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I wish I were British...

#341
I have a couple of British friends. They're really good friends actually. They even gave me a nickname, "Tosser".
Not sure what it means, but they swear it suits me.
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#346
Well, I'm from NZ, and reading this entire thread has helped me realise how similar it is here to parts of the motherland, and how different it is to the states. I LOVE marmite, it's an every morning thing for me. And none of this thin business, NICE AND THICK with butter. Gorgeous. My mum's from a town called Glossop, just outside Manchester. She makes toad in the hole when I'm home. I love it. Want real fish and chips? Come to New Zealand. World masters of the dish :)
What else... The whole one-upmanship and taking the piss, just as big here as anywhere else. Unfortunately our drinking culture isn't as refined as yours. Over here, we drink most nights until 95% of your company is throwing up. We have the worst binge drinking culture and it's pretty sickening.

In terms of accents, they change quite a bit here in NZ. For example in... Auckland (shudder)... It's a pseudo-American/Posh British kiwi thing. But then again New Zealand starts south of the Bombay Hills (just below Auckland). Down south, they can get pretty Scots in some places. I'm originally from a small place called Te Kuiti. That's an odd accent!

Just chiming in to say I'm very happy to have read a thread about British life and seen so much interest in it because it is similar to mine (only a little colder). Makes me feel proud to call the British Isles my ancestry and Aotearoa my home.

How do you Irish feel about a Murphy's Stout? I think it's a beautiful drop. I've visited England quite a bit but I'd love to get to Ireland. Anyone know any McRoberts'? :D
 
#347
Oh and one last thing. The main difference between the Isles and here in New Zealand. Our meat pies are good! :)
Now, maybe that was a bit bold. I had a couple over there, they were a ball of meat, surrounded in jelly/fat/juice. Not nice. Here in NZ, they are a daily eat for many, many people and they are BEAUTIFUL.

And on the much earlier black pudding conversation... Nicest stuff to have with a Full English. Beautiful when your eggs yolks run all around it
 
#355
I have had a laugh at this thread, so much culinary content and yes, `toad in the hole` is nice, as is Marmite and Bovril-I love them .
To go back to the title `if I were british`, people from outside of britain have a strange perception of `britain`, it is not a nice old fashioned mix off eccentricity and quaintness, it is actually a pretty crap place in many ways, it is run by idiots and populated by a rapidly degenerating population morally, a place where you cannot walk down the street without getting chewing gum, litter, sick from the previous nights under-age binge drinkers or dog sh*t stuck to your shoes, a place with a ridiculously high average of under age mothers, under age alcoholics and drug takers, a ridiculously high average of sexually transmitted dieases including new HIV infections which have doubled in the last year, we produce practically nothing in britain and the country is just about bankrupt, all our once proud businesses have been sold off to the highest foreign bidders, the only time anyone remembers they are british is when our pathetic football team takes part (and fails miserably ) in major tournaments, and when we are knocked out in the early stages large numbers of hooligans take to the streets and smash the place up in a drunken stupor !!
yes, this is modern day britain, not quite the green fields, thatched cottage, well behaved society it once was :rollno:
Many people in britain nowadays are only concerned with themselves and patriotism is dead !!

Sorry to shatter your illusions !!
 
#356
GRAHAM SG1 said:
I have had a laugh at this thread, so much culinary content and yes, `toad in the hole` is nice, as is Marmite and Bovril-I love them .
To go back to the title `if I were british`, people from outside of britain have a strange perception of `britain`, it is not a nice old fashioned mix off eccentricity and quaintness, it is actually a pretty crap place in many ways, it is run by idiots and populated by a rapidly degenerating population morally, a place where you cannot walk down the street without getting chewing gum, litter, sick from the previous nights under-age binge drinkers or dog sh*t stuck to your shoes, a place with a ridiculously high average of under age mothers, under age alcoholics and drug takers, a ridiculously high average of sexually transmitted dieases including new HIV infections which have doubled in the last year, we produce practically nothing in britain and the country is just about bankrupt, all our once proud businesses have been sold off to the highest foreign bidders, the only time anyone remembers they are british is when our pathetic football team takes part (and fails miserably ) in major tournaments, and when we are knocked out in the early stages large numbers of hooligans take to the streets and smash the place up in a drunken stupor !!
yes, this is modern day britain, not quite the green fields, thatched cottage, well behaved society it once was :rollno:
Many people in britain nowadays are only concerned with themselves and patriotism is dead !!

Sorry to shatter your illusions !!
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Add to that rising living costs, rising unemployment and major social issues and the image of Britain that most people have is sheer nonsense. Although there are still places in the UK which are the green-fields-and-cottages variety.
 
#357
You are right Fassa, there are some nice places and people still, but the cities and towns are becoming nothing less than awful, I am shocked by how fuel has gone up from just over £1 a litre to £1.40 plus in such a short time :mad:
This crazy government is making so many people redundant, including my wife so we will be down to one income within a year or so, why, so they can cut the £1.3TRILLION deficit run up by years of governmental stupidity !!
Oh well, at least we have good old toad in the hole and marmite :D
 
#358
GRAHAM SG1 said:
You are right Fassa, there are some nice places and people still, but the cities and towns are becoming nothing less than awful, I am shocked by how fuel has gone up from just over £1 a litre to £1.40 plus in such a short time :mad:
This crazy government is making so many people redundant, including my wife so we will be down to one income within a year or so, why, so they can cut the £1.3TRILLION deficit run up by years of governmental stupidity !!
Oh well, at least we have good old toad in the hole and marmite :D
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Yeah, this country is falling apart. And then the Gov. is wondering why so many people want to emigrate...
 
#360
GRAHAM SG1 said:
...it is actually a pretty crap place in many ways, it is run by idiots and populated by a rapidly degenerating population morally, a place where you cannot walk down the street without getting chewing gum, litter, sick from the previous nights under-age binge drinkers or dog sh*t stuck to your shoes, a place with a ridiculously high average of under age mothers, under age alcoholics and drug takers, a ridiculously high average of sexually transmitted dieases including new HIV infections which have doubled in the last year, we produce practically nothing in britain...
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Up until this point, I thought you were talking about the USA. :ninja:
 

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