No, I do not mean running around saying things like; “Cor, blimey, Bob’s your Uncle, stiff upper lip, havva a cuppa, pip pip cheerio, what’s all this then, ‘alf a mo’ govnur, wink wink nudge nudge”… or any of that. No bowler hats, warm pints, brollies or talking about dead parrots.
What I mean is can we all just incorporate into our daily lives a little of that civility, that charm, that politeness, that gentility, that staunchness, that eruditeness and that oh so thin layer of reserve and poise that masks a bulldog like persistence and a whimsical sense of humor that makes the people of England so special?
Can we, huh, just for one day?
Pouring My Art Out 
Half my ancestors are from England & half are from Scotland, so I already do this! Didn’t you notice?
I think I did
Are you sure you know what British people are like?
dude… we are from England… we have roast beef, Yorkshire pudding and plum pudding for Christmas dinner… with poppers… (the English kind, not the cheese-stuffed chilies) and I watch a lot of BBC, and have been tweeted by Eric Idles and James May… oh, and Ricky Gervais… and I have talked face to face with Eddy Izzard… so simmer down.
Dude, I AM British! Born and raised!
I am adopted… I might be related to the Queen
I AM the Queen!
what you wear in the privacy of your own castle is none of our affair…
What affair???
oh… you know
dang it… should have started that last comment off with; ‘what a drag’…
Yup.
ha
and I have been inside Windsor Castle and seen the horse guard parading
Well I snogged a tosser while smoking a fag…
then you must have burnt his tongue…
He seemed to enjoy it.
oh my
starting tomorrow things are gonna get crazy up in this beeyotch… yo… dog…
Yo yo holmes.
homes… it’s homes… short for homies… Holmes was a detective… or a 1970’s porn star…
Holmes. Dude, it’s holmes.
nope
Whaaaat????
I have no idea
Bollocks,
Ha… And long time no see
I read you from afar my good man………
I did feel like someone was watching me
Sounds like a jolly good idea!
Oh yeah
I dunno, I’m already trying hard pretending to be an American.
And it is almost a believable portrayal… HA!!!
Bloody hell, some cheeky bugger must’ve blown my sodding cover!
I cal my car the Mayflower, on account of all the puritans that have come across in it… (Benny Hill)
As my Irish mother in law said to the the national guard at winter drills “Keep your peckers up boys!”
This is sound advice all the way around…
You should see how polite the Japanese are! It was an eye opener. I think they do it even better than the English.
Leslie
Until they go to war
We all get nasty in a war.
Leslie
I suppose you have a point there.
Haha. I tried to be British once. Still trying.
Keep it up
No
hey now… mutiny!
I am currently in a play at my local community theatre where I have to speak with a broad cockney accent. I’m afraid my character is neither refined nor polite, but I’ll try anything once (Oi’ll troy anyfing once?)
My family runs. Around doing Cockney and Scottish accents just for fun
I’m partial to talking like Count Dracula myself.
we do that… and also a fake Italian accent… while making fake arm muscle poses… for some reason
Next you got us all drinking Tee? 😉
tea… or tee hee hee… and don’t forget the crumpets!!!
Why yes sir… 😉
I am all about the crumpets
Oh bugger off you wonker.
or is that ‘wanker’?
Could be. Did I screw up my translation?
I think things can be wonky… and people can be wankers… but it isn’t really a nice term to use.
Well, neither is “bugger off,” but I was merely trying to demonstrate that the British aren’t always as civil, charming, polite, erudite, or full of gentility as you give them credit for. Canadians, on the other hand….
Well, even the Japanese, who may be the most polite race on the planet, went a little nuts when they went off the leash in WW2
Ah so!
Ah sole
It’s bagger orff
“Bagger off”? Isn’t that what the guy at the grocery store who puts you groceries in a bag says when he wants to take a break?
No… Bagger Vance
Haha that’s the one. In one film, I think Brion Brown was the actor, he was pretending to be English, and he yelled at someone ” you winker”
As in “wink, wink, nudge, nudge”? That’s funny.
wank wank nudge nudge… oh man… I am funny
Yeah, you are funny. Funny weird.
well… yeah… the best kind
And I may be driving back to… you know where tomorrow… just sayin’…
Henry Winkler was a winker
Bigger barf
Bath of barf
oh yeah… remember the Saturday Night Live skit where John Belushi was a Roman slave up to his waste in a vomitorium vat full of what looked like split pea soup emptying it with a bucket???
We don’t get Saturday Night Live over here
That is just wrong
Bert Reynolds was picking up girls in the vomitorium… hey baby, can I hold your hair while you puke…
Would you like some maple syrup with your tea? It’s really very good. If you need something stonger, whiskey in your coffee will warm the cockles of the heart on those cold snowy days (like today – it is storming out there and the cops are asking motorists to stay off the roads).
I would take that advice
Oh…
I thought you meant that we should all go buy a Jeb Bush bumper sticker. You know… monarchy and all that.
no… the only kind of monarch we need is the butterfly…
Actually a constitutional monarchy is one of the stablest forms of government on the planet. At least then the rulers look beyond 4 years because the problems they create will eventually be their own, unlike our politicians.
What about an unconstitutional monarchy???
Too much like a dictatorship – you might get the best person in the world and have a wonderful country or you might get the biggest asshole and have to run for your life. At least a constitution keeps the ruler in line.
Well, when I end up in charge, you won’t have to worry about anything…