The British Isles Is Awesome Thread

Clarky

stickyfiddle said:

Rain! (Not even kidding!)

Crunchie bars

Ribena

Waitrose

Jaffa cakes

Free museums that would still be good value if you had to pay

Proper fish & chips

I love the rain… especially in summer

Hertz32

The diversity of political parties
The armed forces
The NHS
The countryside
Cadbury
British bike manufacturers (even if built overseas - Triumph, Norton, Orange, Hope etc.)

fucking Guy Martin
And the IOM TT
British motorsport (BTCC, BSB etc.)
Driving on the left
Roundabouts (not GB specific, but I hate 4 way crossing in the US)
The music scene.
Benefits
The BBC
The wealth of foreign skills in this country

Clarky

Fretwired said:

How many bands do the Scots Guards have? I'd have thought one was enough. No wonder the MoD is overspent. Profligate that's what I call it.

ah yeah… fat finger syndrome

quarky

The Fretboard

The people

The history all around us

The monarchy and tradition

The quirkiness

Custard Creams

lloyd

Chips, cheese and gravy.

David Attenborough

BBC nature documentaries

Stephen Fry

Seasons

3 peak Challenge

Police that don't need guns

Inventing, football, cricket, rugby, tv, telephones and a bag full other shit that makes my life easier/better

Abolishing slavery

Stiff upper lips

Castles

Minis (the good ones, not the shitty new ones)

Tony Blair (jokes)

Spitfires

Clarky

p90fool said:

The 14 mile diameter desert around where I live in mid Wales.
The Cerne Abbas giant.

nob totally out… awesome

Moe_Zambeek

camf;1133676" said:

The BBC has been... at least in Scotland. It's been very biased... I don't know anybody up here who disagrees. I think they've even recognised that as being the prevailing perception, if not the actuality and are trying to address it.

I disagree I find everyone thinks they're biased so they must be broadly neutral. I thought they were OK during the Indy ref, too, even though I was for independence at the time.

In any case, even if they were biased they're still a great British institution.

Clarky

mudslide73 said:

"You made Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Venom, Motorhead, Def Leppard, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Beatles, The Smiths, The Cure, The Damned, The Jam, The Police, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Jarvis Cocker, David Bowie, Queen, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Supertramp, The Chemical Brothers, and The Prodigy; And if you're watching The X Factor after a resume like that, I'm just telling you, you are a bit of a bastard."

Not me - Steve Hughes

Genesis, Yes, King Crimson, Jethro Tull, ELO

Clarky

lloyd said:

Clarky;1133685" said:

lloyd said:

The Welsh football team Northern Pies. Wimbledon.





of course from here on I will be supporting Wales

talking of Wales.. the Welsh languageif I was not learning Spanish [cos my family] I would learn Welshonly for one reason.. cos I think it's fkn cool..

I'm fluent in Welsh, I'm lucky, I grew up with it. Not sure it's ever been described as cool to me before.

Had some geeky birds like it because it sounds like elvish off LOTRs though!

anyone that spells beer without a vowel is cool in my book

Clarky

Dover Castle: what a totally epic place

JezWynd

English folk music

Clarky

utterly beautiful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YhqHR1JIVg

camf

Okay... I'm sorry for having been negative on a thread that was being uplifting. Still finding it hard to raise any enthusiasm for any kind of flag waving. It all looks like a shambles to me that's just going to go from bad to wor... nope, there I go again. I'll get my coat.

fob

Hertz32 said:

fucking Guy Martin

Not sure I'd find that awesome personally (and he may be a little underwhelmed).

lloyd

Clarky;1133722" said:

lloyd said:

Clarky;1133685" said:lloyd said:



The Welsh football team Northern Pies. Wimbledon.











of course from here on I will be supporting Wales



talking of Wales.. the Welsh languageif I was not learning Spanish [cos my family] I would learn Welshonly for one reason.. cos I think it's fkn cool..

I'm fluent in Welsh, I'm lucky, I grew up with it. Not sure it's ever been described as cool to me before.



Had some geeky birds like it because it sounds like elvish off LOTRs though!





anyone that spells beer without a vowel is cool in my book

Haha we do!

And egg (Wy...pronounced ooh-e like a Frenchman would with a Welsh accent).

jpttaylor

Should also include the England ODI cricket team because they absolutely smashed it yesterday and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

Actually, just include cricket in general. I don't like cricket, I love it.

lloyd

Short bread

Scones

Concorde

Harriet jump jets

James Bond

Bertrand Russell

Clarky

JezWynd said:

English folk music

love it..

there's something about old recordings that I love..

mostly the way that they're not produced to shit..

this sounds like you're in the room with them.. so organic..

professorben

Clarky said:

lloyd said:

The Welsh football team Northern Pies. Wimbledon.

of course from here on I will be supporting Wales

talking of Wales.. the Welsh language

if I was not learning Spanish [cos my family] I would learn Welsh

only for one reason.. cos I think it's fkn cool..

I've heard said there are a lot of similarities between Welsh and Basque, language wise I mean.

professorben

Clarky said:

mudslide73 said:

"You made Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Venom, Motorhead, Def Leppard, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Beatles, The Smiths, The Cure, The Damned, The Jam, The Police, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Jarvis Cocker, David Bowie, Queen, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Supertramp, The Chemical Brothers, and The Prodigy; And if you're watching The X Factor after a resume like that, I'm just telling you, you are a bit of a bastard."

Not me - Steve Hughes

Genesis, Yes, King Crimson, Jethro Tull, ELO

Yes!!!!! Add to that Steven Bloody Wilson!!!!