Your Favourite British Thing(s).

[JaymesFogarty]

I (American) grew up being a *huge* Anglophile. I thought the UK was just the bee's knees. Then when I visited some friends there, I all I heard was how terrible America was--all. the. time. How we're the cancer of Europe and how terrible it was that McDonald's was in England and how the US doesn't make any good TV or film and how we were all bad in every way. It got old really quickly. Especially since it seemed to really be all weird defensiveness and the inability to deal with America's ascension and Great Britain's decline post-WW2.

Nonetheless, I'm still very fond of the UK, though I've taken it off its pedestal...especially after I've spent lots of time studying its social and colonial history.

I think the only things I've heard that people here in the UK dislike about America, is it's reluctance to consider coffee just as odd a drink as tea, and how patriotic you are. (Also that you were actually the last country to abolish slavery, but we'll leave it there.) America is a truly great place; but it has it's problems just as we in the UK do.

 

[Raziel_Likes_Souls]

The musicians. Goddamn, the musicians. And Canada.

 

[Tennou486]

Black Sabbath and its members, Deep Purple and its members, Judas Priest and its members, Jeff Beck, Led Zeppelin and its members, Brainiac: Science Abuse, Fish and Chips and bank holidays.

 

[badgersprite]

Cricket, even though we were smashed by you. -_-

Also, my ancestors. Cheers for that.

 

[BlackHazard]

Doctor Who and Torchwood.

 

[supermariner]

Our cuisine
other countries may look snobbishly upon the british menu
but we invented fish and chips
we are the ones who put haddock and fried potato slices together
are we not Gods?

 

[oldskoolandi]

Yorkshire.

Tha's reet there

I bloody swear, if it could, Yorkshire would seperate from the mainland and become an independant nation

The UN will never allow it. They know the power we would wield.

 

[spectrenihlus]

David Tennant

Also Top Gear

He's Scottish, You pillock.

That's my example, British humour, the best in the world. Oh,and the British Language(Yes you fucking Escapist Spellchecker, that is how you spell humour!!")

Last time I checked Scotland is in Britain.

 

[DuctTapeJedi]

Monty Python (obvious) and The IT Crowd.

Thank you guys, for that.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Yorkshire.

Tha's reet there

I bloody swear, if it could, Yorkshire would seperate from the mainland and become an independant nation

The UN will never allow it. They know the power we would wield.

Yes, their power to go down t' pit would be formidable indeed...

 

[OrenjiJusu]

The english stereotype of a man in a suit with a bowler hat, The scottish stereotype of a drunkard and the welsh accent.
I love being british.

 

[Danpascooch]

Not the comedy that's for sure.

I'm not saying I'm the kind of person who likes Family Guy or anything, but I just don't like most British comedy.

Shit, I don't know, what's come out of Britain again? I guess I'll go with America, yeah, thanks for that.

 

[Danpascooch]

David Tennant

Also Top Gear

He's Scottish, You pillock.

That's my example, British humour, the best in the world. Oh,and the British Language(Yes you fucking Escapist Spellchecker, that is how you spell humour!!")

I think you mean the Firefox spellchecker, I'm almost positive The Escapist doesn't have a spellchecker

 

[Pyotr Romanov]

The accent.
GIVE IT TO ME! I NEED IT!

Besides that, all manners of books and whatnot, someone already posted an approximate list on the first page.
And last but not least, top hat and a monocle, though I suppose those come with the accent.

 

[LarenzoAOG]

Douglas Adams, Hugh Laurie, Monty Python

These, and Sheppard's Pie, although I think thats Scottish.

 

[ENKC]

My favourite thing to come from Britain is Australia.

Also, Judas Priest.

 

[Caligulove]

Stephen Fry. Man really is a national treasure. and fucking hilarious

 

[trooper6]

I think the only things I've heard that people here in the UK dislike about America, is it's reluctance to consider coffee just as odd a drink as tea, and how patriotic you are. (Also that you were actually the last country to abolish slavery, but we'll leave it there.) America is a truly great place; but it has it's problems just as we in the UK do.

Certainly America has it's problems...big problems...I mean...just look at us. Really. It gets embarrassing. Here is my impression of my phone conversations with my friends in Germany (who are mostly German, but there are a couple of British people there)
Them: "What's going on over there in American with [insert current embarrassing political things]"
Me: "I know, it is crazy. Most/Not all Americans don't actually agree with/participate in [insert current embarrassing political thing]

Note 1: I know lots of Americans who like tea. (Of course, I'm from San Francisco and grew up with lots of hippies--so there's that).
Note 2: America wasn't the last country to abolish slavery. Brazil, Puerto Rico, the Ottoman Empire, Cuba, and some other places all abolished after the US did. But! Big Kudos to the UK for its work fighting the slave trade!
Note 3: Regarding patriotism...when I was doing some joint military stuff with the British, I recall lots of British soldiers singing "Rule Britannia, Britannia Rules the Waves! Quite loudly...everybody was drunk and rediculous...and also the level of nationalistic ferver was really, really high during the England vs. Germany European Cup of 1996. Patriotic nationalism all around. I think we are all guilty of that sin.

 

[Admiral Stukov]

Top Hats.
As a matter of fact, I'm wearing one now. Not a fake, plastic-y, new one, but a really old one, at least 100 years old. Probably more.

I wear a Tress&Co one every day, and I'm not even british.

#2: TotalBiscuit.

#3: The word "bollocks", best curse word ever.

 

[Thundero13]

I'm fine thanks for asking, anyway there are a lot of good British people, that is actors & comedians, too many examples so just look up everyone who's ever been on QI.
Also TEA!!!!!!!