A tribute to the Brits

[Sir Toose]

Just want to pay homage to all the Brits that I have met here and in the world. You are great people from a great country. Here is my Haiku (be gentle, it's my first time)

To Brits I hold dear
close to my heart, my friends, true
I see in new light

I love you guys

[Yoda]

I second that. I have, for most of my life, thought of British people as snobby and stuck up...but I don't care if that's true or not anymore. I find that I don't care about anything like that right now. When I heard that England was going to stand by the US, my attitude changed. I only hope I can hang onto this feeling.

Thank you for your help. It is appreciate more than you can all know.

[spudracer]

Here, here. All Allies of the US are ok in my book. :D

[PigsnieLite]

Haha, I stick up my tiny wee nosey but it dont get very far, LOLL. Thanks guys but I think I am gonna cry becuz Pigsnie just now sez he might be flyin to Tel Aviv! Hes only 50% sure though. Pray they send someone else. :(

PS, NICE HAIku, Toosy moosy.

[ggfletch]

It's funny how most other nations do think of us Brits as snobby and stuck-up. Most People I know in England just get drunk a lot and get in fights, there are no pretensions or delusions of grandeur. I think we are an arrogant nation at times with relation to our fellow U.K countries (Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland); I feel sorry for them, that they often get lumped into the same category: Great Britain.

Our country is perhaps America's closest allie, and we have felt your grief hard. The news coverage has been non-stop. All the European football games were cancelled (that is a big deal, they never do that as the sport generates so much money for teams and sponsors). My Dad and I have been on the road today doing wood deliveries and everyone we came across wanted to talk about recent events.

I read on the other post that Chevy Chase may have perished, can anyone confirm this. I know it seems silly but I grew up watching that guy, so I'm worried.

[Sir Toose]

Originally posted by ggfletch


Our country is perhaps America's closest allie, and we have felt your grief hard.

We will feel yours too... apparently there were at least 100 Brits in the building and CNN says there may have been up to 500 British casualties as a result of this. That is by no means a small number. Your country will suffer as ours has done over this.

This whole thing is turning into a global act versus an act against the US. Apparently there were many Canadians, Japanese etc. that were killed. This is going to be a mighty big can of Raid that's gonna get sprayed on these bugs.

[Aranor]

Originally posted by Toose
Just want to pay homage to all the Brits that I have met here and in the world. You are great people from a great country. Here is my Haiku (be gentle, it's my first time)

To Brits I hold dear
close to my heart, my friends, true
I see in new light

I love you guys




Thanks toose, i have neva met you (shame!), but i feel you are one of my closest friends. Thankyou for that kind gesture!

[Kielle]

Originally posted by TWTCommish
I have, for most of my life, thought of British people as snobby and stuck up

i had no idea we were still thought of like that! Do americans think all british drink tea and have scones every day too?
but i'm glad your attitude has changed, in ways we were hit just as hard by the bombings.Like everyones been saying on the news, its an attack on democracy and the free world, not just the US. thanks for acknowledging the brits!

[Yoda]

Yeah, we all think you drink tea everyday...I was almost positive you did. I dunno about scones, but my brother and I love to poke fun at that. He talks to some British friend of his online and starts going "Jolly bloody scones tea dill bloody Queen" -- complete gibberish. They get a kick out of it. We love playing the part of the stereotypical American. "Ya'll speak American over there in Great Britland?"

[Sir Toose]

Originally posted by TWTCommish
"Ya'll speak American over there in Great Britland?"

Hee Hee

[sunfrog]

Originally posted by TWTCommish
I have, for most of my life, thought of British people as snobby and stuck up...

Hey now,
I'm American and I never thought that. I think the French are stuck up, except the girls, who I think are incredibly sexy. :) (I haven't seen the ones that don't shave their armpits yet) I always thought the Brits were tidy and well mannered like John Cleese or Hugh Grant.

[OG-]

Hate to tell you Brits, but the youth of America doesn't know much about you. Example, I was in anthroplogy today and we were supposed to think up deffining characteristics of other cultures. One group got England. Their main point was that in the afternoon all work in England stops for afternoon tea. They actually think NOTHING goes on in england at 5:00 because it's tea time. I've been to England some 13 times, and my dad is British, so I know how it really is there.

Almost every kid in my highschool thinks you drink tea and eat scones. They think you say "Pip pip" all the time etc etc. Hate to say it, but they use British as an insult! Stoopid kids!

Their not serious though. Not about the insults at least.

[Sir Toose]

Originally posted by OG-
Hate to tell you Brits, but the youth of America doesn't know much about you. Example, I was in anthroplogy today and we were supposed to think up deffining characteristics of other cultures. One group got England. Their main point was that in the afternoon all work in England stops for afternoon tea. They actually think NOTHING goes on in england at 5:00 because it's tea time. I've been to England some 13 times, and my dad is British, so I know how it really is there.

Almost every kid in my highschool thinks you drink tea and eat scones. They think you say "Pip pip" all the time etc etc. Hate to say it, but they use British as an insult! Stoopid kids!

Their not serious though. Not about the insults at least.

That's funny... when I tell people I live in Texas they always ask how big my ranch is or how many cows I have. Answer: 1/8 of an acre, no cattle.

[Yoda]

Yeah. My brother Jeremy has a friend who uses "Jewish" as an insult...but he doesn't mean it in a bad way. He just says "Man, that is so Jewish."

[Sir Toose]

Originally posted by TWTCommish
"Jewish" as an insult...but he doesn't mean it in a bad way.

Ever use an "insult" that wasn't meant in a bad way? :)

[Yoda]

You know what I mean: he didn't meant it in a bad way to Jewish people. But to the thing he was insulting? Well, yeah. :)

[Sir Toose]

Originally posted by TWTCommish
You know what I mean: he didn't meant it in a bad way to Jewish people. But to the thing he was insulting? Well, yeah. :)

Couldn't help busting your ba*ls a little... it's all in good fun :)

[calliethellama]

hehe wow you guys sure are nice to us brits! im quite new here but i've got the empression you guys are kind people :)

oh and sunfrog, is it cloudy where you are? :)

[Yoda]

Welcome, new MoFo! :D And yeah, we're kind...so long as you recognize PLite as cute, bow before my all-mighty Admininstration powers, and don't act like Zwee. :D

[Kielle]

hello newbie! ah i remember when i was of your kind. those were the days, sigh. Anywho, where are you from? are you a yank? it seems the brits on this site are few and far between. and it seems we are pictured sitting by the computer with a scone and a cup of tea next to the mouse mat. Oh and by the way, i hate tea!

and as a last note Aranor wishes me to tell you he is very ill, but also sends welcomes! so does Kyra! (who isnt ill, she just cant be bothered to log on)

[PigsnieLite]

Hello from me too, llama person. I am Plite the Cute. I am drinkin tea right now, Earl Grey hot! And I am in a smokin jacket embroidred with my initials PL. I am singin, The Dean of Ballol sleeps with hens, sleeps with hens, sleeps with hens, the Dean of Ballol sleeps with hens, so early in the mornin. HAHAHA!!! :p

[spudracer]

A lot of Brits are hilarious. Take Snatch for example, Brad Pitt is an American, but he pulled off the Pikish language so well he was funnier in this movie than he was in anything else.

I'm not implying that the majority of you Brits speak a language that an average person can't understand, but you guys have a step up on everyone else if you ask me. You guys are more sophisticated over there and what not. I'm jealous!!! :furious:

[Sir Toose]

Hallooo from the vast cattle spreads of Texas! I'm raht now chewin on a plug of redman watchin the cows come home. TWT ast me once if y'all speak american over there in Britland... I shore don't know the answer fer that one. But anyways welcome to the MoFo boards!

Howdy PLite! Hey is yer jacket really smokin? Must be one of them new fashun statements them city folks is always talkin about. Hey man what's that dude Dean doin sleepin with the chickens? Whar I'm from that a sin. My people don't bed nuthin smaller than a sheep. Poor chickin.

"Texas, where the men are men and the sheep live in fear"

[spudracer]

Toose what was all that about!? LOL

I knew Texans had their own language but man, didn't realize it was that bad. Just kiddin..not meaning to harm any Texans here..

[calliethellama]

hehe yes i hate streotypes....and ive never even seen a crumpet and tea is by far one of the foulest things on this earth.and i brush my teeth 4 times a day. :)but ive found my accent makes people think im all sophisticated and so whenever im mad its "cute" .....haha mofo thats cute:) how old is everyone here anyhow?

[sunfrog]

Callie! You came! See, I told you there were Brits here and we liked 'em. :)
Uhm no, I haven't talked to Cloudy recently. They kicked me off my email thing the other day so right now no one knows my new email address.
[purple]

[calliethellama]

aaw...thats a bummer...cloudys cool :) dont you hate it when people wear things with the brtish flag yet they arent even from england? it chaps my ***, it does...
ps that slimjaine chick is a goonie, man. she wont stop giving me crap. :(

[sunfrog]

I saw that, what was that all about? She just appeared out of nowhere and started fighting with you. Some of those people get pretty hostile sometimes. Sheese.

There's an age thread around here somewhere. Everyone here is pretty cool, they talk about everything, not just movies.

[Sir Toose]

Originally posted by sunfrog
I saw that, what was that all about? She just appeared out of nowhere and started fighting with you. Some of those people get pretty hostile sometimes. Sheese.

There's an age thread around here somewhere. Everyone here is pretty cool, they talk about everything, not just movies.



We talk movies??? Damn I forgot!

[sunfrog]

I think there's some movie threads here somewhere. :D

[Kielle]

Originally posted by calliethellama
ive never even seen a crumpet and tea is by far one of the foulest things on this earth.
how old is everyone here anyhow?

hang on a tick, are you british or not? if you are how come you've never seen a crumpet? Ok so crumpets are pretty vile but i dont see how you could miss them, they're right next to the bread in safeway!

but i agree, tea is orrible! so is coffee! in fact, the only acceptable drinks are coke, lemonade, and fruit juice of any kind. ooh yeah. and Dr Pepper is goregeous! (i'm going through a bit of a fase at the moment)

and i was fifteen last tuesday. :)

[PigsnieLite]

Im Brit & I like tea (Earl Grey, hot!) & coffee. But the cofffee has to have lots of milk & sugar so I dont taste the coffee part. I also like that icy coffee slush stuff. But Horlicks choco drink is best!

Ps. Dr Pepper is yeowrrible & so is diet drinks of any kind!

[Sir Toose]

Black coffee the scent and texture of oil sludge is one of the finer things in life. No sugar, no milk.... ever. PLite you pantywaist :)

[PigsnieLite]

Who told you I wore pantys? hahaha :laugh: Ive had black coffee though, Its bitter! Why grownups like this crap is unbeilievable! I dont even like the way beer tastes. :(

[Sir Toose]

Originally posted by PigsnieLite
Who told you I wore pantys? hahaha :laugh: Ive had black coffee though, Its bitter! Why grownups like this crap is unbeilievable! I dont even like the way beer tastes. :(

I assumed you grew out of your oppressive, Pigsnie inspired, undies and graduated into something more.... free.

My God Lad, some of the best brews originate from your shores! It pains me to hear such blasphemous fodder!

[Yoda]

I don't like the taste of alcohol either. My dad almost never drinks...I guess it's something that runs in the family. Neither of my parents likes beer all that much. I sure do love Diet Dr. Pepper, though.

[OG-]

Originally posted by Kielle
but i agree, tea is orrible! so is coffee! in fact, the only acceptable drinks are coke, lemonade, and fruit juice of any kind. ooh yeah. and Dr Pepper is goregeous! (i'm going through a bit of a fase at the moment)
[/B]

Yes coffee tastes like dirt. Tea isn't too bad. And the funny thing is your Dr. Pepper tastes ALOT differnt than ours.

[sunfrog]

Pigswee you like Earl Grey? Then why are you constipated all the time? Lol! Earl Grey always gives me the runs!
(Sorry to be so disgusting, lol)

[PigsnieLite]

Earl Grey HOT! is the only tea I know, Sun! hahaha! And I dont drink it that much, only when I go to quilting bees. :)

[sunfrog]

I love tea actually. I buy online from Stash tea. (http://www.stashtea.com)
I like Orange Pekoe and Oolong! I love oolong. Our teas are probably pretty wussified compared to British teas tho. I don't know, I've never had real Bristh tea before. I like the fruity teas best. I think tea with milk or cream is disgusting. Bleh! I've never had a strumpet with my tea either.

[Sir Toose]

Originally posted by sunfrog
I like Orange Pekoe and Oolong! I love oolong.

I hope oolong is not derived from oolite :eek:

In college my geology prof. (Dr. Thomas Hobbs... what a guy)told us "When you see the word oolite, think poo poo"

[sunfrog]

Ewww! Lol! No, not that kind of oolong!
It's a Japanese tea and it's yummy! I bet I never forget that word now. :D

Hmm.. I think I'd rather stay home and play on MoFo than go to skizool today. Is that bad?

[spudracer]

nope..i'm AT SCHOOL and on MoFo

[PigsnieLite]

Well I am back from skizool already but I cant play on MoFo all day like you, Sun. I haf homework & this mornin I found a big red zit on my chin. Pigsnie asked me if I would like him to gouge it out with a dessert spoon but I said no. :(

[spudracer]

LOL...

You mean he didn't say what izit