100 reasons why I love the Brits

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 7:27 pm

3. English, the language

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 7:30 pm

flopstock wrote: 4. English, the accent....prrrrrrr:-4:yh_rotfl Well that finishes the list then, because you find a new accent every 10 miles there! :yh_rotfl

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 7:37 pm

8. My two step-sisters are British! I have to love them all too!

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 7:45 pm

10. They played our National Anthem at Buckingham Palace's changing

of the guard right after 9/11.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:41 pm

Well not much to add you all have said it all.

The Brits are just lovely people, any and all I have met in my life time have alway been wonderful, kinda, extremely funny, and great to party with.

Bloddy hell I love the British... The have as Floppy stated always been there for the United State no matter what the circumstances or cause they stand by our side. :-4

theia · Post by **theia** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 1:51 am

Bumping this thread because there's still about 80 odd reasons to go...and, well, I like it and it would highly embarrassing for us Brits if it stopped now...after only about 12!!

(come on golem :wah: )

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:13 am

theia wrote:

(come on golem :wah: )

:yh_rotfl

With my 'salesmans' hat on :-

Good Music

Good Theatre and arts

Interesting heritage and history

Diverse scenery

Small enough to see/ experience all the above in a short space of time

Fantastic capital city

NHS

Cosmopolitan society

more later....

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:13 am

29. Some of the most beautiful home gardens I've seen.

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:12 am

FG members :-4

beautiful scenery

the history

the food

the drinks

pubs

shopping

Benny Hill

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:33 pm

This isnt shmooze or a cop out and Im not blowin smoke up anyones bum. The people. The people Ive gotten to know. Just a heartfelt bunch, as a whole you guys and gals just warm my heart. Sincerely this group of Brits is just way cool. Thanks for letting me in.

bigears · Post by **bigears** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:59 pm

Theakston's Old Peculier :-4

Post by **Betty Boop** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:04 pm

ArnoldLayne wrote: 33. England

34. Scotland

35. Wales

36. Ireland

37. The English

38. The Scots

39. The Welsh

40. The Irish

:-2 What happened to Cornwall and the Cornish! :p

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:06 pm

Nomad wrote: This isnt shmooze or a cop out and Im not blowin smoke up anyones bum. The people. The people Ive gotten to know. Just a heartfelt bunch, as a whole you guys and gals just warm my heart. Sincerely this group of Brits is just way cool. Thanks for letting me in.

Awww...likewise kind sir :yh_hugs

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:06 pm

Betty Boop wrote: :-2 What happened to Cornwall and the Cornish! :p

What do you expect from a Kentish Man !

theia · Post by **theia** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:08 pm

Betty Boop wrote: :-2 What happened to Cornwall and the Cornish! :p

We stand alone, Betty

Post by **Betty Boop** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:17 pm

theia wrote: We stand alone, Betty

Oh no we dont!! I'll leave the singing to you Theia! :wah:

A good sword and a trusty hand!

A merry heart and true!

King James's men shall understand

What Cornish lads can do!

And have they fixed the where and when?

And shall Trelawny die?

Here's twenty thousand Cornish men

Will know the reason why!

Out spake their Captain brave and bold:

A merry wight was he:—

"If London Tower were Michael's hold,

We'd set Trelawny free!

"We'll cross the Tamar, land to land:

The Severn is no stay:

Then 'one and all' and hand in hand;

And who shall bid us nay?

"And when we came to London Wall,

A pleasant sight to view,

Come forth! come forth! ye cowards all:

Here's men as good as you. "Trelawny he's in keep in hold:

Trelawny he may die:

But here's twenty thousand Cornish bold

Will know the reason why!"

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:20 pm

I grew up with that song, BettyB!! That and the Erie Canal were in my first school singing book along with an Aboriginal lullaby, the Minstrel Boy and the old Bridge of Avignon.

theia · Post by **theia** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:20 pm

Betty Boop wrote: Oh no we dont!! I'll leave the singing to you Theia! :wah:

A good sword and a trusty hand!

A merry heart and true!

King James's men shall understand

What Cornish lads can do!

And have they fixed the where and when?

And shall Trelawny die?

Here's twenty thousand Cornish men

Will know the reason why!

Out spake their Captain brave and bold:

A merry wight was he:—

"If London Tower were Michael's hold,

We'd set Trelawny free!

"We'll cross the Tamar, land to land:

The Severn is no stay:

Then 'one and all' and hand in hand;

And who shall bid us nay?

"And when we came to London Wall,

A pleasant sight to view,

Come forth! come forth! ye cowards all:

Here's men as good as you. "Trelawny he's in keep in hold:

Trelawny he may die:

But here's twenty thousand Cornish bold

Will know the reason why!"

La la la la la (nice?)

Post by **Betty Boop** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:22 pm

AussiePam wrote: I grew up with that song, BettyB!! That and the Erie Canal were in my first school singing book along with an Aboriginal lullaby, the Minstrel Boy and the old Bridge of Avignon.

Really??

Fantastic song when sung by a good Cornish male voice choir

Post by **Betty Boop** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:22 pm

theia wrote: La la la la la (nice?)

Bit more effort required! :wah:

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:23 pm

Theia do you need a cardigan ? Poor thing.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:26 pm

Nomad wrote: Theia do you need a cardigan ? Poor thing.

It won't work!!! Won't Won't Won't

Theia........ I'll start a thread :wah:

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:31 pm

Betty Boop wrote: It won't work!!! Won't Won't Won't

Theia........ I'll start a thread :wah:

You going to spill the beans on poor cardiganless Theia ? Oh BBoop...say it aint so.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:32 pm

Nomad wrote: You going to spill the beans on poor cardiganless Theia ? Oh BBoop...say it aint so.

:yh_rotfl :yh_rotfl THEIA..................

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:48 pm

Okay, I've been away I know I know, anyway, no point getting into that. So Britain, good things. Well,

56. I was born there (Birmingham), and apparently the nurses were nice to me.

57. The Invention of the Sandwich (I'm not joking, thats up there with at least the submarine (which was of course invented by an Irishman).

58. The girls, English girls just have something, not getting into it here, sorry.

59. The BBC, I just watched the DVD's of "I Claudius" again, respect.

60. The Aston Martin DB9.

61. Graham Greene

62. Iain M. Banks and his crazy Sci Fi

63. Their innate ability to annoy the French by just existing (and visa versa)

64. Aston Villa Football Club.

65. The British Museum, an exceptional place.

66. Their somewhat bemusing fascination with the minutia of life, such as road signs, bus timetables, and the comings and goings of small animals such as squirrels.

67. Mad explorers, now in this the Brits are in a league of their own, I am thinking of various victorian gents who for instance trecked to the south pole with tennis shoes wrapped in wax paper, crossed the australian outback bringing gramaphones and hat-stands in case of emergency (naturally) and pushing up the amazon with little more than some hot cross buns, some tweezers, and a bag of gravel. (and somehow surviving, well the guys in teh outback died, except for one gent who did survive, but he had to drink his own urine, and the gramaphone was never recovered).

68. Monty Python

69. Hammer Horror Films, not very scary but kinda cool.

70. Did I mention Aston Villa, well I will again.

Thats enough for now, sorry if the numbers are out of sequence, oh well.