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Yeah, we have our good points - and it's a lovely place -
apart from the overcrowded bits, like London on a staurday afternoon. Now, where am I going today? Oh yes, London, and it will be the afternoon by the time I get there....
posted by
Antonionioni
on September 22, 2007 at 12:41 AM
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What about their writing?!?
Shakespere, Dickens, Agatha Christie, Jane Austin, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte - just to name a few! You Brits have turned out some of the best literature in the world!
posted by
Sira890
on September 21, 2007 at 9:27 PM
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Tony -
Don't forget the love of Monty Python!
posted by
sannhet
on September 21, 2007 at 6:39 PM
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I spent a couple of months in England. Lovely bunch of people. 
They make me laugh. Moon 
posted by
magic_moon
on September 21, 2007 at 3:34 PM
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Thank you everyone who has commented -
you are all so kind!
posted by
Antonionioni
on September 21, 2007 at 3:19 PM
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I love this poem especially having had an English grandpa. I always
think of the English as having stiff upper lips in public but being kinky in private.lol. One of my really oooooolllld residents the other day threatened to give me a little spank, with a certain gleam in his eyes and his wicked English accent.... I ran out of his room so I could have a good chuckle in private. Yes,you English are a fascinating lot with your contrasts....
posted by
proc
on September 21, 2007 at 1:23 PM
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posted by
FineYoungSinger
on September 21, 2007 at 1:04 PM
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Very well done Tony! Chris.
posted by
Scramble
on September 21, 2007 at 12:44 PM
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Hi Tony, a good one. I must go and see what George Orwell had to say
on the Brits. I can even do a write on his views if you so want me to.
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on September 21, 2007 at 12:12 PM
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Every nation has had great moments; remember Lesotho/Zanzibar.I miss our
quasi-British standards of ethics, journalism and formal DECENCY from my South Africa days. Americans have so many graces, but they can be more brutal when in control. They took less time to kick out the Brits than India or South Africa did. It's somewhat sad for me to see Brits who immigrate to USA lose all the finer parts of having been British (a comparison might be how some Caribbean Blacks & US African-Americans may be perceived by others). Now, I've put my foot in it.
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posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on September 21, 2007 at 11:59 AM
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posted by
star4sky5
on September 21, 2007 at 11:11 AM
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I've no idea, Troosha!! The Irish are similar but a lot more fun.
We are too clever and too dull.
posted by
Antonionioni
on September 21, 2007 at 10:54 AM
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TAPS, I love Marmite.
It was what the poem was originally going to be about - but then I widened its scope, almost forgetting to put in the Marmite!
posted by
Antonionioni
on September 21, 2007 at 10:53 AM
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You're a funny bunch - no question
Why is it Brits don't like to be demonstrative (I am friends with a few). We Canadians could get you hugging....
posted by
Troosha
on September 21, 2007 at 10:33 AM
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Well, I did and it doesn't sound very good to me. LOL
posted by
TAPS.
on September 21, 2007 at 10:29 AM
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Antonionioni, interesting stuff here. Gonna have to look up marmite though
posted by
TAPS.
on September 21, 2007 at 10:28 AM
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