Top 10 Things Brits Are Bloody Good At
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- Top 10 Things Brits Are Bloody Good At
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We're ditching the stereotypical modesty for a moment, and celebrating what makes Britain great! For this list, we're counting down the things that Britain and British people excel at. From trend-setting comedy to influential works of literature, the rest of the world can thank us later!
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Special thanks to our user WordToTheWes for submitting the idea on our interactive suggestion tool: WatchMojo.com/suggest
#10. Theatre
#9. Playing Hollywood Bad Guys
#8. Educational Institutes
#7. Unique Slang
#6. Music Festivals
#5. Inventing Sports
#4. History
#3, #2, #1: ???
What makes you most proud to be British?
Derbyshire
WatchMojoUK We won the World Cup
tech and music.... and literature, pretty good at movies too tbh lol
Fred West
that we can make fun at anyone, even ourselves without been offensive
10. You
9. Can't
8. Rank
7. Us
6. Because
5. Each
4. Country
3. Is
2. Different
1. Going to school and not getting shot
Firstly: Kingsbury = not a school shooting, secondly... although people were injured, no one died. Because only three were attacked it also doesn’t count *technically* as a mass shooting, although the US has had 90 mass shootings (targeted at four or more people) since 1982
@Super Mario Get your facts right! Murder rate in US: 5.35, in UK: 1.20. Official numbers for 2016. Now shut up!
Super Mario. Who the hell believes statistics?
😂
@@florawilson3369 if there were gun shots with intention of doing harmin school its a school sbooting
I’m not even gonna argue. Thank You Brits from America!🇬🇧🇺🇸
Ryan Caruso that’s proper nice, thanks mate from Britain 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Love how British Tropical Pal Tree's reply was 🤣 nice one mate
WatchMojoUK - They could have said "Nice one me old China - If you ever visit, pop round my gaff for either a cup of Rosie Lee or we can take a trip down to my local for a pigs ear.
Jay Smith I had to look up what all that meant, because I thought it was an insult 😂
Ryan Caruso - When I was at college/high school myself and a friend used to talk in rhyming slang to each other. A female friend of ours always used to ask what the hell we were talking about. 😂
I'll give you this: As a citizen in a young country I cannot help but be amazed by and envious of the UK counties' wealth of history.
Not to ruin the party but we mostly have a rich history because we were invaded a lot and also invaded a lot
@@manjotbali8985 well yeh that’s the point tbh lol
@@almenaadams446 ye fair enough
@@manjotbali8985 And in doing so we made the countries we invaded a lot as well, namely India. 🇬🇧
Haha. It's not a great thing to loot others and become Great.
Documentaries , three words, Sir David Attenborough !!!
Graham Evans - That and 'The World at War'.
+Jay Smith Also anything with Ruth Goodman. Farms, castles, pharmacies and trains, she and her mates make brilliant documentaries.
I always prefer British documentaries. They are matter of fact without the sensationalism of the US ones. Well, besides the crime docs always going on about “EVIL”. - from a liberal American atheist (we do exist)
More of a Ross Kemp fan myself...David Attenborough just seems to get very boring, very quickly
@@jadelowe8050 Ross Kemp wants the attention to be on him. Sir David puts it all on the subject of the documentary.
I'm not British, but I have to say that England makes the best music.
i am british born in england with a scottish family and i will say that yes england does but i think all of the other land masses have produced great music, you may not even know that you are listening to.
Check out the current exhibition of The History and Influences of Scottish grown talent at the show 'RIP IT UP' on at The Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. 50-60 artists and groups represented with a broad range of inspirational talent, genres, costumes, instruments and ephemera. A must see (on till 25 Nov) or a must purchase catalogue 'RIP IT UP' FROM THE SHOP AT £15. ENJOY ALL!! The book pinpoints countless commercial success stories and artistic underdogs whose work has gone on to influence film, fashion, design, visual-art and politics - Vic Galloway
Ned D. Yeah it's cuz we have Ed Sheeran
Aliyah Ashgar - Hahahahahahahaha! Nice one.
I agree but with Europe in general
Man it feels good to be British 😎
Need a handout sponger?
Gary Gary what are you banging on about? Strange man .... drinking problem??
@Gary Gary I see you everywhere, quit the drugs pal
@@tommzytree2787 he probably means the original person is on benefits
or f knows what he's on about....
Wanker .
You know why we play villains so well, Americans distrust intelligence lol
Muhahahaha not all yanks are dumb but your comment is hillarious.
Sarah Morley Brian Cox (Actor) said it once on Top Gear
Supreme fatty Kim Jong un so many literally can't understand it which is hilarious tbh.
CaptainAMAZINGGG Yep, we’re really good at that too, ngl. But at least we can admit it, unlike the Yanks.
Voices From The Attic We can also take jokes about ourselves, too. You obviously lack that quality.
Fun fact: During WW2 the British would use people from Newcastle and Durham (Where I'm from) to communicate over radio because we have some weird slang and accents. The Germans couldn't understand a word and thought we had invented an entirely new language.
1: going to school and not getting shot
2: getting stabbed outside of the school
@@godzillabrur9445 Amusing when people point that out when the US still has a higher level of knife homicides than us (about 5 per million compared to our 3). However the UK only has 0.5 gun homicides per million compared to America's 34. So I wonder where it is safer to go to school...????
makeshift flamethrowers exist though
@@cringeMathematician normally if you live in London Manchester liverpool or some other big cities
Lmao 😂 exactly!
From the U.S.A., I can't disagree with your list. My passions include music and the art of humor. I wish we could still make fun at anyone, even ourselves without being offensive. ....I've always loved the British accent as well.
Long live Ozzy!!
Pretending we will win the world cup is something we seem to be good at.
Hello Everyone We (Scotland) can’t even pretend cause we I don’t think been in the World Cup for 20 years
Yep, I'm 99% sure that we're winning this time.
We're pretty good at hitting the post, the crossbar, and the 18th row of seats behind the goal.
Hello Everyone
Every country ever
Hello Everyone it's a thing this year tho. I've never been into football but I just feel a connection with it suddenly and, from a sense of ease, feeling it's a thing. Anyways, I'm enjoying :)
Well done tho at never giving up, hey LOL that level of determined delusion is inspiring for anyone wanting to win at life regardless of previous experiences or contrary expectations of others :) ;)
Great video! But we are also great at queuing and complaining about the weather 😉
Craig Lister definitely complaining about the weather the past week its been well too hot!!
I don't get the queuing thing. In every country I've visited people queue as much as we do.
drdrght but no ones as good at it as we are haha
And making tea.
And sneering. Don't forget sneering.
How could you forget about Queuing
MikeMJPMUNCH clearly we take it for granted, like our driving army and police 😂
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Japan are the one's to beat on queuing, just take a look at any of their comic-con's to see the sort of queue that just couldn't exist in Britain.
nah englands better at queing even when there is no order at free partys people still know to que its jokes
I don't get the queuing thing. In every country I've visited people queue as much as we do.
It’s funny that in rugby players in the uk don’t wear padding unlike those sissies in the US who wear padding (no offence to those who play it in the US but it’s the truth)
Jazz1011 - Actually it's not the truth. Some Rugby players (both codes) wear padding and head-guards, just not helmets and padding/armour to the degree American footballers wear.
different sports love. The mans orgy with the hot pants isn't big in the states yet.
I know right i play rugby we wear under armor and a head guard and thats it
The different codes have different impacts so its not a fair comparison. Personally I'm super proud of my Irish rugby team but if they were to tackle like US football players they'd all have servere concussions and neck injuries. They'd also be sinbinned for illegal tackles.
Try and play some American football and find out what happens after a few years
Well my mum always told me: "You can`t beat the British", and she was bloody right.
Well, let me think. No. The British would be number 1 in Europe in Musical Terms if Germany, Austria, France, Italy and Russia weren´t part of Europe. But even if you leave the EU, these countries are still part of Europe.
Was she German?
Yeah, the Germans know that
I mean the americans could disagree with that but gotta love the british patriotism!
Yeah we really outclass other countries in invading and taking slaves for our own
Yaasssssss where are my brits at??
niyati pandya right here 🍵🍵🍵🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
niyati pandya hereeeeeeee🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Here
niyati pandya oi oi savaloy
HERE I AM 🇬🇧
I mean, I thought we were bloody good at making brews 😂😂 (cups of tea for all you non brits)
Katrina Dodd we are the best making brews. Fact.
There's no competition, we're the best. But, I mean, if you want one, competition or a cuppa, I accept. But just know that there's no beating the Brits
Katrina Dodd Could people stop the slang because it’s cringy because people are using it every chance they get
Mr Sneaky alright 😂
Yes that should have been number one for sure. No reason that wasn't there except maybe that it is so obviously true they didn't think they needed to put it on there.
what about language?. English has been exported to many countries. and has become the world standard as the most spoken language in the world.
It´s the most learned language in the world, not the most spoken. This is Chinese. English is only fourth after Mandarin Chinese, Hindi and Spanish.
That's because of your colonization .
It's the business language of the world!!!
True. Most of the entries on this list revolve around the language too. Books, comedy, music, theatre, acting etc
@@moumitaghosh506 and it’s very easy to learn, compared to others.
I'm not from Great Britain, but you guys are simply amazing. Comedy series, great sports, nice drinks and tea and London, the music capital from the entire world!
Thanks. :)
@@lucetteketley9114 Television, Films- UK gets annihilated by US
Music - Equal I have to say
Fashion - US wins
Technology - US wins hands down
On the scale of cultural influence, US is far more influential than UK
@@jennifercox225 Technology - best country is from Europe (Germany)
Music - best country is also from Europe (UK)
Fashion - best countries are from Europe (France, Italy)
History, culture - USA is behind every European nation
@@patrickhauser588 Our language English is the global lingua france
While your language geman is a completely useles language on the world stage
Culture or Technology or Economy or Immigration or Films or Music or Television - Gemany gets its as anihilated by usa
Like I said before, Getting your as kickd by us is nothing new to gemany. They have been doing that since 1918
@@jennifercox225 English is the most important language in the world. And who gave you the language? Ze Germans :D English is a GERMANIC language, must be painful for you. But yes England as a country was influenced to a great part by Germanic tribes. And America was influenced mainly by Germans and English (who are -as i just said- mainly Germanic) . So the whole fucking USA is a GERMANIC country. Got it?
When the Brits play music, the rest of the world bows to it.
You call that music? Your rock bands stink (literally) You're a disgrace to the music world. No one bows to you. Dream on stink lover.
Gary Gary lol true America produces the greats like kiss and Alice copper! £ucking twat
@@garygary5661 you're just mad you aren't British
Gary Gary
Troll lol lol ol
Glad most Americans aren’t like you
Don’t know why you are full of hate
Have you got mommy issues
John Baird 👍
Self-deprecation, cynicism, superficial politeness, emotional reserve... all good things! Seriously. I'm Australian, but if you Brits deem that my convict tendencies have been corrected and that I'm no longer a threat to your fine society, could I please come back?
Buffoon1980 is u sure
Buffoon1980 sorry mate, there is a reason why Australia was a prison. The idea is to keep all the scum out of the U.K.
Hanniffy Dinn well sir we have certainly failed at that
Buffoon1980 nah, stay in Australia mate.
Do you plan to bring spiders with you?
Surely #1 is Tutting
and #2 Queuing
Tcrumpen hahahahaha
Tcrumpen - Tut!
#1 is swearing
#2 is queuing
#3 is tutting
@@avaggdu1 #4 is drinking
Can't believe you failed to mention Shakespeare in the literature part?
oh well we can't always mention him he gets enough mentions as it is.
Scarlett Fox to mention or not to mention. That is the question. So creeps on this petty video. Me thinkith it not stress him to much.
It's just Much Ado About Nothing but, usually, All's Well That Ends Well. It's really a case of As You Like It...
I thought he was sandwiched in with "Theater"
Or the theater part
"Let's pretend, Let's pretend, Let's pretend we scored a goal" That is just one chant
Very appropriate that you finished with a shot of John Lennon. But what about inventions? Engineering? Fashion? Art?
ikr, this video wouldn't even be here if it wasn't for the WWW, a British invention.
Yep, Inventing things should be top of the list:
TV, phones, computers, the WWW, railways, steam engines, tarmac, stainless steel, the jet engine, bicycles, tanks, submarines, hovercraft, antibiotics, vacines, IVF, DNA profiling, electric motors, photography, postage stamps, the telegraph, the hyraulic press, screw propellers, Marine chronometers that calculate longitude, reflecting telescope, the seed drill, water proof material, hypodermic syringe, carbon fibre, catseyes, pneumatic tyres, lightbulbs, light switches, tin cans, fire extinguishers, chocolate bars, lawnmowers, thermos flasks, vacuum cleaners, ATMs, Bluetooth, SMS messaging, etc, etc.
Brilliant!
Or alternatively Scottish inventions
Top 10 Things Scots Are Bloody Good At would be an interesting list. What would be your other 9?
Woo Hoo! Proud to be British!
Total Creative Gaming Ur delusional u obviously don’t go outside...
Same
Mr Sneaky what are you on our countrysides, mountains, streams, meadows and old architecture is some of the most amazing a beautiful in the world.
expressrobkill U fucking idiot, there are like no mountains and the countryside is cold and dull and shit
Mr Sneaky your a moron dude, clearly hasn't seen or appreciated whats there, prefers his disgusting cramped anti social environment, its all bushit you know, it really is, when there's real amazing sights out there, clean air and better company.
This list makes me feel better being british
Anyone who makes a list like that has mental problems. They have to flatter themselves to feel good. They are truly missing something. Insecure no doubt about it.
@@garygary5661 you really hate the British if you don't like us we don't like you so fuck off
@Coaster Weirdo I don't remember talking to you so I have no idea why your view matters
@@garygary5661 if someone is insecure you should support them no?
I think winning wars should be on the list TBH. that is why Britain owned 25% of the world, the largest Empire in history.
Now its down to about 1%. Its 2018 not 1718
Gary L you obviously haven't taken into account the British Isles, Gibraltar and the Falkland isles. not forgetting the Commonwealth too.
I hope you are not an American, as they haven't won a single war on their own, not even the American Civil War lol
You've also lost a few wars, Andorra / Antigua / Bahamas / Barbados / St.Vincent / St. Lucia / St. Kitts / Dominica / Equatorial Guinea / Fiji / New Zealand / Secyhelles / Maldives / Qatar / Bahrain / UAE / Lesotho / Swaziland / Cape Verde / Sao Tome and Principe / Mauritius / Comoros / Saudi Arabia (maybe will lose Yemen) / Djibouti / Madagascar / Chile / Guinea-Bissau / Burkina Faso / South Africa / South Sudan / Papua New Guinea / Samoa / Belize / Costa Rica / Panama / Suriname / Ireland / Canada all have perfect records.
@@kevinsmarts9953
I'm sorry what do you mean Ireland and Canada. We conqured a quarter of Canada of the surrender-- sorry France and just got the rest, and ruled Ireland from the 1500s.
We also created Saudi Arabia using a map and ruler, won cape verdio but suffered bad casualties.
Won Madagascar until half of Europe came along.
New Zealand was ours then like Canada, and Australia as a reward for being great in WWI and WWII gave them independence.
Swaziland was part of the half of Africa we owned.
UAE was drawn on a map by us like Saudi Arabia.
We owned st.Lucia until it was given independence.
Qatar we conquered and gave it independence.
to put it short most of these weren't wars, they were given independence asrewards or just drawn on a map as we thought there was no benefit of owning it, until oil was found in Saudi Arabia, that we do regret.
I'm starting to think you are a salty American annoyed about how we did Vietnam just better and won.
Fun fact to see how good we are at winning wars search the 7 years war.
It was the first truly global war. it was Britain and Belgium VS Fance germany, India and basically the rest of Europe and their empire, and guess who won. BRITIAN AND BELGIUM.
@@markroberts3363 Who's salty?
Ireland is the correct name for the Republic of Ireland and it has only existed since 1927. It has not fought in any wars, however it is the result of a war of independence so technically has fought 1, won 1. Likewise you fought the French in what is now known as Canada before it was a fully fledged country, much like you fought them in the American war of indepenence, which they won.
Canada and Austrailia were independant during both world wars, they were your allies and members of the Commonwealth, unlike New Zealand.
The 7 years war was UK and some of the Germanic factions vs France, the Holy Roman Empire (the other Germanic factions, North Italy and some slavic nations) and Spain. Most of it was fighting over the colonies and the struggle between Prussia and Austria. It was all some time before Prussia split and the western half reverted back to control by the Flemish people who formed Belgium.
I do wonder where you get your history from, is it the big book of History for children?
As for the Middle East, the maps that you made with a pen and ruler were because you couldn't adapt your trade model to work with Nomadic peoples, so you made their land into countries then declared random Sultans as the owners. Some you got away with some resolved things themselves.
Btw, I'm not American. I'm from one of the countries on my list.
Proud to be a Brit....even if I’m an expat. Go Britain, I love you!
@@sim5361 My replies keep getting deleted. To quote your first comment: “Why are white people expats, and everyone else immigrants?” The clue was in the word ‘white’.
As to your question, allow me to educate you, as they are not the same. Shame you didn’t do a tiny bit of research before you copied someone else’s comment, because you, and others like you make yourselves look foolish:
An expatriate is someone who permanently leaves their country of birth. Everyone who permanently leaves their country of birth is an expatriate. Ergo, I am an expatriate.
An immigrant is someone who has made a country other than their country of birth their home. Ergo, I am an immigrant.
@@sim5361 What you said is wrong. Completely and utterly wrong. I’ve lived in many countries, and met expats/immigrants from all over the world. They call themselves expatriates from their nation of birth, and immigrants of their adopted countries.
People like you are the problem. If a problem doesn’t exist, you manufacture one to suit your twisted agenda, whatever that may be. I suggest you take a long, hard look at yourself in the mirror. Stop hating others (or maybe even yourself) for immutable characteristics. There are good and bad in all countries, and in all peoples, regardless of where they are from. You strike me as one the bad ones. Judgmental, hateful, determined to cause problems where none exist. Determined to manufacture hatred, bitterness and resentment. Determined to divide. I feel sorry for you.
Where's complaining about the weather 😂
or just complaining in general.... its a past time for us
MisterD90 Gaming yeah but we're too polite to complain to the right person 🤣
Sorry, Denmark has you beat on the weather thing.
MisterD90 Gaming - I must register a complaint. It's "pass-time" (as in "passing time") not "past time".
Sigart - I may have to refer this to Sandi Toksvig as ambassador for Danish-Anglo affairs, for citation. I would, but it's too bloody hot. Hasn't rained in months. I remember the summer of 1976....etc.
You left something out.
Forty years ago a friend of mine said to me, "The British are the worlds best historians ... as long as they're not discussing themselves ..."
Since then, I've not seen anything to detract from his statement.
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3. Comedy
2. Going go school without getting shot
1. Colonizing the world
I sincerely thank the brits for music and comedy!
From an Indian!
Whenever These videos talk about the influential great music we've produced....they always fail to mention LED ZEPPELIN!!!!
Jake Nowell bUt tHaT’S AmErIcAn
@@user-pf6yn6bv8s what about queen
@@darkwarriors... they are an English band formed in 1962 London
@@darkwarriors... the Rolling Stones are entirely British. Definitely not American 😂
I dislike patriotism but...
We're a bit sh*t, but we get by.
A statement that, bizarrely, is a gigantic display of patriotism for a Brit.🇬🇧
You forgot CATS, the longest running theatre musical to date.
Never heard an East Anglian say 'By gum.'
Because that was a scene from Emmerdale which is in Yorkshire
Sean Barron nah we say more like ‘you ‘right boi’ and we don’t pronounce Ts much. Up in Norwich they put more of o sounds into their speech
David Williams - I thought in Norwich they put more "a" sounds in their speech, as in "baaaa".
ruclips.net/video/kqmXLkJ8Bwk/видео.html
Oh dear we have yet one more Dick Head trying and failing to take the Micky out of Norwich!
Herr Frick - How is referencing The Singing Postman to show a proper East Anglian accent taking the micky? I take it you didn't take the time to watch the link I included. Dick head.
God the amount of people I'm finding that are calling Britain England is astonishing. Right I'll put it straight for anyone who's blinking confused.
Britain is made up of 3 separate countries these are England, Scotland and Wales. The UK is made up of 4 countries these are England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Calling someone British is the umbrella term for the people who come from Britain/UK. But if you really want to you can call them by their nationalities or if you come across a nationalist that refuses to be recognized as British. These include Welsh (Wales), Scottish (Scotland), English (England) or Irish (Ireland) Note; if you go to the Republic of Ireland (that's not part of the UK) DO NOT call any of them British refer to them as Irish and Irish only, if you go to Northern Ireland (that's part of the UK) most of them are alright with being called British.
It's mainly the thick Americans only 10% have passports so are very Ignorant of most thing overseas
We are the greatest country in the world. We know it, and I have a sneaking suspicion that the rest of the world knows it too.
Too bad England's being flooded by immigrants that don't give a shit about your culture, history, or respect for women.
@@laurengibson748 See, that's the narrative being sold to make it seem like we're some kind of hellhole. It's nowhere near the truth.
@@josephharrison8354
"Britain's Sex Gangs (Documentary) - Real Stories" on RUclips
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Just because you haven't witnessed it first hand and you don't see it on your censored news source doesn't mean it's not occurring and traumatizing thousands of kids and women.
The rest of the world feels inferior to the Brits because of what we did to their countries during the expansion of the British Empire.
@@laurengibson748 yes because everything on RUclips is real especially when it says"real stories " in the title and at least we don't have a twat running our country yeh she's bad but she didn't almost start a nuclear war aka the end of the fucking world
And that's Why i Love England
You'll find better stadiums tbh. For instance, there's one in Stretford about 30 odd miles to the east that's way better.
For fuck sake I caught another person thinking England is Britain
Which english accent all counties and many cities have regional accents
Good list on the whole, but when you talked about British Theatre, how could you not mention The Bard?
America needs to stop remaking British comedy, it isn't working.
The Inbetweeners remake was possibly the worst they did.
The British are good at:
1. Swearing
2. Drinking
3. Taking the piss
4. Queuing
5. Making tea
6. Inventing stuff
7. Cricket
8. Comedy
9. Music
10. The English Language, in all its forms
Honourable mentions:
1. Anti establishment rebellion
2. Pro establishment deference
3. Manners
4. Cakes
5. Tradition and pomp
6. Being animal lovers
7. Writing brilliant books
8. Football (even though we never win)
9. Talking about the weather
10. The BBC
You're welcome.
As a former history student, our history is one of my fave things about being British. I love to see the history of other countries but I love ours is on our doorstep.
Also yes -comedy.
Strapping soldiers on Apache attack helicopters we arent too bad at that
JT haha I saw that story, god save the queen, I love being British!
Get it Right They were Royal Marines!
This was copied for the opening of The Kingsmen!
They weren't just soldiers, they were Royal Marines 👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
@@chrisholland7367 So they were sailors then, or just light infantry?
We have Harry Potter, end of argument
Mark Lewis RIGHT??!!
Super Mario James bond?
Doctor who?
Yes we cant beat Star wars
Super Mario its mediocre now, it wasn’t mediocre at all when tennant was at the helm but yes I agree it is mediocre lately
Tons of the original star wars filming was done at Pinewood Studios, in England. Over half of the employees in post production and at ILM were British, the entire camera crew were British and most of the extras were British. Star Wars would not be the same without Britain. So no...you dont have Star Wars. You have half of Star Wars.
Rick M not even half they have a quarter Star Wars, there’d be no Star Wars as it is, without the U.K.
Yes I agree.....the rest of the world, you're welcome. ;)
michael Longford Well put :)
You made America so I wouldn’t go patting myself in the back just yet
@Hazbo Baggins don't even trt Diss England they will get you back we do hold grudges for a very long time so don't even try
This means the British are better than the Americans
Mega Truong was there any doubt?
both shitbags
Britain always been better
Mega Truong what about winning winning wars lol
BRONZE AUSSIE your rather a abbo which if u are u should hate us we destroyed u but if your not your probs a descendent from so respect your ancestors
rock music
Kansas, Lynyrd Skynrd, Free, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jefferson Airplane, Elle King, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Janice Joplin...I could go on and on and on.
As a Brit, I would say we are first among equals on that one.
avaggdu1 can’t forget Rolling Stones, the Beatles, and Pink Floyd
Polverine74 - Yeah...but no. Great, but not that great. "Wish You Were Here" is my favourite album of all time, but for day-to-day listening, give me Southern Rock any day. British rock somehow lacks the balls. Cutting edge, in it's time, granted. Accessible and having the same feel, no. A bit too clinical.
You forgot The Who (not technically "rock" at the time, but you know what I mean) and the whole punk, NWOBHM era.
This is why I say we are first among equals. We could argue this til we're blue in the face with no real conclusion.
H o w D a r e y o u.
What about Queen
We Americans have Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley 🇺🇸🇺🇸👑👑👑 you can’t beat that !
A like purely for the "want a cup of tea?" Bronson moment.
Brilliant movie. It's Lock, stock... meets Clockwork Orange and Cabaret.
Must admit, I really liked the American version of The Office.
Our slang and accents, because no one can understand us especially me being from Newcastle
Oh I needed this. I got to see lovely Alan Rickman and a scene from Harry Potter. Good times. I’ll be an unapologetic Anglophile all my life.
Glad to have you aboard dear girl!
You know, you modest wankers could have saved time by just making this a one-item list called "Everything." (Sincerely, your formerly rebellious colonists who'd really like back right about now.)
We're working on it. One American into the Royal Family. It's a long-term plan to re-acquire our former colony.
Jon Bastian would you like a us to fuck over your wotsit hitler that’s leading your country?
Everything apart from successfully leaving the EU
How about we swap? We'd kinda like having Canada as neighbours (maybe merge Canada and the United Kingdom of America, so the Scots have somewhere to live) and I reckon we could be good friends with Mexico too - like the Costa del Sol, only bigger. Trump could have his small island mentality just off the coast of Europe and he'd enjoy Buckingham Palace with all the gold and beds for Eastern European prostitutes to piss on.
Any Americans who want to stay and pledge allegiance to the Crown can stay, but you have to keep Michael Macintyre, Simon Cowell, Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Piers Morgan, Noel Edmonds, Mike Reid and Katie Hopkins as part of the deal. You can keep them in a zoo as a tourist attraction - Boston, Lincolnshire would be a good location. Make it a theme park and throw tea in the sea for the real experience.
avaggdu1 And they can have Charles and Camilla.
I will remind you as a Yank that we were British for the first 200 of years of our existence, LOL--so I will suck up a little Brit pride myself (my DNA is almost entirely British of which I am quite proud), I might quibble just a bit on the music thing since British rock/pop/rap borrowed heavily from America. I know that you sort of threw it in with the Uni thing but I would not underplay the mighty British Brain Trust--Alan Turing, Issac Newton, Darwin, etc. to name just a few of some of the most important thinkers in human history.
omfug Exactly you didn't win the Revolutionary War you only beat yourselves you became Americans afterwards 😀.
Nice one! I will give you that you were indeed British for 200 years but you ruined it by tossing tea into Boston Harbour; no real Brit would treat a brew so disdainfully. We like our tea!
LOL, and we did it dressed as Native Americans who we went on and tried to commit genocide on, typical bloody Americans!
Peter Mercury The tea was never going to brew in that much water what where they thinking 😀.
omfug you sound like that guy that was reporting about the royal wedding, who knew everything about the royal family and had a ridiculous British accent and name. Yet, he wasn't anymore British than you since he was born in New York City too. Being British isn't in your DNA, it's in the culture you experienced, the type of tv you watched growing up, the school you went to, the friends you made and the memories you have so I don't really know what you're proud of since it's your parents DNA that you had no control over.
I never knew the UK 🇬🇧 invented Ice Hockey 🏒! WAG! 🦋✨
Sez Francis me neither and I'm British lol 🙈
They also once won the olympic gold in it.
With a team of Canadian ringers.
That's crap. Hockey is 100% Canadian. Like Lacrosse, a form of it was played by Native tribes,in Canada, 2000 years ago.
There's probably some bizarre story about Victorian Brits playing Hockey when the Thames frozen over and how that became the first ever record of the game played on ice.
Don't forget science and inventing stuff. We've done a fair job of both over the years.
As a belgian, I disagree on the festivals XD Belgium has tonnes of festivals, and Tomorrowland in Belgium dwarfs the attendance numbers that Glastonbury gets in the UK. And lest not forget classics like Rock Werchter and Pukkelpop, oh and Graspop Metal Meeting is pretty large too.
Love the British sense of humour 😁
Food we have great food despite what everyone else may think
Lucy I am an AMERICAN whenever you see an American fast food factory joint in the UK-DO NOT GO THERE! Stay Away-They are not good for you. Find a local establishment that will serve you real food. Cheers!
Gary L there is one problem I LOVE McDonalds and as I’m English I can’t go to another McDonalds so....
I know Lucy they can be"addictive". It took me quite awhile to get out of the habit . Try to promise yourself that for every BIG MAC grease burger "meal" you have you will try to have 2 healthy meals. Try it! and good luck!
Is that us Brits would rather eat takeaways then cook a good old British meal
Fish and chips roast dinners
5:47 “stable political leadership” hahahah yeh right
😂😂😂😂
I know right?!!
Best music. Absolutely!
only in the last 50-60 years
Or do you think Mozart, Beethoven and Bach were British?
@Patrick Häuser That’s true tbh
Something we do excel at, turning almost anything that was terminally uncool into something seriously cool. Birmingham accent and peaky fooking blinders anyone? (I know the accents are not perfect but the point remains valid).
People like to bring up Britain invading other countries and the bad things that came with it, but what they fail to mention is that if you take a look at a lot of these countries, you'll find that a lot of what is good about these countries (legal system, architecture, education system etc) was created and left by the British.
Well the dark truth in the Britain's past is still not known to everybody...like the British Empire was so UGLY.
No one's denying that.
Music Festivals??
The Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall - is the biggest music festival in the world!
George Bennett all the Dutch festivals out do all British festivals.
Britain is not the world..although many people still think so. The biggest Music Festival in the world is the Donau Island Festival in Vienna with 3 Million spectators. 20 times bigger than Glastonbury...
Patrick guess you have never seen Tomorrowland and Defqon festivals
@@winclouduk these are bigger than the British festivals, but 400.000 of Tomorrowland doesn't beat 3 million of Vienna.
Teenage pregnancy
Pocket.shrek Moments that’s America mate
We even have hotter teens 😉
Pocket.shrek Moments too soon m8
Bit behind the rest of the world atm but dont worry, we will probs catch up soon
The Pondering bet your an old man aswell 😭
Realistic list
10) Losing sports we invented
9) Tutting
8) Repeatedly pressing train door open buttons
7) Middle fingers
6) Sunburn
5) Lowering self esteem
4) Queuing without knowing what the queue is for
3) Being sarcastic/ making jokes out of serious topics
2) Complaining about the weather. Summer "It's way too hot I wish it would snow." Winter "It's too cold I want the sun"
1) "How are you?" And we will always say "Fine" even if our leg has just been hacked off by an axe
Thank you for not mentioning the war ;-))) Best wishes from Germany and stay tuned.
I love germany . Brilliant railways, trains on time to the second. Things well made. The love of my life my BLUE VW BEETLE. Don't have it anymore😞 my parents had good friends in Lof...mosel. Died now. I have many memories of being there with my family. My mother loved the order, cleanliness. She would have lived there if she could. Both my father and brother could speak german. I could only say ( ich leber dich) lol I was 16 at the time. Also applesaft and beer bitter. Chuse ' hi' . lol my mother was going back to hotel Lelman and she said " I'm going to vash my hair. We were all laughing. Then back to Wales that I love.
Sarcasm??? Sassiness??? Roasting???
WOuldn't call it Sassiness. Not just because I hate the word sassy, but because the British are dry sarcastic and not sassy.
@Alexandra People are different
@Widdekuu91 They are the chavs, but the real Britain’s aren’t like that trust me
But why does BBC America keep showing Star Trek & X-Files? How about showing more of those shows the Brits are good at, e.g., Sherlock, Wolf Hall, etc.
Harry Dowling - Maybe not BBC America, remember it can only show it's own programme's. But there are other US channels that show current UK programme's from channel 4 & 5. 😀
I totally agree about all the American stuff BBC SHOWS day after day l was born in London but now live in America. You have no idea how many Americans say to me ,I love the old British comidies ,like are you being served and Faulty Towers.Why can't BBC put old comedy like that on
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, most of his stuff is still in use!
Roy W-G I was at his suspension bridge once at Art School and said it was great not to see loads of tourists, but I spoke too soon as a couch load of Japanese businessmen turned up a moment later.😂
Used to live in Neyland. Great statue of Brunel there. He did great things.
What makes me proud, the fact that we come together for literally everything and our aircraft industries and how we really shaped the future for everyone
I wasn't born in Europe, and totally French educated, but the British music, Sir David Attenborough, and comedies influenced my childhood :)
U missed inbertweeners i lmao every time I watch
Moaning, swearing and getting pissed.
That’s the chavs, but the real British aren’t like that
"for this list we are ditching our stereotypical modesty"... modesty, haha, good one
1. Music
2. Waging war
3. Trade/economics
4. Film
5. Government
6. Science
7. Mathematics
8. Literature
9. Diplomacy
10. Development of cars, and motorcycles. (Personally, I find that triumph is the greatest motorcycle company in the world)
I think that’s all the things the United Kingdom does exceptionally well.
Architecture, Landscape, Music, Literature, Education, Humour... You Brits are ACE!! 👌💯
Where's Pink Floyd?
Dead
@@tommzytree2787 not funny you stupid moron
Pink Floyd are the best band ever
Everything basically ... everything that matters anyway, by enriching the lives of billions worldwide.
In festivals you missed T in the park. Mate
May it R.I.P.
2:13 why did I instantly think Hogwarts 😭😂
As a 64-year-old South East Londoner who feels 44 thanks to the vibrancy and stimulation of living in London I could not be more proud to be English first and then British.
Music,Theatre,Comedy,Sport have been fantastic since I first got involved in 1960 and in The BBC we had the best TV Channel, as well without adverts as a bonus.
Throw in the magnificient British Countryside and our closeness to so many great European Cuntries and Cities and having travelled the World there is no place I would rather have lived in. Now I am on London's edge getting the best out of London, its Suburbs and The Kent Countryside. I feel truly blessed and very very lucky.
Isleofskye Your words are appreciated by a 58 year old North West Londoner.
We must protect the universities! Both of them!
Not sure what this means but we have a f*** TONNE of world class universities in the U.K. Oxford and Cambridge are just the oldest and most prestigious.
"Is there anything we can't do?!"
Me: Brexit
Ar U sUre AboUt ThaT M8.
Boris Johnson: Hold my beer...
well this didn't age well
If only...
You fucking what that aged like milk left out in the blinking sun hahaha
Is complaining about the weather number 1
With the exception of the invention of Golf, every single reference was English - there are four counties in the UK.
THick Americans
What makes us great is KIDS NOT GETTING SHOT IN SCHOOL
Great list. Personally I'd have added binge drinking though :)
Ashleen Romano Having been out drinking with some Aussie's before I'd call it a draw ha ha.
Funky Monkey1886 Apparently there's prehistoric evidence of that near Stonehenge.
the industrial revolution. The north of England and Scotland.
top 8 things brits are rubbish at:
being any good at sports we invented
walking past a row of people sat down with out saying "sorry""oh" "excuse me"every second
not saying sorry to someone who steps on your foot
not visibly wincing when someone uses an Americanism in conversation
not tutting or giving evils when SOMEONE isn't queuing properly
holding a door open for someone with out then subsequently having a long debate about why the other person should go through first which is actually longet than the time It would have taken the person to open the door themselves.
not running away when you see someone you know in public
not using "Thankyou" or "sorry" as a reply to everything
actually saying something is wrong with your food when the waiter asks
Liam Simson you are obviously a southerner.
add Cooking
Liam Simson - LOL! I love seeing the retarded, knee-jerk reactions of people who take offence to things like this. To save them time, I'll write what they're actually saying so they can just copy 'n paste it into future replies:
"Oi! How dare you say I'm a polite and considerate human being, you pooftah! I haven't spent years training down the pub, being a complete c**t to anyone who isn't like me to be told about an accurate representation of the zeitgeist of Bristish culture. Count yer f***ing teeth, mate and wind yer neck in!"
I'll leave it up to them if they wish to change that to all CAPS, for the full-on moron rage.
you wrote 10 things not 8. Most of these are funny though so i'll let you off.
For a tiny little weather battered island sitting off the edge of the worlds largest landmass, we’ve done alright ;)
Inventing sports to be beaten at, but I reckon that's just our manners and gracious nature letting the opponent 'beat' us...
What? No mention of Bill Shakespeare???
I think that was covered (by implication) under "theatre" and "books". It does seem a bit of a faux pas if you don't mention Shakespeare, but you do mention the dreary, depressing garbage of Dickens, with the exception of Oliver Twist.
BACON!
SAUSAGE & EGG WITH BROWN SAUCE!
+avaggdu1 Shakespeare is meant to be watched, not read, and Dickens like a lot of Victorian literature is nowadays more accessible when filmed. Especially if the adaptation has Johnny Vegas exploding or Gillian Anderson wandering around being spooky with only one shoe on.
Or Robert Burns???
Number one- Colonising
yeah, everyone did it but never as good as the English
Nah, if we'd done it properly most of the world would drive on the left!
Seeing as though civilisation began in Africa then the British just went back to their homeland a few million years after they left 😉
What we commonly call 'civilisation' began in Mesomotania with the Sumerian people, not Africa I'm afraid. I think they mean written language and widespread agriculture and storage/ trading in a city state. Humans more than likely evolved in east Africa though.
Thank you
Snobbery? Especially margot leadbetter
Steven Cassidy Only people of a certain age will know that name 😉.
Canny beat The Good Life!
Tydd Fox What channel I saw it when it was originally on in the UK. I am very old you must have seen it on some golden oldies channel then. I was specifically talking about a certain generation no need to get your panties in a twist.
Genuinely one of the funniest things I've seen:
The Queen and Prince Harry watching the (then) FLOTUS and POTUS (is it just me, or does anyone else think of The Flumps when they hear that?) commenting on Prince Harry's challenge for the Invictus Games ("Boom", drops mic).
Queen - "Oh! Really?! Please."
PH - "Boom!"
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Steven Cassidy Oh Jerry leave that alone!
I love English history one of the main reasons why I stay here
I know it’s probably a horrible thing to say but I’m proud of Britain because we made a lot of things that are beneficial to the world.