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According to a survey by Mecca Bingo these are the 10 most British things of modern Britain!!
10... Bingo
9 ... Big Ben
8 ... Saying Sorry
7 ... Not saying what you think
6 ... Queueing
5 ... Fish & Chips
4 ... Firm Handshakes
3 ... Talking About the Weather
2 ... Cups of Tea
1 ... Roast Dinners
Do you agree with this list or would you add anything else ...
Please keep it light hearted , cheers
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Companies pretending to do a survey but actually just making up a load of bollocks to get their brand in the news, cos its cheaper than advertising.
I'd put that about No 6 on the list |
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By *hirleyMan
over a year ago
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"According to a survey by Mecca Bingo these are the 10 most British things of modern Britain!!
10... Bingo
9 ... Big Ben
8 ... Saying Sorry
7 ... Not saying what you think
6 ... Queueing
5 ... Fish & Chips
4 ... Firm Handshakes
3 ... Talking About the Weather
2 ... Cups of Tea
1 ... Roast Dinners
Do you agree with this list or would you add anything else ...
Please keep it light hearted , cheers
"
I must not be very British (not a surprise)
Never been to bingo
Don't care about big Ben
Never say sorry, unless I know I've done something wrong
I ALWAYS say what I think
I avoid people
I am however partial to a fish and chip friday 
I avoid people again
I don't care if its cold or hot
I drink tea only very occasionally, but it has to be black 
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"According to a survey by Mecca Bingo these are the 10 most British things of modern Britain!!
10... Bingo
9 ... Big Ben
8 ... Saying Sorry
7 ... Not saying what you think
6 ... Queueing
5 ... Fish & Chips
4 ... Firm Handshakes
3 ... Talking About the Weather
2 ... Cups of Tea
1 ... Roast Dinners
Do you agree with this list or would you add anything else ...
Please keep it light hearted , cheers
I must not be very British (not a surprise)
Never been to bingo
Don't care about big Ben
Never say sorry, unless I know I've done something wrong
I ALWAYS say what I think
I avoid people
I am however partial to a fish and chip friday
I avoid people again
I don't care if its cold or hot
I drink tea only very occasionally, but it has to be black
I don't believe I've ever made a roast dinner in this house since I moved in "
All cool none of these are enshrined in law |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Self-deprecation coupled with the inherent belief that we are the best.
Ability to elect morons to government, but then deserving it cos of our utter stupidity in voting for self-harm when given a referendum  |
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"Self-deprecation coupled with the inherent belief that we are the best.
Ability to elect morons to government, but then deserving it cos of our utter stupidity in voting for self-harm when given a referendum "
Very light hearted  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Eating Indian food, drinking Belgian beer, watching programmes on a Japanese TV and driving a German car."
Billy Bragg (sort of) wrote a song about this... England, Half English
My mother was half English
And I'm half English too
I'm a great big bundle of culture
Tied up in the red white and blue
I'm a fine example of your Essex man
I'm well familiar with the Hindustan
Cause my neighbors are half English
And I'm half English too
My breakfast was half English
And so am I you know
I had a plate of Marmite soldiers
Washed down with a cappuccino
And I'll have a veggie curry about once a week
The next day a fry it up as "Bubble 'N' Squeak"
'Cause my appetite's half English
And I'm half English too
Dance with me
To this very English melody
From Morris Dancing to Morrissey
All that stuff came from across the sea
Britannia she's half English
She speaks Latin at home
St. George was born in the Lebanon
How he got here I don't know
And those three lions on his shirt
They never sprung from England's dirt
Them lions are half English
And I'm half English too
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"Eating Indian food, drinking Belgian beer, watching programmes on a Japanese TV and driving a German car.
Billy Bragg (sort of) wrote a song about this... England, Half English
My mother was half English
And I'm half English too
I'm a great big bundle of culture
Tied up in the red white and blue
I'm a fine example of your Essex man
I'm well familiar with the Hindustan
Cause my neighbors are half English
And I'm half English too
My breakfast was half English
And so am I you know
I had a plate of Marmite soldiers
Washed down with a cappuccino
And I'll have a veggie curry about once a week
The next day a fry it up as "Bubble 'N' Squeak"
'Cause my appetite's half English
And I'm half English too
Dance with me
To this very English melody
From Morris Dancing to Morrissey
All that stuff came from across the sea
Britannia she's half English
She speaks Latin at home
St. George was born in the Lebanon
How he got here I don't know
And those three lions on his shirt
They never sprung from England's dirt
Them lions are half English
And I'm half English too
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"Eating Indian food, drinking Belgian beer, watching programmes on a Japanese TV and driving a German car.
Billy Bragg (sort of) wrote a song about this... England, Half English
My mother was half English
And I'm half English too
I'm a great big bundle of culture
Tied up in the red white and blue
I'm a fine example of your Essex man
I'm well familiar with the Hindustan
Cause my neighbors are half English
And I'm half English too
My breakfast was half English
And so am I you know
I had a plate of Marmite soldiers
Washed down with a cappuccino
And I'll have a veggie curry about once a week
The next day a fry it up as "Bubble 'N' Squeak"
'Cause my appetite's half English
And I'm half English too
Dance with me
To this very English melody
From Morris Dancing to Morrissey
All that stuff came from across the sea
Britannia she's half English
She speaks Latin at home
St. George was born in the Lebanon
How he got here I don't know
And those three lions on his shirt
They never sprung from England's dirt
Them lions are half English
And I'm half English too
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"dogging
Is that only a British thing ?
Tbh I've no idea haha"
Indeed it is. Only the British could invent such a pastime and give it etiquette to follow. A very British passtine indeed. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Not shooting people.
Driving on the correct side of the road.
The ability to say Worcestershire.
And we’re always there if you need a war winning.
The mr "
Typical Brit you are obsessed with American culture. |
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"Not shooting people.
Driving on the correct side of the road.
The ability to say Worcestershire.
And we’re always there if you need a war winning.
The mr Typical Brit you are obsessed with American culture. "
Wasn’t pointing the finger, but of the boot fits.
The mr |
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"Not shooting people.
Driving on the correct side of the road.
The ability to say Worcestershire.
And we’re always there if you need a war winning.
The mr Typical Brit you are obsessed with American culture.
Wasn’t pointing the finger, but of the boot fits.
The mr "
and it's always a generalized opinion Brits make hence "Typical". But you forgot healthcare. You left that out. |
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"Not shooting people.
Driving on the correct side of the road.
The ability to say Worcestershire.
And we’re always there if you need a war winning.
The mr Typical Brit you are obsessed with American culture.
Wasn’t pointing the finger, but of the boot fits.
The mr and it's always a generalized opinion Brits make hence "Typical". But you forgot healthcare. You left that out. "
Healthcare . The nhs is fucking useless. You can have healthcare. But then again our doctors haven’t turned a nation into heroine addicts, so it’s 50/50.
The mr |
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By *hirleyMan
over a year ago
somewhere |
"According to a survey by Mecca Bingo these are the 10 most British things of modern Britain!!
10... Bingo
9 ... Big Ben
8 ... Saying Sorry
7 ... Not saying what you think
6 ... Queueing
5 ... Fish & Chips
4 ... Firm Handshakes
3 ... Talking About the Weather
2 ... Cups of Tea
1 ... Roast Dinners
Do you agree with this list or would you add anything else ...
Please keep it light hearted , cheers
I must not be very British (not a surprise)
Never been to bingo
Don't care about big Ben
Never say sorry, unless I know I've done something wrong
I ALWAYS say what I think
I avoid people
I am however partial to a fish and chip friday
I avoid people again
I don't care if its cold or hot
I drink tea only very occasionally, but it has to be black
I don't believe I've ever made a roast dinner in this house since I moved in
All cool none of these are enshrined in law "
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"Not shooting people.
Driving on the correct side of the road.
The ability to say Worcestershire.
And we’re always there if you need a war winning.
The mr Typical Brit you are obsessed with American culture.
Wasn’t pointing the finger, but of the boot fits.
The mr and it's always a generalized opinion Brits make hence "Typical". But you forgot healthcare. You left that out.
Healthcare . The nhs is fucking useless. You can have healthcare. But then again our doctors haven’t turned a nation into heroine addicts, so it’s 50/50.
The mr "
The nhs isn't fucking useless as you so eloquently put it, it's woefully underfunded by government and overused by cretinous idiots who can't be arsed to look after themselves and their health... an NHS worker |
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"Not shooting people.
Driving on the correct side of the road.
The ability to say Worcestershire.
And we’re always there if you need a war winning.
The mr Typical Brit you are obsessed with American culture.
Wasn’t pointing the finger, but of the boot fits.
The mr and it's always a generalized opinion Brits make hence "Typical". But you forgot healthcare. You left that out.
Healthcare . The nhs is fucking useless. You can have healthcare. But then again our doctors haven’t turned a nation into heroine addicts, so it’s 50/50.
The mr
The nhs isn't fucking useless as you so eloquently put it, it's woefully underfunded by government and overused by cretinous idiots who can't be arsed to look after themselves and their health... an NHS worker "
I would say my private is better because of those issues. I am a healthcare worker. We have a huge influx of H1B visas from the UK. No government control of salaries for healthcare workers. You deserve the equivalent of what make. Let's be fair . |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Chinese Takeaways
Italian suits
French bread
Swedish furniture
American Programmes
Japanese Televisions
German cars
Spanish Holidays
Indian tea
Columbian Coffee
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Damn cultural appropriation. |
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By *r_PinkMan
over a year ago
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"According to a survey by Mecca Bingo these are the 10 most British things of modern Britain!!
10... Bingo
9 ... Big Ben
8 ... Saying Sorry
7 ... Not saying what you think
6 ... Queueing
5 ... Fish & Chips
4 ... Firm Handshakes
3 ... Talking About the Weather
2 ... Cups of Tea
1 ... Roast Dinners
Do you agree with this list or would you add anything else ...
Please keep it light hearted , cheers
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Egg and Bacon sandwich
English Breakfast
Pubs
Cricket
Sunday Roast
Pork Scratchings
Dame Vira Lynn
The Royal Family
Shit Weather
Baked beans
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By (user no longer on site)
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Boarding schools
Electing Prime Ministers from boarding schools
Producing foreign Prime Ministers/Head of States who had attended our boarding schools and universities
M |
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"Boarding schools
Electing Prime Ministers from boarding schools
Producing foreign Prime Ministers/Head of States who had attended our boarding schools and universities
M"
Continuing to vote for the cause of the problem, because THEY told you that the alternatives are worse. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Boarding schools
Electing Prime Ministers from boarding schools
Producing foreign Prime Ministers/Head of States who had attended our boarding schools and universities
M
Continuing to vote for the cause of the problem, because THEY told you that the alternatives are worse. "
Oh, but surely, they’re right. 
M |
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"An English breakfast
Ignorance.....I cant understand people who ignore and don't challenge
Is that what ignorance means?"
I'm sure he wasn't giving the definition of 'ignorance', more giving his view point that ignorance is not challenged enough and that it should. And rightly so it should be called out more. |
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"An English breakfast
Ignorance.....I cant understand people who ignore and don't challenge
Is that what ignorance means?
I'm sure he wasn't giving the definition of 'ignorance', more giving his view point that ignorance is not challenged enough and that it should. And rightly so it should be called out more."
Fair. I was so confused at first lmao |
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"An English breakfast
Ignorance.....I cant understand people who ignore and don't challenge
Is that what ignorance means?
I'm sure he wasn't giving the definition of 'ignorance', more giving his view point that ignorance is not challenged enough and that it should. And rightly so it should be called out more.
Fair. I was so confused at first lmao"
Glad your out of your confusion |
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"F1 team factories
McLaren
Rolls Royce
Now for the rubbish......
Chavs
Poundland
MG (The modern version)
Cost of living.
MG (the modern version) is owned by a Chinese company.
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Correct, but was being shipped in kit form and assembled in the U.K. up until recently. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Signing off an email with just "Regards" to show that you're absolutely livid"
I always sign off with regards, cos I hate kind regards.
The one that bugs me is probably adopted from some other country, but waiters/waitresses saying "Enjoy". It's "enjoy it" or "enjoy your meal". |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
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Where are chocolate hob nobs on this list…
Also… warm larger with a wasp buzzing around on a summer afternoon in the pub
And people going lobster purple from being out in the sun too long…… |
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