10 things l love about England

1. William Shakespeare, the baird rocks.

2. Led Zep.

3. Red Dwarf, The Bill, etc etc etc

4. Ian Botham.

5. The Barmy Army.

6. James Herbert.

7. The naked Chief.

8. Some of the beer.

9. London

10. English sense of humour.

This thread was brought to you by the caring and sharing Jethro.

P.S Am waiting on an apology for the Telly Tubbies.

[Juan Carlos Rey]

Beatles, Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Peter Gabriel, Yes, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, The Who, Pink Floyd, etc etc etc.

Don´t tell me these are old, as older is Shakespeare.

[HarryW]

Bloody hell, either the drugs Jethro was taking are a bit strong, or mine are. Is this really suggesting there are good things about England? *Stunned* What has the caring and sharing Jethro done with the <insert you own insults> one?

Teletubbies - In agreement, they suck ass and they suck it hard.

Why d'you like Ian Botham? I know people who've met him, and they say he's an arrogant *****. Not bad at cricket I suppose. I would have taken him out and put Red Dwarf in twice.

[SteveCRM]

Wow...Jethro, using love, and England in the same sentence. I think we should take a picture ;)

[YoungBuck]

#11 should be NO PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS!

Juan

Total agreement with your list.

HarryW

Only in the cricket sense. We got some great banners displayed at our local cricket grounds when the big fella was about. My favourite was "Roll the pitch with Botham".

SteveCRM

All countries have at least a few things worthy about them. Well ok except for Canada.

[parksie]

Don't get me started on the language :)

And number #0 - "Jerusalem" by William Blake

[CyberSurfer]

My favourite thing about England is......














That it's attached to Scotland!

<hides in corner>

Are there any other Scots on these forums?

Benny Hill


Twiggy


I don't think there's anything else...certainly not the food.

DerFarm

[barrk]

Harry
TD
Paul
Dr Who
Ozzie Osbourne

Forgot to mention to Dr Who!

[barrk]

Please call me Katie.

You can call me Jethro. Oh you have been, never mind then. You will love next weeks "10 things l love about" post.

[barrk]

I can hardly wait! I think I can guess the topic.

[parksie]

We may not want to guess the topic...for fear of being right... *shudder*

Oh, another thing I love about England: ME. :D

[barrk]

Knowing Jethro...he has to be planning to bag on the US next week. After all, we demand equal time!

[fallnwrld]

Fav thing about England would have to be the English Muffinz

English muffins HAVE to have been invented someplace other
than England....where pepper is an exotic spice. Maybe
Wales? can't be Scotland, they have less taste than the
British.


DerFarm

[paulw]

Errr. DerFarm - the Scots ARE British - They are NOT English!

(Great) Britain is England/Wales and Scotland - The UK includes Northern Ireland - properly The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Anyway, at least we don't eat grits - those slimy potato gruel concoctions are the second worst 'delicacy' known to me. The worst is Andouillette sausage which made me throw up spectacularly in a French Restaurant (in Paris). Mind you, I was back for the pudding:D

My favourite ten things about England

Denise
Luke
Joseph
Emma
Olivia
(That's my wife and four children - not all the time for the last four!)
Living in London
The Isle of Wight (THE Island)
The National Gallery
The BBC
Cadbury's (This woould probably be #1 if the wife approved).

Don't even THINK about starting me on the things I don't like!

[JPRoy392]

1 thing I can't stand:

Danger Mouse

1 thing I like:

The Young Ones

Hummmm...things I like about this lil country of ours...

Yeah...Red Dwarf
Erm...Me...sorry...that should be at the top of the list
The language before the yankies butcher it (we speak English - NOT American...even if I use slang or abreviate or use slang it's still English cos I'm English an I said it!! :cool:)
The Football clubs (I actually don't like it but a hell of a lotta ppl here assure me that I should!)
The music industry
Low budget yet deep plotted films (I.E. Lock Stock... :))
Beer :-`) Yum
BBC2 & Channel 4
Wallace an Gromit :D
Some quality comedians (Cilla Black, Bob [I never die] Monkhouse, Jimmy Tarbuck, Les Denis)...sorry...I'll stop takin the piss
Cockney rhymin slang
Rainbow...bring it back!! An The Flumps too...]
Who Wants To Go And Rob A Bank...whoops! That was meant to be Who Wants to be a Millionnaire (we invented it don't ya know :))

Hokey...stuff I hate bout this country:

The weather
The weather
The weather
Petrol Tax
There are no free roaming monkeys
The weather
Our proximity to America (we're on the same planet)
Scallys
Soap operas!! Eastenders, Corrie an Emmerdale are absolute pooh bear!!!!

[HarryW]

Hey hey hey, don't diss Dangermouse, that is a top quality televisual experience and I shan't have anybody saying otherwise.

Dangeeer-Mouse
De der do do do doo

Dangeeer-Mouse
De der do do do doo

Dangeeer-Mooooooooooouse
De de der der der de du du du duuu-uuurrr!

Tune!!!!!

[HarryW]

He's the greatest,
He's fantastic,
Wherever there is danger he'll be there.

He's the ace,
He's amazing!
He's the strongest, he's the quickest, he's the best!

Dangermouse...

He's terrific,
He's magnific!
He's the bravest secret agent in the world!

Dangermouse...
Powerhouse...
He's the fastest, he's the bravest, he's the best!

Dangermouse...
Dangermouse...
Dangermouuuuuuuse!

[Sam Finch]

I think we're forgetting to credit Penfold here.

[JPRoy392]

Good English beer like Bass from the keg is the greatest thing on earth.

Danger Mouse still bites. I am sorry that I brought him up.

Aren't those friggin' Tellatubbies British too?

[barrk]

King Arthur
Junkyard Wars

Lovin that sig Katie. Have put it on my website :)

Ok...nuff Dangermouse now (and no Baron Greenback to be seen! :D)

Mmmm...I used to love Stop the Pigeon...

Mutley you snickering floppy eared hound!
When courage is needed, you're never around.
Those medals you wear on your moth-eaten chest,
Should be there for bungling at which you are best!

So stop the pigeon!
Stop the pigeon!
Stop the pigeon!
Stop the pigeon!
Stop the pigeon!
Stop the pigeon!
Stop the pigeon,
Howww?

Nab him!
Jab him!
Tab him!
Grab him!
Stop that pigeon now!

You, silly, stop sneaking it's not worth the chance,
For you'll be returned by the seat of your pants.
And clunk, you invent me a thingamybob,
That catches that pigeon or I lose my job!

So stop the pigeon!
Stop the pigeon!
Stop the pigeon!
Stop the pigeon!
Stop the pigeon!
Stop the pigeon!
Stop the pigeon,
howww?

Nab him!
Jab him!
Tab him!
Grab him!
Stop that pigeon now!

[Benjamin]

Originally posted by barrk
King Arthur
Junkyard Wars

I love that show.... :)

is there anybody else who watches it???

I just found out about it last week..


King arthur is cooool too, I am making a game about those kind of times :)

[HarryW]

Enough Dangermouse?!? Matthew, shush! (in {some of} the words of the great DM).

;) SA!

Wallace and Grommit rock. Am counting down the days till Nick Park's latest epic hits the screens here, (the one about the chickens).

No southern sherry drinking londoner could have come up with that stuff.

Katie

You would love this stuff, search it out at your local video parlour. Have all the tapes at home. Cannot recommend it any more highly.


Ok am dropping fatty botham from my list and replacing with Wallace and Grommit.


Hmmm....David Gemmell should get a mention as well.

P.S

Great new aussie movie "Looking For AliBrandi", recommend it to you all.

[paulw]

Avtually, thinking about it Trumpton (and Camberwick Green/Chigley) were seminal moments in British history. The Clangers and Ivor the Engine were pretty good too.

The Magic Roundabout was just a French infiltration...

Anyone remember FingerMouse/Mary, Mungo and Midge/Mr. Benn?

The 'Tweenies is up there too.

Cheers,

P.

I sent off for the fact sheet on how to make fingermouse. :)

[HarryW]

I remember Fingermouse and Mr Benn. Mr Benn was my absolute favourite cartoon when I was a little kid. I saw an episode repeated on telly a while ago, and it's still good :)

Originally posted by matthewralston
I sent off for the fact sheet on how to make fingermouse. :)

When was this...last week.

Humm... >-]
Thought we might have a chuckle about that one.

[Juan Carlos Rey]

"Standing in an English garden
Waiting for the Sun...
If the sun don´t come you get a tan
From standing in the English rain!"

Guess what?