I'm not being snippy or anything. Just tell me what you like about your society and culture.
: )
2006-12-13 04:49:38 · 32 answers · asked by . 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
The Greatness has gone i'm afraid Britain did actually have the second largest empire in history and was great untill the 20th Century when we gave it all up.
Now we dont even own our own railways, water and power stations.
We are not Great Britain anymore or even a United Kingdom even Wales and Scotland have told us to bugger off we are just England.
We get beat at sports we invented our economy has sent house prices spiraling our immigration laws are suicidal.
Yet what makes the British People Great?
Years of heritage have given us the humility to see our misgivings and accept and learn from them.
We have a desire to support and help the weak without doing it to get into Heaven and we still provide free Healthcare to everyone here.
You can have milk delivered to your door and the police don't need guns here how civilised is that?
And
We Shall Never Surrender... We will fight them on the Beaches if we have too every last one of us.
2006-12-13 05:00:25 · answer #1 · answered by Bohdisatva 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Benny Hill Show
Earl Gray Tea
Eric Clapton
2006-12-13 05:34:04 · answer #2 · answered by Nelly Wetmore 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What makes Britain great ? A vast and colourful history, with an embarrassment of "greats", both within GB, and by association with Empire,and its web of influences worldwide. Freedom of expression, a secular society, the finest education anywhere, the worlds best minds, in general an advanced sense of humour, ( baffles the Americans), great beers, great countryside,Cricket clubs, Football clubs, gardens, fishing, Wildlife, David Attenborough, The Derby, Royal Ascot, Asparagus, Historic buildings on every corner, garden Robins, feeding the Ducks, open fires, Libraries and Museums, Theatres, Stately homes, great restaurants,drinking tea, toast, crumpets, English Apples, Potatoes , and Strawberries. Wilkins Jam, Cheddar cheese, Charles Dickens, Wordsworth, Turner, Constable, Salisbury Cathedral, the city of York, the Norfolk Broads, Bubble and Squeak, Fish and Chips, Sloe Gin, Freddy Flintoff,Jeremy Paxman, Colemans Mustard, MARMITE,timber framed houses,Pink Floyd, Steven Gerrard, Bill Oddy, Paul Merton , Marmalade, Poppyseed bread, Cider with Rosie, Geoff Boycott, Prince Charlie, Norwich, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, Newmarket, Bond Street, Harrods, Roman Road, Jellied Eels, Greyhound racing, Cornwall, Wales, the Lakes, Kippers, Wilfred Owen,Salt and Vinegar crisps, HP sauce, Chestnuts, Christmas cake, Springtime, Summertime, anytime,University challenge, English cheesecakes,Beans on Toast, scrambled eggs, Jerusalem, Imagine, Romford Market, Edinburgh, Great Yarmouth, Broadstairs, the Yorkshire moors, Oak trees,Song Thrushes, Frogs, Border Collies, Arsenal, Liverpool, Charlton, Greenwich, Surrey, the Hog`s Back, the New Forest, Village Greens,Spring Greens, Runner Beans, Thomas the Tank Engine, the Guardian, the Sun, Coldplay, Woodpeckers, Privet Hedges,Country Churchyards,Cider, Boiled egg and Soldiers, Garry Lineker, Willy Carson,Village Pubs, Test Matches, Wimbledon, Ramsgate, Clacton, Harwich, the Albert Hall, Waterloo Sunset,Brighton, Stained glass windows, Windmills, Watermills, Kingfishers, great Neighbourhood, Robin Hood, Loch Ness, Robert Graves,Maldon, Guildford, Dedham, Christchurch, Cambridge, Oxford, Durham, Bangor, Coventry,Lemmy, Old Uncle Tom Cobbly and all!
2006-12-13 12:13:50 · answer #3 · answered by ED SNOW 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The people
2006-12-13 05:37:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
In the 60s and 70s, they gave us great music!
Beatles, Zombies, Herman's Hermits, Freddy and the Dreamers, Peter and Gordon, CHad and Jeremy, Elvis Costello, The Clash, Donovan, David Bowie, Queen, Eric Clapton, Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas, I could go on all day!
2006-12-13 04:52:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
BBC Radio 4, the fact that people still read books (rare these days!), medicine is very cheap (compared to the rest of the developed world), probably the most cosmopolitan range of food/culinary tastes in the world, and the humour.
I am Irish by the way ánd I live in Italy
2006-12-13 04:54:57 · answer #6 · answered by Superdog 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Respect for personal and property rights. That is the absolutely essential element for a successful society.
2006-12-13 04:56:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes,well we brits have the uncanny ability to treat others with great comtempt while enjoying a cup of tea and debating the use of pronouns.Quite smashing I should say! Pip pip! And a bit of all that type of nonsense.
2006-12-13 04:55:55 · answer #8 · answered by Daddy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The British Philosophers, Thinkers, Humanists make your country respectable. Read them often.
2006-12-13 04:54:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Monty Python and colonizing America
2006-12-13 04:53:24 · answer #10 · answered by Draco Paladin 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋