What's the best thing the UK has ever given to the world?

[Cian]

I can get it in Athens. When its like the British style, which is very rare as they don't like to batter their fish, its advertised as British Style fish and chips.

When they do batter their fish, it is calamari or white bait.

And because some Greek retailers decide to call it "british style" this actually makes it British then? Riiiight.

Face it - its not British. The UK has given the world many, many things but fish and chips wasn't one of them. I think you're getting far too protective of 'home' due to being away.

 

[Stoo82]

And because some Greek retailers decide to call it "british style" this actually makes it British then? Riiiight.

Face it - its not British. The UK has given the world many, many things but fish and chips wasn't one of them. I think you're getting far too protective of 'home' due to being away.

I did not mean retailers. I ment Restaurants or Tavernas, especialy fish Tavernas.

You face it - Tradional British fish and Chips is British. So is a fish and chip shop British? Or is this French?

Maybe I am. Im not that botherd. Im just waiting for the footie to start.

 

[Cian]

I did not mean retailers. I ment Restaurants or Tavernas, especialy fish Tavernas.

You face it - Tradional British fish and Chips is British. So is a fish and chip shop British? Or is this French?

Maybe I am. Im not that botherd. Im just waiting for the footie to start.

And you can't define 'traditional british fish and chips' other than providing a photo of something I've seen on sale from Bondi to Bratislava...

Such a concept doesn't exist except in the minds of marketers and ex-pats.

 

[Juan Albion]

So much gnashing of teeth over fish and french fries.

 

[Stoo82]

So much gnashing of teeth over fish and french fries.

Belgian.

 

[Juan Albion]

Belgian.

Sorry. So much Belgian of teeth over fish and french fries.

 

[beorhthelm]

the railway.

and Fish AND Chips is f***ing British, alright. the individual components came from foriegn parts but they were first combined in a single dish (and documented as such) in this fair land.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Kev The Ape

 

[bhafc99]

Has anyone suggested fish and chips yet?

 

[Juan Albion]

Has anyone suggested fish and chips yet?

You did that just for the halibut, didn't you!

 

[Cian]

You did that just for the halibut, didn't you!

cod awful pun there Juan.

 

[Juan Albion]

cod awful pun there Juan.

Yeah, it was pollocks, wasn't it.

 

[NMH]

British Music. Mainly in the 1960's.

 

[Don Quixote]

The greatest band ever:

The Beatles



Also the Rolling stones.

 

[Lewes' best seagull]

baked beans.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

syphalis

 

[Cian]

baked beans.

Nearly sure they're american.

 

[Nigella's Cream Pie]

Bobby on the beat (those were the days?):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1190000/images/_1191191_dixon150.jpg

 

[clapham_gull]

Sorry to be pedantic but

The British did not invent the internet. It was invented/innovated/created by the US so that devices (predominately computers) could communicate in the event of a nuclear attack by the USSR.

Tim Berners Lee invented/created the world wide web, which is a more user friendly interface so that the general public gain access to information that is available on the internet.

E-mail is also part of the internet but Berners Lee didn't invent that.

For my two pennith, our judicial system.

Best tell Nick Griffin, he thinks the UK invented the internet too.

 

[coventrygull]

The Sex Pistols