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What is an example of classic typicall britishness
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A nice cup of tea especially if evrything has gone tits up0
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Pork Pies, Steak & Kidney Pies, Cornish Pasties & Sausage Rolls
Curry - the curries over here are lamentable compared to the ones we get back in Blighty0 -
I've found a couple of good ones here in van if you want any recommendations oakster0
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Where there are sets of double doors, e.g. entrance to offices or department stores, waiting to walk through behind a queue of people instead of opening a different door. Typical british behavior0
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saying we let too many foreigners in to our great country then moving abroad to do exactly the same0
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Talking about the weather.
Things aren't the same as they were in my day.
Football on Saturday.0 -
Full english breakfast mmmmmmmm.0
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[cite]Posted By: oohaahmortimer[/cite]saying we let too many foreigners in to our great country then moving abroad to do exactly the same
Point of order oohaah; whilst I am not one that moans about too many foreigners and lives abroad, in defence of those that do there is a marked difference. Immigrants into Britain almost all come for economic reasons, and a number of them send their money out of the country, to the land they originally came from.
Most Brits abroad move there for social reasons, many retire to warmer climates. They bring their money with them, and invest in property, and spend their pensions locally, bringing money into the country they have settled in. Or like myself, they set up businesses and spend the profits locally.
Still does not excuse them moaning about foreigners I grant you, but the circumstances are a little different.0 -
[cite]Posted By: Algarveaddick[/cite][cite]Posted By: oohaahmortimer[/cite]saying we let too many foreigners in to our great country then moving abroad to do exactly the same
Point of order oohaah; whilst I am not one that moans about too many foreigners and lives abroad, in defence of those that do there is a marked difference. Immigrants into Britain almost all come for economic reasons, and a number of them send their money out of the country, to the land they originally came from.
Most Brits abroad move there for social reasons, many retire to warmer climates. They bring their money with them, and invest in property, and spend their pensions locally, bringing money into the country they have settled in. Or like myself, they set up businesses and spend the profits locally.
Still does not excuse them moaning about foreigners I grant you, but the circumstances are a little different.
Fecking Immigrant.......0 -
going on holiday to spend 90% of the time with sunstroke.0
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Tell us that we musn't let terrorists affect our way of life and then make life hell for anybody travelling in the name of preventing terrorism.0
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Moaning.0
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a pint of fine ale in a country pub.0
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[cite]Posted By: Addickted[/cite][cite]Posted By: Algarveaddick[/cite][cite]Posted By: oohaahmortimer[/cite]saying we let too many foreigners in to our great country then moving abroad to do exactly the same
Point of order oohaah; whilst I am not one that moans about too many foreigners and lives abroad, in defence of those that do there is a marked difference. Immigrants into Britain almost all come for economic reasons, and a number of them send their money out of the country, to the land they originally came from.
Most Brits abroad move there for social reasons, many retire to warmer climates. They bring their money with them, and invest in property, and spend their pensions locally, bringing money into the country they have settled in. Or like myself, they set up businesses and spend the profits locally.
Still does not excuse them moaning about foreigners I grant you, but the circumstances are a little different.
Fecking Immigrant.......
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Weeing in the street when bladdered0
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[cite]Posted By: Addickted[/cite][cite]Posted By: Algarveaddick[/cite][cite]Posted By: oohaahmortimer[/cite]saying we let too many foreigners in to our great country then moving abroad to do exactly the same
Point of order oohaah; whilst I am not one that moans about too many foreigners and lives abroad, in defence of those that do there is a marked difference. Immigrants into Britain almost all come for economic reasons, and a number of them send their money out of the country, to the land they originally came from.
Most Brits abroad move there for social reasons, many retire to warmer climates. They bring their money with them, and invest in property, and spend their pensions locally, bringing money into the country they have settled in. Or like myself, they set up businesses and spend the profits locally.
Still does not excuse them moaning about foreigners I grant you, but the circumstances are a little different.
Fecking Immigrant.......
Shouldnt that be emmigrant? ;-)0 -
Depends where you are standing Dan...0
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spending thousands on holiday in some foreign country and moaning about immigrants who sent their money back home.0
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Irony.
moaning
use of humour to deflect real confrontation (see puttng :-) after insults on this site)
Fair play
Moaning about things but rarely to the actual people concerned and hardly ever enough to go out on the streets about it anymore
Disliking groups of "others" but always sticking up for the ones you know as they are OK
Decent pop/rock music and street fashion.
More moaning
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a pint of fine ale in a country pub.
Here here, we have the best beer on the planet.
Pint of Broadside anyone?0 -
Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding
Fish and Chips on a Friday
Spotted Dick and Custard
Christmas with the Family
Paddling in the sea
Mug of Cocoa
A Pint of Best Bitter
Walks in the Countryside on a warm summers day
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Rhubarb crumble mmmmmmmm.0
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OOh Ah moaning about our away support:-)0
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Curbs saying a Premiership side will win it why not us? :-)0
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The roar of a merlin (spitfire) engine at full chat
Asking for brown sauce when abroad
Moaning that they can't make a decent cup of tea abroad
Making it known to most Europeans that they'd be German if it wasn't for us.0 -
Seasons (weather not football)
Roast dinner on a Sunday
Thinking we've a god-given right to win every sport we think we're good at (maybe that's actually Englishness!)0 -
Who are the people who think we have a God given right to win everything? I have thought long and hard, and I don't actually recall ever meeting anyone who thought we would win anything, except for a few days in summer 1996, before we lost to the Germans in the Euro semi-final , and in summer 1990 before etc...etc... on both occasions we were in with a realistic chance at that point.
Most people I meet think we will crash and burn at everything before it even starts, and are totally pessimistic i.e. dismissing Capello before he is even appointed.
So two more Britishness things:
Perpetuating urban myths about our people
Glorying in pessimism about sport.0 -
Fucking off abroad and still thinking our opinion should count "back home", eh Algarve???
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Gallows humour
That annoying type of rain that isn't heavy enough to warrant a brolly but still leaves you looking like a drowned rat if you're out in it for long enough.
Cream teas
Bonfire Night
Marmite
The BBC(as much as people whinge about the licence fee)0
