This is much circulated and referred to within the EU institutions. I'm so guilty of many of these. Cc @ottocrat.bsky.social and @guitarmoog.bsky.social
Oh me too! The dinner one is a classic noob’s error, which you only realise when you’re shocked to see your interlocutor get their diary out and start suggesting firm dates.
And me. Used to have it on the wall in the Delegation Office in Montréal. The Canadian local staff found it hilarious because it was so very, very true.
I did the whole 'we must get together 'thing so often to someomn that she said 'I would give you my number again but you're never going to call me are you?'
And she was a fellow British person..lol
So. Many. Times.
I have sometimes been tempted to write up more examples, but I would either have to maintain an unfathomable level of opsec and deniability, or go into hiding for ever due to the thermonuclear flame wars that would result. Brits at least have a sense of humour about this stuff.
You don't want to know how many Dutch people in England have walked in to the pit trap of *not* doing that.
I had it pinned on my office door in London.
While funny it is in no way inaccurate or a joke...
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And she was a fellow British person..lol
"This can't be true, can't it?"
"It's pretty good, yeah"
"Oh.
...
This explains.....
...*everything*"
I have sometimes been tempted to write up more examples, but I would either have to maintain an unfathomable level of opsec and deniability, or go into hiding for ever due to the thermonuclear flame wars that would result. Brits at least have a sense of humour about this stuff.
Repression FTW.
I had it pinned on my office door in London.
While funny it is in no way inaccurate or a joke...