What Makes You Proud To Be British?

[mexico1970]

There's no debate to be had. It's clearly barm; anyone who says differently needs professional help.

Noooooo, exhibit A.

 

[Two Gun Bob]

When need arises, our remarkable ability to .. Form Squares.

Non shall pass!

 

[The perfect fumble]

Satire....

 

[Ribble73]

For a small Island we’ve done OK I would say in basically setting the template for western democracy which has influenced the entire world whilst also being at the forefront of most of the technological and medical innovations of the past and are at the cutting edge of research into the technologies of the future. That’s not to mention the magnificent art we’ve produced in these islands -past and present from Shakespeare to Fawlty Towers to a whole mass of blockbuster computer games etc

 

[Bill Walker]

Noooooo, exhibit A.

What kind of fish is it, not that shite from the Mekong Delta I hope.

 

[mexico1970]

What kind of fish is it, not that shite from the Mekong Delta I hope.

They've stopped selling that river cobbler shite mate, I only eat Cod no other Fish or shellfish. If it's not Cod it gets given back to them :)

 

[RadcliffeRick]

Noooooo, exhibit A.

Rag puddings!!?? Fair enough I guess :-)

 

[RadcliffeRick]

The man who built modern Britain!

 

[vmsuhail]

33% are proud of the history. Is colonial history taught in your schools ?
Democracy, NHS, language, education, multiculturism, infrastructure, premier league -> among the best out there.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Blue passports.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Noooooo, exhibit A.

WTF is a ‘rag pudding’?

And I’m guessing they’re not talking about Luke Shaw.

 

[cinnamon]

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

The Sky interviewer asked her guest
- what do you like most about the British? Answer - its politeness
- what do like least? Answer - its racism
- which country is less racist than Britain? Answer ........?

Polite racism - fucking hell..........

 

[mexico1970]

WTF is a ‘rag pudding’?

And I’m guessing they’re not talking about Luke Shaw.

Think steak and kidney pudding but with other meat (Usually the cheaper kind) wrapped in suet and cooked in a cheesecloth.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Think steak and kidney pudding but with other meat (Usually the cheaper kind) wrapped in suet and cooked in a cheesecloth.

Medieval prison food, gotcha.

 

[mexico1970]

Medieval prison food, gotcha.

Tuck in fucker ;-)

 

[JULES]

Your definition of culture is largely administrative arrangements. The rest has changed significantly in my lifetime. We are way more informal. (Christian/forenames the norm, which used to be unthinkable. Much more touchy/feely. It's now quite common for men to hug one another in greeting. This just did not happen fifty years ago. Many men now wear cosmetics - used to be nowt but soap, and maybe aftershave on special occasions. Even funerals are less formal and less religious than they were.)

So what we have is a mixture of admin policy (some of it guided by law, like shop opening) and a fluid social tradition that is unrecognisable from what it was when I was a boy. And given another fifty years, it will have changed again.

How interesting! My idea of an 'uncultured' person is someone who is uninterested in the arts and/or intellectual pursuits.

However, it's a matter of definition and I know of no one with the authority to speak ex-cathedra on this matter.

right! ... culture is something too boring to be called entertainment....simple

 

[mosssideblue]

The NHS. Relied heavily on them recently and they were fantastic.

 

[mexico1970]

right! ... culture is something too boring to be called entertainment....simple

It appears only other peoples culture is important.

 

[JULES]

It appears only other peoples culture is important.

maybe because other peoples culture is entertaining?