Dennis Pennis



David Bowie & John Lennon



Stanley Kubrick



James Bond

Great Stuff – That changed the world
Vacuum Cleaner - Hubert Cecil Booth
Television - John Logie Baird
Steam Engine - Thomas Savery, Thomas Newcomen, James Watt
Steel Production - Sir Henry Bessemer
Submarine - William Bourne,
Radar Locating of Aircraft - Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt
Radio - James Clerk Maxwell
Penicillin - Alexander Fleming
Polyester - John Rex Whinfield and James Tennant Dickson
Locomotive - Richard Trevithick
Lightbulbs - Humphry Davy, Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, James Bowman Lindsay
Internal Combustion Engine - Samuel Brown
Jet Engines - Sir Frank Whittle
Fax Machine - Alexander Bain
Electric Motor - Michael Faraday
Electromagnet - William Sturgeon

Kinda good stuff that most people know
Thermos - Sir James Dewar
Sewing Machines - Thomas Saint
Seismograph - John Milne, Sir James Alfred Ewing, Thomas Gray
Periodic Table - John Newlands
Diving Equipment/Scuba Gear - John Smeaton, William James, Henry Fleuss
Tin Can - Peter Durand
Cat Eyes - Percy Shaw
Portland Cement - Joseph Aspdin
Disc Brakes - Frederick William Lanchester
Shrapnel - Henry Shrapnel

Monty python Stuff (running theme)
Waterproof Fabric - Charles Macintosh
Toilet Paper - British Perforated Paper Company
Rubber Bands - Stephen Perry
Lawn Mower - Edwin Beard Budding
EKG (Underlying Principles) - Various
Corkscrews - H.S. Heeley
Crossword Puzzles - Arthur Wynne


Thanks for the thread BTW, we have done some quite good stuff - bad stuff too though!!

subhuman09 said:

i was being sarcastic with the spice girls

lollyp0p said:

i was...er...being sarcastic...too?



(They made music?)

subhuman09 said:

i can hear you singing from here

" i wanna i wanna i wanna i really really wanna zigazigah "

i bet you struted about in a union jack dress too at some point

lollyp0p said:

Just studied them carefully.







And to counter that:


Aww...look at da kitty!

Honestly, you Brits would claim anyone as your own.

When Barry McGuigan won his title he was British, now, strangely he's Irish again.

When Bob Geldof tried to feed the world you tried to tell us he was British, but he soon pointed out that he's 'fucking well Irish'.

I once heard idiot DJ Chris Tarrant on Capital Radio refer to 'Legendary British Rockers, Thin Lizzy'. Yeah, right.

Even U2 were British at one stage, weren't they?

Fuck it, you guys would steal James Joyce too, if you thought you'd get away with it.

It's not that it annoys me that Britain claims well known Irish people as their own, well, it is annoying, but it's really the fact that Ireland produces so few famous people that we can't afford to have them claimed by other countries.


But the reason for my outburst, and the one that I love to point out (and I'll bet every Briton hates to admit this one) - the fab four, those quintessentially English inventors of rock'n'roll - The Beatles - were ALL of Irish descent, a fact mysteriously seldom mentioned. I wonder why ?

AsylumUtopia said:

WOULD YOU MIND IF I CLAIMED BOYZONE AS BRITISH, I KNOW THEY ARE IRISH AND YOU ARE SO PROUD OF THEM BUT THEY ARE SOOOOO CUTE

lollyp0p said:

Be my guest!

I can do you a special package deal which includes Boyzone, Westlife, The Corrs, Daniel O'Donnell, Brian Kennedy and The Thrills, in exchange for Peter Gabriel. Deal ?

noepie said:

Um, Kubrick was born in the Bronx.

Natisse said:

"hey hey its the monkeys! and people say we monkey around!"


that is them isnt it
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AsylumUtopia said:

Boyzone and westlife i can work with they have cute potential but omg

DANIEL O'DONNELL you having a laugh

music:


comedy:


writing:


movies:

lollyp0p said:

Daniel O'Donnell MUST DIE!!!!

I can't BELIEVE you people have forgotten the best Englishman to appear for a loooong time... I give you.....




JD! A good, honest, caring, sensitive and generous man.... not to mention HOT!

natisse, what a sweet thread.

and thanks subhuman. i have to say that you all have GREAT taste in the people you've mentioned here, really have. almost -worthy.

i'd also like to add...



and

subhuman09 said:

I agree wholeheartedly.

He has his own chat show on RTE1 now, I can video it for you if you'd like.

daned said:

subhuman09 said:

Everyone else has already beaten me to it, with my favorite British things in life such as (although these all happen to be TV shows) .....

Black Adder
Monty Python
The Young Ones
The Office
Ab Fab


But, to stay predictable I'll post my favorite thing to come out of Britain....

Thank you Britain for these guys.....





THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!!!

Teacher said:

Thankyou Teach.

TheFrog said:

I love Black Adder and The Office both!

I have all the Office episodes, except the Christmas Specials as they won't be released till later this year.

You're welcome, by the way.

AsylumUtopia said:

I'm not that suicidal anymore.



Can we give him a suit with explosives attached perhaps?

Natisse said:

i knew you couldn't be perfect

but i still love you lots

madminx said:

Natisse said:

Ah, don't worry. The British isles have been ivaded so many times throughout history that no-one is English through and through except maybe the Welsh and Scottish! We've had Saxons, Vikings, Romans, Normans, etc.

AsylumUtopia said:

Since they were all born in Liverpool, I'd consider them all to be English and not Irish. I'm half German from both my mother's and father's sides, but does that make me more German than American even though I was born and raised in America? I think not.

Just my .

MrJoker said:

Hey you hope you're well and smiling!!!

Natisse said:

Hey Nat!

I'll smile just for you even though I'm stuck at work for another 4+ hours.