What does being British actually mean?

Answer 1

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.
Only in Britain ...
can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance
Only in Britain ...
do supermarkets make sick people walk all the way to the back of the shop to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front
Only in Britain ...
do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries and a DIET coke
Only in Britain ...
do banks leave both doors open and chain the pens to the counters.
Only in Britain ....
do we leave cars worth thousands of pounds on the drive and lock our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage
Only in Britain ...
do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place.
Only in Britain ...
are there disabled parking places in front of a skating rink.
NOT TO MENTION .....
3 Brits die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongues,
142 Brits were injured in 1999 by not removing all pins from new shirts,
58 Brits are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers,
31 Brits have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the fairy lights were plugged in.
19 Brits have died in the last 3 years believing that Christmas decorations were chocolate.

British Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after cracker pulling accidents, 101 people since 1999 have had broken parts of plastic toys pulled out of the soles of their feet. 18 Brits had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit cigarette in their mouth. A massive 543 Brits were admitted to A&E in the last two years after opening bottles of beer with their teeth. 5 Brits were injured last year in accidents involving out of Control Scalextric Cars and finally In 2000 eight Brits cracked their skull whil st throwing up into the toilet. Oh yes, and our education system succeeded in producing Jade Goody of Big Brother fame!

Answer 2

A shared history.
This means alot, as it holds people together in hope and fear. It is the same for all nations.
There are stereotypes, but that isn't the fundamental bind that holds us all together.
It is more than these stereoptypes that evokes such pride in one's own country.

It is possible to feel that pride even if you weren't born in Britain: that could simply be the reason for staying.

If you don't feel the pride, you aren't British.

Answer 3

Being born in the United Kingdom

Answer 4

It means being superior to all others and upholding the honour of the British Empire my dear boy.

Answer 5

A true British citizen is some one who is either a of Celt origin Anglo Saxon origin or viking origin and for those of you who think i have left the Normans out, they were vikings.

Answer 6

Not as much as it used to I'm afraid, feels like we're not really allowed to be British anymore.

Answer 7

What I love about the British is their ability to laugh at themselves.

Answer 8

Being here, in this weather, because you want to be here; it's a form of insanity. Most sane migrants, past and present, stop somewhere around the Mediterranean.

Answer 9

Being born in the United Kingdom.Having a stiff upper lip and all that!

Answer 10

It means bending over backwards to accomodate foriegners and then remaining tight lipped while they shaft you up the ar-s-e.