What are some typical British items... read on I need help

One of our very own is from England. His name is Lord Ellpus and he is continually talking about the days of jousting in England. He is obsessed with the magical age of jousting....



So, that would be my answer.... Jousting. Pictures of jousters.

crown jewels, London buses (even though extinct!), Lord Ellpus in full flight (or is that fright!)m Buck House!

I think what Gus has done is OUTRAGEOUS!

He could at least have waited 'til I tidied up before taking my piccie.

Now.....as the Colonials seem to be making rather a hash of providing serious answers, I shall consult www.ellpuspedia.wotwot post haste.

Back in a jiffy..........

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3785155.stm


http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/01_january/27/culture.shtml

London taxis (aren't they eliminating those now too?) and that statue of that guy in Trafalgar square, some admiral or other, supposed to be famous but the pigeons seem to like him.

(How the bloody heck am I supposed to spell Trafalgar with the way they pronounce it?)

Lest we forget, car henge. No. Car henge is in Arizona or someplace like that. That thing they patterned car henge after.

London Bridge. Wait, that's in Arizona too.

Not sure why people think that London buses have been "eliminated" - I just looked out of the window and counted three in the street outside. They have been replacing old 1950s & 60s buses with more modern models in recent years, maybe that's the source of the confusion?

As for the taxis, they are not being removed either.

I must say that it is not helpful to Brits when foreigners keep these stupid stereotypes alive. Can you imagine what it's like living in a second-rate theme park? Having to speak in a Dick van Dyke accent all the time?

Is this collage meant to be an ironic or naive look at stereotypes of England or Britain?

You don't seem terribly sure about the England/Britain thing - most of the examples mentioned are from London, which is just one city in just one country (England) which is just one part of the United Kingdom...

My suggestions however

Scots tartan
Welsh costume (tall hats etc)
Cornish pasty
English breakfast
Union Flag teapot/alarm clock/swimsuit/bowler hat etc (ironic?)

(The UK flag is called the Union Flag, not the Union Jack. It is only called a "jack" when it is being flown on a ship at sea)

Bulldog
Spitfire
London Transport roundel
Steam engine
A chav dressed in Burberry items

Contrex - how da hell would we know - we live on the other side of the world.

But...I thought England WAS some sort of theme park - it IS rather different to what I'm used to!

Me...

...but now I do feel a touch French :wink:

...more later!

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How could you? I think, you're on power cut since this morning. (Or flooded.)

There's no power cut here in Purley where I am staying with English friends. The buses don't need electric power, they use diesel. Neither do the window or my eyes. No flood yet...

I know - my remark was done in a (bad) black humour about what happened in London during the last two days (Hammersmith/Piccadilly area).

Gee Walt, I thought you were going to tell us about 'Fish and Chips'

In case you thought that Walter was a Yank, he's not, he's German, and a very nice bloke too.

Well, I could, actually: I really miss it, wrapped in yesterday's "ECHO Late Night Extra", with either vinegar or cider, and fish with skin in thick battering ... ...

But you can't get the sixties back.

'Eileens Chippy on Grey Mare Lane, six penneth of chips and a penny's worth of peas.

(Contrex, I know Walter well)

I heavily oppose.

Thanks for that Walt!

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A pic of a pub after a bit of a dust-up has taken place between rival soccer fans.

Or

8 Morris dancers asleep in the sun next to a table full of empty pint pots with ivy in the background and a church tower in the distance.

Spendios wrote ----- 8 Morris dancers asleep in the sun next to a table full of empty pint pots with ivy in the background and a church tower in the distance.

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Morris Dancers were all the rage in Shakesperian times. Some times called The original Elizabethan Age. We were in Tuder Tymes


Professional Morris Dancing quickly became the the Total Mint. Well know for having phun phun phun till dady took the Morris Dancer away.
Nearly everything you bought had a Morris Dancing feature,

Morris Motors even produced A Morris Dancers version of their popular station wagon. Notice the Tudor wood decor on the bodywork, it matches the walls of Tudor buildings