Is the term "British" offensive?

[Miss Chicken]

It's also worth noting, in passing, in any argument about English uniqueness, that the greatest English composer of the 18th century, George Frideric Handel, was a German who got much of his musical education in Italy, and who scored his first great success on the London stage with an Italian opera, Rinaldo.

And that their greatest detective was in fact Belgian, and their second greatest detective died in Germany (or was it Austria) -and remained dead until the sequel...

Are you suggesting that Hercule Poirot was a greater detective than Sherlock Holmes - I think not.

 

[trekkiedane]

It's also worth noting, in passing, in any argument about English uniqueness, that the greatest English composer of the 18th century, George Frideric Handel, was a German who got much of his musical education in Italy, and who scored his first great success on the London stage with an Italian opera, Rinaldo.

And that their greatest detective was in fact Belgian, and their second greatest detective died in Germany (or was it Austria) -and remained dead until the sequel...

Are you suggesting that Hercule Poirot was a greater detective than Sherlock Holmes - I think not.

Counting by number of episodes -which is what we do in this day and age- he certainly was!

 

[Miss Chicken]

And that their greatest detective was in fact Belgian, and their second greatest detective died in Germany (or was it Austria) -and remained dead until the sequel...

Are you suggesting that Hercule Poirot was a greater detective than Sherlock Holmes - I think not.

Counting by number of episodes -which is what we do in this day and age- he certainly was!

But Hercule Poirot didn't appear in TNG holodeck stories, Sherlock Holmes did.

 

[trekkiedane]

Are you suggesting that Hercule Poirot was a greater detective than Sherlock Holmes - I think not.

Counting by number of episodes -which is what we do in this day and age- he certainly was!

But Hercule Poirot didn't appear in TNG holodeck stories, Sherlock Holmes did.

Canon is out the window anyway.

 

[Goliath]

Captain Darling:
"I know the words to all three verses of God Save the King!"

Captain Blackadder:
"Four verses..."

Captain Darling:
"Four verses! Four verses! I meant four verses! Look, I'm as British as Queen Victoria!"

Captain Blackadder:
"So your father's German, you're half German, and you married a German?"

Damn it!

I was going to post that--but I thought it would be too obscure.

Blackadder Goes Forth--my favourite of the four.

 

[Pingfah]

Obscure for Americans perhaps, you'll be hard pressed to find a Brit that hasn't seen all of Blackadder though

 

[RJDiogenes]

^But it sounds so cute! You'd have a whole different image in the world! One with flowers and bunnies.

And Chocolate Chip Cookies? I'll send Barack an email about it.

^Don't forget apple pie!

Indeed. Apple Pies for the world!

 

[ITL]

Damn it!

I was going to post that--but I thought it would be too obscure.

Blackadder Goes Forth--my favourite of the four.

Any show that has lines like this gets my vote:

George:
"Oh sir, just one thing. If we should happen to tread on a mine, what do we do?"

Blackadder:
"Well, normal procedure, Lieutenant, is to jump 200 feet into the air and scatter yourself over a wide area."

Obscure for Americans perhaps, you'll be hard pressed to find a Brit that hasn't seen all of Blackadder though

It's well ingrained into the national consciousness by now, I should think.

And Chocolate Chip Cookies? I'll send Barack an email about it.

^Don't forget apple pie!

Indeed. Apple Pies for the world!

PIES HAVE MEAT IN THEM! WILL FOREIGNERS NEVER LEARN?!?

 

[RoJoHen]

I prefer my pies to be made of chocolate.

 

[captcalhoun]

Obscure for Americans perhaps, you'll be hard pressed to find a Brit that hasn't seen all of Blackadder though

not that hard, there's one right here!

i'm English, British, European and human depending on what the situation is.

hell, we can go even smaller:

i'm from Chalford Hill, Stroud District, Gloucestershire county!

 

[Pingfah]

^ Well, that's just unfortunate really

Any show that has lines like this gets my vote:

George:
"Oh sir, just one thing. If we should happen to tread on a mine, what do we do?"

Blackadder:
"Well, normal procedure, Lieutenant, is to jump 200 feet into the air and scatter yourself over a wide area."

Ahh, Blackadder, some of the best "being blown up by a mine" humour ever committed to the screen

 

[Hermiod]

Hell, we watched Blackadder in history class during my A-Levels, specifically Dish and Dishonesty.

Why ? Because it possibly explains the concept of what a rotten borough was better than any textbook.

 

[ITL]

Ah. And a rubber button is?

 

[Hermiod]

Ah. And a rubber button is?

 

[ITL]

Ah. And a rubber button is?

G: Well, I just didn't want to hurt your feelings. Erm, so, what is a rubber
button?

E: *Rotten borough*.

G: Oh, yes, you're right.

E: A rotten borough, sir, is a constituency where the owner
of the land corruptly controls the both the voters and the MP.

G: Good, yes...and a rubber button is...?

E: Could we leave that for a moment? Dunny-on-the-Wold is a tuppenny-
ha'penny place. Half an acre of sodden marshland in the Suffolk Fens
with an empty town hall on it. Population: three rather mangy cows, a
dachshund named `Colin', and a small hen in its late forties.

 

[Hermiod]

Oh, so I don't have to explain what a rotten borough is then ? And I was looking forward to showing off.

 

[ITL]

You've been rotten-blocked!

And all shall marvel at my copy/pasting skills.

 

[Hermiod]

You've been rotten-blocked!

And all shall marvel at my copy/pasting skills.

Watch it, or I'll explain the Corn Laws at you.

 

[ITL]

*hangs head*

I'll be good...

 

[Miss Chicken]

Though I don't particularly like Rowan Atkinson I have watched all of Blackadder just to see Tony Robinson as Baldrick.