Shame on us Brits
When I saw a stand up comedian in New York he was using my group of friends to take the piss out of how English people overuse strong adjectives like “brilliant” and “nightmare” for trivial matters.

e.g. “In the US, if we saw a blind kid solving a Rubik’s Cube with his toes – THAT would be “brilliant”. But in the UK: “Hi mate, have you got change for a pound? You have? Brilliant!””

*similar exaggerated story for the word nightmare. “In the UK: “Oh I’ve spilt mustard on my collar- nightmare”.

It’s true. We do. Brilliant.
( awayfromthenumbers, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 14:25, 10 replies)

Well at least we're not a nation of fatties I suppose

(TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 14:42, closed)

Imagine if we were!
Nightmare!

(sorry)
( baw__bag contains traces of nuts on, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 14:43, closed)

Yeah! Awesome!

(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Tue 13 Apr 2010, 14:44, closed)

Awesome!
Like socks....
( ogwen69 has returned from Reddit, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 17:02, closed)

not quite so stupid either

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 14:43, closed)

Yes it's called deliberate overstatement.
Like when kids say "I'm starving!" no you're not you're just hungry.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 14:53, closed)

To be honest I prefer Knightmare :)
ITV need to bring this back.
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 14:59, closed)

Mind blowing CGI
It fucking was too.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 15:34, closed)

He sounds like a toetaly oarsome comedian... not
( Tofor, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 15:37, closed)

Awesome!

( The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 17:11, closed)