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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 02:29 PM
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Being British.
This is taken from today's Newsnight Daily E-mail. Like all good satire it's not that far from being wrong.

A Newsnight viewer, who wishes to remain anonymous, was inspired by
recent debates about the nature of Britishness to send this observation
on our great nation:

"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a
Belgian beer, then travelling home, grabbing an Indian meal 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."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/default.stm
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khashka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 02:40 PM
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1. LOL!
So true.

That really made me laugh.

Khash.
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 02:58 PM
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3. I thought that you'd 'get' it.
Good to see you around.
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 02:44 PM
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2. That's us
:hi: mason.
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 02:59 PM
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4. I thought it pretty accurate.
How are you doing this evening billy?

:hi:
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 03:09 PM
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7. Better
I can breathe through my nose and I am not coughing so much and, when I do, it is easier. I think I am on the mend. :D
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 03:14 PM
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12. Hurrah.
You've been a very brave little billy throughout your illness. :hug:



Now I'll stop this patronising crap before you come and kill me. :D
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 03:18 PM
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14. The day you stop patronising me is the day I no longer see a point to DU
:rofl:

:pals:
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 03:42 PM
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16. It's only because I acknowledge my inherent inferiority to you.
:pals:
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 03:44 PM
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17. Inferiority? Pah!
An uncultured oik like me looks up at a refined gent such as your good self. *tugs forelock*
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 03:52 PM
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20. Now who it patronising whom?
:P
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 03:03 PM
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5. Isn't this
quite true for all of us?
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 03:10 PM
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8. "Globalisation," they call it
isn't it? :hi:
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 03:12 PM
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9. Unless you're American, in which case it's
Globalization. :patriot:
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 03:13 PM
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10. Took me a minute to see the difference
bit slow today. :dunce:
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 03:13 PM
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11. ^_^
:patriot:
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 03:05 PM
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6. reminds me of the benny hill skit where they ask him why he wasn't...
in the war fighting the germans, to paraphrase, "i was too busy here fighting my neighbors: the schaeffer's, the schmidt's, and the jaggers!!!"

:rofl:
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 03:15 PM
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13. Note the lack of anything "French"
:thumbsup:

Being British also means that the Sandra Bullock look-alike ( and I mean dead-ringer ) working at the Boston INS office will take her sweet time getting your prints and rubbing up against you

:hide:
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maddezmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 03:19 PM
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15. that's hilarious
I'm just visiting for a few years, but it even fits this Yank pretty well. Going to pass this around to some of my Brit pals here. :D
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 03:45 PM
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18. I hope Britain is treating you well
If not, give me a shout and I'll give it a stern talking to. ;)
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maddezmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 03:54 PM
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21. love it, but it's been a tad cold for my taste
all in all, it's been wonderful. Folks here are quite reserved, but politically most folks I hang with would make great DU members. :D
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 03:45 PM
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19. Beautiful
I spent some time in my youth as an expat in Britain, and I have to say that this is spot on.
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