UK! What pops into your head?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

"How lucky you English are to find the toilet so amusing. For us, it is a mundane and functional item. For you it is the basis of an entire culture."

-- The Red Baron, "Blackadder Goes Forth"

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


Hong Kong or Shanghai had existed before the Brits came along.

I believe he means HSBC.

[Odin]

Originally posted by germanos

Revolution! Republic!

The West needs no stinkin' monarchs, the people are citizens not subjects!

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Hong Kong or Shanghai had existed before the Brits came along.

As little do-nothing fishing villages. It was the role of the Brits and those who followed to turn them into world-class cities.

[Dinner]

Easy woman and raging alcoholics!

[Provost Harrison]

You mean raging women and easy alcoholics, surely?

[kittenOFchaos]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
You mean raging women and easy alcoholics, surely?

That is certainly closer to my experience...

[ajbera]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
You mean raging women and easy alcoholics, surely?

lol!

Jack the Ripper
The Yorkshire Ripper
Jack the Stripper
Fred & Rosemary West
Dennis Nilsen
Colin Ireland
Burke & Hare
Sawney Bean & family
etc.

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by ajbera


lol!

Jack the Ripper
The Yorkshire Ripper
Jack the Stripper
Fred & Rosemary West
Dennis Nilsen
Colin Ireland
Burke & Hare
Sawney Bean & family
etc.

Sawney Bean did not exist- put in the same category as Morgawr, selkies and Gog and Magog, and the Conservative Party's allegedly superior grasp of morality.

[Cruddy]

Pigeons poop on your head quite a lot here...

...hang on a minute, I don't think I read your question right.

[Cruddy]

... Right, something that hasn't been mentioned yet.

THE MOST COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL SOFTWARE INDUSTRY BAR NONE.

Do check out where things like Tomb Raider and Grand Theft Auto come from.

Not saying other countries don't go great software - the world would be a colder place without Quake or Doom or a helluva lot of others.

But when it comes to creating saleable games (or overpriced tat, from another point of view) - we're sh1t hot.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
As little do-nothing fishing villages. It was the role of the Brits and those who followed to turn them into world-class cities.

Shanghai was a do-nothing fishing village? I expect better from you, Z.

As for Hong Kong, not much should be contributed to the actions of the colonial government. Did they plan it? Certainly not. Did they actively guided and assisted the local economy? Nope. So what was it?

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Cruddy
THE MOST COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL SOFTWARE INDUSTRY BAR NONE.

I would think that's Microsoft

Originally posted by Cruddy
Do check out where things like Tomb Raider and Grand Theft Auto come from.

Nothing beats Tetris.

Originally posted by Cruddy
But when it comes to creating saleable games (or overpriced tat, from another point of view) - we're sh1t hot.

No way. The only half way decent game coming from the UK is UFO: Enemy Unkown.. Bullfrog produced some okay stuff. Other than that...

[MikeH]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger

As for Hong Kong, not much should be contributed to the actions of the colonial government. Did they plan it? Certainly not. Did they actively guided and assisted the local economy? Nope. So what was it?

Whether or not it was planned is irrelevant. We didn't plan the US either but they wouldn't be where they are without us.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Albert Speer
i think different things pop into peoples' heads depending on if you say England, Britain, or United Kingdom.

Yup. Maybe its an anglophone thing. I hear "england" i think fish and chips, pubs, Stratford on Avon. I hear "UK" I think Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair, etc. I hear "Britain" i think Big Ben, Houses of Parliament.