BRITAIN has a proud history of unreasonably dwelling on the past, but as we advance into the 21st century these are the grievances we should just let go of:
Hating the Germans
It’s more than 80 years since the start of World War Two, so maybe – just maybe – it’s time to bury the hatchet. Also our rivalry increasingly feels one-sided, which is no fun. Let’s start afresh and celebrate all the things the Germans excel at: beer gardens, sausage goods and the terrifyingly exhilarating free-for-all that is the autobahn.
Failing at the Winter Olympics
It’s time to face facts, Britain – we’re useless at the Winter Olympics and always will be. Yes, Torvill and Dean won our hearts sliding on their knees like kids at a wedding reception to Ravel’s Bolero, but that was 36 years ago. Yes, we did win the curling that time, but is sweeping really a sport?
Taking soap opera plots seriously
Undoubtedly that chap shouldn’t have driven Gail Platt into the Corrie canal. Yes, Dirty Den shouldn’t have treated Angie that way, and no, Trevor shouldn’t have force-fed Little Mo gravy. Whatever murder’s currently being lied about? Also wrong. However talking about soap stories as if they’re real is deeply weird, as is the press hounding long-forgotten actors to get an unflattering picture when they’ve just popped out for a Twix.
Eurovision
Flags. Sequins. Fake tan. Nul points. It’s rubbish anyway, but Britain being hated on the continent for a list of injustices too long to relate here means we will never win. Once we’d send Andy Abraham, Daz Sampson or Love City Groove and be ‘in’ on the joke. But now we just get humiliated, which isn’t a great night’s telly.
The high street closing
Saturday afternoon trips to the high street just aren’t the same these days. Firstly, because you don’t go, and secondly because there’s no shops except vape shops. The high street’s been dying for decades now, and do you really miss it? We’ve got Amazon now, which doesn’t have sticky carpets.
