The ‘stiff upper lip’ is a world famous expression that refers to what is believed to be the quintessentially British trait of stoicism – but are the upper lips of British people today as stiff as they once were? According to our poll, no.
Asked if British people these days still have a stiff upper lip in terms of being restrained in displaying their emotions, a majority (57%) of Britons say no, they do not, while only 33% say British people do have a stiff upper lip.
So every evening, right before you’re about to switch off the television and go to bed, your pooch enters the living room. It sprawls out on the floor and seems to be... watching TV?
In 2012 in the UK, a company producing dog food created an unusual commercial. It was made to attract dogs’ attention. The ad used special high-frequency sounds. They were inaudible to the human ear, but dogs could hear them very well.
The idea was simple: a pooch gets so entranced by the commercial that owners can’t but notice it.
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