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I Am British

And I'm proud of being British! I'm not going to make any apologies to our American cousins, let alone our European distant relatives (25 times removed! Meaning we don't actually like you!), but us British are the greatest of all nations for the following reasons:
1. Democracy - we were the first country to discover it, and spread it across the globe.
2. Sense of humour - Monty Python, Dave Allen, Snatch. We are the most funny nation of earth. And we can laugh at ourselves!
3. Fish and chips
4. Margaret Thatcher
5. Winston Churchill
6. Cups of tea
7. Our police. Now while I'm not their biggest fan (they have caused me problems at home, albeit of my own making!) they are the best in the world! 😃
8. The Queen (standing up and singing the national anthem!) Queen Elizabeth is respected across the globe. And if she isn't, she bloody well should be! She's our queen!
9. Sport. We gave football, rugby, cricket, hockey and all sorts else to the world. So we are considerate of the worlds health and fitness.
10. Pinewood Studios
11. David Attenborough
12. Music. The Beatles, Rita Ota, Ed Sheeran. The list is too long to type! But we,are the trend setters!
13. The English language. By God, we taught you all how to speak!
14. Rowan Atkinson, Stephen Fry, Dawn French etc!
15. Ian McSkelley, Christopher Lee. Our accent is so much better than anyone else!
16. The Union Jack. We are 4 countries in one 🇬🇧
17. Our cities and our history. Our castles and everything. We have history.
18. The National Health Service
19. Two World Wars and one World Cup!
20. Joseph Swan (the inventor of the light bulb)
21. The Royal Navy!
22. Tim Berners-Lee (the inventor of the www)
23. The Royal Air Force. Battle of Britain and all that! Eat your hearts out Germans!
24. Isaac Newton (the inventor of gravity)
25. The British Army - heroes each and every one of them 😊
26. Alexander Graham Bell (the inventor of the telephone)
27. The SAS - eat your heart out Seals, Delta Force, our boys train you! 🇬🇧🇬🇧The SAS are the best of the best. 🎼 God save our noble queen 🎼
28. The national anthem. Says it all
29. Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves. The Royal Navy are the boys 👍
30. John Logie Baird (inventor of the TV)

I could go on, but I think the point is proven beyond doubt, the British are the greatest nation(s) on Earth! 💁🏻
Evened · 51-55, M
[quote]1. Democracy - we were the first country to discover it, and spread it across the globe.[/quote]
I so love the Akropolis in the center of London! Hey wait ... I mixed it up ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenian_democracy ;)
but then again ...
[quote]2. Sense of humour - Monty Python, Dave Allen, Snatch. We are the most funny nation of earth. And we can laugh at ourselves![/quote] :D
Katy03 · 18-21, F
@Evened I think we all know the House of Windsor has German blood 🤢 Hence Rudolf Hess flying to Scotland in 1941 to broker a peace deal...
Evened · 51-55, M
But that's a different story :)
Katy03 · 18-21, F
@Evened Same principle - the Germans knew we were the better country, so tried to make peace, before we destroyed them! Dresden? Retribution for Coventry!
Duke54 · 70-79, M
Well done! Here in the states we have pretty much given up teaching history. Remembering dates is too taxing on young minds.
One correction: God invented gravity Isaac Newton just discovered it.
You also failed to mention Laurence Olivier one of the greatest actors of all time.
Katy03 · 18-21, F
@Duke54 I didn't mention William Shakespeare either. Or Richard Attenborough. But yeah, good point about gravity 😂
deenaljc · F
I'm British and am definitely not proud of Margaret Thatcher, not really a fan of our police force (well the minority of racist assholes), but I loooove David Attenborough 🙌🏽
Duke54 · 70-79, M
Yes, there are many more that could be mentioned, I just mentioned Lord Olivier because he is my favorite actor.
bsawyer111 · 56-60, M
Number 2, you left out Peter Sellers!
Katy03 · 18-21, F
@bsawyer111 Argh! I did. Still, I'm sure he isn't reading this to be offended that I didn't put him in the list...
bsawyer111 · 56-60, M
@Katy03 But thanks to You Tube he lives on!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDSM7AKfVJg
greenmountaingal · 70-79, F
I'm a major anglophile but...not to quibble...didn't Vladimir Zworykin invent the cathode ray tube and transmission...?
Katy03 · 18-21, F
@greenmountaingal Watch this... Point proved! lol http://youtu.be/1CS1cUIxBVg
greenmountaingal · 70-79, F
I guess I could counter with all the things Americans have invented or come up with....but, then, you'd only point out how many Americans (like myself) are of English descent.
Katy03 · 18-21, F
@greenmountaingal Exactly! You have English blood! And think of the respective sizes of the countries. America should be massively outperforming Britain!
senghenydd · M
They're removing the homeless off the streets of Windsor for the day Prince Harry marries Meghan Markle is this a step in the right direction there'll be these White Vans grabbing people off the pavements
purplepen · 51-55, F
How did the cops cause you problems at home? If you want to share.
Katy03 · 18-21, F
@purplepen Well I got taken home once by the police. My parents weren't best pleased 😒
badass · 18-21, M
Why should you we don't care if you're British
Katy03 · 18-21, F
@badass In English please?

 
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