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41 Devastatingly British Things That Happened In 2015

You wouldn't want to live anywhere else...right?

1. This inevitable response to the introduction of the 5p plastic bag charge.

2. The caption that basically sums up British politics.

3. This change of direction.

4. This chap's totally normal evening.

Fell asleep in the taxi and none woke me up. Now I'm back at the taxi man's house in Stretford watching take me out

5. This headline.

6. Inquisitive hens.

7. This very British response to the threat of losing one's driving licence.

8. This commendable level of optimism.

9. All of this.

A man just walked past @romillyweeks with a dead squirrel live on ITV News

10. This necessary measure.

11. When this guy gave the minimum possible number of shits.

12. When we learned that there's more than one type of heat.

13. Not that the commuters seemed to mind.

14. Whatever this is.

15. This back and forth.

16. When no amount of flooding was going to put these guys off their beer.

Can we all establish that the pub near where I live has flooded and there's 2 guys drinking a pint like nouts wrong

17. This fancy dress outfit.

18. The shower gel you never knew you needed.

19. This most middle-class of infestations.

20. When we were lucky enough to witness peak Kyle.

21. This very polite protest.

22. And this one.

23. When Easter was ruined forever.

24. The moment you realised we'd lost the war against "bantz".

25. This thoughtful comment on the economy.

26. Point number four on this handy guide.

27. This guy who didn't really want to make a fuss.

28. When Jamie Vardy's goalscoring record was celebrated in the only way Britain knows how – shit puns on packets of crisps.

29. This absolute bargain.

30. When you wanted an altogether better standard of removal man.

31. This very Scottish breakfast meat.

32. And the crisps that, if we're being honest, probably didn't need to happen.

33. This pun/professional email address combo.

34. This very kind food bank donation.

35. Britain's most popular fragrance.

36. This man who was born to do his job.

37. This very Mancunian number plate.

38. These very detailed instructions for Britain's favourite pastime: queuing.

39. When Waitrose knew what we can't live without.

40. This polite request.

41. And finally, this courtroom drama.

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