cheesemonster2005 Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4594660.stm According to this BBC News article the icon of Scotland maybe whisky, the millennium stadium for the Welsh, Ian Paisley for those from the north of Ireland and dodgy money for the Manx. (ok I added the last two myself). But what about England I hear you cry, well that's the whole point of the fucking article you moron - pay attention cretin. England (and anyone else who wants to screw up their pole) must decide. Likely candidates include: 1) Stonehenge (expensive billboard between two dual carriageways) 2) Jerusulam hymn (a place with bombings and injustice that's actually better than England) 3) Routemaster bus (why not care about it now it's gone rather than before) 4) King James Bible (the book that England forgot) 5) SS Empire Windrush (the boat that brought thousands of immigrants to the gloomy country) 6) Punch and Judy (too good to be English?) 7) Angel of the North (it's brilliant because it doesn't come from London) 8) FA cup (the only one not stolen by B Sky B) 9) cup of tea (go on, go on, go on, go on, ah go on!) 10) Alice in Wonderland (drugged-up world to make you feel good about England) 11) Spitfire (we can kill 100 Germans a minute, civilian or conscript) 12) Holbeins portrait of Henry (no idea what it is which may explain why 2% have voted for it) So what's it to be? Unfortunately you can't vote for football hooliganism, imperializm or the ability to shoot protesters dead in Derry. Can you guess what's in the lead so far - oh go on, go on, go on, go on, go on go on.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Spitfire for teh win. Tally Ho! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 It ought to be Stonehenge - a relic of the last time there was any visible sign of civilization in the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
local skeet Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Number 13, chavs and counsil estates!!!! Gets my vote! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnieK Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 Number 13, chavs and counsil estates!!!!Gets my vote! Can't use that, that's already been chosen as the icon of Ballakermeen high school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 I think they've rather missed the point with this. Icons change to reflect the times. A few years ago, one of the icons of England might have been a fish & chip shop - today it would be a curry house or a burger bar. Once upon a time it would have been plaster ducks in flight on a living-room wall, today it would be a huge plasma screen showing a soap opera. The country pub serving lukewarm beer is now a wine bar flogging cheap plonk disguised as something rare and expensive from France. The deckchair in the back garden has become a 'barbie' on the patio. And the friendly bobby on the beat has now become a dalek in a patrol car - unable to use his legs for walking. Icons are not permanent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chloephoria Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 kebab shops bulldogs boyracers burberry cups of tea nokias (stolen) football eurotrash st george sovereign chains/rings drug dealing underage sex high divorce rates the lotto gang violence alcopops knock offs at the market the big issue illegal immigration corner shops asian taxi drivers lambert and butler moss side prostitutes ASBO's strongbow ken barlow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Chloe - Remind me what it is you don't liek about the IOM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Chloe - Remind me what it is you don't like about the IOM? It was the nightlife I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesemonster2005 Posted January 15, 2006 Author Share Posted January 15, 2006 high divorce ratesthe lotto alcopops lambert and butler moss side ASBO's strongbow ken barlow I've left the ones which I think are most appropriate! Divorce brings happiness to many people. The lotto is a national obsession and highlights how desperate many people can be to 'better' themselves. Alcopops are just so very British. L&B represent people choosing to kill themselves by cmoking nasty cigarettes (I'm a smoker but prefer to go to my next live having smoked nice fags). Moss Side kicks ass - I lived there for a few years and loved the place as it felt like a proper community where people actually speak to onanother (gang violence and drive-bys aside). Strongbow is British. Ken Barlow is a good choice too. Next up - the icon of the Isle of Man... Manx cats 3 legs of man Shoprite carrier bags ignorant and predjudice locals... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 An icon suggestion for England; Empowerment of the state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatshaft Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 An icon suggestion for England; sandals with socks talking loudly at foriegners who cant speak english Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dontlookbehindyou Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 How about an open cheque book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theintelligentthug Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 i wish i could say something supportive of my own country. but i cant. i am ashamed to be english sometimes. its horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Even when abroad you can call everyone a foreigner.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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