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Re: Sum up GREAT BRITAIN...
Originally Posted by saveme
(Post 5896893)
I'm hoping to seek refuge on the Isle of Wight with the last of the good i.e. red ones. if only I can smuggle my way on to a ferry from Lymington.
Apparently I can have the same room as Charles I at Carisbrooke! My fate could be the same anyway judging from some of those responses! |
Re: Sum up GREAT BRITAIN...
Originally Posted by Elvira
(Post 5896927)
I doubt it.
My minders are pretty good at keeping the riff-raff at bay... :p |
Re: Sum up GREAT BRITAIN...
Originally Posted by crystal23
(Post 5896914)
Ahh gotcha now:p
Hope your hangover gets better quickly - couldn't have you putting the wrong interest rate into the computer could we:lol: newinterestrate = oldinterestrate + officialinterestraterise + 0.25 Doesn't happen immediately for the savings accounts, funnily enough. |
Re: Sum up GREAT BRITAIN...
Originally Posted by Vim Fuego
(Post 5896938)
Doesn't happen immediately for the savings accounts, funnily enough.
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Re: Sum up GREAT BRITAIN...
Originally Posted by saveme
(Post 5896711)
The first and foremost thing you've got to remember about Britain is that it's cold and wet and dank and everyone spends fifty weeks of the year huddled around the fireside. Look at those PATHETIC crowds for the Premier League & the first round of the Six Nations and tonight's England v Switzerland game at Wembley.
The second important fact is that Britain is covered in concrete and what little remains of the countryside is at least two hours drive so even if you wanted to walk or cycle or swim (there are no beaches of course and the sea is too polluted anyway) you'd spend so much time getting there, you'd only have a half hour of daylight to do it in. The third important fact is that Britain has barely recovered from WW2 rationing and it's so expensive that nobody can afford to buy new cars/TV/go on holiday abroad anyway. The fourth important fact is that Britons have no sense of humour and in no circumstances are able to laugh at themselves. I'm sorry if the truth hurts but it's got to be said. Dave I assume this is an example of good ole British sense of humour? Cos otherwise you're talking shite:p |
Re: Sum up GREAT BRITAIN...
Seasons, long summer nights, greeeeeeen grass, history, beautiful flowers, birds that sing and dont screech at you, crisp winter days, sense of community, sense of humour, variety, safety, shopping choices. That'll do for starters.
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Re: Sum up GREAT BRITAIN...
All things familiar...what I feel comfortable with.
I've lived in the US for 12 years...sure some things have changed but in the area I lived...Cheshire...apart from a few new buildings here and there it's pretty much as I remember it. |
Re: Sum up GREAT BRITAIN...
Headless Corpses In Shopping Trolleys
(a wide variety of trolleys to choose from though) |
Re: Sum up GREAT BRITAIN...
Originally Posted by saveme
(Post 5896711)
The first and foremost thing you've got to remember about Britain is that it's cold and wet and dank and everyone spends fifty weeks of the year huddled around the fireside. Look at those PATHETIC crowds for the Premier League & the first round of the Six Nations and tonight's England v Switzerland game at Wembley.
The second important fact is that Britain is covered in concrete and what little remains of the countryside is at least two hours drive so even if you wanted to walk or cycle or swim (there are no beaches of course and the sea is too polluted anyway) you'd spend so much time getting there, you'd only have a half hour of daylight to do it in. The third important fact is that Britain has barely recovered from WW2 rationing and it's so expensive that nobody can afford to buy new cars/TV/go on holiday abroad anyway. The fourth important fact is that Britons have no sense of humour and in no circumstances are able to laugh at themselves. I'm sorry if the truth hurts but it's got to be said. Dave |
Re: Sum up GREAT BRITAIN...
Originally Posted by Familytoaus
(Post 5896645)
Taking Backhomeatlast's lead on this, we have a 'sum up Australia' thread so why not a 'sum up GREAT BRITAIN' thread.
So lets hear it folks anything that sums up our beloved Isle, good and bad, warts and all. We can take criticism, we're British....:) Britain is GREAT! Mr Jojosan |
Re: Sum up GREAT BRITAIN...
Originally Posted by jojosan
(Post 5897469)
There's a big clue in the title of the thread...
Britain is GREAT! Mr Jojosan |
Re: Sum up GREAT BRITAIN...
Originally Posted by Vim Fuego
(Post 5897275)
Headless Corpses In Shopping Trolleys
(a wide variety of trolleys to choose from though) Yeah, and I bet the trolley's don't look like they've been dredged from the local canal eh?!!! England is, to me, dark and grey, yet sunny and crisp. Windy and rainy, yet hot and dry. Green and lush, yet snowy and frosty. Old and historic, yet modern and cosmopolitan. Every little part of the UK has its own antithesis somewhere. That variation in environment cannot be duplicated to the same extent anywhere else in my opinion. Oh....and it's home :thumbsup: oh, and I'll be there in two sleeps time!!! Erm, have I mentioned that fact before???;):rofl: |
Re: Sum up GREAT BRITAIN...
Originally Posted by TraceyW
(Post 5897626)
Yeah, and I bet the trolley's don't look like they've been dredged from the local canal eh?!!!
England is, to me, dark and grey, yet sunny and crisp. Windy and rainy, yet hot and dry. Green and lush, yet snowy and frosty. Old and historic, yet modern and cosmopolitan. Every little part of the UK has its own antithesis somewhere. That variation in environment cannot be duplicated to the same extent anywhere else in my opinion. Oh....and it's home :thumbsup: oh, and I'll be there in two sleeps time!!! Erm, have I mentioned that fact before???;):rofl: Have fun!! BTW - you've been in Aus too long (which I think you know anyway ;)), " X many sleeps" is an Aussie Christmas thing IMO, God that annoyed me too - doesn't take much these days! I even preferred "X many shopping days" lovely, jubly commercialism :thumbsup: |
Re: Sum up GREAT BRITAIN...
Originally Posted by saveme
(Post 5896711)
The first and foremost thing you've got to remember about Britain is that it's cold and wet and dank and everyone spends fifty weeks of the year huddled around the fireside. Look at those PATHETIC crowds for the Premier League & the first round of the Six Nations and tonight's England v Switzerland game at Wembley.
The second important fact is that Britain is covered in concrete and what little remains of the countryside is at least two hours drive so even if you wanted to walk or cycle or swim (there are no beaches of course and the sea is too polluted anyway) you'd spend so much time getting there, you'd only have a half hour of daylight to do it in. The third important fact is that Britain has barely recovered from WW2 rationing and it's so expensive that nobody can afford to buy new cars/TV/go on holiday abroad anyway. The fourth important fact is that Britons have no sense of humour and in no circumstances are able to laugh at themselves. I'm sorry if the truth hurts but it's got to be said. Dave I thought that one of the things that separated Poms from the rest of the world is our love of irony and satire and our ability to laugh at ourselves. I still can't quite believe that anyone would see what I wrote and actually believe it! I hate to think what the posts are like here on April 1st! I hate it when people slag off Britain particularly when they go on and on about our horrid weather versus the 'outdoor lifestyle' in Australia with the implication that we are all trapped by our firesides. I hate it when people go on and on about the wide open spaces of Australia compared to UK. I understand as you'd think that 20 million people in a country 32 times the size of the UK with its 60 million would be far less crowded together. Of course, most people in Australia live in sprawling cities of one million plus whilst many Brits still live in towns and villages surrounded by countryside. Even some Aussies are surprised at how much countryside we have. I hate it when people harp about our cost of living and the limited choice of foodstuffs compared to the bounty of Australia. Of course our supermarkets are stocked with produce from all over the world. Surely there was a clue when I referred to the 'pathetic' attendances at the Six Nations & Premier League. They were sell outs as was the friendly at Wembley last night. The commentators were amazed at 90,000 turning up for a friendly game, mid week in winter. Even the Coca Cola Champtionship is the fourth best supported league in Europe. I'd apologize if it wasn't so ludicrous. Dave ps Spurs supporter so my ability to laugh at myself is boundless. pps I'm NOT an Australia-hater either but I'm probably wasting my breath. |
Re: Sum up GREAT BRITAIN...
Originally Posted by saveme
(Post 5897912)
I thought that one of the things that separated Poms from the rest of the world is our love of irony and satire and our ability to laugh at ourselves.
I still can't quite believe that anyone would see what I wrote and actually believe it! I hate to think what the posts are like here on April 1st! I hate it when people slag off Britain particularly when they go on and on about our horrid weather versus the 'outdoor lifestyle' in Australia with the implication that we are all trapped by our firesides. I hate it when people go on and on about the wide open spaces of Australia compared to UK. I understand as you'd think that 20 million people in a country 32 times the size of the UK with its 60 million would be far less crowded together. Of course, most people in Australia live in sprawling cities of one million plus whilst many Brits still live in towns and villages surrounded by countryside. Even some Aussies are surprised at how much countryside we have. I hate it when people harp about our cost of living and the limited choice of foodstuffs compared to the bounty of Australia. Of course our supermarkets are stocked with produce from all over the world. Surely there was a clue when I referred to the 'pathetic' attendances at the Six Nations & Premier League. They were sell outs as was the friendly at Wembley last night. The commentators were amazed at 90,000 turning up for a friendly game, mid week in winter. Even the Coca Cola Champtionship is the fourth best supported league in Europe. I'd apologize if it wasn't so ludicrous. Dave ps Spurs supporter so my ability to laugh at myself is boundless. pps I'm NOT an Australia-hater either but I'm probably wasting my breath. You clearly have not got the point of this particular forum...... |
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