The "What does it mean to be British" thread

[Denny]

The home of the Chinese and Indian takeaway.

[Diver]

The "What does it mean to be British" thread

What do you think?

It means feeling guilty forever more for the slave trade

It means feeling guilty forever more for the British Empire

It means feeling guilty forever more for promoting the Opium trade in China

It means feeling guilty forever more for Breaking away from the Catholic Church

It means feeling guilty forever more for not reaching the Pole first

It means feeling guilty forever more for being British and having to make it up to the rest of the world, by allowing them to come here and dictate to us on how things should be run in our own country forever more.

Comments please

[BrowneIssue]

Drinking warm beer.

tepid

Watching cricket on a warm summer afternoon.

wet

Whinging.

There is nothing, NOTHING, on this earth that whinges and whines like the antipodeans. On and on and on and on and on...

The home of Fish and Chips

The home of God-awful soggy grey fish with the skin on and bones in cooked in stale, GM-modified vegetable oil with white, uncooked chips.

The home of the Chinese and Indian takeaway.

True British cuisine.

It means feeling guilty forever more for <a small section of a very long list>
Comments please

True. Wish I knew why 'cos I didn't do that stuff.

[Diver]

True. Wish I knew why 'cos I didn't do that stuff.

Still guilty sorry.

penance is required from you and your descendants

[Spacecadet]

Whinging.

should be: Whinging and doing absolutely nothing about the problem

[tay]

There is nothing, NOTHING, on this earth that whinges and whines like the antipodeans. On and on and on and on and on...

Stop whinging.

[robnjc]

Britishness =
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Association
Freedom of Travel

[tay]

Britishness =
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Association
Freedom of Travel

Freedom to put a call to prayers over a loud speaker in Oxford.

[gordonbrown]

What does it mean to be British? What do you think?

Voting for the Labour Party.

[BrowneIssue]

Britishness =
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Association
Freedom of Travel

Freedom of:
Association;
Religion;
Travel;
Speech.

Should be easy to remember.

NB:

Association: Don't rent a room in the same house as a suspect otherwise you'll get executed by the Met on the underground.

Religion: Not a very good history there. Expulsion, decapitation and burning being favourites.

Travel: Free? With registration plates been recorded all over the place, fuel costs, ticket costs, stamp duty, stuffed up roads, stuffed up rails, 12 month minimum term periods on phones, TV Licences, and internet access, road tolls, etc. If there is a principle of Freedom of Travel, it is not apparent.

Speech: Not any more. It is now illegal to make a number of statements, primarily regarding race and terrorism. Also, we now have one of the few countries in the world that cannot demonstrate in the capital in a meaningful way. Also, the Welsh might have an opinion on Freedom of Speech.