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The Greatest Englishman of the 20th C. is...

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Fri Dec 09, 2011 2:22 am

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Sir Winston Churchill has been named the greatest British gentleman of the last century in a new poll. The former Prime Minister, who inspired the nation to stand in defiance of Hitler during World War Two, topped the survey of 4,000 people to uncover the greatest gentlemen in modern memory.

Runner-up went to Sir David Attenborough, Britain’s best-known natural history film maker who brought the hidden secrets of the world to living rooms across the country with programs like Life, The Blue Planet and Frozen Plane
Winston Churchill named Britain's greatest gentleman of the last century | Mail Online
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Post by Svartalf » Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:17 am

I just farted.

How about Eric Blair?
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Post by Bella Fortuna » Fri Dec 09, 2011 5:26 am

The greatest Englishman of the 19th century is Huxley. :swoon:
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Post by hackenslash » Fri Dec 09, 2011 5:48 am

Svartalf wrote:I just farted.

How about Eric Blair?
Yup, or Bertrand Russell.
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Post by JimC » Fri Dec 09, 2011 6:32 am

My Dad!

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Post by Clinton Huxley » Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:52 am

Bella Fortuna wrote:The greatest Englishman of the 19th century is Huxley. :swoon:
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Post by Azathoth » Fri Dec 09, 2011 8:38 am

I would say Alexander Fleming myself. No contest when compared to an old drunken Tory
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Fri Dec 09, 2011 9:25 am

Maybe Alan Turing.
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Post by Animavore » Fri Dec 09, 2011 9:29 am

As long as they didn't say John Lennon :ani:
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Post by Audley Strange » Fri Dec 09, 2011 10:23 am

That heavens for Churchill eh? He single handledly defeated the Nazi menace, the Russian Bear, put the U.S. back in it's place and re-enslaved the colonies before deciding it was the U.K.'s destiny to rid Europe of International Jewry.
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Post by Pappa » Sun Dec 11, 2011 12:41 am

Azathoth wrote:I would say Alexander Fleming myself.
He was Scottish.
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Post by Svartalf » Sun Dec 11, 2011 1:15 am

If I believe the name, he might even be counted as Dutch.
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Post by Azathoth » Sun Dec 11, 2011 1:18 am

Pappa wrote:
Azathoth wrote:I would say Alexander Fleming myself.
He was Scottish.
so?
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Re: The Greatest Englishman of the 20th C. is...

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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Dec 11, 2011 2:04 am

That was rather viscous, Ian. :mod:
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