? for the Brits

I observed how most people walk on the right side of the hallway at school. Then I thought about how we drive on the right side of the road. I want to know in other countries where they drive on the left side do they walk on the left side of the hallway? I know this is probally really stupid question for some people but i'm really tired and bored and thought i would ask since I don't know any one from a country that drives on the left.

In the Australian version they spin the Wheel of Fortune the other way.

Kinda like how the water swirls the other way?

My school had a strict keep left policy.

We all wore bowler hats, had austin powers teeth, drank tea and watched cricket too.

[Edited on Sep 23, 2004 by hoisin]

In my school people just stood in the hallways blocking all the fire exits.

nah, i think its just on the right too, from what i remember living in england.

I think everyone just tends to head for a gap and keep going, no keep left or right.
There is a rule on the escalators on the London Underground though. It's been years since I've been on the Tube but I think you keep right unless you're in a hurry and need to run up / down.

hoisin said:
My school had a strict keep left policy.

We all wore bowler hats, had austin powers teeth, drank tea and watched cricket too.


Hey! me too!

Oh good! Maybe someone can tell me how this game is played and its scoring system then.

Seriously...I have no clue.

neither do we for the most part.

there is no system in England, everyone's always in such a hurry, except all the old people who just dawdle, then you have to cut a massive zig zag around them. But yes in London you have to stand on the right of escalators and because I have to ride them every day, i find myself keeping to the right on ALL ecalators

plus,

What's not to understand about cricket? Most of the boredom comes in its simplicity...it's hardly the most complicated game in the owrld...or are you joking??

No.

We don't see Cricket on TV here...So, if i's not on TV I know nothing about it.

cricket for beginners

I fucking HATE cricket. I had to play it at school and they kept putting me in the "silly" positions; silly mid off etc.

They're called silly because they're dangerous and some psycho would always try to kill me with a wild swing of the bat. Bastards.

Still, if other people enjoy it that's cool.

Apart from the underground you walk where you like. If you're a dawdling infirm person you try and walk kind of in the middle to make it awkward for as many people as possible. If you're not looking where you're going you dash up to corners; it keeps stuff exciting that way. If you can bump into the nice old granny and not say "oops sorry" you get bonus points. You must not, ever, for any reason, smile. If you're in London try and scowl a bit. Practice your cold, dead, eyes. Looking like you're about to mug someone, or as if you've just been mugged, or as if you'd enjoy if that bloke ---> over there got mugged is an advantage.

Having an enormous umbrella helps, especially in a light shower. Make sure you wave that thing around, it is your GOD GIVEN RIGHT to take up as much space as you possibly can; "I pay my taxes and I'm going to use this pavement".

We used to be really good at queuing but this seems to be going out of fashion. It still happens at bus stops and in shops. It doesn't happen in train stations. That's okay because you know what to expect. It's annoying when you've formed a queue for a coach, and then it collapses because of bunch of people have jumped it, and then you end up sitting next to some stinky greasy sweaty git who's probably dribbling a bit and will almost certainly try to puke at some point during the journey. If you get too near the platform edge in the tube station someone will try to push you under a train. So you have to wait around, and then as soon as the train pulls up start jostling. Elbows out! This is important stuff. If you see a pregnant lady getting on you're in luck; she'll be slower than you so you'll be able to dive into a seat before she gets there. Remember to look smug when you do so.

Outside! Bah, don't talk to me about outside.



Actually, I'm mostly kidding. Apart from the tube everything is quite relaxed. There's lots of tourists in London so any "rules" for pavements wouldn't be known by most people. The human-traffic seems to flow quite nicely. I think many Americans would be surprised at the road-crossing; you just dive accross when there's a gap and don't expect people to stop for you, or you use a crossing.

That sounds like NY, minus the rainy umbrella bit.

Order is breaking down rapidly. Only the incredibly hectic life of the London commuter ensures some order remains on the Tube. The place would grind to a gridlocked halt without it. The London Underground is NOT funny during rush hour, and that's putting it mildly.

Our motorways don't work anymore because everyone sits in the middle fucking lane all day (we generally have 3). In Oz they have road signs which say 'keep left except when overtaking' - we could really use those.

If there are two lanes merging into one you always get assholes who believe they have righteousness on their side because they lined up in the left hand lane early. So they try to block people in the right lane from merging in. In their world the right lane would be empty and everyone would queue for 20 miles instead of 10.

Oops, this is sounding like a road rage rant. Best leave it there.

As for cricket, I know very little about the sport. But we did beat Australia a couple of days ago and that is a pretty big deal for the English so worthy of a mention - basically cos it hardly ever happens.

My school had a keep left policy.

People get in my way, so I just walk around people, and muttering "F'fuck'ssake..." at anyone who is stupid enough to either stop in front of me or just walk straight into me

In Russia, Wheel of Fortune spins YOU!

You're actually supposed to stay on the left unless overtaking on British M'ways too - it is the law. Its just very rarely (never?) inforced.

As for walking on streets, you all seem to be forgetting the tourist habit of stopping dead to look at a map/take a picture/point something out to their friends. This generally occurs just as you have got up a good pace, and requires either that you also slam on the brakes to stop dead behind them, keep walking and plow into them, or do that funny little shuffly-step thing that usually puts you in the road either in a puddle or into the path of an oncoming bus (or cyclist here in Oxford).

I'd hardly call the London Underground ordered though - ever been walking up or down on the righthand side and had some moron standing in your way yapping to their mates? Or some guy with a huge suitcase which for some reason needs its own space on the step beside him???!!!

Not that I'm bitter of course....

The other question of course is what do you do in a lift?

We have some Japanese in our lab who pretty much fold themselves into the smallest possible shape in the corner of the lift - we call it the tokyo effect.

Most of us english get in and stand dead in the middle to make it nearly impossible to get everyone in.