Great Britain and England are not the same thing

[Glenn's Take]

I was watching the Open Championship today and mom asked where they were playing. I said Scotland and she asked why they were playing the British Open in Scotland. That's when I explained that England and Great Britain aren't the same thing.

What are some other facts that a lot of people don't know?

 

[gamecockcat]

Men can't be women and vice versa.

92.6% of statistics are made up.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Mexico is part of North America, but it is still too far south for almost everyone who lives there.

 

[Mdnerd]

Liberals are mentally ill

 

[vhcat70]

I lost a ball hat in the North Sea about a 100 yards from the 18th green at St. Andrews.

 

[Kybluedude]

I lost a ball hat in the North Sea about a 100 yards from the 18th green at St. Andrews.

Let’s all keep an eye out for it today.

 

[Hank Camacho_rivals115797]

FACT: The Rolling Stones, The Clash, and Monty Don are the only things worth a wet fart to ever come out of England. The veneration of that bland, ugly country is as ridiculous as people who find the accent sexy.

<--------- Team France.

 

[TortElvisII]

FACT: The Rolling Stones, The Clash, and Monty Don are the only things worth a wet fart to ever come out of England. The veneration of that bland, ugly country is as ridiculous as people who find the accent sexy.

<--------- Team France.

Sad.

Hopefully someday you get better.

 

[Hank Camacho_rivals115797]

I will accept this if you practice dentistry or love baked beans and tomatoes for breakfast. Otherwise, I stand by my take that it is a bland, uninteresting country full of blather.

 

[CAT Scratch FVR]

England Dan, of England Dan and John Ford Coley fame, was the brother of Seals of Seals and Croft. The more you know.

 

[TortElvisII]

People in Iceland have French and English Ancestry because Viking raiders took women from there after raiding those lands.

 

[Spica Orbit]

Prolly isn't a word.

 

[Hank Camacho_rivals115797]

People in Iceland have French and English Ancestry because Viking raiders took women from there after raiding those lands.

Congrats to vikings for stealing the slow, fat English broads I guess. Vikings are good looking people. The English aren't. I'm going to attribute any beauty involved to Nordic genes.

 

[TortElvisII]

Congrats to vikings for stealing the slow, fat English broads I guess. Vikings are good looking people. The English aren't. I'm going to attribute any beauty involved to Nordic genes.

The English are partially Viking. Significantly.

 

[Hank Camacho_rivals115797]

So the good part of the gene pool of England came from raping marauders?

Noted.

 

[WildcatFan1982]

I lost a ball hat in the North Sea about a 100 yards from the 18th green at St. Andrews.

 

[rudd1]

So the good part of the gene pool of England came from raping marauders?

Noted.

-I been telling yall this stuff for years.

 

[Bigtyrone]

FACT: The Rolling Stones, The Clash, and Monty Don are the only things worth a wet fart to ever come out of England. The veneration of that bland, ugly country is as ridiculous as people who find the accent sexy.

<--------- Team France.

I had a lot of good beer in England, but the food was shockingly bland other than the curry houses. It's amazing how little flavor almost everything had.

The food was better in France, but Paris was dirtier than Cleveland (seriously, it was just filthy) and I find French culture kind of obnoxious in general. I wouldn't mind hitting the southern riviera, but have no desire to go to the Cleveland of France again.


The Czech Republic and Italy - that's where it's at. I even prefer Hungary to France.


#TeamNotFrance

 

[Ukbrassowtipin]

Yes...great Britain is the island, the UK is the island plus northern Ireland.

As far as North America...most Americans consider it Canada, US, Mexico. Other parts of the world refer that as Northern America, as North America is also central America, the Caribbean. But sometimes they consider Mexico as part of Central America.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Foreign take, Glenn.

 

[funKYcat75]

England Dan, of England Dan and John Ford Coley fame, was the brother of Seals of Seals and Croft. The more you know.

They should have formed a quartet supergroup.

 

[numberonedad]

Liberals are mentally ill

Always a moron in every thread, they just can't help themselves

 

[rick64]

Great Britain comprises the nations of England, Scotland and Wales.

The United Kingdom is made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

 

[funKYcat75]

Great Britain comprises the nations of England, Scotland and Wales.

The United Kingdom is made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

For now.

 

[Hank Camacho_rivals115797]

The Czech Republic and Italy - that's where it's at. I even prefer Hungary to France.

I'm not disagreeing with you. I guess I should have said that I prefer francophilia to anglophilia when it comes to fetishizing countries but I'm not looking for visas to either.

 

[WildcatFan1982]

I'm getting verklempt, talk amongst yourselves, I'll give you a topic...

The Holy Roman Empire was neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire

Discuss

 

[Mdnerd]

Always a moron in every thread, they just can't help themselves

Exhibit A

 

[numberonedad]

Exhibit A

Yes you are.

 

[Hank Camacho_rivals115797]

Exhibit A

Respectfully -- stop. It just leads to pissing in a fan that irritates everyone and isn't helpful.

 

[TortElvisII]

I'm not disagreeing with you. I guess I should have said that I prefer francophilia to anglophilia when it comes to fetishizing countries but I'm not looking for visas to either.

 

[Blue Bigfoot]

I think some English girls are hot.

Btw, it's almost as if they deliberately try to come up with the worst names for food imaginable.
Blood Pudding, speckled dick, toads in a hole. Uggh

 

[P19978]

I'll take a good English porter (Fuller's, Samuel Smith, etc) over any of our nationally sold crap (Miller, Bud, Coors, etc).

 

[Bigtyrone]

The Holy Roman Empire was neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire

Discuss

That's because it was cherry, and it was vanilla, and it was Coke.

 

[Kooky Kats]

The Vikings must’ve stowed away their hottest chicks for pillaging in Iceland… cause that talent is lit.

 

[_Mav_]

Seals and Croft.

Side note: In a 1972 Rolling Stone interview, those dudes admitted that they got the idea for both H.R. Pufnstuf and The Banana Splits during a particularly powerful LSD trip.

 

[TortElvisII]

"Genetic evidence shows that most DNA lineages found among Icelanders today can be traced to the settlement of Iceland, indicating that there has been relatively little immigration since. This evidence shows that the founder population of Iceland came from Ireland, Scotland, and Scandinavia: studies of mitochondrial DNA and Y-chromosomes indicate that 62% of Icelanders' matrilineal ancestry derives from Scotland and Ireland (with most of the rest being from Scandinavia), while 75% of their patrilineal ancestry derives from Scandinavia (with most of the rest being from the Irish and British Isles).[30]"

I guess even more Scottish and Irish than English and French.

 

[vhcat70]

People in Iceland have French and English Ancestry because Viking raiders took women from there after raiding those lands.

There are also small pieces of Native American DNA there, apparently from NAm east coast visits & bringing back a few women from there. Probably weren't more than 100K people in Iceland then so just a few could leave traces.

Though I have no known Scandia ancestors, I do have a good amount of northern English & Scots ancestry. I presume that's how my DNA test shows ~7% Norse ancestry.

 

[Tskware]

What are some other facts that a lot of people don't know?

Trump lost the 2020 election.

 

[Hank Camacho_rivals115797]

Trump lost the 2020 election.

And you won dinner for it.

 

[LordEggForgotHisPassword_rivals]

England Dan, of England Dan and John Ford Coley fame, was the brother of Seals of Seals and Croft. The more you know.

Seals and Croft are actually Seals and Crofts.