My dad tries to understand what the U.K is

Hello British people and dad-blog enjoyers. I’ve got a blog that both of you can enjoy especially, today. As most of you probably know, your President prime minister thingy guy just announced that the UK is on lockdown. So, mildly bored and wanting to keep my dad informed, I decided to tell him. He had no idea what I was trying to say. Clarifying what exactly a UK is...was more trouble than I thought, though.

Me: hey dad they shut down the UK
Dad: I’m okay, are you okay?
Me: no...like...the U. K. country?
Dad: what’s a you Kay?
Me: uh Britain?
Dad: no clue?
Me: England?
Dad: where?
Me: tea people? Tut tut Cheerio with the accent?
Dad: never heard of it
Me: Sherlock Holmes? The country we fought a war against?
Dad: ...iraq?
Me: ...Manchester United’s home country
Dad: OHHH!

So, I’ve learned, whenever I need to tell my dad what place on the map I mean, I’ll just get a list out of sports teams. Thanks, soccer. Er, football.
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WD_GASTER2
*trailer guy voice* IN A WORLD ON LOCKDOWN. HUMANITIES LAST HOPE IS A MIDDLE AGED PERSIAN MAN WHO LOVES SOCCER. BUT DONT CALL IT SOCCER CALL IT FOOTBALL. Chary's dad is PIDGEON RESCUING MAN.
 
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Alexander1970
Sometimes,I think he is not on this Planet....:rofl2:
(..sometimes it is hard to believe that he is from this Planet)
Another glorious Story from Super Dad.:D

Thank you.:D
 
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DANTENDO
Chary greta says HOW DARE YOU liverpool are the biggest and most supported club in the uk -and get yr dad to listen to 80s music thts when music was at its best especially in the uk plus yr country - 3 bands he should listen to duran duran tears for fears and best girl band ever bananarama
 
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Lostbhoy
Liverpool are not the most supported team im afraid, its always been United in England and they have two titles more!

Liverpool has had a tremendous year though and i do feel sorry for the fans if they can't get the chance to celebrate their first title for 30 years. They absolutely deserve that.

Sorry to roam off topic.... As you were....
 
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AmandaRose
Lostbhoy and hopefully here in Scotland Celtic are given the title as they fully deserve it. And thats coming from someone who is Rangers supporter :rofl2:
 
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FAST6191
To be fair I do think many people here only know where certain towns/cities are because of football; unlike US teams they are all tied to a town really, right down to a name in 99% of cases (though the exceptions are often quite notable). The idea of a team moving is not just rare but essentially unheard of and certainly not like some US stuff sees. It is also common enough for supporters of said teams to travel to other places to view matches.

That said I do generally recommend the following for a proper overview of what goes here


If on the other hand you want to confuse your dad then find a video covering the various accents of the UK -- for an area not so much more than a third the size of the state you are in they do pack them in. Though they are however fading fast.
 
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AmandaRose
FAST6191 the only two teams I can think of that have ever moved was Wimbledon moving to Milton Keynes and changing their name to MK Dons and my hometown team Clydebank moved to Airdrie and changed their name to Airdrieonians
 
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Lostbhoy
Thanks Amanda but in all honesty I would rather we played it out if and when possible. If we lost it fair enough, we are all in the same boat with this crisis.

Lol Alexander, big up The Gulls!
 
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