What is Britishness?

lucifer_sam · 06-11-2009, 04:13 PM

i've always thought of Britishness as a state of being in which you're completely disenchanted by the world in which you live but unwilling to do anything about it.

jackhammer · 06-11-2009, 04:15 PM

Why would we have to change how others live? I don't get it?

right-track · 06-11-2009, 04:16 PM

It's called realism Sam.

The difference between the British and the Americans, is that the British know they're going to die.
It always seems to come as something of a surprise to you lot.

lucifer_sam · 06-11-2009, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by right-track

It's called realism Sam.

The difference between the British and the Americans, is that the British know they're going to die.
It always seems to come as something of a surprise to you lot.

oh i'm aware of my mortality. i simply find it silly to pretend there's nothing that can be done in the mean time.

right-track · 06-11-2009, 04:23 PM

Actual conversation I overheard between two old blokes on the bus just the other day.

1st old bloke: I heard Sid died last week.

2nd old bloke: Aye. I heard. At least he can't be nagged by that woman of his anymore.

1st old bloke: Aye! *long pause for contemplation*...I bet he was glad to die.

LoathsomePete · 06-11-2009, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by right-track

Actual conversation I overheard between two old blokes on the bus just the other day.

1st old bloke: I heard Sid died last week.

2nd old bloke: Aye. I heard. At least he can't be nagged by that woman of his anymore.

1st old bloke: Aye! *long pause for contemplation*...I bet he was glad to die.

I heard a very similar conversation when I was living in Wales at a Wetherspoons.

I'm not really sure what constitutes being British I mean without stereotyping. One thing I noticed was that British men are far more reserved about their feelings towards other people. I'm in kind of a unique position because I have British citizenship, lived in Wales for 8 months, and was raised by British parents, while living in North America, so I kind of saw both sides.

dac · 06-11-2009, 05:06 PM

I believe your old sig, "United > Kids > Wife," sums it up best RT

Alfred · 06-11-2009, 06:03 PM

I'm growing to hate the words "twat" and "arse".

Piss Me Off · 06-11-2009, 06:06 PM

I believe it's mostly about queuing.

Bulldog · 06-11-2009, 06:26 PM

It goes without saying that Britishness comes in many shapes and sizes.

Here's one of them. The cockney/Eastend thug;

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right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	It's called realism Sam. The difference between the British and the Americans, is that the British know they're going to die. It always seems to come as something of a surprise to you lot.

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right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	Actual conversation I overheard between two old blokes on the bus just the other day. 1st old bloke: I heard Sid died last week. 2nd old bloke: Aye. I heard. At least he can't be nagged by that woman of his anymore. 1st old bloke: Aye! long pause for contemplation...I bet he was glad to die.

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Bulldog why bother? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UK Posts: 4,840	It goes without saying that Britishness comes in many shapes and sizes. Here's one of them. The cockney/Eastend thug;