british people- I need your help!
ok so for anyone who has been following my AAR, i draw on British customs and practices for my jokes that i include. but because i am not british myself, i know very little about british culture.
now heres my problem:
there is only so much that i can get from monty python and blackadder, and google only goes so far. so i need people who are from britian or know a lot about british culture to please send me some little known or quirky facts/customs.
any help will be much appreciated!
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Cheese rolling.
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already got that.Originally Posted by Yaseikhaan
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Dwile flonking.
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The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the King of England cannot enter – all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement! - William Pitt the Elder
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I thought they couldn't do that any more? I remember reading an article about it getting banned because of some uptight politician/
Tho' I've belted you an' flayed you,
By the livin' Gawd that made you,
You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din!
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now THAT is something i can use!
thanks CR!
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What's dwile flonking?
My Greek Cavalry submod for RS 1.6a: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=368881
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0kx...eature=related
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When an evil masochist dies, does he go to hell...
...or would heaven be a better punishment?
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Is this for the Casse AAR in your sig?
At the end of the day politics is just trash compared to the Gospel.
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Understatement.......
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What sort of british people are ye when an Irish man has to tell ye TEA TEA TEA
They slew him with poison afaid to meet him with the steel
a gallant son of eireann was Owen Roe o'Neill.
Internet is a bad place for info Gaelic Cowboy
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yes it is.
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This seems like something I'd play in college when I'm really really really hammered.
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Depends which part of Britain you're looking for. Remember there are three nations and one province. For the sake of arguement I'll assume (since your a yank) that you probably mean English.
My, my, where to start.
Bowler hats, that's derbys to you. Google John Steed for the look.
Not being a southern poofty I'll throw in some northern customs.
Pie and peas. Black pudding (bludwurst). Black peas. Yorkshire pudding. Real Ale (not that weak as nats piss southern pop they sell darn sarf) Cricket at Headingly. Rugby League. Cricket at Old Trafford. Football (soccer) Dominoes. Darts. Parkin. Meat puddings. Flat caps and whippets (stereotype)
Accents.
Yorkshire. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNmKmkhF3Vo
Manchester. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klqb...eature=related
Scouse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4vxN9vP3mg
Geordie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSHHbfY6MVc
Si thee.
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There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.
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To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise.
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Fightin' teh Irish!
But yeah tea, as in drinking and afternoon tea. Fancy a scone?
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The endless argument about how to pronounce scone.
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Morris dancing.
"A lamb goes to the slaughter but a man, he knows when to walk away."
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The Irish drink more tea per capita than the English. A certain Nietzsche quote comes to mind:What sort of british people are ye when an Irish man has to tell ye TEA TEA TEA
"Be careful when fighting monsters, lest you become one. For when you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes into you."
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I have checked it on a few websites and the claim for tea is that per capita is about 2.3kg per person in UK and 1.5kg per person in Ireland. Our consumption is down mainly because the Irish drink about 13.5L of alcohol per person where UK only gets through 11.2L only France and Luxemburg beat the Irish on alcohol consumption.
I have a suspicion the statistic may be old though even though they claim to be current there amazingly similar to the 2004 statistics on wikipedia
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They slew him with poison afaid to meet him with the steel
a gallant son of eireann was Owen Roe o'Neill.
Internet is a bad place for info Gaelic Cowboy
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Remember to apologise when someone steps on your toes.
At the end of the day politics is just trash compared to the Gospel.
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I honestly can't remember where I got the statistic from, so I'm probably wrong
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@Subotan
I did a bit more rooting and it seems that no one really knows who drinks the most tea. Ireland tops Britain in caffeine from tea which most likely means Ireland drinks stronger tea, hence the anecdote of Ireland drinking more tea likely comes from the fact you can drink more cups from the same amount of tea.
Ireland (127 mg of caffeine from tea per day!)
Kuwait (112 mg)
United Kingdom (96 mg)
So yes Ireland does indeed drink more tea than UK which means an entire pillar of your society has crumbled no wonder ye lost the empire.
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They slew him with poison afaid to meet him with the steel
a gallant son of eireann was Owen Roe o'Neill.
Internet is a bad place for info Gaelic Cowboy
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English - a love for such middle class pastimes as: costume drama, gardening, China with flower patterns, colourful wallpaper, local history, walks in the countryside, watching quaint music festivals in the Royal Albert Hall or some military tattoo.
It's all rather lovely, quite endearing to behold. Dreams of a little Hobbitshire.
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There again you could think of morris dancers, pissed up and wanting to batter anyone not as 'morris' as them.
There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.”
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise.
"The purpose of a university education for Left / Liberals is to attain all the politically correct attitudes towards minorties, and the financial means to live as far away from them as possible."
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Excellent. Seeing as I'm half Irish, my traitorous activities have undermined my adopted civilisation! Mwahaha@Subotan
I did a bit more rooting and it seems that no one really knows who drinks the most tea. Ireland tops Britain in caffeine from tea which most likely means Ireland drinks stronger tea, hence the anecdote of Ireland drinking more tea likely comes from the fact you can drink more cups from the same amount of tea.
Ireland (127 mg of caffeine from tea per day!)
Kuwait (112 mg)
United Kingdom (96 mg)
So yes Ireland does indeed drink more tea than UK which means an entire pillar of your society has crumbled no wonder ye lost the empire.
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The British soccer/football team demands a joke be made in their honor.
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then, the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
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One of the advantages that we British have is the knowledge that the British don't have a football team. Not soccer anyroad.
There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.”
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise.
"The purpose of a university education for Left / Liberals is to attain all the politically correct attitudes towards minorties, and the financial means to live as far away from them as possible."
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Beating up the French and making fun of them for being wusses.
"If it wears trousers generally I don't pay attention."
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thank ya'll for the input. for those interested, the latest chapter of my AAR is up: click here.
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