# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/81 "2013-07-08T15:33:29Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > What?! > > You can insult our people, monarchy, military or weather with impunity- but never, _never_ insult our cheese. You’ve been [coasting](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPN3KTtrnZM) on that reputation for too long now. Other Britcom favorites [Chef episode 4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw-elIKG_wA) and [The Cheesesnatcher](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJDhmlMQT60) ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/82 "2013-07-08T19:13:25Z")
> [@RobDog](#): > > Hmmm, yes. On a more positive note, well done to Nigel Murray; the first Englishman since Englishman Virgil Wade in 1977 to lift the English All English Tennis title at Wimbledon (England) yesterday. A proud moment for all Englishmen everywhere, and a great endorsement for the English-invented game I’m sure we can all agree. _coughs_ Oh yes, I see nothing to disagree with here. Carry on. By the way, whatever did happen to Tim Henman, that future Wimbledonian winner…? ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/83 "2013-07-08T19:22:11Z")
> [@Cinnamon\_Imp](#): > > _coughs_ > > Oh yes, I see nothing to disagree with here. Carry on. By the way, whatever did happen to Tim Henman, that future Wimbledonian winner…? Do you mean Tim McHenman, the Scottish commentator and winner of the Thurso under-12s invitation classic? ---
**Author:** ![eltro102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@eltro102](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eltro102)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/84 "2013-07-08T22:53:31Z")
> [@Molotok](#): > > q) Why won’t the sun ever set on the British Empire? > a) Not even God will trust an Englishman in the dark. also, the pitcarin islands ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/85 "2013-07-08T23:13:13Z")
And the plucky Scotsman Andy Murray wasn’t even facing a blancmange. ---
**Author:** ![Jungian\_Camisole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@Jungian\_Camisole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jungian_Camisole)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/86 "2013-07-08T23:46:36Z")
Aww. C’mere, **Lust4Life**. Share with me your cures for the evil hangover. You have _experience_. (This thread is hilarious! :D) ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/87 "2013-07-08T23:51:46Z")
Having been on vacation in England during football season, I knew there were plenty of douchebags on that side of the Atlantic. So this thread has offered no edification. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/88 "2013-07-09T00:05:41Z")
If I may be so rude as to state an obvious commonality: Post#1 was at 7:21PM (GMT -5) Post #2 was at 8:19PM (GMT -5) Assuming the OP [del]hasn’t started a fight in Altcourse and been chucked in solitary[/del] gets off duty at the same time each night, we should expect an update shortly. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/89 "2013-07-09T00:52:05Z")
I like the Brits…any country that has foods called “Toad In The Hole” and “Spotted Dick” can’t be all bad. English ale is good, too (I like Theakston’s).😃 ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/90 "2013-07-09T02:57:06Z")
All I can say is a person born in Britain to British parents has won the first of life’s many lotteries. Good luck beginning day 2 though. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/91 "2013-07-09T03:22:25Z")
Britain has such a great national anthem, it’s too bad you don’t hear it much at the Olympics. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/92 "2013-07-09T07:07:20Z")
Ah, lust4life, you have never gotten over Yorktown, have you? ---
**Author:** ![Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shinna_Minna_Ma)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/93 "2013-07-09T07:56:00Z")
Don’t be so hard on the OP. At least the English came up with Monty Python. ---
**Author:** ![JerrySTL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@JerrySTL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerrySTL)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/94 "2013-07-09T13:14:53Z")
I had the pleasure of living in England from 1988 to 1992. I also had two week-long holidays in Scotland and visited Wales. I had a great time and made a few friends. If I had to leave the USA, the UK would be in my top 5 places to live (NZ, Australia, Canada, and Caribbean would be the other choices in no particular order). ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/95 "2013-07-09T14:27:25Z")
I would probably have made a serious attempt to do my grad schooling in the UK instead of the US if it weren’t for the fact that I had a teenage stepson who needed to go back to visit his dad periodically. I’m a bit of an Anglophile. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/96 "2013-07-09T15:16:45Z")
> [@RedFury](#): > > [**Blas de Lezo**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blas_de_Lezo) > > Be advised: you didn’t want to fuck with him. > [@from Wiki linked above](#): > > The engagement is considered to be among the greatest defeats of the Royal Navy. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias was a great Spanish victory. > > After the defeat, Admiral Vernon sent a letter to Blas de Lezo, which read “We have decided to retreat, but we will return to Cartagena after we take reinforcements in Jamaica”, to which **Blas de Lezo responded ironically, “In order to come to Cartagena, the English King must build a better and larger fleet, because yours now is only suitable to transport coal from Ireland to London”.** ZING!! ETA/PS: That’s the real Tyrion, right there - his nickname was “Half Man” and everything! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/97 "2013-07-09T18:04:35Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I know some Zulus who might disagree. True, but after the Brits were done, they sold their assegais to tourists. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/98 "2013-07-09T18:06:24Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > We had a little celebration in the US a few days ago about beating you guys. Well, to be fair what we ‘won’ was an 8 year home field advantage ordeal against England’s (G. Britain’s?) 3rd string inductees with some Hessian backups and a withering transatlantic crossing behind them. Although eventually we declared a Middle East-style victory (They left! We win!) it was by no means a promising one. If they’d have cared, we’d all still be speaking Engli…well, we’d have funny accents. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/99 "2013-07-09T18:28:01Z")
> [@The Great Sun Jester](#): > > Well, to be fair what we ‘won’ was an 8 year home field advantage ordeal against England’s (G. Britain’s?) 3rd string inductees with some Hessian backups and a withering transatlantic crossing behind them. Although eventually we declared a Middle East-style victory (They left! We win!) it was by no means a promising one. If they’d have cared, we’d all still be speaking Engli…well, we’d have funny accents. They were also somewhat occupied fight the rest of Europe, as I recall. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822/100 "2013-07-10T00:04:10Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Britain has such a great national anthem, it’s too bad you don’t hear it much at the Olympics. Except in the last two, perhaps? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822.md?page=6)