The Best of British

I've spent most of my life feeling thoroughly bored to be British.............

In fact I grew up thinking that being British was incredibly depressing..........

The weather is depressing, usually grey and cloudy with only the promise of wet drizzle. Much like the occupants of these less than enchanting Isles.
The landscape is blighted by row after row of Victorian slums. Tiny little hovels with barely any light able to penetrate the tiny windows. A seamless merging of pavement, exterior and concrete yard......
The people.....well, lets face it what are we world famous for? being quietly discontent, whining about the weather, our lack of emotion and the ability to queue!!!!!!!

Christ, even our national anthem is depressing!!!!!! and lets face it a little bit like our country's history.
We start off all guns blazing, singing loudly, PROUD!!!!!!

rather like the start of the last century. Empire and wealth and high standards....

"GOD SAVE OUR GRACIOUS QUEEN!!!!!"

then we take a deep breath and were getting a bit complacent, a bit bored........

rather like the 1980's and 90's... yeah, yeah its all high tech and darling. Puffed out shoulder pads to show how 'great' we used to be....

"SEND HER VICTORIOUS............."

 and then were at the next verse, the new century if you will.....

and nobody quite knows the words......... we've forgotten what it was all about anyway!!!

*we all just mumble something along to the dreary tune that's never ending and hope no one else has noticed!!!*


(p.s bet the Americans know all of there national anthem ;)


And then comes 2012!!!!!!! and its all 'wills and Kate' 'Olympics' and 'jubilee'
The poundshops are full union jack toot and you can buy a patriotic tea towel in any part of the country!!! not just on a day trip to London!!!!!

people are hanging flags out there windows and I'm even having a jubilee party!!!!!

were all getting that great British eccentricity flowing through our veins and I love it!!!!!!! but I cant help wondering 'what the hell has happened!!!' I mean its great an all...... but....well.......

"Its certainly not cricket!!!!"