The joys of being British

**Biff** · 7th January 2005, 08:46

Originally Posted by Oscar

One of the joys of being British (or more correctly in my case Anglo-Kiwi), is the fact that I have a ticket to the All Blacks - Lions Test in Wellington this year...

You BITCH!!!! Need any friends?

**Oscar** · 7th January 2005, 08:49

Originally Posted by Biff Baff

You BITCH!!!! Need any friends?

A friend?
Phucke, never had one of them before...

**moko** · 7th January 2005, 08:53

Celts dont whinge? Well I`ve lived in both Cornwall and Scotland for a few years each and believe me they`re world champions.You name it,they`ll whine about it and it`s never,ever their fault.
One point,the Bretons are Celts who legged it across the Channel when the Saxons e.t.c. were doing the early lebensraum bit ,a bit more successfully than Adolf managed because they`re still there.SO the Bretons in France are arguably more British than the English and they`re French.......or something.

**Biff** · 7th January 2005, 09:49

Originally Posted by moko

Celts dont whinge? Well I`ve lived in both Cornwall and Scotland for a few years each and believe me they`re world champions.You name it,they`ll whine about it and it`s never,ever their fault.
One point,the Bretons are Celts who legged it across the Channel when the Saxons e.t.c. were doing the early lebensraum bit ,a bit more successfully than Adolf managed because they`re still there.SO the Bretons in France are arguably more British than the English and they`re French.......or something.

Hitler had it all wrong you see. The secret is to sneak into Britain with a Smillie face, impregnate as many of the local damsels as possible and slowly take over the country. A bit like we poms are doing to New Zealand at the moment. But don't tell the locals.

**Oscar** · 7th January 2005, 14:10

Originally Posted by Biff Baff

Hitler had it all wrong you see. The secret is to sneak into Britain with a Smillie face, impregnate as many of the local damsels as possible and slowly take over the country. A bit like we poms are doing to New Zealand at the moment. But don't tell the locals.

What makes me laugh is that some NZers are more English than the English. They wander about the place looking to find things to be morally outraged about and then bleat to the press and politicians about it.

Some of the shit that hits the headlines in Godzone would be laughed out of town in Blighty...

**Daisy Duke** · 7th January 2005, 14:16

Originally Posted by Oscar

What makes me laugh is that some NZers are more English than the English. They wander about the place looking to find things to be morally outraged about and then bleat to the press and politicians about it.

Some of the shit that hits the headlines in Godzone would be laughed out of town in Blighty...

.:eyepoke: Drawing a comparison between a Kiwi and a Pom is paramount to treason. Apparently we Kiwi's never winge, only pom's. Oh and apparently Pom’s smell. According to some.

I agree that some Kiwi's must have Pom envy. I spent four years in the UK in addition to another 12 years living in various other countries around the world and I can honestly say that we Kiwi's moan far more about ridiculous things than any other nation I've visited.

**Oscar** · 7th January 2005, 14:41

Originally Posted by Daisy Duke

.:eyepoke: Drawing a comparison between a Kiwi and a Pom is paramount to reason. Apparently we Kiwi's never winge, only about pom's.

Fixed.

And BTW....if Britian is SO horrible, why is it full of Kiwi's?

**moko** · 7th January 2005, 19:22

Originally Posted by Oscar

What makes me laugh is that some NZers are more English than the English.

I remember seeing years ago that a favourite Australian comment about NZ`ers was indeed,"They`re Pommier than the Poms".Nothing wrong with NZers,great people,only people acting even slightly out of order that I came across in 3 weeks was a group of Scousers.Worth it though as my Kiwi mate couldn`t understand a word they were saying and asked me what country they came from :confused2 Dont know what she`d make of the Geordie accent because I`m sure they cant even understand each other.

**Mongoose** · 7th January 2005, 19:42

Originally Posted by moko

I remember seeing years ago that a favourite Australian comment about NZ`ers was indeed,"They`re Pommier than the Poms".Nothing wrong with NZers,great people,only people acting even slightly out of order that I came across in 3 weeks was a group of Scousers.Worth it though as my Kiwi mate couldn`t understand a word they were saying and asked me what country they came from :confused2 Dont know what she`d make of the Geordie accent because I`m sure they cant even understand each other.

Go north young man, and try the Aberdonians, even the Scots don't understand them

**Indiana_Jones** · 7th January 2005, 19:59

Another cool thing is not being Welsh, God I hate them

-Indy

**Milky** · 7th January 2005, 22:58

Originally Posted by Biff Baff

3 Brits die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue.

I used to do that all the time when doing sound for productions etc.. It was the easiest way of checking whether the batteries for radio mikes were still useful or not. Once you have done about 20-30, you get a little buzz out of it, kinda like caffine

**moko** · 8th January 2005, 04:15

Originally Posted by Milky

I used to do that all the time when doing sound for productions etc.. It was the easiest way of checking whether the batteries for radio mikes were still useful or not. Once you have done about 20-30, you get a little buzz out of it, kinda like caffine

Yeah but you used to un-plug the charger first.

**Gasman** · 8th January 2005, 07:58

Originally Posted by moko

Celts dont whinge? Well I`ve lived in both Cornwall and Scotland for a few years each and believe me they`re world champions.You name it,they`ll whine about it and it`s never,ever their fault.
One point,the Bretons are Celts who legged it across the Channel when the Saxons e.t.c. were doing the early lebensraum bit ,a bit more successfully than Adolf managed because they`re still there.SO the Bretons in France are arguably more British than the English and they`re French.......or something.

The simple fact is that the English don't know who the fuck they are, and have been that way since the time of Hadrian, and that's a LONG time! Are they Angles, Celts, French, Saxons, Vikings,.... West Indian,????

In the meantime they've had plenty of opportunity to mix up the rest of the world, both politically and by marriage (or not) with the general populace of any country they fancy. I guess if you don't know who you are, or where you're from, anyone and anywhere will do!

**moko** · 8th January 2005, 08:29

Originally Posted by Gasman

Are they Angles, Celts, French, Saxons, Vikings,.... West Indian,????

Yes,all of those things and more.To the more intelligent of us it isnt an issue any more than it is to my Maori mates with Yugoslavian,Celtic,Anglo-Saxon e.t.c.in their family trees or the Pakehas whose New Zealand roots go back all of 200 years at most,mainly a lot less,with a few pesky migrants having diluted the blood along the way.