British British British British.

[Abdulmajid]

Yes I along with others have done this before, but I need patriotic uplifting.

Things that does (or even once) put the Great in Great Britain?

1) Lord Coe winning the Moscow Olympics

2) Torville and Dean

3) Last Night of the Proms

4) Pie and Mash

5) The Sussex Downs.

I have dozens, but I am boring. So what are yours?

[whiffy]

Stabbings in Croydon

[Drisgirl]

Only yes to No. 2 (lol -for no reason at all apart from the fact I shoudnt be near this bleeding PC )

[puddicat]

thats london

[Abdulmajid]

I see we are struggling. I will add a few more.

Sir Alec Guinness

Sir Winston Churchill

Sandringham Palace

George Cole and Minder

Mary Quant

Great Ormond Street Hospital

[puddicat]

****!!!

[rugeleyboy]

fish and chips!

[Abdulmajid]

"Fish and Chips" says the man who has just ordered a blinking ch!nky!!!!

But they are good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Drisgirl]

Im out -its all English and you live in our great land -turncoat -and seriously-=bet youre glad i have to go cos I have just failed the PVC Breethaliser lol

[whiffy]

Peter Sellers

Field Marshal Montgomery

Spike Milligan

Last Night of the Proms (ON AT THE MOMENT, hint)

[Marvelman]

How about,
Last night of the Proms,
Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding,
Lords cricket ground,
Big Ben,
The BBC,
Wembly Stadium,

[Abdulmajid]

I take umbrage at the BBC. Once yes, but not now!!!!

I like your sense of stoic patriotism though. Thank you.

[rugeleyboy]

they font deliver fish and chips round here.

the great british bobby!!

NHS

canals

[Abdulmajid]

And

Chris Hoy

The Royal National Life Boat Institute

Sir Robert Peel

Baroness Thatcher

Norfolk canals

Glastonbury and all the Arthurian stuff

[whiffy]

And The Royal Navy

[Abdulmajid]

Ruge we said two of the same things at the same time. Is this a homo-erotic sign???


But......................

Lincolnshire Sausages

The Girls of St. Trinians

Ealing Comedies

Rolls Royce/Bentley

Sir Stirling Moss

Royal Ascot

Leicester Sq.

[whiffy]

Lewis Hamilton

Ayrton Senna

Ron Dennis

Ross Brawn

[terambulan]

Britishness is a culture the world admires for its democracy. The British Empire controlled a third of the world. If you consider the size of England to the rest of the world it is some feat for such a small nation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire

[Jugglering]

lol Whiffs.... I suspect thought that Ayrton might not be considered to be British... even though he was absolutely brilliant !

[Jugglering]

Why do some people still think of England as being the same as Britain ?.... Whatever happened to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, or don't they matter these days ?

I guess it's a bit like everyone used to think of Russia as being the same as the USSR... !!!