A typical Englishman

[heidita]

Funnily enough, my father's name was Robert and his sister was Fanny

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That's reeeeeally funny, buggles!!!!!!! What a a coincidence!!:shock:

 

[Amigos4]

:lol::lol::lol::lol:

That's reeeeeally funny, buggles!!!!!!! What a a coincidence!!:shock:

Can you imagine the Buggles Family getting their immunization injections?...that's one for Buggle's fanny...one for Bob's fanny...and one for Fanny's fanny! :lol:

 

[buggles]

Can you imagine the Buggles Family getting their immunization injections?...that's one for Buggle's fanny...one for Bob's fanny...and one for Fanny's fanny! :lol:

Full marks for that, Amigos4 - unfortunately the only jabs I've had have been in my arm: at least the only ones I can remember!
I'm currently trying hard to blot out the picture that your remarks conjured up for me!
Keep up the good work.

 

[Amigos4]

Full marks for that, Amigos4 - unfortunately the only jabs I've had have been in my arm: at least the only ones I can remember!
I'm currently trying hard to blot out the picture that your remarks conjured up for me!
Keep up the good work.

Thanks for the kind words, Buggles!
Are there other relatives in the Buggles tribe that are worthy of mention???? ;-)

Amigo

 

[buggles]

Thanks for the kind words, Buggles!
Are there other relatives in the Buggles tribe that are worthy of mention???? ;-)

Amigo

'fraid not - we're all pretty conventional - except for Mad Hamish McBuggles, but we prefer not to talk about him.;-)

 

[Amigos4]

'fraid not - we're all pretty conventional - except for Mad Hamish McBuggles, but we prefer not to talk about him.;-)

You always make my days brighter, Buggles! :lol:

Thanks for being such a good sport!

Cheers,
Amigo

 

[heidita]

You always make my days brighter, Buggles! :lol:

Thanks for being such a good sport!

Cheers,
Amigo

Indeed!!:up:

 

[Amigos4]

Indeed!!:up:

Nicely stated, Heidi! :up::up:

 

[buggles]

Nicely stated, Heidi! :up::up:

Many thanks to you and to Heidita - sorry I can't reply to you both simultaneously. (Or can I and it's just something I don't know how to do?)

The feeling's mutual. Although I've only been posting for a short time, I'm starting to feel as if I'm a member of a great international community - and it feels good!

I always look out for posts by Heidita and Amigos4 whenever I sign on - these posts are always interesting and generally amusing. Here's hoping things continue in this vein.

Buggles :cheers:

 

[Amigos4]

Many thanks to you and to Heidita - sorry I can't reply to you both simultaneously. (Or can I and it's just something I don't know how to do?)

The feeling's mutual. Although I've only been posting for a short time, I'm starting to feel as if I'm a member of a great international community - and it feels good!

I always look out for posts by Heidita and Amigos4 whenever I sign on - these posts are always interesting and generally amusing. Here's hoping things continue in this vein.

Buggles :cheers:

Thanks for the kind words, Buggles!

I must admit that there is a genuine sense of merriment whenever I see the word 'Buggles'! Does the word have special significance in BrE...or were just lucky enough to have been born into a family with unique names?

Cheers,
Amigo

 

[buggles]

Hi Amigo,

There's not really any significance to "Buggles" other than that there is a slight connection with my real surname.

There is a saying in England - " It's Buggles' turn" - which referred to the Civil Service process of promotion based on length of service rather than ability, but I don't think that influenced my choice of nom-de-plume neither do I think is it anything to do with the group Buggles who were a one-hit wonder with "Video Killed the Radio star" some time back.

I guess it just sounded right when I first posted on UE.

Buggles

 

[Amigos4]

Hi Amigo,

There's not really any significance to "Buggles" other than that there is a slight connection with my real surname.

There is a saying in England - " It's Buggles' turn" - which referred to the Civil Service process of promotion based on length of service rather than ability, but I don't think that influenced my choice of nom-de-plume neither do I think is it anything to do with the group Buggles who were a one-hit wonder with "Video Killed the Radio star" some time back.

I guess it just sounded right when I first posted on UE.

Buggles

Buggles, it really doesn't matter where the word came from! I LOVE THE SOUND OF IT!!!

In fact, I am going to make it a verb and a noun and swear to use it at least 3 times each day! "Well, he really Buggled that song, didn't he?" "Are you familiar with the 'Buggles Theory of Non-Relativity'?" "Heidita, let's go to the International Cafe and order some Buggles and chips!"!!!;-)

Your a good man, Master Buggles... but your name is even gooder! :lol:

Look for the 'Buggles' billboards that will soon be covering Lancashire! You are going to become a household name, my friend! Enjoy!

Cheers,
Amigo
President of the Buggles Fan Club

 

[heidita]

Buggles, dear friend, I just wanted to tell you and everybody on this thread, that from now on I will always think of this wonderful lady first, when I hear "English".

She was incredible on Leno's show. So young and funny and such beeeeeeautiful English....I am still flabbergasted! She is actually Britain's oldest driver and admitted that , of course, in those days, she didn't have a license...and driving on the wrong side of the road and all!!:lol::lol:

Nora Hardwick, 102-year-old British Grandma Stripped off For Charity Calendar


I mean...I think she is simply GREAT!!! How can you be so young and witty at that age???? You should have seen her telling Jay Leno that she hadn't even known him before he called. She is my star now!:up:

 

[buggles]

Thanks for that, Heidita, but I suspect you've just found the most atypical Englishwoman!

 

[Vibovit]

I can't really describe a typical Englishman... there is no such thing as Mr Average
But if we rephrase the question and ask about 3 associations on the nation as a whole, I'd say:
1. class divisions (English society seems to be very class-driven in compare to the continent)
2. sense of humour (which I love)
3. heavy drinking :-D

 

[buggles]

I can't really describe a typical Englishman... there is no such thing as Mr Average
But if we rephrase the question and ask about 3 associations on the nation as a whole, I'd say:
1. class divisions (English society seems to be very class-driven in compare to the continent)
2. sense of humour (which I love)
3. heavy drinking :-D

Thanks for that, Vibobit. I agree there's no Mr. Average: the idea was just to gauge people's perceptions of "Englishness".
I think you're the first to pick up on "heavy drinking" - probably because you're located in London and have seen it first hand. It seems to be confined mainly to some of our young people who drink to get drunk rather than just to be sociable as is the case in most other countries. Don't know why that is - maybe it's the climate: not cold enough to keep people indoors and not warm enough to encourage families to enjoy a "continental" cafe culture. :-?

 

[buggles]

Buggles, it really doesn't matter where the word came from! I LOVE THE SOUND OF IT!!!

In fact, I am going to make it a verb and a noun and swear to use it at least 3 times each day! "Well, he really Buggled that song, didn't he?" "Are you familiar with the 'Buggles Theory of Non-Relativity'?" "Heidita, let's go to the International Cafe and order some Buggles and chips!"!!!;-)

Your a good man, Master Buggles... but your name is even gooder! :lol:

Look for the 'Buggles' billboards that will soon be covering Lancashire! You are going to become a household name, my friend! Enjoy!

Cheers,
Amigo
President of the Buggles Fan Club

Buggles

 

[Amigos4]

Buggles

As President of the Buggles Fan Club it is my duty to inform you that your membership has lapsed due to non-payment of annual membership fee.
Please remit payment by return post!

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter!

Cheers,
Amigo

 

[Amigos4]

Thanks for that, Vibobit. I agree there's no Mr. Average: the idea was just to gauge people's perceptions of "Englishness".
I think you're the first to pick up on "heavy drinking" - probably because you're located in London and have seen it first hand. It seems to be confined mainly to some of our young people who drink to get drunk rather than just to be sociable as is the case in most other countries. Don't know why that is - maybe it's the climate: not cold enough to keep people indoors and not warm enough to encourage families to enjoy a "continental" cafe culture. :-?

Buggles, just a quick follow-up comment. In US we frequently see video of English soccer fans who are, simply stated,'out of control'. Is their passion for their team greatly influenced by the ingestion of alcoholic beverages??? How big a 'problem' is the consumption of alcohol among England's youth? Are the authorities strict enough in monitoring pub and restaurant limits?

Cheers,
Amigo

 

[Vibovit]

Don't know why that is - maybe it's the climate: not cold enough to keep people indoors and not warm enough to encourage families to enjoy a "continental" cafe culture. :-?

I don't believe there is one single explanation. The climate in Netherlands, for example, is actually very similar. Also according to one survey, the average rate of binge drinking in the UK is about once every 13 days (3rd place in Europe) - while the Brits are admittedly outdrank (can one say so?) by inhabitants of cold Finland, the Swedes, however, binge drink almost 3 times less often. (Higher prices?)
Maybe it's the 11pm pub closing rule that gave birth to the "drinking to a deadline" tradition.
Or the alcopops trend?

Anyway, the phenomenon got my attention not as much because of what I witnessed as because I was so often assumed to be a heavy drinker just for being Slavonic :-D This (slightly annoying, as stereotypes can be) made me actually check the data and find out that in my native country the alcohol consumption per capita - at least according to WHO statistics - is about 80% of that on the Isles...

Just to be clear, I don't think there's anything wrong with drinking by itself (speaking of non-violent adults), I'm an advocate of individual freedom, this is the stance from which I disliked all that anti-smoking campaign going on (even though I'm a non-smoker myself). But that's another story :lol:

The sense of humour is a great thing, people have a funny bone and they like joking for the heck of it for some reason, I'm also a big fan of Monthy Python or Gervais (one of the best stand ups ever), and - less known perhaps - Chris Morris, whose mockumentaries won't be topped anytime soon :lol: compared to him, Borat is a "small beer" (as you'd say in Polish). For those of you who're curious, you can find quite a lot of Morris's material on Youtube. Anyway, I also think that best bits of American humour and satire owe a lot to British kind of humour; less crude, more surrealistic, basing on understatements and so on; I'm a South Park fan for example (especially old SP) - now, its creators openly speak about their inspiration with Monthy Python, they actually made a few tributes to MP...