Good and Bad Things about England

El Weirdo · 10-08-2010 08:50PM

Black Magician wrote: »

Bad: Everton FC girls(Their English!!!)

It's probably the Scouse accent.

scientific1982 · 10-08-2010 08:53PM

Good: The music.
Bad: Some of the accents especially brummie, young london and essex.

Karl Hungus · 10-08-2010 08:55PM

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Fair enough but 'regular beer' has a tendecy to be total absolute muck. I don't drink 'regular beer' here either though. Belge, German and czech beer all the way!

I used to be quite into the Belgian beverages myself, but over the years have grown extremely fond of English Ales. Nothing quite compares to a good pint of ale pulled on the olde style hand pumps, it's just gorgeous.

nullzero · 10-08-2010 08:56PM

Good: Northeners (probably because half of them are Irish)
Bad: Racial segregation (ghetto's)

Big Nasty · 10-08-2010 09:05PM

Karl Hungus wrote: »

I used to be quite into the Belgian beverages myself, but over the years have grown extremely fond of English Ales. Nothing quite compares to a good pint of ale pulled on the olde style hand pumps, it's just gorgeous.

I'm going OT now and we should probably take this to the beer forum but the only draught beer I drink these days is GUINNESS. It's actually more consistent lately than any other draught. Bottled beer on the other hand is obviously very consistent. I tend to drink Belgian beer the weekend and Czech during the week! Is it possible to experience proper English Ale anywhere in this country?

merengueca · 10-08-2010 09:10PM

Good : That I managed to move up the career ladder here on my own merit. Nepotism is very much the scurge of Ireland.

Bad : My family aren't here

Karl Hungus · 10-08-2010 09:10PM

MCMLXXV wrote: »

I'm going OT now and we should probably take this to the beer forum but the only draught beer I drink these days is GUINNESS. It's actually more consistent lately than any other draught. Bottled beer on the other hand is obviously very consistent. I tend to drink Belgian beer the weekend and Czech during the week! Is it possible to experience proper English Ale anywhere in this country?

Yeah, bottled ales are good. You can find some places have a very nice selection, like the Bull & Castle in Dublin. Many off licenses will stock some nice ones. It won't be the same as a proper pint you'd get from the old hand pump, but still better than most things.

I'll generally drink bottled ales anyway when I'm on, depending on where I'm going.

Big Nasty · 10-08-2010 09:17PM

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Yeah, bottled ales are good. You can find some places have a very nice selection, like the Bull & Castle in Dublin. Many off licenses will stock some nice ones. It won't be the same as a proper pint you'd get from the old hand pump, but still better than most things.

I'll generally drink bottled ales anyway when I'm on, depending on where I'm going.

Can't beat the owl hand pump Karl! :eek:

I usually get my beer from Redmonds in Ranelagh, great selection and very reasonable. PM me a few suggestions to look out for!

InTheTrees · 10-08-2010 09:17PM

Its so crowded. Seventy million people jammed onto that island. There's barely any uncultivated open space left.

Slutmonkey57b · 10-08-2010 09:28PM

That's only a problem if you prefer scraggly wilderness.

ejmaztec · 10-08-2010 09:32PM

Mr. Presentable wrote: »

You have them wrong way around.

If England were to sink beneath the waves tomorrow I cannot think of a single thing I'd miss. Maybe BBC4.

Considering all of the goods and businesses that would disappear, you might miss a lot more than you think.:P

questionmark? · 10-08-2010 09:42PM

Good: Choice of drink in the pubs

Bad: A tendency to have useless bar staff that are way to slow at serving

starbelgrade · 10-08-2010 09:45PM

The Good; They are in general, nice folk, despite their reputation

The Bad; When they are bad, they are really f*cking bad, which lends to their bad reputation

And The Ugly; Wayne Rooney

mackeminexile · 10-08-2010 09:54PM

InTheTrees wrote: »

Its so crowded. Seventy million people jammed onto that island. There's barely any uncultivated open space left.

Eh? Have you ever been to England? The Lake District, Northumberland, Cumbria, Yorkshire Moors, Dartmoor etc etc etc

R0ot · 10-08-2010 09:58PM

Good: The are separated by water from us.
Bad: They are English.

Adriatic · 10-08-2010 10:03PM

I advise everyone to read Tickling the English by Dara O Briain to find everythnig you need to know about the english from a funny irish perspective.

orourkeda · 10-08-2010 10:10PM

Rest_Energy wrote: »

Good: They have London and Manchester, and it's because of this that I'm incredibly jealous.

Bad: I don't live there

Manchester's a toilet pot.

Good: London
Bad: Bolton, Leeds, Leicester and Coventry

orourkeda · 10-08-2010 10:14PM

Adriatic wrote: »

I advise everyone to read Tickling the English by Dara O Briain to find everythnig you need to know about the english from a funny irish perspective.

Dara O'Briain.

You are joking aren't you?

Biggins · 10-08-2010 10:31PM

Good: The beautiful Yorkshire and Lancashire countryside.
Bad: The traffic and city drive nightmare that is London.

kev9100 · 10-08-2010 10:59PM

Good: Sound people and really good public transport

Bad: Chavs and their city centres close really early.

bronte · 10-08-2010 10:59PM

Good:
I live there.

Hampstead Heath on a Sunday afternoon.
Gorgeous British accents.
The fact that I'm a "Gaelic angel" over here when according to after hours Irish women are shit back home.
Great nightlife

Bad:

Miss my family.
Can't find Lyons tea over here..have to buy Barrys.