# I am English bring it on ! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 6, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822 "2013-07-06T23:21:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Molotok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/21 "2013-07-07T00:26:48Z")
Is the OP friends with KP, by any chance? ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/22 "2013-07-07T00:30:07Z")
Where’s the OP go? Hope he didn’t get his bones ground to make bread. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/23 "2013-07-07T00:34:46Z")
You’re lacking that classic English trait, understatement! It’s un-English to be proud of being English. Even Sir Isaac said “If I have seen further, it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants.” ---
**Author:** ![stoplight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@stoplight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stoplight)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/24 "2013-07-07T00:38:30Z")
what time do the Pubs close in jolly ole English…errrr Great Britian…errrrr England ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/25 "2013-07-07T00:47:08Z")
> [@stoplight](#): > > what time do the Pubs close in jolly ole English…errrr Great Britian…errrrr England About midnight. Post at 12.21am or so. I’m convinced. ---
**Author:** ![Belowjob2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/26 "2013-07-07T01:04:31Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > I am English, I know that a hell of a lot of the world hates our Guts. > > I am very proud of being English. > > We are guilty of beating all of the known world at everything we did. > > Not only did we beat you to shit militarily and always and every time against overwhelming odds, we also discovered most of the laws of science, Physics, chemistry etc. > So come on you sad Gits . > > Explain to me why you’re here, not because of us , but inspite of us ! What’s your plan for getting back on top? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/27 "2013-07-07T01:09:28Z")
> [@Belowjob2.0](#): > > What’s your plan for getting back on top? Step 1: Boast on internet. Step 2: ??? Step 3: Profit! (and most of the map coloured pink again!) ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/28 "2013-07-07T01:12:06Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > I am English, I know that a hell of a lot of the world hates our Guts. > > I am very proud of being English. does anyone else think it’s weird to be “proud” of the patch of dirt you were on when you slid out? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/29 "2013-07-07T01:14:42Z")
> [@Molotok](#): > > q) Why won’t the sun ever set on the British Empire? > a) Not even God will trust an Englishman in the dark. I thought it was because the Empire was in the East and the sun sets in the West. But serious question for the OP: Why are you guys so much into spanking? ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/30 "2013-07-07T01:22:23Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > does anyone else think it’s weird to be “proud” of the patch of dirt you were on when you slid out? Yeah, but it’s not uniquely English. I mean, I’m incredibly proud of my birthplace of Paisley, Scotland. I mean, have you seen it? It’s…quite a sight. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/31 "2013-07-07T01:25:02Z")
> [@PaulParkhead](#): > > Yeah, but it’s not uniquely English. I mean, I’m incredibly proud of my birthplace of Paisley, Scotland. I mean, have you seen it? It’s…quite a sight. **“It’s SHITE being Scottish! We’re the lowest of the low. The scum of the fucking Earth! The most wretched, miserable, servile, pathetic trash that was ever shat into civilization. Some hate the English. I don’t. They’re just wankers. We, on the other hand, are COLONIZED by wankers. Can’t even find a decent culture to be colonized BY. We’re ruled by effete assholes. It’s a SHITE state of affairs to be in, Tommy, and ALL the fresh air in the world won’t make any fucking difference!”** – _Trainspotting_ (1996) ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/32 "2013-07-07T01:36:53Z")
Wait… Everyone hates England? I thought that was OUR thing! ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/33 "2013-07-07T02:18:35Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > **“It’s SHITE being Scottish! We’re the lowest of the low. The scum of the fucking Earth! The most wretched, miserable, servile, pathetic trash that was ever shat into civilization. Some hate the English. I don’t. They’re just wankers. We, on the other hand, are COLONIZED by wankers. Can’t even find a decent culture to be colonized BY. We’re ruled by effete assholes. It’s a SHITE state of affairs to be in, Tommy, and ALL the fresh air in the world won’t make any fucking difference!”** – _Trainspotting_ (1996) Well, yes. But we do get to blame the English for everything that goes wrong here. So there’s that. ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/34 "2013-07-07T02:46:28Z")
Most of my ancestors were English; fortunately they got over it. ---
**Author:** ![colander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@colander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colander)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/35 "2013-07-07T02:59:36Z")
Sorry, but in the mind of the typical American, English is tied with Canadian for “least threatening foreign nationality.” Probably 95% of Americans’ England-related conversations for the past decade or so have centered around Harry Potter. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/36 "2013-07-07T03:24:29Z")
> [@colander](#): > > Sorry, but in the mind of the typical American, English is tied with Canadian for “least threatening foreign nationality.” Probably 95% of Americans’ England-related conversations for the past decade or so have centered around Harry Potter. HP and Monty Python. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/37 "2013-07-07T03:34:58Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > does anyone else think it’s weird to be “proud” of the patch of dirt you were on when you slid out? I do if that patch of dirt isn’t the United States of Awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/38 "2013-07-07T03:46:09Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > We can do that? Why didn’t any of MY drunk posts go away? He said he could ask. He didn’t say we would listen. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/39 "2013-07-07T03:55:43Z")
I’m an English boy Precisely made You can pin me down I am not afraid I show no fear I will serve with joy I’m proud to be here An English boy _–P. Townshend_ ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/40 "2013-07-07T04:33:45Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > Not only did we beat you to shit militarily . . . Oh, like the time you beat the American colonies, then came back and got beaten again? And then we had to save you from the Germans . . . twice? And the time you needed our help with the Falklands? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822.md?page=3)