Having your mind blown by what may appear a weird and wonderful custom in a strange land is part of the appeal of travelling. Many of us will have been left scratching our heads at overseas oddities.
Ands so it transpired for one American living in the UK who has become baffled by some of the UK's strangest things. The visitor's list starts with why we put trees in tiny metal ‘cages’ and the reason why some of our supermarkets have clock towers.
The Daily Star reports how each time the spot something that fails to make sense, they post it to TikTok - so Brits can give their reaction to it. In one of their most recent viral clips - notching up 103,000 views - the American was strolling along a street when something stopped them in their stride.
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They questioned: “Why do British people build garages in their living rooms but park in their front yards, it’s so strange?”
In true British fashion, many people fled to the comments to poke fun at the American for wondering what goes on behind the garage door.
One person giggled: “We store all our tea in there obviously.”
Another Brit added: “The garage isn't for cars so what's that got to do with the driveway? Garage is for storing tea bags and a permanently boiled kettle.”
Whilst a third said: “We just store stuff in there. The houses are quite small.”
Someone else penned: “Can't be bothered to open and close garage, they'd rather drive off.”
Meanwhile, a fifth person gave a more sensible answer: “Because the garages are built so small (old houses) and cars used to be smaller. Not much room in them for a car.”
However, some Brits actually took the side of the American and also wondered why no one bothers to actually park in their garage.
This user shared: “You have a point actually. I’ve never seen a car into a garage in this country.”
A second questioned: “Have wondered this and I’m British.”
And, this Brit shared: “Yeah, I’m from U.K. and some of the house designs make zero sense. The garage is mainly for storage, cars now are too big for garages.”
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