What and who is the Worst Of Britain? Isn't it about time the Anglos got a touch of their own venom? James Delingpole, in an amusing article, has just let the cat out of the bag as far as self-deprecation is concerned. It's all fake, of course. So let's have you!
Posted by Miguel at July 04, 2003 11:52 AMNot sure if this is the greatest plug, but plug it does: the sex scenes are more realistic than the real thing.
Posted by: Thomcatspike on July 4, 2003 01:03 PMYou mean besides this harpy?
Probably "Noel's House Party."
But "Mornington Crescent" and "Fawlty Towers" go a long way toward redemption.
Posted by: Vidiot on July 5, 2003 12:49 AMWhat and who is the worst of Britain? Well I can't be terribly critical of a country that gave me the very best husband in the whole wide world!
Who is that lady in the picture at the top of the thread, Miguel? She doesn't look British to me, but the fellow behind her looks like a bit of a twat.
Posted by: tizzie on July 5, 2003 04:14 PMVictoria Beckham, former Posh Spice, current wife of David Beckham, famous soccer player and namesake of the movie "Bend it like Beckham".
Posted by: sadie on July 5, 2003 04:38 PMWell, Tizzie - England gave me the best mother in the world and you should hear her talk about her country, but you've made me feel guilty and traitorous alll the same.
I'll only start if you do. :)
Posted by: Miguel on July 5, 2003 06:29 PMThe bowler hat.
England foisted the Bowler hat on the world. It's like a Yarmulke with delusions of being a Stetson. It always looks like it's apologizing for something.
" `ello! We do apologize for being so bloody pale and self-effacing! Good day!" it screams, merely by exsisting.
I mean, it's goofy.
Posted by: dong_resin on July 5, 2003 08:14 PMYes, I realize I got a little silly with capitalization up there.
Fact is, I'm not that bright.
Posted by: dong_resin on July 5, 2003 08:15 PMEngland gave us the Spice Girls. Unforgiveable.
But I like raisin scones a lot.
Posted by: salmonberry on July 5, 2003 11:23 PMAlso, corgis.
They look like an instant dog kit were the owner forgot to just add water.
Also, corgis.
They look like an instant dog kit where the owner forgot to just add water.
I still have a thing for British/Irish women though. (and Turkish, and Bulgarian, and, and, and...)
I'd certainly count myself as an Anglophile, but the British do have a knack for getting some simple things entirely wrong. Take plumbing, for example. Or toast. (Only in Britain do they serve toast in little wire cooling racks that ensure that it's stone cold by the time it gets to your table.)
Though I must say I goggled at seeing hot buttered toast being handed out to arriving Paddington Station passengers the last time I was in London. (Margarine promotion, didn't last.)
Posted by: Vidiot on July 6, 2003 06:01 PMI think someone ought to mention schoolage buggery, don't you?
and the phrase "bloody hell." The cornerstone of shitheel poseur speechcraft.
Posted by: Fes on July 7, 2003 12:45 AMThank god for The Sun: best picture of a 6 year old. Ever.
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