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What is English culture?
- Thread starter Castello
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Tooting Gull
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Snooker and darts.
The problem is that most cultural events and festivals that would have given us that English identity have gone forever. What do we have left? Bonfire night, state ceremonies (Trooping the Colour, state opening of parliament), St Georges Day that we don't celebrate, a few isolated events such as the Helston Flora Day and errrrrrr...........
You then go to anywhere else in Europe and look at their diary of events which is packed with colourful festivals, Saint's days and much more.
Why have we lost all this? Progress I suspect, the need top move forward with no respect for the past.
You then go to anywhere else in Europe and look at their diary of events which is packed with colourful festivals, Saint's days and much more.
Why have we lost all this? Progress I suspect, the need top move forward with no respect for the past.
Lord Bracknell
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FA Cup third round day, Pop Music that constantly evolves, Satire, Pisstaking, getting a round in, the Tube map, Brighton Pier. It's all there if you want to look for it.
Hunting 784561
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Bog snorkelling, and Cheese rolling.
Don Quixote
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Banging on about WWII non stop.
Barrel of Fun
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Barrel of Fun
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I'm just about to start reading this...
“A Tour of 21st Century Britain in all its Bog-Snorkelling, Gurning and Cheese-Rolling Glory”
“A Tour of 21st Century Britain in all its Bog-Snorkelling, Gurning and Cheese-Rolling Glory”
Jackthelad
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cheshunt seagull
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Maybe venturing into characteristics rather tha culture but how about these?
-Healthy cynicism towards political or religious extremists or zealots, particularly those with good teeth.
-Tolerance towards others providing they leave us alone and don't jump queues.
- Resolute resistance to all forms of moderate drinking.
- An ability to absorb other cultural forms and turn them into something new e.g selling blues back to the US in the 60s, same with NYC punk in the 70s.
-At out best in a genuine crisis.
- An ability to innovate and invent and an inability to make money out of it.
- An appreciation of the potential that failure presents for a good moan and good story.
-Healthy cynicism towards political or religious extremists or zealots, particularly those with good teeth.
-Tolerance towards others providing they leave us alone and don't jump queues.
- Resolute resistance to all forms of moderate drinking.
- An ability to absorb other cultural forms and turn them into something new e.g selling blues back to the US in the 60s, same with NYC punk in the 70s.
-At out best in a genuine crisis.
- An ability to innovate and invent and an inability to make money out of it.
- An appreciation of the potential that failure presents for a good moan and good story.
Gully
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Sorry to disappoint, but there wasn't any cheese rolling this year...at least not officially...don't know if it will return next year but it looks like being lost to H&S rulings.
Barrel of Fun
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As much as I think H&S is a bit of a dud, it did make sense in this particular case, sadly.
alan partridge
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all the angry types coming out to play as usual
alan partridge
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sorry, who's being patronising? or is this irony?
Lord Bracknell
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I'm still trying to work out who he is referring to.
Tyrone Biggums
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You've missed the most obvious and most endearing English cultural trait you silly Poms! 
The English own the world for self deprecating humour.
Nobody can take the piss out of themselves as well and in as good a humour as the English.
It's why England produces the best comedians in the world and in such large numbers.
The English own the world for self deprecating humour.
Nobody can take the piss out of themselves as well and in as good a humour as the English.
It's why England produces the best comedians in the world and in such large numbers.
The Spanish
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i like the national self mythologising about humour.
as generally people who only speak one language, you can only really compare English humour to Americans and Kevin Bloody Wilson.
Oh the English have a great sense of humour. As opposed to who's that you have been exposed to and understood?
Another wonder thing about English culture. We managed to colonise a quarter of the world and are still not smart enough to realise that people who do not speak English have minds and can interact with each other. All this diversity guff is bollocks, we are incredibly isolated Island dwellers when we want to be.
as generally people who only speak one language, you can only really compare English humour to Americans and Kevin Bloody Wilson.
Oh the English have a great sense of humour. As opposed to who's that you have been exposed to and understood?
Another wonder thing about English culture. We managed to colonise a quarter of the world and are still not smart enough to realise that people who do not speak English have minds and can interact with each other. All this diversity guff is bollocks, we are incredibly isolated Island dwellers when we want to be.