What does England mean to you?

[Crop]

Laddy depends on where you ate, some english food is terrible but frankly it depends on the chef not on the country the food is cooked in.

I understand that as well. But the good chefs must of been on break because not the food was particularly good. :/

For example, I had some Fish and Chips THREE TIMES and it was all so...bland.

Well that's obviously because you didn't drench it in salt and vinegar! (requires one packet of salt and one packet of vinegar)

[Iceglow]

Laddy depends on where you ate, some english food is terrible but frankly it depends on the chef not on the country the food is cooked in.

I understand that as well. But the good chefs must of been on break because not the food was particularly good. :/

For example, I had some Fish and Chips THREE TIMES and it was all so...bland.

Well that's obviously because you didn't drench it in salt and vinegar! (requires one packet of salt and one packet of vinegar)

Or rather he didn't come and ask me to take him to a DECENT Fish and Chippy!

[NorthernChaosGod]

When I come visit for the Olympics, you're taking me to places with food that doesn't suck then.

[Rodarian]

Ditto I'm going to come and meet everyone when I get to England!

[~*~Celes~*~]

Mo, no one else's version of Top Gear is as good as the original. You just cannot beat Clarkson, May and Hammond and lets not forget The Stig.

One thing I can thank Alan for is introducing me to this show.

American Top Gear is supposed to start airing this fall on the History channel. One of the hosts happens to like the Pagani Zonda as much as I do so I shall enjoy at least that much of it

[Nod]

Haha, good thread. I like England, and like any country it has its good and bad points. I lived in London up until a month ago; which was cool. Nothing like being where loads of stuff is going on.
Awesome countryside in England too in places.

Top Gear with Clarkson, May and Hammond rules. xD

[aquatius]

My favourite restaurants where I live are Japanese restaurants >>

I think the problem with English food is we have very little that's traditionally ours and a lot of it is disgusting or not that common any more (like blood pudding).

[Madame Adequate]

All I'll say is if not for the Irish Sea there would be no Republic of Ireland

[Cuchulainn]

All I'll say is if not for the Irish Sea there would be no Republic of Ireland

If it wasn't for the execution of the Easter Rebels. There'd be no Republic of Ireland.



HOLY CRAP NOD IS NOT DEAD AND BURIED IN A SHALLOW GRAVE IN WOODLAND

[NeoCracker]

And none of this would be possible if it wasn't for Jack Bauer.

[Old Manus]

And this thread was made possible by the sponsorship of New Coke. Catch the wave!

[champagne supernova]

When I think of England, I think of colonies, French hatred, pluck, inspiration, all of which has kind of disappeared because Health & Safety has gone mad and prevents you guys from doing anything cool.

This Youtube video actually sums up all that is wrong with England in my opinion.
YouTube - Ban Nando's XX Hot Sauce

But the place is still cool. Top Gear is obviously awesome. The football clubs are great (the national team is another story).

I agree with Rye about people in the South, although I think that's more London than the South as a whole. Manchester was much friendlier.

EDIT: And using the Channel as the reason that Germany didn't win the war is like saying that the Atlantic Ocean is the reason America gained its independence and Russia being cold is the reason both Napoleon and Hitler had epic fails. True, but it's kind of a natural feature you expect when invading a country.

[Carl the Llama]

Where to start... being from the south myself and always managing to say "have a nice day" to EVERYONE I speak to I have to say not all us southerners are rude, however I do find that most people do not wish other to have a nice day and agree in general that there are alot of rude people out there, though in retrospect I have seen alot of people who are the same in different area's from the whole world and while there are a many places I would like to go on holiday there isn't many places I would rather live... considering it cost so much money for medical bills in other country's there are not alot of places that are better off.

Taking into consideration the fact that I know someone who in his country was a qualified biologist and ran his own campus moved into England to take a job as a Pizza Hut Support Manager where the money isn't all that great I would have to say there are hundreds of places I would not want to live in, and apparently there are alot of people who though not being from England feel the same way.

TBH I find working as the only English person in in my shop to quite refreshing as the people I work with all like me and the way I carry myself in my roll as manager at Pizza Hut and on the whole are a friendly bunch of people as you are like to meet.

As far as English food goes, you really shouldn't damn our country based on the limited experence's that you have had with out food, just come round my place and I will cook up a storm for ya

So in short: I love my country and lot of people being from this country or otherwise feel the same as I do, and our food be it curry or roast dinner we do know how to cook, you just need to know where to go.

EDIT: with reguards to our weather, I remember there was more rain in Spain (or some other country well known for its sun) then there was in England last year (or the year before, can't remember the date to well.

[Jessweeee♪]

Well this is more of a European thing in general, I pick England because English is the native language and the only one I speak. I want to see some of the especially old architecture. I'd be neat to see buildings that are centuries and centuries old! USA was only established about 300 or so years ago. We're still a baby country!

[superbeckie.]

Chavs, sluts, swearing, bad education, more chavs, some emos, underage sex, smoking, drinking, bad indie music.
And I live here.