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English assassin

01-09-2006, 13:56

http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons

Someone at the DCMS seems to have taken one of those pub conversations and made a career out of it. Anyway, here is is in all its glory, a website asking you to nominate and vote on icons of Englishness.

Of course I'm sure all you naughty foreigners wouldn't do what the English would do and try to vote a pair of knickers top of the poll...

(I voted for the Spitfire and the stiff upper lip myself, hurrah for Blighty...)

Radier

01-09-2006, 14:38

Voted S:t George and Stiff upper lip. Many of the things there I do consider english though. :2thumbsup:

KukriKhan

01-09-2006, 14:48

Tipped my hat to 'Tea'.

Ja'chyra

01-09-2006, 14:49

The combination of a practical yet beautiful design with the immense skill and courage of the pilots make the Spitfire a powerful icon of wartime England

Hmm :inquisitive:

Somebody Else

01-09-2006, 15:12

Well, stiff upper lip being originally an American phrase, I can't honestly go for it... Being a good honest (well...) expatriate though... 'And did those feet, in ancient lands...' etc.

Also went for the panto, and our sense of humour - it's not our fault no-one else has one worth a damn... Also our countryside - though to be honest, it's pretty much just the largest garden known to man...

Several others caught my eye - a good proper afternoon tea for example - with cucumber sandwiches! But since they weren't together... no. Oxford nearly got it as well, the grand sneer - I mean tour too.

The people of England sadly do not exist anymore - well, not in England - they're all abroad!

Can't even go for St George either - he's Armenian, plus, Georgia gives him his proper due as a patron saint, we don't, so we don't deserve him.

Seamus Fermanagh

01-09-2006, 15:45

Magna Carta?

Watchman

01-09-2006, 17:13

...no Monty Python ? Fawlty Towers gets fairly close, granted.

Taffy_is_a_Taff

01-09-2006, 17:15

I voted for chavs.

:no:

Duke Malcolm

01-09-2006, 18:04

I voted stiff upper lip and Spitfire and the our sense of humour...

Al Khalifah

01-09-2006, 19:56

The Sandwich - no other country in the world understands. Even the Scots try to deep fat fry them. John Montagu is a genius.

The people of England sadly do not exist anymore - well, not in England - they're all abroad!
You'd get that impression if you spent all your time down south, come up north to the land of Yorkshire and you'll see real English people, not the metrosexual-faux-californian-parisian-mocco-choco-latte-lardy-da-likely-lads of London.

English assassin

01-09-2006, 20:05

Ah yes, two southern men, one an underwear salesman :biker: the other a conceptual artist and part time poodle groomer :beatnik: greet each other in the traditional restrained London fashion. :knuddel:

You voted for the flat cap I take it, Al Khalifah...? :laugh4:

master of the puppets

01-09-2006, 20:18

chip chip cheerio and all that, and meat pies, WTF is a meat pie?

Ianofsmeg16

01-09-2006, 20:20

Stiff upper lip and the White Cliffs of Dover

It's good to be British

BDC

01-09-2006, 21:23

chip chip cheerio and all that, and meat pies, WTF is a meat pie?
Pie with meat in it. You get what you pay for.

Hopefully it's beef.

Big King Sanctaphrax

01-10-2006, 00:06

Spitfires and Cricket all the way, old boy.

TheSilverKnight

01-10-2006, 02:59

The FA Cup, and Tea :toff:

English assassin

01-10-2006, 11:09

chip chip cheerio and all that, and meat pies, WTF is a meat pie?

As the man says, a pie with meat in. Often served at football matches. At Gillingham I think they are mostly rat.

Idaho

01-10-2006, 11:53

chip chip cheerio and all that, and meat pies, WTF is a meat pie?

No-one really knows. But yet we still eat them.

I couldn't be arsed clicking on the link. But I think the most iconic English thing as opposed to the many British things that have been appropriated, is cricket.

InsaneApache

01-10-2006, 12:00

Hopefully it's beef.

Noooo..it just HAS to be mutton.

As the man says, a pie with meat in. Often served at football matches. At Gillingham I think they are mostly rat.

Should I inform PETA? :laugh4:

I'm going for Whippets, black pudding, boiled tripe and bicycle clips.

NB: thas nowt lyke parklin grumpet :laugh4:

Ianofsmeg16

01-10-2006, 16:18

But I think the most iconic English thing as opposed to the many British things that have been appropriated, is cricket.
:bow:

matteus the inbred

01-10-2006, 16:22

Noooo..it just HAS to be mutton.

it's mostly chicken balti these days. it is at Leyton Orient anyway.
anyone can build aeroplanes...but only Brits can do panto.

English assassin

01-10-2006, 16:26

anyone can build aeroplanes...but only Brits can do panto.

All together now.....OH NO THEY CAN'T.

(sorry, couldn't resist)

InsaneApache

01-10-2006, 16:40

OH YES THEY CAN!!!

It's BEHIND you.

All the non-Brits on these forums will either be a) scratching their heads..or b) thinking, those Brits are weird.

I have another one.

Complaining about the weather. (wether it's too hot or too cold) :laugh4:

For the benefit of our overseas friends....

http://www.its-behind-you.com/

English assassin

01-10-2006, 17:24

b) thinking, those Brits are weird

Business as usual then.

No one will ever understand the British who doesn't understand that a man wearing plastic breasts is funny.

matteus the inbred

01-10-2006, 17:45

Complaining about the weather. (wether it's too hot or too cold)

BOOM BOOM :wall:

well, it's never right is it? and Michael Fish always gets it wrong too.

i would say fish and chips is quintessentially British, but curry is actually the most commonly eaten food in the country and has been for ages...

master of the puppets

01-10-2006, 17:52

matteus the inbred

01-10-2006, 18:00

as if meat pies werent bad enough, i just learned about black pudding...BLOOD, black pudding is stinking BLOOD, i don't think i've ever felt so much respect for the brits until i realised they were a bunch of tea drinking blood eating (eat blood?:inquisitive: ) vampires. and pray tell, whos blood is it, the patron saint of englands maybe?

pigs i think. i like black pudding. tripe and jellied eels are a bit more than i'm prepared to stomach though. and i shall leave haggis to my Celtic brethren as well...

English assassin

01-10-2006, 18:08

Black pudding is indeed pigs blood and pigs fat but to be fair we are fair from the only people to eat it, why even the French have their boudin noir I believe.

Haggis is nice. Sheeps lungs yum yum.

InsaneApache

01-10-2006, 18:11

and i shall leave haggis to my Celtic brethren as well...

Yes but only when they're 'in season'.

BTW did you know that in the wild the haggis' left legs are longer than their right ones. That's so they can run around the hills and stay upright. Only if they run clockwise though, if they run anti-clockwise then they fall over. :laugh4: :inquisitive: :laugh4:

Taffy_is_a_Taff

01-10-2006, 18:13

you can also get sheep blood black pudding but pig blood is by far the most common.

I love eating scabs.

InsaneApache

01-10-2006, 18:17

behold..

https://img231.imageshack.us/img231/1541/blackpuddingl6vj.th.jpg (https://img231.imageshack.us/my.php?image=blackpuddingl6vj.jpg)

Best black pudding always has the white bits in it. :dizzy2: :sweatdrop: :laugh4:

Taffy_is_a_Taff

01-10-2006, 18:22

deep fried in batter is a beautiful way to eat it.

InsaneApache

01-10-2006, 18:31

and finished off with a deep fried Mars Bar. Scrumptious. :dizzy2:

matteus the inbred

01-10-2006, 18:37

yeah, healthy food sucks. give me chip butties and beef dripping any day. i think heavy 'cold weather' food is a very British thing.

of course, it would also be quite British if our tanks and guns didn't work in the rain, just like they don't work in the desert...

Taffy_is_a_Taff

01-10-2006, 18:39

I miss chip butties
~:(

matteus the inbred

01-10-2006, 18:47

i miss those weird tasting fish fingers we used to get at school...i also think Spam ought to be nominated.

Taffy_is_a_Taff

01-10-2006, 18:49

I hope you are talking about deep fried battered spam, like we used to get at school.

matteus the inbred

01-10-2006, 18:53

that is the only way to eat spam. although i used to eat it raw, so to speak, at scout camp. lovely spam.
which brings us neatly back to Monty Python, which also ought to be nominated.

InsaneApache

01-10-2006, 18:54

I miss chip butties
~:(

Just got into them again after a 15 abstinence. I like to use the crust as the platter and butter both sides of the buttie, with real butter not that margerine trash, bit of salt and vinegar and last but not least tomato catsup, smothered would be a good verb.

Nice cup of tea and you're what they say darn sarf 'sorted'

Don Corleone

01-10-2006, 19:03

How in the name of Zeus did this poll get created without the single greatest British contribution to civilization being offered as an option. Sorry lads, the poll, and the subsequent discussion found here, is bogus without mention of the uniquely British elixir of the gods, gin. I'd provide photos, but I'm at work and they would trigger the offensive material filters.

(Oy, two posts in the backroom. I can't even claim 'I only did it once'. Stop me before I get into politics.... :help: )

Somebody Else

01-10-2006, 19:30

Just a thought... what about that fine fine institution, long may it be mourned, the Empire?

InsaneApache

01-10-2006, 19:32

Hehe...it's liked a drug mate, the more you abstain the more you miss it!!!! :laugh4:

Now I know your new (again) to the backroom, so I won,t burst your bubble, at least not until the next sentence.

Gin although correctly identified by your good self as a British (ahem!!!! English, but we won't go there) it actually derives from our good neighbours over in the Low Countries, I believe they call it Genevre, but I'm sure that our Dutch fellows can erudite much more than moi.

:laugh4: :oops:

Taffy_is_a_Taff

01-10-2006, 19:33

Gin is originally a Dutch drink...

Edit: beaten to it by a crazy injun....

Taffy_is_a_Taff

01-10-2006, 19:43

I dread to think what poofy non-heart-exploding foods Jamie Oliver and friends will force upon the kids.

Duke Malcolm

01-10-2006, 19:43

Just a thought... what about that fine fine institution, long may it be mourned, the Empire?

The system demands this to be hushed up... Pride of the Empire for any man can ruin his career, it is often considered fascist (a debate in the thread "Let's Celebrate Cultural Diversity..." attests to this), oppresive, and God knows what else... It is terribly sad...

InsaneApache

01-10-2006, 19:58

Gin is originally a Dutch drink...

Edit: beaten to it by a crazy injun....

Don't you oppress me!!! :laugh4: :inquisitive: :juggle2: :dizzy2:

Ianofsmeg16

01-10-2006, 20:13

The system demands this to be hushed up... Pride of the Empire for any man can ruin his career, it is often considered fascist (a debate in the thread "Let's Celebrate Cultural Diversity..." attests to this), oppresive, and God knows what else... It is terribly sad...
:bow: I agree my Fellow Imperialist :book:

Don Corleone

01-10-2006, 20:23

Gin although correctly identified by your good self as a British (ahem!!!! English, but we won't go there) it actually derives from our good neighbours over in the Low Countries, I believe they call it Genevre, but I'm sure that our Dutch fellows can erudite much more than moi.

:laugh4: :oops:

Gin is originally a Dutch drink...

Okay, well then forget all those statements of affinity I've made for Britannia in the past. It would appear, all these years, I've owed my besotted existence to... the Dutch!

Mij groeten jou in vriendschap, mijn broeren! Meer jenever, alsjeblieft? (Note, this may not make sense, I translated each word directly).