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Gordo Wants A Motto! A Motto For Britian! Smile! You're on CCTV.

Rubiconic Crossings
25-09-2007, 17:05
My personal favorite that... Smile! You're on CCTV.

Although I also like - Britain - all it needs is a coat of paint'

What am I talking about you might wonder! Well...

The British being British never really had one...and now Gordo wants to find a Motto for Britain...


http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2007/09/the_friday_challenge.shtml#commentsanchor

There are some good ones in the link...

So....fire away...

My personal one? I can't think of one! :(

I am sure I will think of something shortly ;)
Dundee-Fienn
25-09-2007, 17:07
He wants to have a more British mentality in the population by introducing a very un-British idea?
Rubiconic Crossings
25-09-2007, 17:11
He wants to have a more British mentality in the population by introducing a very un-British idea?

Yeah...pretty much....some of the suggestions on the site are really rather good LOL

"With honour, with justice, with chips"

'Britain - all it needs is a coat of paint

Working Towards Doing Some Work

LOLOL!!!!
Dundee-Fienn
25-09-2007, 17:15
And as we saw again this summer there is no Scotland-only, no Wales-only, no England-only answer to the spread of disease or to terrorist attacks that can strike at any time, anywhere in any part of our country.

I find it a little worrying that the man who is very big on Britishness forgot one of the constituent countries of the UK
Rubiconic Crossings
25-09-2007, 17:16
I find it a little worrying that the man who is very big on Britishness forgot one of the constituent countries of the UK

ohhh!!! Well spotted!

How silly!
Dundee-Fienn
25-09-2007, 17:18
ohhh!!! Well spotted!

How silly!

Easy to spot when you're one of the people left out. Maybe he's worried the idea of Britishness might not catch on in half the population of that country
The Infinite Dunes
25-09-2007, 17:20
So far I like

- Mustn't Grumble
and
- Mostly Harmless
Rubiconic Crossings
25-09-2007, 17:22
Easy to spot when you're one of the people left out. Maybe he's worried the idea of Britishness might not catch on in half the population of that country

Yeah...true as well. Shame on me though for not reading the article properly.

That really quite poor on the part of Gordo...
The Infinite Dunes
25-09-2007, 17:26
Oh, here's a suitably cynical and culturally relevant one.

A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!

edit: my memory sucks. It's a good quote.
Rubiconic Crossings
25-09-2007, 17:28
Oh, here's a suitably cynical and culturally relevant one.

A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!

Britain doesn't do mottos, but if they did, they would probably be the best mottos in the world.

possible winner there....
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
25-09-2007, 17:33
Do you talk like this normally, Rubiconic, or do you just play at being a Crack-hyped puppy for NS?
Rubiconic Crossings
25-09-2007, 17:34
Do you talk like this normally, Rubiconic, or do you just play at being a Crack-hyped puppy for NS?

What....you mean the title or my posts...not sure I appreciate the second part of your post either.
Jolter
25-09-2007, 17:34
My favourites were "Video, Audio, Disco", which is the best latin motto ever.

And also "God Help Us", it's cynically appropriate.
Callang Provinces
25-09-2007, 17:42
He want to engrave it on hospitals and good schools and It includes a good Brittish past time I present the winner....


PLEASE QUEUE HERE......
Rubiconic Crossings
25-09-2007, 17:45
As an example, here is how I imagine someone speaking the title sounding:
"Gordowantsamotto! Amotto *brief pause* For Britain! *huge, deep breath* SMILE! You're on CCTV!"
I just can't help but imagine someone bouncing about while they talk way to fast for anyone else to keep up. Oh, and perky. Very, very perky.

Shit. I've been rumbled!
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
25-09-2007, 17:45
What....you mean the title or my posts...not sure I appreciate the second part of your post either.
As an example, here is how I imagine someone speaking the title sounding:
"Gordowantsamotto! Amotto *brief pause* For Britain! *huge, deep breath* SMILE! You're on CCTV!"
I just can't help but imagine someone bouncing about while they talk way to fast for anyone else to keep up. Oh, and perky. Very, very perky.
The Infinite Dunes
25-09-2007, 17:46
Britain doesn't do mottos, but if they did, they would probably be the best mottos in the world.

possible winner there....Nah, not really. What I'm really trying to find is a motto that mocks mottoes.

Other quotes that I've remembered that I like are -

Though this be madness, yet there is method in it.

My only love sprung from my only hate!
Infinite Revolution
25-09-2007, 17:52
He want to engrave it on hospitals and good schools and It includes a good Brittish past time I present the winner....


PLEASE QUEUE HERE......

oo, i've got one. and it'd be cheap too cuz it's already written all over public buildings, and it includes a popular british past time:

"NO BALL GAMES"

to me that nicely captures britain's obsession with rules, love of ball sports and incredible ability to willfully restrict our own enjoyment of life.
[NS]I BEFRIEND CHESTNUTS
25-09-2007, 18:00
Hehe, I bet they'll go all PC and put the word 'diversity' somewhere in it. I can't really think of a good one myself. Seems like a bit unneccessary to me.
[NS]Trilby63
25-09-2007, 18:04
I quite like "Terribly sorry, we're British."
Rubiconic Crossings
25-09-2007, 18:05
As an example, here is how I imagine someone speaking the title sounding:
"Gordowantsamotto! Amotto *brief pause* For Britain! *huge, deep breath* SMILE! You're on CCTV!"
I just can't help but imagine someone bouncing about while they talk way to fast for anyone else to keep up. Oh, and perky. Very, very perky.

I've been timewarped...my reply is on page 1...

Nah, not really. What I'm really trying to find is a motto that mocks mottoes.

Other quotes that I've remembered that I like are -

Though this be madness, yet there is method in it.

My only love sprung from my only hate!

Well I thought that was apparent in the Carlsberg one...an English use of a foreign motto...how more mocking could one be? :D


oo, i've got one. and it'd be cheap too cuz it's already written all over public buildings, and it includes a popular british past time:

"NO BALL GAMES"

to me that nicely captures britain's obsession with rules, love of ball sports and incredible ability to willfully restrict our own enjoyment of life.

Ohhhhh! Yeah...that is a good one...also a comment on the poor state of British sports thanks to school playing fields being sold off...

So Gordo is on the Britishness bandwagon...a impossible task as far as I am concerned but I am also sure they will create a quango and come out with some hideous Mission Statement...

Britain - New, Free and For All

kill me.
Lacadaemon
25-09-2007, 18:05
I bet if it's put to the vote it will contain something about Princess Diana.
Dundee-Fienn
25-09-2007, 18:06
Well I thought that was apparent in the Carlsberg one...an English use of a foreign motto...how more mocking could one be? :D



I believe you mean a British use
Rubiconic Crossings
25-09-2007, 18:07
I bet if it's put to the vote it will contain something about Princess Diana.

Oh shag. You could be right.

Britain - A Candle in the Wind

No seriously...give me the freakn gun!
Rubiconic Crossings
25-09-2007, 18:08
I believe you mean a British use

Dammit!
King Arthur the Great
25-09-2007, 18:17
Britain: We've got rain, chips, and butlers!!
Pure Metal
25-09-2007, 18:20
i feel this would suffice

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MSE4NBZEL._SS500_.jpg
Ollieland
25-09-2007, 18:25
Howsabout this one

" Don't do it, its bad for you. Why? Because we said so!"
Lacadaemon
25-09-2007, 18:33
Oh shag. You could be right.

Britain - A Candle in the Wind

No seriously...give me the freakn gun!

Well that should pretty much lock up the Daily Express vote.
The blessed Chris
25-09-2007, 18:36
"Britain; you could do worse"

That's the best I can do right now. Trilby63's offering is the best so far for me.
RLI Rides Again
25-09-2007, 18:49
How about "Britain: I can't believe it's not better!"

For the benifit of any non-UK readers, a brand of margarine is advertised in the UK under the slogan 'I can't believe it's not butter!'
Pure Metal
25-09-2007, 18:50
oh! oh! can we have this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCWw6W5NEa8), pleaaaaaaaaaaase? :)
RLI Rides Again
25-09-2007, 18:52
"At least we're not French"?
Dundee-Fienn
25-09-2007, 18:56
I'm not sure the poster who said

Englnd - lnd of Wllm Shkspr

is quite getting Mr Browns point. But he redeemed himself with:

"Error 404 - Latin Translation Server Gateway Timeout"
UN Protectorates
25-09-2007, 19:10
"Whatever you say, Mr President!"

"In Gord We Trust"

I quite like this one too.

"We're not united, and we don't have a King"
The Infinite Dunes
25-09-2007, 20:59
Well I thought that was apparent in the Carlsberg one...an English use of a foreign motto...how more mocking could one be? :DOh... I was too busy hating on Carlsberg...
Rubiconic Crossings
25-09-2007, 21:05
Oh... I was too busy hating on Carlsberg...

How can you diss Special Brew??? :eek:
The Infinite Dunes
25-09-2007, 21:14
How can you diss Special Brew??? :eek:Special brew? What is that?

Brand new C2, half the strength, but costs just as much...

Damn, I can't think of way to turn that into motto. *cries*
Rubiconic Crossings
25-09-2007, 21:15
Special brew? What is that?

Brand new C2, half the strength, but costs just as much...

Damn, I can't think of way to turn that into motto. *cries*

http://www.arrysbrewsite.co.uk/

Enjoy! LOL
The blessed Chris
25-09-2007, 21:17
Special brew? What is that?

Brand new C2, half the strength, but costs just as much...

Damn, I can't think of way to turn that into motto. *cries*

"New Labour public services; half the quality, but costs even more"

sorry, I'll leave now....:D
SoWiBi
25-09-2007, 21:24
Nah, not really. What I'm really trying to find is a motto that mocks mottoes.


I rather liked "From Whining, Truth".
The Infinite Dunes
25-09-2007, 21:28
http://www.arrysbrewsite.co.uk/

Enjoy! LOL9%? Pah, I bet that still doesn't mask how bad it tastes.

"New Labour public services; half the quality, but costs even more"

sorry, I'll leave now....:DThat would probably be best, yes. I will give you an A for effort though.

I was thinking more along the lines that we just switched from Blair to Brown.

B2 - Half the strength, same great taste.
Rubiconic Crossings
25-09-2007, 21:52
9%? Pah, I bet that still doesn't mask how bad it tastes.
.

Yeah...it used to be stronger...
L-rouge
25-09-2007, 21:53
Can't believe we're not Tory.

OK, only really works for England... or perhaps parts of New Labour.
Rubiconic Crossings
26-09-2007, 17:35
I've got it...

Britain - it never rains when it pours...
Levee en masse
26-09-2007, 18:57
oo, i've got one. and it'd be cheap too cuz it's already written all over public buildings, and it includes a popular british past time:

"NO BALL GAMES"

to me that nicely captures britain's obsession with rules, love of ball sports and incredible ability to willfully restrict our own enjoyment of life.

In that vein:

Great Britain: Keep off the grass.
Heilegenberg
26-09-2007, 20:32
The British should vote out their flawed social-democartic government, and elect a government of the Right, like we have done in France.
Levee en masse
26-09-2007, 21:02
The British should vote out their flawed social-democartic government, and elect a government of the Right, like we have done in France.

So...


What's it like in the 1970's?


Trust me, the 80's will be a hoot.
Rhursbourg
26-09-2007, 21:45
" get Orrff M'Land"

"but Nanny"

" in WG Graces name"

"Who are the English"

"The Land of Hobbs,Compton,Cowdrey,Botham"

"Dont tell him Your Name Pike"
Yootopia
26-09-2007, 21:45
The British should vote out their flawed social-democartic government, and elect a government of the Right, like we have done in France.
Yeah. Chirac years... great times, eh?



As to a motto, I'd say something like "Pub? Top." would be fitting.
Chandelier
26-09-2007, 21:54
For the benifit of any non-UK readers, a brand of margarine is advertised in the UK under the slogan 'I can't believe it's not butter!']

It was advertised like that here, too...
Gauthier
26-09-2007, 22:18
Britain: Vote Saxon
Hydesland
26-09-2007, 23:08
"Britain: 'America used to be our bitch, ya-know'"
Heilegenberg
26-09-2007, 23:36
So...


What's it like in the 1970's?


Trust me, the 80's will be a hoot.

Frankly, I can't tell you how the 70s were, as I was born in the 80s;)
Heilegenberg
26-09-2007, 23:38
Yeah. Chirac years... great times, eh?

I was refering to the new President, Nicolas Sarkozy. That is a real man of the right.
Chirac was a disappointment. A social-democrat, just like Gordon Brown.
Ariddia
26-09-2007, 23:40
Tu peux éviter de faire du hors-sujet, Heilegenberg? :rolleyes:

Of those listed, I rather liked:

De gustibus non est disputandum (There's no accounting for taste)

Open 9 to 5, weekdays

May contain nuts.

:D
Splintered Yootopia
26-09-2007, 23:45
I was refering to the new President, Nicolas Sarkozy. That is a real man of the right.
Pfft.

Strange that he never brings up the fact that he's as much Hungarian as French, and that his wife said that she was proud not to have any French blood in her body, eh?
Chirac was a disappointment. A social-democrat, just like Gordon Brown.
Chirac was a disappointment because the only reason people elected him the first time was to get someone who wasn't a socialist, and the second time so that JM Le Pen didn't get into power.
Ariddia
26-09-2007, 23:53
Chirac was a disappointment because the only reason people elected him the first time was to get someone who wasn't a socialist

Chirac campaigned and was elected in 1995 on a pledge to prioritise solving social inequalities. Which he never did.

Now can we return to the thread's actual topic?
Dumfook
27-09-2007, 01:20
I quite like "mind the gap" and "smile, you're on CCTV". :D
Andaras Prime
27-09-2007, 03:16
Rule Britannia?
The blessed Chris
27-09-2007, 03:18
Rule Britannia?

Far too colonial for any Labour politician to endorse.

"Rule Britannia along with everyone else" might pass muster.
Andaras Prime
27-09-2007, 03:36
Far too colonial for any Labour politician to endorse.

"Rule Britannia along with everyone else" might pass muster.
I am thinking of Little Britain quotes...
Gartref
27-09-2007, 04:06
This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,--
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.


King Richard II, Act 2 scene 1.

Too long for a motto, but awesome none the less.
The blessed Chris
28-09-2007, 00:31
King Richard II, Act 2 scene 1.

Too long for a motto, but awesome none the less.

If we fancy Shakespearean quotations; "fair is foul and foul is fair" (Macbeth, 1, II) seems rather more apt.
Rejistania
28-09-2007, 01:12
My idea: War is peace, Ingorance is Strength, Freedom is Slavery!