Things you love about the UK [Archive] - Green Grass Forums

psychocat

11-02-2009, 10:05 PM

Sunday dinner with all the trimmings
Full english breakfast
Chris Rhea
Rolling Stones
The Toon (Newcastle United)
The Humber Bridge
Scotch and Irish whisky/whiskey
Our fighting spirit (often fuelled by^^^) :D
Aston Martin DB5
E-Type Jaguar

Feel free to add :thumbsup:

bombdiggity

11-02-2009, 10:06 PM

I like the UK because its not the US :thumbsup:

psychocat

11-02-2009, 10:13 PM

I like the UK because its not the US :thumbsup:

Not really sure what to say to that one, I gotta be careful not to upset your fellow countrymen. ;):jointsmile:

bombdiggity

11-02-2009, 10:18 PM

strong point they are pretty sensitive :thumbsup:

boaz

11-02-2009, 10:37 PM

^ i loved my British Racing Green MBG i drove in high school! :cool: when it was running. :D

xxxhazexxx

11-02-2009, 11:58 PM

i love england because its cheese weed and pie mash,apple crumble and custard:jointsmile:

Corkboyhigh

11-03-2009, 01:16 AM

I just like the essex girls!:thumbsup:
And the cheap booze...well cheap compared to ireland anyway

Islandborn

11-03-2009, 01:58 AM

Chips & curry sauce

A nice Murphy's for lunch & no drama for it back at work

The way the fields look flying into Heathrow (multicolors)

True Football (sorry america, soccer takes WAY more skill), and sometimes folks are beaten to death in the stands

Getting shitty on the trains cause they serve booze & warm guiness

A Brit can say some dumb shite...but with that accent, they sound genius. Bastards. Being from Texas, everything I say sounds dumb.....bastards.

psychocat

11-03-2009, 02:39 AM

Dutch Pimp

11-03-2009, 03:14 AM

legal cannabis seeds....:thumbsup:

Islandborn

11-03-2009, 01:53 PM

I like the UK because its not the US :thumbsup:

Sensitive no, but if I lived in bankrupt California I would feel the same. By the way, since you guys arent allowed to have big screen tv's anymore, I'll take any 50inch and bigger LCD's before the Nanny state fines ya'll. Just a thought. Good luck out there. Get your taxes back yet?

Islandborn

11-03-2009, 01:57 PM

Looking at the public schools and roads in Cali, I'm not sure what the ridiculous high taxes go for? Might explain why buisness is FLEEING to Nevada in droves.

3 Sheets To The Wind

11-03-2009, 06:08 PM

I used to like our laws on cannabis until the pricks decided to change it to class B and fire the head scientist guy for saying it's not as harmful as alcohol and cigarettes. I like the way we talk and words we use which are different from Americans.

All in all it's a good country to be in!

:rasta:

DOUGAL25

11-03-2009, 06:13 PM

taxation without representation...oh wait

3 Sheets To The Wind

11-03-2009, 06:36 PM

psychocat

11-03-2009, 09:25 PM

I missed off pubs, "bars" don't seem that good in America, I like the good old english pub and the chain pubs i.e. J.D. Wetherspoons, it may be depressing in the daytime but the drinks are cheap and they have a large selection.

Nice country roads for fast driving :)
I grew up near the Pennines and the roads round that way will test any biker, I've lost count of the amount of times I've had my heart in my mouth.

Also
I'm an avid F1 fan so I have to include Ross Brawn and 2009 champion Jenson Button. :thumbsup: That's the thing about us Brits, we do like to go fast. :D

not forgetting the legend that is Foggy (Carl Fogarty) :cool: Supercool..

monny10

11-03-2009, 10:12 PM

The National Health Service by faaaar!.... free national healthcare....for anyone.......dont have to be insured like in the U.S....It really is the only Great thing left in Britain..

psychocat

11-03-2009, 11:34 PM

As a biker (to nurses we're known as organ donors :( :D ) I have had many visits to various emergency rooms and will always be grateful for the standard of treatment I have recieved.
The NHS is a lot like the old bill, you never really appreciate them till you need em and thier mistakes are overblown so they overshadow any good work they do.

3 Sheets To The Wind

11-03-2009, 11:39 PM

I have a theory, we in the UK should get injured at least once so our tax money that's been taken is paid back to us (well kinda). Getting free treatment would give us some of the money back.

Sorry stupid idea but I'm stoned as!

:stoned:

psychocat

11-03-2009, 11:50 PM

Skull fractured twice, reconstruction of eye socket.
Jaw broken once , also broke 6 teeth at the same time. :mad:
Humerus (upper arm) broken once
Wrist, right 3 breaks , left once.
Femur broken once
Both knees broken once
Hernia op. :(

All of these were in England so I'm figuring I've had my moneys worth. :thumbsup:

3 Sheets To The Wind

11-03-2009, 11:57 PM

Man you've used my tax money too.. you owe me!

I'll accept a toke :)

Was all that from riding? Bad times man!

I've been on a bike once, shit my pants and we'll leave it there. I feel safe in my car and it's fast enough! ;)

:rastasmoke::rasta::rastasmoke::stoned::rastasmoke ::D

Rocketboy

11-04-2009, 12:02 AM

Cheryl Tweedy....gotta love that girl...hot as fire.

And yes tweedy cos Ashley Cole is a cock...:thumbsup:

psychocat

11-04-2009, 12:03 AM

3 Sheets To The Wind

11-04-2009, 12:22 AM

Most of them were on bikes, one skull fracture from a climbing fall and my jaw and teeth were a building site accident.
I've also fallen from cliffs in Spain while free-climbing, had my arm runover in Holland by a Mercedes and broken my right wrist in Holland too.
I am amazed I made it past 30. :D

Dang man that's awful.. Lots of injuries!

I've never broken anything, the most I've had are cuts and bruises and not that many major ones tbh.

:)

sarah louise

11-04-2009, 12:34 AM

factory records

Islandborn

11-09-2009, 02:36 AM

I almost forgot English Pork.....shit the bacon and sausage is better 'cross the pond. Hook me up psycho:rasta:

boaz

11-10-2009, 01:10 PM

John, Paul, George and yeah Ringo, too. :hippy: :cool: and Pete. :D

psychocat

11-10-2009, 10:07 PM

I almost forgot English Pork.....shit the bacon and sausage is better 'cross the pond. Hook me up psycho:rasta:

I love bacon and pork sausages, chuck them with some eggs ,some black pudding, a few fried mushrooms ,a slice of fried bread and a dollop of heinz baked beans and you have the perfect full English brekkie.

John, Paul, George and yeah Ringo, too. :hippy: :cool: and Pete. :D

Never was a Beatles fan, they were pretty much the boyband of thier day , Love me do was pure bubblegum pop , they only really got any good at all after they discovered drugs.

Gerry and The Pacemakers
3 number ones with your first 3 singles now that is some achievement.
Kate Bush , she was my biggest teenage crush
Joanna Lumley , incredibly beautiful woman.

3 Sheets To The Wind

11-10-2009, 11:18 PM

I love bacon and pork sausages, chuck them with some eggs ,some black pudding, a few fried mushrooms ,a slice of fried bread and a dollop of heinz baked beans and you have the perfect full English brekkie.

Never was a Beatles fan, they were pretty much the boyband of thier day , Love me do was pure bubblegum pop , they only really got any good at all after they discovered drugs.

Gerry and The Pacemakers
3 number ones with your first 3 singles now that is some achievement.
Kate Bush , she was my biggest teenage crush
Joanna Lumley , incredibly beautiful woman.

Dude, hash browns too. Best breakfast ever = wake 'n' bake then half a french stick/baguette with 10 rashers of bacon. Did it once with my missus and damn it was good!

Kid Dynamite

11-11-2009, 05:39 PM

Stonehenge!

3 Sheets To The Wind

11-11-2009, 07:03 PM

Shit, sorry it was half a baguette with 10 rashers of bacon and 8 hash browns!

:D

psychocat

11-12-2009, 01:04 AM

Shit, sorry it was half a baguette with 10 rashers of bacon and 8 hash browns!

:D

And lashings of HP brown sauce :thumbsup: YUMMY ! :D

boaz

11-13-2009, 01:29 PM

Kate Bush , she was my biggest teenage crush

is she the one that sang that song that went something like this :stoned: running up that hill, running up that hill, with something something :D i can't remember if that was her or not but everytime I read this that song comes in my head for some reason. :stoned: pretty groovy tune.

I was into the fab four for about about year or so when I was 15 when I had this girlfriend who was all into them. Now everyone one of their songs reminds me of her. :icon220: but yeah, i was more into Floyd and Zep back then. :smokin:

the only place i've ever actually been in the UK is Hethrow Airport, changing planes to the 'dam, so i guess i'll have to say that is one of the things i love about the UK from actually being there. :jointsmile: hope to go back someday, tho, and check it all out. :pimp: I used to live in Santa Monica and spent about every weekend and the Oars Head Pub, so I feel like I've already lived in the UK. :cool:

boaz

11-13-2009, 04:49 PM

...Oars Head Pub... :D :stoned: not that it matters but I think it was the Boar's Head Pub. The Oar House was something else entirely different. :jointsmile: and of course The Irish Rover ... lots of Brits and Ausie's in So Cal. :pimp:

psychocat

11-14-2009, 04:06 AM

YouTube - K.ATE BUSH RUNNING UP THAT HILL (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuLlwUaEyr0)

She was so damn hot man. :D

I've only been to Heathrow once , I have used Gatwick and Teeside airports the most.

boaz

11-14-2009, 02:20 PM

3 Sheets To The Wind

11-14-2009, 02:40 PM

^ :cool: Yes! . . and yes, she is hot. Thank you, now I have a face to go with that lovely voice of her's. :4:

okay, let me add Kate Bush as one of the many things I love about the UK. and the Sundays, I love that girls voice too but I'm not really sure where they are from. :jointsmile:

You mean the Saturdays? Maybe Sundays I'm not sure, I've still not woken up properly :)

boaz

11-14-2009, 04:02 PM

^ no, I was talking about these guys (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sundays). May be before your time, I haven't heard much new music in a while. I guess they are English. I think Harriet Wheeler had a pretty good solo carreer too. All those english bands were staples on the radio back in Cali when I lived there in my previous life. :jointsmile:

But, I mostly listened KNAC, Pure Hard Rock back then, tho. I can never get eneough Motorhead . :smokin:

psychocat

11-14-2009, 09:15 PM

^ :cool: Yes! . . and yes, she is hot. Thank you, now I have a face to go with that lovely voice of her's. :4:

okay, let me add Kate Bush as one of the many things I love about the UK. and the Sundays, I love that girls voice too but I'm not really sure where they are from. :jointsmile:

Harriet Wheeler was the singer from the Sundays, she grew up in Sonning Common, which is near Reading in Berkshire, England :thumbsup:

They started way back in the early 80s, I was in my late teens :D

weedmaster

12-10-2009, 06:43 PM

i love the british sence of humour, love watching some of the old classics, on the buses :S2: only fools and horses:dance: mr bean:giggity:

BlueBlazer

12-11-2009, 08:15 PM

i love the british sence of humour, love watching some of the old classics, on the buses :S2: only fools and horses:dance: mr bean:giggity:

Yup. :thumbsup:

Monty Python
3 Goodies
Faulty Towers
Ripping Yarns

psychocat

12-12-2009, 02:56 AM

The 2 Ronnies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCbvCRkl_4U

Dutch Pimp

12-12-2009, 04:47 AM

anything related to Sherlock Holmes....:thumbsup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32-ysNtCjSU

sarah louise

12-12-2009, 07:35 AM

Betws Y Coed, one of the most beautiful places I've ever been.

Reefer Rogue

12-12-2009, 12:58 PM

Multi cultural diversity
The pound - not so much these days
Parks
Classic Rock like Floyd, Beatles, the Who, Clapton, Bowie, King crimson, Gentle Giant. Moody Blues. Psycadelia
BBC
Football
Aesthetic Architecture
English breakfast
A lot of beautiful women even if i can't relate to them atm.
The daily politics
Public transport when it works

There's equal if not more negatives though.. I'd much rather live in Amsterdam where i could purchase some weed without fear of being arrested or demonised. I don't fit in here with this booze culture.

BlueBlazer

12-12-2009, 01:59 PM

Two words . . . Emma Peel. :D

thebumheads

12-25-2009, 07:55 PM

Oooooh that's a toughy, let me see...

Real beer
Real cheese
Champers
Soap operas
Peep Show
Autechre
A nice cuppa tea

psychocat

12-28-2009, 12:17 AM

The coronary unit of my local NHS hospital. :thumbsup: :cool:
http://boards.cannabis.com/medicinal-cannabis-health/179148-heart-attack-survivor-wants-related-cannabis-info.html

Born To Stone

12-30-2009, 12:35 AM

I think a lot of the things I was gonna say have been said, reading this makes me remember that I can take a lot of good shit for granted, anyways I like

-Sunday Roasts - Beef, gravy, yorkshire puds :food10:
-Fine Ales
-The history
-The freedoms, despite cannabis policy changing every year
-Football
-The countryside
-Old traditional pubs
-Best Indian food outside India haha :D
-The music :) The Who, Beatles, Stones, Bowie, Led Zep, The Clash, Madness, Sting & The Police, Stone Roses, Blur, Primal Scream, Kasabian etc.
-Comedy: All the classics, fair few been mentioned, Fawlty Towers and Only Fools, Blackadder etc. also the newer stuff: Mighty Boosh, Peep Show, Spaced

growmanchw

12-30-2009, 12:42 AM

The National Health Service by faaaar!.... free national healthcare....for anyone.......dont have to be insured like in the U.S....It really is the only Great thing left in Britain..

sunday dinners
cheap beer (overpriced petrol and cigarettes)not
legal seeds
legal headshops
liverpool football club
the countryside
the weather (not)
the green that is never sprayed (not)
and benefits lmao

monny10

12-30-2009, 08:03 PM

Scotland!

-tattie scones with your breakfast...scottish salmon....and mussels.... and venison sausages... a proper scottish mince pie.... and scottish morning rolls.... Irn-Bru....

-John Smeaton..... Only in Scotland would you see someone punching and kicking a man who is on fire.... alongside other people going about thier daily business and not batting an eyelid...

-raging purple faced alcoholics...

-the yearly fortnight of scorching 'hot' summer sunshine.... and guessing which month it's gonna be in?
june?... july?... or eh?... september? :)

-going for a walk with the dog in the countryside.... (before you realise some inbred dick's have scattered thier empty beer cans everywhere.... and hacked lumps out of a tree with a machete...)