# British stereotypes- clichés needed! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 25, 2017, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410 "2017-05-25T11:21:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410/21 "2017-05-25T19:59:19Z")
How about a palace guard event. People dress up like a palace guard and then the watchers try and get them to smile or react. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410/22 "2017-05-25T20:06:39Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > For the ladies, the big showy hats worn to Wimbledon and other popular public events. And the men are all cross-dressers. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410/23 "2017-05-25T20:26:58Z")
We are toying with the idea of trying to get the site security dressed up in palace guard outfits. I hope they’re up for it 😉 We already regularly play a game which is very like the stiff-upper-lip/palace guard try to make someone smile, or otherwise react. It tends to go… quite far. I do like the monocle as prize idea though. We could probably do a silly hat making workshop, with a dedicated Ascot style “royal enclosure” with strictly enforced ludicrous dress code for a show or something. Ooh. I like that idea. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410/24 "2017-05-25T21:04:18Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > We are toying with the idea of trying to get the site security dressed up in palace guard outfits. I hope they’re up for it 😉 > > We already regularly play a game which is very like the stiff-upper-lip/palace guard try to make someone smile, or otherwise react. It tends to go… quite far. I do like the monocle as prize idea though. > > We could probably do a silly hat making workshop, with a dedicated Ascot style “royal enclosure” with strictly enforced ludicrous dress code for a show or something. Ooh. I like that idea. For your monocles, my I suggest Weinersmith’s Monocles’ [Gentleman’s Single Use Monocle](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/weiner/the-gentlemans-single-use-monocle)? Explanitory [video here](https://youtu.be/u4PE2IL5mgY) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410/25 "2017-05-25T21:06:09Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > We could probably do a silly hat making workshop, with a dedicated Ascot style “royal enclosure” with strictly enforced ludicrous dress code for a show or something. Ooh. I like that idea. You could probably find a way to combine this with hobby horses 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mikeisskeptical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@Mikeisskeptical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikeisskeptical)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410/26 "2017-05-25T21:11:33Z")
Almost all of the best popular music ever recorded. Being incredible lovers. Well alright, the first one. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410/27 "2017-05-25T22:34:18Z")
A common stereotype in the USA is that the British have bad teeth. How about doing something involving Cockney rhyming slang? Maybe making up new additions to the lexicon of “apples and pairs”, “Bristol cities”, etc. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410/28 "2017-05-25T23:05:51Z")
Half the attendees say, “By Jove,” constantly, and the other half say, “I say,” while the other half say, “My word.” Three halves? My word! ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410/29 "2017-05-25T23:33:40Z")
You could stage a traumatic incident, and afterwards everyone could have a nice cup of tea and a sit down. ---
**Author:** ![Mikeisskeptical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@Mikeisskeptical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikeisskeptical)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410/30 "2017-05-25T23:33:59Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Half the attendees say, “By Jove,” constantly, and the other half say, “I say,” while the other half say, “My word.” > > Three halves? My word! Crikey! ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410/31 "2017-05-26T00:09:05Z")
On a crowded tram platform full of Englishmen in bowlers with umbrellas, one Englishman accidentally treads on another one’s toe. The one who got his toe trodden on says: “Sorry!” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410/32 "2017-05-26T00:49:37Z")
> [@Mikeisskeptical](#): > > Crikey! Quite. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410/33 "2017-05-26T01:33:09Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > How about a buffet of foods with the sort of odd names that the British never seem to run out of? > > You know, like toad in the hole, spotted dick, bubble and squeak, bangers and mash, Bedfordshire clanger, dripping cake, and so forth. Have a game show type set up: English Food or not. Guests have to guess if Rumpy Treacle bits is a real food or not. Maybe a tea contest like we have chili cook offs here in Texas. Who can have the most perfect tea? This would be by people hosting event and guests vote. Points to be awarded to best teacup, best style, etc. There could be a drawing for those that participated in voting. Prize? Tea!! A photobooth set up. A backdrop of maybe a rainy countryside? Or the Union Jack. A table filled with all things mentioned in above posts: a tiara, a bowler, monocle, punk rock wig, etc. If money is tight, guests can take selfies there. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410/34 "2017-05-26T02:15:06Z")
Calling people “luv.” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410/35 "2017-05-26T02:52:03Z")
See how long it takes to translate this saying: **Robert’s your father’s brother.** (Thanks, **silenus**!) ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410/36 "2017-05-26T03:00:36Z")
Or you could just play a game of Clue and have a cuppa. (j/k, sounds like a fun event) ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410/37 "2017-05-26T04:43:36Z")
How about a dog sled team where all the dogs are corgis ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410/38 "2017-05-26T14:18:09Z")
How about looking at one of the big agricultural shows, such as the great Yorkshire Show - there are many others. Just about as English as you can get. Also you might try out a Bank Holiday at a seaside resort - pretty much Brit stereotype central ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410/39 "2017-05-26T14:43:28Z")
See if you can get a hen party from Newcastle down for the weekend… ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410/40 "2017-05-26T15:22:42Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Red telephone booth, **missing penalty kicks** , fish and chips, James Herriot, fox hunting… [my bolding] And lousy goalkeepers… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stereotypes-cliches-needed/787410.md?page=3)