Alex Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Next up - the icon of the Isle of Man... Manx cats 3 legs of man Shoprite carrier bags ignorant and predjudice locals... Ignorant and prejudiced against what exactly? That sounds like a very ignorant and prejudiced comment to me, you can't judge a country by a few of it's locals, - unless it's England of course for icons, the laxey wheel, the pound note, the birch (no more sadly) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dontlookbehindyou Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 A manx whippy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain jiggyflaps Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Beating fuzzy wuzzys hating the french drinking beer not being foreign cricket rugger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-rhymes Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Dynamic cities. Wonderful countryside. Accents that change from town to town. A (mostly) Tolerant society. A judicial system that can be manipulated to change unjust laws. St George - Not English but a good example of someone who spoke out against prejudice. English Curry & Chinese food (and all the other flavours). Sunday lunch & English Breakfasts. Local breweries. The NHS. The English language & literature. I could go on... I love England, I also love the Isle of Man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 An icon for England is eithier : Big Ben, Houses of Parliament or Stonehenge an icon for the Isle of man is eithier : The TT, Laxey wheel or the lovely manx ice cream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesemonster2005 Posted January 16, 2006 Author Share Posted January 16, 2006 or the lovely manx ice cream The ice cream aint as good as it used to be but it's still better than in the UK. Doesn't compare at all with ice cream from anywhere on the European mainland - proper flavours and cream out here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-rhymes Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 Sweeping generalisations a go go... It's hard to compare a small Island nation with a major European country or worst yet a continent! I'm sure there are some wonderful independent ice cream makers out there! But Walls & Ola are all part of Unilever see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbrand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kite Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 we use real cream and flavours to!the ice cream here is better than any i eva had in spain or tourism regions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesemonster2005 Posted January 17, 2006 Author Share Posted January 17, 2006 Sweeping generalisations a go go... It's hard to compare a small Island nation with a major European country or worst yet a continent! I'm sure there are some wonderful independent ice cream makers out there! But Walls & Ola are all part of Unilever see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbrand Yes it was a generalisation. I've only experienced the most popular ice cream brands in Poland, Germany, Netherlands, Czech & Slovak Republics, Ukraine, Hungary, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Italy. So not quite the whole of Europe. Most British ice cream is of a poor standard because they don't use real cream or real flavours. Apparently (unsure if it's true) this started during WW2 due to rationing and never changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 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 Why can't we mention football hooliganism, surely that is one of Britains best known "icons" if not one of it's better known "exports"...... Bizarrely enough, in much of my previous travelling years, many of the taxi drivers I spoke to (NY, LA, Singapore, Miami, UAE & Hong Kong from what I can remmeber) happened to mention they loved Benny Hill & some of them also mentioned Mr Bean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesemonster2005 Posted January 17, 2006 Author Share Posted January 17, 2006 Why can't we mention football hooliganism, surely that is one of Britains best known "icons" if not one of it's better known "exports"...... Bizarrely enough, in much of my previous travelling years, many of the taxi drivers I spoke to (NY, LA, Singapore, Miami, UAE & Hong Kong from what I can remmeber) happened to mention they loved Benny Hill & some of them also mentioned Mr Bean. OK you can vote for hooligans! The Poles love Benny Hill although I can't stand him. You'll find Benny DVDs given away free with magazines every week. Bean is also popular too and Fawlty Towers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Apparently there was an attempt to hijack the vote by the foxhunting community, who voted en masse for the pink-coated psychopaths to become the icon of England! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-rhymes Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 I like that Cornish Ice Cream... Yummy! Stonehenge would be good, but it was made before the celts arrived. I guess that we all interbred over time though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karellen Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 An icon suggestion for England; £££££ The British Pound ££££££ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-rhymes Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Maybe soon €€€ The British Euro €€€ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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