ENGLAND: BEST OF (a belated St George's day tribute)
Buxom milk maids
Apples
Orderly queues
Ability to tut in the face of terror
The long bow
Tabloid sleaze
Winston Churchill
Tendency towards binge drinking
Oak trees
Heat magazine
Black and white cows
Tea
Shakespeare
Village vicars
Losing important football matches by penalty shoot-out
Warm beer
Old English sheep dogs
Fish and chips
Punk
M&S
Roses
King Arthur
Cadburys
Bournville
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles
5 comments:
You left out cricket, talking about the weather, "sickies" and sheer bloody-mindedness.
"sheer bloody-mindedness" not particulalrly exclusive to the English surely, although you're right, is prevalent. The rest you can have!
Toasted crumpets with melted butter!
{Are black girls still referred to in some circles as 'toasted crumpet'? Would probably land you in jail now.}
The beer - it was mentioned only once. I hope it's not a sign of limp-wristed decay, is it?
and Agatha Christie cosy village manor hall murders.
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