[Misc] So... A Thread Of Things That Make You Proud To Be English

[A1X]

 

[ozzygull]

It’s my home. It’s where I feel the most comfortable. I have travelled a lot and have seen many places that look better, where people in general have a better standard of living, But when things are normal we have so much to do here, nowhere is too far to get to a beach, there is always some sport going on and constant concerts where the biggest bands play, partly because this land has produced some of the greatest bands and artists of all time and it’s their home as well.

 

[The Clamp]

Good old fashioned Cafes. Maybe doesn't make me feel "proud" as such but it's one of those things that I love about Britain. Nowhere in the world I've been quite gets it right like we do. Even greasy spoons in Spain run by Brits just doesn't quite cut it.

How nice to sit in a no frills cafe with numbered breakfasts, shit cutlery and decent people? A number 1 with extra black pudding, mug of tea and a tropical Rio please. How many hangovers have been killed or cured with the trusted British cafe!

 

[Palacefinder General]

Our entrepreneurial spirit - drafting in Samoans, South Africans, Tongans, Australians, Caribbean nationals and others into our national cricket and rugby teams, thereby allowing real English players to crack on doing other things.

 

[Prettyboyshaw]

Punching above our weight in the world
Being decent but admittedly rarely great and so many sports plus inventing them
Our history
Music
Most spoken international language
Apart from chav resorts being polite abroad
Humor
Fighting spirit

 

[METALMICKY]

Punching above our weight in the world
Being decent but admittedly rarely great and so many sports plus inventing them
Our history
Music
Most spoken international language
Apart from chav resorts being polite abroad
Humor
Fighting spirit

Ah yes the fighting spirit. " we will fight on the beaches "....................

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

Our history of comedy from amongst many Charlie Chaplin, the Goon Show, Monty Python to Dominic Cummings.

The whole world has laughed and is still laughing.

... Michael McIntyre, Mrs Brown, Miranda, Citizen Khan.

 

[neilbard]

You’ve sneaked the bit about statues in there, hoping nobody would notice
It does remind me though to add arts and culture to my list, particularly outdoor Shakespeare with a picnic and a bottle of red.

Hold on there fella, wasn't some of Shakespeare's work a tad racist and sexist? 'The Merchant of Venice' for one.

Where do we draw the line?

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/nov/03/if-a-shakespeare-play-is-racist-or-antisemitic-is-it-ok-to-change-the-ending




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[neilbard]

Good old fashioned Cafes. Maybe doesn't make me feel "proud" as such but it's one of those things that I love about Britain. Nowhere in the world I've been quite gets it right like we do. Even greasy spoons in Spain run by Brits just doesn't quite cut it.

How nice to sit in a no frills cafe with numbered breakfasts, shit cutlery and decent people? A number 1 with extra black pudding, mug of tea and a tropical Rio please. How many hangovers have been killed or cured with the trusted British cafe!

 

[Justice]

The Royal family,
Sussex,
Queuing,
Our tolerance.

The Royal family? Nothing but nonces & racists.

 

[neilbard]

The Royal family? Nothing but nonces & racists.

I dunno, Sue Johnston always seemed okay to me.

 

[neilbard]

 

[Pretty Plnk Fairy]

morris dancing

Regards

DF

 

[Palacefinder General]

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Is that Barbadian Jofra Archer at the front of the shot? Is there nothing the 'English' Empire won't pillage, corrupt or enslave in the pursuit of greater glory. Outrageous.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

A Sunday Roast
Lamb hot pot
Sussex Pond Pudding
Steak and Kidney Pudding

It's too easy to be rude about British Food., and I speak as a Francophile.

 

[Icy Gull]

A Sunday Roast
Lamb hot pot
Sussex Pond Pudding
Steak and Kidney Pudding

It's too easy to be rude about British Food., and I speak as a Francophile.

Are you a fat ******* perchance?

E type Jag if it hasn’t already been mentioned

 

[Wellesley]

Nigel Farage.

 

[Big Beach Seagull]

Topless darts, spam fritters, Alf Garnett, Love Thy Neighbour, Bernard Manning, Katie Hopkins, battery eggs, Dennis Wise, special viewing windows for kids at zoos, stepladders, Julia Hartley-Brewer, Benson and Hedges, Skol, more topless darts, proper non league tackles and superbly written books by Richard McMunn

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Was going to say English reserve, but I'd better not

 

[Silverhatch]

Fantastic, why don’t ya pick four bands that idolised and played American music....

African American Music