all the English i've met have been outside england and pretty nice. how about inside england?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/od_nm/guide_dc;_ylt=Aq3gc36q6bHYGJfcWOq1IhwSH9EA
"Self-important and irritating" Fri May 9, 1:26 PM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - England is an irritating and insular country full of overweight, binge-drinking, reality TV addicts, a new guide warns tourists.
But in the new Rough Guide to England, the English are also hailed as a nation of animal-loving, tea-drinking charity donors who love nothing better than forming an orderly queue.
Gone, it seems, is the image of a genteel country awash with Englishmen politely tipping their bowler hats, groping through the London fog and being kinder to pets than kids.
The writers confess to bafflement over the quirky English, concluding that of the 200 countries the guide reviews there is none "so fascinating, beautiful and culturally diverse yet as insular, self-important and irritating as England."
They said the English are proud of their multi-culturalism and are united by one thing -- their sense of humor.
But there are constant contradictions. In a country priding itself on patriotism, they have a Scottish Prime Minister, an Italian football coach and a Greek married to the Queen.
They are gently mocked as voracious consumers of celebrity chit-chat and "as a glance at the tabloid newspapers will confirm, England is a nation of overweight, binge-drinking reality TV addicts."
(Reporting by Paul Majendie, Editing by Steve Addison)
I've met tremendously nice English men (and ladies, particularly), but from my years living in Tallinn, I also have very clear in my head the image of the English white trash, tattooed & uneducated, dirty and noisy and arrogant, yellingly drunk & throwing pounds (and ignorance) at the face of the locals.
I guess every country has its good people and bad people, and also good people with not much education become monsters when economy goes well and its currency climbs to the sky, and the standard of living allows you things that were not there before.
Originally posted by SeitseI suspect it has more to do with the fact that working class English people are
I've met tremendously nice English men (and ladies, particularly), but from my years living in Tallinn, I also have very clear in my head the image of the English white trash, tattooed & uneducated, dirty and noisy and arrogant, yellingly drunk & throwing pounds (and ignorance) at the face of the locals.
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constantly taking it in the ***. When they go abroad, they let rip.
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Originally posted by zeeblebotI fail to see why England is supposed to be so patriotic, we hate the weather, it's either too cold, or too warm, there are too many fat people and there is not enough tea and beer.
all the English i've met have been outside england and pretty nice. how about inside england?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/od_nm/guide_dc;_ylt=Aq3gc36q6bHYGJfcWOq1IhwSH9EA
"Self-important and irritating" Fri May 9, 1:26 PM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - England is an irritating and insular country full of overweight, binge-drinking, reality TV addi ...[text shortened]... e-drinking reality TV addicts."
(Reporting by Paul Majendie, Editing by Steve Addison)
Originally posted by zeeblebotIn Australia we usually refer to the English as a bunch of whingy Poms.
"Self-important and irritating"
Favorite joke. How can you tell a planeload of poms have just landed?
Even when the plane has landed and they shut down the jets before disembarkation, you can still hear this supersonic whine! badoom tish!
Originally posted by kmax87well we all know what we think of you Aussies..................
In Australia we usually refer to the English as a bunch of whingy Poms.
Favorite joke. How can you tell a planeload of poms have just landed?
Even when the plane has landed and they shut down the jets before disembarkation, you can still hear this supersonic whine! badoom tish!
Originally posted by spurs73A bunch of homo kangaroo riding cowboys who kill crocodiles and review games in their spare time!
well we all know what we think of you Aussies..................
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/2901-Zero-Punctuation-Call-of-Duty-4