If You Could Not Be British Who Would You Be

[pastafarian]

Icelandic

Great sweaters/jumpers
Who doesnt want to watch a volcano erupt in your back garden
Step up to the next level, be blown away by actually understanding Sigur Ros

 

[pastafarian]

Yes!
Well apart from the album that is in a completely made up language. Bloody good album that.

which album is that ?

 

[pastafarian]

() I believe. I think a few other songs are in a "nonsense" language too, but can't remember which ones.

who knows

here is some Sigur Ros nonsense......plenty of wonderful sweaters/jumpers also

 

[Janbha]

The Queen

 

[Postman Pat]

Aussie. Similar culture but better generally at sport.

Not a great music scene, but love a beer.

 

[Rookie]

American, would love to have been a high school sports star

 

[Foul Play Rocks]

American, would love to have been a high school sports star

This plus go through the cheerleading team.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Who doesnt want to watch a volcano erupt in your back garden

I just ask the wife to pop back in, and pour me a beer, to get this effect.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Not a great music scene,

This therefore precludes Australia for me.

 

[VAL1850]

Icelandic

If we came out of the EU we could probably have another Cod War

 

[Wellesley]

Doesn't matter where you are from, you can soon jump in to the free for all that is Britain if you so choose.

 

[Guy Crouchback]

I am Polish and Roman Catholic, which is like drawing not one but two winning tickets in the lottery of life, so it's hard for me to imagine I could be anything else.

But if I had to choose, I'd probably say Czech:

- similar culture, only more relaxed and easy-going
- great language (Czech is the most beautiful language in the world for me)
- better ice-hockey and football teams
- equally beautiful nature

 

[cheshunt seagull]

Danish. Secular and civilised.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Is not sure I'd want to be any nationality to be honest. I'd love a passport to go and live where I want though. That would be cool, get bored with one country up sticks and move on.

 

[Daffy Duck]

I would love to be Italian. Great people, amazing history & their national anthem is so much better than ours.

 

[Tooting Gull]

Canada has always appealed. Great scenery, people seem pretty laid back, love their sport, and someone to moan about in the form of the French sector, and the USA.

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

Canadian

non English speaking,Italian,imagine being able to pull all those Italian birds

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Italian,imagine being able to pull all those Italian birds

And the ability to look great in Speedos and Aviators.

 

[Dave the OAP]

German. I want to support a successful national football team...and I like the lederhosen.

 

[Dave the OAP]

In all seriousness, isn't it a shame that Douglas Adams creation, the babel fish isn't a reality. It would be great to pop in your ear a device, even a fish, that would automatically translate what people were saying to you.

When you go to some countries, it would be great to sit and people watch and listen to their conversations and see what they think about this world of ours. I assume they have the same banal conversations we all have.