Being British.

[Razor]

Being British is about driving in a German car, to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer.
Traveling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a chinese meal on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese TV, and the most British thing of all?


































Suspicion of anything foreign.

[northwind]

:winner:

[Anonymous]

Being British is about driving in a German car, to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer.
Traveling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a chinese meal on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese TV, and the most British thing of all? Suspicion of anything foreign.

It might be where you live Miss, but not up here where REAL Brits live....

Being British to us is about driving a Nissan, designed and made in Sunderland, to a proper pub with Timothy Taylor's Directors on tap, for a decent local steak with chips, veg and Bisto gravy. Then, if pi55ed, walking home in Walkley clogs to sit in front of a blazing fire topped with Thorelsby coal to watch Coronation Street on the old Pye telly powered by electricity from Drax.

A nice cup of Yorkshire tea before bed goes down well, made with proper water that fell out of the skies over the Dales or Pennines, with a nice Abbey biscuit from Whalley or a McVitie from Carlisle.

And we are not in the LEAST suspicious of anything foreign - and to prove it, we've even invited Jelster, Fizzwheel, Dr Rich and a few other blatant foreigners to come up here in June......although we may lock our women up because they seem to be a source of great attraction for marauding Southerners (don't they, ****y and ***c....)

[RenamedMonkey]

I like it.

[BILLY]

Being British is about driving in a German car, to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer.
Traveling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a chinese meal on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese TV, and the most British thing of all? Suspicion of anything foreign.

It might be where you live Miss, but not up here where REAL Brits live....

Being British to us is about driving a Nissan, designed and made in Sunderland, to a proper pub with Timothy Taylor's Directors on tap, for a decent local steak with chips, veg and Bisto gravy. Then, if pi55ed, walking home in Walkley clogs to sit in front of a blazing fire topped with Thorelsby coal to watch Coronation Street on the old Pye telly powered by electricity from Drax.

A nice cup of Yorkshire tea before bed goes down well, made with proper water that fell out of the skies over the Dales or Pennines, with a nice Abbey biscuit from Whalley or a McVitie from Carlisle.

And we are not in the LEAST suspicious of anything foreign - and to prove it, we've even invited Jelster, Fizzwheel, Dr Rich and a few other blatant foreigners to come up here in June......although we may lock our women up because they seem to be a source of great attraction for marauding Southerners (don't they, ****y and ***c....) It might be to cold for the southern softies though :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Grinch]

Pah... you ain't been out in the freezin winds on the coast of Hayling when the waves are bigger then your house.


In a T-shirt and jeans...




Don't know why... think I was ****ed.

[kwak zzr]

soon there will be nothing british left :(

[Ed]

Beer. We're good at making beer. And drinking it.

[kwak zzr]

:drink: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Terence]

a decent local steak
Isn't that a contradiction in terms? I have to go back to South Africa if I want to eat a decent steak (without taking out a 2nd mortgage) :tongue:

[Anonymous]

a decent local steak
Isn't that a contradiction in terms? I have to go back to South Africa if I want to eat a decent steak (without taking out a 2nd mortgage) :tongue:

I deduce that you never ate at The Hargreaves Arms in Laneshawe Bridge...or purchased from Stanforth's Celebrated Pork Pie Establishment. South Africans obviously don't travel too well in a northerly direction....:lol: :lol:

[the_runt69]

South Africans obviously don't travel too well in a northerly direction
Nor do us Southerners, anything north of the Thames is a bit suspisious, why they keep calling Arsenal and Tottenham London clubs is beyond me, THEYRE NORTHERNERS.

H

[lynw]

South Africans obviously don't travel too well in a northerly direction
Nor do us Southerners, anything north of the Thames is a bit suspisious, why they keep calling Arsenal and Tottenham London clubs is beyond me, THEYRE NORTHERNERS.

H

Hush up you whinging Northerner. :wink: :P :lol:

Nearly most of the country is Northern to me. Especially when I grew up a mile from the Channel. Was nearer France than London or Essex.

Actually, that probably explains an awful lot thinking about it realy :oops: :wink: :P :lol:

[Terence]

a decent local steak
Isn't that a contradiction in terms? I have to go back to South Africa if I want to eat a decent steak (without taking out a 2nd mortgage) :tongue:

I deduce that you never ate at The Hargreaves Arms in Laneshawe Bridge...or purchased from Stanforth's Celebrated Pork Pie Establishment. South Africans obviously don't travel too well in a northerly direction....:lol: :lol:
I actually lived in Sunderland for 9 months when I first moved to the UK. That's proper North... not like those wannabe's in Manchester and Leeds ;-)

I'll google those fine establishments you mentioned, cos I do like a good steak.

[Jabba]

Nearly most of the country is Northern to me

I don't understand "Nearly most".

Assuming that "most" means >50% then "nearly most" must mean <50%. Are you saying that Kent is near Birmingham? :wink:

[lynw]

Nearly most of the country is Northern to me

I don't understand "Nearly most".

Assuming that "most" means >50% then "nearly most" must mean <50%. Are you saying that Kent is near Birmingham? :wink:

:roll:

[Jabba]

:P

Being pedantic is also very British.........

[lynw]

:P

Being pedantic is also very British.........

Well I could get pedantic and start arguing over the South West and Southern Counties which technically has a lot more places south than kent does. :P :wink: :lol:

Is the sign of being British also that no-one likes our Eurovision entry and seemingly on other forums want the Finns to win it. :wink: :P :lol:

Lordi rocks! Id so love a tv and hear Wogans view on a band playing 80s metal dressed up like GWAR. :D :D :D :D

[Biker Biggles]

Lynn---you grew up a mile from the channel?You and I have something in common then and I trust we are both as British as the psychopathic seagulls we would have grown up with. :)

[Anonymous]

Lynn---you grew up a mile from the channel?You and I have something in common then and I trust we are both as British as the psychopathic seagulls we would have grown up with. :)

'Ere Biggles...your Dad didn't have a bike did he? No....you couldn't be.....no! Surely not???!! :? :?

[lynw]

Lynn---you grew up a mile from the channel?You and I have something in common then and I trust we are both as British as the psychopathic seagulls we would have grown up with. :)

'Ere Biggles...your Dad didn't have a bike did he? No....you couldn't be.....no! Surely not???!! :? :?

Mine did :shock: :P :lol: :lol: :lol:

And pyschopathic is not the word for the seagulls. Though, tbh theyre nowhere near as bad as Australian Magpies :shock: :wink: :lol:

[Biker Biggles]

Absolutely not so you can forget that idea. :wink: