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Old Apr 9th 2014, 3:47 pm
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
I wish I knew what the **** anyone in this thread was actually on about
It's a Scottish thing. Being a Celt, I'd have thunk you would get it.
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Old Apr 9th 2014, 3:52 pm
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Originally Posted by dunroving
It's a Scottish thing. Being a Celt, I'd have thunk you would get it.
I'm not sure I have that much Celt in me. Border-land Scots and English are my main ancestral lines. Bit of Welsh thrown in, too.
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Old Apr 9th 2014, 5:49 pm
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
I wish I knew what the **** anyone in this thread was actually on about
I have to say I think every post on this page is sheer comic genius! (Undecided on yours)
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Old Apr 9th 2014, 6:12 pm
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
I wish I knew what the **** anyone in this thread was actually on about
Well most of us are on about what makes Britain Great
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Old Apr 9th 2014, 6:15 pm
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
I wish I knew what the **** anyone in this thread was actually on about
One person suggested that it was Queen Victoria who made Britain great, however the OP didn't seem to know who she was. Other than that, apparently microbreweries in the US make Britain great.
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Old Apr 9th 2014, 6:17 pm
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
A fictional pub in the inexplicably long-running TV show EastEnders, about a bunch of annoying twonks wot can't speak English proper.
REAL pubs are definitely one of the things that makes Britain great. One of the things I really missed in Australia.
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Originally Posted by chris955
REAL pubs are definitely one of the things that makes Britain great. One of the things I really missed in Australia.
Try France then!
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Originally Posted by dunroving
It's a Scottish thing. Being a Celt, I'd have thunk you would get it.
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
I'm not sure I have that much Celt in me. Border-land Scots and English are my main ancestral lines. Bit of Welsh thrown in, too.
http://www.britainexpress.com/Histor...ic_Britain.htm
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Old Apr 9th 2014, 7:07 pm
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Originally Posted by bigglesworth
Try France then!
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Old Apr 10th 2014, 9:03 am
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Originally Posted by roaringmouse
One person suggested that it was Queen Victoria who made Britain great, however the OP didn't seem to know who she was. Other than that, apparently microbreweries in the US make Britain great.
Wogyer mean 'she'? The Vic is 'gender neutral', and too far away from your poor ignorant target for him to even know how great the beer/darts/live music/quiz night/spitoon and sawdust are! Cut some slack.

I do quite realise that US influence has made Britain what it is today, so I'm sure US microbreweries had a hand in this.

Britain is great, that's why they put it in the name you know. President thingo said that Britain was "just great", and Prime Minister thingo left the 'just' out-and that's why it's called Great Britain.
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Wogyer mean 'she'? The Vic is 'gender neutral', and too far away from your poor ignorant target for him to even know how great the beer/darts/live music/quiz night/spitoon and sawdust are! Cut some slack.

I do quite realise that US influence has made Britain what it is today, so I'm sure US microbreweries had a hand in this.

Britain is great, that's why they put it in the name you know. President thingo said that Britain was "just great", and Prime Minister thingo left the 'just' out-and that's why it's called Great Britain.
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British innovation at its best. The triumph rocket 3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz0x9OwAJWU
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Originally Posted by Bud the Wiser
British innovation at its best. The triumph rocket 3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz0x9OwAJWU
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Originally Posted by chris955
Sorry to rain on your parade, but it is called Great Britain because it is the largest island of the British Isles.
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