Funny people from "Ho-ome"

So I have this new (well not so new anymore) friend in the UK (Surrey to be exact). He works for the same company as me except in one of the UK offices. And in the spirit of young curiosity we have been emailing each other on a fairly regular basis and getting to know each other and our backgrounds and what we do and don't have in common. I can make the following amusing observations.

1. Poms at times can be extremely pommy - Proud of The Empire and the Spice Girls and fond of tea and Rain.

2. He was amazed to hear that I don't see a lot of rain for half of the year. Like dry ground for the whole of winter.

3. They have much nicer working hours in the UK. like he arrives at work after me (including accounting for the time zone differences) and leaves work before me.

4. He had no idea we live in different time zones - and just assumed I make it to work everyday at the crack of dawn.

5. He has asked me on several occasions about the crime in Johannesburg and is shocked at how blase I am about it.

6. He uses funny phrases that I have no idea what the meaning of them are.

7. He uses the word "posh"

8. Never heard of the term "a Thumb suck"

9. Fascinated by the multicultural dynamic of our country (he said God save the Queen and I said Which one? Queen of the Swazi? Queen/s of th Zulu? Queen of the Royal Bafokeng? Queen of Lesotho?)

And other amusing things. I must say the conversations we have been having over email are really really interesting to me - like really getting to know someone with a different background. Fascinating!