Scoop 0 #1 June 21, 2006 I love being British... every village has a cricket green, a church and a tea and cake shop, cups of tea at least once every hour, wearing trousers on the beach, queueing needlessly, being a gentleman, not wanting to cause a fuss, carrying a black umbrella even though there is no hint of rain, wear a bowler hat in the city without people looking twice, cheeky cockney wit, strawberries and cream, cucumber sandwiches on a hot summers day, roast beef and yorkshire puddings, pimms, wimbledon tennis, pigeons, fucking pigeons everywhere, green scenery, the 'blitz spirit' -aka stiff upper lip, awesome sense of humor, a nice game of 'rugger' on a sunday afternoon, polo - what a game, the monarchy - you heroes, best turned out military, always smart and can put any other country to shame at drill and ceremony, ... I wouldn't have it any other way Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_Copland 0 #2 June 21, 2006 You've brought a tear to this young chaps eye Rule Britania, Britania rules the waves1338 People aint made of nothin' but water and shit. Until morale improves, the beatings will continue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #3 June 21, 2006 Stand proud brother. Shoulders back, chest out, stand tall Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_Copland 0 #4 June 21, 2006 You know im only 5'6....you wanker I met princess Anne you know, smashing lady1338 People aint made of nothin' but water and shit. Until morale improves, the beatings will continue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vt1977 0 #5 June 21, 2006 The white cliffs of Dover. Nothing like sailing back from a trip to France and seeing those white cliffs in the distance... Vicki Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #6 June 21, 2006 Is that why you haven't washed since? I didn't like to say Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vt1977 0 #7 June 21, 2006 An unhealthy obsession with the weather!!!!! That's VERY British! Vicki Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #8 June 21, 2006 You know I saw intersting program about wartime England. Dover cliffs had 6 big guns by the end of the war that were shelling the shit out of France over the Channel from the comfort of our own land, and the garden of England no less. Now thats the way to fight a war Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #9 June 21, 2006 Can we go back to America now?I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #10 June 21, 2006 No, the land of wafty sports. I don't think so. Let us just bask in our glorious history and tradition for a while Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_Copland 0 #11 June 21, 2006 I was young and dumb, she came to our school and i was thinking the typical princess thing, then this wrinkley old cow shook my hand, wtf? Where are the firm breasts and rosey cheeks!1338 People aint made of nothin' but water and shit. Until morale improves, the beatings will continue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vt1977 0 #12 June 21, 2006 Monty Python and Carry On... Vicki Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #13 June 21, 2006 QuoteNo, the land of wafty sports. I don't think so. Let us just bask in our glorious history and tradition for a while Oh in the foggy - low overcast wonderland?I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #14 June 21, 2006 QuoteMonty Python and Carry On... Vicki Awesome but I like a bit more modern stuff like Bottom, Red Dwarf, Blackadder. Now thats quality British entertainment QuoteBlackadder: I, on the other hand, am a fully-rounded human being, with a degree from the University of Life, a diploma from the School of Hard Knocks, & three gold stars from the Kindergarten of Getting the Shit Kicked Out of Me. QuoteBlackadder: This is going to be art's greatest moment since Mona Lisa sat down & told Leonardo da Vinci she was in a slightly odd mood. QuoteBlackadder: Your brain, for example, is so minute, Baldrick, that if a hungry cannibal cracked your head open, there wouldn't be enough inside to cover a small water biscuit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #15 June 21, 2006 QuoteOh in the foggy - low overcast wonderland? That's the one Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_Copland 0 #16 June 21, 2006 Blackadder was the best "Baldrick why are you carrying a bullet with your name on it?" "Well sir they say every bullet has your name on it so i figured if i carried mine around i couldntget hit by it" 1338 People aint made of nothin' but water and shit. Until morale improves, the beatings will continue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #17 June 21, 2006 I been watching it alot recently. Blackadder goes forth is awesome. Some quality writing there Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_Copland 0 #18 June 21, 2006 What gets me is how Mr Bean was a bigger hit...1338 People aint made of nothin' but water and shit. Until morale improves, the beatings will continue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaoskitty 0 #19 June 21, 2006 I used to watch Benny Hill when I was too young to watch Benny Hill. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vt1977 0 #20 June 21, 2006 This seems almost relevant to the discussion... Quote ENGLAND EXPECTS by Ogden Nash (American) Let us pause to consider the English, Who when they pause to consider themselves they get all reticently thrilled and tinglish, Because every Englishman is convinced of one thing, viz.: That to be an Englishman is to belong to the most exclusive club there is: A club to which benighted bounders of Frenchmen and Germans and Italians et cetera cannot even aspire to belong. Because they don't even speak English, and the Americans are worst of all because they speak it wrong. Englishmen are distinguished by their traditions and ceremonials, And also by their affection for their colonies and their contempt for their colonials. When foreigners ponder world affairs, why sometimes by doubts they are smitten, But Englishmen know instinctively that what the world needs most is whatever is best for Great Britain. They have a splendid navy and they conscientiously admire it, And every English schoolboy knows that John Paul jones was only an unfair American pirate. English people disclaim sparkle and verve, But speak without reservations of their Anglo-Saxon reserve. After listening to little groups of English ladies and gentlemen at cocktail parties and in hotels and Pullmans, of defining Anglo-Saxon reserve I despair, But I think it consists of assuming that nobody else is there, And I shudder to think where Anglo-Saxon reserve ends when I consider where it begins, Which is in a few high-pitched statements of what one's income is and just what foods give one a rash and whether one and one's husband or wife sleep in a double bed or twins. All good young Englishmen go to Oxford or Cambridge and they all write and publish books before their graduation, And I often wondered how they did it until I realized that they have to do it because their genteel accents are so developed that they can no longer understand each other's spoken words so the written word is their only means of intercommunication. England is the last home of the aristocracy, and the art of protecting the aristocracy from the encroachments of commerce has been raised to quite an art. Because in America a rich butter-and-egg man is only a rich butter-and-egg man or at most an honorary LL.D of some hungry university, but in England why before he knows it he is Sir Benjamin Buttery, Bart. Anyhow, I think the English people are sweet, And we might as well get used to them because when they slip and fall they always land on their own or somebody else's feet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christelsabine 1 #21 June 21, 2006 What's about Rowan Atkinson?? Isn't he active any more? There are just few old retakes on TV to be seen.... He was great. dudeist skydiver # 3105 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuickDraw 0 #22 June 21, 2006 "the serfdom is stong in this one" -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #23 June 21, 2006 Yeah he did a few things. Mr Bean YUK - I think that was his downfall to be honest, Blackadder, Thin Blue Line and a poor film Johnny English Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vt1977 0 #24 June 21, 2006 Fish and chips served in newspaper! Vicki Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_Copland 0 #25 June 21, 2006 I laughed all the way through reading that, its so true. And the end about landing on our foot or someone elses was the icing on the cake 1338 People aint made of nothin' but water and shit. Until morale improves, the beatings will continue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
