What makes you think of England?
Jan 8th, 2006 | 11:42 PM
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What makes you think of England?
According to a new project it's tea and Alice in Wonderland:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4592476.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4592476.stm
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Jan 9th, 2006 | 02:43 AM
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On the positive side
Steak and Kidney pie
Real ale
Fish and Chips
Tea
Democracy
Literature - Shakespeare, Dickens
Tolerance
Willing to absorb the best of other cultures
Red buses
On the negative side
Binge drinking
Growing lack of respect of elders
Hoodies
The inability to put litter in dustbins
House prices
Steak and Kidney pie
Real ale
Fish and Chips
Tea
Democracy
Literature - Shakespeare, Dickens
Tolerance
Willing to absorb the best of other cultures
Red buses
On the negative side
Binge drinking
Growing lack of respect of elders
Hoodies
The inability to put litter in dustbins
House prices
Jan 9th, 2006 | 04:04 AM
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Positives:
Foxhunting
Monarchy (President Blair anyone?)
The Countryside
The scenery
Pubs
Proper beer and also gin and scotch.
Queuing
The food (yes really)
Marmite
Cricket (especially cricket played by people like me who are hopeless at it)
NHS
Armed Forces
Unarmed police
Unarmed populace
Football and the fact that we invented almost all the global games
The language and the constant reinvention thereof
Darts on the telly
The London Eye
Negatives:
The general crappiness of the yoof of today
The decline of manners (see above)
Precott’s desire to build over every playing field in SE England
Obsession with house prices
The Daily Mail
The Guardian
The current government’s contempt for Parliament and the electorate
The general poniness of public services
The Railways
Not saving Concord
Not building a new royal yacht
Shirley Williams
Arsenal Football Club.
Foxhunting
Monarchy (President Blair anyone?)
The Countryside
The scenery
Pubs
Proper beer and also gin and scotch.
Queuing
The food (yes really)
Marmite
Cricket (especially cricket played by people like me who are hopeless at it)
NHS
Armed Forces
Unarmed police
Unarmed populace
Football and the fact that we invented almost all the global games
The language and the constant reinvention thereof
Darts on the telly
The London Eye
Negatives:
The general crappiness of the yoof of today
The decline of manners (see above)
Precott’s desire to build over every playing field in SE England
Obsession with house prices
The Daily Mail
The Guardian
The current government’s contempt for Parliament and the electorate
The general poniness of public services
The Railways
Not saving Concord
Not building a new royal yacht
Shirley Williams
Arsenal Football Club.
Jan 9th, 2006 | 04:31 AM
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I think SOME people on this thread are getting 'what makes you think of England' mixed up with what you like/dislike about England. Different subject.
Ira's answer, however, is valid.
Mi image is of a true country of contrasts:
green rolling fields
60s housing estates, grey and dirty
Agatha Christie and Jane Austen
indie music
stag and hen nights
church weddings
high fashion
poor dress sense
Rolls Royce
white van man
tabloids
The BBC
politeness
agression
Wimbledon
Henman
Ira's answer, however, is valid.
Mi image is of a true country of contrasts:
green rolling fields
60s housing estates, grey and dirty
Agatha Christie and Jane Austen
indie music
stag and hen nights
church weddings
high fashion
poor dress sense
Rolls Royce
white van man
tabloids
The BBC
politeness
agression
Wimbledon
Henman
Jan 9th, 2006 | 04:37 AM
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A smell of bacon as you enter homes.
Toast cooling on little silver racks.
People who should see a dentist.
Extremely high prices.
Friendly conversations.
So-so food.
Worn carpeting.
Creaking staircases.
Vague directions to anywhere.
Robust but obscure humor.
A general tired shabbiness.
The smell of peat smoke in Ireland.
Tea with scones and jam.
Lazy public servants.
Whining, whining, whining.
Toast cooling on little silver racks.
People who should see a dentist.
Extremely high prices.
Friendly conversations.
So-so food.
Worn carpeting.
Creaking staircases.
Vague directions to anywhere.
Robust but obscure humor.
A general tired shabbiness.
The smell of peat smoke in Ireland.
Tea with scones and jam.
Lazy public servants.
Whining, whining, whining.
Jan 9th, 2006 | 05:02 AM
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Let's remind the confused about the rules of this game.
It's about England. It has nothing at all to do the neigbouring provinces.Or Ireland.
Now the one thing that summarises us instantly is our most admirable quality: scepticism.
And the one thing that summarises most perfectly all that's gone wrong in the past 60 years is the nomination for English icon by Terence Conran (an average designer in the late 50s, a sharp retailer for a few years in the 60s, a lousy one for the next 20 years as he kept trying to sell us all the same flokati rugs, and now operator of the most ill-mannered restaurant chain in London):
The Royal Festival Hall.
It's about England. It has nothing at all to do the neigbouring provinces.Or Ireland.
Now the one thing that summarises us instantly is our most admirable quality: scepticism.
And the one thing that summarises most perfectly all that's gone wrong in the past 60 years is the nomination for English icon by Terence Conran (an average designer in the late 50s, a sharp retailer for a few years in the 60s, a lousy one for the next 20 years as he kept trying to sell us all the same flokati rugs, and now operator of the most ill-mannered restaurant chain in London):
The Royal Festival Hall.
