WHAT IS QUINTESSENTIALLY ENGLISH?

by Dansk 80 Replies latest jw friends

  • Dansk
    Dansk

    MC:

    how about 12 pints of lager and a vindaloo?

    LOL! I'll pass on that as it's relatively new as regards quintessential - but it's getting there!

    I'm not sure about Nina's Marmite, either! I hate the stuff. What do you think?

    Ian

  • slugga
    slugga


    Controversial here but what about the way the English treat international football as extra time for wars that ended decades / centuries ago

    England / Scotland / German / France / Argentinian games really bring out the xenophobia in English supporters

  • Dansk
    Dansk

    Slugga:

    Controversial here but what about the way the English treat international football as extra time for wars that ended decades / centuries ago

    Definitely controversial and NOT quintessentially English as those you refer to are basically mindless morons stirred on by, dare I say it, newspapers for the less intellectually endowed!

    Come to think of it, you've just given me another thought for the list: this time a quality paper:

    THE TIMES

  • greendawn
    greendawn

    Custard, shepard's pie, ale, The Beatles and the Rolling Stones, pubs.

  • MidwichCuckoo
    MidwichCuckoo

    COLMAN'S ENGLISH MUSTARD (how much can YOU eat straight from the jar - lol)

  • MidwichCuckoo
    MidwichCuckoo

    Branston Pickle

    HP Sauce (trivia for Americans - know what the HP stands for?)

  • greendawn
    greendawn

    We forgot something very important and that is cheddar cheese. Scrumpy Jack a kind of crude and strong cider.

    Following common sense rather than rigid rules - "That's fair enough"

  • Clam
    Clam

    Slugga,

    Maybe if the Scots got into a major football tournament then they might behave the same way as the English supporters and wind up the "foreigners". But we may never know. . .

    <------ extra big smiley.

  • slugga
    slugga

    Mary Poppins, punch and judy, big ben, the tower of london, hankies on heads, union jack boxer shorts, bulldogs, steed and emma peel

  • slugga
    slugga
    Maybe if the Scots got into a major football tournament then they might behave the same way as the English supporters and wind up the "foreigners". But we may never know. . .

    See!

    lol

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