50 Things that make us English, That you can repeat

[ianstone]

From queuing to sarcasm: The 50 things that make us English
By Matt Blake (http://www.mirror.co.uk/authors/matt-blake/) 23/06/2010 (http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/06/23/)
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A love of pubs, tucking in to the Sunday roast and talking about the weather have topped a list of 50 things which make us typically English.
A survey of 5,000 people also came up with one or two stranger quirks – like wanting our sporting heroes to do badly or quizzing people about their journeys.
Almost 75% of people believed enjoying a beer in a pub was typically English. A Sunday roast got the votes of 71% while 64% thought discussing the weather was our most noticeable trait.
Yesterday Chris Lewis of Wells Bombardier Beer, which organised out the poll, said: “We can support England this summer by waving our flags with pride and also by remembering all those typically English traits that make our country what it is.”
So here, in descending order, are the 50 things which make the country what it is:
1 Love of pubs
2 Enjoying Sunday roast
3 Talking about weather
4 Soothing cuppa to ease worries
5 Stiff upper lip
6 Moaning
7 Queueing
8 Watching soaps
9 Bank holiday DIY
10 Meat and two veg
11 Saying sorry
12 Enjoying satire and wit
13 Sarcasm
14 Irony
15 Unwilling to make fuss
16 Love of bargains
17Gossiping over fence
18 Obsession with the traffic
19. Inability to complain effectively
20 Love of curtain twitching
21 Starting day with a fry-up
22 Washing car on a Sunday
23 Ability to laugh at ourselves
24 Reading a newspaper
25 Clever sense of humour
26 Being overly polite
27 Love of package hols
28 Wanting a good tan
29 Working long hours
30 Taking mickey out of others
31 Political correctness
32 Being unhappy with weight
33 Being proud of where we live
34 An obsession with pets
35 Celebrity culture
36 Feeling uncomfortable when people talk about emotions
37 Asking people about journeys
38 Fondness for mowing lawn
39 Looking uncomfortable on dance floor
40 Leaving things to last minute
41 Inability to express emotions
42 Wanting our sportsmen/teams to fail
43 Obsession with royals
44 Rambling
45 Remaining down to earth
46 Keeping homes neat and tidy
47 Achieving against all odds
48 Punctuality
49 Being softly spoken
50 Staying grounded
We are loyal to the end, are are normally softly spoken, unless you a German with a towel at the side of the pool, then we kinda loose it Big time.


Don't (Don@t) be shy guys, tell me 50 things that make you American. Go on have a go, 50 things, please, lets see how you fair ! !

[joelee]

I could be a smart ass and say states, but I won't. I will give this careful consideration and come back with a real answer. :)
You know the first couple have to be our outspokeness, and love of firearms.

[ianstone]

Thank you joelee

[cormack]

what is curtain twitching ? is that looking out of the window ?

[ianstone]

what is curtain twitching ? is that looking out of the window ?
Yes sir, 100% correct, smart cookie

[cormack]

Yes sir, 100% correct, smart cookie

sometimes you have to, especially round the rough parts when people want to try and pinch your car or break in...but i can relate to 80% of the list hahahaha

[GTFPDQ]

Typical English.... forget about the rest of the UK.....