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08-29-2001, 04:49 PM
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No, not stark raving, as in "Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun." I'm referring to raising your wraith, kindling your ire, whether you're Irish, or not. What makes your blood boil about the land of fish and chips? 
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08-29-2001, 04:51 PM
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The Gallagher brothers.
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Well fish and chips are pretty good.
What i hate is that their food is pretty bad.
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08-29-2001, 04:52 PM
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Originally posted by Ned Flanders:
<STRONG>The Gallagher brothers.</STRONG>
| Who are they? The only Gallagher I can think of is a horrible American comic I saw years ago on television.
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08-29-2001, 04:53 PM
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@ned: i love monty python stuff.
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08-29-2001, 05:34 PM
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Originally posted by fable:
<STRONG>Who are they? The only Gallagher I can think of is a horrible American comic I saw years ago on television.</STRONG>
| Oasis.
I hate the fact most of job don't finish on/in time in Britain. 
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08-29-2001, 05:36 PM
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Originally posted by Minerva:
<STRONG>Oasis. </STRONG>
| Um, what's Oasis? Is this on tv?
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08-29-2001, 10:02 PM
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Oasis is a band. They're actually quite good but the Gallagher brother are annoying brats.
@Thorin,
The pythons are great. Definitely something to not make you mad about the british.
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08-29-2001, 10:39 PM
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*after much painful thinking...takes some Excedrin*
*after more less painful thinking* I haven't the floggiest idea. As far as I know, there isn't anything about the British that makes me mad. | | |
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Their drinking problem when they are on a holyday.
At home they can't drnk beer, so when they are on an holyday they drink till they drop, throw up and drink again.
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08-30-2001, 02:15 AM
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Originally posted by Rob-hin:
<STRONG>Their drinking problem when they are on a holyday.
At home they can't drnk beer, so when they are on an holyday they drink till they drop, throw up and drink again.</STRONG>
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ROFL! It is so funny to see other's opinions of us. Our problem is that we drink too much beer at home - your only seeing that acted out in a different country. There are more than enough pubs per head of population to allow drinking in this country. Gruntboy's list of pet hates about Britain (in no particular order and maybe relating more to London than Britain)
Wet weather
High cost of living
Low Salaries
Bland food
Manchester (  )
The politics
The politicians
Movie release dates
Warm overpriced beer
The class system
The general stinking attitude of 99% of the population who can't face the facts that this is a third rate country that didn't win world war II on its own, isn't a superpower, isn't a important part of Europe, doesn't have an Empire anymore and that, as individuals, they are in fact *not* the most important person in the world.
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I think I have to agree with all that, Grunt, except that Manchester is a good place to get trolleyed in
@Rob-hin: Do you really think that going out and getting drunk is something we only do on holiday? Apparently just about everyone else in Europe drinks more per week than us, we just have it all in one or two nights.
What I really hate about Britain is the appalling weather. Oh, and people not being civil to you and pretending to not notice anything you do (say hello, ask them about the weather, run around stark naked screaming your head off...). Not that I've tried the last one. Recently. In daylight.
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I've lived about 1 year in Britain, half of the time in Scotland, half of the time in London.
Serious things I dislike:
- the social class system
- the remains of the Old Imperialistic Empire in the minds of politicians
Unserious things I dislike:
- the dishwater-style coffee: what's wrong with the anglosaxon coffee culture (or lack thereof  )The UK, Ireland, US, NZ, Australia - all have horrible coffee.
- that houses are always so bl**dy cold!
- the London tube and British rail: why is it always a strike?
But in all, I like Britain a lot, especially Scotland and Wales. I also like London, not because it's British, but because of the diversity. It's very multicultural, perhaps the most multicultural city in Europe.
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I agree with most of Grunty's gripes, but I think you missed one... Pubs closing at 11pm
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