond (@ArthurFooksake) August 13, 2017
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https://twitter.com/dalstondoll/status/896834512516243462
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#awfullybritishfakefacts England can win the world cup this time
— Joel Newnham (@newjoel) August 13, 2017