Question What Makes You Proud To Be English?

[Slipperduke]

Nice and simple this one. What makes you proud to be English. Is it music? Literature? Ant and Dec?

For me, it's our long and glorious history of dissent. Since the dawn of time, we've had the courage to stick it to The Man. All the way back to Chaucer and beyond, we've refused to take any **** without whinging about it first.

Look at World War Two. Everyone else in Europe was squashed by Hitler's forces, but did we give up and seek out a quiet life? Not a chance. In the face of almost certain annihilation, we stuck two fingers up and dared that silly-tashed ******* to do his worst. We're a nation of utter arseholes and I ****ing love it.

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Our tolerance, our stiff upper lip, our language, our self-deprecating ability not to take ourselves too seriously and our sense of humour.

These, above all things, are what make me proud to be British (and English).

 

[Mad Cyril]

The fear in people eyes when they see an Englishman drinking abroad.

 

[The Flying Scotsman]

John Terry.

 

[Lester Bangs]

Our ability to propel plastic chairs further than any other nation at international footballing events.

 

[EastStandBlue]

Our loose libel laws that make us the perfect country for a spot of libel tourism.

That, and the thousand years of expansive history that make us the envy of the World.

 

[canveyshrimper]

That we haven't lost a home game since 1066.

 

[pickledseal]

We love conversations about poo, farting etc.

:D

 

[osymandus]

That we deplore social devil may care people in public yet wish we could be them in private ;) .That and the long history , literature commerce art ,science . And that Wales is next door (or i wouldnt be here :D)

 

[Berrichonne shrimper]

The ladies and gentlemen of our armed forces.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Our (pop) musical history. Lonnie Donegan, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, Slade, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Jam, The Smiths, Joy Division, Echo & The Bunnymen, New Order, Happy Mondays, The Stone Roses, Oasis, James, Blur.....etc etc.......etc.

 

[Lester Bangs]

Our (pop) musical history. Lonnie Donegan,

Strange you should mention this man I was listening to a lot of skiffle and 50's stuff the other night.

Was also watching '6 5 special' on youtube, well worth a look if you're bored.

Would green you for that post but need to spread it around first again.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Strange you should mention this man I was listening to a lot of skiffle and 50's stuff the other night.

Was also watching '6 5 special' on youtube, well worth a look if you're bored.

Tried to make it "through the ages!"

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Our love of tradition eg repeating this question once every year, along with the bit about St George also being the patron saint of Catalonia, Georgia, Turkey etc

 

[DTS]

Our foods.

Roast Dinners, English Breakfast, Shepherds Pie, Toad in the Hole, Ham Egg and Chips......Love it.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Our foods.

Great shout. I love curry and went to a cracking Argentinian place not last night, but the night before.

 

[DTS]

Great shout. I love curry and went to a cracking Argentinian place not last night, but the night before.

Your always so inflamatory YB....:whistling:

Can you not let us proud Englishmen have our day once every 365/366.

 

[BrettieAngell]

Toilet humour!

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Your always so inflamatory YB....:whistling:

Can you not let us proud Englishmen have our day once every 365/366.

I'm proud to be English and the culinary point I'm most proud of is the huge variety of cuisines available in England. English cuisine (our cooked breakfast aside) is nothing to write home about but our choice of restaurants are. With the possible exception of New York, we have the best choice of cuisines in the world. I'm going to celebrate that on St George's Day and any other day I want to.

 

[Firestorm]

There is the Australian open , the Spanish Open, etc as well as the French Football association , etc etc.

Not us, its The Open, The FA , The FA Cup Final, because we thought of them first !!!