Things which define Britishness

[Timmy40]

I was just mulling over what are those things that we associate with the UK and Britishness.

The smell of freshly cut grass, quiet country pubs that serve warm ale, Wimbledon ....and of course Marmite.

[crankedup]

Any excuse to form an orderly queue .

[otolith]

Timmy40 said:

....and of course Marmite.

You have a Frenchman's word, my lord!

[stuartmmcfc]

.The fear of immigrants stealing our women and jobs

[Disastrous]

Conformity
Preoccupation with what others are up to

[Rude-boy]

The belief that anyone, anywhere, in the World will be able to understand you if you can just shout at them loudly and slowly enough. It's just a question of talking to them in English at the correct volume....

[andy-xr]

[juice]

The National Trust

Those peculiar annual events we do, like :-

Those loonies that chase a cheese down a hill each year
The football match in the river at Bourton-on-the-Water
Bog Snorkeling

[Timmy40]

Rude-boy said:

The belief that anyone, anywhere, in the World will be able to understand you if you can just shout at them loudly and slowly enough. It's just a question of talking to them in English at the correct volume....

I think that's entirely fair, until recently we did run most of the world. Precisely by shouting very loudly at the locals.

[Eric Mc]

Confusing "Englishness" with "Britishness" - I find that terribly typical of the British (or is it the English?).

[aka_kerrly]

An inability to complain directly to the source of a problem.

Easily backed up by the number of threads on here where people want to complain about all sorts of things ranging from their neighbour/neighbour's pet & or kids, their boss, the landlord, the guy in the car dealership, the waiter, the valet etc etc etc.

[prand]

A good sturdy pair of welted brogues.

[GetCarter]

Self deprecating humour. Very British.

[chris7676]

• Saying 'sorry' without meaning it
• Trains - 'signaling failure' (lies)
• Trying to show the dislike for 'Americans' while being so similar to them

It's not all that bad though

[LordGrover]

Perfect recall of wars and soccerball games we've won.
Not quite so hot on those we lost.

[trickywoo]

Dogging.

[otolith]

[Timmy40]

trickywoo said:

Dogging.

If you lump that in with general kinkyness and an obsession with out door shagging when the weathers nice I think that's true.

[alfie2244]

Timmy40 said:

I was just mulling over what are those things that we associate with the UK and Britishness.

The smell of freshly cut grass, quiet country pubs that serve warm ale, Wimbledon ....and of course Marmite.

Marmite in jars not squeezy bottles I assume?

Edited by alfie2244 on Thursday 21st April 16:48

[lostkiwi]

Disdain for foreigners whilst happily accepting German cars, Indian food, Scandinavian furniture, French perfume and Italian styling.