What's England missing?

Funny thing about the French, their youth are now "doing an English", drinking wine straight from the bottle in public and getting bloutered. English restaurants and food are now considered to be excellent by some notable French chefs. You can do your own research into this as it has been reported in both the French and British press. However, the British are good at rubbishing themselves. I find the UK to be a vibrant, exciting, beautiful and a friendly country on a whole. I do wish it wasn't so cloudy at times.

It's my experience of the world that societies that we place on a pillar are just as crap as the elements in our own society that we like to hold dear as representative of Great Britain. I can't see the filth that country is supposed to be awash with. I have good eyesight.
 
" I can't see the filth that country is supposed to be awash with. I have good eyesight."

just peer out your car window at any motorway roundabout.........makes you weep....basically equally divided between the detritus of smokers and people disposing of empty mineral water bottles.
As all these people are old enough to drive.....it tells all you need to know about the age group responsible and its not kids,
 
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oldgit said:
" I can't see the filth that country is supposed to be awash with. I have good eyesight."

just peer out your car window at any motorway roundabout.........makes you weep....basically equally divided between the detritus of smokers and people disposing of empty mineral water bottles.
As all these people are old enough to drive.....it tells all you need to know about the age group responsible and its not kids,
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I live on an A road well out in the countryside. On virtually every day I go outside to pick up rubbish that people have thrown out of their cars. The jetsam includes bottles, cans, fast food boxes, magazines, newspapers, fag packets and polythene bags, quite a few of which contain poo.
 
A Clean Sea for starters: Most of the sea ive seen around england is brown dirty filth except for a couple of spots off the Isle of man , Wales and scotland.

The Weather of course but thats something nobody can do anything about. And why i chose to get the hell out and spend the majority of the last 15 yrs abroad. I personally cannot tolerate the weather in England it has a major effect on my mood.

Decent food thats widely available, why cant us english folks demand better food ! yes you can get it but it means either making it yourself or going to a top restaurant. Having said that i do miss a decent chippy tea or a trip to a good Indian for a blazing hot Madras !:p

And Heres what i think countries abroad need to Import from the UK.
Decent Pubs !!
Generally speaking they need to learn how to drive !:mad: (Germany excluded) On a daily basis i witness exhibitions of driving that would give the average healthy person heart failure.
 
vyv_cox said:
I live on an A road well out in the countryside. On virtually every day I go outside to pick up rubbish that people have thrown out of their cars. The jetsam includes bottles, cans, fast food boxes, magazines, newspapers, fag packets and polythene bags, quite a few of which contain poo.
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My late mother came to Spain on a visit.Although the village and suroundings where spot less she insisted on seeing litter.The English are in general a dirty lot but hold themselves superior to southern europeans.If only the newsreel pics of the english letting go in Spain could be seen they may form a different opinion.
 
It may have been mentioned already as I've not read the entire thread but one thing England is missing is a hosepipe ban.
Bring em back.

(It means we must be having a scorcher.)
 
What to import to Britain?

Left-hand drive.

The euro ... get rid of the falling pound.

Round electric plugs ... get rid of the square three pin thing.

Proportional representation ... get rid of first past the post.
 
robertj said:
It always rains there it must be the wettest place in the world.
Keep east of salcombe and you should be fine.
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I read once,
The wettest place in the world was in Hawwai. (highest annual rainfall or most rainy days rather than permenantly underwater)
 
This entire thread is very interesting indeed to a non-Brit like myself. You tell a lot about yourselves, also between the lines :)
 
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Two things:-

The food. In France even in a low cost restaurant you can get proper food and Foie Gras.

The weather: Go further south and you get more sunshine and warmer weather.

Other than that we probably have some of the finest cruising grounds in Europe, the problem is they are in Scotland and we cant get there in a two or three week summer holiday.
 
I agree with most people that compared to our foreign friends the food in the UK is of poor quality but .... it seems to be what people want. In France some of the more expensive meats were always well marbled with fat. In the UK people seem to want meat without fat so it is more expensive.
On the whole I found the food in France of better quality but it was boring! I know, shoot me down if you wish but there was not a great variety. It was good quality, cooked well but they seem closed to the idea of anything apart from traditional food. At least the UK has a bit of variety.
I much prefer the food in Spanish Spain.

The UK needs big signs in marinas telling French sailors that the little room on their boat is actually a toilet and how to use it.
 
Spi D said:
..... You tell a lot about yourselves, also between the lines :)
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Oh really? Please illuminate us from between the lines. In return I can provide a between the lines insight on your nationality.
 
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