Happy Thanksgiving!

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 7:58 pm

My experience with British people:

the young ones drink a ****load, though not as much as their neighbors to the north and west,

the old ones don't drink much, and are really boring.

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 8:06 pm

supposedly Bournemouth is now the drinking capital of the UK!

go my town, south coast UK...

Post by **Denyer** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 9:15 am

Best First wrote:well in fairness thats exactly how a bunch of New Yorkers i was speaking to described it last week.

Mmm. Seems a pretty common sentiment.

http://devilspanties.keenspot.com/d/20051125.html

KingMob · Post by **KingMob** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 11:17 am

jboyler wrote:My and my wife are thankful for Thanksgiving. We started dating on Turkey Day '04.

Just thought I'd throw that out there.

-J

Well, that's a good reason for being thankful. Congrats to you and your missus, and hope you had a good day.

their neighbors to the north and west

What's north of Britain? Iceland? Are they supposed to be big drinkers?
Could explain Bjork...

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 3:52 pm

Acctually, if you go to the northwest, as in towards mainland europe, you kinda end up in Norway... and well... Sweden.

I'd like to thank the Irish for the red-headed women. Our ancestors thougth they were mucho awesome.

Bouncelot · Post by **Bouncelot** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 4:38 pm

Predabot wrote:Acctually, if you go to the northwest, as in towards mainland europe, you kinda end up in Norway... and well... Sweden.

That's Northeast. North takes you to the Shetland and Orkney Islands, West takes you to Ireland and then Canada. Northwest takes you into the Atlantic or Arctic Oceans.

Optimus Prime Rib · Post by **Optimus Prime Rib** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 4:49 pm

KingMob wrote:
their neighbors to the north and west
What's north of Britain? Iceland? Are they supposed to be big drinkers?
Could explain Bjork...

Nothing can explain Bjork.

KingMob · Post by **KingMob** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 2:44 am

Bouncelot wrote:North takes you to the Shetland and Orkney Islands

Just out of curiosity, do these places not 'feel' like part of Britain to people? Is there much, oh dunno, 'awareness' of them in other parts of the country?
...people from Shetland have fascinating accents.
Although I am thankful that I do not live there. See, back on topic like a ninja.

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 4:14 am

Bouncelot wrote:That's Northeast. North takes you to the Shetland and Orkney Islands, West takes you to Ireland and then Canada. Northwest takes you into the Atlantic or Arctic Oceans.

Gaaah!! You're right of course.

West = The american continental landmass. East = China and russia, and uh, in this case, us.

How the h*ll could I mix up west and east... left and right...

Bouncelot · Post by **Bouncelot** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 8:35 am

KingMob wrote:
Bouncelot wrote:North takes you to the Shetland and Orkney Islands
Just out of curiosity, do these places not 'feel' like part of Britain to people? Is there much, oh dunno, 'awareness' of them in other parts of the country?
...people from Shetland have fascinating accents.
Although I am thankful that I do not live there. See, back on topic like a ninja.

Well, given that Britain actually refers to the island, then no they aren't - neither is Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, or the Isle of Wight.

KingMob · Post by **KingMob** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 10:17 am

Bouncelot wrote:
KingMob wrote:
Bouncelot wrote:North takes you to the Shetland and Orkney Islands
Just out of curiosity, do these places not 'feel' like part of Britain to people? Is there much, oh dunno, 'awareness' of them in other parts of the country?
...people from Shetland have fascinating accents.
Although I am thankful that I do not live there. See, back on topic like a ninja.
Well, given that Britain actually refers to the island, then no they aren't - neither is Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, or the Isle of Wight.

The things you learn.

OK, substitute 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland' for "Britain" in my above post?
Perhaps my language failed in other areas...rephrasing of what I was asking would be along the lines of what parts of the UK feel British to people first when thinking of the concept, if our concept of nationality can even be pinned down to qualities associated with the landmass.
It's a interesting thing to have so many subdivisions in one's country, without even going into dependents.
It would be neat to visit all of those.

Bouncelot · Post by **Bouncelot** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 4:19 pm

KingMob wrote:
Bouncelot wrote:
KingMob wrote: Just out of curiosity, do these places not 'feel' like part of Britain to people? Is there much, oh dunno, 'awareness' of them in other parts of the country?
...people from Shetland have fascinating accents.
Although I am thankful that I do not live there. See, back on topic like a ninja.
Well, given that Britain actually refers to the island, then no they aren't - neither is Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, or the Isle of Wight.
The things you learn.
OK, substitute 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland' for "Britain" in my above post?
Perhaps my language failed in other areas...rephrasing of what I was asking would be along the lines of what parts of the UK feel British to people first when thinking of the concept, if our concept of nationality can even be pinned down to qualities associated with the landmass.
It's a interesting thing to have so many subdivisions in one's country, without even going into dependents.
It would be neat to visit all of those.

I think parts like the Shetlands and Orkneys don't particularly come to mind when thinking of the concept of Britishness jsut because they're small and relatively insignificant. I guess I tend to think of England, Scotland, and Wales first of all, and maybe Northern Ireland - though much less so. Does that help?

Post by **Computron** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 6:33 am

Happy Thanksgiving!

Belated at any rate.

It's the thought that counts.

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:28 am

and you are?

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:55 am

I tend to think of "Britishness" as completely artificial. I always put my nationality as "English", and when I think about my home country I think of England rather than England, Scotland and Wales.

Then again, genetically I'm more Welsh than English, or at least a mix of celt and anglo-saxon, maybe a bit of viking too. Doesn't really change much but there you go.

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 6:32 am

An Irishman in Dublin claimed to me that the hospital there treats more alcohol-related disorders than anywhere else in the world.

And no matter how you swing it, Ireland ain't the UK or the England. I guess it's a British Isle, but knowing the Irish I've known, they'd claim you were all Irish Isles.

Bouncelot · Post by **Bouncelot** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:25 am

sprunkner wrote:An Irishman in Dublin claimed to me that the hospital there treats more alcohol-related disorders than anywhere else in the world.

Well, according to a press clip mentioned on Have I Got News for You this week, Brits are the third heaviest drinkers in Europe behind the Finns and the Irish. So not that surprising.

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 10:46 am

Finland is ******* crazy when it comes to drinking.
They are awesome.