Britishness Test.

Post Reply
User avatar
Rob
Carpe Diem
Posts: 2558
Joined: Sat Feb 27, 2010 1:49 am
About me: Just a man in love with science and the pursuit of knowledge.
Location: Seattle, WA
Contact:
Contact Rob

Re: Britishness Test.

Post by Rob » Thu Sep 08, 2011 4:21 am

Bella Fortuna wrote:I got 54% too. :cry:
This.
I can live with doubt, and uncertainty, and not knowing. I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong. [...] I don’t feel frightened by not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without having any purpose, which is the way it really is, as far as I can tell, possibly. It doesn’t frighten me. - Richard Feynman
Top
wittywoman
Posts: 91
Joined: Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:25 pm
About me: Lover of God, my husband, my family and so on. Lover of Life
self employed proof reader/editor/translator
Location: NW England
Contact:
Contact wittywoman

Re: Britishness Test.

Post by wittywoman » Thu Sep 08, 2011 4:37 am

The true Britishness Test can be passed by those who have watched Monty Python, Black Adder and Fawlty Towers. The only other alternative is to prove absolutely you have read LoR and Hitchikers Guide. I learnt this when first moving here in 1985. To become part of the society, i had to work hard and furious at Englishfying my humor. Still considered foreign after 26 years...
  Love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.  
Top
User avatar
Svartalf
Offensive Grail Keeper
Posts: 40990
Joined: Wed Feb 24, 2010 12:42 pm
Location: Paris France
Contact:
Contact Svartalf

Re: Britishness Test.

Post by Svartalf » Thu Sep 08, 2011 4:41 am

Well, last time I was there, they found my humour too dry and deadpan.
Embrace the Darkness, it needs a hug

PC stands for "Patronizing Cocksucker" Randy Ping
Top
User avatar
Bella Fortuna
Sister Golden Hair
Posts: 79685
Joined: Wed Mar 04, 2009 11:45 am
About me: Being your slave, what should I do but tend
Upon the hours and times of your desire?
I have no precious time at all to spend,
Nor services to do, till you require.
Location: Scotlifornia
Contact:
Contact Bella Fortuna

Re: Britishness Test.

Post by Bella Fortuna » Thu Sep 08, 2011 4:43 am

wittywoman wrote:The true Britishness Test can be passed by those who have watched Monty Python, Black Adder and Fawlty Towers. The only other alternative is to prove absolutely you have read LoR and Hitchikers Guide. I learnt this when first moving here in 1985. To become part of the society, i had to work hard and furious at Englishfying my humor. Still considered foreign after 26 years...
:dance: I began unwittingly doing that when I was about 15!

Still not moved there, though... :sigh:
Sent from my Bollocksberry using Crapatalk.
Image
Food, cooking, and disreputable nonsense: http://miscreantsdiner.blogspot.com/
Top
wittywoman
Posts: 91
Joined: Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:25 pm
About me: Lover of God, my husband, my family and so on. Lover of Life
self employed proof reader/editor/translator
Location: NW England
Contact:
Contact wittywoman

Re: Britishness Test.

Post by wittywoman » Thu Sep 08, 2011 4:46 am

Svartalf wrote:Well, last time I was there, they found my humour too dry and deadpan.
you must have been in the deep south. no humor tooo dry or deadpan in NW, as far as i have found. But, to compensate, friendly folk abound.
  Love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.  
Top
User avatar
Svartalf
Offensive Grail Keeper
Posts: 40990
Joined: Wed Feb 24, 2010 12:42 pm
Location: Paris France
Contact:
Contact Svartalf

Re: Britishness Test.

Post by Svartalf » Thu Sep 08, 2011 5:16 am

deep south? No, Surrey and Oxford... though in pretty low class (and lowbrow) environment both times.
Embrace the Darkness, it needs a hug

PC stands for "Patronizing Cocksucker" Randy Ping
Top
User avatar
Clinton Huxley
19th century monkeybitch.
Posts: 23739
Joined: Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:34 pm
Contact:
Contact Clinton Huxley

Re: Britishness Test.

Post by Clinton Huxley » Thu Sep 08, 2011 7:28 am

The test is simple - are you effortlessly superior, in a languid and bored way, to everyone else?

If Yes, you may well be British and you definitely ain't French.
"I grow old … I grow old …
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled"

AND MERRY XMAS TO ONE AND All!

Imagehttp://25kv.co.uk/date_counter.php?date ... 20counting!!![/img-sig]
Top
User avatar
Svartalf
Offensive Grail Keeper
Posts: 40990
Joined: Wed Feb 24, 2010 12:42 pm
Location: Paris France
Contact:
Contact Svartalf

Re: Britishness Test.

Post by Svartalf » Thu Sep 08, 2011 8:03 am

Don't be so churlish just because of your envy of my natural and easy superiority to you miserable islanders.
Embrace the Darkness, it needs a hug

PC stands for "Patronizing Cocksucker" Randy Ping
Top
User avatar
Clinton Huxley
19th century monkeybitch.
Posts: 23739
Joined: Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:34 pm
Contact:
Contact Clinton Huxley

Re: Britishness Test.

Post by Clinton Huxley » Thu Sep 08, 2011 8:17 am

Svartalf wrote:Don't be so churlish just because of your envy of my natural and easy superiority to you miserable islanders.
If the English Channel did not exist, we would have to invent it...
"I grow old … I grow old …
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled"

AND MERRY XMAS TO ONE AND All!

Imagehttp://25kv.co.uk/date_counter.php?date ... 20counting!!![/img-sig]
Top
User avatar
Atheist-Lite
Formerly known as Crumple
Posts: 8745
Joined: Sun Sep 12, 2010 12:35 pm
About me: You need a jetpack? Here, take mine. I don't need a jetpack this far away.
Location: In the Galactic Hub, Yes That One !!!
Contact:
Contact Atheist-Lite

Re: Britishness Test.

Post by Atheist-Lite » Thu Sep 08, 2011 8:35 am

Some people moved here with the Roman conquests and think they bloody belong here. :smoke:
nxnxm,cm,m,fvmf,vndfnm,nm,f,dvm,v v vmfm,vvm,d,dd vv sm,mvd,fmf,fn ,v fvfm,
Top
User avatar
Ayaan
Queen of the Infidels
Posts: 19533
Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:12 am
About me: AKA: Sciwoman
Location: Married to Gawdzilla and living in Missouri. What the hell have I gotten myself into?
Contact:
Contact Ayaan

Re: Britishness Test.

Post by Ayaan » Thu Sep 08, 2011 8:48 am

87.5% - although I did guess at a few of them.
"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." ♥ Robert A. Heinlein
Image
“Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself; (I am large, I contain multitudes.)”-Walt Whitman from Song of Myself, Leaves of Grass
I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.~Ripley
The Internet: The Big Book of Everything ~ Gawdzilla Sama
Top
User avatar
Atheist-Lite
Formerly known as Crumple
Posts: 8745
Joined: Sun Sep 12, 2010 12:35 pm
About me: You need a jetpack? Here, take mine. I don't need a jetpack this far away.
Location: In the Galactic Hub, Yes That One !!!
Contact:
Contact Atheist-Lite

Re: Britishness Test.

Post by Atheist-Lite » Thu Sep 08, 2011 8:51 am

Ayaan wrote:87.5% - although I did guess at a few of them.
There's a tunnel back to Europe now. They should form a orderly line and take the hint..... :zilla:
nxnxm,cm,m,fvmf,vndfnm,nm,f,dvm,v v vmfm,vvm,d,dd vv sm,mvd,fmf,fn ,v fvfm,
Top
User avatar
Pappa
Non-Practicing Anarchist
Non-Practicing Anarchist
Posts: 56488
Joined: Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:42 am
About me: I am sacrificing a turnip as I type.
Location: Le sud du Pays de Galles.
Contact:
Contact Pappa

Re: Britishness Test.

Post by Pappa » Thu Sep 08, 2011 10:42 am

70.83%

:dunno:
For information on ways to help support Rationalia financially, see our funding page.


When the aliens do come, everything we once thought was cool will then make us ashamed.
Top
User avatar
Pappa
Non-Practicing Anarchist
Non-Practicing Anarchist
Posts: 56488
Joined: Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:42 am
About me: I am sacrificing a turnip as I type.
Location: Le sud du Pays de Galles.
Contact:
Contact Pappa

Re: Britishness Test.

Post by Pappa » Thu Sep 08, 2011 10:48 am

7) The funniest thing ever on British television was:
a: Del Boy falling through that bar.
b: Basil Fawlty beating up that foreigner.
c: Compo crashing in that bath.
d: Princess Di hitting that pillar.
:hehe:
For information on ways to help support Rationalia financially, see our funding page.


When the aliens do come, everything we once thought was cool will then make us ashamed.
Top
User avatar
Gawdzilla Sama
Stabsobermaschinist
Posts: 151265
Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:24 am
About me: My posts are related to the thread in the same way Gliese 651b is related to your mother's underwear drawer.
Location: Sitting next to Ayaan in Domus Draconis, and communicating via PMs.
Contact:
Contact Gawdzilla Sama

Re: Britishness Test.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:07 am

Lol! The highest score I've seen was made by a Merkin. :doglol:
Image
Ein Ubootsoldat wrote:“Ich melde mich ab. Grüssen Sie bitte meine Kameraden.”
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Language, Culture & Anthropology”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest