If you think of Britain, what comes to your mind then?

[Rumpelstil]

for me ..... lots of things

for a start ..... the Royal Family .... and driving on the left

 

[Callen]

The Royal Family, country villages and fish and chips.

 

[bongsaway]

for me ..... lots of things

for a start ..... the Royal Family .... and driving on the left

Bangers and mash.

 

[SNOWFLAKE]

 

[Rumpelstil]

Bangers and mash.

and sherry trifle

 

[Allan]

for me ..... lots of things

for a start ..... the Royal Family .... and driving on the left

The Royal Family, good and bad. Shared history, political and legal systems. Our cooperation in WWI & WWII.

Some of the world's greatest: museums, universities, towns and cities, music, inventions and medical advances, the good and bad of colonization. Stoicism in the face of adversity. And that absolutely devastating wit.

 

[Sweden]

The Royal Family, good and bad. Shared history, political and legal systems. Our cooperation in WWI & WWII.

Some of the world's greatest: museums, universities, towns and cities, music, inventions and medical advances, the good and bad of colonization. Stoicism in the face of adversity. And that absolutely devastating wit.

Thanks. As an Englishman I'll gratefully settle for a bit of over praise.

 

[ElChupacabra]

Love of the English countryside, and the Scottish Highlands.

 

[EthanB]

Home, since I was born there. I enjoyed their pubs, appreciate their wit, the older buildings from another time.

 

[Allan]

Thanks. As an Englishman I'll gratefully settle for a bit of over praise.

Which item(s) on my list are over praise?

 

[Pyrite]

for me ..... lots of things

for a start ..... the Royal Family .... and driving on the left

London.

Shakespeare.

Churchill and GB's amazing, heroic fight against Hitler's Nazi Germany.

 

[Allan]

London.

Shakespeare.

Churchill and GB's amazing, heroic fight against Hitler's Nazi Germany.

Oh damn I forgot writers! Dickens.

 

[Infinite Chaos]

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You have to be oldddddd to have seen that first time around or it was sold to Canada years later?

driving on the left

Excuse me, we drive on the correct side of the road. Everyone else has it wrong.

 

[Pyrite]

London.

Shakespeare.

Churchill and GB's amazing, heroic fight against Hitler's Nazi Germany.

the Glorious Revolution

the Magna Carta

Doctor Who

Scotland (I'm 3rd-generation Scottish American.)

 

[bomberfox]

Orcs! The beatles, and fish and chips

 

[Allan]

You have to be oldddddd to have seen that first time around or it was sold to Canada years later?



Excuse me, we drive on the correct side of the road. Everyone else has it wrong.

Not everyone. Japan, Barbados, Ireland and several other countries have held firm.

 

[Cordelier]

and sherry trifle

It's not wise trifle with Sherry, mate.

 

[Allan]

fish and chips

I've always felt that "English cuisine" is an oxymoron.

 

[Allan]

It's not wise trifle with Sherry, mate.

The Queen mum's favorite. Can't argue with 101 years.

 

[Callen]

I've always felt that "English cuisine" is an oxymoron.

Actually pub food can be excellent and diverse. I have never had a bad meal in a restaurant in England. Now my Mom and Nana are a different story,

 

[Allan]

Actually pub food can be excellent and diverse. I have never had a bad meal in a restaurant in England. Now my Mom and Nana are a different story,

It's a stereotype. I've never had a bad meal in the UK either and pub food is miles away from where it once was.

 

[Rumpelstil]

the Highlands in Scotland

 

[Allan]

The coolest castles.

 

[Infinite Chaos]

Actually pub food can be excellent and diverse. I have never had a bad meal in a restaurant in England. Now my Mom and Nana are a different story,

Strongly advise you to stay away from pub chains like Wetherspoons and never... ever.... ever..... go anywhere near something called "Toby Carvery."

If you see a sign like this -

just drive past.

 

[Sweden]

Which item(s) on my list are over praise?

Some our cities are dumps. Think Birmingham, filthy, ugly and bankrupt.