Things that English people like

[Psmith]

Saying :"Well,we won the war".
(Mostly older ones)

[Fry]

Being worse than me at shagging and FIFA.

[Cuntbeaks]

Bank Holiday Buggery

Saveloys

Fish with skin on

Being tight cunts

[Depressed Beyond Tables]

I think we really like people who try hard but are unsuccessful. As soon as someone can demonstrate that they're good at something, they're a bit too big for their boots and should be shunned.

reminds me of another thing we Irish love. Begrudgery. Particularly to Irish success stories.

When will people realise that begrudgery is universally common, actually quite enjoyable at times and no reason to genuinely judge entire nations?

If you know forren, and they haven't displayed begrudgery of some kind about one of their own, you don't know them.

[Sony Walkman Prophecies]

Having been watching a lot US boxing recently I can confirm the Yanks love a loser as much as us Brits. The only difference is their losers are usually courageous warriors like Foreman and Frazier, ours are cowardly huggers like Frank Bruno who manage to psyche themselves out before even entering the ring.

[Ballad of Ballard Berkley]

Twee period dramas

Posh people (see above)

Boris Johnson (ditto)

[shiftwork2]

Dogs

Gardens

A Good Seeing To

La musique de Gérard Lenorman

[Ferris]

Going to Australia and being loud.

Drinking too much at inappropriate times.

Interesting hats at weddings.

[itsfredtitmus]

stinky old fucks and shit sarcasm

[Nice Relaxing Poo]

Visiting shit facsimiles of what other people imagine is a "traditional English pub" in other countries.


"How was the holiday to Brazil mate?"

"Fucking great, there was a great pub called The Dog and Parrot in Rio, served Guinness and Worthingtons on tap!"

[Pingers]

Predicting that the cloud will burn off later

Eating sandwiches in the car with the wipers going

Scratch cards

[Shit Good Nose]

Curry

[Neville Chamberlain]

- A pint of warm ale balanced on the head of a nun riding along a misty lane carrying a cricket bat.

[king_tubby]

Man flesh.

[Norton Canes]

I think we really like people who try hard but are unsuccessful. As soon as someone can demonstrate that they're good at something, they're a bit too big for their boots and should be shunned

We seem to be able to handle our winners if they're simple, amiable, salt-of-the-earth types who almost stumble upon victories. It's only when we have the occasional ruthless, calculating, impassive serial victory claimer that we get apprehensive. So when Geraint Thomas almost accidentally ambles to a Tour de France victory we're made up for the guy. But Chris Froome, gimlet-eyed, eats up wins without blinking... ooh, shifty type, not keen. Just look at snooker. Barry Hawkins, Mark Williams? Top blokes. Stephen Hendry, blasted his way to seven world titles without so much as cracking a smile? No love.

[Janie Jones]

Pubs

And taking empty glasses back to the bar therein. No other nation in the U.K. does this.

[kittens]

all kinds of things

[Sony Walkman Prophecies]

Jeremy Vine seems to epitomise something essentially English but I can't think what. You just don't hear newscasters in other countries with that voice, or that ability to summon up nebulous grievances from their countrymen into honed and pointed ideological prospectuses. It's a bit like how we do politics.

[Neville Chamberlain]

- A warm pint resting on the head of a meadow bee.

[Twit 2]

Tutting at guttering
Milling about a fete
Leaving wherever you are, no matter how nice a time you're having, or how favourable the weather is, because it's 6 o'clock and that's when it's teatime so we all need to go RIGHT NOW
Slags
Beetroot
The notion of fishing
Fried chicken and sick
Bernard Manning
Shit indie bands
Peregrine falcons
Jesus
Tramps
Sausages
Bigotry

[Cuellar]

Whacking great knobs and fanny-fucking

[DArtagnan]

Giving are country to far-right Americans and Russians.

Giving ARE country?
It would seem that they like to publicise the fact that
they paid little attention in English lessons at school.

[Avril Lavigne]

Complaining about Halloween & how American it is & how much of a nuisance Trick or Treaters are.

[yesitsme]

Not helping.

Helping too much.

Sticking their fucking oar in where it doesn't concern them.

Saying 'I knew that would happen'

Saying 'I pay my taxes!'

Believing that being English (and British) is still currency abroad.

Going somewhere because they've heard of it knowing full well it will be shit rather than trying somewhere they haven't heard of incase it might be shit.  ie. going to Jamies Italian Kitchen or McDonald's in Rome.

Expecting everyone else to be 100pc on the ball when they're a bunch of fuckwits.

Blaming and claiming.

Self pity.

Having an 'I'm alright Jack' attitude.

How long have I lived up here?