[Misc] So... A Thread Of Things That Make You Proud To Be English

[Eeyore]

Interesting message from a very good German friend of mine.

'In order to deal with a painful past it’s crucially important to look at it, bravely, open-eyed, and in very fine details. And *work through it*. It’s a painful but essential process. And I think it would be good (eventually: healing) for the UK to really confront the past, and to find a new identity that’s not rooted that deeply in past empires. If it takes tearing down statues for this to kick off, so be it'

And on the subject of great things about being English:

'Music! Arts! Culture!
And: CUCUMBER SANDWICHES! (I love them to bits ��'

It would be good to see folk's views on this without lobbing proxy parasites about Germany and its ills.

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

Err, and CRICKET

Indeed!

Just look at London

Wembley,Lord's & Twickenham

 

[timbha]

Her Maj

 

[Deleted member 2719]

F1 drivers,10 different world champions (British of course)

France,just Alain Prost

Prost was smooth, I put it down to his streamline nose.

And all the F1 technicians and car builders are top-notch.

 

[Is it PotG?]

SAGE

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

Prost was smooth, I put it down to his streamline nose.

And all the F1 technicians and car builders are top-notch.

Indeed,most based in the UK

 

[Eeyore]

Indeed!

Just look at London

Wembley,Lord's & Twickenham

For me you've hit an excellent note about how things move on.

I loved the old Wembley, but it was unsafe, tired, crumbling, once the 'Empire Stadium' but now a symbol of tiredness and outdated ideas.

So we built a new one. The old Wembley is still in the history books. But no-one really talks about it now. We have a new stadium. And the rest of the world thinks it's cool as well.

Lords, the same. What's good was kept. It's still a beautiful ground.

Twickenham ? I'm a huge rugby fan. But if it went I wouldn't be upset. As long as we superimpose something better.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Interesting message from a very good German friend of mine.

'In order to deal with a painful past it’s crucially important to look at it, bravely, open-eyed, and in very fine details. And *work through it*. It’s a painful but essential process. And I think it would be good (eventually: healing) for the UK to really confront the past, and to find a new identity that’s not rooted that deeply in past empires. If it takes tearing down statues for this to kick off, so be it'

And on the subject of great things about being English:

'Music! Arts! Culture!
And: CUCUMBER SANDWICHES! (I love them to bits ��'

It would be good to see folk's views on this without lobbing proxy parasites about Germany and its ills.

You’ve sneaked the bit about statues in there, hoping nobody would notice
It does remind me though to add arts and culture to my list, particularly outdoor Shakespeare with a picnic and a bottle of red.

 

[Deleted member 2719]

Sparkling wine

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

Being proud does not require being the best. Football has always been played better in other cities but that has never stopped me being proud of my team.
I would add the BBC, real ale, tolerance and obscure lower league football grounds to the list.

That's right,having 92 genuine league clubs is unique to our country

Paris for example has just one team,it's no wonder they win everything

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

Pissed up chair luzzing and fat pissed up tattoo smothered women behaving and looking like whores.

 

[Razzoo]

We invented all the decent, proper sports and darts

 

[Deleted member 2719]

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[Worried Man Blues]

Pubs and real beer

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

Beatles,Led Zep,Who,Rolling Stones & loads more

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

Finding this hard, we had so many positive prior to BLM causing division in the country and remainers not accepting Brexitvon the chin.

This is the truth, I am off now as I don't want to derail your positive thread.

Prior to BLM??
Everything I was proud of I have seen gradually erode away over the past 30 years.
We used to mostly do things right and we were a country to be envied.
Regarding BLM I was so proud of the way this country had become mostly tolerant since the 60's but very sadly we have gone backwards over the past 10 years, even women are still not treated properly.

 

[GT49er]

Our tolerance, willing to listen to the views of others even when they're talking shit.

On NSC...........?









Wow!

 

[Norman Potting]

William Wilberforce, Harveys Best and other real ales and lots of steam powered railway engines that will hopefully be puffing again soon

 

[The Clamp]

The countryside.

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

The ability to go out in the midday sun.