America took the girl sports of rounders and netball and modified them. Also took rugby and added pads and helmets.

The cricket World Cup final was on Sunday where 100 thousand people attended the stadium. And 59 million people concurrently watched on one stream in just one country so yes it’s extremely popular.

Regarding the baked beans, you should remember that Britain had food rationing of some kind right into the 1950’s. Sweets (candy) being one of the last items to come off rationing. So it’s not surprising that Brits grew up respecting the fact that food should not be wasted. Hence my Dad telling me to eat my crusts (from the slice of bread) as it would make my hair curl ! BTW - I’m now 72, and yes I do have curly hair 😂

The main reason England has many sports that are popular worldwide is because when we colonised a quarter of the planet, we taught them our sports Even though those countries have quite rightfully gained their independence, all except America kept up with the sports America just went and invented their own and called them The World Series

Cricket is the second most popular sport in the world after football (soccer ). Cricket has Laws not Rules.

A simple 'x' to friends at the _end_ of text messages is normal, plus we Brits have used them in greeting cards for decades, (birthday cards, get well cards etc) sent to family, friends and 'beaus'... However, less likely to send to one's boss, (unless particularly 'close'!!) Heinz Beans on Toast is a genuine staple of Brits' meals, eaten at any breakfast, snack, lunch, supper etc. Plus our baked beans are tastier, as well as nutritious, and less sweet than the US versions. They're okay as a 'side' with other meals, but make a filling and welcome meal on toast at any time of day, being a quick and easy snack to prepare. Don't knock it til you've tried it, Tyler!!

According to Google UK has won Eurovision 5 times, come second 16 times and only come bottom 4 times since it started in 1956.

Cricket - not just Britain. There are 110 countries registered with the Governing body and at leat 12 (including the USA) registered for the One Day Internationals (odi). Afghanistan is one of the latest members. Australia have just beaten India in the ODI World Cup. The object for the batsmen to protect your wicket and to score runs. The bat is often swung not just used to deflect the ball and score runs (points). A fast bowler can bowl the hard ball at up to 90 mph.

I'm with the comedian Frankie Boyle who said " I still qualify for full Scottishness as I can hear a cricket score, and have no idea who won".

Beans in a Full English Breakfast are a must.

Baseball is a British sport originally too, mentioned in a Jane Austen novel some years before America claimed to have invented it.

The X at the end of a message means kiss, but it’s perfectly fine to send it to a platonic friend.

The first ever international cricket match was between the USA and Canada in 1844. Canada won by 23 runs.

According to USACricket: CRICKET IS CURRENTLY BEING PLAYED BY OVER 200,000 PLAYERS IN THE UNITED STATES. These players participate in competitions in the more than 400 local leagues, tournaments, academies, college and school programs across the United States. There are various formats of the game including: hardball, tapeball, softball, disabled and indoor to name a few.

A 2023 survey found that football( soccer) has 3.5 Billion fans and the second most popular sport in the world is Cricket with 2.5 Billion fans.

The hilarious thing, is that in the UK, the last thing you'd dream of having at a barbecue is beans and mashed potatoes 😂

Rules of Cricket: You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that’s in the side that’s in the field goes out and when he’s out comes in and the next man goes in until he’s out. When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. When they are all out, the side that’s out comes in and the side that’s been in goes out and tries to get those coming in out. Sometimes there are men still in and not out. There are men called umpires who stay out all the time, and they decide when the men who are in are out. Depending on the weather and the light, the umpires can also send everybody in, no matter whether they’re in or out. When both sides have been in and all the men are out (including those who are not out), then the game is finished

The x thing is real. If someone accidentally puts it on the end of a text to the boss, or if you receive it from your boss, it is very funny. You also put an x on requests on post-it notes etc. It’s just friendly. Great video x 😉

Pretty sure cricket is more popular than any American sport has ever been, mainly thing to it being the national sport of India. For much of British history it was also the most popular British sport only fairly recently taken over by football.

we came second in Eurovision in 2022 . We do not always come last. Millions of people watch Eurovision. Every country submits a new song. There are usually about 40 countries taking part - including Australia! Sorry America you were not invited.. Yes we have Eurovision parties.

When we talk about beans in the UK, we're referring to Baked Beans in Tomato Sauce, so they are quite specific. I can remember my mum, back in the 60's, adding a drop of milk to the sauce pan when heating Baked Beans to "make them go further...". 😂

Cricket is still very popular in the UK. There are more than 5,000 affiliated cricket clubs which on a Saturday will field from 1 to 5 each, plus Sunday cricket and shorter evening games during the week. There are also pub teams, school teams, etc, as well as first class county teams and the national teams in three different formats.

The group ABBA started in Europe by winning the Eurovision Song Contest. Which is its full title. X’s don’t mean a literal kiss, it’s just friendly. I would say it’s more a woman thing and only at the beginning and end of a conversation. And only with friends. I would have beans on toast for lunch but not breakfast. I’m Scottish but, in an English fry up like (bacon,sausage, and eggs) they add beans to that, which is a breakfast. The beans are baked and put in a can with tomato sauce. They are the only kind used in this manner.

Americans did play cricket until the Civil War because a pitch needs a lot of care. Baseball (rounders) was easier to arrange in poor ground, & developed into Baseball after that time, while cricket dropped out the scene. Yes we play cricket at school, in are yards & on the street. Similarly American football developed from British Rugby, & became more formalised. Israel & Australia take part in the Eurovision Song Contest, to give it it's proper name. Eurovision was just what a joint broadcast by various tv companies, in different European countries called when they deliver a joint programme. The X is a kiss at the end of a message. You only do it to close friends & family. It is also done on writing letters. It's also done on birthday & Christmas cards. In texts one might use a heart emoji. British baked beans are not the same as American beans. They can be eaten at any meal. They are always in tomato sauce. They are specifically Haricot beans. American cowboys always have beans in the movies!

The beans thing is I believe because our baked beans are in a tomato sauce and American beans are in a barbecue sauce, although I understand they are also available in tomato sauce in the US as well. The biggest difference is our beans are a lot less sweet than the US versions. Also, US bread wouldn't work for beans on toast because it like the beans is far too sweet.

The "X" is a kiss it traditionally was put on birthday and Xmas cards to family and close friends. When you put it on a text or post-it note or message it just means platonic love, like how a lot of Brits will use the term Darlin' love or babes.

When I lived in Japan we were all English, Scottish or Australian in our dance company. I remember one afternoon declaring that I had not had beans on toast ( the baked beans are always eaten hot) in months. So we added Baked Beans to our next list of groceries for the hotel where we lived and worked to provide for us. The next day, among our usual grocery items, was a small plastic bag with about a dozen round, white pellet looking things. Attached to the bag was a label which someone wrote " Baked Beans. To be baked by oneself". We just wanted a few cans/ tins of baked beans already cooked. It was the first time any of us had ever seen un-baked beans. It was the funniest thing. ( We didn't attempt to bake our own in the end).

With cricket, the wickets are a castle, the bowler is an enemy cannon, the ball is a cannonball, the batsman is the defender. Don't let the castle get knocked down, that's basically it.

you need to see how many people watched the ODI (one day international series) that just happened in india. the final was played between india and australia. massive

The X thing is a phonetic X it represents the sound kiss and has been used since the 17 hundreds.

Baked beans on toast for breakfast, lunch and dinner/tea yum

Britain invented most of the sports that are played around the world, from football - the most popular sport in the world - to cricket - which is very popular especially in Commonwealth countries such Sri Lanka, India, and Australia. And for such a musically pioneering country, the UK does tend to perform badly in Eurovision - but not always!

X can also be seen as 'well wishes' or 'sincerely'. It's usually towards people you are a friend or acquaintance with. It can also just be seen as sending friendly or fond regards to a person- it can also help to ensure the overall message tone is taken in a friendly manner. A single X can be fine (I'd normally use this for a stranger to be friendly/polite with them but not usually used in a professional setting), 2 are usually for close friends and any more than that is just straight up kisses for family or a significant other.

To me it seems quite ironic that I always considered beans as an American food because we saw cowboys eating them in films. Certainly in my childhood in the 1960s and 1970s in England, baked beans on buttered toast was a staple meal for "tea" when we got home from school. Much more bizarre were the "spaghetti hoops" that we sometimes had on buttered toast.

Baked beans on toast with grated cheese on top is the ultimate comfort food from my childhood!

"There's no way to be disappointed if you always get last." That. That right there, is one of the most accurate summations of the British way of thinking I've ever heard. We absolutely have that ingrained in us. That's where the stiff upper lip comes from, and our dry, self deprecating sense of humour. Everything is such a disappointed to us that nothing is!

I’m surprised that the hotter American states have not embraced cricket. As it’s one of the few sports that can be played in hot climates.

Any time beans are mentioned it makes me want to go and make cheese on toast with beans on for lunch. I don't normally have beans for breakfast unless I'm having a fry up/full English, which is very rare, like if I'm staying in a B&B for example. If I make it at home, it tends to be for lunch again. (which I'd usually call dinner, but don't want to confuse you even more lol).

I remember a colleague of mine being upset to the point of tears when she learned that I had no brothers. 'Oh, that's terrible, I'm so sorry', she sobbed. 'That means that . . .' 'Yes, Maggie?', I prompted breathlessly. 'What does it mean?'. 'It means you don't understand cricket.'

Last week, there was a game of cricket in India between India and Australia. It was watched by a crowd of 132,000 !

Tyler doesn’t keep a record of his own reaction videos, he reacted to Eurovision 6 months ago, the tag is American Reacts to Eurovision Song Contest EXPLAINED 😂

PS: about 250,000 people play cricket in the US, chiefly in college and schools programs and as part of local leagues. There is a US Minor League Cricket series, with four regional divisions. Northern (Boston, NY(3 teams) NJ, PA), Central (Chicago(2 teams), Detroit, St Louis, Dallas, Huston, Austin), Southern (MD, GA, NC, FL(3 teams)), and Western (five CA teams + Seattle)

For cricket in the US read the book by Joseph O’Neill called Netherland. I read it years ago, but I still remember it. I know the rules of cricket and baseball and really think the first is much more exciting.

10:00 - PAY ATTENTION, AGENT RUMPLE - THESE PRESENTERS ARE 100% INCORRECT. NOT EVERYONE IN UK DOES THIS. This practice is only done by someone to a 'loved' one. A guy wouldn't do it to a guy, a gal wouldn't do it to a gal, even friends don't necessarily do it to each other. However, if sender and recipient are close, then it's more likely. A parent would do it to a child and vice versa. eg. [ Happy Father's Day. Love you loads. xxx ] note* Qty of x's is optional. It's a kiss.

Yes alot of brits have eurovision parties. This includes each person bringing a different country dish that are in the contest and we have marking cards/ paper so we can choice who we think will win.

What? How popular is CRICKET? 😳 We just had the ICC Cricket World Cup in India (the Australian team won! 😁💛) and 10 countries participated - including Afghanistan! Also, hundreds of thousands of locals and team supporters crowded the sports ground each day to watch the matches! It's very popular! 😂 We also compete in Eurovision! 🇦🇺👍

Hi Tyler, Eurovision is a Europe wide network that allows television and radio to be transmitted to all of Europe and beyond. It was formed by the European Broadcasting Union and came before the song contest was 'invented'. The song contest was made by the European Broadcasting Union as a test for the European Broadcasting Union but was so popular that it became an annual event . Originally it was the songwriters that were the most important but overtime it has evolved to become rather kitschy and political. Countries tend to vote, not for the song, but for their favourite country, which is why Great Britain no longer comes near the top. Cricket was taken to the Americas in the 17th Century and, in fact, the first official international cricket match was played between the Canadian cricket team and American cricket team in the United States in 1844. The match took place between 24 and 26 September 1844 at the St George's Cricket Club's ground at what is now 30th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. 'X' is used in the UK as a kiss but XO is not used at all . For some reason the 'X' is used by some people at the end of e-mails or casual notes instead of the formal endings. British baked beans are different to the US equivalent. UK bread also is different. The toast should be buttered. Give it a try using UK baked beans.

The UK invented most games / sports that were played by children and adults, baseball was invented in the Tudor era but we called it rounders, Eurovision is very political, and most of the countries that take part will not vote for certain countries if events around the world are taken into consideration. When we left the Eu we were ostracised by the voting countries.

And it may be the whole Victoria BRITISH Columbia thing, but we played Cricket in school, and my brother was on a school rugby team that toured the UK and the Netherlands. I played stool ball (like cricket a little but with a bigger bat.

Don't know if the Wandering Ravens are being intentionally stupid or not but ending text messages with an X or multiple X's is usually used by couples or when texting your mother.

Eurovision has become a huge extravaganza. I remember what it was like in the 60's and 70's. Participants came on and sang and that was it.... very basic. Now each year it seems to get bigger and bigger with more countries being introduced... even Australia which is confusing. Songs I recall are: Puppet on a String- Sandie Shaw Boom Bang A Bang - Lulu Congratulations - Cliff Richard All Kinds of Everything - Dana Waterloo - Abba Just another day - Johnny Logan Ding A Dong -Teach In Maybe its an age thing but I can't remember any of the more recent winning entries. For me a song has to have an instantly recognizable hook line and melody which I don't hear in songs today... as I said it's probably an age thing.

The Kids Eurovision song contest is on the 26 November 2023 at the Palais Nikaïa in Nice, France. For the adult contest earlier this year, they added a new voting category, the R.O.W. (Rest of the World, so even you could vote) and had live streams so you could watch the contest as it took place.

When I was young Brittan WON ! The Eurovision Song Contest a few times, so I know for sure they are not always last, guess it was the 60’’ though when we ruled in music 😊

The 50 over version of cricket world cup just ended on Sunday in India and next year the T20 version world cup is in the West Indies and US. There is a new league recently formed in the US as well so it’s growing there, but mainly with Indians, English etc etc

Just wanted to say Enjoying the Videos Tyler & your specific brand of enthusiasm. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the video.

“Cricket was once one of the most popular sports in the United States, until baseball became entrenched as America's game during the Civil War. Now, the sport that was first played in England is seeing a resurgence across the pond, thanks in part to thriving South Asian immigrant communities who revere the game” There is an official website for the American cricket team

Oh lor !! The Wandering Ravens!🇺🇸🥺🤔 They're okay, but their ideas on what is weird about the UK🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, is more a case of what's weird about _them_! 🤔🥺

Hi Tyler, the bat is not like a 'shield' it is only around 4 inches wide (max 4.25") and most of the batsmen use powerful strokes such as a 'drive' to score as many runs as possible although they do sometimes glide the ball to eiter side of the wicket behind them.

To answer your question, the reason Britain has sports that are popular in many countries across the world is the British Empire. Britain invented many sports including popular US sports like baseball.

I’m literally watching this eating cold baked beans straight out the can 😂😂

We almost never have beans for breakfast. In recent decades, they have become part of a full English breakfast, but they were not originally. We usually have beans on toast for dinner (lunch) or tea (dinner). Our beans are completely different to yours. I never understood why you don't like toast like we do, but then I heard you don't use butter and that explained it.

Africa, (many nations within Africa) India, Australia, New Zealand, West Indies, Pakistan, Britain and many parts of Asia all play Cricket. Britain, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, France, Italy, Argentina, Polynesia, Samoa, USA, Canada, Uruguay, and Japan, all play Rugby. In fact, there are 10 million players worldwide and that is just Rugby Union

Baked beans are brilliant I don't know if ours are different to yours. They are healthy and great with a cooked breakfast and lovely on toast. Don't knock it if you haven't tried it x

The sticks are called stumps and the two things that sit on top of those are bails.

In the UK we call baseball ‘rounders’ which is a girls game

We may not have won Eurovision lately but we haven't always lost / or come last. Try looking up songs such as "Boom-Bang-a-Bang" (!!) Lulu, and "Congratulations" - Cliff Richard* (though I'm not sure if Cliff came 1st or 2nd with it?!) ... and maybe, 'Katrina & The Waves' - but I dont remember the song she sang ?!

Actually beans for breakfast is usually part of an English fry up with back bacon sausages, egg, mushrooms, black pudding, fried bread tomatoes and toast. Not forgetting the essential cup or mug of tea. Usually beans on toast is teatime meal. If a person has sandwices or a snack at lunchtime they will have a proper dinner in the evening however sometimes the reverse is true and beans on toast is an exceptable light meal to have in the evening. The x's at the end of a text is usually used with close friends and family never with a person you don't know or don't know well. Baseball is derived from the British sport called Rounders mainly played in schools. American Football is derived from Rugby. America doesnt seem to have many sports for women, we have netball, hockey, and in some private schools they played Lacrosse. As well as unisex sports like tennis, swimming, track and field, ice skating, horseriding etc. The Eurovision is watch by many and it is the viewers not the contestants that have a 'party' with buffet food and drinks to partake in as you watch the singing.

Football is our primary winter sport, the season runs mostly in the colder wetter months of autumn, winter and spring(from the back end of August through into the following May). Whereas Cricket is our primary summer sport, played during the warmer/dryer(hopefully) months of late spring, summer and autumn(mid-April through to late September.)

You asked why these things aren't popular in America, I'd guess that they were rejected (along with tea) in an anti British protest, back in 1776. Oh , and by the way, baseball was invented in England! 😂

The eating of less sweet beans in tomato sauce in a cooked English breakfast is no more weird than stuffing yourself with big fat pancakes with syrup on the very same plate as sausage patties and bacon.. people even dip their bacon in the pancake syrup! Not for me but it’s all cultural and subjective, what we are used to and what we like the taste of. I would say the beans are a little healthier than the pancakes but then we make up for that with the fried bread 😊

One of the reasons cricket is one of the world's top sports is that it's hugely popular in India, now the most populous country in the world.

Check out where baseball is originally from the UK.

Heard T20 Cricket is coming to the Olympics

The x thing is completely true. Unless it’s a message to a person that maybe very formal, like a boss, or to someone you don’t have a friendly relationship, then you would not end with an x. However, with friends, family, partners, it is very common to end each and every message with an x. Something we would be embarrassed to remember, which is how I’m feeling now, is when you have teenage girlfriend/boyfriend relationships and you’d end each message with far too many i.e. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 😂😂😂 and if for whatever reason your gf/bf would send less like xxxx you’d automatically panic and think they were mad at you or were about to break up with you 😂😂 But yes, it continues through adulthood, ending with 1 or 2 x. Even guys messaging guy friends, we wouldn’t care about sending a x or a ❤, but that would be sort of at the end of the conversation instead of at the end of each message. Just shows we appreciate them.

It’s fairly common in the UK, and even more common in some other European countries. For 2 female friends or male and female friends to hug and/ or kiss each other on the cheek when saying hello, or goodbye. X’s were used on letters, Christmas cards etc. As a written form of kiss between family and friends. This just carried on to emails and text messages when the technology came out. And yeah I always know when my wife is annoyed with me. As she doesn’t put x x at the end of a message lol.

We tend to do badly in Eurovision, especially if our song isn't great and/or if the artist isn't popular (unlike TikToker Sam Ryder who came 2nd - to Ukraine, who likely won because of the War) because we're kind of seen as the black sheep of Europe or like we think we're Billy Big Bollocks so people not from here hold their votes from us, and you can't vote for yourself lol. A lot of Countries who are friendly with each other, such as some of the Scandinavian ones tend to give each other larger votes than the rest of Europe would simply for being mates haha...there's a whole history of lore to Eurovision & it's extremely fun 😊

You also have to know our beans are tomato flavour and not sweet, so very diffrent from yours. Our bread is not sweet and stuffed with chemicals as well.

We don't always come last in the Eurovision we have come last a few years ago bug we have done OK in the past 😊

The 'X' means a friendly kiss or love, (think of the European cheek kissing greeting) only do this with your loved ones and friends; the amount of 'X's sent is the amount of love you are sending, so for example, if your friend has had a bad day you might send a bunch of 'X's at the end... don't be sending a 'X' to your boss lol. The beans we use for beans on toast, are tinned baked beans in tomato sauce. Beans on toast (usually the toast goes at the side to stop the beans getting soggy) is NOT a breakfast thing, NOBODY has it for breakfast, it's something you would have for lunch or as a side of a childs dinner.

I lived in Dubai and you couldn't get in a taxi without a taxi driver asking if I was going to watch the cricket because they heard my English accent, and most taxi drivers are either Indian or Pakistani with some from the West Indies and they are all mad about cricket. I had a friend who lived near one of the cricket stadiums and if the taxi driver wasn't sure of where I wanted to go I just said it's near the the cricket stadium they knew exactly where it was, because they all used to go and watch the cricket.

OXO in the UK means something different, as OXO is a stock cube to make gravy. Beans in the UK are different from the US beans. US beans have a barbecue type of sauce, whereas in the UK it a form of tomato sauce and make them taste different. They have tried to push the barbecue type on the British, but we just do not buy them.

The x thing is very common, but isn't required. It's also very dependent on the person/people involved. Many of my friends send messages to me with an x at the end, because that's what they do to all their friends. But many others (including me) don't - it's just not what I do unless its with certain people (family, partner, very close friends). Because my friends know me, they don't think I'm upset with them - they just know it's me! The same as I don't read too much into messages I receive with an x.

The 'x' thing depends on your sex, generation and social circle. So it varies a bit between people. Women all use it, guys and old people, less so or only with certain people. It's a social thing and you wouldn't do it in a professional situation. Personally I mainly use it with girls rather than other guys. If I do it with a guy it's mainly a piss take. One 'x' is friendly, 'xxx' is for people you're very close to. Particularly close female friends, girlfriends or if you fancy them. Two 'xx' is for something inbetween where you want to show a bit of extra affection/care but feel three x's is too much. British baked beans are different to US ones. They come in a slightly sweet tomato sauce, rather than a bbq one. Beans on toast is popular with mums with young kids as it's cheap, quick & easy to cook, filling, reasonably healthy and all kids like it, so it's drama free. Spaghetti hoops are a popular alternative. As adults it's eaten for similar reasons and because we all grew up with it. It can be eaten any time you want, breakfast, lunch, tea or as a snack.

Americans are so weirdly formal, wondering about the etiquette of putting an x on a message. You use it with close friends and loved ones, it's really that simple (and yes, it usually comes at the end of an exchange). The use of putting kisses predates electronic communication and it's very common to put 1-3 kisses on a birthday card, or similar, as far back as I can remember and I'd imagine for generations before me.

Tyler, the X at the end of a text, is very important in british culture, mainly with couples, husband and wife, boyfriend and girlfriend, for example me and my wife always do 5 X's, now if i only get 2 X's, means i have done something wrong, she is not happy, if i get no X's im on the couch it can actually jusge our mood lol, on both sides one X at the end is common with co workers, mainly with the oppsite sex, or a friend of the opposte sex, its just a term of endearment I watch some americans that live here, they have become friends, US milatary, i leave my comments, they have embraced the X, i laways get one end of the comment as i give back, its a friendship from the wife,

We are a nation of kissers cross’s everywhere from birth and big hugs 🤣but it’s only used with family and friends most times when use we use letters ,cards , texts but NO silly not the boss 😱or any others bosses ,and Cricket is played in Australia they are absolutely crazy about it and they play for the Ashes, South Africa is another one ,NZ also everything shuts down , huge Stadiums in each city , Baked Beans they are eaten anytime of the day Heinz are the best with tomatoe sauce , they are not eaten without the tomato sauce for beans on toast / or Jacket potato with cheese via a winner, with HP sauce 👏we have them in Australia and NZ as a common food to eat very useful when we haven’t anything in the cupboard but there is always a tin of BAKED BEANS 🤣👍🤷‍♀️

Its the Eurovision Songcontest. The first Erovision ever was the coronation of Queen Elizabeth. Its a live Television broadcast in more than one european country. It can be a sportsevent, a concert, a show.

A very popular past Time is Taking the Piss out of Americans especially on Social media.

Cricket, lovely cricket!!! Anyone from a country that is a part of the British Commonwealth, knows and the majority of us absolutely love it. I'm in Toronto, there are a few cricket clubs in our city and in Ontario, on a whole.

In the UK "Beans on toast" can be eaten at all times of day and is, for clarity, normally canned baked beans (Harico or "Navy" beans) in a tomato sauce - typically from a company called "Heinz" You Americans think that is weird? We also do the same with spaghetti! (although perhaps not so much for breakfast! ;) I like mine with grated cheddar cheese melted on top

There is actually an American Major League Cricket league :-) I don't know of anybody who has ever attended a cricket match here in the UK, nor do I know anybody who plays it. I have occasionally seen a match in progress in a village field whilst out cycling. Football (proper football, not the American garbage) is by far the more popular sport IMHO. Eurovision is definitely an annual obsession with many people here LOL. I think the English like it because we usually do very poorly. Before it expanded to include more and more countries (including weirdly Israel) we used to do quite well. I've never known anybody to use an 'o' or 'xoxo' at end of a message - only 'x' - and no, nobody would think you were annoyed with them if you didn't put an 'x'. Baked beans definitely form part of a traditional full English breakfast - I'd say beans on toast (with or without a fried or poached egg on top) is more a lunch - likewise as a filling for a jacket [baked] potato. I grew up in California and my family often had baked beans on toast; I never realised it was a result of my parents' English upbringing until seeing these KZfaq videos on strange British customs. The baked beans aisle in the supermarket can be quite large, with variations like baked beans with sausages, BBQ baked beans, curried baked beans.

The 'x' thing made me chuckle. It really is a thing. If I don't put a few x's at the end of emails and the like, friends will think I'm mad with them. I've even got a friend who will litter his emails with them - he'll put them after a comment when he wants to send his best wishes or shows he cares about something concerning you. He doesn't even wait for the end of the message! As you mentioned the French thing, the French will usually end a message with "bises/bisous" (kisses). The guy in fact used the word 'bisous' at one point.

I always wondered about "LOL" in text messages. I thought it meant "Lots of Love" , but my boss sent me a message with a "LOL" in it. I asked a much younger colleague about it and he explained it was a "Laugh out Loud" XXX

You know, there's something about Tyler's content that I just find hugely life-affirming. When he declaims something like "Beans for breakfast???? I just could never imagine...", it just plants a chuckle on my face immediately. I'm so glad he does what he does (even if he never reads the comments). Also, I'm fairly confident he would ADORE Eurovision. He'd get it. He's got the right, lightly sardonic attitude to life that dovetails well with the whole experience. I hope he watches it and reacts to it at some point.

Beans, marmite, cheddar (maybe a dash of hot sauce) on buttered toast is a delicacy in my house. Breakfast, lunch or dinner Tyler.

In the Netherlands we have about 45 cricket clubs. Not bad for a population of 17.5 mil. Never knew. 😂 The X is at least from the 80's. I used to make xxxx on all my cards for someone's birthday or so. I just read that yours are in a barbecue saus, ours is with a semi sweet tomato sauce. 😊

Beans on toast is not a usual breakfast item in the UK and the beans they are talking about are baked beans which are in a rich tomato sauce served hot!

we used to do well in the eurovision song contest, but now a lot of eastern european countries have spoilt it by voting for each other xx

Beans - definitely! Any time of day...try them with oxo cubes on toast...lately I loved beans with oxo n smoked paprika...beans topped with poached egg...beans more often when trying to cut food costs. Knew a couple who lived on beans until they saved a deposit for their 1st home purchase...XX

Beans for breakfast, beans for dinner, good old beans for tea! If I could have another bean, how happy I would be......... Beans, beans, they warm your heart, the more you eat, the more you fart, the more you fart, the better you feel, so let's eat beans for every meal 🤣