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well..............

Do you like plumpudding? And how is it made?

nope, http://www.victoriana.com/christmas/plum-99.htm

Do you like plumpudding? And how is it made?
(<---- A Brit)
Yes.

It's not made. It's bought.

My question: why was our summer so lousy?

because you wern't in Blackpool

because you wern't in Blackpool

That's true. I was in California. :cool:

Was that wrong of me?

That's true. I was in California. :cool:

Was that wrong of me?
very wrong!

That's true. I was in California. :cool:

Was that wrong of me?

Well, on the plus side, you'll never die in an earthquake in Blackpool. You may wish you had, though.

Well, on the plus side, you'll never die in an earthquake in Blackpool. You may wish you had, though.
I don't like you

Why you pronounce Leicester as you do?

How cold it is there?

Why you pronounce Leicester as you do?
nobody knows, that's just the way it is (maybe to confuse Americans)

How cold it is there?
at the moment it's quite mild, it's cloudy so it's not that warm but it's not windy so it's not that cold either, it varies from morning to evening in Blackpool, you can wake up and it's freezing cold and pouring down with rain then by lunchtime, it's warm and sunny

Ask A Brit

Will you adopt me? I come with my own collar and leash... and pet toys! Many, many pet toys!

*tries to look innocent and adoptable, and adjusts 'Anglophile' collar-tag*

I don't like you

Does this mean we get to kiss and make up? :fluffle:

Listen, you think you're hard done to? I'm from Walsall. :(

Mind you, if you were going to build a seaside resort from scratch, all I'm saying is you might want to reconsider placing it in the wettest part of the country. Just a thought.

how does peppermint sauce taste?

how is the weather in england? :D

is blair a poodle or a yorkshire? :p

Will you adopt me? I come with my own collar and leash... and pet toys! Many, many pet toys!

*tries to look innocent and adoptable, and adjusts 'Anglophile' collar-tag*
well us Brits do like our pets (sometimes more than our children) so why not

That's true. I was in California. :cool:

Was that wrong of me?
You should be ashamed of yourself.

On a scale from 1 to 20, 20 being the all-feared four letter word (not the f one, the c one), where would sodding, bloody, tart (i know - not really a swear, but still rude to some) come in?

Does this mean we get to kiss and make up? :fluffle:

Listen, you think you're hard done to? I'm from Walsall. :(

Mind you, if you were going to build a seaside resort from scratch, all I'm saying is you might want to reconsider placing it in the wettest part of the country. Just a thought.
:fluffle:

I know it rains quite a lot but it's also sunny sometimes (shock horror!) and besides the good thing about Blackpool is that there's still loads to do when it does rain!

how does peppermint sauce taste?

how is the weather in england? :D

is blair a poodle or a yorkshire? :p


The weather's lovely.

Poodles are harmless, Blair is not. Yorkshire Terriers pick on dogs twice their size so.... he is a b*stard cross breed dog picking on a chiuwawa.

There.

Blackpool is Grim-ness Incorporated !!!!
It needs carpet bombing ... but then, where would all those cheesy stand-up comics and entertainers go ?? <ponders>

how does peppermint sauce taste?

how is the weather in england? :D

is blair a poodle or a yorkshire? :p
minty

very unpredictable but mild (i explained on the previous page)

poodle

On a scale from 1 to 20, 20 being the all-feared four letter word (not the f one, the c one), where would sodding, bloody, tart (i know - not really a swear, but still rude to some) come in?
sodding: 10
bloody: 2
tart: 1

Why you have to close pubs so early when in Scotland they can be open til 1 am? Or has this changed finally?

sodding: 10
bloody: 2
tart: 1
Does it just add up? Cool

Blackpool is Grim-ness Incorporated !!!!
It needs carpet bombing ... but then, where would all those cheesy stand-up comics and entertainers go ?? <ponders>
I don't like you

:fluffle:

I know it rains quite a lot but it's also sunny sometimes (shock horror!) and besides the good thing about Blackpool is that there's still loads to do when it does rain!
Blackpool? wow small world.
does Bottrop say anything to you? it should, you know... :fluffle:

On a scale from 1 to 20, 20 being the all-feared four letter word (not the f one, the c one), where would sodding, bloody, tart (i know - not really a swear, but still rude to some) come in?

Hmm.
Sodding... 3? 4? It's quite mild.
Bloody... 1? 2? We use it all the bloody time, sometimes in the middle of a word, like Liver-bloody-pool. It doesn't mean a bloody thing.
Tart... 0 if it refers to a cake. If you're referring to a prostitute, 2 or 3. If you're calling a woman it to her face, probably 10+.

There's a good deal of regional variation on this, though (except bloody is pretty safe anywhere, but don't try using it unless you're British or Australian, or you'll sound affected and stupid).

Why you have to close pubs so early when in Scotland they can be open til 1 am? Or has this changed finally?
I dunno, i'm never in pubs all that late, i go to clubs which are open till 2/3 in the morning

Why you have to close pubs so early when in Scotland they can be open til 1 am? Or has this changed finally?

because we like our first pint at 12 in the afternoon

Have you ever burned your pubes dancing around the fire naked?

Blackpool? wow small world.
does Bottrop say anything to you? it should, you know... :fluffle:
would I be correct in saying it's our twin town? it's in Germany right?

What is the cure for cancer?

What is the meaning for life?

What is the most non-violent way to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

How does one reach light speed?

When will the Earth be destroyed?

Have you ever burned your pubes dancing around the fire naked?
I don't believe I have

Have you ever burned your pubes dancing around the fire naked?

are you just putting this on all the threads your going through? or was this meant for the pagan?

What is the cure for cancer?

What is the meaning for life?

What is the most non-violent way to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

How does one reach light speed?

When will the Earth be destroyed?
death

42

tranquilise them all

go fast

when someone/thing destroys it

I decided to ask it to everyone :D

Why you have to close pubs so early when in Scotland they can be open til 1 am? Or has this changed finally?

Most pubs can open until 12 now (at least in London, which is where I live these days). If they have a 'dancing' license they can stay open until 3am. In practise this usually means about a square metre of 'dance floor' with some coloured flashing lights next to it and some loud music, stuck in a corner so that the rest of the pub can get on with the serious business of drinking.

death

42

tranquilise them all

go fast

when someone/thing destroys it

Wow. The Brits are geniuses.

Wow. The Brits are geniuses.
well, duh!

1 What is the cure for cancer?

2 What is the meaning for life?

3 What is the most non-violent way to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

4 How does one reach light speed?

5 When will the Earth be destroyed?


1. beer
2. to drink beer
3. air drop loads of beer
4. beer + vindalou
5. when so much beer is being made that the the fermentation process cause a chain reaction in the earth core. Gas build up causes a huge explosion

1. beer
2. to drink beer
3. air drop loads of beer
4. beer + vindalou
5. when so much beer is being made that the the fermentation process cause a chain reaction in the earth core. Gas build up causes a huge explosion
do the stuff that buys me beer
ray the guy that serves me beer
me the guy who drinks the beer
...

Most pubs can open until 12 now (at least in London, which is where I live these days). If they have a 'dancing' license they can stay open until 3am. In practise this usually means about a square metre of 'dance floor' with some coloured flashing lights next to it and some loud music, stuck in a corner so that the rest of the pub can get on with the serious business of drinking.

TOO BLOODY RIGHT!

do the stuff that buys me beer
ray the guy that serves me beer
me the guy who drinks the beer
...

do ray me????

4. beer + vindalou

LMAO

LMAO

LMAO???

LMAO???
laughing my arse off

laughing my arse off

then you've not had too many beers and vindalous.
Laugh you arse does not!

well..............

What's with the boiled fish?

Oh ... and do spices offend you?

What's with the boiled fish?

Oh ... and do spices offend you?
boiled fish?! I only eat fish when it's been smothered in batter and deep fat fried


not when they're used in curry

do spices offend you?

Yeah, that bloody cumin, always calling me names, but I rise above it.

Considering that the most popular cuisines in Britain at the moment are Thai and Indian, I'm guessing we don't have a problem with spices.

boiled fish?! I only eat fish when it's been smothered in batter and deep fat fried


What is it with the vinegar? Don't you know you're supposed to use it in sallads, not with fries?

What is the cure for cancer?

What is the meaning for life?

What is the most non-violent way to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

How does one reach light speed?

When will the Earth be destroyed?

1. not getting cancer

2. 42 (read hitch hikers guide to the galaxy, fool)

3. give the country to flamingos, well have you ever seen a flamingo fighting"

4. become a photon of light (no i do not know how this is done)

5. yesterday

What is it with the vinegar? Don't you know you're supposed to use it in sallads, not with fries?
well personally I can't stand vinegar, makes me wanna puke

but anyway, i guess people like their chips soggy, i prefer gravy on mine

(i don't think we put vinegar on fries all that often, just chips)

What is it with the vinegar? Don't you know you're supposed to use it in sallads, not with fries?
ew

What is it with the vinegar? Don't you know you're supposed to use it in sallads, not with fries?

Yeah, but we're just crazy devil-may-care rule-breakers over here.

Erm. It tastes nice. That do?

What is it with the vinegar? Don't you know you're supposed to use it in sallads, not with fries?

HOW DARE YOU!
fish 'n' chips with a bit of vinegar is fantastic.

If you've never tried it i would recommend it.

like the first time someone puts mayonnaise on fries

HOW DARE YOU!
fish 'n' chips with a bit of vinegar is fantastic.

If you've never tried it i would recommend it.

like the first time someone puts mayonnaise on fries
Mayonaise Good, Vinegar BAAAD

Mayonaise Good, Vinegar BAAAD

The sheep are baaaaaaack.

Mayonaise Good, Vinegar BAAAD

vinegar on chips GOOD, on fries...no.

mayonnaise is....ok

Is circumcision considered uncommon or strange to Brits?

Is circumcision considered uncommon or strange to Brits?

Both

what he said

MAYO ON CHIPS?!?!?!?!?!?!?

that is the most sick and disgusting idea i have ever heard.

wake up dude

It's the most common thing in Holland and Belgium

*thinks*

on second thoughts it would probably be similar to tatar sauce on chips, and i guess thats nice enough, still there is something that just doesnt seem right about chips and mayo.

MAYO ON CHIPS?!?!?!?!?!?!?

that is the most sick and disgusting idea i have ever heard.

You clearly need to get out more.

I don't like chips and mayo either, like I said I like gravy, curry sauce is good on chips too

I don't like chips and mayo either, like I said I like gravy, curry sauce is good on chips too

mmmm...chips and gravy!

wake up dude

It's the most common thing in Holland and Belgium
That doesn't make it either right or acceptable.

Oh and we pronounce Leicester that way for the same reason we spell colour, favourite, skilful, centre, analogue, cheque, encylycopaedia and programme differently.

Fish and Chips with brown sauce = yum !!!

Hey Tink.

Why do the Southerners envy us so much?

would I be correct in saying it's our twin town? it's in Germany right?
thats correct! :)

HOW DARE YOU!
fish 'n' chips with a bit of vinegar is fantastic.

If you've never tried it i would recommend it.

like the first time someone puts mayonnaise on fries
Yes I've been forced to eat fish'n'chips with vinegar...
I'm very greatful for all the chinese and indian snack shops which offered some proper food. Pork pies are even worse than fish'n'ships...

Hey Tink.

Why do the Southerners envy us so much?

You might very well think that, I couldn't possibly comment! (Oh wait, I just did. Bugger)

Hey Tink.

Why do the Southerners envy us so much?
because they're all pansies and don't talk proper and they know it, and they have to put up with Brighton as their seaside holiday resort whereas up north we've got Blackpool

Hey Tink.

Why do the Southerners envy us so much?

because if they make fools of themselves, they can't get away with the excuse that they're northerners

thats correct! :)
cool, it is a small world then

Oh and we pronounce Leicester that way for the same reason we spell colour, favourite, skilful, centre, analogue, cheque, encylycopaedia and programme differently.

But you pronounse them "normally". I'm not american, I didn't mean the different spelling. If I wouldn't know better I would pronounse Leicester as Lie-ches-ter, not Less-ter (that was bad...but maybe you got the idea)

cool, it is a small world then
kind of. 137.000 people. we used to say its the smallest metropolis in germany. :D
and we have movie world here. but thats nothing to be proud of.
how many people has blackpool?

I have absolutely no idea I'm afraid

Hey Tink.

Why do the Southerners envy us so much?

Because we admire your hardy nature, which gives you the ability to walk around in howling northern gales in vests or micro-miniskirts, unafraid of goose-pimples and raw, chapped skin. We admire still more your ability to consume vast quantities of lard.
You do these things so that we don't have to, and we thank you for it.

Because we admire your hardy nature, which gives you the ability to walk around in howling northern gales in vests or micro-miniskirts, unafraid of goose-pimples and raw, chapped skin. We admire still more your ability to consume vast quantities of lard.
You do these things so that we don't have to, and we thank you for it.
*cough*southernponce*cough*

But you pronounse them "normally". I'm not american, I didn't mean the different spelling. If I wouldn't know better I would pronounse Leicester as Lie-ches-ter, not Less-ter (that was bad...but maybe you got the idea)
OK then how about for the same reason that we pronounce a lot of things differently to how they are spelt (and so do you).

Through
Thought
read
read
bough
bought

*cough*southernponce*cough*
And not the only one.

Here's a tenner, buy yourself a house.

*cough*southernponce*cough*

It's a fair cop, guv'nor, but there was no jobs, see, so I 'ad to get orn me bike, like, and come dahn 'ere.

Mind you, my brother moved to Wakefield, so we're bilingual as a family. All we could decide on was that we wanted OUT of Walsall...

And not the only one.

Here's a tenner, buy yourself a house.
ooooo, harsh!

ooooo, harsh!
Meant in jest and no hard feelings to those unfortunate enough to have been born on the wrong side of Watford (You can keep Birmingham we don't want it) .

It's a fair cop, guv'nor, but there was no jobs, see, so I 'ad to get orn me bike, like, and come dahn 'ere.

Mind you, my brother moved to Wakefield, so we're bilingual as a family. All we could decide on was that we wanted OUT of Walsall...
I have family in Wakefield!

Hey Tink.

Why do the Southerners envy us so much?


maybe caus up until a few years ago they all supported Man Utd.... but now they actually have a resonable team down there, they have decieded to start insulting us now..... <cough> southern ponces <cough> :D

<cough> southern ponces <cough> :D
i like you

how does peppermint sauce taste?

how is the weather in england? :D

is blair a poodle or a yorkshire? :p

wtf is peppermint sauce?

I have family in Wakefield!

Okay, well Ossett in that case.

It's a small world (but you wouldn't want to have to paint it).

That doesn't make it either right or acceptable.

Oh and we pronounce Leicester that way for the same reason we spell colour, favourite, skilful, centre, analogue, cheque, encylycopaedia and programme differently.

You appear to spell encyclopaedia differently to everyone I've ever known.

Okay, well Ossett in that case.

It's a small world (but you wouldn't want to have to paint it).

Ossett sucks big logs. I am currently in Batley.

wtf is peppermint sauce?
you don't know what mint sauce is?! it's something you put on roast lamb with your sunday dinner

Okay, well Ossett in that case.

It's a small world (but you wouldn't want to have to paint it).
my Nan and Grandad lived in Ossett for a long time, in fact my grandad built some of the houses there, don't remember much about it except a big blue footbridge

i like you


:D thanks, i take it you agree then?

you don't know what mint sauce is?! it's something you put on roast lamb with your sunday dinner
Yeah, and very fine that is too. But can you imagine smearing peppermint sauce on your lamb?

Eeeww. Food crime!

(Or wierd Welsh fetish. Your call.)

you don't know what mint sauce is?! it's something you put on roast lamb with your sunday dinner

that's mint sauce. he said peppermint sauce. I wasn't being arsy either. I just didn't think he meant mint sauce.

Anyway, it tastes like vinegar and mint leaves smushed up, ie crap.

Here is the recipe for mint sauce for all those britophiles who might want to give it a go:

get a bunch of mint leaves
chop them up very small
put them in a cup
put some brown vinegar on them, a little bit, so it's like wet mint leaf mush rather than vinegar with bits of leaf in, like papier mache consistency
add a tiny bit of sugar if you like
leave it for a couple of hours
put it on your roast lamb
say "that tastes like crap can I have some more lamb with gravy on it instead please?"

:D thanks, i take it you agree then?
definately, i said exactly the same thing on the previous page lol

whats your weapon of choice?
ARe you a girl?
if so can i date you? :sniper:

my Nan and Grandad lived in Ossett for a long time, in fact my grandad built some of the houses there, don't remember much about it except a big blue footbridge

i don't care if your grandad built it, it still sucks big logs.

down with blackpool.
yay st annes.

that's mint sauce. he said peppermint sauce. I wasn't being arsy either. I just didn't think he meant mint sauce.

Anyway, it tastes like vinegar and mint leaves smushed up, ie crap.

Here is the recipe for mint sauce for all those britophiles who might want to give it a go:

get a bunch of mint leaves
chop them up very small
put them in a cup
put some brown vinegar on them, a little bit, so it's like wet mint leaf mush rather than vinegar with bits of leaf in, like papier mache consistency
add a tiny bit of sugar if you like
leave it for a couple of hours
put it on your roast lamb
say "that tastes like crap can I have some more lamb with gravy on it instead please?"
what's peppermint sauce then?

what's peppermint sauce then?

that's what i said.

whats your weapon of choice?
ARe you a girl?
if so can i date you? :sniper:
hugs
yes
depends

Anyway, typical bloody brits here we are in our international internet environment, all talking to each other about blackpool and mint sauce like a bunch of expats in shanghai.

OK then how about for the same reason that we pronounce a lot of things differently to how they are spelt (and so do you).

Actually I don't (unless I speak English...) Finnish is pronounsed exactly as it's written. Epäjärjestelmättömyydellänsäkinkö

i don't care if your grandad built it, it still sucks big logs.

down with blackpool.
yay st annes.
you know about stannes?! I actually live in Lytham but I always say Blackpool because not many people have heard of Lytham or St Annes

are people giving you are hard time?? and what do you think of oxford? :fluffle: :gundge:

Actually I don't (unless I speak English...) Finnish is pronounsed exactly as it's written. Epäjärjestelmättömyydellänsäkinkö
would that be stupidly then?

definately, i said exactly the same thing on the previous page lol

well take it as a form of flattery, despite the fact i couldn't be bothered reading the few other pages :) whoops, still tho, blatently true, as none are denying it.....so far

you know about stannes?! I actually live in Lytham but I always say Blackpool because not many people have heard of Lytham or St Annes


my grandma retired there, so i went there up to 3 times a year from 1976 to about 1986. And I've been back a few times since. ERNIE building, fairhaven lake, oh memories..

are people giving you are hard time?? and what do you think of oxford? :fluffle: :gundge:
a hard time about what?

I've never been to Oxford, I've been to Bath though and I think that's quite close? Bath was lovely and they have a sexy accent

well take it as a form of flattery, despite the fact i couldn't be bothered reading the few other pages :) whoops, still tho, blatently true, as none are denying it.....so far
cause they know we'd come down and kick their arses if they did, bloody pansies

a hard time about what?

I've never been to Oxford, I've been to Bath though and I think that's quite close? Bath was lovely and they have a sexy accent

anything just being friendly!
and i guess its kinda close i have that sexy accent you speak of :)

Anyway, typical bloody brits here we are in our international internet environment, all talking to each other about blackpool and mint sauce like a bunch of expats in shanghai.
Chocolate digestives, marmite.

A decent cup of tea.

anything just being friendly!
and i guess its kinda close i have that sexy accent you speak of :)

oxford is nice. i went there a few times. the bus to london for a fiver is a steal.

are people giving you are hard time?? and what do you think of oxford? :fluffle: :gundge:



according to 'The Sun' (hmmmmm oh well) it has far too many naked female students streaking across campus on a friday night......how can you ever have too many?!!?

my grandma retired there, so i went there up to 3 times a year from 1976 to about 1986. And I've been back a few times since. ERNIE building, fairhaven lake, oh memories..
there is a lot of old people here, i love fairhaven lake

according to 'The Sun' (hmmmmm oh well) it has far too many naked female students streaking across campus on a friday night......how can you ever have too many?!!?

good question the answer is ......................................... :headbang:

Chocolate digestives, marmite.

A decent cup of tea.

bloody foreigners, obviously

anything just being friendly!
and i guess its kinda close i have that sexy accent you speak of :)
people are being a bit mean but it's nothing I can't handle

cool ;)

there is a lot of old people here, i love fairhaven lake

when i was about 3 i had an enormous paddy there because my grandma wouldn't let me get a canoe. she kept buying me icecreams and i kept chucking them on the floor and shouting "i want a boat with two sticks" and yelling and rolling about. she took me back home to my mum.

people are being a bit mean but it's nothing I can't handle

cool ;)

ahhh you pretty handy with your fists then? or do you prefer a less violent approch

bloody foreigners, obviously
Self evidently.

G&T?

Chocolate digestives, marmite.

A decent cup of tea.
I think it's absolutely hilarious that I'm actually sat here with a cup of tea and a packet of plain choc digestives

Self evidently.

G&T?

darling...

I think it's absolutely hilarious that I'm actually sat here with a cup of tea and a packet of plain choc digestives
Hey I had a cheese and marmite sandwich for lunch.

See Southerners and Northerners can get on let's just not talk about Rugby...

I think it's absolutely hilarious that I'm actually sat here with a cup of tea and a packet of plain choc digestives

you big stereotype. got a flat cap on?

when i was about 3 i had an enormous paddy there because my grandma wouldn't let me get a canoe. she kept buying me icecreams and i kept chucking them on the floor and shouting "i want a boat with two sticks" and yelling and rolling about. she took me back home to my mum.
I'm banned from using the boats now because me and my mates kept renting them out and pulling up at the side of the lake and dumping them

you big stereotype. got a flat cap on?
Or a whippet on a piece of string?

Anyway, typical bloody brits here we are in our international internet environment, all talking to each other about blackpool and mint sauce like a bunch of expats in shanghai.

Ah sod 'em. I post in the other threads too, but this one is all ours. As an Irish guy said to me in The Volunteer in Plumstead (I should have known it was an IRA pub with a name like that, really, shouldn't I?) "It's your feckin country but it's our feckin pub. Why don't you jest feck off the hell outta here?"

Besides, this might be jolly educational for those foreign johnnies watching.

Anyway, this thread is a great place to pick up women (apparently...)

ahhh you pretty handy with your fists then? or do you prefer a less violent approch
actually I've never hit anyone in my life, I was just trying to sound hard lol

I'm banned from using the boats now because me and my mates kept renting them out and pulling up at the side of the lake and dumping them

badass

Anyway, this thread is a great place to pick up women (apparently...)

a great place to pick up woman, possibly

actually I've never hit anyone in my life, I was just trying to sound hard lol

well you had me fooled :D

darling...

Steady, old thing, not in front of the (ahem) f.o.r.e.i.g.n.e.r.s. Perhaps you'd better stick to the warm beer.

badass
lol, the guy was kinda stupid for letting us on again and again though so he deserved it

do they like, put body kits on coopers? :)

I think it's absolutely hilarious that I'm actually sat here with a cup of tea and a packet of plain choc digestives

Smart move. I've got to nip out to the corner shop in a minute ... mmm, choccy digestives.

a great place to pick up woman, possibly
it is?

do they like, put body kits on coopers? :)

Sorry old man, but I don't understand your banter...

Steady, old thing, not in front of the (ahem) f.o.r.e.i.g.n.e.r.s. Perhaps you'd better stick to the warm beer.



mmmmmmm Spitfire, one thing i miss about back home is ale. i am away for a year in foreignerland and although the lagers and pils rock, nothing like a black sheep (or few) to pass the time....

do they like, put body kits on coopers? :)
there are people (namely townies)that do all sorts of horrible things to cars over here

do they like, put body kits on coopers? :)

ahmneh fjaunksmncahe?

Pardon?

Do people mod cars? Yes they do. Particularly popular in the asian (desi, south asian, indian / pakistani / bangladeshi) community. Coopers are people who make barrels aren't they?

it is?

at the very most

well you had me fooled :D
well that's because you're a pansy southerner :D

there are people (namely townies)that do all sorts of horrible things to cars over here



usually followed by a friggin huge sound system.......

you see em at tescos going

ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh you wanna ave a look at mi NOVA!!

at the very most
how is it good for picking up women when there's only been two posting in it (i think)?

well that's because you're a pansy southerner :D

bugger you have me all worked out :'(

usually followed by a friggin huge sound system.......

you see em at tescos going

ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh you wanna ave a look at mi NOVA!!
yeah and they have like 10 huge exhausts sticking out of the back

mmmmmmm Spitfire, one thing i miss about back home is ale. i am away for a year in foreignerland and although the lagers and pils rock, nothing like a black sheep (or few) to pass the time....

Then you'll be pleased and not at all envious to know that my local serves Spitfire.

bugger you have me all worked out :'(
*hugs* you still have a sexy accent though

Then you'll be pleased and not at all envious to know that my local serves Spitfire.
It's one of the current guest ales at my local, the other being Tim Taylor's Landlord.

yeah and they have like 10 huge exhausts sticking out of the back


either that or a hole in just the one where they put a stone in so it sounds good, until it drops off :D

how is it good for picking up women when there's only been two posting in it (i think)?

i said picking up womAn. as i thought there was only one. you.

It's one of the current guest ales at my local, the other being Tim Taylor's Landlord.



my uni serves it often, but at least where i am beer costs 50p a pint ish, so i think i can cope for a while :D :p

either that or a hole in just the one where they put a stone in so it sounds good, until it drops off :D
LMAO! my life would be so empty without these kinda people around to laugh at

LMAO! my life would be so empty without these kinda people around to laugh at

is that what a chav is?

i said picking up womAn. as i thought there was only one. you.
ah, ok

how is it good for picking up women when there's only been two posting in it (i think)?

Oh dear. It was just a joke - I was referring to the guy who seemed to be trying to chat you up.

is that what a chav is?
a chav/trev/towny/scally whatever the hell you wanna call them

a chav/trev/towny/scally whatever the hell you wanna call them

now I know.

Oh dear. It was just a joke - I was referring to the guy who seemed to be trying to chat you up.
ok lol

a chav/trev/towny/scally whatever the hell you wanna call them


you know the sort, lots of gold (stolen or argos :D ) tracksuits with rockports and attempting to look hard....whilst failing miserably

you know the sort, lots of gold (stolen or argos :D ) tracksuits with rockports and attempting to look hard....whilst failing miserably
*sighs* my stepbrother (only his gold is real because my stepdad's rich and he is actually quite hard)

*hugs* you still have a sexy accent though

haha yea i guess theres that whats ur favorie food?

you know the sort, lots of gold (stolen or argos :D ) tracksuits with rockports and attempting to look hard....whilst failing miserably
On this note, I'm sure everyone has seen this by now but...

Go to www.argos.co.uk

type chav into the search box

view results

*sighs* my stepbrother (only his gold is real because my stepdad's rich and he is actually quite hard)


some of em tried to nick my car (d reg nissan micra of all things).... pity they couldn't start it as batt was flat, idiots....

you know the sort, lots of gold (stolen or argos :D ) tracksuits with rockports and attempting to look hard....whilst failing miserably

They sort of succeed around our place. The guns help, I think.
I love London.

haha yea i guess theres that whats ur favorie food?
yorkshire puddings, you?

Oh dear. It was just a joke - I was referring to the guy who seemed to be trying to chat you up.

me by any chance? :p

On this note, I'm sure everyone has seen this by now but...

Go to www.argos.co.uk

type chav into the search box

view results
nothing came up

They sort of succeed around our place. The guns help, I think.
I love London.


i know what you mean, i live 5 miles from the 1st place in the UK to allow police to carry guns whilst on the beat..... :mp5:

Why you pronounce Leicester as you do?

I live there - and I dont know :)

Leicester ( les-ter ) Worcester ( woos-ter ) Gloucester (glos-ter) are all the same odd-spelling.

I'm sure the US has a few as well :) i.e. Tuscon, AZ - should be tusk-on, but it's Two-son :D

Doug

If Tony Blair were a faction leader in Rome: Total War, how many stars, scrolls and laurels would he have respectively?

yorkshire puddings, you?

i like raaost beef and mustard

nothing came up
Look further down the page...

yorkshire puddings, you?

If I said Thai chicken with ginger, would I get called a southern ponce again?

Look further down the page...
lol

If I said Thai chicken with ginger, would I get called a southern ponce again?
Yes even by this Southern Ponce.

If I said Thai chicken with ginger, would I get called a southern ponce again?
yes, however I'd call you a southern ponce whatever you said!

i like raaost beef and mustard
yum

yes, however I'd call you a southern ponce whatever you said!


the joys of being a northerner :D

yum

ha see less of a southern ponce which cant be bad but aint i an "inbetweeneey" really as im from the midlands?

ha see less of a southern ponce which cant be bad but aint i an "inbetweeneey" really as im from the midlands?


well thats just unlucky....... :p

ha see less of a southern ponce which cant be bad but aint i an "inbetweeneey" really as im from the midlands?
it doesn't work like that, Midlanders are just the odd ones out, the North doesn't want them and neither does the South

It has somerset,devon,loch ness,sussex and of course fish and chips.
Not only are the peope nice we have complete respect for other nations unlike some. :D

It has somerset,devon,loch ness,sussex and of course fish and chips.
Not only are the peope nice we have complete respect for other nations unlike some. :D
you missed out Blackpool

you seem to be forgetting the northwest which is the greatest place in Britain :D

sorry

haha your both mean :p both the north and south should want me as im great (all be it self proclaimed.)

it doesn't work like that, Midlanders are just the odd ones out, the North doesn't want them and neither does the South

But... that's a good thing, surely? ;)

the joys of being a northerner :D

There had to be one.

haha your both mean :p both the north and south should want me as im great (all be it self proclaimed.)


my g/f is from the midlands so you can't all be bad.......

haha your both mean :p both the north and south should want me as im great (all be it self proclaimed.)

As I pointed out everything North of Watford (not the gap) is North. There you go you can live with your whippet loving flat cap wearing brothers.

But... that's a good thing, surely? ;)
this guy has a good point :p

I don't know why everyone thinks that Leicester's spelling is especially odd, it's not like Salisbury is pronounced anything like it first would appear, or as if any American has ever grappled successfully with Middlesbrough.
I suppose one might argue that nobody cares about Middlesbrough, mind.

This entire thread has come as a bit of a shock, actually. I thought that the only people who liked Blackpool were called, uhm, Scottish. Thinks its so big with its tower and its rollercoasters and... well that's all I can see from here.

Yeah, so I don't really have any questions. The novelty of Blackpooler wisdom has long since worn-off for me, I'm afraid :) I'll just generally criticise the foreigners that can't tell the difference between Britain generally and England specifically [shakes fist, a bit].

I don't know why everyone thinks that Leicester's spelling is especially odd, it's not like Salisbury is pronounced anything like it first would appear, or as if any American has ever grappled successfully with Middlesbrough.
I suppose one might argue that nobody cares about Middlesbrough, mind.

This entire thread has come as a bit of a shock, actually. I thought that the only people who liked Blackpool were called, uhm, Scottish. Thinks its so big with its tower and its rollercoasters and... well that's all I can see from here.

Yeah, so I don't really have any questions. The novelty of Blackpooler wisdom has long since worn-off for me, I'm afraid :) I'll just generally criticise the foreigners that can't tell the difference between Britain generally and England specifically [shakes fist, a bit].

and lets not forget thats place in wales that has a long name

you seem to be forgetting the northwest which is the greatest place in Britain :D
where abouts are you?

and lets not forget thats place in wales that has a long name


Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll Llantysiliogogogoch


and you can with the spittle of your face now......

where abouts are you?


just south of manchester, well thats where my home is, i'm currently abraod for my year in industry for my uni course

I'll just generally criticise the foreigners that can't tell the difference between Britain generally and England specifically [shakes fist, a bit].

There's plenty of English who can't tell the difference either. And that's even before you start mentioning the United Kingdom.

I don't know why everyone thinks that Leicester's spelling is especially odd, it's not like Salisbury is pronounced anything like it first would appear, or as if any American has ever grappled successfully with Middlesbrough.
I suppose one might argue that nobody cares about Middlesbrough, mind.

This entire thread has come as a bit of a shock, actually. I thought that the only people who liked Blackpool were called, uhm, Scottish. Thinks its so big with its tower and its rollercoasters and... well that's all I can see from here.

Yeah, so I don't really have any questions. The novelty of Blackpooler wisdom has long since worn-off for me, I'm afraid :) I'll just generally criticise the foreigners that can't tell the difference between Britain generally and England specifically [shakes fist, a bit].
I don't like you. I know that lots of people like Blackpool because I see tourists everyday of my life enjoying themselves! I serve them in my job at weekends and they always tell me that surprisingly they're having a good time!

As king of the land here are the best places in the country
1/ south west england
2/ north east engalnd
3/scotland
4/ s.wales
5/ n ireland
5/ south of england
6/north west england
7/midlands
8/ south east england
9/ n.wales
10/ london


I hope you all agree those that dont maybe you should call youself french!!! :D

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll Llantysiliogogogoch


and you can with the spittle of your face now......

thats the 1 and the spittle has been wyped

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll Llantysiliogogogoch


and you can with the spittle of your face now......
my mum knows how to pronounce that

I don't like you. I know that lots of people like Blackpool because I see tourists everyday of my life enjoying themselves! I serve them in my job at weekends and they always tell me that surprisingly they're having a good time!

sounds like you use some sort of witchcraft

As king of the land here are the best places in the country
1/ south west england
2/ north east engalnd
3/scotland
4/ s.wales
5/ n ireland
5/ south of england
6/north west england
7/midlands
8/ south east england
9/ n.wales
10/ london


I hope you all agree those that dont maybe you should call youself french!!! :D

:D lol

my mum knows how to pronounce that


mine too, i could say it, but i would die from dehydration after losing all the fluid.....

sounds like you use some sort of witchcraft
shut it Pansy! :D

mine too, i could say it, but i would die from dehydration after losing all the fluid.....
hahahahahaha soo ture you need 40 gallons of water just to say the begining

mine too, i could say it, but i would die from dehydration after losing all the fluid.....
lol

I don't know why everyone thinks that Leicester's spelling is especially odd, it's not like Salisbury is pronounced anything like it first would appear, or as if any American has ever grappled successfully with Middlesbrough.
I suppose one might argue that nobody cares about Middlesbrough, mind.


Now I'm curious. Leicester was just the first came to my mind. Never had any problems with Middlesborough but Salisbury? How it's supposed to be pronounced? I have absolutely no idea...

I certainly learned the difference between an English and a Brit when I lived there.

And btw visited Llanfairpw. They sell tapes from which you can study the correct pronounciation.

shut it Pansy! :D
what??? :p
i went there once it was actually quite good

[QUOTE=Helioterra]

....I certainly learned the difference between an English and a Brit when I lived there...

QUOTE]

i never label myself as english, i have english, irish, scots and welsh relatives so i am happy to be a mongrel/british :D

[QUOTE=Beth Gellert]I don't know why everyone thinks that Leicester's spelling is especially odd, it's not like Salisbury is pronounced anything like it first would appear, or as if any American has ever grappled successfully with Middlesbrough.
I suppose one might argue that nobody cares about Middlesbrough, mind.

[QUOTE]
Now I'm curious. Leicester was just the first came to my mind. Never had any problems with Middlesborough but Salisbury? How it's supposed to be pronounced? I have absolutely no idea...

Saulsburry

Back in Walsall we used to have a 'non-Black Country person' detector, which was the suburb of Caldmore. Anyone who didn't pronounce it 'Karma' was immediately suspect and forced to eat faggots* and mushy pays (peas) and other local delicacies.

* note for Americans. A faggot is, believe it or not, a type of Midland meatball.

what??? :p
i went there once it was actually quite good
good lad!

good lad!

i was 7 at the time :) still im a little older and a little wiser now (only a little)

Saulsburry

* note for Americans. A faggot is, believe it or not, a type of Midland meatball.

hahaha did you like your midland meat ball

"Back in Walsall we used to have a 'non-Black Country person' detector, which was the suburb of Caldmore. Anyone who didn't pronounce it 'Karma' was immediately suspect"

Hehe. I'm fairly convinced that we do these things just to catch-out Spanish/French/German spies/American tourists through the ages.

"I need to get to Caldmore..."
"He's a Jerry para disguised as a nun! Fork him!"

"Yeah, buddy, can y'tell me how to get to Mydlesbro?"
"He's a yank! Talk louder for him!"

C'mon people, everybody knows anything north of Exeter is North!

C'mon people, everybody knows anything north of Exeter is North!


that leaves very few southerners/french to get their assess kicked by a whole load of northerners :D

As king of the land here are the best places in the country
1/ south west england
2/ north east engalnd
3/scotland
4/ s.wales
5/ n ireland
5/ south of england
6/north west england
7/midlands
8/ south east england
9/ n.wales
10/ london


I hope you all agree those that dont maybe you should call youself french!!! :D

I disagree, London should be near the top, cos it is ace, and doesnt shut on sundays of after midnight like other places on the list.
ps with this great global warming idea that Bush invented, its also much warmer in London, than elsewhere in the UK and unlike the SW you are less likely to get flooded out fo your homes

C'mon people, everybody knows anything north of Exeter is North!

I'm holding out for Portland Bill, personally.

Are you cousin of Fil Rouge? Whatever happened to 'It's a Knockout' anyway? Oh yeah, it was crap so they stopped making it.

I don't want to ruin anyone's fun... but then I'm bored of it and, as such, so should everyone else be! The north/south divide stuff, I mean. Cheshire has more millionaires per head of population than does anywhere else in the country, and I think it's just a touch outside the M25! It's not like we work down't pit anymore, either. Mobile phone stores do not a hardman make! All the tough jobs are done by Chinese victims of gangmasters, it seems.

Thankfully, it is still okay to make fun of the French. It just rolls off their backs, anyway.

I'm holding out for Portland Bill, personally.

Are you cousin of Fil Rouge? Whatever happened to 'It's a Knockout' anyway? Oh yeah, it was crap so they stopped making it.

Who's fil Rouge?
And yes, 'It's a Knockout' was shockingly bad

I don't want to ruin anyone's fun... but then I'm bored of it and, as such, so should everyone else be! The north/south divide stuff, I mean. Cheshire has more millionaires per head of population than does anywhere else in the country, and I think it's just a touch outside the M25! It's not like we work down't pit anymore, either. Mobile phone stores do not a hardman make! All the tough jobs are done by Chinese victims of gangmasters, it seems.

Thankfully, it is still okay to make fun of the French. It just rolls off their backs, anyway.


i come from cheshire (just, 500m from greater manchester) and we aren't millionaires, but i know what you mean, there are some very rich people near me (in as a far as a few miles is near), that said tho, Bradford has highest proportion of Rolls-Royce per head 1000 population....so thats a little messed up as that place isn't really that nice, going to uni there is ok tho, take it from one who knows ;)

I disagree, London should be near the top, cos it is ace, and doesnt shut on sundays of after midnight like other places on the list.
ps with this great global warming idea that Bush invented, its also much warmer in London, than elsewhere in the UK and unlike the SW you are less likely to get flooded out fo your homes

London is about the only place even pretending to be interesting, which is a shame, really, because it's a really, really old city and doesn't look good anymore in those tight trousers.

As for the warm weather, I don't want it. I hate that shit. It's rare that I can be arsed to get up and do anything to begin with, I don't need the sun sapping my energy. In fact, I think it's raining again. I might go the offy, now.

Who's fil Rouge?
And yes, 'It's a Knockout' was shockingly bad

It was the bit in between the main contests, introduced by Eddie Wearing.
(As opposed to Stuart Hall, who did the rest: "And he's... Ah-HAHAHAHA, and now he's... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA"). Apologies if I'm uncovering a repressed memory here.

It was the bit in between the main contests, introduced by Eddie Wearing.
(As opposed to Stuart Hall, who did the rest: "And he's... Ah-HAHAHAHA, and now he's... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA"). Apologies if I'm uncovering a repressed memory here.

Sadly *droops head in shame* now you mention that, yes I do remember. Oh the shame!

Plum pudding, Blackpool, vinegar on chips and 'It's a Knockout', plus some ritual north-south abuse. What quality. You don't get this in American threads - all of that stuff about John Kerry, Islam, abortion and Iraq. Who can doubt that we are a level-headed nation?

Plum pudding, Blackpool, vinegar on chips and 'It's a Knockout', plus some ritual north-south abuse. What quality. You don't get this in American threads - all of that stuff about John Kerry, Islam, abortion and Iraq. Who can doubt that we are a level-headed nation?

Tis a bit more fun isn't it! lol

Plum pudding, Blackpool, vinegar on chips and 'It's a Knockout', plus some ritual north-south abuse. What quality. You don't get this in American threads - all of that stuff about John Kerry, Islam, abortion and Iraq. Who can doubt that we are a level-headed nation?


yup yup, they should have some tea and biccies as well and try and relax a little :)

I don't know why everyone thinks that Leicester's spelling is especially odd, it's not like Salisbury is pronounced anything like it first would appear, or as if any American has ever grappled successfully with Middlesbrough.
I suppose one might argue that nobody cares about Middlesbrough, mind.

This entire thread has come as a bit of a shock, actually. I thought that the only people who liked Blackpool were called, uhm, Scottish. Thinks its so big with its tower and its rollercoasters and... well that's all I can see from here.

Yeah, so I don't really have any questions. The novelty of Blackpooler wisdom has long since worn-off for me, I'm afraid :) I'll just generally criticise the foreigners that can't tell the difference between Britain generally and England specifically [shakes fist, a bit].

Meep! Am I going to be hit because I said 'Anglophile' earlier on instead of... whatever the exact phrase is for 'lover of all things British'?

God, there's never a blushing emoticon when you need one... *runs off to hide*

hey hey I have a question again! Came to my mind from the post above.

How you define Angleterre? Where's the origin of the word etc

yup yup, they should have some tea and biccies as well and try and relax a little :)

Prefer coffee personally, but if it's with biccies...any choccie biccies?

Prefer coffee personally, but if it's with biccies...any choccie biccies?
I've got some! *Points.*

Tink inspired me to go get them from the corner shop earlier.

hey hey I have a question again! Came to my mind from the post above.

How you define Angleterre? Where's the origin of the word etc

Angleterre...thats foreign ain't it?
Think its because the old English where were as the Angles (spelling probably wrong), so the terre means land, doesn't it? So it means the land of the Angles...later English

Prefer coffee personally, but if it's with biccies...any choccie biccies?


don't drink tea or coffee myself (shocker a brit who doesn't drink either....!!!) but chocolate digestives here we go!!!! :D

Angleterre...thats foreign ain't it?
Think its because the old English where were as the Angles (spelling probably wrong), so the terre means land, doesn't it? So it means the land of the Angles...later English


Its french for england isn't it?

i you got the meaning spot on tho :)

I've got some! *Points.*

Tink inspired me to go get them from the corner shop earlier.

Well done Tink!
I want choccie biccies now :(

hey hey I have a question again! Came to my mind from the post above.

How you define Angleterre? Where's the origin of the word etc

You define it as the French way of saying England.

Terre = land

So Angle-land (later shortened to England) became Angleterre in French.

Some French use Angleterre to mean the whole UK, but then some English use England when they mean the UK. Technically in French we're Royaume-Uni (nul points).

Well done Tink!
I want choccie biccies now :(
I've eaten over half a packet today, once i start i just can't stop!

Are they Pringles biscuits then?

oh haha! :rolleyes:

i want a milkshake right about now! :upyours: <-- how cool is he?

You define it as the French way of saying England.

Terre = land

So Angle-land (later shortened to England) became Angleterre in French.

Some French use Angleterre to mean the whole UK, but then some English use England when they mean the UK. Technically in French we're Royaume-Uni (nul points).
Great, thanks. Hey I'm Helioterra, terre was quite easy :)
but I didn't know which part of the country it means, England or UK, obviously only England then