British People love their KARAOKE!!!

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Soooo... yesterday night my friends and I went on the epic adventure of finding a British pub with karaoke. And let me tell you, it started out pretty interestingly. When we arrived at our pre-determined meeting place, one of my friends, let's call her Carla, was telling a story. The middle of this story involves her screaming, "I'M A BISEXUAL! DEAL WITH IT!" Now "Carla" is not a bisexual, but the 80 year old lady who still maintains her residence in our dorm building now thinks that Carla is, as that's what she was yelling as this poor elderly person peeked out of the main door. Carla then made it much worse by mumbling, "Oh no, not me. I'm not bisexual... sorry," but the woman had already broken the people over 70 record for warp speeding away. A few minutes later while this instant classic story was being retold, a bike rider (fairly attractive) was riding by, and he caught the same words as the old woman. He almost fell off his bike, whipping his head around, and proceeded to turn back looking at us his entire way down the street. All before we got to the pub.

Now, "British People" may seem like kind of a broad title considering I'm in England, but let me tell you, it's nearly impossible to get one to engage in conversation with you. That is, except on karaoke night. Something about the cheesy 90s music brings the Brits alive. Everyone sings, dances, AND EVEN TALKS TO THE AMERICANS. We met an unbelievably nice girl who swore she would dance through our entire, off-key rendition of "Respect," and not only kept that promise, but continued to dance throughout the night. While in the "loo" we met another charming young lady who complimented are terrible singing and informed us that she would be heading to New York soon, and who was eager to hear all the advice we had about it. After this discussion my friend and I, still in the bathroom, began commenting how nice British women are, especially compared to British guys, and out emerges a British woman say, "So why are British women so nice?" While she may have been somewhat condescending, overall she seemed to enjoy talking to us (perhaps because she was mocking us) just as much as we enjoyed hearing a different perspective. When asked about how to approach British guys, she suggested "being subtle," but sort of laughed and said "that might be hard for us Americans." She came up to us later in the night to discuss comedy and how no one can mock Americans like an American. The grand sum total of these conversations doesn't equal much, but I'm glad to have just had someone from this native country say something other than, "What kind of beer do you want?" to me.