# I glory in the name of Briton **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 29, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-glory-in-the-name-of-briton/409924 "2007-06-29T14:45:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-glory-in-the-name-of-briton/409924/101 "2007-07-04T14:58:23Z")
Waitaminnit! Someone actually _likes_ the General American accent? I’m so _there_! Er. Sorry. You are a girl Doper, right? ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-glory-in-the-name-of-briton/409924/102 "2007-07-04T15:06:26Z")
I’m a bloke doper if you mean me. But nil desperandum my friend, the English girls go crazy for an American accent. So if you want unlimited nights of wild bachannalian orgies, frenzied and completely no strings attached sex just get yourself over here ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-glory-in-the-name-of-briton/409924/103 "2007-07-04T15:09:16Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] But nil desperandum my friend, the English girls go crazy for an American accent. So if you want unlimited nights of wild bachannalian orgies, frenzied and completely no strings attached sex just get yourself over here [/QUOTE] 😃 And I go crazy for a British accent. (English, Scottish, Irish, Manx\*… I’m not picky…) [sub]\*I used to work with a lady from the Isle of Man. I was very disappointed when she went back to the island to get married.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-glory-in-the-name-of-briton/409924/104 "2007-07-04T15:10:57Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] 😃 And I go crasy for a British accent. [/QUOTE] _preen_ I’m not so sure about the ‘chest swelling with pride’ bit, any more swelling and mine will be making a bid for freedom. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-glory-in-the-name-of-briton/409924/105 "2007-07-04T15:11:58Z")
[QUOTE=ScareyFaerie] _preen_ I’m not so sure about the ‘chest swelling with pride’ bit, any more swelling and mine will be making a bid for freedom. [/QUOTE] So, how you doin’, eh? :: maple leaf smiley :: ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-glory-in-the-name-of-briton/409924/106 "2007-07-04T15:14:44Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] So if you want unlimited nights of wild bachannalian orgies, frenzied and completely no strings attached sex just get yourself over here [/QUOTE] While the above may briefly do wonders for our tourist trade; in the interests of fighting ignorance, I must point out that the British: - like to discuss the weather - like to sit down with a nice cup of tea and a biscuit 😃 - like to grow a lawn - like to walk their dogs 🆒 - like to queue politely 🙂 - like to have a chat - are more likely to misspell ‘bacchanalian orgy’ than experience one :eek: ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-glory-in-the-name-of-briton/409924/107 "2007-07-04T15:16:23Z")
**Glee** , you missed out the bits about the garden gnomes we like to collect and the discussion about cricket. Not to mention the trainspotting. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-glory-in-the-name-of-briton/409924/108 "2007-07-04T15:22:35Z")
So I misspelt Backanalian, jeez nobodies perfick. I’ve never had one either…bugger! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-glory-in-the-name-of-briton/409924/109 "2007-07-04T15:23:12Z")
[QUOTE=glee] While the above may briefly do wonders for our tourist trade; in the interests of fighting ignorance, I must point out that the British: - like to discuss the weather - like to sit down with a nice cup of tea and a biscuit 😃 - like to grow a lawn - like to walk their dogs 🆒 - like to queue politely 🙂 - like to have a chat - are more likely to misspell ‘bacchanalian orgy’ than experience one :eek: [/QUOTE] Check, check, check, check, check, check, brain explodes. You have just described my grandmother’s house. So I’m used to it. Except I really don’t want to think about that last one in that context. Also, I’m a cat person. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-glory-in-the-name-of-briton/409924/110 "2007-07-04T15:34:58Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Also, I’m a cat person. [/QUOTE] How’re _you_ doing? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-glory-in-the-name-of-briton/409924/111 "2007-07-04T16:09:18Z")
[QUOTE=ScareyFaerie] How’re _you_ doing? 😃 [/QUOTE] Very well, thank you. And you? How’s the weather on your side of the pond? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-glory-in-the-name-of-briton/409924/112 "2007-07-04T16:14:52Z")
If you go and see fireworks tonight, now you have to follow every “Ahhhh!” with a “Boooo!” ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-glory-in-the-name-of-briton/409924/113 "2007-07-04T17:28:20Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] How’s the weather on your side of the pond? [/QUOTE] Positively frightful, old chap! You can tell it’s summer and also Wimbledon fortnight, it hasn’t stopped raining for weeks. My gnomes have shrunk, the cricket’s been rained off, the village green is waterlogged and my cats are sulking. Business as usual, don’t you think? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-glory-in-the-name-of-briton/409924/114 "2007-07-04T17:35:11Z")
[QUOTE=ScareyFaerie] **Glee** , you missed out the bits about the garden gnomes we like to collect and the discussion about cricket. Not to mention the trainspotting. [/QUOTE] Well I’m a rebel, because I don’t have any garden gnomes. :eek: Mind you, both my neighbours do… :smack: Also trainspotting is very nerdish. Why hang around outside being rained on, when you could be inside with a nice cup of tea playing computer games? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-glory-in-the-name-of-briton/409924/115 "2007-07-04T17:38:08Z")
> [@glee](#): > > the British: > > - like to discuss the weather > - like to sit down with a nice cup of tea and a biscuit > - like to grow a lawn > - like to walk their dogs > - like to queue politely > - like to have a chat [QUOTE=Sunspace] Check, check, check, check, check, check, brain explodes. You have just described my grandmother’s house. So I’m used to it. Except I really don’t want to think about that last one in that context. Also, I’m a cat person. [/QUOTE] Yes, I wasn’t actually kidding. A lot of people here, especially if they are retired or live in the country would fit this description perfectly. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-glory-in-the-name-of-briton/409924/116 "2007-07-04T17:50:59Z")
[QUOTE=ScareyFaerie] Positively frightful, old chap! You can tell it’s summer and also Wimbledon fortnight, it hasn’t stopped raining for weeks. My gnomes have shrunk, the cricket’s been rained off, the village green is waterlogged and my cats are sulking. Business as usual, don’t you think? [/QUOTE] Well, all I remember is that when I visited London for a week, I forgot to bring an umbrella and regretted it. 🙂 Meanwhile, it’s actually raining here for a change. The tawny-dry and crispy grass is actually getting a drink. ---
**Author:** ![Szlater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Szlater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Szlater)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-glory-in-the-name-of-briton/409924/117 "2007-07-04T18:03:29Z")
[QUOTE=glee] Well I’m a rebel, because I don’t have any garden gnomes. :eek: Mind you, both my neighbours do… :smack: [/QUOTE] [Free the Gnomes!](http://www.freethegnomes.com/) Stop Gnomish slavery GNOW! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-glory-in-the-name-of-briton/409924/118 "2007-07-04T18:16:35Z")
[QUOTE=Szlater] [Free the Gnomes!](http://www.freethegnomes.com/) Stop Gnomish slavery GNOW! [/QUOTE] Careful! If you get rid of the garden gnomes, that will leave an ecological niche open, and there’ll be an infestation of [smurfs](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=321539): > [@pravnik](#): > > Smurfs have a misleadingly cute reputation from the cartoon series, but make no mistake; the "blue devil’ is responsible for millions of dollars in crop and livestock loss every year. By engaging in a “roil,” hundreds of smurfs can swarm together up to three and a half feet high to take down sheep, goats, or larger herd animals. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-glory-in-the-name-of-briton/409924/119 "2007-07-04T18:25:48Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Of course I do realise that there are some idle bastards out there who have never worked a day in their lives and have no intention of ever doing so. These shiftless tossers I have no time for whatsoever and that, believe it or not, includes my own grandaughter. [/QUOTE] Oh, dear. I say that because well, that IS the definition of mooch over here–she’s sounds like a moocher. It’s also someone who begs favors or things or money but doesn’t reciprocate (but has a job etc). It’s the friend in the sitcoms who begs a fiver off the main character and/or sticks them with the check. Ok, so that’s not really me. But on vaca, it COULD be! I like older men. 'Specially older men with money. 🆒 Hands off, **ScareyFaerie** –he doesn’t want your Home Counties accent, Miss I Love Cats and Rain and Rugby Backsides! He likes Midwestern twang, and American boldness. Sorry, no pics of my chest. Think of the guilt I’d feel if you keeled over from the mere sight of it. **Mal** -I didn’t know that hockey was English. Learn something new every day. Sorry about all your rain. See, I’m nice, dammit! PS-whoever upthread was in London without an umbrella needs looking after. Also, they are for sale everywhere… Off to watch The Full Monty–I like my Independence Days with a bit of spice. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-glory-in-the-name-of-briton/409924/120 "2007-07-05T05:22:41Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Oh, dear. I say that because well, that IS the definition of mooch over here–she’s sounds like a moocher. It’s also someone who begs favors or things or money but doesn’t reciprocate (but has a job etc). It’s the friend in the sitcoms who begs a fiver off the main character and/or sticks them with the check. Ok, so that’s not really me. But on vaca, it COULD be! I like older men. 'Specially older men with money. 🆒 Hands off, **ScareyFaerie** –he doesn’t want your Home Counties accent, Miss I Love Cats and Rain and Rugby Backsides! He likes Midwestern twang, and American boldness. Sorry, no pics of my chest. Think of the guilt I’d feel if you keeled over from the mere sight of it. **Mal** -I didn’t know that hockey was English. Learn something new every day. Sorry about all your rain. See, I’m nice, dammit! PS-whoever upthread was in London without an umbrella needs looking after. Also, they are for sale everywhere… Off to watch The Full Monty–I like my Independence Days with a bit of spice. [/QUOTE] Another reason why my g/daughter is a moocher is the fact that she refused to speak to her father because he wouldn’t buy her a pair of trainers costing almost £150 one Christmas…one hundred and fifty quid! you must be bloody kidding. Bugger that, I get mine from Matalan, £30 tops, cheaper if I can get 'em. I was joking about the pics BTW, I wouldn’t expect a lady to try to tempt me with lewd and lascivious photos of her svelte and goddess like body\* As far as **ScareyFaerie** is concerned you need not worry, I wouldn’t be able to understand word she said cuz they speak a different language where she lives 😛 , a hybrid mix of Aramaic and Latin with a touch of Mayan thrown in for variety and to further confuse us educated Northerners. The Full Monty? heck girl that is an old one, you got nuffink better? \*hehe [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-glory-in-the-name-of-briton/409924.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-glory-in-the-name-of-briton/409924.md?page=7)