# Quintessentially British objects

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quintessentially-british-objects/491860>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 3, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quintessentially-british-objects/491860 "2009-04-03T14:55:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quintessentially-british-objects/491860/61 "2009-04-06T11:51:08Z")

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[Keep Calm](http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_gallery_4&listing_id=23245943&ga_search_query=keep+calm+and+carry+on&ga_search_type=tag_title&ga_page=&min=&max=&order=)

[Bloody Hell](http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_gallery_2&listing_id=22695477&ga_search_query=keep+calm+and+carry+on&ga_search_type=tag_title&ga_page=&min=&max=&order=)

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**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quintessentially-british-objects/491860/62 "2009-04-06T13:08:22Z")

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A man in drag.

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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quintessentially-british-objects/491860/63 "2009-04-06T14:16:02Z")

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A [Seventy-Four](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/74_gun) in full sail.

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**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quintessentially-british-objects/491860/64 "2009-04-06T15:03:13Z")

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How about Mr. Brain’s Faggots?

I mean, who but the british would invent such a product?

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**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quintessentially-british-objects/491860/65 "2009-04-07T12:18:09Z")

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> [@cactus\_waltz](#):
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> Ha, awesome. Now I feel like watching _Midsomer Murders_.

Or _The Wicker Man_

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**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quintessentially-british-objects/491860/66 "2009-04-07T13:04:21Z")

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The [Raleigh DL1.](http://www.bikecult.com/works/archive/03bicycles/raleighDL1lso.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quintessentially-british-objects/491860/67 "2009-04-07T13:13:29Z")

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> [@Mr.Moto](#):
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> The [Raleigh DL1.](http://www.bikecult.com/works/archive/03bicycles/raleighDL1lso.jpg)

If you want to talk bikes, how about Pashley? :- [http://www.pashley.co.uk/products/princess-sovereign.html](http://www.pashley.co.uk/products/princess-sovereign.html)

They are now the only bikes actually made in Britain.

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