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This has, iirc, led to some definite communication issues with allies. I think it was in the Korean war when a British unit was asked by an American unit what their status was. The reply was: just a bit sticky. Americans thought: all good no problem. British meant: we are surrounded, out of ammo and are about to be overrun.
Hehe, yeah, the Brits were surrounded by something like 20k Chinese soldiers, as I recall. A bit sticky indeed.
What happened to them do you know?
I don’t, but from this wiki article it sounds like at least some survivors were eventually rescued:
The surviving Glosters were rescued by a column of tanks; they escaped under fire, sitting on the decks of the tank.
Further reading: Battle of the Imjin River
Where’s the “innit” and the “loicense” mentions?
Read: Dr Livingstone, I presume
Nah in that situation it would be bad enough for a “things could be better honestly”
Jokes aside I think this situation would be “a bit of a pickle”
Dutch*
The water company is probably privatized
Could I ask for explanation?
You can’t complain in the UK any more, or you’ll be jailed.
It’s an English stereotype that they feel awkward when expressing emotions and would rather suffer silently than “impose” on someone by asking for help.
(edit: or at least that was my read. The other person who replied might be right that it could be a joke about recent events, because they arrest 30+ people per day for social media posts.)
I guess Pink Floyd was referring to this in the song Time:
“Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way.”
