One of the British national daily newspapers is asking readers "what it means to be British?"
Some of the emails are hilarious but this is one from a chap in Switzerland....
Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer,
then travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a Turkish kebab on the way,
to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese TV.
.. And the most British thing of all?... Suspicion of anything foreign!
2006-12-07 05:51:59 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Simon ... good point
Fizzy ... youre welcome
Private ... where did muslims come into this post ..?
Mrs Badgrumble ...LOL!!!
Georgeous ..Im english too ..shut up .. ;-))
M ....Yay!!
Zoe Zeph...Yay!!
2006-12-08 08:11:12 · update #1
Well that''s the power of a free economy unlike other countries we are open to free trade and also everything we make is sh:te! Yep PROUD TO BE BRITISH
2006-12-07 06:02:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
For gorgeousfluffpot's info, The Irish are Not or Ever were British.. It is fine to be british if you are british... Even under british rule before 1922, Irish were not british then.. Seperate country. Still a very sore topic in Ireland.
2006-12-08 11:44:58 · answer #2 · answered by Bastet 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
LOL I want to visit the UK so bad. Brits are great. Americans act all tough and bad ***. But tell the wrong person "merry Christmas" and watch out.
I am so bored and sick of American political correctness. We need some thick skin!
2006-12-07 14:01:47 · answer #3 · answered by elliott 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Is that part of your nose ohhh to be sure witchy bad b ? Or just a nasty cold in your pic? Don't answer this cos I have to get on a chair and climb the book shelf.
2006-12-07 13:57:01 · answer #4 · answered by : 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is true! being British for me is embracing all the wonderful cultures and histories we share on this Island, being different yet fitting in, learning about one another's journeys and experiences, its great!!! London has people from all over the world, all with different religions and cultures, there's nowhere like it!!
difference is the new black!!!!
2006-12-08 05:25:17 · answer #5 · answered by zoezeph 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You missed out the nation drink .which is tea and comes from Sri lanka and India
2006-12-07 18:07:07 · answer #6 · answered by llamedos 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You left out our dry sense of humour, the way we pull together in a crisis and the fact we whinge about the weather.
2006-12-08 02:42:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's a great e-mail...and frighteningly it is also very true.
I have heard the e-mail somewhere before...maybe it was on a tv program or the radio, but funny
2006-12-07 18:51:56 · answer #8 · answered by Qwerty_Monster_Munch 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeo he's hit the nail on the head.
We have pretty much sold everything that was British
We have nothing nothing nooooooooooothing.
2006-12-07 13:58:17 · answer #9 · answered by sammyantha 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Being British is to have ruined the planet earth for every one and every thing.
Ireland, Scotland - the world's first terrorist activities started there.
Israel - British creation.
India/Pakistan - British creation.
Sri Lankan terrorism - British creation.
The whole of the Muslim world and their problems - British.
The countries which prosper because the British could not put their fingers into the pie-
US- they kicked the brutish out and took the continental ideas and views.
Canada - they have a nominal (anti-us) British immigrant population.
The racist jail of "Australia" - British.
The list goes on and on.
2006-12-07 14:04:44 · answer #10 · answered by mahen 4 · 3⤊ 4⤋