Putting the Great in Great Britain
Jan 31st 2012, 11:25 am
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Putting the Great in Great Britain
Following on from the other thread about what is Great about Britain. I'm going to punt:
- Scones
- Carpet in the Bathroom
- Muffin top girls
- Getting pissed and eating a dirty kebab with extra chilisaucemyfriend on the walk home
Your suggestions please...
- Scones
- Carpet in the Bathroom
- Muffin top girls
- Getting pissed and eating a dirty kebab with extra chilisaucemyfriend on the walk home
Your suggestions please...
Jan 31st 2012, 11:37 am
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Re: Putting the Great in Great Britain
Sarcasm
Eating sandwiches with crisp inside
Immediate judgement of anyone else by their accent and the newspaper they read
Marmite
Eating sandwiches with crisp inside
Immediate judgement of anyone else by their accent and the newspaper they read
Marmite
Jan 31st 2012, 11:41 am
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Re: Putting the Great in Great Britain
- Proper beer / ale
- Stoney beaches
- The Spitfire
- Saracasm / Proper humour and wit.
- Stephen Fry
Jan 31st 2012, 11:51 am
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Re: Putting the Great in Great Britain
- chippies
- decent bread and milk
- use of the word ***** as a noun
- chinese/pakistani/indian people with broad cockney accents
- being able to drink water from a tap
- standard page 3 tits
you know...the simple things in life...
- decent bread and milk
- use of the word ***** as a noun
- chinese/pakistani/indian people with broad cockney accents
- being able to drink water from a tap
- standard page 3 tits
you know...the simple things in life...
Jan 31st 2012, 11:54 am
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Re: Putting the Great in Great Britain
Toad in the hole
Fawlty Towers
Candy rock
Doube decker buses
Toast done on one side
Dandelion and Burdock
Liquorice torpedos
Fawlty Towers
Candy rock
Doube decker buses
Toast done on one side
Dandelion and Burdock
Liquorice torpedos
Jan 31st 2012, 12:11 pm
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Re: Putting the Great in Great Britain
Spring mornings
Summer evenings in the beer garden of a country pub
The countryside
Proper roast dinner
And again sarcasm...
Summer evenings in the beer garden of a country pub
The countryside
Proper roast dinner
And again sarcasm...
Jan 31st 2012, 12:26 pm
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Re: Putting the Great in Great Britain
Proper English clouds
Green fields
Houses built to last a couple of hundred years
Manners
Stiff upper lips
Self-deprecation
Essex
Green fields
Houses built to last a couple of hundred years
Manners
Stiff upper lips
Self-deprecation
Essex
Jan 31st 2012, 12:50 pm
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Re: Putting the Great in Great Britain
The green countryside
Real Ale
People who greet you with "Eh up me duck"
The Antalya kebab house on Upper Parliament Street
Tap water from the cold tap that's actually cold
Real Ale
People who greet you with "Eh up me duck"
The Antalya kebab house on Upper Parliament Street
Tap water from the cold tap that's actually cold
Jan 31st 2012, 1:22 pm
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Re: Putting the Great in Great Britain
Loafing oafs in all-night chemists
Jan 31st 2012, 2:13 pm
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Re: Putting the Great in Great Britain
No air-conditioning
Driving on the correct side of the road
Zebra crossings which work
Church bells
Roast gammon
Woodland walks
Fields full of bluebells
Watching village cricket
Driving on the correct side of the road
Zebra crossings which work
Church bells
Roast gammon
Woodland walks
Fields full of bluebells
Watching village cricket
Jan 31st 2012, 3:04 pm
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Re: Putting the Great in Great Britain
Sir David Attenborough
TV adverts that are genuinely creative & entertaining
Proper queuing
Greasy Spoons
Afternoon tea
Jan 31st 2012, 3:51 pm
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You read these things?
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Re: Putting the Great in Great Britain
Being able to walk 40 mins to the shops at anytime other than winter without ending up looking and feeling like you've been for a swim.
Jan 31st 2012, 6:33 pm
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Re: Putting the Great in Great Britain
Mothers pride scottish plain loaf
glass bottle of irn bru
opening the window and smelling the green in the air
disciplined and structured road rules
glass bottle of irn bru
opening the window and smelling the green in the air
disciplined and structured road rules
Jan 31st 2012, 6:34 pm
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Re: Putting the Great in Great Britain
The BBC
Film 4
Film 4
