Typically British.
Gene51
Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)
John N wrote:
Just got the programme through for my local club next season. Our 2nd competition is TYPICALLY BRITISH.
I've got a few ideas but I'm thinking that what I'm thinking is what a lot of others are thinking too.
So I'm asking Hedgehoggers (non U.K.) what do you think is typically British?
I'm thinking of RAIN, Sports Car (AH Frogeye Sprite or TR6), Red Telephone Kiosk (though none have phones in these days), Old London Bus, Full English Breakfast, Afternoon Tea etc.
Looking forward to hearing what 'forgieners' have to say!
It's my first year in the Intermediate classification and I want to make a statement.
Thanks.
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Black Country Living Museum, Dudley -
Broadway Tower, Worcestershire
Bourton on Water, village where many of the buildings are built with Cotswold limestone
Castle Combe, Wiltshire Cotswolds - quintessential small village
Stonehenge
Pictures of rail stations and rolling stock
MGTC with rain on the windscreen.
Brough Superior with Lawrence of
Arabia on the saddle.
Supermarine Spitfire low pass.
Fish and chips wrapped in wax paper and news paper.
John N wrote:
Just got the programme through for my local club next season. Our 2nd competition is TYPICALLY BRITISH.
I've got a few ideas but I'm thinking that what I'm thinking is what a lot of others are thinking too.
So I'm asking Hedgehoggers (non U.K.) what do you think is typically British?
I'm thinking of RAIN, Sports Car (AH Frogeye Sprite or TR6), Red Telephone Kiosk (though none have phones in these days), Old London Bus, Full English Breakfast, Afternoon Tea etc.
Looking forward to hearing what 'forgieners' have to say!
It's my first year in the Intermediate classification and I want to make a statement.
Thanks.
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My first thought is the "stiff upper lip" which seems to be a characteristic displayed in movies and such in the states. After several trips to the UK, however, I realized that that may only be a trait with royalty. Everyone I met or just "ran into" was very friendly and helpful. Unlike what you will see in our big cities over here except for the midwest and south. I remember the, perhaps, over analyzing of problems "the devil is in the details" was a frequent comment. Here we have a habit of reading the directions only after we have a problem and need to see what we did wrong. I remember the long meals. They took up an entire evening. I remember the small front yards and the miles of stone fences. Multiple small friendly family pubs where folks passed their time rather than sitting home watching TV. That and open air tables where one could sit and have a beer or a meal. I missed having sandwiches as a choice for lunch.
When I was a child I always wondered why the British were typically shown carrying an umbrella. I found out why. I was impressed with the age of many of the buildings and castles. You have a great country there "across the pond".
We have spent a great deal of time over the years in GB and although these suggestions may smack of "tourist" [bah!], I think that some of these make me feel like it's typically British.
Paddling on the river Cam.
Find an outdoor Tea Party.
The interior [with people] of a Wren Church.
A London [or other] Pub...some are spectacular.
Strolling in Hyde Park.
I could go on, but this is it for now.
Best wishes for success,
Larry
John N wrote:
Just got the programme through for my local club next season. Our 2nd competition is TYPICALLY BRITISH.
I've got a few ideas but I'm thinking that what I'm thinking is what a lot of others are thinking too.
So I'm asking Hedgehoggers (non U.K.) what do you think is typically British?
I'm thinking of RAIN, Sports Car (AH Frogeye Sprite or TR6), Red Telephone Kiosk (though none have phones in these days), Old London Bus, Full English Breakfast, Afternoon Tea etc.
Looking forward to hearing what 'forgieners' have to say!
It's my first year in the Intermediate classification and I want to make a statement.
Thanks.
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Derbys, MGs, Umbrellas and Tweeds
Big Ben and a London taxi.
aschweik wrote:
How about fox hunting? Is that still legal in the UK?
Nope. But they do still have simulated fox hunts by dragging around the scent of a fox and letting the hounds go and track the scent. I know because my sister lives there part time and her husband was a big time hunter.
John N wrote:
Just got the programme through for my local club next season. Our 2nd competition is TYPICALLY BRITISH.
I've got a few ideas but I'm thinking that what I'm thinking is what a lot of others are thinking too.
So I'm asking Hedgehoggers (non U.K.) what do you think is typically British?
I'm thinking of RAIN, Sports Car (AH Frogeye Sprite or TR6), Red Telephone Kiosk (though none have phones in these days), Old London Bus, Full English Breakfast, Afternoon Tea etc.
Looking forward to hearing what 'forgieners' have to say!
It's my first year in the Intermediate classification and I want to make a statement.
Thanks.
Just got the programme through for my local club n... (
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Any village that could be a set for Midsomer Murders.
Seems like most of the high points have been mentioned but to me it is Traffic Circles, Canals and Trains.
A links-type golf course with the wind howling and the rain pelting down sideways... just a bonnie day playing at the goff!
Floyd
Loc: Misplaced Texan in Florence, Alabama
How about those who are wearing the gray wigs. They are almost ubiquitous in your films. So far I've not seen this in all previous lists.
You need a card table set up on the side of a country road or a busy highway with china tea pot and china cups and a happy couple enjoying themselves!
R.G. wrote:
If you ever hear a muslim claim that Islam doesn't have a political agenda, don't believe it. Their agenda (as described in the q'ran) is to take control, and not just where religion is concerned - their agenda is to take control politically and socially as well. In the q'ran they're told to spread Islam and to keep going until the whole world is under the control of Islam. Muslims claiming that Islam doesn't have a political agenda is yet another example of how two-faced Islam is, just like when they claim that Islam is a religion of peace, or like when they claim that Islam isn't anti-Christian or anti-Semitic.
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I could say the same thing about Christians.
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