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Mouseinthehouse · 41-45, F
NankerPhelge · 61-69, M
@Mouseinthehouse That's going back a bit, isn't it?

Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M Best Comment
Right since clearly none of you know how to do this properly....

1. Not so subtle semi-nudity. Page 3 of The Sun ran for 45 years !
2. Beer production. There are 1472 breweries and micro-breweries in the UK today !
3. The National Health Service. Free at the point of use and has been for 72 years
4. Safety. No country has as many health and safety regulations as Britain and few have legal requirement that they be inspected annually.
5. Police. Yes we have our occasional problem with the odd bad egg in a uniform. And the charge of 'institutionalized racism' rears it's ugly head every so often. But generally speaking the good old British 'Bobby' doesn't go around shooting 'perps' because they're scared to death.
6. Food. It's not all jellied eels; Pie and mash; Lancashire Hotpot and fish and chips.
Food varies greatly all over and isn't restricted to meat and two veg. anymore.
7.Football. (That's the game with a round ball. Kicked up and down the park ? Goal at each end ??) Watched by half the planet on a weekly basis. (pity it's so bloody expensive most folk can't afford to go and watch anymore !)
8. Royal Family. History shows that English royalty has had some incredible figureheads throughout it's 1093 year history.
Some of it dividing a nation and even causing the odd military skirmish here and there.
But it endures to this day and is much revered by many all over the world.
Despite the infamy of many a politician or government of the day, the royal family has endured it all.
9. Geography. Flat plains; woodland; coastal regions; built up cities; small Hamlets; Mountains; national parks with miles of green space all accessible to the general public.
10. Freedom to roam. You might get stopped on the odd occasion if you're found loitering. But generally speaking you can come and go at any hour of the day or night, go for a walk or a drive and can do so without fear of arrest.
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@Picklebobble2 I remember a conversation with a friend of mine about guitarists. He lit slash as his favourite American guitarist.... Ermmmm Saul Hudson as he is monikered on his passport has always travelled on... A UK passport.

He then offered Peter Frampton... Born in Bromley 😂😂😂
Nimbus · M
@Picklebobble2 We have a winner :)
Platinum · M
@Picklebobble2 read the question...one thing...🤣
revenant · F
comedy and humour. One hundred per cent !
Malcolm · 61-69, M
@revenant A lot of non-Brits just don't get the humour! I've been blocked because people think I'm being rude!
Nimbus · M
@Malcolm Awwwww, it happens.
Just move on.
Malcolm · 61-69, M
@Nimbus It doesn't worry me. I find it amusing but pity them.
MaryJo1996 · 26-30, F
Women. Some of us anyway. 😏😂
MaryJo1996 · 26-30, F
@PSuss1 Yes we create gorgeous women.

(Cheerfully ignoring your creepy insinuation when you damn well knew what I meant.)
PSuss1 · 56-60, M
@MaryJo1996 couldn't agree more, we do indeed. Apologies, was not intended to be creepy, just pointing out the vagaries of the English language ⚘
Nimbus · M
Lilymoon · F
Fish and Chips 😋
Nimbus · M
@Lilymoon None better! 😛
TexChik · F
Assume to know everything about American politics after 15 minutes of CNN
Nimbus · M
@TexChik There's always one! :)
TexChik · F
@Nimbus hahaha
PSuss1 · 56-60, M
@TexChik never watched CNN ...or Fox for that matter ...helps to keep a clear mind 😉
MaryJo1996 · 26-30, F
Complaining about the weather, an forming and orderly que.
helenS · 36-40, F
@MaryJo1996 Yes, in the UK, at the bus-stop, there are people forming a long line even though the bus is not coming.
Nimbus · M
@MaryJo1996 Naturally ;)
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ExtremeNext · 36-40
Nimbus · M
@IstillmissEP lolol,
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
Sunday roast
MaryJo1996 · 26-30, F
@cherokeepatti Breads?!
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@MaryJo1996 they are like popovers but they call them Yorkshire puddings
MaryJo1996 · 26-30, F
@cherokeepatti Yeah, they're not bread at all. 😂😂😂😂 As a Yorkshire lass I most certainly know what Yorkshire puddings are. Lol.
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whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@SW-User Really? You think?😷
Nimbus · M
@SW-User Experts ;)
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Haha, I think so..@whowasthatmaskedman
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Also, confuse Americans who cant seem to get their head round the fact that the UK, Britain and England are three different things 🤯

Does not compute, right Americans? 😛
helenS · 36-40, F
@SW-User I was in Wales, as a tourist, in 2015. People on the street asked me how I like it, and I said (innocently) "England is such a beautiful country!"
==> Icy silence 😬
@SW-User Does America still think that London is Europe???
Nimbus · M
@SW-User Good point :)
Elessar · 26-30, M
Whisky 🥃 and I'd say beer (at least for me), but that'd be subjective.
Nimbus · M
@Elessar Cheers! :)
Keepitsimple · 51-55, F
They have the best singers/bands
Nimbus · M
@Keepitsimple Absolutely.
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Drink tea I guess
Nimbus · M
@SW-User Lots of it :)
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Afternoon tea
Nimbus · M
@SW-User = Afternoon delight :)
Nimbus · M
@Milkshake Full English?

None better!
Nimbus · M
@Mandalorian Fer sure.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
Make Pork Pies😷
Nimbus · M
@Dlrannie Classy! :)

Where can I buy them?
Dlrannie · 31-35, F
@Nimbus Sainsbury’s and Waitrose do them 🙂
Nimbus · M
@Dlrannie Thanks 👍
badminton · 61-69, MVIP
The spoken word as an art form. English literature and poetry is the richest in the world.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@IstillmissEP But you have never heard Hamlet in the original Klingon.😷
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whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@IstillmissEP "taH pagh taHbe'" Is SO much more pwerful, isnt it?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Klingon_Hamlet
helenS · 36-40, F
Leaving without knowing where to go… 😐
Nimbus · M
@helenS lolol,
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@helenS oh no... Our glorious leadership is lining up a new trading block we're to join.... CPTPP

https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/266425886/uk-japan-trade-deal-a-precursor-to-free-trade-bloc-in-asia-pacific

Feel free to be baffled....
JoeyFoxx · 56-60, M
Boil vegetables to the point of no longer having flavor
Nimbus · M
@JoeyFoxx Nothing to do with poor teeth then? :)
JoeyFoxx · 56-60, M
@Nimbus no. That’s an old meme... lol
Nimbus · M
@JoeyFoxx 😜
English language,
and all the arts of writing.
Nimbus · M
@hartfire Correct.
nedkelly · 61-69, M
WEll, okay what is the joke
Nimbus · M
@nedkelly There is none.

See Picklebobble's answer :)
smiler2012 · 61-69
@nedkelly 🤫 that team you and nimby follow ned 😝
LadyJ · F
Sarcasm and humour
Nimbus · M
@LadyJ 😜
nedkelly · 61-69, M
@LadyJ Serios - come to Australia and we will teach you the Sarcasm and humour
ExtremeNext · 36-40
@nedkelly so true Ned this is why I got blocked by a so called friend yesterday my sarcasm went right over her poor dumb little head
HoraceGreenley · 61-69, M
Left Handed compliments.

At least that's what we call them. In England I don't believe that there is a name for it. It's too deeply embedded in the culture.

But the English are the best in the world at giving left handed compliments.

There's no contest
HoraceGreenley · 61-69, M
@revenant same thing
Nimbus · M
HoraceGreenley · 61-69, M
@Nimbus There's no denying it
Zaphod42 · 51-55, M
They’re very good at being British 😋
Nimbus · M
@Zaphod42 Yes, it comes naturally ;)
helenS · 36-40, F
@Zaphod42 Haha!
I love the accent.
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@IstillmissEP
You do look like one of them. You should take a ancestry test.
UpForItNow · 22-25, F
To quote de Gaulle: "Without having experienced it oneself, it is difficult to imagine with what skill, with what a variety of procedures, with what insistence, by turns gracious, pressing and threatening, the British are capable of deploying their resources to obtain satisfaction."
Nimbus · M
@UpForItNow That's quite an eloquent thing to say.

Unusual for a Frenchman ;)
UpForItNow · 22-25, F
@Nimbus He made another good, apposite quote: "The British are by nature a placid people, but they have also a streak of violence that, once aroused, soon becomes implacable."
BalmyNites · F
The Monarchy 👑
Nimbus · M
BalmyNites · F
@Nimbus Not lol to me, I love them! 😁
kodiac · 22-25, M
Secret agents!
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Nimbus · M
@kodiac James Bond :)
Nimbus · M
Alexsw · 70-79, M
@Soossie haha .are you a UK citizen.
Alexsw · 70-79, M
Nimbus · M
@Alexsw 👍
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Fish and chips
Nimbus · M
@SW-User Delicious.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
Nimbus · M
@cherokeepatti lol, Americans won't let that rest 😆
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Queueing 💂
Nimbus · M
@SW-User For sure!
HoraceGreenley · 61-69, M
Bureaucratic Red Tape


Hell they make movies about it
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@HoraceGreenley "Red Tape" is actually a British invention, as the public service in London used to send instructions by sea to the colonial government in India bound in a red tape ribbon.😷
HoraceGreenley · 61-69, M
Coisty · 51-55, M
Passive aggression
Nimbus · M
@Coisty Really? :)
Coisty · 51-55, M
@Nimbus oh fuck aye
Classic football??
MaryJo1996 · 26-30, F
@Soossie I think you just mean football. Not that soft boy rugby that they play in America. 😂
@MaryJo1996

Right.... I meant the real football ... not the football that is played by hands... lol
Alexsw · 70-79, M
@Soossie what is real football. only one football all over the world. but american call it soccer
NankerPhelge · 61-69, M
I started writing a book about that in 1976 and I haven't finished it yet.
Nimbus · M
@NankerPhelge Hurry! :)
NankerPhelge · 61-69, M
@Nimbus I'm still working on it.
Platinum · M
Enjoy going to the pubs
nedkelly · 61-69, M
@MaryJo1996 Aussies just drink cold not warm
Nimbus · M
@MaryJo1996 [media=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4mQVv-7J14]
MaryJo1996 · 26-30, F
@nedkelly So lager, not beer. 🤷‍♀️
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Punk rock.

[media=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ76LC_l8yk]

[media=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvG3is7Bm1w]

[media=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tfy8f9lDD0]

[media=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6GDdKrQ8EI]
Nimbus · M
@SW-User Clash were great :)
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@Nimbus White Riot is what did it for me - I heard that at a party and was like "What is that?" I was already playing guitar in a band, within weeks we were "punk" and writing new stuff and learning anything we could from others like Peaches, New Rose etc.
NankerPhelge · 61-69, M
@Nimbus The Clash did one good song. That's it. One good song.
[media=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN1WwnEDWAM]
Even that deviates from the stereotypical punk sound and shows some semblance of rock. "White Riot" is about as pleasant as sticking one's head in a cement mixer.
Win Grand Tour Cycling Races.Did It again on Sunday.
Nimbus · M
@TheSirfurryanimalWales Yay!

Good to hear :)
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Harriet03 · 41-45, F
@MarmeeMarch
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Harriet03 · 41-45, F
@MarmeeMarch Soaking!
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RedBaron · M
People there speak with a funny accent that reminds me of Monty Python!
Nimbus · M
@RedBaron Funny though :)
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
🙄Don’t
Nimbus · M
@Picklebobble2 lol,

I await your list with interest :)
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
@Nimbus ......🙄Not gonna bite
Nimbus · M
@Picklebobble2 Awwwww,
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Nimbus · M
@pagandad A jaunty tune 🍺
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invent sports only to completely suck at them?
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@SW-User not bad.

Another thing us Brits are good at... Understatement 😂
Nimbus · M
@SW-User Sadly true :)
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No it’s not !@Nimbus
Tea, love 😜
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AbbeyRhode · F
Star in movies. No one can be as deliciously evil, or as eminently noble, as an Englishman.
Nimbus · M
@AbbeyRhode Awwww,
That reminds me ;)
AbbeyRhode · F
@Nimbus 🤗❤️
Nimbus · M
@AbbeyRhode ❤️
GuyWithOpinions · 31-35, M
Conquer and brag about it.
Nimbus · M
@GuyWithOpinions Only for a few centuries ;)
nahright09 · 41-45, M
colonialism
Nimbus · M
@nahright09 Oh yea, well known.

 
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