An idea for a thread, what are those little things about Britain and its culture that you love? Something that makes you feel at home. We talk a lot about what we like from other cultures, but what about the things we have to offer?

Im gonna start with Canal Barges.

http://sikes-sykesfamilies.rootsweb.com/canal-barge-dupe.gif

The unique narrowboats that run the length of the UK never fail to impress me with their own art style and little culture. I like the fact that in the middle of our second largest metropolis, theres this...

http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/12/74/127483_7a22ee55.jpg

It's awesome :D Even in the big developments up in London, you can find narrowboats (Paddington Basin, City Road, soon the Olympic Park).

If Narrowboats dont take your fancy, try out the Peak District tradition of 'Well Dressing'. Every year each village harvests thousands of flower petals and decorates their well.

http://partyhouses.co.uk/images/Well-Dressing.gif

http://www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk/woolleynews/graphics/welldressing2003.jpg

http://www.buxtonfringe.org.uk/picture_library/2009/medium.WellDressing.jpg

Originating in the 14th century, the practice has changed very little. A wooden frame is constructed and filled with clay, the design is then traced onto the clay which is then covered in flower petals, moss, cones, beans, anything natural.

What else is out there? Those little things that make us British.

Please nobody hijack this thread in support of the ultra left or ultra right wing.

Afternoon Tea, no one does it better than the British and I've taken tea in many places, all of which were shit compared to the UK

http://www.virtualvisit-northernireland.com/media/522ab41c9d4a4ab18c1fe292b82399cdTea-Stand.jpg

http://kebabfriday.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/doner-kebab-2-dhd.jpg

My absolute favourite is...

Model Villages

http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/00/06/000616_335206bc.jpg

http://platformtworca.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/model-village-1.jpg

http://www.englishriviera.co.uk/xsdbimgs/Babbacombe_Model_Village_Large.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EkMmOa6jaoQ/SVkwR2KMUxI/AAAAAAAADf8/4HAa0I6j74E/s400/Babbacombe+model+village.+044.jpg

I'm making my girlfriend go on a tour of them this Summer. :yes:

^^

I take it by 'making' her see them she's not entirely over the moon about the idea.

I'm making my girlfriend go on a tour of them this Summer. :yes:

That with or without you :lol:

I wouldn't say it's a favourite of mine, but I like how whenever you go more than a few miles out of town and look into the nearest field there are always a team of old people walking around as if they're training to climb Everest.

http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt118/awaren8/rambler.jpg

Me and some friends walked up our local hill/mountain with a flagpole and plonked it on the top, ran down, celebrated... and some local ramblers at the bottom said we didn't take walking up hills seriously.

Will someone tell them they don't need £100s of Millets/Blacks gear to go walking! I've climbed hills in my bare feet...

cricket

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00459/England_cricket_459031a.jpg

not sure why, i dont watch it. i think i just like the eccentricity and Englishness about it.

when the ground turns white, everybody either hides at home and complains or has a great time sledging:

http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt118/awaren8/sledging.jpg

for an hour or two, nothing in life matters except getting a good run down your nearest hill. There's a great sense of community that is rarely portrayed by the media, who instead focus on, "ice casualties in the billions" and "fuck there's no grit left". Luckily, this makes the people having a good time on the slopes feel that little bit more unique.

My parents never took me sledding. :(

^^

:( :(


That's rather depressing

http://www.caterersearch.com/blogs/catering-news-blog/binge-drinking.jpg

Simple things like having a pint with your mates in a pub garden on a summers day.

http://www.theenglishbus.com/img/A_pub_garden_in_the_sun.jpg

http://www.caterersearch.com/blogs/catering-news-blog/binge-drinking.jpg
Just how you like them eh?

Oh yes, I love my benches kept warm.

^^

That and she's keeping the rain off as well.

You just don't get that anywhere else. I love this country. :)

london-b are you a member of a women's institute? :dunno:

If you're going to ditch your guy friends to hang around with women then at least make them drink when they're sat in a pub garden!

....and a white wine for the lady.

http://www.caterersearch.com/blogs/catering-news-blog/binge-drinking.jpg

:lol:

you in to these kinds of girls Erebus ?:D

Well, she's a little too laidback for me...

ho ho ho

Sundays Walks

http://cdn.sheknows.com/articles/family-walk-with-dogs.jpg

Going for a long walk on Sunday with your family then going somewhere for Sunday lunch. We always used to do it every month.

British Invasions, you just don't see enough of them these days...

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/reenactment.jpg

^^

DAMN RIGHT!!!!!

Our Music is practically second to none, from pre 1900's post 2000, we're known internationally for our standard of music. Be that Rock, Pop, Punk, Classical etc..

I have noticed that when someone drops something in a cafe or chain restaurant. Everyone cheers. That doesnt seem to happen abroad. British Humour eh?

^^

Over here we shout Yyyyeeooooooo as well as cheer :)



Reminds me of our Christmas dinner, the waiter dropped some forks and OBV we all cheered, he saw the funny side and threw some more on the floor, we then applauded and cheered some more.

Garden centres on a Saturday :drool:
http://www.blackwall.co.uk/assets/images/gardencentre_gallery_01.jpg


Visiting stately homes, like that of Chatsworth House
http://static.orient-express.com/uktr/images/250images/uktr_250_chatsworth04.jpg


Posh people
http://andrew1769.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/royal-henley-regatta-blazer-2.jpg


Poor people
http://cornerstonegroup.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/chavs.jpg


People who were born thousands of miles away but have very much contributed to Britain
http://damnladame.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Dr-Floella-Benjamin-Pic.jpg

I have noticed that when someone drops something in a cafe or chain restaurant. Everyone cheers. That doesnt seem to happen abroad. British Humour eh?

Absolutely great shout there! In our case it's 'Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!"

Whilst the likes of Italy and Russia have tried, no one quite does football hooliganism like us Brits. :)

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/11/05/article-0-04DAAA860000044D-675_468x286.jpg

The Poles and Lebanese do it rather well.


The Polish made a right fucking mess last time there were in Belfast.

Afternoon Tea, no one does it better than the British and I've taken tea in many places, all of which were shit compared to the UK

http://www.virtualvisit-northernireland.com/media/522ab41c9d4a4ab18c1fe292b82399cdTea-Stand.jpg

Go for Afternoon Tea at the Queen Elizabeth, it's rather nice. :)

LOL

It was nice yeah, but no where near as good as when I have it here at home. One of the best I've had was at the Prestonfield in Edinburgh.

LOL

It was nice yeah, but no where near as good as when I have it here at home.

Just joking with you. :lol:

Though I do recommend you go to the QE and experience Afternoon Tea, I think it's a shame you have yet to try it, especially as you live in a nation with our glorious Queen as Head of State.

Toilet roll dolls. When a British woman reaches 60, these kitsch items are what they dream of to improve the look of their homes and cover those disgraceful awaiting bog rolls. :drool:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3077/2645087775_147ee2a535.jpg?v=0

http://knitternatter.com/images/misc/toiletrollcover.jpg

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/835/2271601560029521605rutu.jpg

Though I do recommend you go to the QE and experience Afternoon Tea, I think it's a shame you have yet to try it, especially as you live in a nation with our glorious Queen as Head of State.

I love our Queen. :yes:

^^

OMG.....reminds me

http://www.movingtoandalusia.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/knitted-tea-cosy.jpg


AND......remembering Wendy's forum

http://www.lapaco.com/documents/images/produits/grande/IMG_8474.jpg

One of Britain's best exports:

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I love our Queen. :yes:

:happy:

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/12/1/1259674097208/2002-Queen-Elizabeth-II---009.jpg

She loves Canada too. :yes:

variety of crisps.

http://magazine.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/tsimages/editorial/holidaysanddaysout/bucketandspade_lge.jpg

^^ +1

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2005/03/skegnessPA310305_330x450.jpg

http://content5.videojug.com/c9/c9750329-4c31-98a8-c26e-ff0008c92d61/how-to-make-whole-wheat-brown-bread.jpg

We don't need any of this fancy breadsticks and whatever. We're happy with our loaves.

variety of crisps.

We only have Walkers :ohno:

I love the British mountaineering scene.

I love our lack of patriotism.

That and the cheese.

The monarchy.

Our quiet (read self-confident) patriotism.

proper tea (with milk). None of this card-board flavour tea the colonials serve.

I love our lack of patriotism.


Make that non stop criticism of our country only to be intensely patriotic when it matters.

Cheesey Chips.

Complaining about everything.

How about the Ability to form an orderly and patient queue?

Someone never gets the tube.

UK Skybar.

Goverment are trying to wipe everything to do with England from the map!
It is important to keep English culture as the strongest culture in England,when im on visit to France i expect to see French culture or Indian culture in India.

The most important part of the country is the west country.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/55/176499007_70a52aa769.jpg

http://www.maroonbellsmorris.org/images/bannerpic5big.jpg

http://www.cornishlight.co.uk/2006/hr-beach-guide.jpg

http://www.getusonline.co.uk/exmoornationalpark/images/stories/title/Exmoor_National_Park_Online_magazine_intro.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1026/926160058_8ca3d1acb8.jpg?v=0

I love the fact that despite the manufactured shit that ITV seem to support, most of our Music is not fake commercial crap. Our Indie scene is second to none and enjoyed across the globe. Countries like the US seem to export a lot of R&B 'im rich and get lots of ho's' shit and their alternative contribution, which is very good, gets lost amongst it all..

We need to get rid of the Simon Cowell fake 'music to make money' crap and focus on our fantastic Indie scene. The whole bunch of lads/laddettes in a band have always represented what the British music industry can do, right back as far as The Beatles.

But indie music is moribund and rubbish. It went from being something vaguely important and counter-culteral in the 1980s to something as mainstream and over-produced and nothing-to-say as the worst excesses of Simon Cowell (gyac indie bands use autotune too). I would say the last decent/relevant British guitar album was the debut by The Libertines and that was, what, 2003? Out greatest and most consistently amazing musical export of the last 10 years has been Girls Aloud.

-4DUT_ctFKQ

Miserabilism

http://verymaladjusted.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/morrissey1.jpg

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/brainiac/larkin21.jpg

http://awfulhandwriting.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/charliebrookeracademypic2241.jpg

http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media_collection/18/GMA%204708.jpg

http://www.jadwin.net/295/images/ThomasHardy.gif

http://www.maroonbellsmorris.org/images/bannerpic5big.jpg


Ah the antient Martial Art of Morris fighting.

Before we go on, can people stop posting stuff that they think 'makes Britain great', like the TV we export or our music scene (which are both shit).

This thread is for funny, quaint and endearing traditions that are uniquely British - morris dancing, clog dancing, model villages, prawn cocktail flavoured crisps...

...and stone-cladding.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3543/3285155359_3bc1328426.jpg

^^On that note: our complete inability to design decent juliet balconies...
http://www.crdirect.co.uk/images/balconies/juliet-balcony.jpg

I don't suppose any other country in the world has it except maybe the U.S but I like the fact that in this country, there is a friendly fight/banter between member states such as Scotland, England etc. So many of us Brits get woulnd up sometimes durin these pointless arguments and realise once we have finished that we are all the same except for the namesakes. It's brilliant.:)

Before we go on, can people stop posting stuff that they think 'makes Britain great', like the TV we export or our music scene (which are both shit).

This thread is for funny, quaint and endearing traditions that are uniquely British - morris dancing, clog dancing, model villages, prawn cocktail flavoured crisps...

...and stone-cladding.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3543/3285155359_3bc1328426.jpg

Well, it beats the American tradition of plastic cladding.

http://www.stangbangers.com/01_PontiacAztek_Pic1.jpg

Things like that random cheese rolling down the hill contest thinger.

A good ole' moan about something that happened during the day and telling it to anyone who will listen

I don't suppose any other country in the world has it except maybe the U.S but I like the fact that in this country, there is a friendly fight/banter between member states such as Scotland, England etc. So many of us Brits get woulnd up sometimes durin these pointless arguments and realise once we have finished that we are all the same except for the namesakes. It's brilliant.:)
Yea that happens only in the UK :|

not

Thing is, when people pick on Belgium...they're not joking.

Awk, I could have expected someone not from Britain to come in and say that. Out of who I had in mind was;

Fismo1337
Brisovoine
Slartibartfas
Kampflamm.

Tell me then Fizmo, what happens in your country in the same respect?

our self-depricatingness and ability to rip ourselves to bits and not really mean it :)

you can be miles round the world and strike up a convo with another brit, and we'll delight in having a moan about something crap related to the UK or our culture - where it acts as some sort of social bonding mechanism. I havent seen that in other national cultures.

Totally agree with you wiggley - actually I had one of those moments on holiday last year.:L

Tell me then Fizmo, what happens in your country in the same respect?

To be fair Belgium is like half french half Dutch...*runs away*

To be fair Belgium is like half french half Dutch...*runs away*

It is. Flanders (Dutch-speaking part) and Wallonia/Brussels (French part) have very little in common.

England, Scotland and Wales have at least the same language and thus (generally) the same culture.

Gosh - you're all so knowledgable.

Meanwhile...

...deep fried doner meat pizza in batter.

http://www.healthhabits.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/deep-fried-pizza.jpg

http://dearlovequartet.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/strings_of_conkers.jpg

It is. Flanders (Dutch-speaking part) and Wallonia/Brussels (French part) have very little in common.

England, Scotland and Wales have at least the same language and thus (generally) the same culture.

really?:nuts::lol:

You're a real breath of fresh air salgovernale.

Awk, I could have expected someone not from Britain to come in and say that. Out of who I had in mind was;

Fismo1337
Brisovoine
Slartibartfas
Kampflamm.

Tell me then Fizmo, what happens in your country in the same respect?
Cmon, do you really think banter only exists in the UK/USA?? Just because you can't read/understand dutch or german doesn't mean there is no banter here.

Here in Belgium the banter is more between the 'provinces' in Flandres. Each has a totally different accent and you immediately know where that person is from. Most of us constantly have to laugh when we meet som1 from another province, especially from 'Limburg' because they are known to talk veeeeeery sloooooooow. People from 'West-Vlaanderen' are called 'farmers' and they talk like 'm too, a bit vulgar language :) People from Antwerp are called 'big necks' + there accent is very funny though. We constantly flame each other because that person is from Limburg or Antwerp. We (flanders) also got banter with the Netherlands also because of their very funny accent. If we meet them on holiday we always say: "oh no, hollanders" (in a friendly way, banter) It's not only about accent though.

There is no banter with the french speaking people tho.

I'm sorry to bust your bubble but the UK isn't as special as you think :| :)

And what did I do to be mentionned in the same bracket as brisavoine or kampflamm :cry: :cry:

Thing is, when people pick on Belgium...they're not joking.
That's not banter. That's being critical & moan about other countries :) Now that's something you british are good at :)

Gosh - you're all so knowledgable.

Meanwhile...

...deep fried doner meat pizza in batter.


Holy mother fuck.

drunken pavement vomsplats. love it.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/104/317093269_edd4b67e06_o.jpg

drunken pavement vomsplats. love it.

I think that it was Gilbert & George who said that stepping outside to be confronted by a pigeon eating vomit was the finest art you could ever encounter in the everyday.

Ronnie and Reggie Kray.

I wasn't talking about accents per se Fizmo. I was talking about how there are a number of member states e.g Scotland, Ireland etc and how this compares to countries such as the U.S.A. I suppose other countries have a similar way of friendly arguments, stereotypes, accents etc but within Britain each member has a nationalistic approach to the arguments which results in it being much more i don't know - angry?:lol:

Come on Fizmo, there is one forum member from each country which gets slammed at in other members countries. For example;

Brisovione - recieves some amount of pain in this forum and to a lesser extent, kampflamm, Slartibartfas and you.:)

I suppose our candidate is Tony Sebo however he is in the brigg right now.

Pimp my ride UK, with Tim Westwood

We got constantly arguments with the walloons about everything. So is this the same or is the situation in the UK 'special' :)

So that's what I get for posting fair and ballanced comments on this forum :cry: getting slammed :(

Oh well, at least I'm getting a name on this forum now :)

No, the thing is we don't care about Belgium in this thread. It is about things we like about the UK. We don't give a shit if they are not entirely unique.

We got constantly arguments with the walloons about everything. So is this the same or is the situation in the UK 'special' :)

So that's what I get for posting fair and ballanced comments on this forum :cry: getting slammed :(

Oh well, at least I'm getting a name on this forum now :)

In fairness, there is a thread in which we :banana: over all things Belgian - like Alonzo said, there's a time and a place ;)

Oh well, at least I'm getting a name on this forum now :)
:okay:

You, Kampfy, and I should meet somewhere half way between us and celebrate. Shall we say Charleroi?

Pimp my ride UK, with Tim Westwood
I hate him him, he's a white guy from Suffolk who think's he's a African American from "The hood" on the West coast.

You just have to get to know the real Jackswan.

http://blogs.ballyfermot.ie/darrens/wp-content/blogs.dir/72/files/funny-pictures/chavs-on-holiday.jpg

:okay:

You, Kampfy, and I should meet somewhere half way between us and celebrate. Shall we say Charleroi?

What's your favourite thing about British culture?

I don't expect an answer.

What's your favourite thing about British culture?

I don't expect an answer.

Black Humour. I mean, the Eurostar arriving at Waterloo. Classic.

What's your favourite thing about British culture?
Scotland.

Black Humour

Brown sauce.

Brown Sauce is utterly horrible.

It flows through my veins.

One the only things that genuinely makes me feel proud to be British. :yes:

It flows through my veins.

One the only things that genuinely makes me feel proud to be British. :yes:

I just don't get how the North American's have rebranded HP Brown Sauce as "Steak Sauce" and have it on beef.

The waitress in LA gave me a strange look when I asked for "Steak Sauce" to put on my breakfast.

On a similar subject, I have never understood why the term "tomato sauce" gets a blank look in the States. Surely it is not that much of a leap in imagination to guess what the "silly Limey" is asking for.

HP sauce in particular is the best thing ever. Vinegary, spicy and exotic, yet highly british.

I just don't get how the North American's have rebranded HP Brown Sauce as "Steak Sauce" and have it on beef.

The waitress in LA gave me a strange look when I asked for "Steak Sauce" to put on my breakfast.

On a similar subject, I have never understood why the term "tomato sauce" gets a blank look in the States. Surely it is not that much of a leap in imagination to guess what the "silly Limey" is asking for.

If you pronounce 'water' perfectly they will not understand you. I remember putting on my best Queen's English but nope, they will never comprehend it. I never understood that.

In my family they prefer Daddies, but (whisper it :shifty:) I prefer HP, which is less vinegary and thicker.

A full English is a sorry affair without Brown Sauce.

PS - is 'Steak Sauce' the same thing as Brown sauce?

If you pronounce 'water' perfectly they will not understand you. I remember putting on my best Queen's English but nope, they will never comprehend it. I never understood that.

Then you will appreciate my frushtration when I stayed at a certain hotel on 7th Ave in NYC, almost opposite MSG. For the second stay running, we had brown dusty water coming out of the bathroom taps at the weekend.

I tried every possible way of pronouncing water before they finally understood me lol.

In my family they prefer Daddies, but (whisper it :shifty:) I prefer HP, which is less vinegary and thicker.

A full English is a sorry affair without Brown Sauce.

PS - is 'Steak Sauce' the same thing as Brown sauce?

Yes, well in most of the Restaurants I have been to in the States and Canada. It is normally proper HP sauce, with the Houses of Parliament on the bottle.

Brown Sauce is utterly horrible.

I like brown sauce.

Gravy. Mmm. Steak pie. Pies in general. Chips n gravy.

Brown sauce.

racist.

black sauce?

black sauce?

Racist.

*racialist

The girl in the corsodyl advert is a as thin as a knitting needle but I'd still put my dick up her pussy.

HP sauce in particular is the best thing ever. Vinegary, spicy and exotic, yet highly british.

HP sauce has nothing to do with the UK its Dutch like Cadburys/Walkers chrisps is American.

British theme parks. :cheer:

http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/503/daleka.jpg


British fashion. :cheer:

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1526/dalekgirl.jpg


The British special effects industry. :cheer:

http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/7214/fwjn0uifn82tj2wmedium.jpg


:shifty:.

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9352/dalekchicks.jpg

racist.

Fruit sauce, (to be celebrated for it's diversity of ingredients that echo multi-culturalism in 21st Century Britain).

:shifty:.

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9352/dalekchicks.jpg

Is that Damien Hirst's latest creation..."Destruction of Time"?

Is that Damien Hirst's latest creation..."Destruction of Time"?

Who knows? However, I feel compelled to approve.

Who knows? However, I feel compelled to approve.

It would have been a worthy contender for the Olympic Tower.

"Right Boris, my idea is to have 3 giant girls, dressed in dalek skirts, kicking crap out of the tardis".

3vUVJsfG3eA

Political satire, no-one does it any better.

HP sauce has nothing to do with the UK its Dutch like Cadburys/Walkers chrisps is American.

Clarky is right, we've not been eating HP sauce in Britain for several decades and I've never even heard of Cadburys or Walkers?

Five Great Gifts England has Given to the World

5. WAGs
Obviously there have been hot chicks dating athletes ever since the first guy laced up cleats. However, it wasn't until the British tabloids gave this phenomenon a snappy acronym that we started seeing photo galleries of WAGs all over sports-related Internet pages.

So thanks to England, now a fellow can follow his favorite team while getting a healthy dose of boobies.

4. Fish and Chips
Sometime in the mid-19 century England adopted fish and chips as their national food. Basically, against all good judgment and respect for the cardiovascular system, you limeys decided that you could deep fry a meat, deep fry a vegetable, and call that dinner.

While it's true Americans have taken over the reigns of fried food innovation since those days of Dickens, it's fair to say we would have never been exposed to the food-pyramid bending genius of the KFC Double Down if fish and chips hadn't been there first.

3. Ne'er-do-well royal family
All over the globe, our leaders have become increasingly unpopular. It's almost enough to make an earthling pine for the days when the world was run by a collection of in-bred royal families. This is why it's so important England keeps her now powerless royal line around -- presumably for kicks and giggles.

Sure, democracy doesn't always exalt the best and brightest into positions of power. But, as England displays for all to see, our elected officials are still better than the chuckle-heads who would be calling the shots if we did it the old-fashion wa

2. Cross-dressing comics
While it's always been funny when a dude dresses up like a lady, British comics – from Monty Python and Benny Hill to Eddie Izzard and Little Britain – have really taken the humour in wearing women's clothes to another level.

Which is a good thing, because now we can think of crazy uncle Mort as somewhat of a sophisticated eccentric – rather than just a freak who steals women's clothes from the laundromat and then hangs around truck stops.

1. The USA
What else did you think would be number 1? Seriously though, for laying the seeds for what became space ship America the world owes England a great debt of gratitude.

And so do we. Which is why, if push comes to shove, America will always use all of our resources available to protect England from the tyranny of Icelandic volcano ash.

Brits abroad.

Even the most non-patriotic Liverpool supporters I know still don an England shirt whilst abroad 'to show em im British, not one of them'.

Colonising entire islands or cities and calling them our own - case in point - Ibiza or The Costa Del Sol. It's like England but abroad.

English sports fans descending on foreign lands in the thousands no matter where on Earth it is, sometimes even outnumbering the locals. England at the World Cup literally means half the male 18-50 population of England is out of the country.

We slag off our country all the time at home, but when it's us against the world, or on holiday in some foreign land, we are even more patriotic than those Yankies.

[SIZE="4"][B]4. Fish and Chips


That's Italian :)

Oops! MAYBE not, I thought it was, the Italians introduced it to Ireland apparently.

"In Ireland the first fish and chips were sold by an Italian immigrant, Giuseppe Cervi, who had stepped off an America-bound ship at Cobh and walked to Dublin. He started by selling fish and chips outside pubs from a handcart. He then found a permanent spot in Great Brunswick Street (now Pearse Street). His wife Palma would ask customers "Uno di questa, uno di quella?" This phrase (meaning "one of this, one of the other") entered the vernacular in Dublin as "one and one", which is still a common way of referring to fish and chips in the city.[7]"-Wikipedia

I'll research it.

^^
Including Northern Ireland.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/immig_emig/northern_ireland/ni_4/

Double post.

I thought it would be appropriate to add this one:

I love the fact that as soon as there is even the slightest hint of sun its...
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/07/24/article-1036876-020F885700000578-559_468x363.jpg

Also, 5,000th post!

English males wearing tank tops, flip flops, England tattoos on their legs. Classy.

Make an Irish thread and see what we can come up with? ^^

Make an Irish thread and see what we can come up with? ^^


LOVE that idea...... :smug:

LOVE that idea...... :smug:

TBH I know as much about Ireland as I do Burkina Faso.

Guinness? (Although stout was invented in London)

Then I dunno what else...

Frozen Haggis Pizza:
http://shimmie.shishnet.org/v2/_images/9a8f0ec92628425b29fa0ed76a9d42ca/1600%20-%202007%20debconf%20food%20haggis%20pizza.jpg

chucking out time. nobody does it better...

http://www.theawl.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/article-1222090-06e759d9000005dc-342_468x342.jpg