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    Proud to be British!

    Omitting meeting Guardsmen in the cold. Which of these make you proud to be British?

    List from the wail!

    1. Fish and chips 61%

    2. The NHS 56%

    3= Big Ben 50%

    3= Buckingham Palace 50%

    4= HRH Queen Elizabeth II 49%

    4= A Sunday roast with all the trimmings 49%

    5. The Tower of London 47%

    6. The Lake District 46%

    7= A proper cup of tea 45%

    7= Sir David Attenborough 45%

    8. Yorkshire puddings 43%

    9= Only Fools and Horses 42%

    9= James Bond 42%

    10. The British countryside 41%

    11. The Royal Family 40%

    12= Bacon sandwiches 39%

    12= Stonehenge 39%

    12= A good fry up 39%

    13= The British seaside 38%

    13= Harry Potter 38%

    13= Afternoon tea 38%

    14. The London Eye 37%

    15= Sir Winston Churchill 34%

    15= Football 34%

    15= Strawberries and cream 34%

    16= The local pub 33%

    16= Diana, Princess of Wales 33%

    16= Beans on toast 33%

    16= Red telephone boxes 33%

    16= The armed forces 33%

    16= Mr Bean 33%

    17= The White Cliffs of Dover 32%

    17= Red post boxes 32%

    17= Sausage rolls 32%

    17= Paddington Bear 32%

    18= The Victoria sandwich cake 31%

    18= Shakespeare 31%

    19= The Prince of Wales, William 30%

    19= Shepherd’s pie 30%

    19= The Red Arrows 30%
    Other suggestions welcome!
    Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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    Queuing
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      #3
      Ability to talk about the weather.
      …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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        #4
        A dozen of those are foods and let's be honest, most would hardly set the culinary world alight elsewhere.

        And Brits are more proud of James Bond, Mr Bean, Harry Potter and Paddington than Shakespeare which says it all really.

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          #5
          Originally posted by edison View Post
          A dozen of those are foods and let's be honest, most would hardly set the culinary world alight elsewhere.

          And Brits are more proud of James Bond, Mr Bean, Harry Potter and Paddington than Shakespeare which says it all really.
          I bet Shakespear himself would rather watch a Bond film than sit through a tedious play written in obsolete prose.

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            #6
            The integrity of MPs 00.000001%
            "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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              #7
              Originally posted by TheDude View Post

              I bet Shakespear himself would rather watch a Bond film than sit through a tedious play written in obsolete prose.
              Philistine. You might be surprised at how many modern films and plays are based on his plot lines...
              Blog? What blog...?

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                #8
                Surprised Blue Passports is not on the list.

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                  #9
                  Happy to chip in on behalf of England. Others can do the other home nations. With thanks to Mr I Dury


                  There are jewels in the crown of England's glory
                  And every jewel shines a thousand ways

                  Frankie Howerd, Noel Coward and garden gnomes
                  Frankie Vaughan, Kenneth Horne, Sherlock Holmes
                  Monty, Biggles and Old King Cole
                  In the pink or on the dole
                  Oliver Twist and Long John Silver
                  Captain Cook and Nelly Dean
                  Enid Blyton, Gilbert Harding
                  Malcolm Sargent, Graham Greene (Graham Greene)

                  All the jewels in the crown of England's glory
                  Too numerous to mention, but a few
                  And every one could tell a different story
                  And show old England's glory something new

                  Nice bit of kipper and Jack the Ripper and Upton Park
                  Gracie, Cilla, Maxy Miller, Petula Clark
                  Winkles, Woodbines, Walnut Whips
                  Vera Lynn and Stafford Cripps
                  Lady Chatterley, Muffin the Mule
                  Winston Churchill, Robin Hood
                  Beatrix Potter, Baden-Powell
                  Beecham's powders, Yorkshire pud (Yorkshire pud)

                  With Billy Bunter, Jane Austen
                  Reg Hampton, George Formby
                  Billy Fury, Little Titch
                  Uncle Mac, Mr. Pastry and all
                  Uncle mac, Mr. Patry and all

                  Alright England?
                  G'wan England
                  Oh England

                  All the jewels in the crown of England's glory
                  Too numerous to mention, but a few
                  And every one could tell a different story
                  And show old England's glory something new

                  Somerset Maugham, Top Of The Form with the Boys' Brigade
                  Mortimer Wheeler, Christine Keeler and the Board of Trade
                  Henry Cooper, wakey wakey, England's labor
                  Standard Vanguard, spotted dick, England's workers
                  England's glory
                  England's greatest sailor since Nelson lost the armada.

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                    #10
                    The British Museum

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